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By Mr. GOODE : The petition of George Smith, for :1 pension-to Also, the petition of Mrs. C. W. 'Holmes and 54 other women of the Committee on Invnlid Pensions. Palmyra, Michigan, of similar import-to the same committ-ee. ' By Mr. JAMES: The petition of Mrs. E. Elliott :md 20 other ladies, Also, the petition of Mrs. A. C. Voorhies and 327 other women of of Heuvelt~n, New York, for such legislation as will make effective -Saline, Michigan, and vicinity, of similar import-to the same c~m the anti-polygamy bw of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee. Also, the petition of :Mrs. Y. F. Clemson and 25other ladies, ofWad Als_o, the pet!tion of George. B. Smith and 49 others, of Otb. wa Lake, dingtpn, New York, of similar import-to the same committee. Michigan, a~amst such a tariff on the lower grades of su"'ar as will By Mr. JONES of Ohio: The petition of Willard Comly, against prohibit therr importation-to the Committee of Ways an~l Means. the extension of McKay & :Mathie's sewing-machine patent-to the Also, the petition of G. H. Gilman and 48 others, coopers for su"'ar Committee on Patents. refiners of Riga, Michigan, of similar import-to the same commit~. By Mr. KETCHAM: The petition of Mrs. J. C. Hoyt and 19 others, By Mr. WRIGHT: The petition of John A. Steiner, for an increase of Garrison's, New York, for the enforcement of the anti-polygamy law of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of 1862--to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, the petition of S. T. Wilson and 570 others, citizens of Altoona By Mr. KIDDER: The petition of Oscar P. Kemp and others, for Pennsylvania, for the passage of Mr. WRIGHT's supplement to th~ ~ new land office in the Territory of Dakota, near Kampesk::t-to the homestead bill, or some other measure of like relief-to the Commit Committee on Pablic L:mds. tee on Public Lands. Also, the petition of D. C. Thomas and others, of similar import-to the same committee. . By Mr. LAPHAM: The petition of Willard Comly; against the ex tension· of the McKay & Mn.thie's sewing-machine patent-to the Committee on Patents. IN SENATE. Also, the petition of ladies of Dansville, New York, for legislation that will ma.ko effective the :mti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Com FRIDAY, January 10, 1879. mittee on tho Judiciary. By Mr. LATHROP.- The petition of Mrs. Jennie Caldwell and 118 Prayer by the Chaplain, Rov. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. other women, of Geneva, Illinois, of similar import-to the same The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. committee. EXECUTIVE COIDIIDUCATION. By Mr. McGOWAN : The petition of Vorina Miller, and !)5 others, The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication 'Of Barry County, Michigan, of similar import-to the same committee. from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution Also, the petition of Hon. George Willard and 30 others, citizens of of the Senate of December 9 1878, a statement of amounts and rates •Calhoun County,. Michigan, for legislation to prohibit the adultera- paid by disbursing officers ot1 the Quartermaster's Department to the tion of sugars and other sweets-to the Committee on Commerce. Oregon Steam-Na.vigation Company for Government transportation By Mr. MONEY: The petition of J. R. Howard, for compensation and hire of steamboatA on the Colombia River and its tributaries; . ·.for services rendered the United States in the TreMury Department which, on motion of Mr. MITCHELL, was referred to the Committee to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. on Railroads, a.nd ordered to be ptinted. By Mr. MONROE : The petition of Mrs. Lydia Johnston and 131 PETITIONS Al\"'D MEMORIALS. !ladies of Rochester, Ohio, for legislation to make effective the anti l!>Olyga.my la.w of 1862--to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. DAVIS, of illinois, presented the petition of Thomas J. Bigford By Mr. OVERTON: The petition of Mrs. Mary Oliver and 37 other and others, of lllinois, praying for the passage of the bill (H. R. No. 'Women, of Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvnni..'l, of similar 42:~) granting arrears of pensions· which was ordered to lie on tho import-to the same committee. • table. By Mr. POTTER : The petition of women of Westchester County, He also presented a memorial of wholesale grocers and deruers in New York, of similar import-to the same committee. sugar, of Chicago, lllinois, remonstrating against the recommendntion Also, the petition of Fr:mces E. Fry, for arrears of pension-to the of the Secretary of the Treasury that high-grade and low-grooe sugars Committee on Invalid Pensions. be admitted at a one-rate duty; which was referred to the Comlllit Bv Mr. PRICE : The petition of the Women's Christian Temperance tee on Finance. Union and other citizens of Iowa, for a. commission of inqmry con Mr. MATTHEWS presented the petition of M. J. C'l.mpbell and .. cerning the alcoholic lif)_uor traffic-to the Committee on the Judi- others, citizens of Montgomery County, Ohio, praying for the prompt passage of the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; ci~ . By Mr. REED: The petition of Armine P. Rowe and other women, which was ordered to lie on the table. of'Baldwin, Maine, for legislatioJl to make effective the anti-polygamy Mr. KERNAN. I present four memoria.ls of different parties, simi law of 1862-to the same committee. lar in character, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. No. By Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts: The petition of Willard Comly and 1330) to q oiet title of settlers on Des Moines River lands, in the others, citizens of W estborou~h, Massachusetts, against the extension State of Iowa, and for other purposes. These memoria.ls n.re from of the McKay & Mathie sewmg-machine patent-to the Committee people in New York State and some in Maasa.choaetts. The bill having · on Patents. been reported, I move that the memoria.ls lie upon the table. By Mr. RYAN: The petition of Cynthia Miller a.nd others, for legis The motion was agreed to. lation to ma.ke effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Com Mr. KERNAN presented a memorial of Williams & Guion and othe!S, mittee on tho J udicin.ry. merchants and ship-owners, in favor of the passage of House bill No. By Mr. SAPP: The petition of the p38tor and 26 women, members 3547, to reguhte interstate commerce and prevent unjnst discrimi of the Presbyterian church at Mount Ayr, Iowa, of similar import nation by common carriers; which was referred to the Committee on to the same committee. Commerce. Alsa, the petition of 42 women, members of tho Methodist church He a.lso presented the petition of Dr. Marr E. )V:nJker, late acting at Mount Ayr, low::., of similar import-to the same committee. assistant surgeon United States Army, praymg to be allowed a pen- :Also, the petition of all the nationa.l b:mks of tho ei~hth congres sion; which was referred to the COmmittee on Pensions. : sional district of Iowa, for the repeal of the law authonzing a tax on Mr. KERNAN. I have received a resolution passed by the senn.te deposits-to the Committee of Ways :md Means. of the State of New York. It is short, and I ask that it be read. By Mr. STEWART : Memorial of ::. committee of the lake improve The VICE-PRESIDE~""T. It will be reported :1.t length. . ment convention held at Saint Paul! Minnesota, December 18, 1878, The resolution was read, as follows: for the improvement of the great bites-to the Committee on Com- STA.TE OF NBW YoRK, In Senate, .Albany, January 7, 1879. merce. . Also, the petition of citizens of Lacqui, Minnesota, for a post-route hi~~~u~ · !!:Jf!c~~~~!~·~~~~~~~~~r!:8a¥uWi~ tgJ~ from Lacqui to Canby, via Cerro Gordo, Minnesota-to the Commit arsenals; to sell all the arsen.'l.ls, which thus become unneoeSSI\ry, and hereafter to tee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. pnrchase ordnance n.n.d ammunition from private manufacturel'S only! Therefore, Be&ol'Jed, That the Senators od :Representatives of this State in Congre88 be re ' By Mr. STONE, of Iowa: The petition of the city and Board of qu~ted to oppose the P3&_8g_e of said bill, or at least the portions relating to the Trade of Burlington, Iowo., for an appropriation for the improvement Ordnance department, Unir.eu States arsenals, and ordnance stores. of the harbor of Burlington-to the Committee on Commerce. By order: Also, the petition of Mary Ella. McCalla. S. J. Risk, :md 125 other JOHN W. VROOMAN, Olerk. women, of Jefferson County, Iowa, for such legislation as will make The resolution w-as ordered to lie on the table. effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Mr. ARMSTRONG presented tb,e petition of 0. P. Riley :1.nd others, Judiciary. citizens of Plattsburgh, Missouri, prayin~ for the passage of the bill By Mr. TIPTON: Papots relating to the claim of Dr. Macy E. (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; whioh wns ordered to W a.lker-to the Committee on War Claims. lie on the table. By Mr. WILLIAMS, of Wisconsin: The petition of Rev. John Mr. HARRIS presented the petition of Levi L. Fancher :md 77 others, Bramer and 38 others, of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, for legislation to of Tennessee, praying for the passage of the bill (H. R. No. 4234) grant make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on· ing arrears of pensions; which waa ordered to lie on the table. the-Judiciary. Mr. HARRIS. The Public Health Association of America, at its By.Mr. WILLITS: The petition ofMrs. Myrta Harris and 45 other session in Richmond, Virginia, in November last, adopted a l'Osolutiori women, of South Litcllfield, Michigan, of similar import-to the same appointing ::.committee to memorialize Congress for the publicn.tion committee. of an index to the medicallibrncy. As the memorial is short :1.ud upon 1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 387 I a subject of ~eneral interest, I aak that it may be read and referred of the city as to render it veiy inconvenient and extremely burden to the Commtttee on Printing. some to those having business transactions with the office;'' that' from · The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will be reported. the time that collection district "was first established until within a The memorial was referred to the Committee on Printing, and reaa, year or so past the customs office was located on the water front.at a as follows: · point convenient to importers as well as masters of vessels, and was To the h01torabk the Sena.te and House of .Representatives removed to its present location by order of the honorable Secretary of • of the United States in Oongress a~sembled : the Treasury from economical motives;" that the "apartments as This memorial respectfully showeth that at the recent meeting of the American signed to the customs department in the.public building in the city Public Health Association, held at Richmond, Virginia, November 19 and 22, 1878, are inadequate to the wants of the public service, there being barely the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: "Wbereas there has been formed at Washington, under the direction of the Snr sufficient room for the present limited clerical force. Aside b.:mn ~eon General, United States Army, one of the most valuable medical and sanitary these objections the Government· is obliged to rent additional build libraries in the world ; and ings for bonded warehouse, appraiser's store, and steamboat inspect " Whereas there has been prepared und&' the same direction the manuscript of an ors' offices at great cost, which buildin~s are fully three-fourths of a index catalogue of this library, which, if published, would more than double the pra{}tical utility of the collection, and would be of the greatest value to all medical mile from the present customs office.' They state that " the close men and sanitarians eve• if the librarY itself were not in existence: Therefore, business relations existing between these different customs g,ffi~ers " Be it resolved., That a committee of five be appointed to urge upon Congress the render it absolutely necessarv that they should be located in the same immeeiat.efpublication oi this catalogue, setting forth that suCh publication, in the ·building." ~ . . opinion of this association, is one of the most important steps which can be taken by the General Government to :promote the interests of sanitary science and aid They further represent that the large increase of business in the inves.tigation into the causes and prevention of diseases." post-office department in that city" has already occasioned a demand In accordance with the abovet·esolutions, the following committee was appointed: for more room; that the money transaction alone has more than Drs. R . W. Mitchell, Memphis, Tennessee, (chairman;) H.· I. Bowditch, Boston, doubled, and amounts to fully $1,500,000 annually;" and "should the M~s.ac~OB~tt!l.i S.M. Bem1ss, ~ew ~l~s, Louisiana; Wirt .Johnson, .Ja{}kson, Miss18S1pp1; .u. B. Baker, Lansmg, Michigani E. H. James, (secretary.) business in the money-order office alone increaae during the next year We the undersi~ed , having been duly appomted to act as the committee referred as it has in the past, the post-office department," in which the' pres t o in these resolutions, do therefore, in the name of the American Public Health As ent custom-house is located, "will requ~re and demand from the proper sooiation, and in behalf of the interests of sanitary science in this and other coun authorities the entire ground :door of the present building for the tries, respectfully but urgently request that you will ·authorize and direct the publication of the catalogue referred to with the least possible delay. The informa px:oper transaction of its business." tion which it contains is of verygreatimportanooto all classes ofpoople because it For all these reasons they respectfully and earnestly memorialize will aid all who are laboring for the promotion of either individual or public health. Co~gress to make an appropriation of a sum sufficient for the con It is information which cannot otherwise be obtained, and its publication by the GovernnJent is a duty the early performance of which will tend greatly to promote struction and equipment of a suitable building at some suitable point the cause of public health and prosperity in this country. on Front street for a custom-house, appraisers' store, United States R. W. MITCHELL, 1L"l>., Memphis, 'tennessee, (chairman,) bonded warehouse, and steamboat inspectors' offices; and as in duty H. I. BOWDITCH, M. D., Boston, Massachusetts, bound they will ever pray. I move the reference of the memorial to S.M. BEMISS, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, WIRT .JOHNSON'-M. D., .Jackson, MissisRippi, the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and I call the atten H. B. BAKER, M. .u., Lansing, Michigan, tion of that committee to it. I have already introduced a bill on this Oommittee. subject, and I hope the matter will receive the attention of the com Mr. CONKLING. I present the petition of Eliza. J. Hughesj another mittee. petition of Catharine M. Brownell; and still another of Lysander The motion to refer was agreed to. Brooks, citizens of the State of New York, praying for pensions. I Mr. INGALLS. I present a petition very largely signed by citizens move their reference to the Committee on Pensions. .of Kansas, praying for tile prompt passage of the.biU (H. R. No. 4234) The motion was agreed to. granting arrears of pensions; and I repeat the notice I have hitherto Mr. CONKLING. I present also a resolution of the senate of the given, that upon the conclusion of the pending measure I shall ask State of New York remonstrating ag~inst the paasage of the bill to the attention of the Senate to this bil1. · reorganize the Army. Being a resruution of the senate of New York, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The petition will lie upon the table: I ask that it be read. · , Mr. COCKRELL presented the petition of J. R. Walker and others, 'Fhe VICE-PRESIDENT. It has· just been.read upon the request citizens of Richland, Missouri; the petition of JOhn E. Jacoby and ()f the Senator's colleague. others, citizens of Warrensbnrgh, Missouri, and the petition of John Mr. CONKLING. Then I do not ask to have this copy read. I Proud:fi.it and others, citizens of Summit, Missouri, praying for the was not aware it had been read. · passage of the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will lie on the table. which were ordered to lie on the table. Ml-. CONKLING. I present also the memorial ef Ira Davenport, a He also presented additional papers in the case of George Heard, citizen of Steuben County, in the State of New York, protesting, for assignee of Chester Hebner, praying for the passage of a law author very well-stated and cogent reasons, against the passage of Senate izing the proper officers of the Interior Department to prepare and bill No. 1330, being a bill heretofore reported from the Committee on issue to him a bounty land warrant in pursuance of act of Congress Public Lands, which bill, according to its title, is to quiet the posses of 1847 for one hundred and sixty acres of land in lieu of a w~t sion and ownership of a large body of land in the State of Iowa. which was burned in the