The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-16
TIuRTY-FIFvTH CONGRESS-,
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.

Senate.
wAsmsoroS, April IL, 1855.
me rIAu Array CONTRACTS.
Mr.. FEsrspkS, (opp) OF Me-, eferod resolution TO
guessing the Secretary Of War TO give information respect
ing oil contracts for supplies 10 the army In Utah which
have been made without public notice, which was
pgreed to.
TIVE III ASSEMBLING or oosatEss.
Mr. Foo1, (opp) Of VI, also offered resolution that
when The Senate &tjourns The frat Monday In June
(Which it seems has already agreed TO do), u DO to
NICE, on the first Of November. rho resolve laid
over
rAssaGr OF TIE DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL
On motion Of Mr.. BUSIER, (adm Of Va the Diplomatic
tnd corrriss Appropriation bill was taken ana passed
5nE rTAH TELEGRAPH HILL
vote rosfosss the ush Telegraph b to December uo1
be rescinded, wss laid over
mS MEXICAN FRoTxcroRArx
sr hosIeS, opp Of texas, gave notice that or Mon
II relation 10 The property Of prccctorac Mexico
TIE rAcIfIc RAILROAD EtL
Mr. FoIs, tssm Of No, spoke IN favor Of bis amend.
ncrt Of the bill IN reliton 70 lis terminus Hc
said that The mouth OF the Big Sioux be the terminus,
wen two states would be entirely south OF that parallel
OF latitude, and oay four north Of while the paral el
carried 10 The Asno would nierseot part Of Caoaia and
&c asncs- Montreal as BALTIMORE he elaborated at grcr.
etfih upon The sds sntages OF Tho thirty 9th parallel
oyeT all other routes There - no turnelng to DC done,
end DO gste 20 steep the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail-
road Tor thousand niles the grade Is a. tho rate OF
twenty feet per mile and The grade o the whole
road only tbilty three and tbrd feet per mile There
timber ard water ani probably coal. tho route.
the utmost energies OF tie country. II trsnsconds In
magnitude the Chinese wall Tho eEiire corntry wants o.
aud believes thai tie fulness or Tune has FOR
IT. CON tnC nee mont.
Mr. sAsox, (nam, Of Va, argued sgAns, the govern.
ncnis iLaugur sng stem OF bountes payable In
ncvarcc with the view Of inviting labor and capital 70
undertake the work. Tho cxpe a1ns held out TO the
tractors, he said, lusory The road vii cosfrom
hundred 20 tao hundred nlons, OF which the govern
ment gives twenty i've millions In money and twenty Eve
miiiots Of acres OF ,nd VII any sues antia contractor
conviction that the government can DO induced to touch
ths thing with lie little 1nger II will have 10 psy Cor In
worthless clac q system Of fraudulent credit would be
built them that wouli result in another national bauk
proposes bring Unsuitable swarm scuaofs 70 the
doors of The treasury By donations Of money lands
.o. sScT COUP VI VS.. =, - So favor S Of :, Pacific
struoted lie had learned that will soon be bill
offered 70 borrow thirty millions OF dollars twenty mil.
lions nj the least Gas also mentioned In Mr.. Sldells
recent speech that Cuba may be had by negotiation He
wished 10 knew this Is The settled purpose Of the admit
Cuba, may not have enough 70 pay hundred Iioo,
for the Pacific Railroad. Although admitted the cner
~ OF the country, be did not think competent 10
Mr. PoIK-Not at once.
Mr.. BALE wanted TO Know which would be done nrst
Mr.. fUtE made no reply.
Mr.. DooInIIE, (oPp) OF Wis.,, moved 10 amend Mr..
Folks amendment by substituting "that The northern
Sioux with the Rss liver Of ss Nor on tho northern
boundary OF Minnesota This route was surveyed by
Nj Stevens aud capable o being thcsy settled across
tho whole continent
Mr. POSTER, (opp.) Of Conn, added to bis original
smcndmsn that all the iron used In ths railroad snail DO
o. American manufacture
The bill was then postponed I'll TO morrow
RTPEAT oP RyGIsrRy AcT -
On motion n Mr. sswAnD the bill repeating the MIN
section of the Registry act Of March o. 1870 WAS passed.
rpy PRIVATE CALENDAR.
The private calendar then considered aiter wn'cn
tho Clerk of the House nohod the Senate OF the hppont
ment Of Messrs. English, stephens and Howard a. tne
COMMITTEES OF Conference OF that branch on tho kansas
bill
Adjourned - -
The following portion Of the Senate report Of Tues
day accidentally omitted by our correspondent
E, TvQxIe, (scm q Ga, moved that The Senate cen