New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-02
Adjourned till tomorrow IL o'clock A. NJ.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


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WAsuISGroS, Wednesday, Jan. 81, 1871.
In SENATE, day, Mr.. WRIGHT presented re-
solutions Of the Legislature Of New York for the
reduction of Postage and the abolition of the
lranking privilege. Several petitions from Penn
svlyania, from New Jersey, and elsewhere, OF
the same purport, were presented.
On motion of Mr.. CRITTENDEN, the Judiciary
Committee was discharged from the farther con
sheraton of the petition OF }lr. bennington tor
an appropriation to test his machine for flying
MIR. SEMpLE's resolution calling on the President
for an estimate of the expense OF requiring each Of
the vessels OF the Home Squadron TO leave n. Or
leans once month, and visit alternately the prln
cipal ports on the Eastern shore OF Cuba, ST. DO
miuuo and Porto Rico thence down the Coast
of the caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, touch
inc the principal ports in Venezuela, New Grena-
da, Guatemala, Mexico ana Ie1as -n,.u Daoh ~
New Orleans; and also of sending vessel once
month from New Orleans to Havana, Matan-
zas. and Kingston, Jamaica, to Chagres and back
to n. Orleans'-was adopted
Mr.. BENroNs resolution calling OH the Presl-
dent for information in relation to the escape OF
slaves having committed crimes, into the British
dominions since the treaty OF 1912. and the re-
fusal of the British authorities to give them up
also, as to the construction which the British
Government puts upon the Article relating to
such slaves, was adopted
His resolution requesting the President to give
notice to Great Britain for the termination OF this
Article ofthe Treaty was postponed.
The bill approprlatng $4,000 for the support
of Lunatic Asylum In the District OF Columbia
was discussed for some time and lad over.
In Executive session the nomination OF Mr..
Secretary Spencer to the Supreme Court Of the
United States was rejected and the Senate
adjourned.
In the HOUSE, the question OF rules was discus
sed during the morning hour by Mr.. ANDREW
JOHNSON, OF TIE. IN the usual Southern style In ia
vor of the 2lst rule, and IN reply TO Mr.. HUDSON,
and others He declared his belief of the exist
ence of a deliberate design the part OF certain
individuals to destroy the Union, and labored to
connect Mr.. Adams with this project by reference
to former writings and speeches OF his, TO casual
conversations OF his father &c. Calculating the
value of the ,4S7 900 slaves in the u. States at
the moderate sum of $500 each, it gave aggre-
gate of nearly S ,000,00 600 and where efforts
were made to annihilate the whole amount Of
property, to turn out ofthls Hall2l members from
the Slaveho!ding States Gas would be effected by
the Massachusetts, resolutions TO take Oft the
slave representation and ultimately to sever the
Union ana 10 wrap the MONIES ana nfeslues ol the
South in flames, It was not strange that Southern
gentlemen should manifest excitement upon the
subject, &c. The subject was laid over at the ex-
piration of the morning hour.
Mr.. PEYToN of Ten, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported bill for the establish
ment of a Naval Depot at Memphs.-On motion
of Mr.. Dixon Fl. LEWIS, 5000 extra copies of
the report accompanying, were ordered printed.
Several other reports from Committees of pri-
vate nature were made.
The House adjourned at two o'clock, in order
to afford opportunity for attendance at the fune-
raj of the lady of Hon. Mr.. REDNG of Nh.