land office at Clinton, Missouri, in Novem This memorialist thinks, as others do, that the effect of the bill would ber, 1861; which were referred to the Committee on Private Land be not to quiet the title but to work very manifest and grievous in Claims. · justice. The bill has been reported, is on the Calendar, and I suppose Mr. CONKLING. Since presenting the former memorials I have this memorial ought to lie on the table. received one signed 8y D. M. K. Johnson, John Stryker, and other The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will be so ordered. neighbors of mine residing at Rome, in the county in which I live, Mr. WINDOM presented the petition of B. F. Farmer and others, and whom I know very wellt :protesting against the passage of the citizens of Spring Valley, Minnesota, and the petitien of P. E. Liddy bill against the passage of which the remonstrance of .Mr. DaYenport and others, citizens of Minnesota, praying for the passage of the bill protested. I am told that a motion is to be made to recommit the (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which were ordered bill or to refer it to a committee. I suppose of course the memorials . to lie on the table. that now lie on the table would go with the bill should it be repom Mr. ROLLINS P.resented the petition of Ellis Copeland and others mitted. citizel!B of Washington, New B~mpshire, praying f~r the passage of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The memorial will lie on the table for the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensiOns; which was the present. . <>rdered to lie on the table. Mr. MORRILL presented the petition of C. B. Simpson and othei'R, . Mr. McMILLAN presented the petition of E. J. Cutts and others citizens of Vermont, praying that Edwin W. Reed, late of Company citizens of Minnesota, praying for the pa-ssage of the bill (H. R. No: E, Eighth Vermont Volunteers, be resto.red to the pension-rolls; which 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to lie on the was referred to the Committee on Pensions. table. Mr. HOWE presented the petition of M. E. Gates and others, citi Mr. WALLACE presented the petition of Solomon Calehoof and zens of Wiscon~in, praying for the passage of the bill (H. R.1fo. 4234) others, citizens of Pennsylvania, praying for tbe paasage of the bil). granting arrears of pensions;, which was ordered to lie on the table. (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to Mr. DAWES presented the petition of Benjamin Reynolds .and lie on the table. others, citizens of Monson, Massachusetts, praying for the passage of He also presented the petition of May & Somers and others mer the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was chants aml ship-owners of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prayi~"' for orderecl to lie on the table. . . the passage of the bill (H. R. No. 3&47) to regulate interstate ~m LIBRAIUAN78 REPORT. merce and to prohibit unjust discriminations by common carriers· which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. ' Mr. ANTHONY. I am instructed by the Committee on Printing, Mr. MITCHELL presented the petition of Daniel McGrath late to whom was referred a resolution to print 500 extra copies of the private in Company H, Twenty-first Infantry, United States Army annual report of the Librarian of Congress, to report it without amend praying for an increase of pension; which was referred t<> the Com~ ment and to recommend its .passage. I ask for its present considera mittee on Pensions. tion. Mr. MITC.BELL. I present a petition nw:ileronsly signed by mer The resolution was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed chants and 1mporters at the port of Portland, Oregon, in which they to, as follows : · · Resol"d, That the annual report of the Librarian of Congress on the Library and represent b~t:?flY tha.t "the ~uilding at present occupied by the ens the copyright department for the calendar year 1878 be printed, and tha1i 500 extra toms authonties at that port 1s so far removed from the business center copies with paper covers, be printed for diStribution by the Librarian. -1 388 CONGRESSIONAL RECO~D-SEN.ATE. JANUARY 10,
BILLS L"'TRODUCED. I merely inquired of the Senator whether it would be agreeble to him Mr. HOWE asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to to yield for the passage of the bill to which I referred. introduce a · bill (S. No. 1585) for the relief of such members of the · Mr. DAVIS, of West Virginia. If there is no objection to the bill Menomonee tribe of Indians as may desire to become citizens of the -whatev~r I shall of course yield to the Sen~tor from Massachusetts. "United States; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Mr. HOAR. I will ask to have the bill read subject to the Senator's Committee on Indian Affairs. right to the floor. Mr. DAVIS, of illinois, (by request,) asked, and by unanimous con The bill (S. No. 1531) for the relief of Theophilus P. Cftandler was sent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1586) relating to writs read; and by unanimous consent the Senate, as in Committee of the of execution in the District of Columbia; which was read twice by Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It relieves Theophilus P. its tit1e, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Chandler, late assistant treasurer of the United .States at Boston, Mr. ALLISON. At the request of my colleague, [Mr. KIRKwooD,] from all liability for the acts of Julius F. Hartwell, late disbur&ing who is absent on public business, I ask leave to introduce a bill. clerk and cashier in his office, in loaning or advancing the moneys or J;ly unanimous consent, leave was granted to introduce a bill (S. No. fnnds of the United States to Mellen, Ward & Company, and from 1587) to provide for the payment of additional bounty to the soldiers all liability to account for any moneys or funds of the. United. States of the Army of the United States during the war of the rebellion; which were loaned or advanced by Hartwell to 1\lellen, Ward &Com which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on pany, the same having been without the default or negligence of lfilitary Affairs. Chandler. Mr. Ii.ARRIS asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered introduce a bill (S. No. 1588) for the relief of Talley & Eaton; which to~engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. was rood twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. HARBOR OF REFUGE ON PACIFIC COAST. Hr. DAWES asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1589) for the relief of tho legal representa Mr. AVIS, of West Virginia. I understand the Senator from Ore tives of William S. Robinson, lat~ of Malden, Massachusetts; which gon [Mr. MITCHELL] has on several occasions given notice that he was read twice by its title, and referred to the Cemmittee on Claims. wisked to address the Senate. That being the case, I feel that I Mr. SARGENT (by request) asked, and by unanimous consent ob ought to give way to him this morning. I will, however, gi~e notice tained, leave to'introdnce a bill (S. No. 1590) to enable the people of that I shall follow the Senator from Oregon with the remarks that I Dakota to form a. constitution and St~te government, and for the wish to submit to the Senate, or that I shall ask to be heard on Mon admission of the said State into _the Union on an equal footing with daymornin~. the original States.; which was read twice by its title, and referred The VICE-PRESIDENT .. On Monday morning at the close of the to the Committee on Territories. · morning business f Mr. DAVIS, of West Virginia. Yes; but if the speech of the Sen A.l\IK.."'illl\IENTS TO POST-ROUTE BILL. ator from Oregon does not detain 'Q.S too long, I may follow him to-day. :Mr. PLUMB and Mr. DORSEY submitted amendments intended to Mr. MITCHELL. I am much obliged to the Senator from West be proposed by them respectively to the bill (H. R. No. 5218) to estab Virginia. I move that the Senate proceed to the conaideration of the lish post-routes herein na111ed; which were referred to the Committee bill (S. No.1451) authorizing the construction of a breakwater and a. ·• on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. harbor of refuge on the Pacific coast. WAR CLAIMS OF WEST VIRGINIA. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the On motion of Mr. HEREFORD, it was Whole, proceeded to consider Jjhe bill. Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I beg the attention of the Senaoo Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consid eration of the bill S. No. 937, and papers relating to the claim of the State of West while I submit briefly as I may some considerations bearing upon a sub "irgi'?lla. for expenses incurred in organizing and equipping troops, &c., and that ject in one sense local to that portion of the country which I have the the claimants have leave to ~tbdraw the same from the files of the Senate. honor in part to represent on this floor, but which in fact concerns the CHIEFS OF NAVAL BUREAUS. future protection, develop~ent, and prosperity of a very large share llr. ANTHONY submitted the following resolution; which was con of the commerce of our common country. Although not a mereber of sidered by unanimous consent, and &oiTieed to : the Committee on Commerce, I trust I may be pardoned in striving ~ attract the serious attention of that very able committee to the sub Ruolt:ed, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency_ of enacting tkat the selection of the chiofs of the nureans of Steam En ject referred to in the bill now under consideration. I am not nil gineeringhProrisions and Clothing, and Medicine and Surgery hall be made from mindful, Mr. President, of the fact that it is a not uncommon occur iffi.cers w ose relati"e rank is not below that of captain. rence in the history of congressional legislation for members to pro .ADJOUR."'iMENT TO 1\IOSDAY. pose at each session numerous measures looking to the development of their particular section or Stn.te, oftentimes, it may be, hoping Mr. INGALLS. I move that when the Senate adjourns to-day it b~ to meet on Monday next. thereby to win the approbation of their constituents. Conscious of . The motion was agreed to. this fact, and desirous, as I frankly confess I am, to merit tho good Mr. WINDOM subsequently said: I ask permission to enter a mo opinion of my constituents by my labors in their behalf, I trust I shall, in the measure now under consideration, be able to convinoo tion to reconsider the vot~ by which the Senate agreed to adjourn over until Monday. I do not ask a vote upon it now, but if we fail the Senate that the end sought to be gained in this instance is one to pass the Indian appropriation bill this afternoon I shall a.sk to that is neither visionary, impracticable, nor in any sense void of have the \ote reconsidered. merit ; but rather one demanding in the name of the commerce of •• The VICE-PRESIDENT. The motion to reconsider will be entered. our country respectful and earnest consideration, and early and prompt action. I refer, as the bill states, to the construction of a THEOPHILUS P. CHANDLER. breakwater and harbor of refuge on the Northern Pacific coast. :Mr. HOAR and Mr. DAVIS, of West Virginia, addressed the Chair. The subject is not one, I take it, that should excite either local jeal · The VICE-PRESIDENT. Under the notice given by the Senator ousies or State pride as to poi~t of construction, but one to be viewed. from"\\... est Virginia yesterday, the Chair feels bound to recognize that in the more enlarged intelligence and comprehensive vision of gen. Senator. era} commercial advancement and national prosperity. The time was, Mr. MITCHELL. I desire to state that I have been giving notice within the memory of the present generation, when the Great ·west, ever since before the adjournment for the holidays that I desired to extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific and from the Brit submit a few remarks to the Senate. I do not know when the notice ish dominions to Mexico, was comparatively a wilderness, and when of tho Senator from West Virginia was/ giyen, whether before the the waters of the Pacific Ocean ~ordering on these extended shores holidays or since. were undisturbed by the ships of commerce. The inquiring and en Mr. HOAR. If the Senatdr from West Virginia will permit me, I terprising spirit of the age, however, has wrought a change. Emi desire to ask the· Senate to take up a bill from the Committee on gration set its foot thitherward; Terntories were organized, States Claims. It is the unanimous report of that committee, and one which created, society established, cities built, agriculture, mechanic arts, I think will occupy no time except the reading of a very brief report. mining, manufactures-all have sprung into existence, and to-dn.y the It is \ery important, with reference to the settlement of some estates, Pacific slope is in point of wealth, national resources, not to speak of that the bill shou1d be passed at once. its unquestionable prospective greatness, an empire in itself; while Mr. D...\. VIS, of West Virginia. If there is to be no debate upon the the Pacific Ocean, whose waters beat forever on the golden shores of bill whate>er I will give way, subjeC?t to my right to the :floor. the far West, are thronged by the ships of all nations and enlivened M1;. HOAll. I think t'bat tho readjng of a 'ery brief report is all by the busy eommerce of the world. Indeed, as I have before re that is required, if indeed that will be required. marked, so rapid has been the transition state of the growth and pros Mr. DAVIS,1of West Virginia. I dislike to insist upon the floor perity ef the Pacific coast that a mere statement of the real facts against the Wish of a Senator; but I believe it was the rule of the seems to strike eastern ears as the rehearsal of an Arabian tale-a. Benato.long before I was here, and perhaps before any Senator now mere product of the imagination. Hence the difficulty in concentrat present came here, that when a Senator gave notice that .ho desired ing the public mind and inducing public action in reference to these to address tho Senate on a. particular subject tho floor was always matters of such vital importance, not only to the Pacific coast butq;o accorded to him. · the countrr at large. Mr. HOAR. I do not tJnestion in the least that rule, and if the rule I appre01at~ and frankly concede this difficulty in attracting pllb did not exist I should prescribe it as a rule for the government of my lic attention to the crying wants of our commerce upou the Pacific own conduct, and certainly should not antagonize the right of the coast is not the re&nlt of any disposition upon the part of eastern· or Sena.ter from West Virginia to the floor. I do not propose to do so. southern statesmen to ignore any section of the country, but rather 1879. CONGRESSIONAL REC0RD-SENATE. 389
