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instos, On editorial article, ~hiea he re-
qoested ths Clerk 10 read. The CLERK then
read, froa The Ciobe, Of Saturday last. an
seeoune OF The attempt upon the Pre-, sdent',
ide IN The Rotundo Of the Capitol When
the reading vas over, Mr.. Cs.hous addressed
the Senate, IN wzra and ,nsaated strain.
ior about twenty minutes. in uhich he SID 10
had come 90 pretty pass. that Senator's, on
that hoor could not speak Of the most hssrsst
abuses aod unparalleled frauds ~hseh had
been disclosed BY the Conmiiiee on the psf
once. without being grossly ssssiied by the
most degraded Journal in the eountry and
that joucnsi 100, the Organ Of the Executive
branch Of the Goveramept Senators. ,,,J
Mo e.. canned speak Of the extraordinary
dsvsiopneats which have been made. With.
out beng charged, IN print panpered and
led oy NE CosernOeat, With the crime Of
,nshgafing ssssDinsfisa- He called upou tb,
Senatocs, in favor Of the administrstiou. 10
reflect upon the degraded eoad,tioa in which
the Executive vas try Ing 10 place the Senate
and trusted they would. 20 FAR from eoante.
nAoetns such snorsities, give their all 10
st.y tho march Of irresponsible power.
The rssoiufscn relative 20, AMI the bill fos
the rsorgasixatioa Of the Post Oasee D~o,r,-
nenf, Vas ordered 20 b printed. and made
ths special order Of the day fos To- nsorrow.
The senate then. on motion Of Mr.. clay ton.
vent into executive business, and were still
sitting with closed DOOR ~ O'Clock.
10 tAs Hsuss n Representative, The House
met NJ II o'clock Altar the presen,aiion of
rcports, receiving Dsaosizls, sc. the resoli-
tion relative 90 alleged fraud. IN tie Land
and Indian Aeeneics in he wesiern States.
was then taken up. which occupied the House
the remainder Of the sitting. During the
diseussioa the House vas IN great disorder,
and much bitterness displayed. and no MAJ
sured terms employed between Messrs
AeCarty and Lane Of Indiana
TUESDAY. TIs. J.
Tia Sssafs was mostly ens'ged in private
business
IN fk< H.sse Of Rs7osssaisiiss,, The motion
made BY Mr.. BouIdin, To reconsider the vote
on the Aiexandril Canal Bill coming up, Mr.
Chiffon moved Go lay u on the table. This
motion Vas lost-syes -, noes lgt. Mr.
Thomas, OF Louisiana, then spoke ia favor Of
the bill, and the motion TO reconsider; and
he was ally supported by Nessr< Bates, Of
Mass Vinton. Of Ohio. Miller, of Pa Miner.
of ca, Alien. Of Va ant Mercer, Of Va The
motion and bill were opposed by Messrs
SPeiyht, Of y. &. Park, Of Maine, Hawes
of Ny. Mr.. Crockett rose To move the pre-
vious question. but Mr.. Hardin Outlined the
noor, aud the House then adJ1urbed 6J a vote
o: 81 10 81.
ueDEE DAT. TEs. 4.
IL the SsRais, Mr.. Clay presented the me-
mortal Of 4 number Of the Cherokee Indians
praying Congress TO make suitable pro,i>,on
Tor the enjoyment Of their rights. Upon pre-
sehiing the memorial. Mr.. a. made an ad-
dress, IN which he depicted the wrongs Of
the Indians, sai their present eoodit ion. lie
moved 20 refer :he petition To the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs Mr.. Cuihbert replied
20 Mr. Clay. and was followed by Me.sr,
White ard Benton.
The senate then went into the eonsidera-
tion OF the Bill for the Reorganization Of the
Post ohee Department, wth which The,
were occupied until the adjournment
Ia the Heav 81 RsPvsstais fires, The rreneb
SPoiiaiion Bill, from the senate was read
twice and referred 20 the COMMITTEES on Fo-
reign Relations.
The HOUSE thea took up The unfinished
business Of yesterday. being the Alexandria
Canal Ball. Mr.. Hsrdia made q violent
speech against the Ball. IN the course Of
which he attacked generally the citizens Of
the District OF ColumbiA He was folio ed
ny Ar. Burgess an favor Of the bill. and MIR
Sutherland. Sho repeiisd the INV arrsntabIe
attacks Of Ar. Hardin. and gave = clear ex
positioa Of The duties Of the House. .. the
Legislators Of the District sworn 10 maintain
Ies iateTests sad rights lie Vas followed by
Mr.. chian. IN . foreibls and clear arzumen,
~ favor OF the btll. and in reply to the at
LACKS Of Nf Hardin- Mr. Crockett then de-
mandod the question The question VA
then taken on the motion TO reconsider ia.
vote rejecting the Alexandra Canal Bill. and
the vote stood, ayes 100. nos I05 So the
Honse refused to reeonsider the bill The
House then adjourned
THussDAV TGa g.
u the Ssas,e, the joint resolution reported
IRON tho Library C0tanIttes. authorizins the
President IN purchase, for the sum Of 40
900, number Of paintings nov on sale in the
CITY Of Washington, 10 BE- plseed in the Pre-
sident's Hoase, wRs Considered and rejected
The bill for the reorganizstioo Of The Post
Ohee IIePart0sot, vas thea tskeh up
Many A0sndmsnts were offered and Jiseoss-
ed ~ Msssrs. Ewing. GrUDdy. Knighi, South
ard, Clay. BSb6. and Porter. In the eogr~e
Of the debate Mr.. Porter defended kIRssI n
from the charge. made By the President. that
be voted AZ The iast Ssssioa against appropria-
ting aoasy Tor the relief Of the Pest OGice
DePsEt@snt. We spoke vith great warmth,
rssd IRON the @oarnais of the Seaa.s to prove
ahs charge uofossasd, and Indignantly pro-
nOunesd Il uatFss-
Adjourned % half past 4 O'Clock.
IA1 Hszss vas engaged nearly ell day, on
the bill susseribing Tor stock "a The LOUIS.
Vdls CsosI.
yRrDAV. IGs. 6.
- IA Ssasfs, the bill for The rs-orKapizs-
toa % the GebernI Poss Ofbee Department
va takea up. aod he nassndmsnt offered by
Mr.. Gsundy. dirsetsag that All the debts Of
he Department should ~ paid out q The
public Treasury, wss, after . long debate, IN
Which several Ssnstogs participated, gsj.sfs1
TAs ffsuss vss Engaged ali dsy 10 The con
s'deEaiioa q private bills.
80
u gives US pleasure 10 state that the
ball aPPsoPrsting Eve millions of dol
lars ior indemnifying the claims u our
merchants on the French Government
assumed by this Government Gor spoIi.
atoms committed pior 10 the 3Osh Sen
tember, 1890. passed the Senate bv a
vote Of twenty-five 10 twenty. We
cay Il gives US pleasure, because the