Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-04
DOINGs OF CONGRESS:

CLNafE.~1hT. -SAasS epSecu, yesterday,
was not terminated until quarter past 3
o'clock, and consisted of an elaborate defence
of the views entertained by himself and his
friends He maintained that the compromise
of 1850 was only intended to apply to the ter
ritory acquired from Mexico and to no other,
and could not supersede a positive law in re-
lation to acquisitions from France in 1926 -
The Hon. Senator opposed the arguments ad-
duced by Mr.. Douglas in his great speech,
combating their sertatton, observing that the
statement then made that all of Texas north of
SO degrees 80 minutes, had been added to New
Mexico, was erroneous.
At the conclusion, motion was made to ad-
journ until Monday, which was lost-yeas 49,
nvys %.
The Senate then adjourned until to-day.
In THE House, yesterday, after we went to
press the following bills were acted upon
favorably by the Committee, and reported to
the House:
A bill for the relief of Charles Staples;
A bill for the relief of Harriet Lcayenworth
widow Of the late brevet Brigader General
Leavenworth; amended:
bill for the relief of William B. Edwards; :
A bill for the relief of Anthony G. Willis,
deceased; amended:
A bill for the relief of Alton Nelson;
A bill for the relief of Grafton Baker;
A bill for the relief of Mary Deany, widow
of the late Lieutenant James A. Deany, of the
United States Army.
On motion it was ordered that when the
House adjourn it be till Monday next.
The private bills heretofore reported from
the Committee on the Whole, and those report
ed to- day, with recommendation that they do
pass, were taken up and finally passed.
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PROCEEDINGS OF TODAY
SEsArE.-The reading of the journal was fo,
lowed by the presentation of several petitions,
among which
Mr.. Fish presented petition from the meet
ing lately held at the Tabernacle. in New York.
against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
and asked that it might be read thong hout
Mr.. Douglas objected to the entire reading
of the petition as contrary to the rules Of the
Senate.
The question whether the petition should be
read an ertensO or not, was then voted down by
large majority.
Several other petitions were then prese 1ted
among which
Mr.. Bright presented petition from the
Rector of the parish of Rock Creek, Washing
ton city, praying for further provision for pub
lie schools Referred to the Committee Of the
District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Brodhead presented fourteen petitions
against the removal Of the Mint from Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, then moved the
further consideration of the Nebraska bill.
Mr.. Badger before Mr.. Dixon arose to speak
upon the subject, gave notice that he should
introduce on Monday, or some other day, a
bill for removing the distractions at the mouth
of the Cape Fear river
Mr.. Dixon spoke as to the provisions of the
Nebraska bill, as originally introduced. and
commended that by its enactment, the right of
voting upon question like this would have
been limited to the non-slaveholders. and. in
consequence, he offered an amendment to re-
peal that section by which slave owners were
prevented from entering the territory in ques
ton. That amendment respecting the Missouri
compromise was incorporated in the bill, and
not with his hearty sanction, because it put the
Shareholders on an equal footing with the other
citizens of the United States
The Hon. Senator then defended the conduct
of the Committee on Territories from imputa-
tions that had been cast upon it. After this
last observation, he re-adverted to his former
remarks and adduced the instance of Texas in
favor of his proposition. He called attention
to the proviso in the Texas resolution. to show
what that prOviso was, which he then read,
and then referred to tho proyiso as made in
the organization of the territory of New Mex
leo. which he likewise read, founding his argu-
ment thereupon.
The hon. Senator was in the middle of most
mastery speech when we went to press