notice to the government of Great Britain that the governInited States will, in virtue of the second article of the con6th of August, A. D. 1827, between the two governments, Oregon Territory, annul and abrogate that convention: and,

e presented a petition of citizens of Illinois, praying the estabnational armory at Fort Massac, on the Ohio river: which to the Committee on Military Affairs.

angation of the treati Seca Indians: which Dickinson presente on to the paymen

it presented a memorial of the legislature of the State of Mising the adoption of measures for draining the inundated pubg between the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, in the State of and a grant of land to the State of Mississippi for purposes of ovement: which was ordered to be printed.

› presented the petition of R. H. Champion and P. F. Dering, right of pre-emption to a quarter section of land in the Terrionsin: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

ants in whose favor ader the convention wit Foreign Relations. Mr. Johnson, of Maryla Aess Williams, widow desion: which were Yulee submitted th Reived, That the Pr

s the Senate with the What has been the ave

g each period of ten What has been the av since the year 179 1. The civil depar 2. The military b 3. The naval bra 4. The Indian rel 5. The public lan

ners presented a memorial of the legislature of the State of eating the expenditur

praying a grant of land to aid in the improvement of the
7, Pascagoula, and Leaf rivers, in that State: which was re-
Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
eron presented a memorial of a State military convention, as-
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, praying a reorganization of the

That has been the ave ence during each perio 1. In civil departi 2. In military ser 3. In naval servic

since 1796, and the

m of the United States: which was referred to the Committee What number of vesse ess presented a petition of citizens of Newmarket, New Hamp: What has been the cos - difficulties: which was referred to the Committee on the since built; the yea g the adoption of measures for the peaceful settlement of all of the United Stat

e presented the petition of William B. Fail, praying permission e location of a tract of land entered by him under the act to he armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of ich was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

ed years each vessel i

bed.

What has been the ex ction of the constitut What has been the ex

bridge presented a memorial of citizens of Michigan, praying movements, pay eral lands of the United States may be sold as other public has been the e: resented two petitions of citizens of New York, praying the What has been the 1

h was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

of the treaties of December, 1838, and May, 1842, with the ans: which were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. er presented the petition of the heirs and legal representatives ilson, deceased, an officer in the revolutionary army, praying d. commutation pay: which was referred to the Committee on ry Claims.

presented two petitions of citizens of Michigan, praying the of a harbor at the mouth of the Sheboygan river: which were he Committee on Commerce.

in each State sin

of the government s What has been the to

1. For the civil and judicia

2. For the nava 3. For the milit 4. For the Indi

Mr. Breese, from the

13

Mr. Dickinson presented a petition of citizens of New York, praying the abrogation of the treaties of December, 1838, and May, 1842, with the Seneca Indians: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Dickinson presented a communication signed by Charles Callaghan, in relation to the payment of the certificates issued by the United States to claimants in whose favor awards have been made by the commissioners under the convention with Mexico: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, submitted documents relating to the claim of Agness Williams, widow of a deceased revolutionary officer, to an increase of pension: which were referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Yulee submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to furnish the Senate with the following information, to wit:

What has been the average total annual expenditure of the government during each period of ten years since the year 1796.

What has been the average annual expense during each period of ten years since the year 1796, of

1. The civil department of the government;

2. The military branch of service;

3. The naval branch of service;

4. The Indian relations;

5. The public lands;

separating the expenditures in each branch into appropriate divisions. What has been the average number of persons annually in the public service during each period of ten years since the year 1796

1. In civil department, including the Indian relations;

2. In military service;

3. In naval service.

What number of vessels of the navy have been in commission in each year since 1796, and the number of guns mounted by the same.

What has been the cost, 1st, per ton; 2d, per gun, of each vessel of the navy of the United States; and what has been the cost of repairs upon each since built; the year when each vessel was launched, and the number of years each vessel has been in actual cruising service since they were launched.

What has been the expenditure for fortifications in each State since the adoption of the constitution.

What has been the expenditure for each navy yard, annually, including the improvements, pay of officers, &c.

What has been the expenditure for harbors, roads, and other improvements in each State since the adoption of the constitution.

What has been the total sum raised, by taxation or otherwise, for the use of the government since the adoption of the constitution.

