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adopted after which various memorials were receive
and referred, when Foots resolution was aoo;n
E up and Mr. Grundy spoke until o'clock yithor
concluding.
In the Ii. of r Mr. Burgess presented net;tio
from sundry members of the Society of Friends in Nov
Ehgiand in behalf of the Indians. Mr.. Burpes
moved to print it, which occasioned debate Of f.,
hours length one division of the House reiecnq IN,
motion to print from feelings of tenderness tow,rd
the States implicated another insisting that if tbi.
memorial Vas printed, others on the same s,h;ec
should likewise be. Finally the previous question
(Which we observe is becoming very fashionable a,
Washington was demanded by Mr. De Witt and sos.
tanned, and the memorial ordered to be nrnted hv
decided majority. AS usual many petitions for an,
against Sunday Mails presented in both Houses
Congress stands upon that subject unmoyod and i'm.
movable.
1 The Indian question is growing into dark and
| threatening cloud While no mans feelinos are
more warmly enlisted in their behalf than ours, we
suspect that the memorulists from the Eastern, Mid
die and Western States, have taken up the question
with too much prejudice, and intemperance We
believe the statement more than once made in n
neighboring print, that the opposition were using it
be however, without foundation. The memorial
lists are people of philanthrophic and religious feel
ngs, not only of all parties, but of all sexes, for
among the memorials is one from the ladies of Gin
cinnati, numerously signed. Possibly the conduct of
Georgia and Alabama has been viewed with too lit
tie regard to circumstances and precedeDts and de-
nounced in too unqualified q manncr-but the sympa-
thy felt for the Indians universally and SO warmly
tyy p6aao 49,
is believed impending oppression, is highly honorable
to the American character. The proneness of the
Representatives of those States 10 take fire at the
slightest alluson to the Indians within their borders
s not calculated to the public prejudice as to
| their feelings and intentions towards the Indians.
E We find the story in relation to the interview
between Messrs. Van Buren, and McDuiiie the cub
lect of frequent auson in the Northern prints.
The Boston Palladium. in repuhlishing the version
which first appeared in this paper nfrms that infor
nation from an authentic source at Washington,
corroborates it. MEANWHILE the Telegraph speak
ing US it would have the public infer, from the au-
tbonty OF the parties themselves, denies it. We
neither know nor care greatly, what the truth of the
matter may be- 1t was only important at FIRST rs
dlcating what's already sufficiently known that dis
sentions between the two grand divisions of the
/ JacksouGins at Washington We're in germ. THIS
tact will scarcely be dispnted, The fear of couSe-
qnaDfes alone, restfaiDs those two divisions from
coming to open and bitter eXtrenJites. Present
union is the result of temporary Shifts epediens and
intrenies These are chiefly furnished by those inter-
ested to preserve unity until the Presidents nomi-
nations are ratified to effect which it requires that
nearly the whole administration force in the Senate
shall concur.
we rePublsh the following letter from the United
States Gazette as illustrative Of Washington conJec-
t0re as to the state of things the Senate touching
| the nominations OF the many execrable appoint
ments made by the President-so execrable that the
most violent party men refuse to justify them--so
execrable that the moderate supporters of the Admin
lstraton with voice, would rejoice their defeat
Leo, Kendall, Hill, Noah, Swarwout. Green Dun
lap, Henshaw, Dawson, Gardner, and fifty others
Just as badof all these the Senate has vet confirm
cd none though parts Of many days have been spent
in secret session. For some days there has been a
remission IN the consideration Of Executive business
for what causes, can merely be guessed 1t would
be noble day for the U. States were the Senate to
dIsentrammcl themselves from personal party take a
generous stand for the Constitution dignity and honor
of the country, compromised by the character and
tendency of Gen. Jackson's nominations, and their
motives from the circumstances, above all suspicion
rely for appreciation upon that enlightened Public
Opinion which never fails in time sustain and re-
quite, honesty and independence.
EJowue Correspondent of the U. S. Ga$ele
| "WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1880.
Dear Sir-You will have seen that the senate
have agreed to rest while from executive business
The reason of this inermisSon perfectly we'll un-
derstood. The discussions in secret session. accor-
ding to rumor (which by subtle process finds its
way into the most hidden places, and makes there
those discoveries which it delights in dealing out to
the world) have been very warm and of a very i'm
portant character, and the sentiments which ma
ny of the Jackson senators have disclosed on the sub
ject of some of the nominations, have so startled
the rest of their party that it is believed that an
effort will be made, before the recornmencement of
the executive sittings, to induce the President to
zithdrnw such nfthe1n If is nscnrtnincd cnnnnt