The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-05


a~a she Msr~i es shs Long sssssea.
We were disap ,oiuted yesterday 10 cor ex-
that the two houses Of Congress
would close the shop for this session, as origin
ally agreed upon; for, while we were awaiting
the good news Of the final ad ournmens We
were apprsed by telegraph that that oonsom-
nation had been postponed to Monday morning
at eight o'clock.
This affords fair margin for good dea' OF
business for any quantity Of iog-roiling, and
for Q large schedule of lobby operations In
stock-iobbing bills, amendments and Galphin
claims. This will very likely be memorable Ssr
turday night in Washington, for it's orgies at the
Capitol may perhaps overlap the small hours Of
Sunday morning. and may possibly involve
the whole of the Sabbath day. This has fre-
queDtiy occurred heretofore, and snch closing
scenes have been invariably q. propristed by
the spoilsmen, amidst the mngginess, dro0-
ainers, and .noise and confusion OF the two
hOsses, for combined descent upon the public
pluIder. There is 8 prospect, however,
tha, the Sabbath will be spared There
viii be sins enough to answer without its desc
Grafton. When the Industrious Washington
letter.writers shall have CLEANED up the scraps
and fag ends Of the last three days, and espe-
cially the last of the three, OF this long and
wasteful session we suspect that they viii lind
the ear-marks of corruption upon maay bill,
resolution and amendment which is not a
forgery, but which is fraud upon the public
Treasury.
From the list Of the acts passed thus far
which we publish to-day--it will be seen that
though the two houses have been for eight long
months working away like beavers, for Bun
come and the spols, they have not altogether
public business. Among The most important OF
the bills passed and approved are:-
The regular Appropriation bills.
The Kansas and Nebraska bill.
The bill providing for six first class war steamers.
The Ten Million bill of the Gsdsden treaty.
The Homestead bill for Kansas and Nebraska.
The bill extending the wareheusing system,
The bill 10 give effect to the Canadian reciprocity
treaty.
The bill repeating the Minnesota Railroad Land
bill.
The increased appropriations to the army end
navy, and especially to the fortidcations on the
Atlantic seaboard, have about them decided
smell of gunpowder. The uncertainties of the
European war, and the revolution in Spain,
have evidently impressed the two 1ouses with
the Importance of being ready for brush with
the enemy, whoever he may prove to be, and
wherever be may turn up. Besides, the more RAJ
pidly the spoils have been lifted from the Urea
eury the better for Guthrie. He was suffering
from plethora threatening apoplexy. He is
now relieved.
In addition to the catalogue Of acts passed
by the two houses, the Senate, in their diplo
matte capacity, in con ,unctieA with the eSocu-
tive department, have passed q number q laws.
n the form of treaties with several foreign ma
tons and various Indian tribes, the most con-
spicuous Of which arc
The Gadsden treaty.
The British Colonial Reciprocity treaty.
The Commercial treaty with Japan.
The Neutrality traty with Russia.
Sundry treaties extnguishing the Indian titles in
Kansas, Nebraska aud other Territories
Excepting the Gadsden treaty--all the glory
Of which belongs to the present Cabinet, the
Kitchen Cabinet, and Gen. Santa Anna and his
financial friends in Mexico-and excepting the
Indian treaties lately ratified, the administra-
ton is not entitled to the monopoly Of the
credit in this branch Of our public laws The
Japanese treaty was the work Of Mr.. Fillmore's
administration. The Russian treaty was the
voluntary offering Of Russia; lad, practically
amounts to little or nothing. while the ground
work of the British Colonial Reciprocity treaty
was the result Of the closing pablo labors OF
Mr.. Webster towards the settlement of the
fishery question.
The administration claims the honors Of the
repeal of the Missouri compromise, which was
sprung upon it by Mr.. Dixon, o wing, of Ken
lucky but that line OF demarcation against the
free farm bill for the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska, which will inevitably fill up those
Territories with free soil squatters from the
North, asd which was doubtless intended as a
peace Offering TO the Buffalo Vas Buren, faction
and the Northern sbolitionis s.
We have had some bear.ffuI cSemplifcations
Of the domestic policy Of the administration, as
laid down in the Presidents Message, and as IL
Illustrated in the committees Of investigation upon
Colts patent and the Minnesota railroad land
grant bill. Patent monopolies and railroad land
grants were recommended by AIR. Pierce as emf
nently constitutional and wise; and conse-
quently the Kitchen Cabinet and the lobby have
had the full benefit of the influence Of the ad-
ministration in great patent extensions, aud in
sweeping and corrupt railroad stock jobbing
schemes for the plumber Of the public domain.
Hence the committees Of inquiry into these
hines upon charges of fraud AID corruption
hence the repeal Of the Minnesota land grant,
which had been inoon,inently pass.d and ap-
proved with a brazen forgery upon its face
This bill with commendabli promptsude
was repealed int the tender 'ed action Of
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