Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-23
RICHMOND w HIG.
THIRTY. FOURTH CONGRESS-. First Session.
wAsHiSoros, April 81, 1886.
SEN ATE

SENATE.
resolution VA. adopted requesting the Secretary OF
War transmit copies of all .etters addressed to him du
ring the pre-Snt by Governor Stevens OF Washington
Territory respecting the existing difficulties With the lu
dan together With all the correspondence relating 10 the
hostie- In Washington aud Oregon not heretofore
municstcd.
M Toomb from the committee the judiciary rcpor.
ted back the bill To amend the naturalization laws with
recommendation that II should not pas.
On motion Of Mr.. Adams, the bill made the special
order Tor the l2th Of May.
Mr.. foote called up the bounty land bull, which was
discussed until the expiration Of the morning hour,
Mr Clay Of Alabama-the consideration of the Kan.a.
bill having been rcsume-rephcd to the speeches Of
Mcssr-. Seward, Sumner, Wilson and Harlan He com-
pcnted the Executive for his in the Kansas mat
tiers aud his 6rmness aud consistency in maintaining the
rights OF the whole country-kno~ing no North, no
South The President had been abused aud denounced
by the Aboltorists aud by Southern Americans but IL
exactly contrary grounds. He had dpleasei the
both sides 10y occupying middle grounds and
pursuing course consistent with the rights oil both North
and South.
He showed also that TAR from there being truth
In the alleged "aggcsons Of the slave power the South
had been since the foundation of the Government
yielding gradually to the cncroachments and usurpa"ns
OF the North.
Mr. q continued his remarks until after three o'clock,
when he announced that his health would not permit him
to finish what he had intended say aud he would have
the balance printed.
Alter AN executive session the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House proceeded to vote upon the pcon of the
committee the whole the Senates amendment to the
deficiency appropriation bill
Some Of the amendments OF the Senate acted up.
That appropraring sSo00oo for the continuation oil
the Wa hingon aqueduet rccted-yeas 50, nays sd
The House at an early hour adjourned
NEw IxPoRr ,rIox-The schr. Sesrsvile, Capt Sears,
from Trinidad loaded principally with old ron guns,
anil anchor, from the remains OF Spanish men-oiwar
that burnt in the Gulf OF Para near the Port OF
Spain in 1917, at time when they were bockAded 10y
the British feet We gain the following particulars iron
passenger board the Searsvie who was present dh-
the submarine operations aud who has several interesting
relics from the wreck
The American schr. Silver Key, Capt. Clark, which b.
longs the Submarine Diving Company oi Boston Visi-
tel the Cult of Pas and obtained permission from Gov
Elliott of Trinidad operate in that vicinity In Chasua-
rama, Bay, about 10 miles TO the West oil the Fort "t
Sn,n ontd IN about iathoms OF water, the remains
OF the Spanish feet commanded by Apodaci at the time
the English expedition under Harvey and AOercronhe
sailed from Martinique Tor the sutugation OF tie Island OF
Trinidad in 1897.
The Spanish vessels were FIVE in number hne-oi-
battle ship aud frigateall being fine specimens OF na'
val architecture and which for better protection had been
placed under OF the guns aud ota' OF the f" "i
Gaspario When the English fleet anchored within range
Apodaca perceivug the impossibly OF escape without
engaging his vessels hire, TO prevent their ialg
into hands OF the enemy, tue money on board having
been landed the opposite Coast One OF the hne-o-
battle ships by being wndwr OF the rest was even
finally captured by the English but four burnt 10 the
ar- edge and sunk with the guns, from the wreck ol
winch the principal part of the present cargo OF the Sears
yill, IL taken consisting OF about 20 guns DURING the
operations, six Founders OF brass, IN remarkable
state of preservation also rescued from the deep
Their surface was covered with pitch, aud their borcS
were filled with the same material They presented a
bright smooth sdac having been protected from corrO'
sion by the artificial covering IN which thcY were cnvc
opcd They OF Spanish manufacture, we're made ~
Seville, and marked respectively 9TH August lttd,
and l4th April l777. Their weight is 40 each. The
timber raised from the wrecks presented wonderful spec
linens preservation, pieces OF pitch pine in almost per
feet having resisted the action OF the salt water io
80 years whilst oak and other timber and the iron there
TO attached nearly destroyed copper aud pitch pine
having resisted the effect of the water almost entirely
The duty this iroR understand, will Toe paid under
protest claiming the Company does that should hc
duty Free having been rcgained from abandoned wrecks
by American ent.rprise.-N. j. Journal Of Commerce