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"By the return of absent membe.N, or by the second
thought of one or more of the predominant faction,
wearied by unavailing persistence in a course that tends
co no good end.. Meantime there are indications that
is . to. remove all pretex4rfurvhstructiv e
action-in the house, by the repeal of such provisions in
the laws enacted by the Kansas Legislature as arejustly
obnoxious to public sentiment."

The Washington correspondent of the Herald
states that the policy of the Senate was to sit the
session through to March next, unless the Army
Bill was sooner passed.
A special agent, Mr. Arn3, from the Free-soil
party of Kansas, was in Washington soliciting the
President for assistance against their pro-slavery
opponents. The Washington correspondent of the
Herald states that the President being too much
engaged to grant him an interview handed him over
to his secretary, who informed the agent that the
President was just then so much engaged that he
could not attend to the matter. With this consola-
tion Mr. Arny left his papers in the hands of the
private secretary, and took his departure from the
White House. The documents embrace a letter to
the President and a semi-official account of the
attack on Fraukliu.
" MR. ARNY TO TRH PRESIDENT. 1

`To HIS EXCELLENCY FRANKLIN PIERCE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES :-

"Sir,—A few days ago I had the honour to address
you as secretary of a mass convention held in McLean
ninty, Illinois, and to transmit to you certain certifi-
cates and affidavits in relation to outrages perpetrated
by citizens of Missouri upon peaceable emigrants from
our State and county, while on the Missouri river and
other public highways of that State, en route to Kansas.
"Since then the National Kansas Committee, located
at Chichago, Illinois, have received from the 'Central
Kansas Committee' at Lawrence, Kansas, official infor-
mation in regard to the preparation of citizens of Mis-
souri and other States to drive ()vet of the territory of
Kansas, or murder all the Free State settlers.' The
facts will be found testified to in the affidavit cf Robert
Morrow, Esq., herewith enclosed.

" The committees are fully satisfied that, unless the
general Government immediately interpose, to prevent
the incursions and outrages contemplated by armed bands
of men from Missouri and other States, who are prepared
to overrun the territory, a civil war will be the result,
which will involve the whole North-West against the
South.

It will be apparent to your Excellency that any
military demonstration such as is contemplated by citi-
zens of Missouri and other States of the South against
Free State citizens of the North-West who have left their
former homes to settle peaceably m Kansas will justify
those pbrson-, and a!so the States whence they came, to
res•-,rt to similar means in self-defence ; and especially so
if the Executive of the United States, or of the State of
Missouri, should fail to adopt measures to prevent these
unlawful acts.

" As the Free State citizens of Kansas deprecate civil
war, and have evinced their desire for peace by their
submission to robberies and other outrages, they appeal
to you to protect thiln ; and in bebalf of their commit-
tee, whose credentials I bear, as also in behalf of the
National Kansas Committee, of which I have the
nonour to be a member, I solicit your immediate consi-
deration of this important subject, and the interposition
of your pow€r and authority to prevent the impending
civil war and its attendant horrors.

" With all respect, yours,
" W. F. M. ARNT.
" Washington Clty, Aug, 21, 1856.'
" SEMI OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON
FRANKLIN.

