New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22
XXXIIID CON Ct r + 5 5
SECOND SION.

SENATE. .WAsHINGTON, Feb Fl. 1870.
On motion vt Mr.. WELLS al order was passed
tbsl rhe during the residue Of the session meet
81 J. O'Clock
MIR STUART, from the Committee on Conference
of the two Houses the bill relating 10 swamps and
oyeihowed LANDS. reported that the Commlttee had
evr..d TO report an amendment whereby the several
States which have conveyed such laDd, shall within
three month";, notify the Secretary OF the Interior
thereof 50 that [ nited States tides, hereafter, may
not conflict with State titles, made IN pursuance OF
former law of Congress.
Mr. RUSK from the Committee on Conference up
Oh the ss e. ment c the two Houses upon the Texas
bill reported g. $50 coo a. the compromise that al
been ~ re-c upon.
Mr. 1t NTER spoke against this sum because part
OF il II oil sssumptioo OF State debt, and TO that
part be- could Dor Aren't.
MI RUsK-Texs- is making a large sacrifice by
the scc, piance Of this BILL but shall urge her TO &C
a. NJ il Should Dot h. bit pass or should she not
agree 10 H. il woulc probably take ten yeirs before
We couf get 8 settlement.
Mr. PEAECE-l sm ia favor Of the bill. BY il we
e.trid = q ciaiin for 81 200 900 from the Sae OF
1es-s .pair-t the GIFTED States for the sun Of
81 10000. / think this Texas claim may become
iDmicsb'-
NJ. HUNIER--i cont believe that 80, 100000
ola Ill " II he f uni on exam Da'iOD worth cent. |
;.Ar that by uss-ng this bill ws ackOO Wedge liz.
biity io tue debs Of tie Stie Of Texas, and Il may
c5rry IL much further
M. TOUCEY-By passing this bill W. get rid ofthe
81 in, for 80 GOO 600 We get nd Of these claims %
ibe amount If about s. 600 600 which Der creditors
sre pressing | don't believe that by Incorporating
Texa- BIND Ourselves to pay her ante snnexz'ion
o. bis but those that annoying, and by this moa
sure get re OF them.
Mr.. CHASE estimated the amount Of the deb, At
five ilIOps and the interst thereon from one and
quarter 20 one and half million he did not like 10
pa, the excess, nearly and a half millions for
those pr. claims Of three millions eight hundred
n oussnc dclIars VIII en- bad never come before any
COMMITTEES OF either House Of Congress, aud which,
b. b. heved would have been r. jeced u presented
Mr.. FESSENDEN spoke against the report of the
Coum,Itee at Conference, When The question being
token resulted ID the of the Senate with
the report If the Committee of Conference.
A conn utica ion wh- received from the state Ds-
psIn,nt, requesting the Committee on Finance TO
inert in the appropriation bill provision for outfit
&c. ale gU thst during the vacation the present
kir ist,r 10 England would reform to this country
Resolutions from the Legislature Of RhOce l,laud,
askilg twenty years for uralza'lOn and mess
ur,s TO prevent TIE Influx Of foreign paupers and
criminals aud provision requiring Da'uralzauon TO
De cODsUG mated in open District Courts, were pre-
seD'.d by NJ. ALLEN.
The report rom the Committee Of Conference on
tho Invalid Pension bill briefly considered and
Ioe'poDed uItn tO-mOrro~.
r. So ation WAS adopted, on the motion OF Mr.
CLAYTON, requesting the President 10 commun-
cate TO the senate copy Of the Letter from the MS
ter OF Peru TO our Secretary Of state dated Nosem
Der H. e52 containing proportions for me settlement
Of the controversy as 10 the LObos Islands
A mt nicaron was received from the Secretary
OF War trhnsgliflng in eccorlaDco WIN inc reoOiu-
ton OF the S-Bae information aud correspondence rel
alive TO the establishment OF Fort Leiven vorth
military post the of the reduction of the
attached thereto, ard the order Of the Commsndant
Il ere Of respecting emigration TO Kansas
The bill extending credit on iron imported by rail
road compaT Ies wss taken no.
Mr. BRODHEAD reiterated his old Arguments
with great vebemeDce aud sugmatzed tn intent OF
Southern Senators TO vote for ths bill a. 40 abandon
m.It Of the principle Of revenue tariff lie eulD-
gi1 he fa'e al
on ole aide Lake Ere on the o'her-rith forests,
feldr, ara coal and ron mines lDrermedi ate-anf
sao sbr could stand Freetrsde well a. her ss er
States TIE line would come when the South would
he The most clamOrous a0vOc for tariff aud then
thf s. nth r. Ut g.t help where she can had It,
Mr.. WILSON said he wa national man. IN favor
a DO duties on sugar salt and other neces-ar-s 0'
LIFE which our country could neither manufacture nor
rrocuce a. well So Other naiions. Toe tendency Of
the tublic mind ia Msssa hGsetts was toward Free
trace. That State would be ready quite =. soon A.
the o'her merber- of the Cenfsderscy, 70 stand oy
h.rs. ana Contribute her quota 10 the expenses Of
tie General Government ever ~ithout a Clson-
House " thin her bUroers. Massachusetts addressed
10 arguments 10 the North. She stood upon tue
rieht ana supported whoever ana whatever came
within her ideas OF right and justice Inc Sens'or
from Penny wanna appealed - the possibility that the
south might need her assistance upon the tan ques-
ton hereafter lie would act dp 10 his ctions Of
right ara would do for Pennsylvania or Louisiana,
within rhoee convictions whatever he would do for
Massachusetts, but he vas not brought up N the
school Of tbOse who
Crook the prern.nt hiur.. Of the knee
Where Thrift nsS follo~ awning
Mr.. BRODHEAD replied by accusing Ms-.achu-
ssits Of ptolongiDg the savetrsde by resisting lis
abolition.
Mr.. WILSON-Nassschusetts has deeply repented
that gut and the efforts Of her Senator'S and Repre-
Observation-Disclosures in Congress will be on the side
of human liberty.
Mr. BUTLER favored the BILL aud thought when
We had poor Government, and that Government.