Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-03-24
TIIIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.

MONDAY, March io'h.-Scndfe jOi
t resolution from tie House Of Representatives mi
king an appropriation for the extension Of The Cal
itol, was taken up and discussed by Messrs. b.
land and Mangum. The subject was then DOS
!, poned ill Tuesday to allow the debate y procee
upon the Iowa Land Bill, on which hIessrs. Gas,
Downs and Broadhead spoke. Previous to ,akin
up either Of the above subjects, the Senate had
besides receiving many memorials, passed sundr
private bills.
Hvase-A memorial denying the right Of IN
Delegate from New Mexico 10 his seal in IN
House, and charging The Governor of that Terri
tory with having improperly inlerfered in The elec
ton, was then taken up, and consumed The re
mainder of the sitting. On This subject speecbe
were mado by Mr. Phelps in supper, Of the memo
rial, and by Mr.. Weightman in defence Of tn
Governor and people of his Territory. The matte
was Their referred 10 the Committee on Election.
TUEsDAY.-Senae.- Iowa Railroad Lant
Bill was discussed during the day.
HOUSTON motion of Mr.. Houston, of Ala.
Chairman of the Committee Of WAYS and Means
the House went into Committee ofihe Whole. NJ
H. called for the Deficiency Bill, but Mr.. HiIlyer
of Co.. commenced a speech of purely polilica
character. Mr.. Brooks, Of New York, called The
attention OF the chairman 10 the rule of the House
which requires that members shall cunfine them.
selves, when speaking. to the subject legitimaiely
under discussion. Tie chairman decided that Oh.
gentleman from Georgia was in order, as it wa.
the custom of the House 10 permit the course he
was pursuing. Mr.. Brooks appealed from the de-
cison, but the judgment! was sustained By vote
of 70 TO 62.
Mr. Hllyer resumed, and spoke for the Union
party of Georgia. He was in favor of the Union
party joining the Democratic paryO
Mr. Giddings, Of Ohio, spoke for the Free Soil.
! ers.
Mr. Jackson, of Ga,, spoke for the Sou.heru
Rights party Of Georgia. L
Observation-Disclosures Messrs. Weller and
Adams, new Senators from California and Missis.
sipp, appeared and took their seats.
| Mr. Broadhead presented petitions from Pennsyl
vania asking modification of the tariff Of 1876.
The Iowa Railroad bill was then taken up and
passed by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bel, Borland
Brook, Cass, Clemens, Dodge, of Wisconsin
Dodge. of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Felch. Fish
Foot, Geyer, Gwin, james, Jones, of Iowa, Jones
Of Tenn, King ,Mangum. Morton, Rusk. Seward
Shields, Smith, Soule, Underwood, Walker, Wei
ler.-30.
Nays-Messrs. Badger, Bayard, Bradbury
Broadhead, Chase, Hamin, Mason, Norris, Pratt,
Wade.-l0.
Bills granting land 10 railroads in Missouri. Ar.
kansas and Alabama, were severally taken up and
ordered to be engrossed. si.t.t
H0usc.-A motion was carried to terminate all
debate on the Deficiency Bill on Thursday at
o'clock. The House then went into Committee
on the Bill, and Messrs Appleton. of Me-, Town
send, OF Ohio, and Chandler, of Pa, made poti-
cal speeches.
THuRsDAY-Senate.- petitions and re-.
ports, &C., the resolutions Of Mr. Clarke, upon the
subject Of non intervention, were taken up. Mr..
Jones, of Tenn, addressed the Senate in support
of the re aflirnance of the policy of non-inerven
ton. He opposed the proposed protests of AIessrs
Seward and Cass,and ridiculed the doctrne of pro-
testing without meaning to sustain the protests BY
all The force of the nation.
MIR Cass briefly rejoined and Mr. Jones respond
ed. %" j''
After further debate by Messrs Jones and Hale,
Mr. Suule obtained The floor, and the subject was
pos ponedill Monday ~
Ho,lse.-The House again went into Committee
on the Deficiency Bill, and severa! speeches were
made with very little reference to the bill.
FRiDAY.-S enate.--The attention Of the Senate,
this morning, was occupied with speech from hlr
Cass, in reply 10 the letter Of Mr. Davis in The u
NUN WHICH CHdISce Will attempting " W.
ceive the South in his famous Nicholson letter.
After lie had gotten through, the private Calendar
was taken up.
The House was occupied with the private Cal
endar.
SArURpAY.-The Senate not in session.
The House was again engaged upon tho Def
cheney Bill. H r..
LAND WARRANTS AssIGHABLE.-The Nation
al lntelIigencer' Of Friday says:
The bill making Bounty Land Warrants assign
able finally passed both Houses Of Congress on
Thursday, by the adoption ofihe report of a COM
mitee of conference on the disagreeibg votes Of
the two branches in relation TO amendments which
had been inserted in The bill by the House. There
is no reason 10 doubt that the bill will at once re-
ceve the signature of the President, and thus be-
come law. 1t will benefit many Of the recipi.
ents Of this bounty of the Government, who. pos
sessing warrants for land, are themselves unable
10 locate them.
&C. Horace Mann thus sums up few ofthe ad-
vanlages Of modern uven lions: "One boy, with
four DINER machine, will make more paper in
twelve month than all Egypt could have made in
hundred years during the reign Of the Plo!emies
One girl, with power press, will strike of books
faster than million scribes could copy them before
The invention of printing. One man with an iron
foundry will turn out more utensils than Tubal
Cain could have forged had he worked diligently
TO this time"
o. Five States out Of the orgional Thirteen,
have So far taken measures to be represented IN the
Convention To be held in Philadelphia on the Fourth
OfJuly with reference to the erection in lndepen
dence Square in that city ofmonumens cummem-
oratiye Of The Old Thirteen States which formed
the federal compact at the time Of the Decar alton
of Independence. II States that have chosen !ele
gates thus far are, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Georgia.
Going il Blind.-The lale Democratic Conven.
ton in Maine, among other resolutions passed on
that occasion, adopted one in which they approve
the Baltimore platform NJ 1874, and also That to be
adopted in 1852! This is going il blind with a
vengeance. Let that platform be what it may, the
Democracy Of Maine are resolved to be thar
Mortality among Generak.-Wthin the Fl We
years which have elapsed since the commencement
of The war with Mexico; Mo less Than thirteen A.
merican Generals have departed this life, viz -
Taylor, Worth, Mason, Brady. Kerry, tlamer.
Hopping, Belknap, Duncan, Cmghan, Brooke Ar
buckle and Whiting. 81
&C. Dy private letter, received in Boston. the
Commonwealth learns That Mrs. Jenny Lind Gold
schmidt and her husband ctntemplate sailing fvI