Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-21
THIRTY FOURTH CONGRESS-. Fir, sss.,on


WAsHSGToS, NAV le-Tso mess.gas va. .,
rom % Tue President yeo'ng the bills recently passed for
the Improvement OF the month Of the Mis-is ssipn ,x
anu deepening tue flats the ST. Clair river In p
sueh sAys he f~tnrus them because be regards them "a
paris oi a general system of internal Improvements and
eets 70 ls message oi 1854, vetong the river and h.
nor hl The consideration OF the subject sas posrnona
till next "Wednesday P,Peu
In relation to the bin for the Improvement of tb .,
ClAr hats, the President says "In consd.rin0 IL -,
the constitution that the power Of Congress 10 eon-t,
o'As OF internal Improvement Is limited cases i'm WHICH
e WORK l. Wai'lesy neediu and proper Tor the e1ecu
ton OF soae Of the powers e.pres -ly la
Ied 10 'he General Government have not b,.eU .Il .,
una or the proposed expenditure any such relative upIes
Oe 70 the power to provide Tor the common defence .nd
maintenance OF the army and navy But Oh car st,I ,i
nation OF the subject with the aid ofinotma ation ,isIly
ceNed nee my last annual message was Communicated q,
congress has convinced NE that the expenditures wouId
serve no valuable purpose a. constituting the comno,
defence; because which could be effected by il wooId ~,
channel o only twelve feet deep and Of 80 tempo,.rx
character uat unless the work done mmedsieIy Lr
lore the necessity Tor ts should arise il ,,u no, -
relied ou Tor vessels of the smallest draft the
Oi which IL would admit. r-sN
Relative to the Mississippi Improvement the President
repeats ms constitutional objections To works Of internal
improvement applicable to the whole system sb.,hr
they CONSIST o works inland In the navgabe water, of
either NJ the Seacoasis or interior lakes rivers
hr sumner made speech the Kausas auest,on
Without concluding, the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Ine iouse took up Mr. Wheelrr's Join resolution An
mornng the Secretary OF the Navy dispatch v.s.sI
sufferers WV -Pe "e 'eiuS
NJ Nelly briefly referred 20 the Rberalitv of Nw yl IN
Nuig the staI,ps people, appealing the generou. .,m
pahies vi The House 10 pass resolution for an
tun money. ~PP'OP''A
Mr. smith, OF Virginia said that while deeplv feeling
or Their distressed condition. he was not willing even e
'his tnhing particular To usurp power.
hr galloway asked leave Introduce reeolutiou re.
qutsg the President " the Uuited States 10 inform th
ouu~e whether he has information o cial or other w OF
tRe aGroeE OF American citizens residing in K.n.a.
Whether legal steps have been taken IA, IN. nro.c,,
al The murderers Also whether the president h.. .su.d
any special instructions for the protection and alton
OF American citizens Ia Kansas from violence and mar
der ~ u'
Nc GalloNsy, at the instance ofMr smith Of Virgiai.
added clause calling for Information relative 10 be nur
der OF Sheriff Jones
Nj GiddinSs said the gentleman had better wait until
the Sheria wUuh die.
NJ hahn vas opposed to such string Of nonsense and
therefore objected
NJ Galloway moved a suspention of the ru-s In orts,
that he might introduce the resolution The question
thirds - -'' ~ wv wv
hr keit moved suspension Of the rules in order 10
introduce resolution providing for adjournment Of Con
grrss on the sch OF August Decided in tn negative
yeas o. nays H.
Nc Walker moved TO discharge the committee Of the
Nno on the state " Union from the cons ieration Of III,
1 or continuing the improvement OF the Mobile river
lhls Was disagreed to-yeas so, nays 81
Nj Prnge asked hat did no, obtain leave 10 ntro1oe,
resolution providing for select committee TO r., port on
the subject Of the Washington AQneduet
hr smith OF Virgins. introduced resolution calling
upon the secretary Of the Navy for information relative 10
that branch Of the public service
The House then adjourned