Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-30

Msssurs Is now before Congress.


At the commencement Of this Congress hope
were entertained, says The Morning Mai, thai
the session would he terminated by the last q
June; but Judging from present Appearances thi'
a,,,c;pati..n j. not likely tn be realized. The a
m unit If b siness now bf IRE both Houses vii
alone suffice IN .engthen out he Session til Au-
gp-,. and enough will probably he suPera'i'ed Ia
consume a couple If mouths more let Us re
view the case. We have now before Congress
the following important measures;
ist. Our Central American relafins'@
ID Our Mexican relations, including the 18th
mus Of Tehuaatepec
ri. The fisheries and reciprocity with Canada.
which require an act If Congress
9TH. 4 revision If the Tariff.
sth revision Of the Patent lnws OF the l.
States
6th. The settlement 81 The question, w1.e'her
the privilege Of evying tonnags duty shall be
r,ran,ed,a the several States, in lieu Of direct sP
preparation for rivers and harbois
.fh. The French spoliatioDs.
sih. The Texas debt BIZ -,
9th. The Pacific Railroad bills, (for fhere vii
be at least two or three, perhaps si1 or seven @
the kind.l
10th. The Homestead bills.
II.b The various bills taow already amount.
ing 10 fO7l for granting alternate sections "
public lands in aid Of railroads.
I2th. The Nebraska Territorial bill with all rs
important collateral issues
ian. The hillr fer increasing the maisr'ei
and pgrsonsf Of the Navy.
Iith. The bill for creating retired bet IN fhe
army -.
Finally, Mr.. Ewiags nation to alter tho Ton
s,;,ut;su .f the L. States A. o. al.dish NE T.
lectoral College, and make the vote for President
of the United States direct, by Congressman us
tricts.
Allowing TO each Of thc aboye measures but
fortnirhf's discussion--and rsipe ct them VIII
nrohahly be discussed for mote than month
we ars already booked. tire MGii remarks. for
.hir,v .seel.. mere. or about seven months and
upwards. without allowing any ,iuiv ipr consider
ing thu regular appropriation bills. Allowing but
a raansh f,tr al tbese. and We have the session
extended I'LL tiie middle Of September. il will be
seen thai ~ have made no allowance III the a
boye estimate. for the further discussion OF the
y. Y. question, which ha- already corrupted tie
House 81 Representative To bet part Of two
weeks.
During the debate. IN the House 81 Delegarcs,
on N..ndsx AIessrs. Wallace and Mckenzie de
clared their belief tiiat the new Tran Aleghn-
NV Stock Bank. NJ Jcfer-pnville IN TazewcH
county. had been guilty recently Of gross abuse
If It's legitimate powers and privilege IT. is
-,ie.. they believed, had greatly transcribed the
amour, authorized by it, capital.
ffc Richmond Dispatch says that the Bank in
Tazewel county. referred 10 in the debate in the
House Of Delegates, on Monday, "isa Bank
known to he owned By Selden, Wither- Co. Of
Washington city. the agents oi this State for the
disposal Of the Coupon Bonds. TIE charges u
psiinst il were very brond
Tnr LIEUTENANT GENERAL lhit.--1he Wash
lngton -ttf rus is',,ss. t'e..s-a' $3.50
written down dead for the session. II was on
Tuesday referred to the Committee 81 the Nhoi
on the state of the Union IN the House, by vote
OF one hundred yeas 10 seventy eight nay, un
der circumstances fe,ldc,ing 1t very certain that
the MINORITY do not entertain the slightest idea
of giving other business before that committee
the goby ~ enable them TO take il up for consid-
Grafton. Its friends struggled manfully to save
it from this fate, but in VAN. IT was made, ior
the most part, partt question; the Wings yo-
ting against the referenor while the Democrats
voted 10 refer it.
correspondent of the New York Times. wri-
ting from Albany. says a series ofrrsoutions
were introduced in the Assembly lthe Did inst. }
in relation 10 the territory Of Nebraska. and in
sfrueting our Representative and Senators to
oppose the further extension OF .laye territory
These lay over under the rules, but they will'be
called up in order--eall out thorough discussion
of the question Of slavery and will undoubtedly
be passed, and by nearly unanimous vote
The people Of Halifax have determined 10 try
another vote for county subscription 10 the
Dansie railroad-and the county court ut its
session last Monday made an order that polls
should be opened the an Thursday in April
The amount proposed is s75,000.
Mcssrs. ID. Appleton a. Co.. New York, have
recently Issued the fourth volume of the Com
pieit Horks Of John e. Calhoun. Ii contain,
the speeches delivered by him in the Unitee
States Senate. from 5Il To the time of his death
in March, 1850. They published under tn,
editorial supervision Of Richard X. Craie, ESQ
These volumes octave in size, and said Ia b.
issued IN excellent style.
BALTIMORE ANp ONO RAILROAD SrocK.-Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad shares declined at tn
Board to-day 25 to 80 cents per share Us comrar
ed with the prices realised yesterday. The mar
ket opened with sales at about the closing rate
of yesterday. but before the close of the Boar
prices had fallen off about the amount noted n
bove. The sales to-day comprise $50 shares a
$574a57 cash; s575as57, seller 81 days. an
$5edas57d buyer 60 daye.-Bdit inner, Jan q