Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-29

amendments
were read seria and most OF them we're concurred In
after which the further consideration of the subject
postponed until tomorrow.
And the Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. EDGERToN and Mr.. ELLISON respectively pre-
sented resolutions of the Legislature Of Ohio request
ing their representatives in Congress to their inu
to the passage Of the bill Of the Senate
divide the said State into judicial Districts which
referred to the Committee the Judiciary and
dered to be printed.
On motion of Mr.. BERNHISEL, by consent,
Rolsed That the Committee Territories bo instructed
to inquire into the expedency OF placing the Legislative AS
semby Of the Territory of Utah the footing,
CARDS clerks &c. those of Minnesota and Oregon and that
said committee report by bill or otherwise
Mr.. BANKS, by consent, introduced bill to refund
the balance due to Massachusetts for disbursements dur
ing the late war with Great Britain which was read
twice and referred to the Committee Military Affairs
Mr. GREY asked consent to offer the following
lutions:
l. Resoed That the Postmaster General be directed
report the House of Representatives why the mail service
not "let and contracted for the river roues-ls
From Louisville Kentucky Evansville Indiana and back,
daily I'd From Evansville to Cairo illinois, and back, dali
ly; 3d. From Cairo to ST. Louis Missouri and back daily;
according 10 the advertisement of 3st December 1852 and
the eleventh section of the of Congress- approved 3lt of
August, 1852 which made it the duty of the Postmaster
General issue proposals and contract for the transportation
Of daily mail on those routes on suitable and safe steam
boats The bids by terms of the advertisement to be
ceived in the Post Office Department unt o'clock r. NJ
of the 10th day of February 1853 to be decided by the lt
Of March, and service to the ls of July fol-
lowing, and continue for four years.
Resoued That he furnish copies of all the contracts and
bids and proposals. for contracts and bids which have been
made WITH proposed to- received from Thomas Shrlock
and e. NJ Shirley either of them with to- or from
other persons together with copies of all the amend
ment alterations privileges extensions restrictions
hozed and permitted assumed and exercised and Of all
orders for additional compensation except what appears
the face of the contract contracts on this said route from
Louisville to st Louis any part of it, since March 1851
also the greatest number of email messengers" "route
agents. local agents. and employees that now are or have at
any time during the above period been engaged in
connected with the that route exclusive of post
at what points engaged and the salary per quarter
ner annu of each one Of them also who are now the
from Louisville ST. Louis and in what manner
each and all of said contracts made whether privately
by being let to the lowest bidder also what
offices between Louisville and ST. Louis have been authorized
be supplied by each contract that route since March
1851 and how often per week each and every of those
since March, 1881 either of them and why the
official reports from the Postmaster General as published in
the Blue Book state the service between Louisville and St.
Louis performed for $40 2222 when the allowance to the
that is $4,000 per year. exclusive of
{" route agents." "local agents" " messengers" &e
g. RssoUe That he furnish copies Of a ORDERS rules or
regulations adopted by him which tend prevent deny
to members Of Congress the privilege of going into the pub
lie Of the Post Office Department and then and there
examining with assistance of the clerks the "pubc records
under the charge of said clerks.
Objection was made.
Mr.. GREY moved suspension Of the rules SO as to
enable him to offer his resolutions which motion de-
PRIvATEERs. !,
On motion of Mr.. FAULKNER (under suspension
of the rules,
Reoved That the President of the United States be
quested communicate to the House, if in his judgment not
incompatible with the public interests the instructions refer
red to by President Monroe in his annual message of the I'd
Of December 1929 and transmitted to diplomatic agents
abroad upon the subject of the issue of commissions p
armed vessels together with the responses any
ceiyed from said Governments ALSO any other instructions
given correspondence held with foreign Governments
the subject since the date of said message and not
heretofore communicated to Congress.
The House then resumed the consideration Of Senate
bill for the relief Of James Jeries and jeremiah NJ
Smith, which had been postponed to this day.
Messrs. SAGE, EDGERToN, add GROW opposed the
bill and Mr. EWING advocated it.
The bill then referred to the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
On motion of Mr.. PHELPS, the House then went into
Committee of the Whole the state Of the Union Mr.
CHANDLER, of Pennsylvania in the char and proceed
ed consider the bill to supply deficiencies in the appro
priaons for the service Of the fiscal year ending the
30h Of june 1854, returned from the Senate with fifty
| three amendments.
Mr.. PHELPS said that the bill it passed the House
contained appropriations to the amount of nearly mil
lion and half Of dollars The Senate had added amend
mens to it amounting upwards of two millions of dol
lars and the Committee of Ways and Means considering
| them had concluded to recommend concurrence in
several of them, amounting in the aggregate to half
| million Of dollars.
In regard to the amendment appropriating $780, 900
for continuing the works for bringing into the city
OF Washington, the estimate for the plan being pro-
secuted was nearly two millions and half of dollars.
Another plan had been suggested which the protector
said would give an ample supply of water to the cities Of
Washington and Georgetown and could be constructed
cost Of million of dollars This being the case the
Committee of Ways and Means did think it proper
recommend q concurrence in the amendment
The Senate had also inserted in the bill an amendment
approprang $4,000 for the completion of the bridge
across the Potomac river, at the Little Falls The com
mttee Of Ways and Means recommended the House to
non concur in this amendment
He then referred to other amendments and the action
Of the committee thereon and, in conclusion urged the
necessity of prompt action on the bill.
Mr.. PHILLIPS then addressed the committee on the
subject of the Nebraska Kansas BILL He said that il
had been assaled by many who while admitting the
recness of the principle upon which it founded yet
objected 1t repeal of the Missouri act of 1920
that act had further claim upon their consideration
than its intrinsic merits it would surely be illogical
to say that the wrong of their predecessors should be
bar to righteous action their own part.
But it was said that the act Of 1920 something
than Legislative act; that it the result of
compact agreement between the great sections
the Confedsracy, intended to be perpetualy obligatory