American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-12-15
Congress To-Day.

Mr.. BELL presented the credentials of Mr.
JONES, of Tennessee.
Petitions were presented and referred.
Mr.. HUNTER, from the Committee on Finance,
reported bill establishing branch mint of the
United States in California, and after slight
amendment the bill was ordered to q third read
ing.
Mr.. HUNTER introduced bill to establish
Board Of Accounts.
Mr. FOOTE'S resolution, declaring the COM
promise acts defnitive settlement of the
slavery question, was then taken up.
Mr.. BUTLER addressed the Senate upon the
subject Of those acts, and in reply to Mr.. FooTE,
giving wy repeatedly in explanation to the lat
ter gentleman.
HOUSE OF REPhEsENTATIvEs.-Onm motion of
Mr.. BAYLY, Of Virginia, it was resolved that
the President Of the United States, 30 far as it
may be compatible with the public interests,
communicates to the House any information in
the possession of the Executive respecting the
imprisonment, trial, and sentence of ]. S.
Thrasher, and his right to claim protection as
On American citizen.
On motion Of Mr.. ROBINSON, the resolution of
the Senate, extending in the name Of the peo-
pie of the United States, . cordial welcome to
Louis Kossuth to the capital Of the country, was
taken up and passed under the operation of the
previous question--yeas 1sl, nays, 16.
Mr.. EnITH, Of Alabama, asked and obtained
leave to make psrsonsl explanation with ref
erencs to the resolution he sought to introduce
few days since, requiring the Secretary Of
State to furnish Kossuth with . copy Of the
laws defining treason and misdemesnors. He
said that he hsd been sssaiIed, and wished to
vindicats himself He proceeded to speak of
the many attentions which had been bestowed
upon Kossuth no did not esteem him to be an
unfortunate exile, but happy man I; said that
the resolution Of Welcome had been passed by
both branches Of Congress, who had yielded to
the outside pressure, and asked, Was this de-
iberats Legislation legislation without the
popular control. He had not gone far with his
remarks before there were frequent calls to
order
The SpEAKIR having decided that Mr.. SMITH
had not wandered fren the limits prescribed
for explanation
An appeal Was taken, and the decision Of the
Chair was sustsinsd-ysts l22, nays SO.
Mr.. SIXTH re. umed, and, in the course Of bis
remarks; spoke against the kind Of non-intsr-
vention which K0ssuth proposes, and ia favor
of that proclaimed by Washington. He also
said that be wished TO avoid, iu future, results
similar to those which took place in oonse-
quence of the Cuban invasion.
The motion to reconsider the title Of the joint
resolution was laid upon the table
Mr.. FIToH asked leave to introduce q resolu-
ton, to the effect that the declaration of the
House Of Representatives, on the third Of July,
1848, that the MeIicsn war was uneonstitu-
tional and unjust, was . stigma ON the dead and
a reproach to the living, and unfoundsd in fact
and but the oct Of majority Of that Congress
Leave was not granted.
Several resolutions Of inquiry were adopted.
Mr.. MADE offered Q resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the President Of the United
States for information in relation to the treaty
between France, England and Spain for the
protection of Cuba