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Washington.
Correspondence oil the Herald.l
WAsHISGTos, March Is, 1872
Proceedings In the SENATE.

Correspondence oil the Herald
WAsHrseTos, March ls 1872
Proceedings In the senate.
In the Senate this morning. the president pro ten,
presented several documents from the departments,
and among them was statement Of the costs Of the
public buildings in the City of Washington.
Mr.. WILLIAMS submitted the following resolu-
ton:-
Resolved That the Secretary ofthe Navy be directed
TO communicate the Senate the names OF All ocers
now in the Navy CT the United States denotns hs p,
RODS of their admission into the puee serve Sna
rssnectiye sea service prior the LIST January 1924
the time of service of all such ohcsrs ana OF pre-
sent passed miishpmen severay since January LISA,
at sea and also on other duty, in separate columns
Mr.. CLAY presented a petition from certain glass
enters of New York, representing the great depres-
sion they are now Iabonng under, attributlng int to
the frauds pracsed upon the government by the inn
porters of that article. They think that by the du
ties under the existing state of the revenue laws,
their establishments might be destroyed, and ask for
a specific duty. if not an ad valorem duty, laid on
foreign cut glass, to give them protection.
The bill declaring the assent Of Congress 10 the
State of Illinois, to impose tax upon all lands here
tofore sold by the United States in that State from
and after the time of such sale, was taken up and
discussed until the morning hour had expired, when
Mr.. Clay's retrenchment resolution came up as the
order Of the day, and Mr.. Evans occupied the re-
mainder of the session in concluding the speech be-
gan yesterday, when the Senate adjourned over TO
Monday.
House Of Representatives
Mr. Read, the successor Of Mr.. Dimock, deceas-
ed took the oaths and his seat this morning as the
representative of the isquehannah D strict, Penn
sylvania, and afterwards some explanation took
place between Mr. Thompson Of Mississippi, and
Mr. Morgan of New York. in relation to petition
presented by the latter the last petition day, from
Port Byron, Cayuga county, New York, asking
Congress to assume the State debt OF Mississippi,
and TO eject that State from the Cnion. The petit
ton holds the following language =" Whereas, the
State of Mississippi has repudiated her honest ate
debt and thereby forfeited her bond Of Union with
the States composing this Union. And, whereas,
by said act the character Of this whole nation Is
likely to be brought into sovereign contempt by The
civilized nations Of the world" The petition then
prays the House g to assume the repudlated debts
of the Slate aforesaid, and forthwith eject her
from this Union, thereby saving the nation
from a total loss Of its character, as well
as a destructive war against Chrstendom I"
In relation to this, Mr. Thompson said, "these
statements are false and calumnious 4; and in add-
tion say to these petitioners, to the members OF
this body, and to the whole world, that whoever
sssers that the State Of Mississippi, in her late pro-
ceedings in regard to her repuied debts, has acted
dishonesty or dshonoraby, is base iar and caun-
nator and TO him hold myself responsible" There
was no mincng the matter here.
The House then resolved itself into committee of
the whole on the Loan Bill, to the disregard OF the
private caeadar, which was the regular busi-
ness Of the day, and MIR. Gordon spoke for an hour
and half in vindcaton Of the late administration
from the charge of extravaganza and in vindcation
~retorts courteous" on the wings for bringing on
the present lamentable state of things by ruinous
and improvdent measures. He was followed by
Mr. Milton Brown and Mr.. Kennedy in much the
strain. Mr.. Giddngs then called the attention
of the House 10 the fact that they had been fifteen
weeks in session, in which time they ought to have
spent thirty days on the private calendar, but the
contrary they were consuming the time and
the money of the nation in making speeches on
electioneering subjects, while the private claimant
was beseeching them to do him justice and while
claimants stood in the galleries listening to the cleo
pioneering speeches on that floor, their families
were keenly suffering al home. This language, how
much soever Of TRUTH possessed was construed to be
impairment ecturing Of the House, and the member
from Ohio was called TO order. The debate was
then continued by Mr.. Profit in reply TO a speech
made by Mr.. Fillmore few days since, wherein he
accused the "Corporas guard of obsructing the
public business, and the days SESSION of four hours
duration, in the course of which the legitimate bu-
siness before the committee was not once alluded
TO- was terminated by amusing advertisement, in
which charges were made and retorted that men,
bers on the floor of Congress had been applicants
for pitiable Offices come Of whom were positively
refused by the Executive and others had still their
testimonials in circulation for the reception Of sig
natures. Mr.. ]. G. Clarke, apprehensive that he
was alluded to- denied that he had asked for the
Liverpool Consulate, though his friends might
have done il for him, and MIR. Profit also
denied that he had asked General Harrison TO
give him the mission to Texas, and consequently
his temper had not been soured by refusal. The
immediate connection of this subject Of debate with
the discretionary power proposed to be given to the
Secretary OF the Treasury to sell the public stock
in certain cases at less than par-lke Jack the Giant
killer, whose very history is found in the nursery
iegend-was invisible to those most dangerously
to be effected by it. Shakspeares clown, with less
OF polish but more honesty, might have recognized
Sir Toby BeIch in every fgurante in the scene, and
truly might he have said, with his broad chuckle,
90 Beshrew me- the knights in admirable foolery."
Baltimore.
Correspondence of the Herald
RAIrtNoRr. March 10 1870