Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
On motion Of Mr. KERR, by consent, the bill of the
Senate for the relief of Thomas K Glenn taken from
the Speakers table, read three times, and passed
TERRITORY LATELY ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO.
Mr.. PHILLIPS asked consent to introduce bill de-
clsrng the southern boundary of New Mexico which was
read, follows:
Be Il enacted &C. That until otherwise provided by law ths
territory acquired under tho late treaty with Mexico COM
monty known as the Gadsden treaty and the is here
by with the rerry New Mexico subject
oil the laws OF said named Territory.
Mr. PHILLIPS said that gentlemen would at once see
the propriety Of passing the bill The territory which
we had lately acquired under the Gadsden treaty
without law and there courts organized there fol
the execution and enforcement of the law twas neces
sary therefore, inasmuch the territory open to
settlement that there should be laws for the pro-
lection and government of the people who might settle
there He hoped it seemed absolutely necessary to
extend the benefit Of the laws that territory there
would be no objection to the passage of the bill.
Mr.. CHANDLER. Does the bill come from q COM
mittee?
Mr.. PHILLIPS. It does not. am member Of the
Committee on Territories but the bill is sefevident
proposition that did not deem it necessary that it
should receive the approval of that committee
Mr.. chandler. How are We to tell, before the
boundary is what people are to come under our
risdictions
MI. PHILLIPS The treaty settles the boundary, and
we annex just that land which acquired thereby.
Mr.. CHANDLER. We have appointed commissioners
to ascertain what the boundaries and who in
cluded within the lands thus acquired.
Mr.. PHILLIPS That makes difficulty. We an
nexed Texas and the boundaries were subsequently
tied The exact line will hereafter be run.
Mr.. PEcKHAM: Are there any people residing in the
Mr.. PHILLIPS. There are.
Mr.. PECKHAM. Then object to the introduction Of
the bill.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.
The House then resumed the consideration of the bill
to amend an act entitled IAN act to amend act
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in the United States" passed August So 1862, which
proposes repeal much Of existing laws makes
reduction Of fifty per the postage Of newspapers
and periodicals, when it is paid in advance.
Mr. WASHBURN, Of Maine, opposed the BILL believing
its passage was not demanded by the wants Of the
country.
Mr.. SMITH, OF New York, replied to the remarks Of
Mr. SMITH, of Virginia. heretofore delivered. He said
that he was not in favor Of making the Post Office De-
partment selfsustsining Government had assumed to
establish Post Office Department and in this he held
it had been guilty Of usurpation holding that the
Government committed usurpation whenever it took
into its own hands that which the people themselves
could accomplish
Mr. ELIOT, of Massachusetts, could no necessity
for the passage Of the bill He conende thst the Post
Office Department should be self sustaining and that
were the present free matter which passed through the
mills charged with postage it would enable that Depart
ment to sustain itself He referred to the large number
Of post offices which had been established during the
past two years as one of the Of the deficit which
now existed in the Of the Department. and pro-
cceded to show the effect the bill would have il passed
Before he concluded, the morning hour expired.
The House then proceeded to consider the bill granting
the right Of way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain
Railroad through the arsenal magazine and Jefferson
barracks tracts returned from the Senate with amend
ment
Mr. ORR opposed the amendment, and contended thai
il the bill should be passed it would nure the property
of the Government situated the tracts through which
was proposed to grant this railroad the right Of way
Mr.. CARUTHERS replied, and hoped the amendment
would be concurred in.
Mr. BENTON then took the floor to advocate the amend
men bat moved that the House 60 into Committee Of the
Whole, on the state Of the Union.
The motion Of Mr.. BEsros was agreedto to.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
And the House accordingly went into Committee Of the
Whole the state of the Union, and resumed the con-
sideration of the army appropriation bill
. Mr.. BARRY opposed the amendment. remarking that
the real question was certain system being adopted and
working well, should they change it? He deprecated
changes and contended that changes which