"The undersigned would hereby certify that he left
the territory of Kansas on the 15th day of August,lBs6,
and makes the following statement of the leading facts
connected with the present state of things in that
territory from personal knowledge of the circum-
stances. Since the attack upon Lawrence, May 21st
last, with the exception of a few skirmishes, matters in
the territory have remained in comparative quiet. The
presence of the Government troops, while it seemed to
produce a check upon the designs of the pro-slavery men,
served them with an opportunity to make more exten-
sive preparations. Provisions and arms, both guns and
cannon and ammunition, have been secretly introduced
into and stored in different parts of the territory ; bands
ot from 50 to 200 men each from Missouri are fortifying
themselves in a continuous line through the settled por-
tions of the territory, in readiness for a simultaneous de-
scent by night upon the scattered and defenceless Free
State people. Men from South Carolina and Georgia,
commonly called Burford men,' remained in Kansas,
and erected fortifications, calling them ' colonies,'•in dit-
ferent parts of the territory; the fortifications numbered
some 10 or 12. There are three in Douglas county, two
at o,sawatomie, one of them comnianded by Coleman,
who murdered Dow, and the rest extend along the Mis
souri river. The Missourians have been furnishing the
Carolinians, Georgian., and their own men with previ-
vieions, ammunition, &c. When all was ready the Mis-
Henri borderers made an avowal of their plan ; they
thought they had the Free State men in their power ;
they resolved to execute it. The question as to the time
of attack was the only point, and this was settled on to
take place immediately after the adjournment of Con-
grees. Fully satisfied that extreme danger impended over
the Free State men, they applied to the military to afford
them protection by the dispersion of these armed bands.
This was refused in the case of a band of upwards of 100
men, encamped about six miles from Lawrence, on Wash•
ington Creek. The river meanwhile was guarded at
every point, and no Free State man reached Kansas up
the Missouri river, or through the State of Missouri. So
certain were the Missourians and other prc-elavery men
of success that on the 12th Mr. Hoyt, formerly ot Mas-
sachusetts, was shot on the prairies by the ruffians atthe
block house, near Washington Creek, and on the same
day another Free State man was billed by these brutal
murderers. Seeing this state of things, knowing that life or
death hung upon the crisis, the Free State men resolved,'
to meet it like men. They could not watt ; to do that
would be to secure the success of the ruffians. They de-
cided not to do it, for not only would their property be
sacrificed, but their wives and children ruthlessly robbed
and murdered. They concluded that the time had come,
having been refused protection by the Government
troops, when they must defend themselves. Franklin was
one of the dens of the ruffians. They occupied a block
horse in the town. This block house the Free State men
attacked and carried on the night of the 12th of August.
They lost one man, killed—Edward Sackett, from De-
troit—and two were wounded, and seven others were
slightly injured. The ruffians, being strongly fortified,
escaped ; only four were wounded. They surrendered
and were permitted to leave. The Free State men took
60 stand
of of one cannon, powder, and a large
amount The most of the arms had been stolen
stoarre ms. s'
from St. Lawrence, and were identified ; there were a
few United States' muskets. The story of the St, Louis
Republican and other -papers, in regard to the killing of
the postmaster and robbery of mails, &c., is untrue—
not a building, zee a Citizen,
nor the property of any
citizen, was seetrched or disturbed.
" The assault was confined to the marauders' den ;
it pegan there and ended there. I left Leavenworth on
the 15th ; very little was known there of the difficulty
at Franklin. The pro-slavery man supposed that the
Abolitionists were routed and content.' At Kansas City
the case was different ; some of those who escaped from
Franklin had told the truth. A large meeting was called
on Friday afternoon, the 15th inst., and the citizens
agreed to raise their quota:of 2,000 menito overrun Kan-
sas.i, Atchison and Stringfellow were on the boat and
got off at Kansas city. Next afternoon, the 16th, we
arrived at Lexington ; there, too, the news of the de-
feat of the ruffians at Franklin was known, and a
large meeting was held, and the citizens of Lexington
resolved to send their quota of men to subdue the free
men of Kansas. From all that I saw in Kansas ter-
ritory and on the Missouri river. lam fully
satisfied that Missourians, Georgians, and South Caroli-
nians are about to invade the territory and destroy all
Free State men, and that civil war, with all its attendant
horrors, will prevail, unless the general Government im-
mediately interferes to prevent it.
" Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of Au-
gust, 185 g. " ROBERT MORR6V."
The substance of the conversation between the
President's private secretary and the Kansas der-
puty is said to have been as follows :
" Mr. Amy, having given information of the purpose
of his call, was asked by Mr. Webster what new facts
were set forth in the petition he bore to the President,
relative to Kansas afraire.

" Mr. Axny replied that the Missourians had made

" Whereas, organised armed bands of desperate men
have invaded Kansas, for the purpose of expelling or ex-
terminating peaceable, law-abiding citizens, and in carry-
ing out the said purposqhave been guilty of arson, rob-
offt*ive-cithosns. tiOvile-erig,*ged
in their lawful pnrsuiES, women and children have been
driven from their homes, rendered widows, orphans,
bouseless, and penniless, therefore—_

"Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the suf-
ferers, and are willing to extend 'them shelter and pro-
tection and whatever aid may be required to supply their
necessities ; that wo condemn the spirit of bigotry of the
fanatical abolitionists which has produced this state of
things ; that a committee of 10 be appointed to gain
proper information, and, if thought advisable, to visit
Kansas and report if they recommend the raising of re-
lief funds ; and, if so, that a committee be appointed to
effect that object and appropriate properly the funds
rased ;i hai.in no event will we sanction any interference
or action against the constitution, or anything not war-
ranted by law and right ; that we desire the interposi-
tion of the Federal Government to subdue insurrection
and protect the rights of citizens in the territories."
A meeting in aid of the pro-slavery party in
Kansas was being organised in New Orleans.
Several despatches had been received from St.
Louis touching Kansas affairs. The first, dated
St. Louis, Aug. 23, contains advices from Law-
rence to the 17th, which state that nearly 500 Free
Compton,
State men marched upon what is called Colonel
T l
u e' s
andcamp,
took
thenear h
party L °n' on the preceding
day,assembled, 20 in all,
prisoners. They defended themselves from the log
houses some time, and wounded 10 of the Free
State party.
One hundred United States' Dragoons interfered
to prevent an attack upon Lecompton, whereupon
the Free State men returned to Lawrence with
their prisoners.
Governor Shannon, Major Sedgwick, and Dr.
Roderick, of Lecompton, went to Lawrence on the
17th to demand the release of the prisoners. After
a conference it was agreed that when six of the
Free State prisoners held by the authorities were
delivered up, the howitzers taken from Lawrence
returned, and all the camps of armed pro-slavery
men dispersed, the prisoners should be released.
Another despatch, dated the 24th, reports that
Lecompten had not up to that time been attacked
by Lane's party, although it was expected hourly.
It is said that the Free State men number 2,000
strong iu the territory, and were preparing to for-
tify Lawrence in case a retreat to any particular
point became necessary. The last despatch, which
is dated the 25th, mentions that 400 volunteers
from Jackson county had entered Kansas. Lane's
Regiment was said to be fortifying Wakinsa. Go-
vernor Brown and others wore still in the custody
of the Government troops. General Smith had
ordered all the disposable forces up to Fort
Leavenworth.

Following the California example, the citizens of
St. Paul, Minesota,had.held a meeting, and formed
a committee, charged with the extirpation of all
bad characters from the city.
Ad vices from Vera Cruz to the 22d ul t:state that
the British mail steamer Conway left Vera Cruz on
the 6th ult. with $3,000,000 dollars on freight.
At the capital the Government and Congress were
acting harmoniously. The Ministerial crisis had
passed without any resignations in the Cabinet,
although some had been tendered. The new Con-
stitution was under discussion, and the liberal
articles were in favour. There was an animated
debate on the clause respecting religious toleration.
The Cabinet opposed the measure as useless, but
the puros adopted it. Congress had, however,
adopted the 15th article of the new Constitution,
establishing religious toleration.
Comoufort was turning his. attention to public
improvements. The coinage for the year 1855 in
the Casa de Moneda of Zacatecas was $3,819,000.
" Immure placers of gold" are reported to have
been discovered in the State of Guerro. The yellow
fever was raging at Vera Cruz with great violence.
The Indians in the northern States were committing
fearful ravagesfand Vidaurri had taken advantage
of the fact to call the people of Zacatecas to his aid,
offering to defend them against the Indians. The
Mexican Govt rnment, fearing that the Tehuantepec
exp Aitionists were Filli busters, was watching their
movements.

Our commercial advices state that money conti-
nued plentiful and in good drinand, rates for call
loans being 7 per cent., and for short first class
paper Bto 9 per cent. Stocks were lower and dull.
Sterling exchange was firm but quiet, rates for best
bankers' bills being 1091 to 1091. Cotton was
dull, witliput change in price. Flour was a shade
lower, and prices,unsettled. Wheat was lower and
irregular at the close. Pork was heavy. Iron was
steady. Frieghts to Liverpool were easier and
quiet. Cotton id. per lb. Flour ls. 6d. per bar-
rel. Grain 6d. to 7d. per bushel.

LA.TEST BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, VIA

HATA FAX.

