The New York herald., 1867-02-01

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ssessA Session.
wAmxcIoH. Jan 81, 1851.
Petitions on various subjects were presented and 70
ferrsd q
samGuG I'M MISSISSIPPI ASB MISSOURI RUxns
Mr. RAxsAY. trep) Of Minn.. from TIE Committee On
Post Ocss reported favoaby the bal 10 leealirs the
bridge across the Missouri river at y. Charles Mo- !;
also the bill to authorize the construction Of submerged
tubular bridge across the Mississippi st. Louis sso
the bill amendatory Of the postal laws The Last named
bi makes certain notifications in the Senate report
rnr ocrRrsPospsScr BETWEEN rm STATE pEpxrrxsr
AND ouR MINISTERS ABROAD eF
Mr. sumner, trel Of Mass, offered resolution which
b % ss
the Departmental State and foreign Ministers on shs sub
ject Of the policy q the administration towards the
beIcus States, and amy inquiries that may have been
bssed o. conversations reported to the Dsparmeniof
M. PArrErsoS ,dcn.l or Tenn, offend resolution
which was adopted nstrucng the fo0A,ttse on Claims
10 inquire into the expcdiency OF compenta tatng loyal
citizens Of East Tennessee TOR iossss accord.
ance with the recommendation Of conmissi6n ap-
pointed by General Burnside. s
CONFIRMATION or CIVIL oyIIcERs sax DISTRICT ov
COLUMBIA. ..sss
Mr.. MoRalI, trep) OF Ne, INTRODUCED The following
resolution, which was considered and agreed to-
Marshals bai and cries ,he Dis,rcl d Coumbia Who
eompensation and ;hs smoau,s paid g sscS
CONDITION rHs INDIANA N DAKOTA rrasI1oRY.
Mr. RAMSAY introduced the following resolaon. which
was considered and agreed to:-
Resolved, That the Secretary Of Interior aud
hereby requested
raves and For waavosS paso. E r.riioyy rnsz a he
x n. y hs s so o
msning the Minnesota frontier whom the other
1851 Whether ,hsv have friendly heir relations with
the. vas OF then. ns
have bs.n ecpsrs from the Interior Department SING. the
s, e.
is contemplated by Che Indian Department
RErtrnonTY WITH THE HAWAIIAN isLAxps tys
Mr. Cokxkss .rep OF Cal, called up the resolution Of
the Treasury 70 know IL in his opinion. il would ad
American to make reciprocity treaty
with the Hawaiian Isands ,
the Senate OF the United States, with the President 70
control the legislation Of Congress through commercial
treaty
Mr. CoSSEss said this was : new resolution calling for
information IL would be time enough to object when
the treaty came mp The resolution was adopted
UtE NoTLM AFTAR "a
xr. SUMNER called no the resolution offered by him
yesterday calling upon the President for copy Of the
letter upon which the Secretary OF State predcse his
letter Of inquiry 70 Mr. Motley A'so the OF she
writer H aft
Iir. DAvn tdcm.) OF KY, thoushs this matter 500
trivial for the attention Of the Senate.
: Mr.. SUMNER thought the country onght knew
whether Dy or savesdroppsy the sussesisy upon
siteE whiehdid arezt dishonor ne ecassYy - -
~. DAVIS did believe that - anonymous letter
repu6lic he hoped the Esnass would lss The natter
paH ire Oblivion. tt5. III - r3 q
"a; DcasazrIr vssl ! = MA, sas he uuders,oodAr
Of similar puport to the ons reerrsd 70 by Mr. sewar
he wonsd ts TO inqiss Of MI sanns wAs that letter
NJ srsxxs sid h wss fysus pssson q usssrsyss-
scurs that he regarded u pracclly - anonymous
sss rss o% n person u sT ana
accusations against M. Motley.
