New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-15

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Big Cypress Three Independent companies are CO.
operating with him.
Thirty-Fifsh ceasres~-Fsr.t sessson.
wAsHNeros, JAN s-S<naf<. The following me-
morlals etc. were presented and appropriately re-
By Mr.. Mason: From Thomas g. Clinton. Of the
District OF Columbia, urging an increase Of The al
ary Of the President Of the United States and sur-
gestng that IN popular opinion. one Thousand dollars
or every State and Territory and for the District of
that Office. =
[Mr: NJ. observed that the memorial, being respect
ui in its language, entitled to presentation bat
he really did not know Of any committee TO which Il
could be appropriately referred and therefore be
would move that it lie on the table which was
| By Mr.. Brown: From saTie Eola Reneau. Of the
state Of Mississippi in behalf fthe uneducafed and
INDECENT daughters Of that State and calling f1e ~
tentlon OF Congress to the great subject OF female
education, and asking that portion OF the public
lands Of the State Of Mississippi may be Appropriated
for the purpose Of eudowng and permanently estab-
fishing the State Female College Of Mississippi
Also, from A. L BleecEer and his associates ask
to contract with them for the conveyance Of the
mails between Panama and Valparaiso.
BY Mr. King; A large number Of memorials, claim
ing Indemnity for property destroyed on the NIAGARA
| frontier during the war OF 1879.
BY Mr.. Broderick From J. W. Sullivan, asking
Indemnity for losses sustained in consequence Of the
repeated failure Of the mail between New Orleans
and San Francisco.
Mr.. Clay: From the Committee on Commerce. to
which was referred the bin to defach Selma. in the
state o. Alabama from the collection district Of New
Orleans, and make It a port Of delivery within the
collection district of Mobile reported back the same
without amendment, and recommended its passage
The bill was read a third time and passed
Mr. Bigler: From the Committee on the PostO Ofhca
and Post-Roads, 10 which referred the memorial
Of VIM. S. MHndy, Knox Walker and others Of the
Legislature OF Tennessee asking for protection to the
overland mail route through the Territory Of Arizona
asked TO be discharged from its further consideration
and that il be referred TO the Committee on Terrific
ries, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Mallory introduced joint resolution to extend
the operation of the second section the act approv-
ed 18th Of January, 1857 entitled .An act TO amend
an act entitled An act to promote the efficiency Of
the navy.''
Mr.. NJ. pressed the Immediate passage of the joint
resolution on the ground of necessity. The law Of
1851 limited the time to the 18th Of January 1858
and the business now before the Naval Committee
would render II impossible that Il could be disposed
of by that period. The object of the resolution was
simply to extend the time to the 18th Of April next
/ The resolution was postponed.
The following resolutions, submitted by Mr.. Crit
tenden on the 18th ultimo, came up for considera-
tion
Resolved By the Senate, That in consideration Of
the financial condition OF the country and its indus
trial interests as well as Of the wants and embaras-
ments OF the Treasury OF the United States the rates
OF duty levied under the tariff act of the Sd Of March
1851, ought to be materially increased
Res0tred further, That experience having demon
strated that the present mode of ascertanng the -
table value OF imported goods is productive of mon
strous frauds, injurious alike to the government and
the honest importer, system of home valuation
ought to he Immediately substituted therefor.
After debate the resolutions were laid on the
table, and the Senate went into executive session.
House.-Mr. ]. g. Jones, of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee Of Ways and Means, reported bill max
ing appropriations for the support of the Military
Academy for the year ending 3Oth June 1859: which
was read twice and referred to the Committee of the
Whole, with the accompanying papers.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, from the Committee on
Commerce. reported bill further to amend an act 10
provide for the better security Of the lives of passen
gers on board OF vessels propelled in whole in part
by steam and for other purposes which was read,
and on his motion the further consideration thereof
was postponed until the first Tuesday in February.
Mr.. Clingman, of North Carolina, reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the following reso-
lutions
Resolued, That the President be requested to COM
muncate to this House. if not incompatible with the
public interest, all correspondence between the De-
partment of State and the Government of Paraguay
IN any manner relating to our difficulties with that
Government
Resolved, That the President be requested to COM
municate to tbs House. il not incompatible with the
public interest," such correspondence as has passed
between the Department of State and our Minister
near the Government of Brazil in relation to the
opening of the Amazon river and the contracting of
q reciprocity or other treaty.
Resoired, That the President be requested to COM
municae to this House. il not incompatible with the
public interest," all correspondence which has passed
upon the subject of our relations with Spain not
heretofore made public.
Mr.. Zocofer, of Tennessee, moved to amend the
first resolution by adding after s Paraguay the
words and New Granada !" which was agreed to,
and then the resolutions were adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. j. g. Jones, of Pennsylvania
the House went into Committee Of the Whole, (Mr
Phelps, of Missouri, in the char) and resumed the
consideration of the resolutions referring the Pres
dents message to various committees.
After long debate upon the proposition to repeal
the neutrality laws. the committee rose without COM
ing to any conclusion, and the House adjourned.