-the result of a not surprising failure upon the part of those who have outward tonnage of San Francisco alone is not less than 1,550,000 tons. never visited tho Pacific slope to note and comprehend the rapidity In 1876 the inward foreign tonnage was 72d,319 tons and the outward .of the chan~e by which the late frontiers of the West have beep foreign tonna~e 76{),770 tons; while Oregon, surpassing in propor ~ transformed mto an empire of greatness, of commercial wealth, and. tional productive capacity her more widely-known neighboring State, political, social, and moral power. It is in vain that the six Senators with her population of 160,000 souls, raises annually not less thau. and seven or -eight Representatives of the Pacific coast raise their 8,000,000 bushels of wheat, and export-s annually an aggregate of over voices and bend their energies in favor of national legislation in the $100 to every man, woman, and child within its liinits, these consist interest of the commerce of the far West, unless indeed we can engage ing of wheat, flour, wool, beef, fish, timber, lumber, furs, fruits, coal, the attention and secure the influence and support of our"eastern and and other products, including gold and silver bullion. southern friends . . To you, therefore, fellow Senators, whose long ex The ablest and most far-seeing statesman of aquarter of a century • perience upon this floor makes your influence and power felt and ago had not the faintest conception of the immense natural resourcesJ recognized, not alone in the councils of the nation, but throughout the the wonderful capabilities, the vital eletnents, the internal and ex land, I appeal, basing it as I do upon no flimsy fabric woven by the ternal wealth, and commercial greatness and grandeur of the western imagination, but upon facts and statistics as irrefragable as trutk shores of this continent. Daniel Webster, in speaking of California in itself. I ask, in the name of the suffering commerce of theWest and this Chamber in 1B50, (I quote from a recent work,) used. this language: in the interest of the real growth and prosperity of our nation, to ex I am sure that everybody has become satisfied that although California may have \ tend us a helping hand, that the blessings of national legislation in a very great seaboard and a large city or two, yet that the agricultural products aid of national commerce and for its protection may be extended in of the whole surfaoo now are not im / 390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 10,. million.farm&a of Europe and the older States on small-sized farms of their own, into the conditions of the harbors of that coast, or that Government while those of California and Oregon have room for 430,000. Reckoning in work will refuse to enter upon a work so imperatively dema.Jlded by the men and their familiesJ. ~e wheat lands of the coast can give employment in their cultivation to a. popwation of 15,000,000; while taking iii. to acconnt tradesmen, tl'ue inte1·ests of commerce f While the Atlantic coast from the Bay of manufacturers, merchants, &c., they can support in comfort and afHuence not less Fundy to -Florida Keys, through the generous and just action of our than 35,000,000, or a population equal to that of France to-day, greater than of Italy Government, is lined with breakwaters, artificial harbors of refuge, or Great Britain, and almost eqnal to that of Germany, and these countri'es are the greateRt and most powerful on the globe. In fine, the capacity of the coast as a light-houses, life-saving stations, and other aids to marine commerce wheat producer, and only on these lands which are immediately available for tillage, · and protection to life and property on the hiO'h seas, must the mari is eqnal to nine times the largest production of the whole United States in the best ners, the shippers, the traveling public of the North Pacific Ocean f8r crop years recorded. , nearly two thousand miles of sea-coast be left to brave compn.ratively It is proper to remark in this connection that at the time the above unaided the daily perils of whn.t not unfrequently-w-onld seem to be was written, two years ago, the great extent and unparalleled capac a misnamed and treacherous Pacific 'f ity of the wheat-producing area of Oregon ·and Washington Territory From a personal experience of over thirty voyages between the were but partially known or understood. These mighty factors in ports of San Francisco n.nd Portln.nd I nm able to speak with some external and internal commercial prosperity to which I have attracted degree of accuracy in reference not only to the commerce and its attention, operating as they do through our foreign and coastwise necessities but the petits also of this coast. I will only sn.y in refer trade, have transformed the waters of the Pacific Ocean between the ence to these last that while they are no greater than those of ordi strait of Fuca and San Francisco into one vast national highway, nary ocean travel, and in fact much less than those of many Gther where pass and repass daily in scores the ships of all nations. Four routes, they are, nevertheless, none the less, as some may suppose, regular steamship lines are now operating regularly the whole distance from the fa.ct that these are waters of n.n ocean called the Pacific. between San Francisco and PQrtland, Oregon, via the mouth of the But no other wei~htier argument is needed than that conveyed in the Columbia River, one between Portland and Sitka, and one l.letween lists of marine .Jfa1·itinte disasters north of San Francisco j1·ont January 1, 1861, to December 31, 1869. ~am e. Place. Amonnt. Remarks. 1861. Jan · --· Bark Acadia .• _·- ...... - .... -.··-· .•.• -.•. Trinidad, stranded··-· .. ·-·····--·-··-·· •• ··-···. ··· -· •••.•••• $5,000 Total loss. . MII!Y·-· Ship Sea.Nymr-··-·············-····· ···· Point Reyes, stranded . .•.•••.•••••.••••• _• •••.•. __ ..••••••• __ . 300,000 Total loss. .May·-· Columbia River Bar, stranded.··-····---·····-···---·······-·· 30,000 Total loss. June . . - ~~~ ra~tn~.. ~:: :::::: ~ ~:::: :::::::::::: 60,000 Total loss. July .. . Schooner Shooting Star ...... -.-.••• . •. --. 8: ~N!i~o~~iz~:::::: :::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: 3,650 Sept .. . Brig Persevere .. __ .. ··-·-·-··· .• ··-· ··---- 011' Cape -Flattery, foundered .....•.•••••••• _••.•.•.•.•••••.... 48,000 Total loss. Oct·-·· Schooner Anglo-American . -....• -- •••.•. . Off Tomales, strandAd ..••••• _..•...•...•... _.•...... •..• _. 4,500 Oct·-·· Bark H..'U'tford ···---...... ···-·· ...... ---· H001boldt Bar, deck swept.--.-- .....•.•.•••....••.••.•..••••• 1,000 Oct·-·· Schooner Jlln.rin .. __ •.. . • . ..• . __ •• _.••... _. Tomales, stranded. ·-··--···-·········-·-···-···-·········· .••. 3,500 Tot..11lloss. Oct ... . Schooner European . .... - ..• _•.•...•. -. -.. 1,000 Nov . . . Schooner Ginn. Rood--· ·-····-··-·---··--· ~;~ . =~~~~;;d~d-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 4,800 Total loss. Nov . . . 3,000 I Nov·.. . ~~!:~~~~~~ :~: :::::::::::::::::::: ~~~~ ~~~~:r~~~: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2,000 Total loss. Dec .. . Schooner Queen of the Isles . -.•.•. -... - -·· North Pacific, mis ing -··--···· ------······-·-···-······-····· 8, 000 Total loss of vessel and crew. 1862. Jan .... Schooner T. H. Allen ...... •...... •... - .. Humboldt Bar ...... •••••...... ··-······-...... •...... 6,000 Totalloss. . . Jan ___ _ Schooner Kalnna . ••• - •....••.... _.... -_. . Humboldt Bar . . _..••... _... _.....• ·-·· .•••••.•••••. ··-.•...•.. 6,000 Jan ... . Schooner Sparkling Wave . . -... - .••.••. --. Between San Francisco and Shoalwater Bay._ •.•••. __ •.•.••••• 5,000 Missing ; total loss. Jan ... . Ship Bald Eagle .....•. --··········---·· ... Between Hong-Kong and San Francisco ..•••• _ . _••••.....•. _.. 300,000 Missing ; tot..'\lloss. Jan . .. . 30, 708 Jan ... . . ~~~~~c;aR~~aiie: : :::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~e~!:.g~~:_a:cr.~ ~~ -~~~s-~:. ~~~ -~-~t~~~ .. :::::: 1, 000 Total loss. F eb, . . . Bark Anna. Barnard .• ·--···---··-···-···· Cape Flatt.ery, stranded . ..•... ·-·······-···--·--······ ····--·· 4,500 Total loss. :March.. Schooner Ella Josephine·-··· -·-···-····-· Between San Francisco and Humboldt. __ ..•... _•. . _... •... __ . 4, !>00 Missing, tot..'\lloss. April .. Schooner Tongawa.nda .• ·--···-----···-··· Capsized 12 miles north of San Francisco Heads .. _.•.. _...... 7, 200 Total loss. Sept . . . SchooncrPrid{) of the West·-········· -·-· 500 Oct. .. . Schooner Florence E. "W\lton. -----· ...... 742 Nov . .. . ts~~~~pe~~~~;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1, 000 Nov ... . ~~~!~g.h;.-:Bi~t:.::::::::~::::::::::: Waterlogged off Alb10n River ... .•... ··-·- .••. __ . __ •.•. _•..••. 700 Nov . .. . Schooner .Monterey- ....•.••.•••.. _.... _•. Point Re:ves. stranded ..••.•• ···-... -··-.-·.·-··· . _____ ...... •. 7, 000 .Total loss. Nov .. . . llrig Lopud .. _•. ····-·············· ····-·· Between Po get Sound and San Francisco, leaky .. _.•••. __ ..• _ 346 Dec ... . Schooner Sovereign_.-.- ...... _ •• _•••. _•. Navarro River, stranded·-·-··-· -················-············ 3, 000 Dec ... . Schooner C. W. Gnnnel. ··-·-··-···- ··-·-· Point Arena,s, stranded .•.•• _.•.•••••.•••••.••..•. _. . _.. _•..•.. 4,500 Total loss. Dpc ... . Schooner H. T. ClaY-·-· ····-···-······--- Noyo River, stranded .•• ____ •... ·-····-·- .••..• --- .. ·--· ..••... 5, 250 Total loss. Dec . . . . Steamer SierraNevada _-. ___ .. _•...•..... Between Colnmbia River and Victoria, hurricane ...•••. ..•.•.. 600 1863. Feb ... . Schooner J. R. Whiting .. ·-······· .••..••. Mendocino, stranded. _. _.•... _•... . _.•..••....•... _..•.••..• _. 7,500 Feb ... . 6, 000 Total loss. Feb . .. . ~t:~:~ 1!~:\V:i::_ ·.:: ~ ·:::. ·_·_-::.:::::::: "f~~~~a!iR~e~~=d~d:: ::::::::: :~ ::::::: :~: ~:::::: :::::: ::: 50Q Feb .. . . Brig Quoddy Belle._ •....•.. . •.. _•..... _•. 3, 000 Totalli>ss. ApriL. Schooner Union Forever.-...... •... _•. _.. 8, 000 ApriL Schooner Josephine Willcutt.-•.....•• -••• 3,000 Apf"U._. Schooner Francis Helen . .••. _... --..•••••. ~~7[~~~~:~~~~~~~~:: :::::: :::~~~::~:::::::~~:::: 5,000 April .•. Schooner J. E. Mnrdock .•• -·····-······· 1,500 Nov. __ _ Schooner Frances Helen._ •••.••••..•••••. 12,000 Total loss. I>eQ .••• Schooner Pride of the West ..•..•...•.••• 3, 500 May ... . Schooner Eagle•.• _•••. -....•.. ~ .•..•.••.. 4,000 Total loss. May . . . Schooner Gafveston .. -. ~ •••.• _.•...... ••. Et~~a~:~r:::::::::::H/::~:::::.E::: 10,000 Total loss. June .. _ Schooner Bril.llimt.·-··· ····-· ...... •.•.. Off Mendocino, dismasted ··-···· -·-· -· ···--··-···-···-. --·--·· 1, BOO Nov . .. . Schooner Mendocino.----•... - ••... -.••.•. Between San Francisco and Mendocino, sails carried away __ •. 1,000 Jan . .. . Brig Eolus ...••• ·-··········-·-··--····--· Struokon HnmboldtBar ··-···---· ····-······-····-····· ···-·· 10,000 ;Nov·-· Schooner Dash away .•••.•••••• - __ •.... ___.. Capsized off Humboldt ...... -·····-·.-·-····-··.·· -·-·-···· 40,000 Total loss. Sept ... Steam Corvette Novick------··-·-··--·-- Wrecked on Point Reyes ..... _•...•. :·-···--·-·····-··-······· 30, 000 Total loss. 18ti4. Jnne-.. Shlp Winged Arrow·-···-····-·-······.-· North Pacific, dismasted ·-·· · .. ___ . . . ..•••.• -·-······ __ . .••.•• El,910 Jnne ... 1,000 Nov.·-· ~lk ~~: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: t'~r~~::U~"It~v.~~: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 6, QOO 1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 391 Ma1itimc dis~ters nortlt of San Francisco from January 1, 1861, to December 31, 1869--Continued. Date. Yam e. Place. Amount. Remarks. 18Q4. Dec ... Schooner J. M. Chapman •. ; ...•..•..••.... Between Shoalwater Bay and San Francisco, foundered .•...... S!), 500 Missing. Feb ..•. Brig Energy .•...•...••. . . -.-..• ···-···-· 10,000 Oct .••. Schooner Cornelia. Terry ..•..••...•...••.. 3,500 Dec... . ~t ii~l:!ie~~~ ::::~:: ::: == ~::::: :::::::::::::::::::::: 15,000 Total loss, passengers and crew. llov ... . ~~ftrB:a~~;d::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::: Humboldt Bar, lost .•..•....•• ; ...... •...•...... •...... •.... 2,000 ApriL. Bark Ocean Bird ..•..••...•.....•....•.•.. Coast of Oregon, capsized ...... •.•..•...... •...... 9,000 July .. . Ship E. Bulkely .....•.•.•••...... •••••. Point Arenas, stranded ..••••.•••••....••• , .••...... •••••.••.. 24,500 Total loss. Dec .. . Barkantine Constitution •••..••..•...••••• Between Ptiget Sound and San Francisco, heavy weather ...••. 3,000 Dec .. . Bark MaJlo7n: ....•.•••••. . : ....••...•.... NeahBay, stranded .....•.••..•...•••••.••.••...... •.•••.••••• 6,000 Dec .•. Between Puget Sound and San Francisco, shifted cargo ...... 500 Dec •.. ~~{~~~om!~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::: Off Cape Flattery, foundered ..•..••...•....•.•.•••••...•.•, .. . 11,800 Dec ... Ship Caroline Reed .....••••••...... •..... Between Bellingham Bay and San Francisco, heavy weather .. 5,000 Doo .•.. Bark Gilorge Washington ...... •••...... Between Puget Sound and San Francisco, heavy weather . ... . 1, 500 Nov . . . Bark Leonora ..•....••...•••••.••.•••••••. Between Puget Sound and San Francisco, heavy weather .... . 500 Aug .. . Bark Victor.• .•..•....•..•••.•••••.•.••..•. Between Paget Sounll and San Francisco, heavy weather .... . 10,000 ll:l65. Nov •.. Schooner Sarah Louise •..•.•.••••.•...... Thirty miles north of San Francisco, stranded ...... : •...•.... 1,000 Feb ..•. Schooner J. K. F. Mansfield.-~---········· Between Mendocino and San Francisco, heavy weather ...•.•.. 600 :March. Schooner Ann G. Doyle .••.•••...... •.••... 5, 000 Total loss. Sept .. . Sc-hooner Leah .•••••...... ••••.••..•. ~!g~~~;:~::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1. 661 Nov .. . Schooner Golden State ...... •...... • :Mendocino, wrecked ...... ••...... ••• .... .•.••.....•. 6,000 Total loss. Nov .. . Schooner J. R. Whiting .•••.•..•..•••...•. Albion River .•••.•.....•.••.••.•...•.•.. -~- ..•••••...... •••. 7, 500 Total loss. Nov .. . Schooner Metis ...•..•••••.•••••..••..... Caspar Creek, wreckell ...•.•..•.••••••••.•••••••••••.•••••.•.. 7,000 Total loss. Nov .. . Schooner Storm Cloud ..••.•••••••..••..... Between Mendocino and San Francisco, wrecked .•••..••.•.... 13,000 Total loss. Nov ... . Schooner Albion .•••.•.••••••..•••.••.••.. For Albion River, from San Francisco .••.••••••..•..•.....••. 13,000 Missing. Nov... . Schooner Lizzie Wild ..••.••.....•••••..•. For Umpqua, wrecked atsea ...•...... •.• . ..•••.... 7,000 ~ov ... . Schooner Helen ...... ••.....•....••••... Point Arenas, wrecked ...... 12, ooo- Total loss. Nov... . Schooner Phrebe Fay •..•.•.•••••..•..... Little River, stranded •.•..•.••..••••• ··-········· ...... ••. 2, 500 Yov ... . Schooner Don Leandro ...... •...... Little River, stranded ...•••...... •.•..••••.•••••...... ••• 500 Dec ... . SchoonerJ. K. F. Mansfield ...... •.. For Noyo River . ...•...... •...... ••...... •••. 5,000 Missing. Dec ... . Schooner European ...... ••....•...•..... For Timber Cove ...... •.•...... •• . ....•...... •.. 5, 000 Missing. Dec .. . Bark Monitor ...... •...... •...... Humboldt Bar ...... • ...... • • . . . . . • . ..•. 1,228 March.. Bark Industry .•••.•.••..•••••..•...... Columbi ~RiverBar, wrecked . •.•..•..•..•.•••.••....•••..••.• 75,000 Total loss. July .. . Steamer Brotli.er Jonathan ..••••....••.... Near Saint George's Point, wrecked ...... •...... •.. 230,000 Total loss. Feb ... . Between Bellingham Bay an Mm'itime dl.sasters 1w1·th of San Pran Date. Name. Place. Amount. Remarks. 1868 Feb ... . .American schooner A.da May ...... ••••••• From .Albion, stranded at N oyo ...... $i50 GQt off and repaired. June .. . American brig Commodore ...... •.••• Struck Coos Bay Bar, sprung leak .•.•••.•••••.•••••.•.•..•... 4,278 Repaired, San Francisco. Nov ... . .American schooner Ella Florence .••..••. Wrecked at Mendocino ...... 5,500 Got off and repaired . Dec ... . American schooner Sine Johnson .••...... Stranded at .Albion ..••••...•••. .••.•.•••••••••••••.••••••.•••• 2, 500 GQt off and repaired: Dec ... . American schooner C. P. Huestes...... •. Capsized at sea and drifted ashore at Noyo .•.•.•••••...••••••. 6,000 Total loss of vessel and cargo. Dec ... . American schooner Henrietta. .•••.•.••••• Wrecked at Tomales ...... 4, 000 Total loss of vessel and cargo. Feb .•.. American brig Sheet .Anchor .....•...•.... Wrecked at Coos Bay ...... 7,313 GQt off after six months' detention and repaired. Feb .••. A.merican brig Hugh Barclay ..••••••.•••• 12,000 Total loss. J!'eb . ... American schooner .Anna Beck .....•..••. :O~i~;~.~~~~2a~-~i8:: :::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::: 750 Returne(l to San Francisco for repaire. March. American s<..'hoonerColnmbia. ...•••••...... Wrecked at Cnffey's Cove in gale ..•..••••••.•.••...... ••..•.. 5,000 Tot.alloss. March. A-merican schooner Sa.rah ...... Stranded at Noyo ...•••.•..••••••.•••.....•••.••••..•••.•••.••. 1. i50 Got off and repaired. April .. .American schooner B. H. Ramsdell •••••• Bound for Mendocino, lost foremast-head . .•••••.....•.•...... 500 May ... American schooner S. F. Blunt ...... Wrecked at Point Arenas ..•••••.•••••...••...•...... ••.•• •••. 3,000 Totallos11. Sept ... .American schooner J. A. Burr .•...•.••.•. Sunk at sea., off Russian Ri7er ...... 2,500 'l.'oulloss. Oct .. .. American bark D. M. HalL. ...•••••...•.. 9, 000 Total loss. Sept.. . . American bark Ocean ...... 8,000 Total loss. July ... .American schooner Louisa Downs ...••..• ~a~~~ ~~~:i;a:::~~i: ::::::::::::: ~:::::: ::::::::::::: 5,000 Total loss. Oct ..•. Italian bark Palestro...... For Paget Sound, injured in gale, ran to San Francisco, con- 15,000 demned. Nov•... .American bark Mary ...... From Po~et. Sound, injured in gale ...... 1, 200 Repaired. . Dec.... American 3-m. schooner Forest King ..•..• From Paget Sound to Honolulu, damaged in gale .••.••••..•.•• 1, 160 Repaired in San Francisco. Dec.... Gautemalan ship Clarissa ...... From Puget Sound to Valparaiso, da.triaged in gale ...... 8, 766 Repaired in San Francisco. 1869. Stranded in .Albion River...••• .•...... ••.••...•••...... • 14,100 Got off and repaired. ~:~ ~::: !.::~= :g:~=~ ~~~ ~71~~:: :::::::: Stranded at Point Arenas ...... 1,500 GQt off and repaired. Feb .... American schooner West Evans .....•.... Stranded Cuffey's Cove ...... 5, 962 Got off and repaired. .April .. American schooner A. J.Mooje ...... Wrecked at Bowen's Landing...... ••••.•••••...••.•.•..•••. 5,000 Total loss. Apri1 .. American schooner .Amazon ....••.•••.•.. Stranded Point Arenas ...... 2, 870 Raised and repaired. Au_g . . . American schooner Costa Sacramento ..... 1, 500 Saved. Sept!>.. .American schooner Louisa Simpson . ...•.. 1,500 Put in Albion. Sept . . . American schooner Twin Sisters ...... ~~~l~f~l!-?~::-~- ~- ~-:~- ~-~·::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: 5,600 Saved. Nov . . . AmeriCan. schooner J. J. Fransen .•••••.••• 12,000 Total loss. Dec ..•. American schooner .Alaska ...•••.... •••. 5,000 Total loss. Dec .... .American brig Ida D. Rodgers ...... l2, 000 Total loss. Dec .... American schooner .Ajax ...... ~a~~ i~~li~~ ~ ~ ~ ·~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ 8,500 Total loss. Nov.... .American schooner Sovereign ...•..•.....• 2,000 GQt off and repaired. Dec.... .American schooner Haze.... • . • . . • . • • . • .. 2, 500 GQt o~ water-logged, nnd repairod. Dec.... .American schooner Oste~ .....•....•.. : • . ~=~~ ;l~:6~;-~~~::: :::::::::: ~:: :::::::::::::::::::: 1,200 Repaired. Feb.. .. .American bark Harvest Queen .•••••..•••• Off Cape Mendocino, foundered..•••.•••••...••.• ...... •••...•. 13,000 Never heard from. Nov ... ·American bark Kutustoff ...... •••••.... From Hellingham Bay, foundered ...... 14,800 Never heard from. Nov... American bark W. A. Banks ...... Wrecked strait of Fuca .•..•.•.•••...