NEW YORK, AUG. 28.
The 'steamers Hermann and City of Manchester
arrived to-day, and the Etna sailed yesterday.
The money market to-day is firm. Since Tues-
day 51,500,000 have arrived from California.
Bread stuffs aro firm and still tending upwards.
Cotton unchanged. -
NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 26.
The sales of cotton to-day amounted to 225 bales.
Middling quoted lOic.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE AMERICAN
CONGRESS.
SENATE, WASHINGTON, AUGUST -93.
The Army bill was called up,
Mr. CLAYTON, of Delaware, said ho was bound by no
party ties, and bad no other object for remaining in
public life but the good of his country. He deeply de-
plored that the house had resolved to adhere to their
amendment, as thereby the senate was driven to the net
cessity of either receding or adhering. At a proper time
ho would introduce a resolution for the appointment of a
committee of seven members on the part of the senate,
and eleven on the part of the house, to take into consi-
deration the disagreeing votes of the two houses, on the
Army Bill, with the view of arranging the details and
settling the differences between them, and report to
fink respective branches. The senate had agreed to ad-
here to their amendment striking out the Kansas re-
striction, hut notwithstanding ho believed his proposition
o ,uld be made acceptable. It would compromise the
honour of neither, and might rave the army a disastrous
blow, preserve peace in the territory where now civil
war prevails, and perhaps preserve the union.
Mr. HUNTER, of Va., said in such resolution was now
in order. By the senate's adhering this bill would now
be lost, but that which failed on Monday was now on
the table of the house and might be taken up. To ad-
here would merely be to express an opinion relative to
this bill. He understood, furthernif,re, that it was pro-
bable that a new bill would be introduced into the house
by the committee of ways and means,
.11.1r.TOUCET, of Con., spoke in strong terms of con-
damnation of the action of the home in sending to the
Senate an army bill declaring they would stop the wheels
of government unless the Senate would yield their opi-
nion and concur in the legislation of the house. He re-
garded this conduct as not simply unconstitutional, but
in the highest degree revolntionary. If the house could
enforce obnoxious legislation and coerce the Senate upon
one subject, they might upon another. They might re-
fuse appropriations for the judiciary or executive, unless
the action of these departments of government were satin
factory to them.
said the house had nothing to
Mr. BENJAMIN, of La.,
act upon, and expressed the hope that by general consent
the Senate would take a vote first, and let discussion go
on after A' ards.

Mr. TRUMBULL thought the house were obliged to act
as they did, since Mr. Hunter had moved that the
Senate insist, but did not ask a comtnittee of conference.
This was regarded by the house as an act of discourtesy,
for it was usual for the insisting body to ask for a con-
ference. . - •

Mr.,lluNnin -replied gieldid not • intend any ifiscour-
tesy towards the house, nor did he suppose they so re-
garded it. The name course was adopted in the Civil

• HOUSE OF RUBES ENTATIIT_Ea.
WASAIN6TON, 3.

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, in view of the news from Kan-
sag, and the differences between the two houses, asked
unanimous consent to offer a resolution that a select
committee of thirteen be appointed by the Speaker
to confer with a similar one of the senate, to consider af•
fairs in Kansas, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. CAMPBELL said if the resolution did no good it
could do no harm.

Mr. MATTESON and others objected.
Mr. CAMPBELL then gave notice that he would move
to suspend the rules on Monday for its introduction.
Mr. MACE, of Indiana, made an ineffectual motion to
proceed to the election of a chaplain.
Mr. MATTESON, of New York, offered a preamble and
resolution setting forth that the joint resolution on the
annexation of Texas is irreparable by either of the con-
tracting parties without the consent of the other, that it
is not repealed by the Kansas Nebraska act, and there-
fore slavery, except for crime, in all that part of the for-
mer province of Louisiana north of 3G deg. 39 min. is,
and remains prohibited; further asserting that the reso-
lution on the annexation of Texas is a compromise be-
tween the free and slave States, and that any attempt
for the admission of a greater number of slave States
north of that latitude is a violation of said- compromise
and a direct attack upon the harmony and stability of
the Union.

Mr. DUNN, of Ind., moved that the preamble and re-
aoluttons be laid on the table.

Motion agreed to by 101 against 83.
Mr. SAGE, of New York, offered a resolution direct-
ing the Committee on the Judiciary to consider the pro-
priety of reorganising or abolishing the Criminal Court
in the district of Columbia.

The house, on the motion of Mr. COBB, of Georgia,
concurred in the resolution of the Senate, suspending
the 21st rule, in order that the former army bill miuht
be takew from the table.

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, made an unsuccessful sugges-
tion that the house insist on its disagreement, and ask a
Committee of Congress.
Mr. COBB, of Georgia, moved the house recede from
the Kansas proviso.

Motion negati' id by 97 against 100.
Mr. WASHBURN, of Maine, moved that the house ad-
here.

Motion agreed to by 98 to 97. Adjourned.

SENATE.

WASII/NGTON, AUGUST 25.

