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Washington, District Of Columbia
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U.S. Senate session on January 9, 1854, featured reports on national armory expenditures, petitions including Erie disturbances and mail interruptions, resolutions on western rivers, Arkansas post routes, northern mail detentions, printing matters, and introductions of bills on railroad iron duties, claims courts, Texas debt, public printing, Florida railroads and marine hospital, plus a resolution on Tehuantepec correspondence.
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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate--Monday, January 9, 1854,
The CHAIR laid before the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenditures at the National Armory, and the number of arms and accoutrements made therein during the year ending June 30,1853.
Several private petitions were presented and referred.
ERIE DISTURBANCES.
Mr. CHASE presented the proceedings of a public meeting held at Cincinnati, Ohio, concerning the interruption of the mails, by the disturbances at Erie, Pennsylvania. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
WESTERN RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Mr. JONES, of Iowa, submitted the following resolution; which was laid over:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War furnish the Senate as soon as practicable, with a report of all the work done under the appropriations of 1852, in reference to the western rivers and harbors.
POST ROUTES IN ARKANSAS.
On motion by Mr. SEBASTIAN,
Resolved, That the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing by law, post routes from Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, by way of Wittsburg and Augusta, to Searcy, in White county, Arkansas; and from Jackson Port, in Arkansas, to Wild Haws, in Izard county, in the same State, and from Jacksonport to Clarksville, in the same State.
DETENTION OF NORTHERN MAIL.
On motion by Mr. FOOT,
Resolved, That the Postmaster General communicate to the Senate the causes of the repeated detention of the northern mail, particularly between the cities of New York and Washington; and whether, in his opinion, any action is required on the part of Congress for the effectual removal of these causes.
DOCUMENT PRINTED.
Mr. HAMLIN, from the Committee on Printing, reported an order for the printing of ten thousand copies of the report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey; which report was agreed to.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PRINTING.
Mr. HAMLIN, from the same committee, also reported a joint resolution to increase the clerical force in the office of the Superintendent on Public Printing.
DUTIES ON RAILROAD IRON.
Mr. BADGER introduced a bill to allow a credit for a limited time on duties on railroad iron imported into the United States, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. BRIGHT introduced a bill to establish a court for the examination of claims against the government of the United States, which was read twice and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
TEXAS DEBT.
Mr. THOMPSON, of Kentucky, introduced a bill providing for paying the claims of such of the creditors of the late Republic of Texas, whose claims are of the character described in the act of 1850. Read twice and referred.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
Mr. BAYARD introduced a bill to provide for the execution of the public printing, engraving and binding, which was read twice and ordered to be printed. The bill provides for the establishment of a government printing office.
RAILROADS IN FLORIDA.
Mr. MALLORY introduced a bill granting land to the State of Florida to aid in the construction of several railroads therein, which was read twice and referred.
MARINE HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA.
Mr. MALLORY introduced a bill authorizing the establishment of a marine hospital at Saint Marks, Florida; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
TEHUANTEPEC.
Mr. BENJAMIN submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, if not in his opinion incompatible with the public interest, any correspondence that may have taken place between the government of the United States and that of Mexico, respecting the right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, not embraced in the communication made by President Fillmore to the Senate, on the 27th of July, 1852. Also, under like limitation, to communicate to the Senate all information in the possession of the executive concerning the action of the Mexican government in relation to said right of way and any proposed convention concerning it.
Mr. BENJAMIN said that, after the discussion on the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, which was expected to take place this week, he would call up this subject, and ask to be heard. He thought it would be proved to be intimately connected with the discussion of the affairs of Central America.
The resolution was then adopted,
And the Senate adjourned.
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The Senate received a report on National Armory expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1853. Private petitions were presented and referred. Proceedings from a Cincinnati meeting on Erie disturbances interrupting mails were referred to the Post Offices Committee. Resolutions were submitted on western rivers and harbors work, inquiring into Arkansas post routes, causes of northern mail detentions, printing the Coast Survey report, increasing printing office clerical force, requesting Tehuantepec correspondence, and bills introduced on railroad iron duties, claims court, Texas debt payments, public printing execution, Florida railroads land grants, and a marine hospital at Saint Marks, Florida, with various referrals and adoptions.