•.•...•...... •.•••...•. 6,600 Total loss. Dec.... American schooner Ward J. Parks .•..•.. Stranded strait of Fuca...... 3,827 6-Qtoff. June ... .American schooner Lizzie ..••...•...... For Sitka, damaged in gale .•••••••••••.•••••.•••••..••••.••••. 1,500 ~tu_~s~ San Francisco. Feb .••. British ship John Bright.••...... ••..... ~~nluget ~und to Coquimbo, wrecked at Vancouver's 15~ 000 Nov. .. .American bark M. J. Smith ...... From Paget Sound to A.ustralia, wrecked at Vancouver's 21,000 Total loss. Island. • Dec.... British bark Ruby ...... From Puget Sound to New Zealand, wrecked at Vancouver's 22,500 Total loss. -Island. Dec .... American bark Vernon ...... From Puget Sound to Honolulu, foundered ...... ••..••••...••• 10, 000 AU perished. Maritime disasters '1/orth of San Fra11ci.sco ft·om January 1, 1870, to June 3Q, 1878. Name of ve83el. Place of disaster. Remarks. 1870. Feb .. : . .American bark Charles"De,rins ...... •. Coos ".Bay to San Francisco, parted hawser while in tow, went $5, 000 Partial los . ashore ancl sunk. May ... American brig Occident .••.••...•...... San Francisco to Coos Baitui . . . . • . . . • ...... • • • ...... • • • • . 15, 000 Total los;;. June ... American steamer Active .•.•...... Total loss. June .•. American schooner Bunkalation ...... Total loss. Oct ••.. American schooner Alice ...... ••••. f~~!!~~~N!=: s·~i: :::::::::::::: ::~ ~: ::::::::::: :~~~ ~~ ~~ Total loss. Nov ... American schooner Wild Pigeon •....•..•. Went ashore at Stewart's Point ...... Total loss. Nov .. American schooner Idaho .....••••...... Alaska to San Francisco ..•..•••••••••••••••...... •....•...... •.•••••• Never heard from; 8 li\VeS loat. Nov ... .American schooner Florence...... •.. Total loss. Dec .••. .American schooner Norwester ...•.•....•. ~g;!de~s~{!I!~~:r~f:~~~:::: :::::::::::::::::::::: ::·::: :::::::::: Total loss. Dec..•. American schooner Alice Haake ...... Humboldt Bar ...... •••. : ... . Partial loss. Dec •••• .American schooner Potte11 •••.••••••.••••. San Francisco to Arctic Ocean ...... Never heard from. 1871. Jan •••. .American bark Massachusetts .•...... San Francisco to Scammon's Lagoon ...... Total loss. Jan •••. A.merican bark Forest King ...... •.••••.. Total loss. Jan .••. American ship B. Aymer ...... •... 1}~~d~~~:t,BA~~~~~:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: Lost at sea. Feb •••. American schooner Kate Piper.·.•..•.•.•.. Driven ashore at Stewart's Point in a gale...... ••••...... •••••.... Partial loss ; repaired. Feb •••. American schooner William ...... •....•. Stranded at Stewart's Point in a gale...... • ...... •..... TotallQss. Feb •••. American schooner Anna .•••..•.....•.... Repaired. Feb ..•. American schooner Francis ..•....•...... l:.epaired. Feb .. .. .American schooner Lizzie Derby ....•.... Returned to San Francisco foc repaiftl . Feb ... . .American schooner Fannie A. Hyde ..•.•• ~lk!Ii~ !i!~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~ ~~~ ~~:::: ~~~~~~ ~=~~~~~::: Returned to San Francisco for repaits. Feb .. .. American schooner George Hinrich ..•.... Went ashore at Stewart's Point ...... ••.••••••...... •••...•...•••.•.•• Total loss. Feb .••. American schoonhl' Huiehica ...... •. Stranded at Stewart's Point. Feb ..•. .American schooner J. H. Roscoe ..•.....•. Alaska coast, stranded . . • ...... • . . • . • • . . • . • • • • • . • . • • • • • . • • • • • . •.•••.... GQt off and repaired. Feb . .• .. American schooner Fanny Piper ...... •. Stranded in a gale at Stewart's Point ..••.••..•...... •••••••••...•...••. Total loss. Feb .••. .American schooner Tolo ...•.....••..•.... Stranded at mouth of Casper Creek .••.••..•...... ••..•.•••••.... ¥:.~r~. and 2 lives lost. March. .American schooner William F. Bowne ..•. Stranded at mouth of CasperCreek ...... · •.•.... April .. .American schooner ¥argaret Crockard ... Capsized at Coos Bay Bar . • • • • • . • • • . • • • .. • • • • • . . . • • . . • • .. • • • • • 3, 000 Repaired in San Francisco. April. .American schooner GQlden Rnle .••....••. Stranded at Bowen's Landing ...... Disabled, and towed to San Franciaoo. May ... American schooner ~Cleveland .•...•• Stranded at Stillwater Cove .••••••••••••.••..•••••••••••.•••••••••.•.••. Towed to San-Francisco and repaired. May .•. American schooner Clara L. West ...... •.. Cook's Inlet ...... Total loss. June .•. .American schooner Brilliant...... ••.•.... Total loss. July ... American bark Washington .••..•••••.... ~=~: :~ g~~ ~ ~~~~~~-~:::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: Totallo83. Oct. •••. American bark Whistler ...... San Francisco to Portland ...... Partial loss. Nov .. . .American brig Crimea .•••••...... •.. Returned to San Francisco for repairs. Nov .. . .American schooner Vanderbilt ...... ~ ~~~= f~ s~~~~g{fJ,~~::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: Partial loss. Nov .. . San Francisco to Stewart's Point...... Partial loss. Nov .•. !:~:~ t~~~;~t1f~·a·.-~~ia:::: Total loss. Nov ... America.n bark Live Yankee ..••••..•..... ~~1~?fo:EJ:!~~~~~~~-~~~~-~~-~~~~~-~~~::::::: ::: ... :~: ~- Never heard from. • 1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 393 MarUi11te disasters nm·t-h of Sa1L Francisco jron1r Jamtary 1, 1870, to June 301 1878-Contiimed. Date. Name of vessel. Place of disaster. Remarks. • I Sill. "Nov .•• American schooner .Amanda. A.ger •••..••. Humboldt to San Francisco .•••••.....•..••.•..•••••••.•...... •••••.••. Never he:mlf:rom. 'Doo. •• . American brig Kitty Coburn .••••••••...•. Betwoon Bnrrard's Inlet and San Francisco .••••...••••••••••••••••••••. Partial damago. Deo.... American ship Winawa.rd...... • . • • • • . . . • . Off Columbia River...... • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • • • • . • •• • • • . • • . Cnt away masts to save 8lU.... Dec •••• American bark Shooting Star ...... San Francisco to Nanaimo; stranded ...... Got off and returned to SaD. FraacifJoo for repairs. Dec .... American schooner Liberty ..••••••••.•••. Stranded at Timber Cove ...... American schooner Alaska .•.•••.•••.••••. Month of Coqnille River ...... -...... $2,500 Partial loss. Amerir.an steamer Commodore ..•••.....•. Wrecked off Coqnille River...... 4, 000 Total loss. American steamer U. S. Grant ...... Driven ashore at month of Columbia River ..... ~ ...... Total loss. American ship Helen Foster •••••••••..••. NeahBay ...... Partial loss. American bark Mallory ...... Partialloils. German ship CorneliJl...... ~::e~~~d: :::::::: ~=:::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: Partial loss. Amex} can sloop Decatur ...... Off Washington Territory ...... Total loss. 1872. Jan ..•. American schooner Starr King •••.••.....• San Francisco to Coos Bay ...... • .. • • • • .. • • • • ... • .. • .. .. • 15, 000 Never heard from. Feb ••.. Stranded off Navarro River ...... Total loss. Feb .... ±::~~ :~~:~=~ ~il~=~:: ~ ~ ~:: :: Broke from moorings at Mendocino ...... Total loss. Feb .••. American schooner Meldon ..•••••.••...•. Stranded in Cnffey's Cove ...... Repaired and lannched. Feh..•. American schooner Therese ..•.••..•..•.. Dragged ashore at Point Arenas ...... Got off and repaired. Feb .... American schooner B. F. Lee ...... Got off and repaired. Feb •••. American schooner West Evans .••...... • ~~~ ::~~;: :~~~~! ±::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::: ~==: :: :::::::::: :&ebnilt. Feb .... American schooner Emilie Schroder ...•.. Dragged ashore at Point Arenas ...... Got off and repaired. March. British bark Speedwell ...... Dragged ashore at Point Arenas ...... Total loss; part of cargo Mved. .April .. American schooner Elnora ..•....•••....•. Partial loss. April .. American schooner C. A. Drew ...•.....•. ~"1l'~i~~ru.~~~:::: :: ~ ::::: ~::: ::::::::::: ~=::: :::::::::::::: :::::::::: Partial loss. .April .. American schooner Hannah Louise ..•.••. Wrecked off Rnssian Gulch ...... Total loss. May .. . American schooner D. S. Williams ...... Between Humboldt and San Francisco ...... Repaired at San Francisco. May .. . American schooner W. H. Meyer .....•.•. Pnget Sound, stranded ...... Pal1ialloss. .iJune .. . American steamer California ...••..••.••. Damaged on passage from Victoria to Portland, Oregon .••...... •...•.... Taken to San Francisco for repa.irs. June .. . American steamer Idaho ...... Partial los. . . ..A.ng .. . American schooner Energy ..••...••...••• ~?':&~c~~~ ~~~\~~-~:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::·: :::::: Dismast€u. .()ct •••. American schooner Walter Raleigh . .••••• Capsized anll drifted ashore near Cape Flattery .•.•••..••••..•. All lost. Nov .... American bark Chris. Mitchell ...... Sprang a leak at Port Madison ...... Repaired at San Franci ·co. Nov..•. American ship CoqnimbD ...... Sprang_ a leak at Port Madison ...... Rep:lirod at an Francisco. Nov.... From .rort Discovery...... • ...... Put into San l<"rancisco for repairs. Dec ..•. ~~=t~~;; :Fre~o~i: ::::::::::: San Francisco to Oonalarka ...... • ...... • ...... • .. .. • ...... Disabled. Dec .••. American steamer George S. Wright ...... Sitka to Portland ...... Never heard from; 33lives loi!t. American schooner Amethyst .•...... San Francisco to Port •.rownsend ...... Fartialloss. American bark Almetra ...... Bnzzard Inlet to Australia ...... PartialloS3. American schooner Meldon ...... ••. Total los." wit·h all on board. American schooner Emma Adelia ...... ~ff'~::a~~a~~ed~~~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 10,000 Vessel aml ono mau lost. t873. Jan .. . American schooner Wm. Mighel...... San Francisco to Tomales ...... One man lost. Jan.... . American schooner Sovereign ..•...••.••• Ofl'Rnssian River, California ...... Total loss. Feb .••. American schooner Mary creveland ..••.. San Francisco to Point Arenas, stranded ...... •.•...... •.•...... Returned to San l<'ranciS('O for repairs. April .. American schooner Light Wing .••• : .•••. Stranded at Salmon Creek ...... Total wre<·k. June .. . American schooner Enterprise .•••••...... Stranded at month of Umpqua Bay ...... • . . . . . • .. • • .. . • • . . . . . 10, 000 Oct ... . American schooner Nellie Edes .....••••.• Struck roof in Cook's Inlet ...... Disa.bled. Oct ... . American schooner William Ireland ...•.. Stranded on Oren[a Island in a gale . . .. . • . .. . • ...... • . 0, 060 '.rotalloss. -Oct ... . American steamer Fearless ...... Stranded in Coos .t53Y • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • .. • .. • .. • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 8, 000 ·Oct ... . American schooner Bobolink ..•....•...•. Stranded at month of Umpqua River...... 14, 000 i~~~ 1~s s: .:Nov •.•. American schooner Pinol .•••••.•.•.....•. Stranded at Stewart's Point ...... 3, 500 Total loss . Nov-.. American llchooner John Httnter •••••••.•. Stranded at Yaqnina :Bay ...... • ...... •...... 10,000 Total loss. J>ec .••. American schooner Mary Hare •...... •. San Francisco to Humboldt, capsized...... !:!, 000 Total loss; 6live loi~t. .Dec .•.. American schooner Ann M. Iverson .••••• Drove a-shore at Point Arenas...... 5, 000 Total loss. Dec .••. American schooner Elida ...•.•.•••....•.. Coos Bay to San Francisco, capsized in a st{)rm ...... 10, 000 Total loss; 15 li>es lost. Dec .... American sloop .Artfnl Dodgar .•...••••••. Stranded at Protection Island...... Total loss. .Dec..•. Amerian~loopN. L. TibbalS ...... Total 'loss . Dec ..•. American sloop True Blue.•••••...... •.. ~~n~~~!:dg~! tc~~~~r·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: ~::: ::: Total loss. Dec ... . American schooner Forest King .••••.•.•. Stranded on Vancouver's Island ...... •.rotalloss. Dec ... . British"bark Resedale ...... Stranded on Vancouver's Island ...... Partial los . Dec ... . British bark Fanny...... Stranded on Discovery Island ...... ,...... Total loss. 1874. .Jan ... . American ship Panther ...... N anaimo to San Francisco, lost in snow storm at N avatTO Reef. 39, 000 Tota.llosa. Jan .. .. American schooner Laura May .•.•...... Stranded nine miles north of Coos Bay ...... 14, 000 Tota.lloss. .Jan .•.. American steamer Diana ...... Off Cape Flattery, disabled. drove ashore, and broke np ...... 10, 000 Totallosa . Feb ••• Amerian steamer North Pacific••...... •. Stranded in gale in strait of Fuca...... • ...... • ...... 4, 000 Partial load. Feb •... American schooner H. Caroline ...... Wrecked at Tomales...... 1, 175 Total loss. March. Fr0nch brig Side .•...... •..•..•••..••.• . . Wrecked at Sand Island, month of Columbia Ri\er...... 52,000 T&talloss. March. American schooner J. :Mora. Moss ...... Capsized in a beary squall off Stewart's Point...... 4, 000 Total loss ; 1 man lost March . American bark Chris. Mitchell.••..•.•.••. Wrecked at Dungeness...... • ...... 6, Bi.> Total loss. Jrlaroh. American schooner :Margaret ....•...••.•. Sitka to San Joan Isklnd. wrecked in a heavy gale ...... Total loss. April .. American ship James Cheston •••••••...•. Partial loss. May .•• American steamer Eastport.•••....•••••.. ~~~:: il:z:eoa::tt~ ::::::::::.-.-.-,._-_-.-.-.-:.-::::::::::::: :: ~: ggg Pa.rtiallo s. • .June... British ship Prince Alfred ...... •.•..• Stranded on Duxbury r.eef ...... :. . . . • ...... 120,000 Total los.;; . .July ..• British ship Warrior Qnoon ...•..••...•... Stranded north of Point Reyes...... 40, 000 Totnllos . Ang... . American schooner J. E. Haskins .•...... Capsized off Point Reyes ...... -...... 2,500 Total loss. Maritime-disasters nm·tlt of San Francise6 from, January 1, 1870, to June 30, 1878-Continued. Date. Name of vessel. Place of clisaster. Remarks. • 1875. :Yov.. •• American steamer Pacific ...... Collision with the American ship Orpheus, tbil-ty miles south- 100,000 Total loss; 236lives lost. . west of Cape Flattery. Nov .. .. American ship Orpheus ...... Barclay Sound, British Columbia., stranded ...... 40,000 Total loss. Nov... . American schoonerW. S.Phelps ...... San Francisco to Shoalwater Bay, stranded in a tornado ....•.• 3,000 Partial loss. Nov .. . American ship ll:mily Farnham ..•.••...... Stranded at Destruction Island ...... ~.ooo. Total loss ; 2lives lostt. Nov .. . American steamer Gussie Telfair •.•..•.•. Stranded near mouth Columbia River ...... •••...... •...... 6,000 Partial loss. Nov .. . American schooner Meta Bend .••...•••••. Stranded mouth .Rogne River ...... 7,000 Totallo s. Nov ... American bark David Hoa.dly ...... Lost part of cargo in heavy gale off Columbia. River .••..•••.• 450 Partial loss. Nov .. . American bark Florence ...... Abaridoned twenty miles south of Umpqua River ...... 8, 000 Total loss; 9 lives lost. Nov .. . American schooner Sunshine.•...••...... • Ten miles north of Cape Foulweather, capsized and drifted 45,000 Total loss ; 20 li-ves Jo&t, ashore. . I Nov . .. American ship Coquimbo ...... Stranded at Point Wilson on passage from Port Madison to 3, 000 Partiallo s. San Francisco. Dec ... . American steamer Los Angeles ...... •... Broke en~e in heavy gale south of Columbia. River ...... One life lost. Dec ... . American bark Oak Hill ...... Port Blak:ely to San Francis'co ...... :.. . . • .. . • ...... 5, 000 Partial loss. Dec ..•. American schooner Sparrow ...... •.••. Stranded at mouth of Umpqua. River ...... Partiallo . Dec .... American bark Powhatan ...•...... ••.•••. At sea off Cape Foulweather, heavy weather... . . • • ...... • . • • . 200 Partial loss. 1876. ,Tan ... . American bark Rival ...... •...... •..•.. Stranded at mouth Columbia. River.••...•..•••...... • . .•••.••. 200 Partial loss. Jan .. .. American schooner Kate L. Heron .••....• From Tillamook, dra~ged ashore at Smith's Point ...... ••...•. 200 Partial loss. Jan .•.. American schooner Ca.rolita. .••...... •.••. Stranded at Fisk's Mill ...... 16,000 Total loss. Jan ... . American schooner Harriet Rowe ...... Stranded at Port Orford...... 8,000 Total loss. Feb ... . American schooner Uncle Sam ...... Wrecked off Cape Foul weather...... 14,000 Total loss; 6lives lost. Feb ... . American schooner Susie ...... Stranded at Stewart's Point ...... 5,800 Total loss. Feb ... . American bark Iconium ...... Southwest of Cape Flattery...... 2, 000 Partiallo s. .April .. American schooner Caroline Medan .••..•• Stranded at Yaquina Bar...... 8,200 Total loss. April .. American schooner Albert and Edward ... Capsized at Humboldt Bar ...... 11,750 Total loss; 5lives lost. May ... American schooner Jas. Townsend..• ••••. Off Dodega, in rough sea...... 5,500 Partial loss. June ... American schooner Bill the Butcher..••• ~ June ... American steamer Panama ....•...... • 5 Collided off Bowen's Landing ...... 3,200 Partial loss. Aug ... American schooner Undaunted ...•.••.•.. Stranded at Bowen's Landing ...... 4,000 Partial loss. Aug ... Stranded near Columbia. River Bar...... 2, 500 Partial loss. Sept ... ~:I~!~~c:o~~~rnfi~;~~;;b::::::: :: Stranded tttPointReyes ...... 110. Partial loss. Oct •••. American brig Perpetna ...... Coos Bay to San Francisco, foundered at·sea off Cape Gregory. 17,000 Totallo ; 4 lives lost. Oct .. .. American schooner Fidelit.er .••••...... Dragged ashore at Cu.trey's Cove ...... 30,000 Total loss. Nov .. .. American schooner Fairy Queen .•••••..•. Off Mendocino, SJ?rung a leak...... · ...... 1:10 Partial loss. Nov .. .. American steamer Pelican ....•••.••...... Off Capo llendocmo ...... 1, 750 Partial loss. Nov.. .. American bark Gem of the Ocean ...... At sea, on passage from San Francisco to Seattle.....•..•••.. ~ . 150 Partial loss. Jan ... . Stranded at Cape FlAttery ...... 