New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-17

6ent Of The United states ii aos5,eF "a : 5s1i.z5r
of The Senate q the ais ulx 1quIrinx whether lis
GoyeFaosept q the United STATES has, ia it ecus
spondenee with bis excsency ,he Peruvian NinIster
recognized that state Of CIV: war enlisted In PERU
during The late struggle between Visanco a75 ca.
teilo and whether any and what measures have been
gnano purchased from yivance u bis olIesrs 81
agents during biz occupation Of any 81 the esano
slsnds within the territory o. Perm and also calIE<
between this Goverpmrut and ire Gorern1oenl n ~,
Minister Of Peru TO the Eniied States on ts rn1lcf
Inc deeameuts trznzmitisd wers ordered y lie d
The Vice President also Iaid before IL go Z
communication from the Postmaster GenernJ lu eof-
pance with resolution Of IL l3th nlf. isdais<nr
whether any sums, and Il 50. what sans. hsye been
received for the Of the postoee boxes from Joj4
1st, 1854, TO December 81 1851 also reou<sfin9 ne
Postmaster General to iniosm the Senate a. fhe ssme
time whether there be On the lez Of the Post0f5ce
Department any complaints of naif<2snce 10 of3os
violations Of law upon the part o. the San Fran
cisco Postmaster, and II 30, when Ne same ucr.
the nainfe Of the charges the specific secous q he
law which IL IL alleged he has violated. and what
action, Il any, has been taken ia regard thereto.
There are large number Of pzpers tnnsmiztsd,
showing that some Of the charges above aIIutfcd %
originased IN The action taken BY Nj. Pcstma4ter
Weller 70 suppress the San Francisco Penny Post
Company. In regard to that company, tbe Attorney
written opinion, which closes - follows
T. Ny opinion in short, is that any at1empf % hevo
letters carried 70 or from the Post Once b pflrass
pointed by you is altogether unlawful, and 20 <sviee
can be invented which viii Be pIausihIe cnodah 10
excuse t. person who Intends 10 maks IL carry
ing Of letters bis regular business, Or p.rsef So
ton 70 the public carrier Is l<eSy Incapable ~ -
ceiyng authority 70 take ette1 oil Of the Pcsc0cs
for that purpose no matter whst ecdential> Sc ney
have whether il be joint order from an bis en.pqs~
ers or separate order from each one-a pcr111s =
or standing order or order renewed evefY d29r7 81
Ar. Bisier asked and obtained leave % I1trodoe{
bill 10 repeal act entitled An act q exDedI16
telegraphie communication fo< the use of fhe Cog<r
ment 10 its foreign intercorFser approved March s.
1857; which was read twice and referred 4 tho Com
mittee the Judiciary. I17
| Mr. Bgier moved that tbs Senate proceed ID d.
consideration or the concurrent resolution cx1<nddr
the Duration Of the present session until Monday ncxt
at noon he remarked that IN introducing sbls r1so
luton be was governed solely by regard 10 tho co.,
dton Of the public business before Congress, sd ~
recollection Of the notice which the Presi1enf Id
given in bis annual message that be should seq1Ir5
! the purpose Of considering Important biIs He ms
safe in saying that the President Intended -
that discrimination; and he saw that it was impqs-
sible for Congress 70 transmit public business telofo
the day iixed for adjournment. There were liz bI1
which had7passed the Senate and were now ptndinx
in the House Of Representatives. some of them Ydk
Il mission Of new State into the Union 1hers 4exo
/ sS House bills which the Senate had not acted "a 4
and among them was the army appropriation bil ths
postofIice appropriation BILL the oceanmaiI s1ean1-
ship appropriation bi. and tgo Indian appropriation
bills. Ia addition to all these there was the b ~
ported by the chairman Of the Committee on FOREIGN
Relations, (Mr. Masoq.) very important maasore,
weeks OF time in debate Mr. B. further remxrked
that in his Judgment the interests Of the country r
quired that the session should be extended 70 the 2<
inst as the resolution had originally been iutrodueed
had modified it, that il would only extepd the se
sion TO the l4th inst IL these indRhities upon
our commerce and our flag were 20 be sanctioned By
the British Government, there uould be a necessity
for further continuance OF the session but be be-
lieyed that In few days should have an entire
disclaimer upon the part Of that Governments OF hess
acts. Supp0sing, however. that it should turn out
otherwise, who would be willing that Congress should
adjourn and leave the honor Of the country unpro-
teeted In his view. Congress could very properly
from our minister at the Court Of ST. Ja1tsz For
these reasons, be hoped the resolution woud now b
taken up for consideration
The motion was agreed to, and the resolution was
adopted-yeas IS, nays 16 W.
