Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-23
SENATE.

AosoDAi, january 20.
Mr. COOPER submitted resolution Of inquiry,
as follows:
Resolved That the President of the United
States be, and he is hereby respectfully requested
to cause the Secretary of State and the Secretary
OF the Treasury respectively to communicate to
the Senate such information as may be contained
in their several departments, relating to the trans
portation Of conyicts and paupers into the United
States from foreign countries, and what agency the
governments to which they belong have had in send
ing them hither. Also such information as they may
possess relative to the voluntary immigration into
the United States, of the above classes, the num-
bers of each that have arrived here within the last
two years, whether voluntary or through the COM
pusory agency of their respective governments.
ResolUed, That the Committee on the Judiciary be,
and the same Is hereby instructed to inquire what
legislation, if any, be necessary to prevent the gov
ernncnts of foreign countries from transporting in
to the United States, of convcts and paupers also
whether any, and what legislation is necessary to
prevent the voluntary immigration into the United
States from foreign countries either of the above
classes of persons
The consideration of these resolutions was laid
over till tomorrow.
debate took place on the priority Of the army
appropriation bill and bounty land bill, and the
ayes and noes were taken on the subject, and the
question was decided in favor of the bounty land
bill
Mr. CLAYTON offered to amend the bill by re-
fusing to deserters the bounty land which was
agreed to.
Mr.. MILLER offered an amendment to increase
the pensions twenty per cent which was lost.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
On motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON, the House
agreed to set apart Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday next for the consideration Of territorial
business.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. FULLER To amend and consolidate
| the navigation revenue and collection laws of the
United States.
By Mr.. WHITFIELD. Granting the right Of
| way to the Wyandotte and Pawnee Railroad
| through the public lands in Kansas.
Also, granting Fort Scott reserve to the Terri
| tory of Kansas, for school purposes.
| By Mr.. PENNINGTON. To continue the i'm.
provement Of certain harbors in New Jersey.
By Mr.. LINDSEY. To improve the harbor Of
sandusky city, &c.
BILL PASSED.
| On motion of Mr.. CUTTING, the Senate bill
authorizing register to be issued the barque Col
onist, by the name Of Lilly, was taken up and
passed.
| BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr.. FAULKNER, from the Military Com
mittee To construct a military road in Oregon.
| Also, to grant pension to j. s. Mccormick
| Also, authorizing the Secretary of War to pur-
chase Sites and to contract for the erection of ar
senas in Texas, New Mexico and Washington or
Oregon.
/ Also, Senate bill, without amendment putting
surgeons's mates in the revolutionary war ON the
same footing with other staff officers, in regard to
military bounties, &c.
Mr. SEWARD, of Georgia, presented petition
| asking for the establishment of navy yard at
Brunswick, in his State. He said that he had pre-
seuted similar petition at the last session. which
had been referred to the Naval Committee, but up
to the present time no report had been made on it.
| He objected to these committees being made the
| graves of important propositions referred to them
A message had been received some time since from
/ the President, in regard to Cuba, which had been
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs but,
although the chairman of that committee had ex-
pressed his admiration of that message, he had
made no report upon it to the House.
| He wished the country to understand that the
committee here had no more power than Congress
itself; that two-thirds Of the legislation of Con-
gress was really performed by the Heads of Dcpat-
ments.
| PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The pending question being to lay on the table
the motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday re-
committing this bill to the select committee, the
i yeas and nays were ordered with this result
/ yeas 95, nays "a.
This seemed to be regarded as conclusive Of
the fate of the bill. The committee cannot report
in time TO have the subject acted on this session.
| The House then proceeded TO consider the claim
| of Samuel A. Belvn 4 Co., and Mr.. HUNT, of La,
was advocatingi 1t In written speech when we
closed our report