The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-17
.. mv.s .sh. and proper for the fsniss Of tnoss

a. ss was Right and proper for the families Of those
who wsrp lost
Mr. GwS expressed himsslf ipeiGsrent ~ to which
comni1es The usjso: referred 10 Hs cerr4c ed
gent-Insn mo supposed this sci chartered by the
Wr Department. III. government hsa nat chsrtsrsi IT,
II shipped porticn of reg board IT, but the
veesei waa open and had actually tasen other pas.
sengers
Mr. SHIELDS withdrew his resolution for tas present
Mr. BuIiKR, (dem) OF y thought tie su ojsot ought
to go the Military, aud not the Naval Committee lie
said ne did not intend to into TOPICS which
had bee. touchsd upon but the intormatiou ag
be Afforded might dhclose much that the Sensts
nothing OF
Nj. sHInns- 1t will much
Mr.. BurIEE-Ine information NIGH toush dslic., .
questions Of obligation on ths part OF thu government;
II might touch liabilities ef the tie steamer
ana ne had no douat ~ soula show different de
gree Of merit the conduct of the differ
ent officers IL as iatens.d to honor Ii WAS prssume
and be hoped vsry properly that they entitled
al that had been Indicated. Hos far the owners OF the
steamer might be subj ct to liability be would
der'ake to say. That would oecepd upon tho info
ton furnishes and upon the severe Judgment OF the
Senate In connection with the SUBJECT forced
ssy that whatever might be ,he Lis oy of the owners
of the vesse he could not withhold the common
opinion EXPIRE ssd towards its nc,r, Capt ain Wat
kins fhe thres cheers Shch givsn him thAt
occasion were tbs bet language thai couit pronoun
cea on sry occasion 40 far - resa,cs that officer.
Mr BADGER, (vhg, o n. O. thought, ali ths cir
cuns'snces, and - 1t coul. bs OF lts consequences
which eommitfeo had Of the matter th7 Senate
Bbuld pRs thvsescluton so trst offered
Nr HorsToS, teem al Texas, axso.iso highly the con
duet hs copmAncs OF the thrss vessels, nd hoped
the resolution voald pass.
Mr. P-afcp's resolution adopted.
ar. sHIKIps offered bis sba II 80 adopted.
IHgs PAY og sRNArots
The Senate bill rsgulspg the manner of paying Sens
tors and soarsing the Senate contngsnt fand
turps. from the House with lneuts and was re-
ferrtd 70 fhe Finance Committee
PROPOSED AMIrDMtsT NEBRASKA rRsSlroRY BILL.
MIR DIXON, (~hig) OF Kentucky, gave potiys OF "A
Amendment scdug an additional sestoa 10 the Nebaska
Territory bill providing tbs much OF thu eighth
tsn Of the act admitting Asseur prohibits slavery
involuntary ser'itude, otkee than punsl men. FOR
crime in tne 5@iped ia the cess,on Of Lou
deemed IN Oh IL
ca Ole TO the territory OF Nebraska add al other
res of the United States tha pe e % whom shall Alops
haze Of decidirg whether slsvsy sna small
exist II er-in.
1t was o, dered 10 be printed
TIiB sBAT OF SENATOR
tho case OF Senator Phelps. OF Vermont presented
Also 3 inosi,y report They were Dot road bat are
# ed for Wednesday lsxt.
Mr. Psttit's port favorable to Mr. Phelos iigh. to
his seat and is made BY MesseH r. TIT &c yer Viii
hsms The minority report Is signed by Msssrs Butler
ana Bsyard
PRINTING OF THE cESsus ABSTRACT
Nr SAMIN, (d.mj Of Maine, rspo, r.d resolution di
reotng the printing Of so 900 copies OF the Abstract Of
the Genius adopted.
PROPOSAL INCREASE OF THE PAY OF oLxRKs
Ar. ADAMS (dem) Of Mics, reported bull Increasing
the pay of nine hundeo COLLAR clerks to twelve hunds
Mr. sRxns reported bill TO toe military estab
lsbment OF the United States; bill to regulate
pay and incrss- the efficiency OF the army, &c. also
h 10 promote the efficiency OF the army by retiring dis
TIE GALLANT ISsRAHAN
Nj. GwIS, from The Naval Committee reported back
on the House joint resolution Of approval Of the
duct of Lieut. lnsraham, And asked its passage.
