Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-29
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SENATE. MIR. Badger, of North Carolina,
moved that the Senate adjourn till Friday.
During the holidays very few Senators would
be in their seats, and he hoped the Senate felt
disposed to adjourn till Friday, and from En-
day till Tuesday, when the Senate would be
full.
Mr.. Rockwell, Of Massachusetts, introduced
the House bill giving the assent of Congress
tojthe transfer from the State of Massachusetts
to the State Of New York, of Boston Four
Corners. Concurred in and passed.
Mr.. Fish, of New York, moved that the
Committee on Foreign Relation be instructed
to enquire whether any and what compensa-
ton should be paid to Commodore Perry for
his services in relation to the late achievement
of the late treaty with Japan.
The Senate, without transacting any other
business, adjourned till Friday, with the un-
derstanding that it would then again adjourn
! till Tuesday.
HoUsE.-Mr. Farley, of Maine. from tire
Committee on the Territories reported back,
with amendments, the Senate bill authorizing
the construction Of subterranean line of tele.
graph from the Mississippi or Missouri rivers
to the Pacific Ocean, Referred to the Com
miltee of the Whole.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Army Appropriation bill. This,
together with the bill making appropriations
for the General Fost Office, was subsequently
reported to the House. There was no debate
upon them.
Mr.. Benton, Of Missouri, made an ineffectu-
al effort to amend the Post Office Appropria-
ton bill SO as to authorize the Postmaster Gen
eral to contract for carrying the mail from In
dependence, Mo-, to San Francisco, in coach
es, wagons and sleighs, the contractors to
open the road aud charge moderate toll for
travellers.
Both bills passed.
Mr.. McDougal, of California, presented Col.
Frenonts narrative describing his last explor-
atoms, which was ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Haven, of New York, thought the
House should instruct that Committee to re-
port one hundred and forty bills, the number
of items i'll the River and Harbor bill, vetoed
by the President. He knew of no other way
to obtain the reason why the President vetoed
the bill.
Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, was opposed to SO
many bills.
Mr.. Haven replied that the President had
promised his reasons at length for his last We
to, and he (Mr. H. wished, by the course he
had suggested, to obtain them. He desired
the people to know whether the business of
legislation is to be confined to government Of
Ulcers alone.
Mr.. Campbell said the constitution reguir-
ed the President to give his reasons for the
veto. He thought it lut courteous to the
President, to delay action, in order that his
views might be placed on the journal.
Mr.. Bayly, of Virginia. expressed surprise
at the views taken by Mr.. Haven.
The floor was obtained successfully by
Messrs. Washburn, of Maine Bayly, of Vir-
GINA; Orr, OF South Carolina; Haven, ofNew
York; Leicber, OF Virginia. and Greenwood,
of Arkansas, and after somewhat desultory
discussion, Mr.. Mobiles bill was referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Whitfield, of Kanzas, introduced bills
for the erection of public buildings in Kaazas,
and providing for the construction of roads
and bridges, and the improvement of rivers in
the territory, and for geological surveys, as
well as to exempt certain town sites from sale
or presumption, and TO establish post roads. All
were appropriately referred, and the House
adjourned.