Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-06


tween Hon, Humphrey Marshall, Commissioner
to China, and the State Department. Adopted
The Speaker stated that the business before
the House was the further consideration Of the
bill relating to the transit Of the mails upon
railroads
On motion, its consideration was postponed,
and,
On motion Of Mr.. Houston, the House took
up the Senate bill prescribing the duties Of the
Secretary Of the Senate This bill was re-
turned to the House, the Senate non-concurring
in certain amendments Of the House. II pro-
posed to make the Secretary the disbursing
officer Of the Senate, under the supervision Of
the Treasury Department, and gives him an
addition Of one thousand dollars to his present
compensation of $4,000, and extra compcnsa-
ton.
Mr. Breckenridge was in favor Of the House
receding from its amendments, and stated that
as the Senate had yielded point in making
the Treasury Department, and not committee
Of the Senate, the auditor Of the Secretary,
the House should in courtesy yield point,
and permit the increase Of salary
Mr. Mace said $3 900 was ample, and urged
persistence by the House in its refusal to sane
ton any increase
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee very clearly ex-
planned the subject, as it stood before the
House.
The House assented to the plan Of auditing
the accounts of the Secretary, but upon the in
crease Of salary the ayes and noes were called,
and the House refused to recede from it's posi-
ton--ayes Sc, noes 1903.
Mr. Chandler, from the Joint select commit
toe on the San Francisco rescue, moved sus-
pension of the rules, to enable him to present
a report The resolutions embraced in the re-
port propose that three gold medals be struck,
under the direction Of the President Of the Uni
ted States, and conferred upon the command
ers Of the Three Bells, the Kilby, and the An
tarctic; and that 100000 be appropriated, to
be distributed, according to the discretion Of
the President, among the persons rendering re-
lief to the San Francisco sufferers.
Onthe question Of suspending the rules, the
yeas and nays were taken, with the following
the motion did not prevail.
The committees were then called upon for
reports.
Mr. Davis, Of Indiana from the Committee
on the District of Columbia, reported bill
to charter the Pioneer Manufacturing Compa-
ny, at Georgetown, and recommended that it do
pass. Referred to the Committee Of the Whole,
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Corwin, from the Committee on Revolu.
tionary Claims, presented bill for the relief
of the children and heirs Of Baron de Kalb ];
which was read twice. and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Bissell, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, presented bill to increase the army,
and another to increase the pay of the officers
and men which were referred to the Commit
toe of the Whole, and ordered to be printed
Mr.. Benton, from the Committee on Militia
ry Affairs, reported back, with recommends
ton that it pass, bill to give the right of way
to the Iron Mountain and st. Louis railroad
through the grounds of jefferson Barracks
motion being made to refer il to the Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
the vote indicated that there was not q quo
rum present.
A call Of the House was accordingly order
ed, pending which, our report closed.
No FANATrc-A gentleman with soul
above sumptuary laws aud restrictive regula-
TONS whose name was Mascal Jester, while in
jail at Yalkinsville, Alabama for assaulting his
wife, hung himself on the 9TH nit In q fit Of
intoxication he had savagely beaten his wife,
and some Of his heartless acquaintance had
called upon him in prison, and, to mock his
misery, had falsely told him that his wife was
dead. He is said to have been "good fell
low" So, we presume were his "heartless &C
quaintances' good fellowsl
GoNEl-We learn from New York papcrp,
that Bedni took his departure on Saturday, in
the Atlantic, for Liverpool. There was crowd
at Staten Island, expecting that he would go
on board from the Quarantine station, but
they were disappointed. He and his friends
were conveyed to the Atlantic by one of the
smaller steamers Of the port. And so it ends
10 Edwin Forrest plays Hamlet at the
National Theatre, this evening