On motion by Mr.. Hunter, the Senate proceeded to
the consideration OF the bill from the House OF Rep
resentafives. making appropriations for the support
o. the army for the year ending the s0th cf June,
The Committee on Finance had reported an amend
ment striking out the appropriation OF 100000 for
ne alteration OF old arms so as to make them breech
loading guns, in accordance with the recommendation
Of the Secretary OF War After long discussion
this amendment was agreed to, and, subsequently.
s25 600 was appropriated for that purpose.
Another amendment reported by the committee
was to appropriate 1886 900 for the payment OF the
volunteers operating in Florida during the year lsS7
which was agreed 10.
Several unimportaut amendments were adopfed.
Mr. Davis submitted an amendment appropriafne
nearly thirteen hundred thousand dollars or confina-
ing the construction Of certain Notifications at 1ari
Gus points IN along our coast which was agreed 70
existing laws or parts OF laws authorizing the secre
ary ot Whr 70 sell the military reservations which
are or may become unnecessary for military purposes,
and providing that such reservations shall not be sub
ject to sale preempton under any law Of the Uni
ted States; which was agreed to.
The bill was read a third time and passed. As
dollars.
The Senate then adjourned
Hoase--The Speaker laid before the House q letter
from the Secretary OF the Interior requesting an ap
preparation Of 100000 to euabe the Department to
fulfil the stipuiations OF the agreement made by
General Harney with the Soux Indians at Fort Pierre
in March, 1856; which was referred to the Committee
OF Ways and Means and ordered to be printed
The Speaker also laid before the House q letter
from the Secretary OF the Interior requesting IN ap
preparation Of sl0o 900 to enable the Department 10
preserve peace n the Northern Indian Snpernteud-
ency which was referred to the Committee Of Wava
and Means and ordered to be printed
message was received from the Senate returning
the naval appropriation bill With sundry amendments
On motion Of Mr.. Phelps. Of Missouri, it was taken
Means VA
The amendment of the Senate repeating the exist
ing Law in relation to the advertisement of the post
routes, and providing that no publication shall be
made in any of the city papers, was agreed to.
The amendment authorizing the President to cause
the sum Of So 900 to be advanced to Clark Mis to
aid in the erection of equestrian statue OF WASH
ington at the Capitol, was rejected
The amendment approprating $4,000 for the
Capitol extension, with the amendments Of the House
providing that portion Of the money shall be ex-
pended iu embellishing the Capitol with sculpture or
painting, unless approved by committee OF artists
not exceeding three in number to be appointed BY
the President, was agreed to.
I The appropriation OF s5ooOcO for ths Treasury
extension was agreed to.
The amendment appropriating s350o00 for con-
tinuing the work upon the New Orleans
was not agreed to--yeas a. nays 81.
: The amendment making an appropriation of $780,
600 for completing the work on the Custom-honse at
Charleston s. O., was rejeeted-yeas IS, nays 49,
Without taking final action upon the bill, the
House adjourned after disposing Of al the amend
ments.
) REToLUrIoNABy RELIc.-0ne Of the most valu-
able aud interesting relics OF the Revelation in pos
: session Of John P. Putnam, Esq, Of White Creek,
Washington county. We allude to she brace OF pis-
= tolls belonging to bis grandfather Israel PutDam the