TWENTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS,

MONDAY. MAY 27, 1874.


SENATE.
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Mr.. TALLMADGE presented memorial from
free colored citizens of New York, setting forth
the inaccuracies of the last census in reference
10 the condition of that portion of the population ;
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Also, several memorials from different parts of
New York against altering the tariff.


Mr.. BARROW, memorial from New Or
leans asking the aboshment of the spirit ration
in the Navy


Mr.. STURGEON, a memorial from Cumber-
land county, Pennsylvania, in favor of the an
nexation of Texas.


HARBoR OF BALTIMORE.


Mr.. PEARCE, memorial from the Mayor of
Baltimore, asking an appropriation for the harbor
OF that place. Mr.. ?. gave notice that when the
harbor bill came up he should move an amend
ment for this purpose.


Mr.. JARNAGIN presented petition from
several claimants under the Cherokee treaty.


Mr.. McDUFFIE, the resolutions of meeting
in Kershaw district S. c., in favor of the ratifi-
cation of the Texas treaty


STEAMER MICHIGAN.


Mr.. BREESE moved to take from the table
the resolution concerning the steamer Mich
igan. This was done; and, as was stated by
Mr.. Huntington, with his consent, to be referred
to the Committee on Naval Affairs 1t was thus
referred.


Mr.. CRITTENDEN, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, made report in reply to resou-
tons of the General Assembly of North Carolina,
in reference to an Arsenal in that State, Also,
joint resolutions authorizing the exchange Of
small parcels of real estate between the Gov
ernment and citizens at Haroer's Ferry, and
Springfield, Massachusetts. At the request of
Mr.. Bales, these resolutions were at once put on
their passage.


HEIRS OF ROBERT FULTON.


Mr.. PEARCE asked that Senate bill No. 143
might be taken up.


Mr.. BAGBY hoped the calendar would be fol-
lowed with regularity He was in favor of this
bill, but every Senator had his favorite bill.


Mr.. TAPPAN remarked that several Senators
were absent who took an interest in this bill, and
hoped that it might be deferred


Mr.. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, thought if there
was any bill which ought to have precedence Of
all others, it was this.


MIR. McDUFFIE said it was shameful to re-
fleet upon the manner in which the invention Of
Fulton had been left unrewarded. He had ex-
amined this subject years ago, and was ready to
vote still larger sum than that contained in the
bill without word of discussion.


The bill was taken up and read.


1t was advocated by Messrs. Pearce, Johnson
McDufie, and Woodbridge, and opposed by
Messrs Wright and Henderson. The hour of
one having come round, the bill-wa laid aside,
and the tariff debate was continued by Mr.. Rives
of Virginia, in support of the present Tariff