Mr. DooLrlIE--The honorable Senator fails 10 answer
the precise question asked who the author OF The
letter he rsceivedf
Mr. sUsSrs-Ths name was % utterly ctscurr ,ha, u
Mr. DooLnrIc submiltsd that although Mr sumner
might be familiar with great many Danae Il did NOT
follow that because he r sumper did nct hsow sp,
believed Or rsspsossS Il Mr. snssner dia ses5 = SSS
Il him (Mr DooIissle that II was stnecessary
% make this inquiry The correspondsncs vas before
Mr. HnDmcxs, tdem.) or Ind, roainssinsd that upon
the information received from The Secretary NJ state
and mentioned in his letter. tho correspondence with
Mr. Motley justified He did not agree that because
Mr. Stewards informant was unknown 10 Mr. Sumner he
therefore obscure person.
Mr.. SUMNER only wished to know II the writer Of the
letter spy or an eavesdropper He did not mean
was rnknown TO him tMr. sumnerl he was therefore
obscure.
his defence OF the conduct OF Mr. Seward IN writing
letter OF INQUIRY TO Mr. Motley.
Before reaching vote on the resolution the morning
hour expired and the subject went over until TO-
morrow.
rHs rARry pnL
The tarn bill cameup NJ o'clock.
Mr. CarrSu, rep 1o; n j., moved 10 amend BY in
creasing the duty iron steam, gas and pipe
from thyce ourths Of cent to -, censp per pound IL
Mr. CrTswELr. trep.) Of Nd, moved to amend ny in
crsasng the duty on chronaie and b.cbromaie of po
tassa from cents 70 ~ cents per pound. II was
agreed to.
Mr. WILSON, rsp) OF Mass. moved to amend the para
graph putting duty OF 20 cents per pound and - per
cloths, cloahings cassmercs ladies' cloth, doeskins
trcots and al flied on foited goods tabrics
Eooen shawis nannsls and all manufactures of wool
OF syesy description Rsds oly IN part or WOOL mot
herein otherwise specified ~ f0owevalued a. u per
snd s i 80 e s.s pound
and 10 per cent al vAlorem over ~ S0 " certs per
pound and 45 per cent I'd vssmem
This ied TO debate, in which Aessrs Yates Wilson
Mr.. Wnsos said The pending bill was awesterp meas-
ure originating In The brains and pockets OF The wool
Mr. Gauss aid that the part Of the wess, which
he represented in he was here today 70 deny that
assertion The West did not want this tayn and would
Mr. WILSON subsequently modified his amendment to
make the duty woolens OF less value than 81 per
pound Is cents psr pound and 36 per cent "a vsore
The yeas and nays were demanded on Mr. Wilson'S
amendment and IL agreed 10 by vote Of yeas 10,
nays 10.
On motion Of Mr.. rS3KspES. (rep.j OF Me., the sec
tion Of the bin allowing drawback on all articles that
enter into the composition OF ships was 80 amended ss
not TO apply 70 steam vessela
Mr. SHERMAN, rep) OF Ohio, explained the necessity
for this ainsndment II IL was not adopted ssamboas
and vessels for service the lakes and Wssen rivers
would bc built entirely OF foreign material and The gov
eminent would not receive any revenue from them.
Mr.. SUMNER moved TO increase the duty on cocoa and
chocolate from to cents per pound II was disagreed
To-
Mr. SuuER moved TO reduce the duty oil paintings
from $40 zach painting valued at less than $780, and
$50 and 10 per cent ad valorem all $780, 70 500
each painting valued at 500. and on Al painting
valued at 500 $40 each and 10 cent cd vaorem
IL was disagreed 10.
Mr.. sunsm moved TO amend by adding books In for.
eign languages TO the free list II disagreed TO-
Mr.. SHERnAr offered, in q modified form, an amend
ment voted down last night authorizing any railroad
company import iron for their road within two year,
any provision or any Law the contrary notwthstand-
Ing This provision for the benent Of the Pnci0c Rail-