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CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 73l.--HoUsE.-The Speaker
laid before the House the Report Of the Superin-
tendent of the Coast Survey.
| The Committee on Printing was instructed 10
consider the proprety OF printing lO'OOO copies oil
the Report.
| Mr.. Hendricks rose TO present the proceedings
and memorial OF large meeting held at Indian
apoliS relative TO the distractions to travel and
commerce by the citizens Of Erie. He said he had
not filed the paper with the clerk OF the Honse be-
cause OF the distinguished Character 81 Persons
| who took part in the proceedings and Tue impOr-
| lance of tie subject. He wihSed the subject
| brought directly before the House-that this was
not question of local interest, moi question be-
| tween the citizens OF Erie and the Railroad Com
many. New York anu all the West have inter
| ests in it. For many days companies oil armed
men. Nv threats, violence and lloodshed, have
Distracted one OF the great channels between the
East and West. If company of six, seven or
eiybt hundred men had invaded our borders and
had interrupted our commerce, stopped our mails
| and hindered the intercommunIcation OF our PEG.
nile. The attention of tie whole country would
have at once been arrested and the power OF the
Who'll. country commanded.
The same section of The Constitution which
confers power on this government TO rePel lnVa-
sion conGers co-relative obligation TO suppress
insurrrctiou, He would not say, however, wi eth
er this movement was of the character that comes
within This provision Of the Constitution; but he
would say that his section Of country was inter
ested in having commerce free on all the routes oil
traffic. He moved that the memorial be referred 10
Com. on NJ ,litary Affairs.
Mr. McNair remarked that the Legislature OF
Pennsylvania, which is about TO assemble. would
doubtless take The matter in'o consideration So
far as Erie is concerned no action Is therefore ne
cessary-he had NJ doubt that the Governor would
make mention OF it in his message. and was sat
iSlied that Pennsylvania would settle The question
as far as it relates TO Erie.
MI. Richie OF Pennsylvania SAID that the sub
iect should not have been brought here nj nlII us
it was now Lefore the Supreme Court OF PennSyl'
vania, and U. S. Circuit Court for the western dis"
trict of that State. Those Courts have ample Jul
IiSdiction. The gentleman from Indiana was en-
tirely in error. The facts were simply these: the
railroad passes through the county OF E:e, ana The
company was authorised by law to build ro1d ut
n suaee Of 4 feet iacheS; in defiance OF this law
the company laid down a 6 foot guage, and there
fore was the aggresSor. He understood that the
people of Erie were acting under legal advice; ana
there will mol be the slightest difficulty in enforc-
ing the decree of the Court. The proceedings oil
the Indiana meeting were based on an entire MS mis-
apprehension. r IT,. 49,
dents TO which YOU are subject, because you have
not the institution Of Slavery there; 1t IS only the
beginning of the end il we can do anything LOT yo'
we will, for we ofthe South are conservative. we
can onlyocr you our sympathy. tits one OF the mis-
fortunes TO which you are exposed by having yonr
whole population made up of ireemen. (Laugh-
ter.) H
Mr.. Dick begsed.to present history Of tie diff
fcultes, but the question al order was ralseu anu
he was denied the privilege. The memorial was was
refer ed under the rule to the committee on Mill
tary Affairs. ~,
Means moved that the estimates for Rivers and
Hatbors be transferred 10 the Committee on Com
merce.
Canals an amendment That Committee was
composed of majority of members living in the
Mississippi Valley. and it was due to the West
that such reference, should be made; nlne.tenthS
Of the appropriations heretofore having been dI-
vided as spoils among the Atlantic states. Our
President has never lived in the west anu there
fore finds it impossible TO sympathiSe with the peo-
nile or TIE Mississippi Valley. Mr.. Ewing claimed
as right that the subject should be referred 10
Committee favorable to appropriation for that ser
subject was postponed until Friday next Alter
some other unmrcr,ant business the House adj
iourned until Tuesday. ...-