Mr. WELLER gave notice of his intention to introduce
a bill to abrogate certain laws enacted by the Legislature
of Kansas.
It is the same as the 18th section of the Senate Kansas
Bill abolishing test oaths, providing for freedom of
,peech and the press, and for the security of the people
in person and property, in accordance with the consti-
tution, &c.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 25.

Mr. CLINGMAN asked leave to offer a resolution, pro-
viding that the Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to arrest
and bring before the bar of the house all such members
as aro absent in the city, and that the Clerk cause a
copy cf this resolution to be telegraphed to the capital
of each state, and published in two papers there of the
largest circulation, paying the expenses of the same out
of the contir gsnt fund.
Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, objected, on the ground that
the rules of the house afforded ample remedy to compel
the attendance of absentees.

Mr. CLINGMAbT moved a suspension of the rules in
order to introduce his resolution.

Motion disagreed to by 87 against 99.
B )th houses received notice of the death of Mr.
Meacham, representative from Vermsnt, and, after the
customary eulogies, and passage of resolutions of respect
and condolence, adjourned.

SENATE

WASHINGTON, AUGUST 26.

Iu the Senate to-day Mr. Crittenden gave notice of a
bill for the pacification of Kansas, and Mr. Weller ii-
troduced the bill on the same subject of which he gave
notice yesterday.
Mr. WELLER said he was willing to do all in his power
to obsi tte existing difficulties. The house had, in a
diffsrtat form, expressed their dissent from the laws of
the Kansas Legislature, and he agreed with that Jody
that some of those laws violate not only the organic act,
but the constitution of the United States. He was,
therefore, anxious to wipe these obnoxious laws out of
the statute-book as infamous and atrocious in their cha-
racter. He was the more ready to take this step, being
chairman of the committee on military affArp, and of
course anxious that the right arm of the public defence
should receive proper sustenance. If such a bill be
passed, he thought there would be no difficulty in paisCiog
the Army Appropriation Bill.
. .

Mr. BIGGi 'desired that the bill should be 'referred to
the committee on territories,
.but withdrew his motion
to enable Mr. Wilson to offer an amendment, declaring
null and. void the 151st chapter of the laws of Kansas,
being an act to punish offences against slave property,
together. with suc:t ether provisions of said laws as re-
co, rimed slavery as a legalised institution in the territory
together with all the provisions to establish official oaths
other than those specified in the organic act, or which
require any test with regard to slavery and the fugitive
slave law to be applied to attorneys, jurors, or voters ;
or which suspend the right of habeas corpus ; or which
allow any other than actual residents of that territory
to vote ; or which allow jurors to be selected in any
Cher wanner than by lot; or which punish citizens of
the territory by chaining them together, and exposing
them to labour on the public works, or causing balls ,
and chairs of iron to be attached to them. It also fur-
ther declares that it is the deliberate opinion of congress
that all persons under arrest in the territory under in-
dictments for treason or other political offences, are
wrongfully detained, and orders their immediate release.
It directs the Governor of Kansas. to crder an election
in the territory on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November next, at which time all persons
who were actual and bona fide residents of the territory
on the Ist of May, 1856, shall be entitled to vote, and
bo eligible to office. It provides that members of both
branches of the Legislature shall be chosen, and that
the leotion shall be according to the enumeration and
apportionment ordered by the governor. A delegate to
congress shall also be chosen ; also sheriffs, probate
judges, county commissioners, clerks, recorders, Sec.
False swearing at any election is declared perjury, which
shall be punished by an imprisonment of not less than
three or more than 12 months, and by a fine of not less
than 100 dols. nor more than 500 dole. Ten days after
election all persons chosen shall be eligible to enter upon
their duties, to the exclusion of all persons now claiming
such authority.
Mr. Bayard regarded Mr. Weller's bill as of no more
effect than a declaration of rights, and as such could not
vote far it ; but under no circumstances could be sanction
any proposition which would 'bring him into conflict with
the judiciary, or their action as to the legality of par-
ticular laws. He could never consent to the army pro-
position to modify or restrain the power vested by the
constitution in the executive. He was free to admit at
the same time, that some of the lawn of Kansas were
shocking to the moral sense of the community, and that
some of them invaded national rights. Such laws he
was willing, by a declaration of rights, to abrogate,
because that was the only way in which congress could
act. But the proposition of the house to prevent their
executioneby the president, without striking them from
the statute hook, could be defended on no sound prin-
ciple of censtitutional legislation.
Mr. Masosr voted far and approved of the bill passed
in May, 1854, to organise the territories of Nebraska
and Kansas, because it gave the people the right to regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own way. This
bill proposed to undo that work, and prescribed how far
they should be free to make their own institutions, and
in what respect they should not be free. This proposi-
tion did .not meet his approbation. It seemed to be in-
troduced now as a concession to the house, which bad en-
grafted a measure they knew to be obnoxious to the
senate, upon almost every one of the appropriation bills,
and insisted upon it to the defeat of making provision
fcr the support of the army. He would move to lay
upon the table every proposition of that kind until
those who were endeavouring to carry into effect their
revolutionary purposes should be reduced to submission,
and be forced to desist from their efforts to overturn the
government. After the -Army Bill- was passed, if it
should pass at all, he would listen with great respect to
such proposition§ tuul deliberate upon their propriety
_