20,000 Total loss. Jan .. .. !::g:~ - t~lkco:k~~:: :::::::::::::: Slranded in thick weather at North Point Shoal, Wa.ah. T ... . 100 Partiallo s. Feb .. .. American schooner Artful Dodger•••..... Stranded at Bowen's Landing in heavy sea .... .' ...... 4, 300 Totallo . Feb .. .. American schooner Ida Schnauer ...•.•.•. Drap:ged ashore in gale at Dnngeness ...... -· .. .. 150 Partial loss. Feb .. . American schooner Sparkling Sea...... ••. San Francisco to Coos Bay ...... 600 Partialloss. , April .. American schooner MorniBg Star ...... •. Sprung a leak, water-~ogged , and capsized southwest of Point 12,175 Total loss ; 1life lost. ~yes. April .. American schooner Lizzie ..•.••...... Stranded at Yaqnina Bar ...... 3,500 Totalloss. April .. American Schooner Mose .•••.•....••...•. San Francisco to Coquille River; gale and heavy sea.....•. ... 600 Partialloss. June .. . American ship Washington Libby ...... Seattle Harbor; accidental ...... 4, 000 Partial loss. June .. . American bark Cambri I have, Mr. President, thus relucta;ntly felt constrain~ ~o bring from all the advantages possessed by the point named, we would ask for the imme diate construction of port of refuge irrespective of any local considerations, :uul forward this array of marine loss of life and property, believmg that would so pray. true statesmanship would not, for mere temporary ~enefit or local Adopted by the house, Sep~mber 13, 1878. pride, permit any concealment of the truth o.r suppressiOn of re~l bc~s. J. M. THOMPSON, The permanent aid to our commerce designed by the pending bill Speaker of the HOfl-Be. Concurred in by the senate, September 25, 1878! wil1, I trust, in the future, when years shall have passed away, more JOHN WHITEAKER, than com pensate for any supposed temporary cloud that may be thrown President of the Senate. over the commerce of .that coast by a truthful exposition, not only of That the vast interests involved in the present commerce of these its extent and advantages, but of its disadvant-l.ges and perils as w~ll. waters, the present disadvantages and perils being considered, would While we may not in all things welcome Mahomet as our pattern, he, more than justify an immediate expenditure of the amount necessary to· we are told "destroyed to· save, and planted science and art in fields complete within a ye:u- a breakwater and harbor of refuge, were such fertilized by blood." The physician who would effect a cure in an a thing a physical possibility, there can be, it seems to me, no question. intelligent and speedy manner must of necessity understand the nature. When you take into consideration the time that must necessarily be of the disease and the perils to which the patient is exposed, and how employed in completing a great maritime work like this, even with. often then to save must tbe knife be applied and the limb amputated. the most lavish appropriations and under the most favorable condi The true sentinel on the watch-tower, unlike the pirates on the tions, the necesSity for the speedy commencement of the work becomes coast of Barbary who allure but .to deceive and destroy, will proclaim at once conclusively-apparent. . aloud to approaching fleets the dangers of the. passage. . . A suggestion or two in regard to the great length of time neces The Government, in view of these frequent disasters, has Withm the sarily required in completing any ~llch work: a partial breakwater past two years taken one important step in the right direction by accopllng to a survey made at Trinidad on the Pacific coast, esti establishing, thro~gh the v_ery efficien~ United State!J life-saving serv mated to cost $3,076,500, containing 762,000 cubic yards of stone, and ice eight life-saVl.ng stations on thlB coast, to Wit: at Neah Bay, requiring two tons to the cubic yard, would, according to the report Sh~alwater Bay, Cape Disappointment, Cape Arago, Humboldt Bay, of the board of United States engineers for the· Pacific coast, with Bolinas Bay, Golden Gate Park, and Point Con~eption. This was d~ne the necessary money appropriated each year, require under the most in accordance with an act of Coogress passed m 187 4; and the serVIce favorable circumstances of wind and tide nearly eight years in the should be extended to other points. Impressed, therefore, Mr. Presi construction; while the completion of the whole work, costing accord dent with this view of my duty, feeling called upon to "cry aloud ing to the estimate $7,694,500, would under like favorable circum and ~are not," I feel constrain~d, in addition to :vhat I have alre~y stances require necessarily seventeen and nine-'tenths years in com stated on this branch of my subJect, t.o call attentiOn to the followmg pleting it. The board of engineers for the Pacific coast, therefore, statement made by the United States board of engineers for the Pa very properly state in reporting upon th.e necessities af a breakwater cific coast in their report of February 14, 1877: on the Pacific coast, that although the interests of commerce at any The distance from San Francisco to Neah Bay, at.the entrance to the strait of time on any pn.rticular coast may not be of such magnitude as to Fuca, is SIJVen hundred· nautical miles. While there are many open anchorages require so vast an expell(liture immediately, still, say they, if we can scattered :ilong the coast between t.h~s.e places which a!ford reasonabl~ good pro tection for vessels against .the prevailing northwest wmds and seas m summer, fix upon any time in the future when the wants of corr1'merce will there are none for this entire diStance that a vessel can en~r in heavy s~u~erly require one, it is manifest from the great magnitude of tho work, M · weather when the wind is south, southeast, or southwest, as It frequently Ism the well as the uncertainty of the n.ppropriations, that such a construc winter season. It is true that vessels can generally cross the bar o.f ~e Columbia. tion should be commenced more than twenty years before that time. Biver and seek shelter at secure anchorages on the river. But this 18 not always If, therefore, a work of this character should in the opinion of our the case. In heavy southerly wea.ther1 when a harbor of refuge is mast W!lJlted. >essels daro not approach the bar of this river. It cannot therefore be coDSlde~ Engineer Corps be begun twenty years before the commercial necessi a secure harbor of refuae. A good har~r of refuge ought, o~ co11;rse, to proVIde ties required it, then, a fortiori, may I insist upon the inauguration of secure anchorarre for·aif vesselS for all wmds from whatever direction. But what i"l more partic{ilarly needed on this coast is prote(!tion against heavy southerly this work when the magnitude of the commercial interests are such,. storms. as I confidently insist I have shown them to be, asto require it now. . Now, as to the point of location. And as to this I insist that the This board, proceeding further to give their views in the report principle of the "greatest good to the greatest number" should pre referred to upon the proposition as.to whet~er th~ Governmet;t t should vail in the construction of a great national work such as this must build one large breakwater on this coast, mclosmg a capamous har-. necessarily be. While Congress may not undertake to, and perhaps bor, or several smaller ones distributed along the coast, uses the fol should not, select or undertake to decide definitely as between points. lowing language : within certain parallels of latitude, within and between which it must · One of the first questions w.hich arise in conside~ti?n of this subject is whether~ be apparent to all the harbor should be lQcated, still it is the duty of in case protection for vessels lS to be sought by artifi.cml constructions, we shoulo. build one large breakwater, inclosing a capacious harbor, or several smaller ones CoBgress, upon its knowledge of g,eograpbicallines and distances, the distributed along the coast, each affording protection for a few >essels only. Our nature and extent of the commerce intended to be benefited, th~ area examinations and studies of this question have satisfied us that if any breakwater of the arc of the sea within which the shipping is to be aided by the is to be built on the coast now under consideration, it should be large enough to contemplated work, to determine definitely the lines toitltin, which the afford all the protection that is needed for a harbor at that place for the present work should be located. In this instance the commerce to be benefited and for many years to come. We are led to thi~ conclusion princi_pally because any construction at any P.lace on the coast affordrng secure anchorage for even a is, in one sense, that of a coast extending from San Francisco to Behr few vessels will necessanly be very expensive; and before undertaking any econd ing Strait, a distance of over two thousand miles; but more directly work we should profit by the experience to be acquired by the first. and immediately that of a eoast extending from San Francisco to the strait of Fuca, a distAnce of seven hundred miles. It is clearly evi .AO'ain,0 Major John M. Wilson, of the United States Engineer Corps, and for over three years in charge of river and harbor improvements dent then, at a glance, that this harbor of refuge should be located in Oregon and Washington Territory, in his report on Port Orford, as far to the northward at least as half the distance from San Fran of date September 23,1878, says: llisco to the mouth of the straits. A breakwater constructed at any The preva.illng winds on the coast from November until April are from the south point south of this would not give that general and equal protection and southwest. In May they veer around to the north and northwest. and continue to the shipping intended to be protected by the construction of one in that direction until about October. The gales most dreaded by manners are from such breakwater on that coast. A central point between San .Fran the southwest and are at times fearful in their severity. On the whole of this cisco and the strait of Fuca would be a point about three hundred northwest coast between San Francisco and the strait of Fuca, a distance of seven hundred and fifty miles, there is no harbor that a sailing-vessel will attempt to enter and fifty miles north of San"'Francisco, on the Oregon coast. The during a heavy southerly gale. A harbor of refuge is absolutely nec-essary, and forty-second parallel of north latitude is distanced a fraction less than nature seems to have indicated that Port Orford by its location and natural advan· three· hundred miles north of San Francisco, and about midway be ta.ges should be selected for man to complete, and thus present a safe ;arbor to tween San Francisco and the mouth of the Columbia; and therefore wliich mariners can run for shelter in any gale. · I have provided in the pending bill tha.t it shall be located -at some The Legislature of the State of Oregon at its late session gave ex point north of that para1lel. This should be so, whether the interest.s pre8sion to their views on this subject through a memorial to Congress, of commerce require that this marine asylum for ships should be which I h9ld in my hand, and which reads as follows: located centrally between the great ports of San Francisco and Ast-o To the &:nate and House of Repruentatives ria or mid way pet ween San Francisco and the strait of Fuca. But · of the United States in Oongress assembled : inasmuch as there are various candidates for the honor north of that Your memopalists, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Orep;on, respectfnlly represent that on the northwest coast of the United States, between Point Reyes and within the line of the central location, and at two of which at to Puget Sound, a distance of more than two degrees of Iati tude, there is no harbor least surveys have been made undet,. the direction of Congress, t-o wit, that a. vessel can enter in heavy southern weatlJ.er. The imperative necessity for at Port Orford and Foulweather, I have provided that it shall be at the creation of a port of refuge is illustrated Wl~ emphasis, by the immense loss such point between the line of the forty-second parallel and the of life and property annually occasioned by our winter gales. During the last winter, seven ve.ss-els with their entire crews were lost, and are only another addi strait of Fuca as tbe board of United States enginee1'S for the Pa~ifi.c tion to the sad disasters of past years. The increase of the commerce of,the coast coast, or the majority of them, may select. Either Port Orford, Coos is fully 50 per cent. annually, and no question is of more importance to our mer. Bay, or Foulweather would doubtless be sufficiently central. Port chanta and ship-owners than the creation of a port to whicll the commerce can re Orford is about midway between the strn.it of Fnca and San Fran sort for safety during stress of weather. Commissioners have been appointed to examine the different pointa as to their practicability for an improvement of the cisco, while Foulweather is one hundred and twenty miles to the cll.ara{}ter demanded, and reports made, a-s far as yonl' petitioners have been in· northward, Coos Bay being between the two. · formed, all concur that the most practical point, the one offering ~e greatest num I hold in my hand reports of surveys and estimates made within ber of advantages, is Ewing Harbor or Port Orford; it is geographically central be the past year by the engineer department under the direction of the tween San Francisco and Puget Sound, the most western point on the coast; the l.argest roadstead, admitting vessels of the largest a~ good llllchorage, material Secretary of War in pursuance of an act of Congress of Jnne1 1878, at of the best quality immediately at hand for use and all improvements, never sub Port Orford and Cape Foulweather, which I beg to incorporate into· ject tQ fogs, easy of access, with no danger ~f a lee shore ; and believing, as we do, my remarks. From these it will be observed various estimate-s are-. 396 CONGRE~SIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J.A.NU.A.RY 10, submitted for different kinds and dimensions of artificial structures, tion to the following extract from the report of Major Wilson in refer a.nd the great question to be determined in inaugurating a national ence to the reef of rocks off Yaquina Bay: work of this character, namely, its location and extent, is, in view of About three and one-half miles south of Ca.pe Foulweather is Yaquina. Bay, these dHferent proposed localities and estimates, one that manifestly the mouth of Y.aquina River. A railroad is projected to connect this bay wlt.h the belongs to the Enginee.r Corns rather than to Congress. Since I have Willamette River. It is anticipated that when that is completed a large amount of ~in and other products now finding its way to market \ia tl!.e Columbia and been in the Senate the Legislature of Oregon has memorialized Con Willamette will seek an outlet via Yaquina Bay. About three-fourths of a mile gress atdifferenttimesinfavor of bothPort Orford and Foulweather. off the entrance to this bay a dangerous reef of rocks extending in a north and Differences of opinion among the unscientific will necessarily exist south direction, with many narrow and dangerous channels across i~·~ is reported by the Coast SUITey and laid down on their charts. I am informed mat the resi while conflict of opinion resulting from conflict-of mere personal in dents in the vicinity presumo that the reef extends from Yaquina Head toward terest and personal wish, regardless of the great overshadowing ques the cape, and incloses an area of about one thousand acres-the ridge being, they tion of national interest, is sure to arise. Who, then, iR better qualified thou~ht, well de.fined, and that upon it a breakwater could be constructecl which to decide between these various conflicting views than the Engineer would form a fine harbor of refuge. As far a~ I could learn, the object of this sur vey was to locate a. breakwater upon this supposed reef for a harbor of refuge. Corps of the Army, who by law are placed in charge of the improve The chart of the United States Coast Survey shows no such reef, and a very care ment of our rivers and harbors, educated as they are by the Govern ful examination by Assistant Engineer Habersham shows that four reefs of rock, ment with special reference t8 a proper performance of these import apJlarently much harder than the rest of the bottom, from twelve to fourteen feet ant duties T under low.wat~r level, situated in a curved linoin the direction abo'e indicated, hut distant. from each other from one.fonrth to one·half a mile, and with from six to From these considerations, then, it is proposed by the pending bill to eight fathoms of water between them. On these, during low tide, a beary water or BUbmit the question of locality to the determination of a majority of sea breaks constantly. · the United States board of engineers for the Pacific coast. It will be observed the estimate of the total.cost of the proposed breakwater at Major Wilson concludes his report on Cape Fonlweather and the Port Orford of 5,000 feet in length, running from the outer part of the advantages of a breakwater there in these words: The value of the commerce to be benefited by this work would run up into mill· head toward Coal Point, and which would, as stated in the report of ions, as the benefit would be felt b:y everv vessel navigating the Pacific Ocean be· Major John M. Wilson, engineer in charge, "secure a harbor of about tween San Francisco an(l the stri1ts of Fuca. For the necessity for a. harbor of threo hundred acres with depth of from four to twelve fathoms out refuge on theNorthern Pacific coast, I respectfully call attention to the interesting Bide of the three-fathom curve," and "give ample protection to a and elaborate report of the board of enginee:t;a for the Pacific coast, dated Febru. ary 14, 1877. large :fleet during the heaviest g~les," is $9,405,000, w bile the total es timate of one 2,000 feet long at the same place, and which the engineer I have already called attention to this report, which, in strong lan~ in his report states would "secure a valuable ·Q.nchorage of about guage, points out the necessity for the early commencement of a har- ninety acres with equal depth," and which would "for present pur bor of refuge on the Pacific coast. . 