What has been the total expenditure since the adoption of the constitution

1. For the civil department, separating the executive, legislative, and judicial expenses;

2. For the naval establishment;

3. For the military establishment;

4. For the Indian relations, including purchase of lands.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred

1 (S. 122) to authorize the justices of the county court of n the State of Missouri, to enter a certain quarter section of ty seat.

read, and passed to a second reading.

hat the report be printed.

was read the second time, by unanimous consent, and conommittee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it the Senate.

mat it be engrossed, and read a third time.

from the select committee appointed to inquire and report , if any, are proper to vindicate the character and honor of inst the charges of corruption published in a newspaper hington city, called the "Daily Times," on the 5th, 9th, instant, with power to examine witnesses, and to send for pers, reported:"

gth of the British Or ted by their noses." Each of these specificati entirely false.

1. With respect to the d et conversations the reach declared, on o

dinner or conversati resses having “a knocled Cersation there heldT-swore positively

ntering upon the execution of their duties as prescribed in ir appointment, the committee believed that their researches cted to the truth of the charges of corruption made in said ew to the conduct of the Senate and its members, and not of arraigning or punishing the authors of the publication. se of their duties, the committee summoned before them the ily Times newspaper, (Mr. H. H. Robinson,) and the pubE. Dow,) as witnesses, who, of their own knowledge, or ames of others, might be able to prove the alleged corrupcommittee declined to act upon intimations that others tor and publisher might be found to be connected with the hese publications. The inquiry, in this way, avoided all ceeding against the authors of the publications, and became to the character of the Senate as a component part of our itutions, and which cannot be impaired or destroyed withy to those institutions.

.conversation, or e friher examination of present at the supposed d each refused to say any conversations

in the publications not expect to prove ered to the committee rs, or any of then a to the Senators w in relation to the us it as they though Senators so informed es utterly contradicti , with the other ev 's proceedings, and the whole story in r Pons, is a false and In relation to the n eting of the Brit of the Cambria, mediate vote on the

ling persons unnecessarily and improperly before them, the ested the editor and the publisher of the paper to state, in cts they expected to prove by each witness, which was statements thus made being copied into the minutes of the ecame a justification for summoning each witness, and also examination, and gave the editor and the publisher the eting the inquiry to the points which they deemed material. eneral imputation against Senators, of corrupt communicaBritish minister in relation to the settlement of the Oregon ticles published in the Times contained three specifications sufficiently definite to admit of specific inquiry; and to the specifications the researches of the committee were chiefly ese specifications were: 1. A dinner, or entertainment, at ister's, at which many Senators were said to be present, upt conversations in relation to the Oregon question were ve been held. 2. A meeting of whig members, in a room on the Friday before the sailing of the steamer Cambria, -ritish minister was charged to be present, and where it was ed to have a vote taken, to be sent off to Great Britain by hat steamer. 3. An admission, by Mr. Senator John M.

ittee, after full an Praded and untrue; th that the British mi here was a meetin sense of the meetin contrary of the res of a delay of the d emed out by the C nt at the actual n

re to postpone th

appointed to move withdrew his mo

of a whig meetin red to be an absu With respect to t

e whole

has

story
the committee fin
ich becomes a repo

Clayton, that he was present at the British minister's table when the strength of the British Oregon party in the Senate, as it was styled, "was counted by their noses.”

Each of these specifications was found, upon investigation, to be utterly and entirely false.

1. With respect to the dinner at the British minister's, and the alleged corrupt conversations there, the editor and the publisher of the Times paper each declared, on oath, that he had no personal knowledge of any such dinner or conversation. The two persons named by them as witnesses having “a knowledge" of the dinner, or entertainment, and of the conversation there held-namely, Messrs. Samuel Medary and L. C. Turner-swore positively that they had no "knowledge" of any such dinner, conversation, or entertainment. There remained, then, no persons for further examination on this head, but the Senators charged with being present at the supposed dinner; and the editor and publisher of the paper having each refused to say that he expected to prove by any member of the Senate any conversations with the British minister of the character mentioned in the publications, and having, on the contrary, sworn that they did not expect to prove any such conversations by said Senators, it appeared to the committee that there was no foundation for calling the said Senators, or any of them, to testify; but it was deemed proper to make known to the Senators whose names had been given in as witnesses, the facts in relation to the use made of their names, that they might act in relation to it as they thought proper. They were informed accordingly; and the Senators so informed, each for himself, promptly sent in sworn statements utterly contradicting all that was imputed to him. These statements, with the other evidence, were entered on the minutes of the committee's proceedings, and leave no doubt on the minds of the committee that the whole story in relation to the dinner, and the alleged corrupt conversations, is a false and contemptible libel.

