The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-18

the PARTIES !" file fell dschsrre 60 Interest IL to
included up to Jsnusey, 1851. Whenever there shall
than ten millions IN the treasury, the Prcsdeu
may direct Tie percb1se e said stock All claims uu IL
Sloe to be pad in cash No a Is TO be received sfe
April, 1863
MIR HuNrsa differed from the majority Of the com
uiAoe Oh tLih bill.
run CIVIL ASp pirLoMsrIo APPROXIMATION BILL
Mr. Hun1tR reported bsok THE Civil sd Dp,o matte An
preparation bill with sniendoiants He rtsde report OF
the subject Of classification Of clerks in the depart
ments
PswArE LAND oLhHrs in Louiaau.
Mr. Downs. (dem) ot Loui-ians reported bill relating
20 private snd claims in Lousans which was considcr
ed sHd ordered 10 a third reading.
The SANDWICH ishsyDs.
Mr.. SEWARD. (ree soil) Of N. " offered his resoiu
tion concerning the acquisition ofthe Sandwich snds
Mr.. EElcu, (oeD Of hioh-Tie resolution will ut
ever
The resolution laid over.
GENERAL ARMsyeowo
The resolution calling for all the corr espondenoc In
the departments rc&sve to the claim Of the ovncrp o.
the biig General Armstrong was taken up adopted
GoSsnNnEnT EMPLOYEES
MT. BRIGHT (deni Of Ia offered n resolution calliBa
fer the nsmea salaries duties at all persons em
in the eepart nents at Washington.
The rnorosED sriiP CANAL FAIIs ST MARY
ROW ABOUT POLITICAL. DocuMEnTs--rRusAN SMITH Sc.
cHAsrisED, nIc
On motion Of Mr.. FsIcR, the Senate tsok up tho bill
for the construction of ship canal around the Fall
Sauit Set Marie.
Mr ssiTn (whig). of Conn addressed the senat. on
the subject lie had heretocre supported the bill an
would If money appropriation made In place
Of grant Of land. The constitution Michigan pre-
Uicol pOfaLlon OIL company TO construct
the work. Ii the State had wait for the money to 20
with the work till 1t derived from sale of the
land the canal would noe be constructed years lie
desired the cana TO be constructed by the
and this could only be done by money appropriation
Mr BoRLAND, (dem Of Ark, called attention to tho
fact that the Senator had been Jealous ad-
vocsto OF bill granting land r0r this very work.
Mr. FLcH addressed the senate in favor Of the bill.
He would prefer the money appropriation but the State
would take the land and do the best IL could.
Nr. WALxER tdem } Of Wisconsin, by way Of account
ing for the sudden change Of sentiments by the Senator
from Connecticut read portions Of proclamation signed
by that Senator and appearing in the public papers,
which that Senator with others declared that having
been always firm democrats and republicans they for
several therein named would vote for Gene
raj Pierce but would support General Scott Though t
had not been generally known that the Senator
ways democrat the fact could not be qucstioned
and the Senator had so suddenly changed his politics
and gone to the wings perhaps his change on
bill was not surprising, tLaughter.(
+ nanskn, oi ~ NJ se,a ans paper read
have been so hard upon the Senator from Connecticut
for changes in politics was thing not unknown to the
democratic party Admitting that tho Senator had, it
nothing to what had taken place in Baltimore re-
Gently at the Democratic Convention. In this city was
sign turning promptly executed yet he ventured to
trguished Senators from Michigan Illinois, and Wiscon-
say that that turner could not hold candle of
those who gurs in Baltimore Before that
sim eyen occupied prominent positions candidates.
