New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-14
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Neither House sits to- day. The Senate, how
ever, did not adjourn until o'clock this morn
ing, when the bill organizing the territories of
Kansas and Nebraska. and repeating the Missouri
Compromise, was finally passed by a vote of 81
to Ia. Quite number Of speeches, from Sc
nators who have hitherto been silent, were made
in the closing hours of the debate.
John Van Buren il here, and tells an anec-
dote of his having called upon the President
when the conversation turned upon the Nebraska
bill. The President thought it the very measure
to restore harmony to the party. John asked
how it would work in Maine This was the
very place where such a measure was needed,
was the reply, because of the distraction exist
ing IN the democratic ranks-it would restore
harmony. Yes, said John, I think it will: for
the Legislature there has Just instructed its
Senators and requested the Representatives,
almost unanimously, to yste against the bill,
All said the President, have not seen that
The universal topic of the city is the death of
Gardiner 1t is said by some that he carried
poison in a ring which he wore, and others still
think that his death was unprecedented. A
post morten examination is to be made b.
WARRINGTON March g. 1854
Mr.. Bell, of Tennessee as you will have OBJ.
served, was the only Southern whig Senator who
voted against the passage Of the Nebraska BILL
M Clsy tVu MAS dDsent, DuU nau ne Deen present,
do not see how he could have voted otherwise
than with Mr.. Bell, for they both opposed the
measure upon other grounds than the slavery
feature, and both raised most powerful objec-
tons which, however, were entirely lost sight
OF IN the thick slavery fog that rested upon the
bill, obscuring everything but itself Mr.
Pearce, of Maryland, was also absent, and, as
he has been silent during the d, bate, we are
left to conjecture as to his course my belief
is, that he would have joined Mr. Bell You
can form no idea of the manner in which the
6 little giant plumes himself upon the result
he has tried to fasten quarrel upon Chase, OF
Ohio, but the free -soiler has held him at arms
length. Mr.. Chase was student under Writ
and IS quite gentleman in his personal de-
meanor. This subject now passes to the House
where, in due time, it will pass, but not without
stormy resistance; meanwhile useful legisla
tion is to be hindered and the country stirred
up, for what? Buncombe 49,.
The House has finally got through with the
Homestead bill, after any number Of FIVE minute
speeches upon fictitious amendments Every
white man can now get land (if the Senate
agreesl by simply going after it and sticking te
1t for five years. The Senate has been so lib
eral in the way of land donations, that incline
| to the opinion that this bill will pass
Mr.. Perkins introduced resolution instruct
| ing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into tbs
| proprlety of taking steps to recover from other
parties than the GARDENERS the sums obtained
| by them out of this claim At the instance O
Mr. Cutting, Of New York, the resolution was s,
I amended as to authorize sending for person
and papers, and in this shape it was passed.
The same Committee was sometime since in
structed to report upon the subject of recover
ing for the United States money paid for whic
no services were rendered. If | am not mis-
taken this had reference to the sum of 5000
salary, ETC., paid to Medary, of Ohio, as Minis
ter to some part of South America; where,
seems, Mr.. Medary concluded, after pocketin
the outfit, not to go.
The impression here is that Mr. George Puph
who has the democratic nomination for the Sc
| nate from Ohio, will not be easily elected hi
name is heralded with a flourish of trumpets a
to his abilities. If his friends were dscree
they would leave this point to be determined b,
his peers, if he is to come among them
Some persons in this city, having a hatre
of the Pope and Bedin in their hearts, repaire
very early this morning to the Washingto
monument provided with dray and, havin
fastened in the watchman, def4ced and brok
up the marble block sent by the Pope for thi
edifce, and threw the fragments into the rive,
This shows bad state of feeling at the Capita
Mr.. Cass must find some apology for them.
doubt much if they were natives of this city q
country.