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xxxIId CONGRESS. First ss..is.


SENATE. WASHINGTON. March II.
Mr.. McRAR presented the credentials of
Walter Brooke, Senator elect from Mississippi TO
nil the vacancy occasioned by the resignation OF w.
Foo,e.
Mr.. BROOKE appeared and was sworn.
Several petitions were presented.
CEMETERY AT MEXICO.
MIR. Mason, from the Committee on For
eigp RelauoIs reported bill sppropr ating - 900
& complete the purchase OF 4 Cemetery near the
City OF Mexico, and for the burial therein OF Ameri
hereafter die. in that vicinity. The bill was consid-
efec, and ordered to a third re ading.
coLLIss's STEAMERS
Mr.. FISH presented two petitions from
Buffalo for further aid to Colinss line Of steamers
KOssUTH AGAIN.
The Senate then took up the following
resolution, offered some time since hy Mr.. Sc ward .
Rssoiped. That III. expenses incurred in the reception
and aiImert Of Louis KOssush and suite dung
late visit TO the paid out Of the Fund
oftne Ses ate approved by OF Recep-
ton amount ret exceeding five thoasald dollars
Mr.. MASON said he could not vote for the
resolution, In lis present shape, for two reasons
FIST, 1t assumed that kossuth came TO Washington
because he was invited by Congress, which was not
the fact The next objection was that the expenses
were TO be paid out OF the Contingent Fund and not
BY regular appropriation, made BY Joint resolu
ton. He would vote for it il put In tina. sd ape
MIR. SEWARD said he was not tenacious
OF the form of the resolution he cared not what
particular lar gusge used, that the appropra
ton was mace. He had consulted with several
Senstors and they thought that the lest way to do
il would be BY simple resolution, out OF the Con-
tDgent FuLd, though he would now be governed BY
what The frlenos OF the matter determined He
would Like to know which form the Hon. Senator
from Massachusetts preferred.
MIR. DAvIs-I say by Joint resolution.
Mr. SEwARD-Wh hat does the Hon. Sem
aior from Michigan say
Mr.. CAss-i think | would vote for the
appropriation If it pu. in joint resolution, but
make no distinctive answer upon the matter. will
not vote for 1t IN It's present Shape.
Mr. SEwARD-Well, the resolution had
better be asst is.
MIR. BArGER said he hoped no Senator
would object to the payment of this bill, the pas
sage of this resolution Is stands Kossuth he
remarked, was received here by the Committee of
the Senate alone be lodged and entertained
here by the Senate Committee. IL ought to be paid
out Of the Contingent Fund of the Senate, fer
the House had nothing to DO with his reception or
entertainment. He had been here several days be-
fore any Committee OF that body was appointed
He thought there was something appropriate in hav-
ing this bill paid cut of the Contingent Fund Of the
Senate.
Mr.. BoRLAND said that Mr.. Clemens had
given notice, the other day, that he would speak
this resolution, but as that gengieman was not now
present, he would move that the further considera
lion VI Gls cupJcCt NC pOsbpOfcu
Mr.. SEWARD hoped that the resolution
would not be postponed
Mr.. CAss hoped that the resolution
would be changed, and that the bill be paid by
appropriation regularly made by joint resolution.
Mr.. BADGER said that he could see 40
propnety necessity for sending this matter to the
House. These expenses were incurred by no Joint
or concurrent action of the two Houses, or of the
Committees OF the two Houses. Kossuth re-
celved here by the Senate Committee and conducted
to a hotel, ard he was there week before the
House appointed any Committee or moved IN the
matter. Ii was an expense incurred by the Senate
in pursuance of Its order with which the House had
nothing TO Go, and the Senate may pay itself with
out consulting The House.
Mr.. SHIELDS said he hoped the motion
to postpone would not prevail. The person to whom
the bill was due desired decision at once, one way
or the other. Kossu,h was invited to this city BY
Congress. He came here and was received ana en-
tertsined. What else could be donef man Just
out of prison could not be expected to be we'll sup.
Piled with funds, and the Committee could not leave
him in the street. Congress had commenced the
work and ought not to leave u diminished. You
ought either to stop before you begin, or net stop
TIL you end. daughter Congress, having gone
so far, ought not TO stop now. He considered that
the bill ought to be paid out of the Contingent Fund,
and not by joint resolution. JOINT resolution
could not pass Congress.
Mr.. SEWARD said that the Executive
was Lot coDsulted by The Committee, and what they
had done what had been recommended.
Mr.. PRATT considered that this bill ought
10 be paid by an appropriation, made in the usual
and regular manner, and not oy attempting 10 cover
1t up the contingent and secret expenses of the
SENATE here was an apPGoPstion OF tso4 pay
claims. to underso the scrutiny OF a Committee Of
the Senate ought not the items OF this large bill to be
exsmiIe ed by some one 1t would De to him, II not
to the country, matter Of curiosity to see the items
OF a bill by which FIVE thousand dollars ex-
pended ID thirteen days at pubic tavern In Wash
inston. He thought the Committee ought to have
asked an appropriation before these expenses were
incurred.
Mr.. SHIELDS could not see the propriety
of thus displaying the items OF the bill, unless It
were TO disgrace and belitte kossuth the man whom
the Senate had invited. When man invites guest
TO his table, he does not expect that suest to bring
his provisions with him.
Mr.. PRATT-When | invite man to my
table, first zee that have the means to entertain
him. Kofsuth was not my guest, he was the guest
OF the Committee who ought before mourning this
expense, TO have asked for the means BY which they
would legiIlmaiey have entertained him
Mr. SHIELDs--K ossuth was the guest of
the nation, and as sucb, The guest of every man
IN TIE IatlOn. He thought 1t but very small bust
ness for the Senate TO engage IN the examination Of
the different articles used by their guest for the
purpote Of publishing 1t to the world. He wsud as
soon think Of treating guest at his own table In
that manner an Kossuth.
Mr.. -BoRLAND referred to the fact that in
the Debate on the resolution Of welcome, PROPOSE
nob 70 pfo'lue LOT the expenses OF hossltn was
voted down, as 1t was considered an. indisnity to
mention money In connection with his name. IL
was not pretended that this FIVE thousand dollars
was to pay the expenses OF KossuIh alone, but 1t in
clucec those OF his suite. Now, the Senate had
positively and gravely, by solemn vote refused 70
welcome that suite or include them In any resou-
ton Of invitation or welcome and why was the
Senate TO pay the expenses OF persons whom they
ad repucisted as IN worthy OF al invitation of well
come
Mr. UPHAM insisted that the items of this
large bill should be known and examined.
Mr.. SHIELDS said the resolution required
The bill TO be approved by the Committee.
Mr.. MASON said he was mistaken in say.
ag that KoNuh had not be en- invited to Washinston
He bad forgotten the Joint resolution of welcome to
she Country ana the Capital the expenses ought to
he psic--but osght TO be paid in direct and open
msIDer
Dir. CLARKE said he would vote for the
He thought thai courtesy to the Sen.