Mr. BUTLER regarded it as a subject which was some-
what delicate to meddle with, and thought the attempt
to legislate would involve us in greater difficulties than
those now existing. If the laws were unconstitutional,
they were void without any act of congress to declare
them so, and the proper tribunal would settle these
questions. He deprecated the idea of holding out any-
thing like concession to the house.
M;. BROWN pursued a similar line of argument. He
was 'willing. to admit that these laws were unconstitu-
tional, and that therefore congress was bound to blot
thittn out of the,statute Isfeht•-%vigewk-of thina were un
just"and outrageot,C,--to tinre ; but come of the laws
of Virginia might be outrageous too ; and was that a
reason why congress should interpose to prevent their
execution ? The people who make their own laws are
the best judges of what they need, and, after giving them
the right to make their own laws, congress had no power
to interfere and overthrow them.. If congress could do
that, it might as well make laws itself for the govern-
ment of the territories, and abandon the idea altogether
of popular government.
On the motion of Mr. HUNTER the senate adjourned.
HOUSE,

WASHINGTON, August 26.

, -
The special committee on the Granger and M'Mul-
len affair made a report. The majority of the com-
mittee, Messrs. 80E49, Simmons, Pettit, and Edie,
say the evidence shows that the party who first resorted
to the use of personal chastisement for words spoken
offensively was Mr. M'Mullen, as be was the first who
resorted to threats and the use of threatening questions,
with hands or fist. The language and manner of Mr.
Granger had been certainly provoking, though probably
not intended to be so, but his acts bad shown no symp-
toms of an intention to resort to ♦iolence, or disposition
to attack Mr. M'Mullen, otherwise than by words. The
case is one which involves a breach of privilege, extended
however, by circumstances, to such a degree as to require
on the part of the house, in its exercise of sound discre-
tion, no further action.

The minority of the committee, Mr. Smith, of Va., and
Mr. Fuller, of Me., say Mr. Granger voluntarily entered
into a conversation going on between two gentlemen, in
its character offensive to no one, and with manner con-
spicuously rude, and in language insulting and profane,
and in so doing accompanied it with gesticulations, and
without necessity rudely pushed aside or struck down
the hand or arm of Mr. M'Mullen.

The reports were laid on the table and ordered to be
printed, and the committee discharged.
Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, moved that the house adjourn,
but withdrew the motion at the request of Mr. Letcher,
who said, as assaults and batteries were grave matters,
he wanted the facts in this case to go to the world.
Southern men had been charged with being excitable and
irritable, and he wished these reports and evidence sent
to the north, to show that southern men are remarkably
forbearing in matters of this character. He offered a re-
solution, which was received with loud laughter, and re-
ferred to the committee on pri❑ting, that 10,000 extra
copies of the report and evidence in the ove of Simmons
for and on behalf of Granger v. M‘Mullen, be printed
for the use of members of this house.

Mr. LETCHBR then asked why the other side, who
were so willing to censure his colleague, M`Mullen, did
not introduce a resolution against Mr. Granger.
Mr. HARRIS, of Md., made an unsuccessful motion to
have the house proceed at ones to the consideration of
the unfinished bu-inebs of last session.

The house, by 43 majority, refused to adjourn, and by
two majority retuned to call the house, as moved by Mr.
Orr.

Mr. WAKEIIAN offered a resolution providing to make
a proper deduction from the pay of members who, by
row:tin of pairing off, deciine to act or vote in the house.
Pending the subject the house adjourned.