Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-03-13
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Patriot.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1851.

This IS the lGSt dav OF inc session I
of the 2Ist Congress, and yet there
remains on the Speakers table
enough necessary and actual legisla-
ton 10 occupy the full time oI the
House for two months to come.
LAST NIGHr OF CoNGREss.-Gal-
leries and Iobbies actually crammed
with people. The halls crowded
with claimants, each one hoping that
he may possibly influence members
to pass his particular and just claim.
but not len out Of the whole num-
Der stand the slightest prospect Of sue
cess.
+ Another disgraceful fight, or rath-
er scrimmage on the floor Of the
House, occurred this evening. be-
tween Messrs. Stanly and Cling
man, OF North Carolina, growing
out of Mr.. Clingman coming to Mr..
Stanly's seat and stating that the
latter had :nisrepresented a speech
recently delivered by the former
Mr.. Staniy said il was false. Mr..
Clingman retorted by calling him a
liar. Mr.. S. then said that he gave
the lie first. Upon which Mr.. G.
made q blow al Mr.. S. and caught
him by the neck, which was pretty
s e erely scratched. Mr.. Stanley
then attempted to strike Mr.. Cling
man, when the parties were sePa-
rated.
/ past l2.-The Senate is still
discussing the River and Harbor Bill,
and from the opposition made to it,
it is evident that the Civil and Dip
lomaiic. Navy and Army Bills will
be lost, unless the majority give way
and allow the River and HarOor bill
Ito 90 over until the next session.
Senators Jefferson Davis and Glenn
ems avow this to be their determi-
nation, in case the majority insist
upon its passage. Should this be
the case, and any of the appropria-
ton bills are lost, [ learn that the
President has said he will not call an
extra session-that il Senators, the
representatives Of the sovereign
States, decide these bills should moi
pass, they must take the responsible
tv. and that the government musI
proceed with the limited means ther
lett in their power.
1t is now half-past one, and tht
majority in the Senate are still no
willing TO allow the River and Har
Dor Bill to 90 over, nor do the minor
ity appear TO a5ate their opposition
TO its passage. The House has go
} through all the important business
before il, and is now waiting TO learr
whether the Senate intend TO pas.
the necessary bills.
Motion has Just been made to ad
iourn, and lost by a decided vote.
! past 2.-Call OF the House or
dered--members in exceeding gooc
humor, and enjoying themselves by
/, uttering witticisms, &c.
| learn that Capt. VIM. Easily ha
been appointed Commissioner Of the
Public Buildings, in the place OF lg
natius Mudd, deceased.
am happy to state that the Hon
John B. Cerr, of your State, ha
been appointed by the Presiden
Charge d'Affaires TO New Grenad
at Bogota, and yet | am very sorr'
: 10 lose him from the House, for ther
: is not a more gentlemanly or cleve
. q mean English clever) man there.
] past 3 o'clock, and every thin
remains in statu quo. To use an oil
i adage, sit is time for all honest me
to be 10 bed," and shall go.
> A o'clock.-The Senate have jus
decided by a vote Of % to Is, t
postpone the River and Harbor Bi
until s O'Clock, and have now take
up the Civil and Diplomatic Bill.
Correspondence of the Pittsburgh Gazette
End sfIhe Last sss-IOn orihe Congress.
j. WASHINGTON, March 4.
= The Thirty First Congress ha
= ceased to be. 1t expired, not b
i constitutional limitation, but by leg
8 islative construction, at noon OF thi
day, the 4th of March. 1t terminate
o in a way not unexpected to me, a
: respects the business accomplishel
and left unfinished. On Saturda
morning, at the opening Of the sir
/ ting, there commenced struggle be
U tween the majority who desired {
) pass the bill of appropriations 10
River and Harbor Improvement
e and the minority who avowed them
= selves determined 10 defeat it b
any means, and at any cost, whic
= placed in the greatest apparent bsl
e ard all the appropriations require
l. for the support Of government du
ring the coming fiscal year, and i
e fact the great mass of business c
q the whole session. But resolute a
both parties evidently were, and bit
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