Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-26
DOIN9s IN CONGRESS.

SENATE.-As mentioned in our report yester
day, of the Senate's proceedings of the day,
the Nebraska bill was taken up on the motion
Of Mr. Douglas. Mr.. Bell having the floor,
and continuing his address from the previous
day, wednesday, having not concluded when
the Senate adjourned on that day
He was replied to by Mr.. ioen6s, and an II
regular discussion ensued, in which Messrs
Clayton and Badger explained away certain
remarks of Mr. Bell. as to the course that had
been pursued by the Southern Wings in the
policy to be adopted by that section Of the
party on the Nebraska bill:
The debate was continued on the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Pearce, on Wednesday, to
exclude aliens from the privilege OF exercising
the elective franchise or holding ONCE in the
above Territories. and after several Senators
had spoken. the amendment was rejected
yeas Z, nays IL
Mr.. Seward addressed the Senate in opposi-
ton to the bill. after which Mr.. Cass spoke at
some length, and defined his notion of squat
ter sovereignty
Mr. Sumner then made long speech against
the bill, after which the vote was taken on the
third reading, which resulted-yeaS 50, nays
10; as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Benjamin.
Brodhead. Brown, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson,
Douglas, Fitzpatrick, Gwin, Hunter, johnson,
Jones of Iowa. Jones of Tennessee, Mallory,
Mason, Morton, Norris, Pearce, Petit, Pratt
Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Slidell, Stuart,
Thompson of Kentucky, Thomson of New Jer-
sey, Toombs, Toucey, Weller, Williams and
Wright-35.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bell, Chase, Clayton,
Fish, Foot. Gillette, Hamlin, james, Seward,
Sumner, Wade, and Walker-l3
The bill was then read the third time, and
passed.
At about quarter.past one o'clock the Senate
adjourned.
In THE House, yesterday, after we went to
press, the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union debated the following amend
ment to the deficiency bill, viz:
s'Sec. 7. And be 1T further enacted, That
the portion of the seventh section of the act oil
26th August, 1852, entitled can act to provide
for executing the public printing and estab-
fishing the prices thereof, and for other pur-
poses which provides "that when any docu-
ment shall be ordered to be printed by both
houses of Congress, the entire printing of such
document shall be done by the printer of that
House which first ordered the same, " is hereby
repealed; and when there are different print
ers for the respective houses, each shall do the
printing which may hereafter be ordered by
the House electing him.
The Committee of Ways and Means recon-
| mended a concurrence in the above, and non.
concurrence in the latter part Of the section as
| follows:
"And SO much of the printing for the execu.
tive departments and bureaus of the govern.
| ment as is ordered by the said act to be done
| by the public printer, shall be equally divided
between the printers of tho two houses"
1t was advocated by Mr.. Bayly, and opposed
by Messrs; Phelps, Pratt, Haven, Orr, and
Barry. and explained by Mr.. Stanton, of KY
And having finally been stricken out, the com.
| mittee rose and the deficiency bill was duly
| reported to the House. After next disposing o.
| tho various amendments to which there was nc
| objection, the House adjourned.
PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY.
HoUsE.-To-day, it was moved that When
| the House should adjourn, they would adjourn
over until Monday next. Agreed to-ayes 80
noes 49,
Mr.. Lancaster, by leave, introduced bill
10 establish the office of Surveyor General fol
| the territory Of Washington.
Also, bill for the construction of militar,
roads in the same territory The first was re
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands. anC
| the second to the Committee on Military AT
| fairs.
| The House then proceeded to the business
in order-the disposing of the Senate's amend
ments to the Deficiency bill. on which tn,
yeas and nays had been called.
| The only one disposed of ere our report wen
to press, was that appropriating for the pay
ment Of the expenses of Mr.. Kerr, U
Charge to Nicaragua, incurred On sundry jour
neys under orders from the State Department
which was agreed to-yeas 81, nays 81.