The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-24
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BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TeLEGRAPHs.
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From Washingto1.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF CoSGREss-THE COAST SUR.
yEY-ADvANCE II LAND WARRANTS, ETC.
WARRINGTON, Dec Is, 1855,
An ,rro.e Was made in the Senate 70 day by Mr. Ben
amn, who stated some OF tue committees appointed
clerks not TO transact pubic business but the private
correspondence OF do their hiking aud rem
to the DEPARTMENTS for their constituents Ga his melton
aseect committee sppo.nted to remodel the
th. subject and cheek these abuses Tn mooa of NJ.
Clay, OF Alabama resolution calling for all the "a ITS
lAhve TO tue pay and omolumeais OF General
adopted PRIOR totakiHg up The H,use bn gaming him
twenty thousand dollars extra Mr. Seward called FOR al
information In the possession Of the President relative TO
the subm ine telegraph male into map Nameroas pc
oas Of private character presented sad REFERRED
several asking damages acsouat Of the Pos,
master General spending Appropriation TIE
BIZ providing for hs settlement OF tha OF Reyolu
,lonary officers was taken up and discussed as came
from tho House Where i've years foil pay had been
received this bill gives haltpay ior lrc payable TO tue
widow or chldren-rot grandchildren. without 4oal
action on the subisc the Sen TO a5j1urned
Tho lousc postponed the sossiteTsiloo OF th@ presi.
dents message iii Tuesday next ahd passed tho ladan
Appropriation BILL which provides or fulfilling the tfcs,Y
with the somnoes west who bind themselves To enter
florida end terminate the prc,ea, b. ueaciag tho
hosulc Indians to cmigrsie westward The iavad Pen.
sion aud Military Academy bits also passed. The
clint resolution from the Senate relative 20 the Texas
fond paired vitheu. q division.
The Secretary Of the Treasury communicated to both
houses Of c1ngress the report o. Professor Bachs, &C
perintenden, OF tho survey witch sh the
psudures Tor the past year 70 have annotated 10 the
enormous sum CT har million Of dollars bcudes the
larry an army officials IL appears from the report Of
the supsrntcDdent that the survey has been carried
durir the year all states and Territories OF tao
All,niic, the Gulf OF Mexico. and the Psciac ooasi.
The survey y more than half nnilned the
Atlantic and Cult coasts. Professor Btche estimates
that from ten twelve years viii uud gho aesi work
essentially complsied al he but two, recently
begun. general hydro graphic Reconnaissance hss
made Of The Of Caforns and Oregon. Eyery b~.
Dor has been surveyed aud considerable portion Of
Washington Territory, Among the deveopemealz made
IN the photography OF the sexton, the worthy OF
notice Is the extensive bank n Comparatively saosl
ground between Georges 3alk aud Eavig Aior's sad
nisnsmee. The report il voumiaous, AMI cor taias
much valuable nfornaton Conserving the nav'g iupg
Interest Of all portions 81 the cpuairy.
The bin reported by Dir. Ls,cher 10 the House 10 day,
sbbsttuls Tor the psndpg larid revision bill j. Tao
,ame q. offered ~ MIN iso sears ago whom il pas ed
Tic Rouse but which aIed - resolve The saBcsoa or TIE
Senate The bill pre- o.s, 10 reduce the present rates
twenty per cent on and sncr ne Is. Of July 1857 aaa
enlarge Inc Tree list specified articles which enter
into manufactures tho sc being 10 reduce The
receipts to Iorty Or forty.hve millions Of dolsrs
The Presiden, has brcush, ino the marke, million
and hall acres OF land lying In the north Of Iowa which
has caused On sctve demand fer land warrants At an
advance OF three per The selling price
ninety TIVE cents Tor one hundred and twenty
rants and ninety SIX cents Tor hundred and sixty
and one hundred and eighty acre ~srrann.