'Poses be sufficie.nt," as it could be extended whenever the commerce And· now, in conclusion, may I recur once moro with pro~riety to rendered it necessary, is $3,427,000. the magnitude of the Pacific Northwest and the m11rterial mterests Major Wilson in his report on Port Orford makes this statement as that center there-great not alone in territory and natural resources ~result of his investigations of that locality: in soil, in climate, in productiveness, but also in the bold, enterpris After a careful examination of this subject, I beg to report that in my opinion ing, self-reliant spirit of the pioneer people, who amid uncounted Port Orford is a very valuable point for a harbor of refuge. It is easily accessible, perils by sea and land have established on it.s shores, broad and deep, occupies a. position nearly midway between San Francisco and the strait of Fuca, presents a doop nud capacious harbor offering secure anchorage from gales from the foundations of a civilization whose structure in the ages to come .all points exceP-t south, southeast, and southwest, is not subjected to northwest shall be more than grand, whose light shall penetrate the remotest fogs, has no shifting sand·bars or bidden reefs within its limits; the land around is borders, and of a commerce which, if properly encouraged and sus high and prominent and presents all the necessary materia1s easy and accessible tained by national aids, will in the no distant future ont8trip that of for a sto!le breakwater. All that is now needed to make it a secure harbor of ref. uge at all seasons is a breakwater, behind which vessels can ride safely at anchor any country on the globe of either ancient or modern times~ Will during winds coming from the southeast, south, and sou til west, from which it is not, then, the influence of this Government, its wealth, its dignity, • not already protected by nature. A careful examination of the chart of the cur. tts power, be greatly augmented both at home and abroad by aiding rents and tile general direction of the gales leads me to the conclusion that a break· in a proper manner the development of such a commerce n.nd such a water about 5,000 feet long, running from the outer point of the head toward Coal Point, would give ample protection to a lar,ge fleet during the heaviest gales. For civilization, whether it be by aiding in the improvement of its rivers present purposes 2,000 feet would be suflic1ent, and this coulcl be extended when. and harbors, the construction of its canals or railroads or of any other -ever it became necessary. ~eat national internal improvement, from which private capital n.nd mdividual enterprise shrink and are afraid? Will not our Government He says further in this connection : gain wisdom from the legislation and history of other nations in the I think tilis breakwater should be connected witil the headland, and that the United States should purchase so much of the bead as will be necessary for works vital matter of national development through legitimate constitu .of defense after tile harbor is completed tnd for stone.quarries, buildings, &c., for tional aid to internal improvements 1 How do Great Britain and the construction of the breakwater. • · France maintain their supremacy and extend their dominion over I now attract attention to the estimates and remarks of engineers commerce into all lands and into every seaY Why is it that in the .ip reference to the proposed breakwater at Cape Foulweather. Three trade, for instance, of the West India Islands, Central America, and •several plans and estimates are submitted as to this locality. The eastern South America, situate as they are at our very doors, we first proposes a breakwater starting from near Yaquina Head, run import annually over $155,000,000, and export to the same annually ning west, theu curving to tlle north and terminating about a mile about $58,000,000, while England, situate from them across a mighty and a half from the cape. ocean, imports from their shores annually $121,576,000 and exports to Such a harbor- them $117,231,000. In other words, why is it that while in our total commerce with Says Major Wilson in his report- these countries, amounting to about $214,000,000 annually, and in would present a large area :unplv protected from southwest gales with a depth ,of from three to eight fathoms. The cape proper already presents a good pro too-' which there is an annual average balance against us of over$9tl,OOO,OOO, tion from gales from the north and north west. the total of that of England with these same countries exceeds that "This work would require a breakwater of about 9,900 feet in length, of ours by nearly $25,000,000 annually, or amounts in all to about and the estimate of its total cost is $11,462,487. $238,800,000 annually, while her exports of this s;:tme trade only fall The engineer reports, however, further, to use his own language, short of her imports by about $4,000,000 annuallyY Why is it that that- • 62per cent. of the importations which go into Japan come from Great Britain, while but 4 per cent., or less than one-fifteenth as gJ.ncb, are It is highly probable that far present purposes a break"Water would be sufficient starting from Yaquina Head running on the line projected, tenn.inating in four sent from the United States; or that of her export trade Great Brit .and a. half fathoms water, and having a length of 4,900 feet. ain rec~ives 55 per cent., while we get but 17 per cent. Y Why is it that while with pride we hav,e hailed the coming in of the era that The total estimate for such a work is $4,606,-122. Such a break bas changed the balance-sheet of our commerce with Europe, which water would make a harbor of about two hundred acres, protected now shows that our exports are largely in excess of our imports, and from gales from the south and southwest. ,, which points so strongly and unmistakably to our future prosper Major Wilson still furtbE'Ir reports thn.t from the examination made ity, we are humiliated by seeing the marts of our immedia.te neigh under his direction by Assistant Engineer Robert A. Habersham, n.nd boring countries filled with the products of Europe, amounting to from his report and his own observation, be is of the opinion tlillt a millions in value in excess annually of tho~e from our 9wn shores, better harbor can be made north of t.he capo than south of it. To many of which are in truth the products of this country, shipped by use his own language : us to.Eugland and by that country sent back to the West Indies, By~~~~cting a breakwater running in a northwest direction just inside the and nearly all of which .we are so abundantly able to produce and reef · g out from the cape, such a breakwater would be n.bout 600 feet long .and would contain within it an available anchorage of from 50 to 100 acres, with a supply' Why have we in the last fifty years faiied to increase the depth of from 3 to 8 fathoms. · value of our export trade to Mexice, with all her mari'y wants, which we ought to supply, and lying upon our borders. They were $5,000,000 The total cost of thi latter work is estimated n.t $656,~51. half a century ago; they are less now, being· only about $4,500,000 Such a harbor- out of her $~,000,000 annual importations. Why is it that of the Says Assistant Engineer Habersb,am in his report- $90,000,000 and over imported annually by Brazil, the United States would sntisfy present necessities not only as a refuge and also as a port of entry, furnishes less than one-twelfth part, or only about $7,000,000, and this Yo.quina Bay being accessible only to light-draught coasting.vesselS, and it may in the main indirectly through the ports of Great Britain t Why is it ,00 enlarged at any future time, if desired, by extending the lia.rbor along the reef. that of $60,000,000 purchased annually by the Argentine Confedera To correct what seems to have been a false impressim~, I beg atten- tion we sell them but little in excess of $2,000,000~ Why of tha 1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 397 liO,OOO,OOO of South American imports do we furnish less than one business of 'the country; and when the signs of the times in view of eighth part, while France sends lllree-eigkths, and Great Britain one this, the grandest financial achievement, when considered in the light half; or, of tho $100,000,000, or about that, purchased annually by of all the circumstances, of either ancient or modern times, point with . Cuba, do we £end them but one-seventh part1 or about $14,000,000 t unerring certainty to an early and complete resurrection of our busi Why of the over $300,000,000 imported annually by Russia are Great ness industries and a healthy revival of our prosperity as a nation Britain and Germany able to supply over 220,000,000, or nearly 75 and a people. And in the consideration of these great questions, while per cent. of the whole amount f · · the South, rising from the ashes of her great affiiction, should find Why is it that Great Britain, with a less population than the United remembrance in the just and generous action of a great and impar States and infinitely less natural resources, has within the past gen tial' Government, may it not be forgotten tha.t amon~ the potential eration increased her annual import and export trade from less than elements which contribute in a large degree to the digmty, the wealth, £80,000,000 sterling to nearly $3,000,000,000, or about £600,000,000 the greatness, the grandeur, and the power of our nationality, and sterling Y Why is it that her export trade to-day is in the aggregate which tend to promote her pre-eminence and add to her invincibility nearly double that of the United States, and more than double per among the nations, the least in importance and wortk aro not those capita of popnlation that of onr country ! Why is it that although that are being evolved from a civilization planted, cultured~ fructi now our annual exports largely exceed our imports, even in the past fied, amid perils, persecutions, bereavements, and tears on the west year to the extent of $261,733,045, Europe should send fr0m her store ern shores of ouT Republic. house into the markets of the world about $1,115,000,000 annually, I move the reference of the pending bill to the Committee on Com while we, with our unparalleled capacity to supply so great a pro merce. ~rtion of the wants of Christendom, expor:t annually only about The motion was agreed to. lp071771,153, including merchandise, coin, and bullion; or only The report referred to in the preceding ~emarks is as follows: $680,709,268 in merchandise alone Y Why has American tonnage, entered at ports in the United States, increased in the last ten years EXAMIXATIO:S OF CAPE FOULWEATHER HARBOR, OREGON. U~JTED STATES ENGlli'RER tlFFICE, bnt 1,339,949, while foreign tonnage entered at our ports has increased Po1·tland, Oregon, September 23, 187". in the same time 7,807,941 Y Ot why is foreign tonnage entered at our GE.."\ERAL: I h.we the honor to transmit herewith a chart of Cape Foulweather ports to-da.y 12,218,365, while American tonnage in our ports is but Harbor, Oregon, together with the report of Mr. R. A. Habersham, assistant en 4,711,949, or 7,506,416 less; and this too in the face of the fact that gi:Beer, and to submit the following report of an examination and survey made ships can be built in this country to-day as cheap or cheaper than in under my direction in accordance with the act of Congress approved .Tunc 18,1878. England, whether constructed of wood or iron, and when, as I have Object of the examination. seen it stated recently on reliable authority, the building of one ship The o~iect of tho examination and slrr\"ey of this harbor was "to ascertain its- adaptability as a h~bor of refuge." . of twenty-five hundred tons burden will give employment to and Early in August I organized a party for this work and placed it in charge of Mr. feed the average-sized families of six hundred men a year Y R. A. Habersham, assistant engineer, with orders to proceed to Cape Foulweather Why is all this so f Of course there are for it a number of reasons, and make the neces ary sorve~s to ca!!Y out the law. This party procoodefl to all of which, however, may be summed up in the one general state Corvallis, Oregon, via the Willamette River; thence by wagons across the Coast ment that the commerce of this country, both internal and inter Ran11:o of mountains to Newport, on Yaqoina Bay, and thence to Cape Foul weather, 1 where they camped until the slrr\"ey was com{lleted. On September 8 I tisited national, never bas received, and does not now receive, that national Cape Foulweather and made a general examination of the locality. . aid, sympathy, encouragement, and support that have been, are now, De&cription of the harbors. and ever will be in Great Britain, France, and other European conn- Cape Foulwea.ther is situated on the western coast of Oregon, in latitude 44 :> 43' . tries such potent agencies in building up, maintaining, and extend north, longitude 124° 05'west, and forms a headland boldly jotting out about three in~ the influence and power of the commerce of these nations. And fomibs of a. mile into the sea. from the Jow beach, with high mountains in rear of it. th1s aid to our commerce this development of our commercial re It is a mass of black basalt rising to a height of from 80 to IOOfeet above the sea, 1 the base honeycombed with ca"'"es formed by the action of the waves. The cape, sources must not be confine(} to merely one species of legislation, by its position, forms bays on the north and sooth, the one fronting northwest and nor for the benefit of our internal to the exclusion of our external the other south and southwest. · On the north the shore lineiscresr.ent·shaped, the commerce, nor vice versa; nor should it be given at all, in a pecun ianJ outer extremity pointing north, a reef making; out from it in a direction north sense, to those agencies wherein private capital for private gain will northeast a distance of about 5,000 feet, terminating at a lone rock about 1,800 feet from fie beach. Tho depths on this reef vary from 10 to 30 feet, except for a. dis necessafily supply the want; but it should cover and include, to the tance of about 1,200 feet near the cape, where there is a channel of that width witb extent of our fiscal ability, all rea-sonable and constitutional means, a depth of from 30 to 40 feet. The Ion~'! rock refenoed to at the north end of the reef s:nch as the improvement of onr ~reat rivers and harbors, the encour seems to be connected with a rocky point opposite on shore by a well-marked reefr agement of domestic ship-buildrng, the strengthening ~f onr mer upon which there is a depth of four fathoms. The north bay is inclosed, therefore, on the east by the mainlanll, on the sooth chant marine by wholesome legislation in reference to the naviga by the cape, and on the wt-st by the long reef. It is nearly a. mile long, and about tion laws;. the securing of such commercial relations with foreign 1, 700 feet wide between the three-fathom Clrr\"e and the reef. It con tain.s about 200 nations through treaties of reciprocity and otherwise, as will give our acres, with a depth of from 3 to 8 fathoms, and a sandy bottom. As far as could be country at lea-st an equal standing among the nations in the great ~~f:: ~C:Sr:l ~J1o~e~o~~~~~ound for anchoring vessels, although I understand eonilict for the control of the commerce of the world. Why England, This south bay is formed by the main shore and the cape, and is protected on the we are told, has expended in India alone over $500,000,000 in inter east, north, and northwest. On the sooth and southwest it is open and exposetl to nal improvements, while many of her leading statesmen are to-day the tenoible southern gales, from which it is most desired to find shelter. The bot rom is sandy, the depth gradually increasing from neartheshore, where it is 3fath· boldly advocating, and with fair prospect of success, an additional oms, to 20 fathoms 2 miles off shore. The general depth, on a line drown sooth from expenditure of $150,000,000 more to be expended in the single item the cape, is from 4 to 6 fathoms. of irrigating the desert lands of India. France, thro~h a system of Tides, fogs, -of large stze (20 to 30 tons each) and thoroughly paving the harbor side with large The South Bay, so called, is open to the south and west. It ia bounded on the blocks of granite to reooi>e without displacement the water that will be thrown north by the cape and on the east by the lJlaiuland. The bottom is sandy sloping over the wall in great storms." seaward, the depth increasing uniformly from near the beaoh where it'i~ 18 feet, The cost of snell a breakwater is estimated by Assist-aut Engineer Habersham to to 20 futhoms at a distance of 2 miles from the shore. The geii.eral depth on a. line 8e as follows : . drown south from the cape is from 4 to 6 fathoms. It is rather a roadstead than a Ninety-nine hundred feet, at $1,052.57 per foot . .