New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-07
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, July 20.


ate proceeded to the Consideration Of the bill
providing fol. temporary accommodations for tho
United States Courts in Massachusetts,. The Dill
was returned from the House with an amend
ment authorizing the President to contract for
suitable sites and the construction OF proper
buildings for United States courts and post,
offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia anu
Baltimore. The committee recommended a CON
eurrence in the amendment, with proviso that
all such contracts shall be conditional upon the
approval of Congress. The amendment to the
/ amendment was adopted, and then the House
amendment was concurred in.
1 On motion of Mr. Rusk, the Senate proceed
ed to the consideration of the bill authorizing
4 the Washington and Alexandra Railroad Com
pany to extend their road into the District 81
| Columbia, at or near the Aqueduct at George
| town, and thence to the Baltimore ana ohlo
4 Railroad depot. This bill had been returned
| from the House with an amendment author
zing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
/ to construct q branch of their road through the
eastern part Of the city, and over the Eastern
tranch, to a point on the Potomac opposite AL
exandria. @
| The question pending was on concurring in
l this amendment of the House.
Messrs. Bright,I Rusk, Toueey, Bayard, and
Cooper, opposed the amendment, and Messrs
Pratt, Dawson, and Pearce, supported it.
Mr.. Brown moved that the bill be laid on the
table lost-yeas IA, nays %
The Senate then, by yeas 7 nays Al, refused
to concur in the amendment by the House.
A bill authorizing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to pay John Charles Fremont for the beef
furnished to the California Indians, was passed
The Senate, then, on motion of Mr.. Stewart,
proceeded to the consideration of the bill making
appropriations for repair, preservation and com
pletion of certain public works herein before
commenced under the authority of law.
Mr. Toombs moved to amend an amendment
of the Committee, by inserting at length after
the word 49, the words except a want of
constitutional power to appropriate money for
the particular object suspended which was
agreed to--yeas 25, nays 10.
Mr.. Stewart moved to amend the amendment,
by striking out the words &C Secretary Of War,
and inserting ss President of the United States;
which was agreed to-yeas %, nays q.
The amendment as amended was then debated
for considerable time, by Messrs Benjamin
and Stewart in its support, and by Messrs
Seward, Clayton, Butler, Fessenden, Toombs
and Mallory in opposition.
1t was then rejected-yeas IA, nays 35.
Mr.. Rusk moved an amendment approprlatlng
$44 900 for the improvement Of the Brazos River
| in Texas
4 This was debated till o'clock, when Mr..
Brown, with a view of testing whether the
Senate intended that the debate should go on or
not, moved that the bill be laid on the table.
Lost-yeas 16, nays SO.
II Mr. Bayard said that he believed the bill, if
passed now, would be vetoed, and as there would
be no time at this time to discuss it, he moved
that it be postponed till next session.
| On this motion q debate ensued, during which
repeated motions to adjourn were defeated
The motion to postpone was rejected-yeas
Is, nays 49,
The question was then taken on Mr., Rusk'.
amendment, and it was rejected--yeas "a
!. nays "a.
: Mr. Gwin moved an amendment appropriatine
s 900 for the survey of harbors and rivers IL
, California.
Pending which the Senate, at half-past foul
!, o'clock, adjourned.
House, Upwards of an hour was consumed
r in proceedings relative to correction OF tn
journal.
! The House resolved itself into Committee o
the Whole on the state of the Union, (hlr
English in the chair,) and proceeded to the con
sideration Of the bill making appropriations TO
8 the transportation of the United States mail b.
r ocean steamers and otherwise, during the hsca
y year ending June 30, 1855.
e | The first clause having been read, $50
transportation of the mails from New 1ork t.
Liverpool and back, 1858 000."
Mr.. Odds moved to strike out the CONCLUDING
part of it, as follows:
'sAnd that the Secretary of the Navy
L hereby directed forthwith to give the motto
|, provided in the first section of the act entitle
: An act to supply deficiencies in the appropria
"a tons for the service of the fiscal year endln
June 30, 1861 approved the 2lst day of July
, 1852, to terminate the arrangement for the sd
ditonal allowance for the transportation of tn
United States mail between New York an
e Liverpool, in the Collins line Of steamers, a
n therein provided"
: He said he was not in favor of the increase
allowance. The Committee on the Post. ofhc
and Post roads early in the session reported
n bill, not only giving notice, but putting an en-
to the contracts for carrying the mails in steam
ers. This bill was on the calendar, but coul
;, not be reached this session. His purpose was
u act on it at the next session, In time to give u
4, proposed notice.
Mr. Shelton argued that it was expedien
proper and necessary, and for the interest
Of the country, that the contracts shall be abo
te ished; and, therefore, he hoped the amendmeI
of the gentleman from Ohio would not prevail.
y Mr.. Walhridge was in favor of the ament
Oh ment, but not for the reason assigned by MI
is Odds He said that there was no power at tn
time to terminate the contract, and defended IL
proposed appropriation
x-I Mr. Mace moved to strike out the apprt
es priation, but the question was decided in Il
j. negative. !,
l. form of a proviso, that the President of Il
Oh United States shall endeavor, by treaty
a otherwise, to induce the British Government
M abandon in similar manner the subsidy pa
:. to the Cunard line, in which event the Post-ma
AZ ter General is instructed to take the necessal
oil steps to get rid of all existing contracts for Il
l. transportation of the mails. He advocated b
amendment, saying he believed this object cou
be accomplished
k, Debate ensued, involving the merits Of Il
"a contracts and the capacity of the vessels f
~ war purposes; and also the faith of the Cover
~ ment to sustain the present arrangement.
ed Finally, the amendments of both Mr.. OIL
ed and Mr.. Clingman, together with others, we
no rejected.
e On motion of Mr.. Haven, the first section
~ the bill was amended yeas 81, nays 81
ue striking out the word sc forthwith and inseI
ing the !" 31st of December next, as the time
the Secretary of the Navy to give notice to tie
IT, inmate the arrangement for the additional {
ar lowance for the transportation of the Unit
~ States mail between New York and Liyerpo
:. in the Collins line Of steamers
a' Several other amendments were made, whit
when the Committee rose, were concurred
a., and the House adjourned.
iie DEATH OF THE SCOTCH GIANT.-We learn fir
IT. the Laporte Wing, of the 10th ult., that
Inn well known Scotch Giant, who has travel
through the country for some years, for the pl
pose Of exhibitions, died at that place the d