Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-12-24
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, Dec.

The Senate, on Monday, elected Beverly Tuck
err its Printer.
Committee on Foreign Relations, -Messrs. Ma
son, Douglass, Slidel Clayton, Weller, Everett
On Finance.-Messrs. Hunter, Bright, Gwinn,
Pearce, Norris, Badger.
On Observation-Disclosures. Hamlin, Dodge, of
Wisconsin, Stewart, Seward, Clay, Benjamin.
o" Military Afairs.-Messrs. Shields, Weller,
Fitzpatrick, Dawson, Jones, of Tennessee.
On Ndval Afairs.-Messrs. Gwinn, Mallory,
Broadhead, Fish, Thompson, of New Jersey, Bell.
On Public Lands.-Messrs. Dodge, of Iowa,
Stuart, johnson, Foote, Walker.
On Judiciary.-M Butler, Yancey, Bay
ard, Petit, Combs.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Douglass, Houston,
johnson, Bell, Jones, of Tennessee, Everett.
Resolutions were passed calling upon the Presi-
dent, for correspondence.
The Senate, soon after, ad lourned.
In tie House Of Representatives, the Speaker
announced the various Committees.
Resolutions asserting that Congress has the
power to build Railroads through Territories for
Government purposes were offered and id on the
table.
All Free Sellers and Wings, except Jones and
Bell of Tennessee, voted for Beverly Tucker as
Printer for the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Mason asked leave
to withdraw the Memorials for the payment of the
French Spoliations. He wished the subject re-
ferred to Special Committee.
Mr.. Broadhead gave notice that he would in
troduce bill for the better security of Patents.
A Resolution looking to the passage of law
to revise the Statutes Of the United States, was
adopted.
Mr.. Clay, of Alabama, appeared to-day and
took his seat.
Mr.. Dodge offered a Bill providing for the Or
ganization of Nebraska.
In the House, notice was given that Resolu-
ton would be introduced to instruct the Committee
on Commerce to report Bill to provide for the
completion of public works, for which appropria-
tons were not secured at the last session of Con-
gress the bill having been laid on the table.
Mr.. Boyce, of South Carolina, offered Reso-
luton to reduce the duties of Imports so to
ceive only sufficency to sustain the Government.
This Resolution was laid upon the table for the
present.
December IS, 1853.
In the Senate on Tuesday, Mr.. Bright's motion
authorizing the President with the consent of the
Senate, to appoint assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, was passed.
Mr. Gwnn introduced bill to establish line
of steamers from San Francisco to China via the
Sandwich Islands.
Mr. Adams also introduced bill to reduce anC
graduate the price of the public lands
House Of RepreSentativeS.-Mr. Bigby's reso
luton to appoint Librarian to the House, wa
again rejected.
The question of the right of the Government
to construct Railroads through Territories for de
fence, safety, DC, has been laid on he table by
vote of 1l9 to 60.
Mr.. Bissell's resolution rendering a vote o
thanks and sword to Gen. Wool was referred to
Committee.
Mr.. Adams gave notice that he would intro
duce bill to grant alternate sections of the pub
lie lands to the State of Mississippi, in aid of tn
construction of the Southern Railroad, the NeV
Orleans, Jackson, Aberdeen and Nashville rail
road, and the Central railroad
December IA, 1858.
The New York Herald processes to have pr
vate advices, that treaty was concluded at Lon
don, the 18th ult, between England an
France, guaranteeing the integrity Of Turkey an
requiring the immediate evacuation of the Princ
palities by Russia. Couriers were despatched t
Vienna and Berlin, giving Austria and Prussi
seven days to decide whether they would enter il
TO the compact.
Arrived at Baltimore on Tuesday the schoone
4. J.. Horton from Charleston.
Arrived at New York on Tuesday, the schoont
Francis Sattery from Savannah.