•...... • $10, 420, 443 00 bay; aad while it is easy of IUlCess from the ocean in any dir~tion, is sheltered .Contingencies, 10 per cent • • • . • • . • • • . . . • ...... • . . . • . . 1, 042, 044 00 only from north and east winds, which are never violent. From ~aqniua Head to the north end of Foulweather Beach the shore present l Total...... 11,462,487 00 a slope of fr?m 5QO to SOO, ~lerablynniformiu direction generally, but much brokt>n by sharp pomts and by ravmes and small valleys. The face of the cliff shows soft It is hi~hly probable that for present purposes a breakwater would be sufficient sandstone overlying at greater or less depths a bed of marl fUled with fossil Rhells. ·starting rrom Yaqu.ina Head, running· on the line projected, terminating in 4~ fath ~umerous ~m~ veins of water ~ckle d?wn the face of the sandstone, softening oms of water and having a length of 4,900 feet; such a work would cost as fol It and contributing to the destructive action of the weather, while the marl under lows: neath is also wea;rmg away under the heavy blows of the surf. Fo~-nine hundred feet, at $854.57 per foot...... 4, 187, 393 00 Between Yaq~a Head and the cape four streams large enouah to furnish good Contingencies, 10 per cent . . . . • • . • • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • ...... • ...... 418, 739 00 water-power, floWing through sma.ll va.lleys more or less hea.Vlly timbered enter the ocean. ExceJ.>t m these valleys the vegetation, although luxuriant, is of small Total ••••••..•••••••••...•...... •.•.•.•..•.••..• . • . • • • . • . . • . . 4 606 132 00 growth, an?- coni!Ists of salal, whortleberry,_fern, and ·catteriug spruce shrubs. Such a breakwater would present an area of about 200 acres protected from gales '£he beach 1.8 from 300 to 800 feet wide, generally sandy, but the frequent occur from the south and southwest. The difficulty to be contended with in nsin~ this rence of rocks above the surface show that the sand has little depth. The shore harbor would be that sailing-vessels entering during a southwest gale would be nortll of the ca.oo is of tho same .e:enornl cha1·acter. -obliged in rounding the outer end to face the wind. Cape FC?ulweather is a. promontory, coyered with a thick carpet of grass and ASsistant Engineer Habersham made a careful examination of the bay north of f~rn. making out from the continent, its crest line ~g from east to west, at the cape; no stiiTey baa ever before been made, it is believed, of this bay, and as nght angles to the general course of the shore line, crossing two conical summits tar aa he could learn his boat was the first that ever entered it. He reports that it respectively 400 and 850 feet high, descending the latter at a slope of about 3()0 and is a natural harbor of considerable extent without further imJ.>rovement, and that terminating in a fiat point 80 feet above mean sea-level, on which the light-house he was informed that during southwest gales quite an area ins1.de is comparatively stands. The neck w~ere the promontory joins the con~ent is 2,300 feet across smooth. Several of the seamen who were employed as boatmen on the survey, between low-water line and about 200 feet above sen.-level at its hiahe.st point. who had sailed for a number of years between San Francisco and Puget Sounil, The promontory is a. mass of dense, hard, black basalt, which seems to"'ru\Ve been :and claimed to be familiar with the coast, said that if buoys were placed to mark forced like a wedge into a cleft in the sandstone. It rises vertically from the sea ¢he entrance, vessels could now ente1· for shelter from soutiiwest gales. From the to a height of. from 80 to 150 feet, in many places overhanging the water ; its face exanrina.tion made under my direction by Assistant Engineer Habersham, and from hollowea out mto caverns and seamed with fissures, with sharp projections of fan his report and my own observation, I think a be~ter liarbor can be made north of tastic shape; the whole orumblin~.~way slowly from the effects of the winter the cape than south of it, by constructing a breakwater running in a. northwest frosts and rains. The base of the clin is honey-combed with caves some of which direction just inside the reef running out from the cape; such a breakwater would mi;ght well be called t~els, ~ tbe~ extend a long di. tance into the rock. One is be about 600 feet long and would contain within it an available anchorage of from smd to penetrate 80 feet m a direct line from the mea. It was not possible to ver 50 to 100 acres with a depth of from 3 to 8 fathoms. ify this statement by measurement, as the surf was washing in and out of the The plan for such a work would be similar to that already described, and the cost c-ave wi~ great fOl'Ce, but it is probably not far from the truth. The west end of is estimated by Mr. Habersham at $656,251. · tht;~ cape 1.8 surrounded by a number of pinnacles of rock rising vertically to a The harbor could be greatly increased in size by constructing a breakwater on height of from 40 to 80 feet out of the water. Seen from a boat at a short distance the reef parallel to the Shore already describec;l. ~ blB:ck,jagged mass towering into the air, with the surf lashing its base with a This north harbor, with the 600-feet breakwater, woulcl oulv be available in nol.Se like thu:uder the scene excels in grandeur the sight of Devil's Canon and south and southwest gales; but during heavy weather from the' northeast vessels Cape Horn, on the Central Pacific Railroad ; but it must be a sight of terror to the <:<>uld anchor on the other side of the cape. • unfortunate mariner who should see it as a lee coast during a . outhwest gale. Attention is respectfully invited to the interesting report of Assistant Engineer Weather. Habersham transmitted herewith. In making the examinamon there were numer From November to April the prevailing winds are southerly. Sometimes ous minor difficulties to overcome, and Mr. Habersham deserves credit for the effi stJ:ong west winds occur, changing round to northwest, breaking into heavy cient manner in which he carried out my instructions. squalls, accompanied by rain, hailt ~hunder, and lightning. This is generally from Cape Foulweather is in the collection district of Southern Ore~OI_t. The nearest February to April. The gales wnich are principally dreaded by mariners come oport of entry is at Newport, Yaqniua Bay; no revenue was collectea during the last from the southwest. These are sometimes so strong that a. man c..'\Dllot keep his fiscal year; there were no foreign imports or exports; about 600 tons of assorted feet, and pebbles as large as hazel.nnts are caught up from the beach and dashed merchandise are brought in annually by coastwise vessels which carry away lum ag~st the light tower, a heiiZht of more than 100 feet. These gales reach a VO· ber and oysters; two sailing-vessels of about 100 tons b;;;den each, with a draught loc1ty of 60 miles per hour. Fogs so dense that the shore is not visible from a dis of 9 feet, are running between San Francisco and Yaquina. Bay. tance of 500 feet out at sea occur at all seasons, but principally during the month There is a first-order light-house on the cape, visible nineteen miles. The near of·July. Rain during the winter is not so frequent as in the 'Willamett~ Valley, eat works of defense are at the month of the Columbia River. but heavier; snow is of rare occurrellll6, alwayslie:ht, and soon melts.• The value of the commerce to be benefited by this wor.k would run up into mill For the information contained in this para!ITaph I am indebted to Capt.'lin . ions, as the benefit would be felt by evecy vessel navigating the Pacific Ocean P. Wass, custodian of the 1igbt-house at CaJ)e Foul weather. between San Francisco and the strait of Fuca. For the 'necessity for a harbor of refuj;te on this Northern Pacific coast, Ire pact Tides. fully ooll nttention to the interesting ancl elaborate report of the board of engineers The spring tides, with the ocean in its normal condition, rise and fall 9 feet. for the Pacific coast dated February 14, 11:!77. Durinrr strong west winds the high tides have reached a height of 12 feet above I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, mean fow-water mark. The influence of ordinary hiYsh tides extends to Pioneer, . JOHN M. WILSON, ~e~iles above the month of the Yaquina, the tide r iug and fulling from 4 to 6 , Major of Engineers, Brevet Colonel United StateJJ .A.1-my. Brigadier-General A. A. HUMPHREYS, Location for a harbo-r of refuge. Ohiej of Engineers United States Army. It has generall:r been believed by the residents of the conn try around Yaquina Bay that a reef from 3 to 5 fathoms under water extends in :1 cuned line from RR:PORT OF :&ffi. ROBERT A. ll.ABERSRAM, Af!SISTA..'\T E..'\GL'\EER. Yaqniua Head toward Cape Foulweather, terminating about one and a half miles south of :the cape, inclosing a. basin having a smooth, a.ndy bottom, which covers U:r.!TED STATES E.~GISEER OFFICE, an !Lf68 of nearly 1,000 acres, and that a ureakwatcr built along the crest of the sup Portland, Oregon, September 16, 187 . posed reef would convert the basin int~ a harbor of shelter for vessels in distress CoLONEL: l have the honor to submit the following report of a sun-ey "at as well as a port of entry. ·Cape Foulweather, to ascertain its adaptability as a harbor of refuge," with a. gen It was-for the purpose of ascertaining the feasibility of this project that a sur eral plan of improvement, and an approximate estimate of its cost, made in pursn vey was requested by these interested, among whom may be included all of the ance'-of your instructions dated August 8 of the present year. · people of that section of Oregon whose nearest outlet to the ocean lies throu~h the This -work waa performed between the 9th and 23d of the same month. To save valley of the Yaqniua River. The chart of the United States Coast Snrv;ey m this -repetition, I will here state that nil depths given refer, nuless otherwise specified, locality and my soundings over the same ground show that no such reef exists. to the lowest of mean low tides, as nearly as could be determined from the tide There are 4 knobs of sandstone, harder than the rest of the bottom, from 12 to 30.feet tables for the Pacific coast, published in San Francisco, and from information under low-water level, situated in a. curved line in the direction above indicated, but furnished by residents of the locality. distant from each other f1-om one-fourth to one-half a mile, and with from 36 to 50 No extreme tides occurred during the pro!ITess of the survey, not even at full feet of water between them. On these, during low tides and heavy swells, the sea .moon, an unusual circumstance. breaks constantly, sn~gesting the presence of a. continuous reef. Topography• and hydrography at Cape Foulu:eatheT 11.11d its vicinity. The length of breakwater which this project contemplates would be 9,900 feet, with an ayerage depth of 26 feet below low-tidb le"\"eL From Yaqniua He::ul, which marks the north side of the entrance to Yaqniua. Its cost ~r linear foot, on the general plan recow.mel'lded by the board of engi- Ri"\"er, the shore libe runs a. little t-o tho east of north for 4 miles, to the end of neers, Pacific coast, would be aa follows : · South Foulweather Beach ; thence westward for three-fourths of a mile to the southwest elbow of the cape, where it bee:ins to curve north ward and eastward Ashlar masonry, 2l.67 cubic yards, at $18 ...... $410 60 until it reaches the extreme point of Cape Foulweather, which points north; thence Rubble masonry1 14.08 cubic ~ards, at 8!J...... 126 72 .southeast, curving round to east, to the point where the cape joins the mainland Small rough rubble, 73.00 onb1c yards, at $3 ....••.•••.•••••••..•... 219-00 again; thence north for a.bout 7 miles to a point known as Old Uafe Foulweather. Large rough rubble, 59.25 cubic yards, at S5 ...... •. ·...... •.... 296 25 The shore line of Cape Fonlweatherproper describes the figure o a half crescent, the curved tip pointing north. From this point a. reef makes out in a. nearly direct Per linear foot ...... '...... 1, 052 57 lint>, course north-northeast, for 5,025 feet, terminating in a bare rock, which, for .convenien-ce, I have called Round Rock, distant l,EOO feet from the low-tide line on Niue thousa~d linear feet, at 1,052.57 ....••.•.••••.....•....•••. •.. 10, 420, 443 00 the north beach, and immediately opposite Rocky Point, a vertical cliff formed of Add for contingencies 10 per cent. . . • ...... • • ...... • • . 1, 042, 01•1 30 rock of the same character, of which it was formerly a portion, as the soundings show a well-marked ridge connecting them about 4 fathoms under watbr. · Total . . • . • • . . . • ...... • .. .. • • • ...... • • . . • ...... • . . . • . 11, 462, 487 30 The depths on this long reef, which is nearly fiat on its crest, VIU'Y. from 10 to The estimate for I"Ongh rubble may appear e:xcessive1 but the stone would have 30 feet from Round Rock to within 1,200 feet of the cape where a depre8sion occurs to be brought fro.!D Cape Foul weather, the nearest poinli where ~d rock is found, which shows from 30 to 40 fee.t ;·the center being the deepest. The north side of and where, owing to the prevalence of heavy seas, the loading df barges :would be this gap is marked by a rock on which the swell breaks constantly, and which is expensive and dangerou~, ofteD. impossible, necessitating the suspension of the said to be bare at extreme low tide. . work until the recurrence of smoother wat~r should allow the boats to approach It is seen that the cape forms two bays, one frontiua northwest, the other south the quarries with safety. and southwest. Tke No~!:&nthe outlines of which have just been given, is in There is no question tlul.t such a work, "if carried out, would greatly benefit closed on the east by the · d; on the south and southwest by tlie cape; on navigation by affordin__g shelter from southwest gales. Some such protection is the west by the long reef; and on tho north by the reef which connects Round Rock absolutely required: !Jut a better harbor, at muoli less cost, would be secured by wiili Rockv Point. It is nearly one mile in length and one-third of a mile across, building a breakwater from the extreme point of Cape Foulweather north ward, the width 6eing measured from the cune of 18 feet depth to the west reef, and con inside of the reef above described, for a distance of 600 feet. This would inclose an tains about 200 acres. The bottom is sandy, generally smooth, forming good hold area of about 100 acres, under the lee of the cape, with good anchorage in from 4 ing·gr9und as far as can be judged, uo vessel or craft of any kind having np to this to 8 fathoms of water, having a free entrance from the west 1,200 feet wide. Such time enterffi hero that I can learn. Th-e depths vary from 3 to 8 fathom . a harbor would satisfy the present necessities, not only as a refuge but also as a. , I 1879. CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-·SENATE. 399 I>Ort of entry, Yaquina Bay being accessible only to light-draught coasting vessels; Tide$. :and it might be enlarged at any future time, if desired, by extending the break- The mean rise and fall of tides is 5.1 feet; of spring titles, G.8 feet; and of neap water along the reef, . tides, 3.7 feet. · The cost per linear foot of a. breakwater here, on the plan recommended, would Danger in entering the harbo·l'. be, as ni'Mly as can be estimated from the dam obtained, as follows, its dimensions being: Length 600 feet, average depth below low tide 31 feet. · Between Port Orford and Cape Blanco, and abont 3 miles off the coast, ther/is a. group of rocky islets and sunken rocks called Orford :Reef, wbich renders the .Ashlar masonry ••••••.•.•••.•••.•...••...... ••••••.. -...•.•..... --.-- 410 60 approach to Port Orfoi! from the north somewhat dangerous; thet'e is, howe\'"er, :Rubble masonry .••••..••••.•••••••••••••.•....••...••....••.••....•..• 126 72 a good wide shlp-channel between this reef and the main shore. .Small rough rubble, 110 cubic yards, at 2•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 220 00 Large rough rubble, 59.25 cubic yards, at $4 ...... 237 00 General 1·e-marks. In reference to the present condition of the harbor during winter gales the Coast Per linear foot ...... ·•· ...... 994 32 Pilot notifies mariners as follows : "In winter, anchor far enough out to put to sea. when a southeaster comes up; Making for its length of 600 feet .••••••.•••••.••...... :. • ...... 596, 592 00 during a protracted gale in December, lfl51, a terrible sea rolled in so that no vessel Add for contingencies 10 per cent...... 59,659 20 could have ridden out. "The old steamer Seagull was driven northward, and lost two weeks in regain Total ••••••••••••••••••••••••..••.•...... •.