Worcester daily spy., 1860-03-28
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THIRTY-sIxTu CONGRESS.
L UESDAY, March Il.
SEN ATE

SENATE.
Mr.. SLIDELL introduced a bill for leyvinp
tonnage duties, by states bordering the Missis,
slppl, for the improvement thereof
Mr.. JOHNSON OF Tennessee rose to a per-
sonal explanation. He had seen in the New
York Herald report of a speech made by the
senator from New Hampshire, MR. Clark at
Dover, on the 7th Of March, in which reference
had been made to his state and himself. The
extract was read by the Clerk, in which it was
stated by Mr.. CLARK that Tennessee had too
little industry or enterprise to develop her
mines OF copper, etc; and further, that in a
conversation he Clark had with Johnson he
had made some admission relative to the inse-
curity OF slave property at the south.
Mr.. JOHNSON asked if this was a correct re-
port.
Mr.. CLARK positively declined to give any
explanation in the Senate.
Mr.. JOHNSON would then assume that the
report was correct, and answer it accordingly.
If the senator had made himself familiar with
the facts in relation to mining in Tennessee,
then he had said what he knew to be untrue
1t he had not made himself conversant with
the facts, then he spoke of something he knew
nothing about He then drew a comparison
between the relative productveness of Ten
nessee and New Hampshire, making deduc.
tions favorable to the former. AS to the al
legged conversation, he never used the language
attributed 10 him.
Mr.. CLARK said, when the proper time ar
rived, he would take occasion to state what he
did say in his Speech and when he did, he
would say nothing in disparagement of Ten.
nessee, nor dispute that she made more horses,
asses, and mules, than New Hampshire.
The bill to increase and regulate the pay of
the navy was considered
Mr.. FEssENDEN offered a substitute mainly
giving lower salaries, but increasing some of
those Of lower grades
MIR. CRITTENDEN offered an amendment to
the original bill to increase the pay of midship-
men. Agreed to,
Mr.. SLIDELL offered an amendment, that no
vacancies in the chaplaincy shall be filled here.
after The amendment was lost-yeas Is,
nays 20. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House concurred in the Senate amend
ment to the bill fulfilling the treaty stipulations
with the Indians of Oregon, at Washington,
and then proceeded to the consideration of the
bill providing for the safety of passengers on
steamboats,.
MIR. WAsHBURNE of Illinois. urged the i'm
portance of the bill, which proposes to subject
ferry, tug, and freight boats, to examination
by local board of inspectors, bringing them
within the provisions of the law of 1852 The
ulll diSO pTONiueS llldl no ocean steamship run
ming over four hundred miles, shall carry ex-
ceeding one passenger for every three and a
half tons. Also, for a system of lights, fol-
lowing the example of France and England,
and for four new boards of inspectors, and one
each at Memphis Oregon City, Paducah, and
Galena. The entire additional cost to the gov
ernment as compared with the present law,
would not exceed S237 per annum
Mr.. TAYLOR alluded to substitute he had
prepared providing that insurance shall be vi
tiated by failure to comply with the require
ments of the present law, and for the prosecu-
tion Of the master engineer, pilot or other Off
Ger, on board any vessel in which life is de-
stroyed by fire, explosion or at the wheel
said officer not to be again employed on any
steam vessel until verdict is rendered that lie
is absolutely free from blame. Debate follow
ed on the merits of the bill
The further consideration of the bill was
postponed two weeks, and the House went into
committee of the whole on the state OF the
! Union on the army bill
Mr. BoTELER moved to increase the appro-
| priatlon for the national armories to $400, 900.
After debate, without taking the question:
the committee rose and the House adjourned