2. In relation to the meeting of the whig Senators in the Capitol, and the closeting of the British minister with them on the Friday before the sailing of the Cambria, and the alleged resolve then taken to have an immediate vote on the Oregon question to send out by the Cambria, the committee, after full and careful inquiry, find the whole story to be unfounded and untrue; that there was no meeting of such Senators on that day; that the British minister was never at such a meeting on any day; that there was a meeting a day or two before the day charged, at which the sense of the meeting in relation to the Oregon question was precisely the contrary of the resolve imputed to it in the publications, being in favor of a delay of the debate for two weeks, instead of hurrying a vote to be carried out by the Cambria. These facts are proved by whig members present at the actual meeting; and further, that in conformity with this resolve to postpone the debate, a Senator at the meeting (Mr. Dayton) was appointed to move the postponement in the Senate, and did so; and only withdrew his motion after debate and opposition. And thus this story of a whig meeting in the Capitol, attended by the British minister, is proved to be an absurd fabrication.

3. With respect to the "nose counting" at the British minister's table, the whole story has had a termination so ridiculous and contemptible, that the committee find it difficult to speak of it in the temperate language which becomes a report to the Senate. State papers seem to descend from

e, however, to the character of our institutions requires it the committee will discharge their duty in the fewest pos

in the Times newspaper had charged this species of count-
d) strength of the British on the Oregon question in the
United States, and the British minister's table was made
e enumeration. On the first day of the meeting of the
editor of the Times (Mr. H. H. Robinson) wrote down in
f the committee that he expected to prove by Mr. E. B.
hiladelphia, that Mr. J. M. Clayton, a member of the com-
esent, had admitted that he was present at the British
when this "counting by noses" took place. Mr. Clayton
nded the production of the witness. Fortunately, Mr.
ary to his intention expressed the evening before in the
editor of the Times, had not returned that morning to
nd quickly appeared before the committee.
On seeing
en down as expected to be proved by him, he manifested
ent; declared that he could not sustain Mr. Robinson;
ally ignorant of everything attributed to him; that he had
. Robinson until the night before, when he casually met
n of a member of Congress; that he had asked him what
o carry before the Senate's committee to justify his charges,
him about some of the rumors in circulation; and that
ributed to him was false and unfounded. Mr. Schnabel
xtreme mortification at being called as a witness in such
ke like a man of honor whose sensibilities were wounded
elf in such an unpleasant situation.

re unfounded and unw
minee believe a servi
zy, and to the decer
the contempt they
The committee confine
ed by the testimony, i
ry itself is set out in th
to say that all the w
aankly, except one,
self to be the writer
Ts from the Missouri
on Senators an
alluded to in the
Dige of its truth,

rning, a communication was received from Mr. Robinson,
ed to have entered on the minutes of the proceedings as a
s previous reference to Mr. Schnabel, declaring it to have
vertence," and that Messrs. Medary and Turner were the
ed to be named. Soon after, Mr. Schnabel himself ap-
ed to add to his testimony of the previous day what had
his examination on yesterday, which was, that he had met
nat morning, who had acknowledged his mistake, retracted
puted to Mr. Schnabel, and promised to have his retraxit
the committee. The additional statements of each were
e minutes of the proceedings, and the inquiry considered
mmittee seeing no reason to examine Messrs. Medary and
ad previously sworn that they had no knowledge of any-
ever been said or done at the British minister's table.
esiring it, these witnesses were recalled, and examined to
both fully declared that they knew nothing of any dinner
inister's, or any conversations there, or any admissions of
Mr. Clayton, and that they had never spoken to or con-
m in their lives, and had given Mr. Robinson no informa-
ject.

But

ed to repeat the hea avo also refused to s and in which no err end this day, that espect to him; but ation of the Senat de ends of justice, w ser's own testimony La conclusion, the c

Mr. H. H. Robi Tes referred to in his Republican, and t thing he wrote in the In execution of that required the com eradication of the h *cient, in this cas e testimony taken er of the Times (M es be excluded fr The report was read: curred in.

ated the examination into the only tangible specifications ral charge of corruption against Senators contained in the the Times newspaper of the dates referred to. The exinated in the total overthrow of those charges; and how

On motion by M Orred, That the r inted.

message from the

4. President: The further to amend an moneys of acco h3d, 1945; in wh The said bill was rea referred to the Co The Senate resume e resolution (S. R notice to the gove ed States will, in