The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-07
The President.
Forty-sevcnth Congress First Session.
WASHINGTON, January 6, 1852.


SENATE
President pro tenn. Davis. few minutes
after the assembling OF the Senate, vacated
the chair for the day to Senator Garland.
A number Of resolutions were intro
duced and referred-among them the fol-
lowing:
BY Mr.. MaXey: InStructlng the Secre-
tary Of the Interior to furnish report, il
any. OF the survey OF the United States and
Texas Boundary Commission made under
act OF June ,. 1858, and il 10 final report
Of said commissioner was made he VIII re-
port that fact. together with maps, surveys,
and report OF the work so far rs il was
prosecuted. He explained that the pur-
pose OF the act Of 1858 was to ascertain the
true northern Texas boundary.
The work OF the commission showed
nothing definite on the point. Texas
claimed the north fork and the Interior De-
partment the south fork Of the Red river
10 he the true Red river according to the
Melish map. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Sherman moved to take up his 3 per
cent. bond bill.
Mr.. Mcpherson objected, and gavenotice
Of an amendment making the bonds re-
deemable after January |, 1891, instead of
lliN dblt dlltl Jdiltlti l. 1901 'AAN 'N'' NV
the time OF payment to thirty years from
the date Of issue.
Mr.. Plumb gave notice OF an amendment
directing the use Of all funds now held in
the Treasury for the redemption OF United
States notes in excess OF 800, 900, for
the redemption Of % per cents.
Mr.. Hoar, obtaining leave to make
statement. had read a Ihwspaper-cutting
which he had received in letter OF cor
respondent II asserted that, as chairman
OF the Senate Committee on Claims, Scna-
tor Hoar was sending out letters to repre-
sentatives OF southern claims which had
| been presented TO Congress stating that
the Republicans in Congress are not op-
posed TO the payment Of southern claims,
but, on the contrary, favor payment where
| the claims are Just; that he invited the
sending on Of proofs, and that his course
was an unusual one for even a Conserya-
tive Republican.
He said he had not thus far in his polili-
cal life felt compelled to contradict or eN-
plain any ridiculous statement in regard 10
! himself, but he had received so many let
| tiers from interested parties concerning
these claims that he would now say he was
not chairman OF the Committee on Claims
that he had written no letter to warrant any
such statement, and so far as he knew
had written none on the subject.
Ii was possible that in reply to a CORE
spondcnt he had stated that claims from
any quarter would receive due considera-
ton by the proper committee, and that Il,
the committees were in the habit OF acting
on such things iudicially, claimants had
better send their proofs; but he had writ
ten nothing OF the kind described in the
article.
The calendar was then taken up and oc'
cupied the day, the morning hour being
extended for it, consideration.
The resolution OF December 18th, offered
by Mr.. Davis, OF West Virginia, relating tc
pension frauds, calling for statements OF
their nature and character; what amount
Of arrears has been paid; the number Of
cases added to the pension-roll under tho
" Arrears act" &C., &c., next came up
Some discussion ensued upon an amendment
by Mr.. Edmunds striking out the direction
TO the Secretary OF the Interior to report hi
opinion upon such legislation as he though
advisable. Finally the resolution as modi
fed by Mr.. Edmunds's amendment wa
adopted.
The Senate at Las p. NJ. went into eX
ecutive session, and at $50 Z. NJ. adjourned
until Monday.