New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-21

supposed to contair the Japan treaty
Mr.. Mason moved an Executive Session, which
was sgreed to. In q few minutes the doors
we're opened, and the Senate adjourned at
o'clock.
house OF REPRgssNrAr1vEs.--sfr Kidwe1I
asked leave to present The memorial Of the
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, askirg
nm investigation Of charges against Justice
Grier, Of the U. s. Supreme Court, in order to
have it referred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Mr. Stow said, If he followed the promptings
Of his own feelings and Judgment, he should OBJ
ject to the memorial, but, satisfied that the dis
tinguished iurist has made q correct decision
relative to the bridge over the Chic, he would
not object to the memorial. It was then re-
ferred.
Mr.. May presented the memorial Of the Board
of Managers Of the Washington National Monu-
ment Society, representing that the structure
has attained the height of 1856 feet, and that
334 feet remain to be constructed: and that as
the finds are entirely exhausted and all the
recent efforts to replenish their treasury have
proved imperative. they submit the whole sub
ject to Congress for consideration. Owing to
the dignity Of the subject, Mr. May moved the
memorial be referred to Select COMMITTEES Of
| thirteen. Agreed to. s sssi
The River and Harbor Bill was taken up, all
| the amendments concurred in, and then passed.
Yeas 96, nays rs.
| The bill appropriates for improvements IN
Mississippi, below the rapids, $84 600; Des
Moines Rapids. $4,000; Dubuque Harbor,
1 $4,000; Illinois River, $16,G00 Missouri
River, $40, 0,000i Ohio River, 800, 600; to keep
\ in order Louisville and Portland Canal, which
| is to be kept free of toll from the commence
ment Of next year, S25 900 per annnm Ten
nessee River, S35000; Arkansas River, $40
| COO; Snag and Bridge boats for Mississippi,
| Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and Arkansas rivers,
l IN L.. o. d
| the San Diego River, and for other works to-
| turn it into the former channel into False Bay,
! 10000; preservation Of public property and
contingencies of western river improvements,
| 81 GOO; improvement of the harbor at Burline-
ton, Vt, S18 900; dredge- boat ON Lake Cham
! plain, $500; continuing the improvement Of
| the harbor of Oswego. $21 600; do. harbor Of
| Soda Bay, Cayuga county, Sl4s 800; do. sodus
| Fay, Wayne county, SO 600; do. Charlotte,
mouth of the Genesee River, S24 600 do mouth
| of Oak Orchard Greek, S14 800; Steam dredge,
! Lake Ontario, $500; Improvement Of the har-
| hor of Buffalo, S33 600; do. Of Dunkirk, S3O.-
coo; do of Erie, s25,000; Couneaut, ss1I 500;
Ashtabula, $4,000; harbor of Frankfort,
Grand River, $4,000; Cleveland, $4,000;
mouth of Black River, $4,000; Huron, 3d.
SEQ; Sandusky City, S28, 500; Monroe, mouth
| Of River Raisin, $4,000; Steam dredge On
| Lake Erie, $500; continuing the improvement
Of St Clair Flats, $s45 600; harbor at the mouth
| of Clinton River. 5000; harbor Of Grand
| Haven, $40, 900; Black Lake, s20, 500; St. Jo-
seph. Michigan, $4,000; New Buffalo, Mich,
| $4,000; Michigan City. $4,000; Chicago,
| $4,000; Waukegan, $4,000; Kerosha, $15,-
SEQ; Racine, s11 000; Milwaukee, SI75 900;
sheboygan, $l1 600; Maintowae, 500; cur
rent expenses for the steam dredge on Lake
Michigan, $500; repairs and preservation Of
public property and contingencies of lake har-
bors, $50 1000; removal of rocks obstructing the
navigation near Falls Island, Cobscook Bay,
Maine. $4,000; breakwater at Rockland, Me-,
$4,000; Improvement of Kennebec River,
$65O0; breakwater, Richmond, Island Harbor,
Maine, $685. 600; Breakwater, Portland, $4,000;
Sea Wall, Deer and Lovells Islands. Boston
Harbor, $500; Sea Wall Great Brewster
Island Boston Harbor, $50, 600; repairs Of in
| iuries to the Government works on Plymouth
j Beach, $13, 900; Breakwater, Hyannis Harbor,
Massachusetts, $4,000; preservation of the
harbor of Great Woods Harbor, Massa achusetts,
$4,000; removal of obstr ructions near mouth of
Lickwel1 River Rhode Island, 5000; improve
nent of the Harbor of Bridgeport, Connecticut,
S22 900; improvement of the Hudson River,
below Albany, but not above Troy, $50, 600;
removal of the rocks at Hellgate and Diamond
Reef, $50, 600; Delaware Breakwater, $50 900; /;
construction of harbor on the east side of
lteedy Island, Delaware River, $4,000; re-
pairs of the piers and enlargement Of the har-
4 DOTS ab NEW 1totlGt IplC,UuVg IMPROVEMENT OF
the navigation of the Patapsco River, Maryland,
i 10000; removal of Instructions on the Sus-
auehanna River, near Havre de Grace, Mary
land, $35 600: steam dredges, tugs, etc, for
the Chesapeake Bay. $50, ,00o; improvement of
the navigation of James River, below Rich
mond, Va, $4,000; ditto Appomattox River,
$59 600; continuing the re opening of the COM
munication between Albemarle Sound. North
Carolina, and the Atlantic Ocean, $50, 600
improvement of Charleston Harbor, South Caro-
lima, $4,000; ditto of the Savannah River
0,000; continuing of the connection of the
waters of Indian River and Musquito Lagoon
at the Haulover, Florida, $4,000; Improvement
of the harbor at Mobile, 500 600; harhor, Lake
Pontchartrain, Louisiana. $25 600; channels Of
the mouths OF the Mississippi River, $3.50 eco;
II navigation of the Colorado River, Texas,
10000; continuing the survey of Galveston
and Pas Cavalo and other harbors and rivers
in Texas, $4,000; repairs and preservation o.
the public property and contingencies of the
| river and harbor improvements on the Atlantic
: and Gulf coasts, etc, S15, GOO; removal of III
distinctions on Cobbert's Shoals, Tennessee
: S25,000; Improvement Of East Paseagoul
River, $4,000; Taunton River, below Taunton
harbor at Newark, New Jersey, S25,000; Ne,
Bedford, Massachusetts,. $4,000; re- survey
the harbors at Marblehead, Nantucket. an
Sandy Bay, Massachusetts,, $4,000; continuin
the repairs of piers at Saeo River, Maine, 81 SOC
The House went into Committee of the Who'll
on the State of the Union on the Army AppTo
priation bill. ia
= : Mr.. Stanton, of Kentucky offeved and iadye
Gated an amendment to restore the Civil Super
. intendents at Harpers Ferry and Springfel
! Armories. - @z1
Mr. Dickinson defended the present system
and the further consideration of the bill wa
postponed. The Post-office and Light-hous