No man out Of New Hampshire thought Of General
Pierce. The kajlotings continued for a long time,
when the Convention turned aside all their Senators,
all turned over to the support of they never
heard of before The Senator from Illinois suddenly
turned that he telegraphed to the Convention congrat
ulang the democracy that he had been nominated
and Pierce had, 0aughter) The Senator from Mich
igen did not quite SO fast Caughtcr He offered no
congratulations that no had been defeated. but said
that the nomination agood and sent it not by
mall but by telegraph These instances of turning
remarkable n that attributed to the Senator from Con-
nectcu but with the difference that these sudden
and instantaneous, while the Senator's after
sideraton and deliberation
Mr.. DOUGLAS, (dem.) of ILL.,, said the Senator from
Connecticut fortunate in having the Senator from
North Carolina to reply for him instead of himself If
this letter bearing the Senator's signature was hoax
he wished the Senator to declare TO be such lie wished
the Senator also to say whether that letter not
fanked and sent of by those very persons whose names
Mr. SsnTn-I occupy my seat here for the purpose OF
attending to the proper business of legislation and when
any Senator orges what due 60 the Senate
bring in here the base backgusrdsm Of the newspapers
will always treat it with silent contempt,
Mr. WALxER said he admitted that he might have yo-
lated the rules by reading circular signed by the Sen
and briefly responded to the Senator's remark In
which it acknowledged that ths circular piece
Of base backguardisDl.
Mr. DoueIAs said be had reason now to believe this
circular not altogether hoax. He had copies
of returned to this city with envelopes bearing the
One Of these shown 10 member Of the House. whose
name attached to It, and he acknowledged that he
had ftanked it. Here was evidence then, that this was
sent genuine document to convey the impression
that these we're democratic members, who rcpudated
ther nomination wbig members had Ho would leave
the morality Of the matter to others to determine He
would leave the people to judge Of the backgusrs Of
aiding that circular here, OF sending 1t forth
genuine document.
Mr Jorrs, (wbig) Of Tenn, regretted that such i'm.
portaDce had been given to this matter lie was not
hereahcn II appeared The name Of one OF his colleagues
in the other House, was attached to it When he
turned to the city he it, thought it strange, nnd
asked his colleague what il meant Hc told that it
was all hoax No one supposed it was anything but
hoax, got up by some mischcvous body. Did anysopy
suppoe chat Willie p Mangum ersIgned that paper
that he or any those wbose attached
10 It. would cndeayou to make any one believe that they
had hGHNp II hed
them, and they would vote for Scott They could at
tempt such imposition The papers Of this city had
Mr DoueIAs thought that when the Senator from
North Carolina called il hoax and when t was shown
thae the paper had been circulated under the franks Of
those whose placed to IT, that it was but pro-
per TO ask the Senator from Connecticut, whose
tot whether he had >ever signed It or whether it
was cent out as a genuine document That Senator
fused to say it was hoax He would like to know also
of the Senator from Connecticut something to these
hugeb oxes OF Whg documents received daily from New
York snd to fold which occupied all the time Of the
whole iorce in the Senate room.
MIR wALKER asked if the Senator from Tennessee
could :ay his colleague had never signed the paper
Mr. Jorrs said his colleague told him the thing
hoax. Ills colleague would answer the Senator he
woul aapply to him.
bee lsbe fay whether his colleague had signed 1t or
not. One Of those whose 90 it, was in the
Senate but he refused TO deny that ho signed It, He
would be glad 70 know how many OF the papers were sent
TO North Carolina?
Mr. JoNss said he could not lie knew nothing
OF IL. Ihefc were, however, no more WNiS uocuWeub
folded In the Senate folding than democratic. No
whg Senator ranked more documents than the Senstor
from Illinois He would II asked frank this hoax 70 any
sensible man. because It could deceive no person.
MIR. Hale, Gree soil) OF N. H.. moved TO amend the
bill by adding to it the Homestead bill lie supported
the anepdmeD and urged that this was the only hope
Of getting that bill through.
Hr. SMITH opposed attaching House bills to Senate
bills. He was for acting on House bills themselves.
Mr. Cass. (dem.) of Mich, said ho would support the
Homestead bill, but not AZ amendment to this bill
Mr.. GwINr, (dem.) of Cal, and others, opposed the
amendments being attachedto this bill
Mr. bale said that at the session Of f84s Mr.. Walker
amendment for the civil expenses Of the territories was
attached 10 q private bill
Mr. Csss said he not here then
Dir. HALE said that no knew the Senator had resigned
hr CAss said that Mr. Douglas would assume that re-
spons'bihty for him.
Mr.. HALE said he had nothing to gain by attaching
any responsibility TO either Of them. though he might
have had II certain Baltimore Convention had acted
differently He bad been asked IL he would follow tho
Senator'S example and resign and had answered that he
would consult the Senator from Michigan to the
pediency of so doing He desired to know by so doing
his chances would be benefited any daughter
Mr. CAa.-No, no. think not.