The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-08-09
THIRTY THIRD CONGRESS.
salur,Iay, Iuly e9.

- Satunfay, July ~.
In the Senate. the amendments of
the House to the bill to provide for the
accommodation for post.ofiicrs in Bos-
ton, New York. Philadelphia and Bal
;imore. were conquered in. The bill
providing foe the payment to Col. FIRE.
mont Of one hundred and eighty three
thousand dollars for beef furnished o
the California Indians, was considered
and passed. The consideration Of the
River and Harbor bill was then re-
sumed.
The House resolved itself into COM
mittee Of the whole, and proceeded to
consider the Ocean Mail Steamer bill,
and long debate occurred on mo-
tion to strike out the section relating
10 the abolition of the contract Of the
Collins line Of steamers.
Monday, gqly 81.
I'm the Senate. several private bills
were passed. The bill from the House
fixing the rates Of postage was report
ed with amenimcnts, and its consi,le>
ration laid over. Mr.. Sumner endea.
yorcd to introduce "a bill to repeal the
fugitive slave law, but leave was relus-
ed by vote Of IS to 10. The consi.
deratioa Of the River and Harbor bill
was resumed and discussed until late
hour. s...sa..,
The House refused to suspend the
rules to take up the Texas debt yill.
MIR. Riddle, from select committee on
the guano trade, made an interesting
report on that subject, accompanied by
o bill. .llhe amendments of the Se>
nate to tte Civil ai,d Diplomatic APP
preparation bill, near two hundred in
number, were considered, and large
number Of them disagreed to BY tie
House; others were concurrcd in. The
committee, however. did not get through
#ith the till.
Fqcsday. August =.
The Senate, after hearing a personal
explanation from Mr.. Houston in re-
gard to matters which oc CARED before
the Republic Of Texas became State
OF the Union, resumed tae consiaera-
ton Of the River and Harbor bill. Va.
rious amendments were adopted. when
the bill was ordered to third reading
BY a vote Of 81 to Il, and passed with
out a division. A committee Of con-
ference was appointed on the disagree
Ing votes Of the two Houses on the A.
lexandria and Washington RaHroad
bill.
An important resolution was adopts
ed, ON motion of Mr.. Mason, calling
upon the President, If not incompati.
BILE with the public interest. for infor.
nation whether any thing has arisen
since the date of his Message to the
Aouse OF Representatives of the 10th
March last, concerning our rclatiaas
with Spain, which, in his opinion, may
dispense with the suggestions therein
contained touching the propriety Of pro.
uisioaai measures by Congress to meet
any cxigency that may arse during the
recess Of Congress affecting those rela-
tiuns.
Whilst the Senate was engaged in
an Executive session, Of four or five
hours duration, the President sent ip
a Message in reply to,the above>men,
toned resolution, which was referred
to the Committee OF Foreign Relations.
We cannot, of course, know any thing
positively of the contents Of this Mes.
sage, but umorssays that it substan,
tally rciterates the sentiments IL the
Message Of the 18th Of March last, on
the same subject, and intimates the de-
desire of the President to have fund
PLACED at his disposal to meet any cog
tineency that may arise in our relations
with Spain.
The House, after disposing Of the
Morning business, again went into com
mittee of the whole on the amendments
Of the Sepate ~ the civil and diplomas
tic appropriation bill The committee
was engaged until half past o'clock,
when, having disposed Of all the amend,
ments, it rose and reported to the
House. Mr.. Barksdale then moved to
lay the bill on the table; pending which
the House adjourned.
Wednesday, Augusta.
IN the Senate, the Ratification bill
was passed without amendment. The
bull making appropriations for the Post