New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-02
XXXIIID NGRESS
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE. .M.snIseros. "a l. rs1l


Mr.. SEWARD alsn presented thu p titon Of Usrvy
BslosiD, sssng tr the duL .bCiIon Of slavery, pea,
weed IL can be done )asista0uS with toe rgss sf
Slavery apd in duty "a the slave He proposes thst
portion Of the territory scqsrei fom NIX 60 be set
apart or c0,0uiBiog the All 40 ra,s Ia "a caaatry,
eta tdst the procee Of tha pgbhc don,a iajlaaiat
the mineral wealth Of California and other @rritsry
thus acquired be applied ny the CJloni ,,ou Society
Mr. DaxsOns bill fr establishing Gas Company
IN TIE District o. Colu nbia wes read twice.
Mr.. SEWARD from the Co uni,tse postOS-
c. and PosfRoass rep 'r,ed the toln"ig j,at reso-
luton That sweoky mail e Snd from s,a Fran
c. co from some point tie Mississippi be es,a,.
lishtd the rip 10 be fourteen DAYS, the postage
tie letters 10 be tfty csuts per htf ounce saf pre-
psid the mail not to Wi overt$ hunired paais,
sid The romunertion 10 b. So 900 trip aad Il tcoa
sry cause the msi' be ddsyed beyond sixteen days.
The pay OF that trip % DO forfeoc these successive
DELAYS beyond ih,t dme % cause Tor etarc OF the
cOnif act; the contract 10 be cJumeuced wlh'n cde
year ard to be continued dve years Read and or
Mr.. DODGE wis called up the bill changing the
sppropristion erection ot buildings At Mdwsa-
Ma Tor sCostoo- House, Pos; Oaice, aad y Courts.
Pesst6.
Mr SEWARD. from the Committes on Commerce..
reported ha bill T. change sue name of the Russian
built ship Santa Auus, and also the bal to grant
register 70 the American ships Fanklin Pierce and
John Holmes.
Tie senate then u sed % take up the FRENCH Spo-
liaiion bill by Yeas 20 Nsyf %.
The consideration OF the Appropriation bill was
resumed
NJ. sHIEL DIS said-My amendment GALA fer tsur
-egm.nts of regulars Mr. Huot-r's tro OF regulars
sno FIVE hundred volunteers. MiGo would DO quite ~
shear. The volunteers would DO sufficient to excite
war hut not TO carr Il on.
A org uninterestDg ana desultory debate then
followed on the force 20 be employed against the To-
dars which resulted Ia the passage 0f the folio wiag
amendment offered by Mr. SHIELDS:
That there sts be scdrd 60 the regiments oftn
force the officers ADD suthoize b. th' act hsh
md the same provisions widows ard children ans tho came
allow and benefits IN every respect 80 are so"sa
bs he subect 70 he rules and articles Of aud the
shall be reeiutedin the manner " other troops s'd VII"
the zane conditions and limitations
liz will be recollec,ed that the President in his Al
pual Message, a-ksd 'or what this amendment OF M
Shields now gives him, but his recent sp'c,si Mes
sage ab ed IN addition thereto three tsousaud vOldn
teers for eighteen months, TO meet the present exs
Mr. BROWN moved al amendment to supply the
volunteers required. This vas voted down BY Yeas
10 Mas &c.
The sum Of two and half million of dollsrs was
inserted IN the hark tbe motion of Mr. Weller
10 provij, Tor tho expenses Of this Increase of tue
amy. ,
Secretary of the Navy t. cOonuuicae to the Ssnste
the ,ssuls of the Mt trial Of the Dock and Rail
way basin al the Pensacola Navy Yard, aud whether
thee lad been accepted by she Government.
Agreed TO.
Slr MALLORY sso presented a resolution in
snuotng the Committee on Military Ahsrs TO con
cider the expf0eDcy Of Providing GA appropri ,toa
for q board OF officers under the direction OF tue
Secretary of War for instructions 10 gunnery prac.
iice ar ia the preparation and use Of shot, shells
and other proiec'iies Agreed u.
Mr. DODGE Iowa reported a bill creating an af-
diuonal iaud 0i. ict IN California Read three times
by uD6niu Gus cOuseDt aLd passed.
Mr. DODGE then Obtained unsDinOus consent to
introduce bu providing f. a ieegr tpbic nail con-
mo.ics.ion betteeu the Mississippi River aot the
Pacific Ooesn Read three times and r. ferred to the
Committee on Ttfri.crie' Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRE- SENTArIvES.
The House took up the bdi au'hOtzins the con.
strr ctiOn Of q iue of telegraph from the Mississippi
or Missouri River to the Pacific mad tho question vas
stated agreeing TO the report ron tho Con ntttee
of the Whole the Stse of tue Union, to strike out
the epactpg c Ause. Negatyet.
NJ. RICH aRDSON then offered substitute for
the bin striking out the grant Of two millions
OF land reservng the rgh' Of way and extending the
penal laws Of the United States the line for ts
protection.
Mr. JONES Tenn said by the terms used, the
bill creates the projectors corporation ia perpetaity,
without restriction limitation. Ne believed this
Government has such pO yer and he, therefore,
could not vote for the prcpo itiOn.
Undsr the operation OF the previous question, the
substitute agreed 10, ana the bill passed. bya
vote % 40, against 10.
Two tIihiDg Territorial bile were passed.
Tie bill estaolihirg the Office Of a Suryeyor.Gsn-
eral Al Utah, and grating lands 10 actual settlers
therein, was taken Mp This occasioned a long
debate last session, involving the question OF poygs-
my when Mr. Bernhisel SAID the moro wives man
hos the more necessity for homesteads.
Yesterday, while in Committee the enactng clause
wss stricken out which prevented the resumption OF
the debate. This mOruiog the question was stated
coDouui' IN this action Of the Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union.
Mr. JONES Tenn expressed hope that the
Houss would pas the bill MEETING out the same justice
10 Utah a. IA tho other IerrtOrss
l. tbA IN
pols gsmy!
ICries Of "Yes." "No;" No" Much confusion
Mr. KETTH--ls it not designed to put tbs people
Of Utah On the same footing "a those Of other Terri
tories
Mr.. BESsON-Is pslygsmy recognized in any
other Territory
(Crisso Of =" No
Mr. McMULLEN moved % lay the bill on the
table
The House struck out the etae,iuz clause. bya
vote Of 1909 against a. which Is equivalent the loss
OF the bill.
vote intending il the motion prev aled, to propos
striking from the bill the provisions oohsung tho
lands Recently the Executive has sppolotel another
| Governor entertaining inherent religious o,laion
| from Brig ham Young. The people OF Utah hi'sns
right to complain il Congress does not MAKE p,',s'
ions TOR the survey of the lands II you do na 40
| rate the lsnds give them the privilege TO buy. rs
| was wiling 10 make the grants. -.
| Mr. BENSON wished 10 know whether tue fnenas
of the bill approved of the course suggested VIC
| gentleman. , .,;.,
Mr.. PHELPS replied that lie made the sussS'H'"
| without consultation. -.,;o,
| Mr. BERNHlSEL preferred Mr. Phelps motion on
should rot prevail We only, be ssh :, c,hr
placed on ell equa. footing with the people u ''""
| teni.ories ...,e nara.
Mr.. DISNEY said the public interests ve's 10 ~.
mount to the consderstion mentioned by tne
from Utah. Provision should st once Do "'''
| survey Of the lsrds in that territory ar. n;.,sy.
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