Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

IN SENATE.

In SENAIE.
The PRESIDENT Of tie Senate laid before the body
report from the Secretary Of War; communicating state
men OF the expenditures at the national armories and OF
the number Of and appendages made therein during
the year ending June 30h, 1853; which was read and
ordered TO be printed.
[The expenditure for Springfield is 1925 403 that for
Harpers Ferry $685. 0S1.l
Also, report communicating statement Of the
tngen expenses of the military establishment for the
year 1893 which read and laid on the table.
The whole amount is ten thousand dollars and frac-
ton.
Also communication from the Secretary of War; made
in compliance with resolution of the Senate of the 9th
umo asking for all the reports made by officers of the
army for testing the relative efficiency and usefulness of
the Onondaga solar salt and Turks Island salt in the
and packing Of provisions
1.-THE Secretary says Full reports Of experiments
pork which had been packed for six months and for egh
teen months have been received except from California;
but those for twentysix months which are the most to
| be relied on, are yet to be made .#.. s.-
To ensure fair tests and unbiased reports this sub
great pains have been taken in the instructions given
TO officers prevent their knowing which pork had been
packed with Onondaga and which with Turks Island salt
liz Will therefore be perceived that to make public the
partial information now possessed by the Department
would interfere with the plan in process of execution
| The Secretary submits to the Senate whether partial
reports shall be made public the subject be laid
until the session. when complete report of the
experiments can be finished.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
4 BY Mr. FOOT, from the Committee on the Public
Lands: Asking to be discharged from the further CON
sideraton Of the memorial of Robert G. Steptoe and
Others of Virginia. and of Daniel Brown and others Of
Indiana and that il be referred the Committee Pr
vate Land Claims; which was agreed to-
Also, from the Committee Pensions, bill for the
relief Of Mary E. Hamilton accompanied by report.
Also, from the committee bill for the relief of
the children Of the late Lieut. Michael Every.
Mr.. BENJAMIN, from the Committee on Private Land
Claims, TO which referred the bill confirming GER
tain land claims in Louisiana In the Bastrop grant,
port ed it back without amendment and recommended
passage. ..w. &
Also from the same committee bill for the relief of
the legal representatives of VIM. Weeks accompanied by
! report
Also, from the same committee, bill confirming
tain land claim in Louisiana, known as the Fleurian
claim, accompanied by report. ..
He also, from the Committee Commerce, to which
referred the memorial of Francis 3. Ogden submit
ted an adverse report thereon. a.. s.#
/ Mr.. SEBASTIAN from the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs to which referred the bill to amend to
divide the district of Arkansas into two Judicial districts
and for other purposes asked TO be discharged from the
further consideration of the same and that be referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, from the committee, asking to be discharg
ed from the further consideration Of the memorial of
Amos Kendall and j. E. EKendal and that it be referred
to the Committee the Judiciary which agreed to-
4 Mr.. HAMLlN, from the Committee on Printing, re-
ported the following resolution which was agreed to
Resorea That copies of the letter of the Secretary
of the Treasury communicating the report of the superin
enden Of the Coast Survey for the in addition to
usual NUMBER be printed 5000 copies thereof for the
of the Senate and the remainder for distribution by the
survey Office and that the be printed and bound
with the plates in quaro form and that the plates be print
ed under the direction Of the Coast Survey.
| Also, from the committee, submitting letter
from the Superintendent of Public Printing accompanied
by joint resolution authorizing increase of the force
in the office OF the Superintendent Of Public Printing
RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED.
/ Mr.. BENJAMIN submitted the following and asked
| its immediate consideration: ,...'>
Reoleed That the President Of the United States be
quested communicate the Senate if not in his opinion
incompatible the public interest any correspondence
that may have taken place between the Government the
United States and that Of Mexico respecting the right of way
ae not IN @ sne &c
Senate the 9th Of July 1852. Also, under like mta-
ton, communicate the Senate all information in the
lean Government in relation said right Of way and
proposed convention concerning it,
Mr.. D. remarked that the resolution of in
oury only, he proposed ask the of the Senate
for its adoption the present time. Before doing
however in order to prevent any msapprehenson Of mo-
tive, he desired to say few words ",@|~.% ,....
The communication from the Executive in reference to
resolution submitted by the gentleman from Michigan
Mr CAss under consideration, and it must be
evident all that the discussion upon it would take
much wider range than the simple Interpretation of the
treaty which was the basis of the call In this discus
sion it was not his intention participate but when
that treaty should under debate before the Senate
would found that it embraced the whole subject OF
isthman communication-of the communication across
that very ishmus which his resolution was pointed
q communication which particularly interested not only
his constituency but nearly every Southern State
every State in the Valley Of the Mississippi and the
tire American population on the Pacific ocean, lie
thought it would be found that this subject that
would be necessarily embraced in the debate, which
would form proper coroary to it, and in relation to
which he should ask the indulgence of the Senate for
hearing but would only be after the general discus
sion should have closed and with the view that the Com
mitee Foreign Relations might be put in possession
of the entire subecmatter that their report might
Nhraaa in fhQaQ
miau lines of communication 1t with this view that
he proposed to make this CALL and he hoped there would
i be no objection the passage of the resolution.
There being objection, the resolution considered
i and agreed to.
On motion by Mr.. FOOT,
g.so},ea That the Postmaster General communicate TO the
Senate Of the repeated detention of the Northern
Washington; and whether in his opinion any action is
qured the part of Congress for the eectual removal OF
there causes. ......
On motion by Mr.. SEBASTIAN,
RsoteG That the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed Inquire into the expedency Of es
bhinc post from Memphis in the State of
Tennessee by way Of Wsourg and Augusta, Searcy in
OF Arkansas Wild Haus, the county of Ixard
State and Jackson Port Gainesville, all in said
| State.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr. BAYARD bin to provide for the public print
ing, engraving, and binding.
By Mr.. BADGER: A bill allowing credit for limit
ed period for duties railroad iron imported into the
United States
BY Mr.. THOMPSON, Of Kentucky: A bill to provide
the payment Of such creditors Of the late Republic OF
as are comprehended in the act Of Congress OF