•..... :. • . • . . . . • 656, 251 20 ing her position, and the mail steame1· Columbia hardly held her own for many hours off Orford Reef.'' · Here the stone could be obtained from the shore end of the wall and .hauled in In the fall of 1872 Major H. M. Robert, Corps of Engineers, made a careful examina ..cars along the top, e:rlendinj!; the track as the work progressed, making the cost of tion of ~his harbor, and in January, 1873, presented an elaborate report, with plans transportation less than in the south bay. The above estimates are in gold coin. and estimates for a breakwater. In the summer of 1876 the board of engineers The hydrographic work of the Coast Survey in this vicinity te~ates a~ the for the Pacific coast made a. similar examination, and in February, 1877, presented extremity of Ca~ Foulweather. No survey had ever been ma eoa.st., and large enough to accoiD.IDD stricken out, and then it would read: "From the ::\Iissouri River and House makes is against the removal of "Apaches and other Indians Sidney, Nebraska, or Cheyenne, Wyoming;" and after "Wyoming" of Arizona and New Mexico" into that Territory. Now, if there are the words ''to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the any civilized Indians there friendly to the Indians in the Indin,n Ter Interior" should be inserted. It would then make sense. I move ritory, whom those now occupying the Territory are willing to receive, that that alteration be made. It is endently a misprint as the bill I think they; ought not to be prohibited; and as that is tho present is, I think. condition of the law, I think the provision is more than superfluous. The PRESIDING OFFICER, (Mr. WALLA CE in the chair.) The I think it forbids the removal of Indians who ought to be removed bill will be corrected accordingly, there being no objection. . there. As matters now stand, to state myself a little more clearly, no The Secretary resumed and continued the reading of the bill. Indians can be removed there, as I understand, unless they be civilized The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, in and friendly and have the consent of the Indians in tho Judian Ter line 1278, after the word "dollars," to strike out: ritory. If that be true, I think we ought not to prohibi:; that class of And the President of the United States is hereuy directed t{) prohibit the re Indians from being removed there. mo>al of any portion of said tribes of Indians t o the Indian Territory unless the Mr. DORSEY. That is not true, except to a degree. Unuer the same shall be hereafter'lluthorized by act of Congress. original treaties with the five or six tribes oflndians who occupy that So as to make the clause read : country it was provi manently to the Indian Territory they ought to have under this treaty addition to ~he Indians that art'l already there, other Indians concen tho privilege of doing so; and if that should be found to be wise and trated on a reservation than they could protect them where they are expedient it seems to me that we onght not to put upon our statute separated. books a. law which will prevent its consummation until such time a-s The great mistake, it appears to me, that is being now made on Congress can legislate upon the subject. Therefore I think this this subject is that with our present small Army we have to scatter provision ou,ght to be stricken out. I think we can trust the Presi the troops over the country, so that there are only a very few at any dent of the United States not nnneoossarily to interfere with these one point. Look, if yon please, at the Cheyenne war, if yon may call treaty provisions or with the rights of the Indians now occupying it a war-I refer to the effort made by the Cheyennes tQ get away that Territory, or with the feelings of the adja-cent States. from the Territory only a short time ago. The Indians passed from Mr. DORSEY. I am very sure that the chairman of the Committee their country through Kansas and through Nebraska and up into the on Indian Affairs does not wish to mislead the Senate on one im northern Territories, while there were not troops enough on the right portant point; but his remarks leave the impression that the several or on the left of them, within striking distance, to st.op their prog tribes of Indians must give their consent before any other tribes can ress. 'Ve have not troops enough now, and that is the trouble. In be removed into that Territory. That does not apply to all of that stead of the same troops being scattered as they are now, a part of country w~t of the ninety-eighth meridian. The Commissioner of them engaged in protecting members of the same tribes in the Indian Indian .Aftairs or the executive authority of this Government can Territory, while part of them are protecting others in New Mexico, remove anybody they see fit, or any tribe they see fit that they have we shonld put the Indians together if they want to go together; and control of~ into the country west of the ninety-eight.h meridian, with the same number of troops would certainly answer for all the Indians out regard to the civilized tribes living east of that line. that now answer for only a part of them. In that way we could save Mr. INGALLS. Mr. President., in my judgment this provision as it much expense to the Government. I can see no crood reason why, if came from the lloUBe of Representatives should not only be retained, the Indians want to go there and the Indians of that Territory want but its terms should be so enlarged as to prevent the removal of any them to come, (and that has- to be agreed npon before they can be Indians whatever to the Indian Territory without direct authority removed,) they should not be removed. I believe there are now by act of Congress. The Senator from Minnesota sta.tes that there is thirty-odd tribes in the Indian Territory and there is room. for thirty now no law authorizing the President to remove unfriendly Indians more of the same size. The country is useless to us as it now stands, into the limits of the Indian Territory. But whether that is so or and if the Indians want to go there and go to work and hecome civil, not, if the Senator from Minnesota is not aware of the fact, everybody or if they can be even kept better and cheaper there, we ought to else is, that during the past six years the process has boon gradually remove them. I think that the amendment of the Committee on going on of concentrating all the unfriendly Indians within these Appropriations ought to be agreed to. limits whenever they become dangerous in the localities where they Mr. INGALLS. The Senator from Nebraska seems to intimate or have been residins:.. I need only refer for illustration to the Modoc-s. endeavor to leave the impressfun that the Indians who ha.ve been re When they commttted the outrages that became historical, as soon moved te the Territory went there because they desired to do so. as they were conque~d they were removed by order of the Executive, Nothing could be more inaccurate. Take the · ca~e of the Nez Perc6s. without any sanction or authority on the part of Congress, into the After having revolted in the Northwest they were captured and taken Indian Territory. So with the northern Cheyennes and various other to Fort Leavenworth. They desired to be returned to thQir original bands that I might name that have been from time to time located reservation. Their request was refused, and they were sent to tho there with the design of carrying out what I believe to be a fixed Territory a~ainst their wishes and over their -protest; and they are purpose to consolidate all Indians within that portion of our conn try to-day rapi<1ly becoming exterminated from chmatic influences and known as the Indian Territory. from the want of proper medicine and food. Now, Mr. President, the Senator from Iowa states that in his judg Mr. SAUl'l'DERS. Will the Senater from Kansas allow mo to ask ment this is a matter that concerns solely the Indians who made these him if it was not Congress in place of the Administration that sent treaties under which this region is occupied. It is easy for him,liv- them down there! . ing in a State that is not exposed to the dangers of Indian depreda Mr. INGALLS. No, sir; it was not Congress • tion, to reas . • 1879. CONGRESSIOKAL RECORD-HOUSE. 403 Davia of Dlinois, Ingalls, Maxey, Saulsbury, A bill (S. No. 882) to authorize the proper aoo~unting officer of the .Dennis, J onee of Florida, · Morgan, Sharon, Kernan, Pa.tterson, Voorhees, Treasury to pay the claim of the Stat-e of Tennessee for keeping McCreerY, Plumb, 'Vallace, Unit~d States military prisoners ; . McDonald, Randolph, A bill (S. No. 986) for the relief of William S. Morris, Wllliam S. ~ :Matthews, Ransom, ~T:rs. Mann, Charles A. Oakman, George W. Hillman, the Union Transfer = ABSENT -36. Company, all of Philadelphia, the Union Transfer Company of Balti Anthony, Chaffee, Grover, McPherson, more, Maryland, and John R. Graham, late of Philadelphia, now of Bailey, Conover, Hereford, ::Merrlmon, Washington, District of Colnmbia ; Barnum, Dawes, Howe, Oglesby, Beck, E.'l.ton, Johnston. Paddock, A bill (S. :No. 992) for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth :Blaine, Edmunds, Jones of Nevada, Sargent, H. Gilmer, of Chambers County, Alabama.; and ~th , Eustia, Kellogg, Spencer, A bill (S. No. 1244) for the relief of the legal representatives of :Bruce, Ferry, KirkwOod, Teller, George Williams, deceased. Cameron of Pa., Ga.r1Jmd, Thurman, Cameron of Wis., Gordon, it3iii~;n, W::tdleigh. E.."U:CUTI\~ SESSION. So the amendment was rejected. Mr. ALLISON. I move that the Senate proceed to the conaidera Mr. INGALLS. I .now move to amend the bill, in line 1280, by tion of executive business. striking out from the clause as it came from the Honse the words The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consid-. "portion of said tribes of;" so as to rea-d: eration of executive business. After three minutes spent in execu And the President of the United States is hereby directed to prohibit the re tive session the doors were reopened, and (at three o'clock and thirty movol of any Indians to the Indian Territory unless the same shall be hereafter minutes p.m.) the Senate adjourned. an~rlzed by act of Congress. Th~PRESIDING OFFICER. Tp.e question is on the amendment • of the Senator from Kansas, [Mr. INGALLS.] Mr. WINDOM. I shall not debate the question. I only hope the Senat-e will do no such thing; but from the expression just given I HOUSE OF REPRE~ENTATIVES. think they are disposed to vacate the·Indian Territory. FRIDAY, The question being put, there were, on a division-ayes 13, noes 16; Jwnuary 10, 1879. no quorum voting. The Honse met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by Rev. Dr. C. K. Mr. CONKLING. The yeas and nays are to be demanded, I sup MARsHALL, of Mississippi. pose, and! rise to ask that the amendment be reported. The Journal of yesterday was rea-d and approved. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will report the amend- SUB.rncT CATALOGUE OF SURGEO~-GID\"ERAL'S I.:IBRARY. ment. · The Secretary read the amendment. Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimous consent, present.ed a memorial of the Mr. INGALLS. At the suggestion of some friends of the bill aa it College ofPhysicians of Philadelphia, suggesting that there be printed came from the-non.se, I withdraw the amendment. . by Con~ess the "tmbject catalogue of the library of the Surgeon The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment of the Senator from Generals Office" as of great importance to the medical pro.fession; Kansas is withdrawn and the Secretary will proceed with the reading which wa~ referred to the Committee on Printing. of the bill. HENRY 1\llLLS. Tlie Secretary resumed the reading of the bill. The next amend Mr. EDEN, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. ment of the Committ~e on Appropriations was, in line 1301, to increase 5773) for the relief of Henry Mills; which was read a first and second the appropriation 11 for the support of the Tonkawa Indians at Fort time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to Griffin, Texas," from $2,000 to $5,729. be printed. The amendment was agreed to. JOHN NAIL. The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, in Mr. EDEN also, by unanimous consent, introduced a. bill (H. R. No. line 135l') after the word ''pay," to strike out ''and expenses of de 5774) to place the name of John Nail, late a private in Company F, tectives~ and insert" of employes;" so as to make the clause read: Second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, on ~e pension-roll; Incidental expenses of Indian service in .Montana.: For general incidental ex· which was read a first and second time, referrea to the Committee on penscs of the Indian service, including pay of employes, $6,000. Invalid Pensions, and or{lered to be printed. The amendment waa agreed to. JOHN BEABOUT. The next amendment was, in line 1399, before the word "hundred," to strike ont " four " and insert ''eight ;" in line 1400, after the word Mr. EDEN also, by nna.nimons consent, introduced a. bill (H. R. No. "' exceeding," to strike out " fifty " and insert" one hundred;" and 5775) to place the :pame of John Beabout, late a private in Company • in line 1404, after the word ''reservations," to strike out "thirty thou E, Forty-eighth Regimentlllinois Infantry, on the pensi<>n-roll; which sand six hundred" and insert " sixty thousand ;" so as to make the was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Inva clanRe read : lid Pensions, and ordered to .be printed. Pay of Indian police: JAMES F. BOTI'ORFF. For the services of not eJtceedin:t eight hundred privates at $5 per month each. M:r. EDEN also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. and not exceeding one hundred officers at $a per month ~ch. of Indian pollee, and to fur eqnipments, to be employed in mainta.inhi1Z order and prohibiting illegal traffic !1776) granting a pension James F. Bottorff,·late a private in Com in liquor on the several Indian reservations, $60,000. pany I, Ninety-eighth Regiment Dlinois Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and eecond time, referred to the Committee on Inva The amendment was a~d to. lid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. The reading of the bill was resumed and concluded. The last WAR CLAIMS. amendment of the Committee on Appropriations wa~ to strik~ out the clause from line 7 to line 13 of section 6, in the following words : Mr. EDEN also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. And the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President may nse 5777) making appropriations for the payment of claims reported agy surplns that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the allowed by tlie commissioners of claims under the act of Congress of pnrchaae of subsistence for the several Indian tribe8, to supply any subsistence Mareh 3, 1871, and nets amendatory thereof; which was read a first deficiency that may occur for any tribe: Prwided, lwwerer, Thatftinds'appropria.ted to ful1ill treaty obligations shall not be so used. and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. The amendment was agreed to. UNITED STATES ARSENALS AND ORDNANCE STORES. The bill waa reported to the Senate aa amended, and the amend menta were concurred in. Mr. TOWNSEND of New York, by unanimous consent, presented It was ordered that the amendments be engrossed a.nd the bill read the following resolution of the senate of the State of New York; a third time. which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered The bill was read a third. time, and passed. to be printed in the RECORD: STATE Olo' NEW ~RK. ADJOUR..~MENT TO MO~"'DAY. In Senate, Albany, Janvary 1, 1879. Mr. wmDOM. I ask leave to withdraw the motion I entered this Whereas, the 'Army reorganization bill, now before Congress, proposes to pro hibit the future manufacture of ordnance and ordnance stores at United States morning to reconsider the vote of the Senate adjourning over to Mon arsenals, to sell all the arsenals which thus become unnecessary, and hereafter to day. purcbaso ordnance and ammunition from private manufacturers only: Therefore, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion may be withdrawn by Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives of this State in Congress be re common consent. The Chair hears no objection) and it is withdrawn. quested to oppose the passage of said bill, or, at least, the portions relating to the Ordnance department, United ~ates arsenals, and ordnance stores. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. :By order : JOHN W. VROOMAN, Olerk. A message from the Honse of Representatives, by Mr. GEORGE M. ADAMS., it6 Clerk, announced that the Speaker of tke Honse had PROCE~DS OF Pt;BLIC LA...~DS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. signed' tpe following enrolled bills: Mr. GOODE. By direction of the Committee on Education and A bill (S. Nc. 89) for the relief of James W. Richard and J. S. Labor I ask unanimous consent that the bill to app1y the proceeds of Brown & Brother, of Denver, Colorado; sales of the public lands to the education of the people may be made A bill (8. No. 347) to remove the political disabilities of. Manning a special order for Thursday the 23d of January, immediately afte.r M. Kimmell, of Cap-e Girardeau County, :Missouri; the reading of the Journal. •