Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
liz THE SENATE, yesterday, after We vent to
press, the bill for the relief of Mrs Mary Rec

SOA'oNECSIONdL PhOCEbDINGS
In THE SENATE, yesterday, after we vent to
press, the bill for the relief of Mrs Mary Rec
side was taken up on motion of Mr. Bigler.
The question being on the pending motion
to reconsider the vote by which the said bill
had been amended, it was debated at length
by Messrs. Bigler, Brodhesd, Adams, Benja.
min, Bell, of New Hampshire. Hale, Toombs,
Pugh, Nourse, Stuart, Weller, Butler and
others; when
The question was taken by yeas and nays
on striking ont the amendments, and decided
by large msjorities on each.
The bill was then passed in the precise
shape in wnich it came from the House of Re.
representatives., by the following vote:
Yeas-Nessrs. Adams, Allen, Bell Of N H,
Bell Of Tenn BENJAMIN, Biglcr. Brodhesd,
Brown, Coliamer, Dodge Douglas, Durkee Fish ,
Foot. Foster, Green, Hale, Harlan, Houston,
James, Johnson, Jones Of Iowa, Nourse, Pugh,
Rust, g. bastian, Stuart, Thomson Of N. : !,
Wade, Weller, Wilson, and Yulee-3I
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Biggs, Butler, Clay,
Evans, Fitzpstrick, Hunter, Jones Of Tennessee,
Mason. Pratt, Reid, slidell, Toombs, and Trum-
BUILT.
The bill for the relief of Jedediah Latbron.
late navy agent at Washington city, was then
passed; and the bill for tho relief of Charles
Newbold's heirs was rejected by a vote Of u
to IA.
Shortly Afterwards they adjourned.
NOfe.-In the course Of the morning hour
Mr.. Brown presented memorial, very numer.
ously signed by resident citizens, merchants,
and others of Washington, setting forth tn at
the paved carriage-way Of Pennsylvania ave-
nue., from the Capitol to the Treasury build
ing, is greatly out of repair and that now
and annually hereafter large expenditure Of
money will be necessary to keen il in tolera
hora ,so l.
feet in the plan Of the pavement, which tho
experience of our own principal cities and
those Of Europe has long since condemned
from sanitary as we'll az pecuniary consdera-
Gons and ask Congress for al appropriation
for the repavemen: Of the same upon the plan
known as the a. small block or 4 Belgian
pavement" which, they say, has been fully
proved to be good, permanent, economical, and
oleanly.
Also from persons employed to attend the
"draw" Of the Potomac bridge, stating the
inadequacy of the pay to tho services per-
formed. and asking an increase Of their com.
pensation.
Mr.. Pearce presented q petition from farm
ers, gardeners, and other property holders
residing in Montgomery county, Maryland,
setting forth that in approaching the metropo-
lis with their produce they are compelled to
use the w Washington plank road for a distance
Of FIVE miles from the Maryland line to the
said city, subjected to the payment of heavy
tolls within the District limits, in addition to
the tolls and taxes thoy have to pay for the
support Of roads within their own State, and
| ask that Congress will therefore afford them
the same facilities they have extended to resi-.
dents of Prince George county by making the
District plank road free.
In THE House, a large number of private
bills were duly passed.