Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-28
CONGRESS-.

Senate, Friday, JulY 2s, 1854.

Inns, in command of the United States sloop-of-
war Cyane and copies Of any Instructors
given to Captain Hollins BY the Government
Adopted.
Mr. Rusk moved that the Senate proceed to
the consideration of the bill to incorporate the
officers Of the navy of the late Republic Of
Texas into tho navy Of the United States. And
the motion was disagreed to--yeas IS, nays %.
Mr. Mason moved that the Senate proceed
to the consideration Of Executive business.
Mr.. Stuart opposed the motion, and pressed
the consideration of the River and Harbor bill
Messrs. Seward, Bell Benjamin, and Chase,
urged action at this moment upon the River
and Harbor bill, even to the delay Of all other
business
MIR. Mason's motion was rejected.
On motion by Mr.. Stuart, the Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of the River and
Harbor bill--yeas 35, nays IA, as follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Badger, Bell,
OF Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Fes-
sender, Fish, Foot, Geyer, Gillette, James,
Johnson, Jones Of Tennessee, Poaroe, Pettit,
Pratt, Rockwell, Rusk, Sebastian, Seward,
Shields, Slidcll, Stuart Sumner Thomson of
New Jersey, Wade Walker and Weller-35
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Brodbead, Brown,
Butler, Dawson, Fitzpatrick, G@in, Houston,
Hunter, Mallory, Mason, Toombs Toucey, and
Wiiliams--14.
By unanimous consent
Mr. Hunter from the Committee on Finance,
reported back the Fertilization bill, without
amendment;
The Army Appropriation bill, with amend
ments and
The Post Office Appropriation bill.
The bill establishing post routes in the Uni
ted States was received from the House, read
three times, and passed.
The consideration of tho River and Harbor
bill was resutaed.
The amendments reported by the Committee
on Commerce wero agreed to, except the fol-
lowing
"And if, on such denomination and re sur
vey, the said Secretary (of War; shall be Of
opinion that cesson of the jurisdiction over
the place occupied or to be occupied by any Of
said works, is required from the State in which
any work is situated, to the United States, or if
there shall be, in his opinion, any other sufi-
Gent reason for doing 80, he is hereby author
lied and empowered to suspend the application
OF any appropriation contained in this act; and
in such case he shall report to Congress- at its
next session, the facts and reasons on which bis
action may be founded in order that Congress
may take such further action as the subject
may, in the discretion Of Congress, seem to re-
quire.O
Messrs. Badger, Toombs, Brown, End Chase,
opposed it; and Messrs. Benjamin. Stuart,
Atchison, Pratt, Mason, and Rusk, support
ed it.
House of Representatives., July %, 1854.
The Speaker laid before the House com.
munication from the War Department, trans
hitting report Of surveys and estimate of ex.
penses for the improvement Of the Brazos and
other rivers. Laid on the table, and ordered
to be printed.
Mr.. Washburne, Of Illinois, arose to priv
legged question. He stated that the special
committee appointed on tho alleged fraud in
the Minnesota Railroad bill had nearly CON-
pleted their labors on that part of the subject;
and that as the second branch of their investiga-
tons involved duty Of peculiar delicacy to
him, he wished to be excused.
His request was granted.
Mr.. ODDS moved suspension of the rules to
enable him 70 put upon its passage, without
reading, bill establishing the post routes of
the United States, which he averred contained
nothing extraneous, and repealed no routes
not incuded
The bill was put upon it's passage, and passed.
MIR. Chandler asked the unanimous consent
to the reception Of the following:
RESOLVED, That the President OF the United
States be respectfully requested to furnish to
the House Of Representatives any cfiicial infor-
nation which may have been received at the
Department relative to the destruction Of Grey
town II San Juan del Norte) by Capt. Hollins,.
of tn. United States vessel Cyanc and also
that the President be requested to furnish to
the House copies Of the instructions given to
Captain Hollips, relative 10 the demand for sat
isfaotion which was made in the name Of the
United States upon the authorities of Grey
town Tor San Juan del Norte) before tho bonn
bardment and destruction Of that place.
Mr.. Disney objected.
MIR. Chandler moved a suspension Of the
rules.
the CLAUSE, "if not inconsistent with the pub
lie intercsts.v
Mr. Chandler said it did not that that was
implied.
Mr.. Disney Then put it in.
Mr.. Peckham. 1t is request, not an i'm
perative demand.
Mr.. Chandler inserted the phrase
Tho vote was taken on the motion to sus-
pend the rules, by yeas and nays, and decided
10 the sffrmative-yeas 1872, nays IS.
SO the rules were suspended.
Tho resolution was then adopted, without a
division.
A motion to reconsider il was laid upon the
table
Mr.. Eliot asked leave TO suspond the rules,
to enable him to present bill to repeal the
Fugitive Slave Law.
Objected to by many voices.
Mr.. Eliot moved 20 suspend tho rules, and
on that motion called for the yeas and nays;
which wero ordered, and the motion was dec-
ded in the negativc-yeas as, nays 100
!. Mr.. Faulkner, by consent, caused to be read
q Communication, addressed to him as chair
man of the Committee on Military Affairs, by
tho Secretary of War, enclosing letter from
Governor Stevens Of Washington Territory
stating that The Font Simpaon lodians5 in that
Territory, had risen, and killed several per-
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