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CONGRESS-.

The SENATE has not been IN SESSION to'u"y'
| In the IloUsE no business Whatever was
transacted, a motion only providing that when
the House adjnurns il adjourn TO meet on Mon.
day next, was adopted.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. 10.
SrNArE.-Wc omi, the preliminary proceed.
ings (none Of great imporance) in order to give
as much as possible Of the debate upon the res.
olu,ions heretofore submitted by Mr. Cass, re.
la'ivc to inquiries into the condition OF the Army
and Navy.
Mr. Case, after calling up these resolutions,
observed that he had no intention of going into
A discussion of the Oregon title. lie upheld the
attitude taken by the President Of the United
States, and designed 10 give his firm cOnvic.
tons as to what would be the probable result.
The following we're the chief prints made by
Mr. c. lfthe last proposit ion made by England
was indeed her ultimdiun, he regarded war as
inevitable, for her most liberal concessions, and
our mast moderate claim, kept us asunder by
seven de frees of latitude. We cannot submit
to arbitration, for an arbitrator would have to be
chosen from among the European crowned
heads, all of whom were jealous of Republics.
and overawcd by our enemy. 1t is better to
fight for the first inch Of territory than the last
for the d. or sill than the hearli-sone. There
were questions of national Government that
. might be held in allegiance, but this Oregon
question was not one of them. Our govern
men, had not the power, even If il had the dis
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Oreeo". Our e".Ao'' Wv ~, w.. ,s..hlr -,
, Mr " mere e",a'Itu wv, 'Is ,o ~, "
exist un'ef ",n" 49,, j., ,ha p.;,;.t
also read eN.rac's l,''; , Le'o ~ VI" us
Chronicle of April 5'h, in which Lord John Rus
sell speaks Of the territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT o
Y this country, dc. To his remarks Mr. c. OPP
, WV. H.. -, of C.o,, Retain. rnvor,;ro
, poser ''c po|e' ", - ,ho oar,, wi a
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c'sn'" v. ~ W. L.u, ,,j, h,, ,Iroo ,cc,;s;
y 49,; IN ,n,orr,;nnns and ali ncacofnllv cram,
s1''' H. H., ,,on avnrosscd homo Tia, we sbonl,
@ 60, C,,irorn;a
n seu C" wilma. ,,,,od .v,ro,,o,v thu co,rs,
I r n. nJ'I ia in h., n. I,onorahlo senate,
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l. fc"u! t,,o VIZ nJ ,,o on,,n,ru in Tho ,ro,n;.
n urn '.o"''e.s '. i w., ,o "a III,
ses' hs sur VI U"ess' ut Nv oppi ' ''''
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lie tnouen' '"e oe"n.o, no',i "'u ::, n"u
:, strange way U, "'n""eS's ",s o"'"''"e''o "
:, op'''o" WIN '''e i'o''u''' :" ~: Wv" pa.
ne nau rean ..e 'e,sas. T'. ~ ' %o s.as
, fari'on' wherein u treated OF ,nls negoc'al"'
y and he mad iound IL characterized ny 'ar more
tnouera''on man .ie gu o's""s ". ~" e..
, e'"."e"i ~, nay ~ a, hsi;o nus ;rar,.us
~ ,nate' ne o'u ho' os"e.e wa was '"et',o,e
= u must e",h, ""u wv ave. =, Nv
'o"'u "s'''e 90, '"I '',, ~, ""u :'os'
assoca'ea WIN ,';. ."e'e s m"uu Tc u"
men on '"'s .o".'aen' IT, 10 u"
=, no ~, o'","".",'' ~ We ps'p.e
Is s 'Gu aaso"ce "f ,he;r boror uhsnove,
= assailed.
h Mr Nj spoke IN 'n's s'ra'n a' so'ne 'cns,'
an" ehuea ny moving a pos."o"eN'e", " III
- resolutions al ieas' uh''' 'he senate nao cnose
lis Committees,
Inc motion 10 postpone upon dN's'on' wa
ios'.
mr. hnen then LOOK 'he 'i',or' ana advocate
-. 'ne resolutions W speech VI s"''e 'e"e'"' d"
=, character'seu ny MS usua' 'e".'ue"ee'
M' htc"er 'ep'e"' anu u,9eu '"e a'Gu'ne" q,
=. o' Ni' ''a'eu'n anew ''"' '''e oe"a'e s"ou'o
n's' o'gdmz'u' oe'oft euc" !eso'u,"hs "e'
passed. he' 100 was VIKING 10 connae ~ IN
EKecu'Ve' nc ueP'eca'e" 'ne erect on I'M
discussion upon me country. was 'die an
'e Io1',sn' "e sad' 10. US 10 ne nahng an !n
10 sP'uNe' ~ oIuer ,"s' su'ie eeu''e,'an ing.
OF make oispiay o, .ne'r suo,''"a'eu Pa'r'o'sm
on "'u", NAV Az =, a"u ."e 49, .u.
ne "e'e "I n""su"' u" P'"y'"' '"'""e'' ea"e
WI a. ~ u'ue. ,,;,.:
he W, a. oose''eu '''"' NC '''o'uoeu "''Se'' !"
at "",cn ne nau sa"'
ne "e'Sase was "''''""oeu '''''' ''e r'eS'
"a o'",'
es W, h,c"er Spohe 'ot so"'s ,''ne o"eer' All
cir many 'he ocpt'e was interrupted ny ny mes
,g sag ',''" '"c i'ou'c' s'"s ''e d"'ou"' e''e'
a. OF n rey'"h ascease'
o. 10 'n's 'as'' mr. 'arhas'n' o, ienn' maue
- appropriate response ana Inc senate adjourned
90 T,,-s,.r IA. IN
p., .,
10. oENATE'-' Mr A"e" gave ho,'ce ma. ne "ou'
ne ,o>mo''"w' ASK iea'e W '',roouee !u."' RESI-
"' ,u''on' ADVISING 'n' rtes'oe"' 10 "o''y u'c'
ol D' m" VIII II ,.S"1u !" n ni Yr,, .
10 ,l,, ~" az" Gp" ,h .0'o
~ ID a,on If Toyas Ia,J an Tho ,,hio
SO After The ,ransac,ion Of some unimnor,a,
ia. business, the Chair announced the unfinisbe
er business, the resolutions of Mr. Cass, as being
' order. Mr. Nj es expressed his regret tina, ii
rs, resolutions had been so hastily Introduced, al
Of especially that thew had been ACCOMPANIED vii
co, a debate of a some what warke character
True. he should vote for the resolutions, but
n was ,und, in canLor, TO say, that they had
he more formidable aspect than he could ha,
as wished and he fea red an unfavoyabe effact FRI