Nj BADGER sad he had amendment to offer, SO the
matter WAS laid over
TER CLAYTON BuLwSR TREATY
Mr. CLAYTON, (wnis) OF Del resumed Ms remarks. COM
renced Thursday last By way Of showing by addition
did uId. the treaty they ratified
cucFg the settlement the Belize and that Mr. King
right in informing him rnst the sspa did not
d-rstSIa It, he quotsd sons rsmArSs m sde by Mr. Man
gum, . member also OF the Committee foreign Reis
lions ~ the last session. MIR MApgum in his SPEECH
protested that question Of Belize discussed
ths Ser ats at ali; the only que, ion debated sHs
wheher he Mosquito project i'inus
He referred aLo 10 Mr. Wsbstsr who was = nom DER
OF the COMMITTEES Foreign Re stions the lime the
treaty rAthsd and voted for the treaty. II that
gentleman Understood rhs treaty the Sen stor from
Michigan asserted the Senate did Why dad whsn Sec
retary Of State, permit the settlement Belize to
continued In viola OF the treaty without nav
he attention e Congress- TO the vi s,on Of the treaty
Mr. Wsbsters acquiescence without dou usd that
he never understood tho treaty IS nouniog in is
visions that settlement II tbs Senator from MshgAn
bimtef thought the treaty meant what he asserted
be Il ought did when he voted forit ~hy did suffer
thaf settlement to be continued for nearly three
sf sr tbs ratification of the treaty. without
calling the attention Of the Senate o. country 10
what must have sposared to HIM TO have been
a ,rsgrsp. violation OF IT The senator had dweit
particularly upon his having styled Mr.. King
who was chairman Of the COMMITTEES Foreign Rsla
TONS the organ Of the senate Ia ting
the state Depsi the subject He regarded the
chairman OF tnAt ocmmitee necessarily the coovs
niept and PIRATE TO with the
Department upon matters before the senate To make
formal calls by resolution every freq
a,d daily occasions ~hen info nation required
would be aburd and for each the sixty twt 5sna
tors to apply In person in body s the Department
would oe more The chairman Of the committee was,
be thought much the organ OF the Senate
nunications with the government, the Secre-
tary OF State the OF the President in all like
uuDications he thought that lie had demonstrated
that Mr. King had given him the information stated ia
his note to Mr. Buwer having been rsceved By him
from Ar King and that the Statesmen, made BY Mr. Kog
The s.na.s was fully He referred to that psr,
Of Mr. Csss' speech wherein complaint Is made
hia siesoh IN April las. No said tns. al the reports Of
MI Cass spesch Of the Of January, 1858, published
The day aftsr its delivery agreed In repsssl ting that
Senator saying that Mt CAyt,n had recognized the
title Of Great Britain to the Belize This statement the
Senator from Mishigan denied and referred
to the official record Of his speech in the
tors word, but by way of showing ow much ipjus
cs the Senator's speech had been the occasion OF. he
read from the North Anriean Of Philadelphia of Jan.
1855 report recevei By magnetic telegraph, and pub
shed that paper and in dozen others throughout
the Northern cities Ia which the Senator repre-
sEtsd "a making tha, ,tatement He then read from
the ppeech u the Senator reported Ia the Globe in
Japuay lst3 and held that Senator there repre-
senied as saying sometpiDg to the same effect he ex
smined and defined what British title the Belize
really was, aud held that it the right Of settle
menf the right to cu yewood TO pluck the fruits-no
the cultivated fruits, bat those Actuaiy there At the
time The eminent domain remained in spain, and ss tho
rights Of Spain mad fallen Mexico, 1t nov in
Mexico, who could At any time order her of, because
suhjsst he had thorough, hims upon thsub
rct sbd had carsfa Avuiod a Eitioa Of
by Grsat Britain TO eighty domain at the Belize
Ia 1850 reponse to cal of ths House vs
the treaty hso been ntts to that ,dy, gsther
with statement Of what had taken p.ss st the sx
charge of rAthcstions that stasment printed and
each Senator hal copy Of it pisced In us hands, the
senator from Michigan smopg them. This lesrly
three before Senator des-rsd his speech tbs
subject. AZ he had tAii the other day two thirds Of
the Senator's speech in sprii OF chdipg, and nled
With toe ,indctiys ucu brAtioos Of shols summer aud
Tho close OF ths Senator mad clearly demonstrated
that the British had not the least shade o, title the
sv.rgnty ~ the Belize The Senator hsd done this SO
veil ths II Was usee,s for him to say 20. He Agreet
nstor in his declarations ~ % the reported
viola ions OF the treaty BY Great Britain Great Britain
has violated the treaties made stn Spain ernng
Central rsA Ani unless there be utstsks Ia the
eespecu and arrogant despatch Of Lord Cars ndon, OF
the 2th OF May there IL expressed determination on
ner part violate this treaty that despatch bs no
error he hoped in God toat Eogaod would fad that In
dea with this phe IL dealing sth customer
different from weak spain-thAt this government faith
fully observing eli its trsa.s, vi insist upon her doios