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e Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
LANDS FOR RAILROAD PuRPosEs.


The SPEAKER announced, as the first business
in order, The PHI granting to the State of Michigan
the right OF way and donation of public lands, to
aid in the construction OF railroad commencing
terminating at the navigable waters Of Lake Mi
| chigan, in the county Of Ottawa.
Mr.. STUART was understood to say that TWEEN
ty-fve miles of the road is completed, and that the
entire length will be two hundred miles. When
finished, there will be continuous line from Mil
| wauke to the Upper Mississippi, connecting with
New York, Pennsy vania, and all the New Eng
land and Atlantic Slates. bespoke Of the measure
| a. one of national Importance.
MIR. CABLE, Of Ohio, moved that the bill be laid
| upof; the table; and the question having seen
taken !. was decided in the aflirmative-yeas 70,
Mr. BARRERE moved that the vote be recon.
sidered-with view, he said, % keeping the bill
| alive.
| Mr. CABLE moved that the motion be laid upon
| the table; pending which, the mc:ning hour ex-
! PRED
River AND HARBoR BILL.
MIR. SEYMOUR, OF New York, moved that the
House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole
on the state OF the Union.
Mr.. MEADE moved that the House resolve itself
into Committee Of the Whole on the private
calendar. This was disagreed to.
Mr.. BlSsELL appealed to MIR. SEYMOUR TO with
draw his motion, In order that he might move that
the House take up the bill, returned from the
Senate with amendments. for the defence of the
Mr.. SEYMOUR said that he should be happy to
oblige the gentleman, but as the debate on the
River and Harbor bill was to terminate at o'clock,
he could not Withdraw the motion.
Mr.. BiSSELL said that the bill to which he re-
ferred could be disposed of in the OF two or
three minutes There was the greatest and most
urgent necessity for the passage of the bill for the
protection Of the frontiers. He hoped that the mo-
ton of the gentleman would be voted down.
The question was then taken, and the House went
into Committee on the River and Harbor bill Mr..
Obs was called to preside.
Mr.. MOLONY referred TO q remark of Mr.. VEN
ABLE, made last night, that il is in vain 10 discuss
the constitutional question; and said that perhaps
there are two sides 10 il at this day; but If there
are two sides, like the handle Of Jug, almost the
entire weight Of authority and numbers are on one
side; while the few found in opposition to the policy
now under consideration stand almost A" solitar y
and alone" Gentlemen who have arraycd them
selves against this system, are always ready to put
their hands into the national treasury for the pro
lection Of Atlantic commerce, not half Of the
value, in dollars and cents, and tonnage, Of that
which floats on the inland and along the coast
Of the nav igable rivers. Yes men who arc 81 bit
terly opposed to this bill lost all their CONSTITUTE onal
objections and scruplcs when the Collins line pi
position, giving bonus of five millions Of dollars,
came up Tor adoption. lie wished to call The atten
ton of the country 10 fact. Gentlemen say that
il is not to vote these appropriations
for ryers and harbors, and that it is doctrine be.
! longing to and appropriated by the Wing party
! He supposed they stated what they believed but
| the grand mistake lie, that handful of men be.
longing 10 the Democratic party (who, however,
on this question outside Of it) substituting
lhsInssipss for the great National Democratic party
a party which had its origin under jefferson. who
was a supporter Of those measures; party which
has ever led off in Pi esidentiol campaign, since
the days Of the founder of the Democratic party
with the motto Inscribed on its banner, floating