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Senate recede. Lost-20 to 81. Mr.. Haywood
then moved committee of conference. Mr. Man
gum moved three as the committee. and that il be
chosen oy ballot Carried Messrs Berrien, Hay
wood and Corwin seected-every man OF them
forty niners, and hrm tor the Senates notice The
issue has yet to come We expect the House will
give in considerably but it does rather hard
that neither the Vice President nor the Chairman
Foreign Relations (Mr. Alen) could be trusted.
The Senate had an executive session to-day. The
Union will give you the appointments. Among the
rejecnons were Amos Nourse, tor collector at Bath,
Maine; and DR.. Hawkes., for surveyor at Passport,
Maine.
WARRINGTON, April u, 1886.
The House Of Representatives, this morning,
having disposed Of the motion to appoint commit
tee OF conference, in connection with Ola SINH
lar character proceeded debate, the rest Of the
day, in Committee of the Whole, the Indian appro-
priatien bill The committee appointed on the part
OF the House consisted Of Chas. ]. Ingersoll, Mr.
Owen, and Mr. billiard, two democrats and one
whig.
The Clerk of the House soon afterwards reported
the subject to the Senate, when Mr. Allen rose and
moved that the Senate recede from their Disagree
ment from the amendment Of the House. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Mangum the consideration OF the ques-
ton was postponed till o'clock, the Senate was
not full The hour having at last arrived, Mr.. Al
lens motion lost by, ayes 20 nays 81. Three
democratic, or 81 AZ, senators. being absent Mr..
Haywood then moved for the appointing of COM
mittee &c confer with the committee OF the House;
which, on being carried, Mr.. Mangum, with his
characteristic respect for the chair, which he SO
long filled himself, when his party in the
iorty in that body, moved that the appointing Of the
committee should be by ballot, which was accord
ingly carried. Mr. Mangum, no doubt in MAKING
this motion, acted In accordance with the
decision of the wing caucus OF the Senate which
was held before that body met, but even so, 1t was
OF these small potat0e movements which reflect
no credit upon those who act or Cooperate N them
and just in the inverse ratio OF ts own dignity and
character and still more SO to treat It's presiding
officer with degree OF dsrespect, which can,
under the circumstances, harm none but those
who have tried to cast 1t upon him. Had Mr..
Dallas been allowed to appoint the committee,
as he ought to have been, he would have selected
better and iairer committee than the one chosen;
for it well known that he is tar above the patry,
pettifoeging policy which some distinguished men
-senatOrs-are seen TO indulge IN occasionally IN
the legislative body to which they belong. Twill
here take the opportunity OF saying, In justice to the
Vice President, that when criticised his course,
some time since. in the Mckeon Buchanan case,
lately decided at Philadelphia, Twas not then aware
that he employed as counsel Tor the plaintiff be-
fore his nomination for the Vice Presidency and
although | do not alter my opinion as to the ques-
tionable propriety Of Vice President acting as
counsel An a at law ag iinst a government oil
which he is the second highest officer, yet, this
particular Gaze, there was no Improperly In CONT
nuing Mr.. Buchanan's counsel after his cleo
ton as Vice President, so long as he was engaged
in that capacity before his election. Mr.. Dallas Is a
gentleman OF high moral and political character,
and far, far above the paltry manGuvres and de-
signs which the course of the majority in the Sc
nate to day would lmpue TO HIM have known
him long and well, and, therefore, can speak cor
rectly OF him but this would not permit me from
censuring him whenever thought he deserved II,
as in the case OF Purser Buchanan, In which find
now that there were strong extenuatlng clrcum-
stances In his favor, winch old not know al the
time that noticed It.
Among the members OF the Senate who were can
vassed for Tor the committee, were Messrs Cass, AL
len, Crittenden, J. M Clayton, Berrien, CorwIn,
Calhoun, Benton and Dix. But the prize ticket was
"Berrien, Haywood, and Corwln." Every wing
had this ticket cut and dried and what made the
thing more remarkable, was that all the wing
tickets happened to be put box and emptied
upon one side of the Presidents desk, that when
they came to be called over, it was nothing but
"Berrien, Haywood, and Corwin," '"Bernen,
and SO on tor twenty-four ballots. The relation Of
this little incident, shows how things are man.
aged among the wings and Mr.. Calhouns party in
the Senate, and that while this coalition lasts,
which may as well be tor ever now, SO tar
as their influence with the 81 40 men, or
CIRCULARS" go, the latter can do nothing until q
change be effected among them by the legislatures
that have sent them there The committee thus ao-
pointed by the Senate is not fair one for, II the
majority who had the power Of electlng their own
favorites had put OF the 81 40 men on 1t, they
would still have been strong enough to defeat any
proposition that they may not like, coming from the
committee of the House, In this, however, they
have acted selfish, if not dlsrePutabe, part to-
wards those of their body who differed with them
on the subject Of the notice, and which the country
will not fail to see, when il shall be sent forth to 1t.
When the names Of the Senate committee were n
nounced to the House, Mr.. Kennedy, Of Indiana,
exclaimed loud enough to be heard in every part OF
the hall, "What hell OF committee that is - thus
showing the dissatisfaction OF the other House with
the selection. Both met at 3 o'clock this evening,
but understand have not agreed to anything def-
niiively. They will report tomorrow, each House
respectively when think the House oil Representa-
tiyes will recede from their amendment, and pass
the Senate resolution the President Will then give
the notice, as have before informed you
The Senate has at last agreed to PRINT 5000 CO.
pies OF the agricultural report OF the Patent Once
This is as II should be. have already stated that
the expense comes out OF the funds OF that ofhce,
and only fair that the people, who contribute 70
sustain it, should get sufficient number OF this
valuable report. General Cameron, IN the course
Of his remarks the subject OF printing it, asserted
that the annual circulation OF that work among the
farmers of Pennsylvania had been OF Immense
benefit to them by giving them scientific knowl-
eye of agricultural pursuits, OF which they had not
before the reading of that work, annually issued
from the Patent Office; and, indeed, instead OF
81, 900 copies, 100000 ought TO have been ordered,
and circulated in the agricultural districts OF the
West and North, so that It might produce Ten told
its cost in a year. by the number OF additonal
caveats which the active and inventive minds OF
our people would have entered, IN consequence OF
new and useful improvements in agriculture, sug-
gested by the reading Of this report; For each
caveat, $50 is paid, and then should the applicant
not succeed in having patent granted hlm, W -
returned TO him, the other $40 being retained oy
the Office. The surplus funds now In hand is about
500 600 after paying all the expenses OF the office,
including clerks salaries, &c. so that The senate
has done only partial Justice TO that department, In
voting only to print 2 600 copies OF the agricultural
report
WASHINGTON, April Il, 1886.
The Position Of the Senate.
The attitude OF the Senate Is like that OF Napo-