Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-22
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S4Se s$EShsHISGroS, May 81.
SESAEE--G oEameFE iutrudaccd1 a bill to test
the practicahility and usefulness of the atIaoss
Is Eoot,s a bill to permit tie Iegis.
Elature of Iowa to de terTnine for that State the
application of the grant of land heretofore made
to mid in the construction of railroads therein
The Senate then took up and passed the bill
! giving monthly pension OF thirty dollars for
life to John Nugent, of New York, who lost
both arms on board the sloop of war German
town, while tireing salute IN honor of the
/ birthday of the Queen of Spain. ,.- L
! The PRESIDENT onmuniCatcd to the Senate to-
! day additional documents relative to the British
.recruitnlentS, and wholly involving questions of
ycracity between Buchanan and SalmerSton.
I Buchanan charges that Palmerston, while Tcfu-
sing tolay on the table of the House Of Com
mons correspondents. That subject stated that
lsrlch facts only favored his own side and en-
tirclv suppressed the reasons which Oursd
inap, recalls CYamptO:l and his consuls, was
founded buchanan says Patmcrston was not
| iusti!ied in statiug on that occasion that he,
{Suchananl had expressed himself satisfied with
ClarendoD's explanation contained III the note OF
! the ttitil JULY last and that Buchanan said he
felt couti;lcnt that our government Wonld enter
tain similar feelings with regard toit Buchanan
dznies that lie ever so much as intmntcl, he
ritadI lncreIY observed to PalmerStoIl heiwouid
have lI,ch satisfaction in transmitting that note
to tue Secretary OF iE9Liite
PalmeTston replying through Clarendon fails
to beconvihErd; say ing it seemed TO him there
was an essential difference between the substance
and effect of what was sid in tho House of
Commons and Buchanan's statc:ncut. Finally,
Buchan SIHrch q, says to Marcy: You must
believe with me, that the last effort Of Palnsrs=
| ton to eXlticatc himself from the dilemma has
/ served to make the awkwardness Uf his position
/ stiil more conspicuous.
| a bill granting the right ofprecmption in GER
tain cases to the Indiana Yearly Meeting Society
/ of Friends WAS passed
| Mr.. Mason discussed the Naval Board, argr-
ing that their proceedings should be set aside,
so far, as was competent for Congress to do 50.
| Mr.. Benjamin gave reasons why the Senate
should pass. the b;!I making the appropriation
for moving distractions to navigation at the
mouth of the Mississippi, the objebtions of the
| PresideI.tto the contrary, notwithstanding.
| He advcTted to the fact that the President had
vetoed the general river aud iarbOr BILL at the
same time ntimating that he would approve Of
kcpeTate bills making appropriations for many of
! dies. works. This bill was drawn up in co'p-
lpiiance with that suggestion andwas emlnently
national in its character. But the President
/ had now changed his entire principles upon the
subject and refused to give his approval to any
! bill of this kind Whatsoever. He believed the
de!ioeration and Judgment of the American peo-
pic to be against that of the President.
| Mr.. Toombs said approving Of the intrepid
fidelity Of the President to the Constitution i'll
returning those two improvements, he desired
| to defend the Presidents course at some lcnguh.
The subject was postponed. Adjourned.
/ H5vsE-Ihc bill granting one million and for
| ty eight thousand acres Of land to Wisconsin,
for railroad purposes passed finally, yeas ST.;
nays 50.
! cobb of Alabama, from, the committee on Puo
lie Lands, reported a, bill granting about one
million acres of land to Alabama for five rail-
ro4.ls, connecting with the Georgia and Tepnes-
see lines. Plssei by thirteen majority.
| Bliss made an an!i-siavcry speech. Adjd,