WASHINGTON, May 7.
SENATE. – Mr. McDougal from the naval committee, reported a
bill for the relief of Capt. D. G. Farragut.
The bill authorizes the payment of advances made by him while in
California. It passed.
A committee from the House appeared and impeached Judge
Humphreys of Tenn.
The president said the Senate would take proper order in the
premises.
HOUSE. –Mr. Elliott from the committee on commerce, reported
a bill establishing a port of entry and delivery in the collection district of
Beaufort S. C., at or near Hilton Head, to be called the Port of Port Royal,
providing for the appointment of a collector at a salary of $1,500 per annum,
and for weighers, guagers; &c.
Mr. Elliott remarked that a letter from the Secretary had
been sent to the committee, stating the importance of this measure. The bill was passed.
Mr. Crisfield caused to be read the resolution of the
Maryland Legislature, appropriating $10,000 for the relief of the families of
those Massachusetts 6th, who suffered by the 19th of April riot in Baltimore,
and the response of the Massachusetts Legislature in acknowledgment of the
generous sympathies and kind fraternal feelings they exhibited, which should
always prevail among the States of the Union.
Mr. Crisfield said these proceedings afforded some sign of a
restoration of peaceful relations, while we were receiving accounts of the
glorious success of our arms.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, May 8, 1862, p.
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