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The Senate refused to Sit with closed doors to-
Law, bv a vote Of 90 to II; but as Mr.. Badger
had appealed to the courtesy of the body, on
| account of his intended Absence to take up q
hill reported from the COMMITTEE on Finance, this
vote could not fairly be said to indicate much
| concerning the Treaty 1t shows, however,
that the subject is not regarded of leading inn
portanoe, ana is not approached with the ala
Gritty which ought to be exhibited if two thirds
are to approve it, / have come to the con-
clusion that nothing more than the basis of a
new treaty is likely to be adopted.
The bill which Mr. Badger indicated was then
taken up and discussed for the remainder of the
sitting, II provided for credit Of duties upon
railroad iron, imported within two years from
the passageof this act for period Olive years,
provided the owner or consignee of such iron
furnish satisfactory proof Of Its being used in
the construction Of roads,
Mr.. Douglas proposed, as substitute for
this, that the bill should declare all duties upon
| railroad iron suspended until the year 1857.
| He thought with an oyerfowing treasury no bet
| ter time could be chosen for such q boon to the
public Mr.. Pratt, Of Maryland, could see no
| good reason for giving bonus Of "A, 100000
per annum to those capitalists who chose to in
vest their property in the construction Of rail
roads.
| The Senators from Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, the special guardians Of the iron inter
est, were absent, and the bill was at length
postponed for another week.
4 The present high price Of iron furnishes our
manufacturers with abundant employment at
remunerative prices, and probably very many
Of them have large prospective contracts, but
this state Of things cannot last much longer
/ The House has refused to lay on the table Mr..
| Bennet's Land bill, and has postponed its con-
sideration for three weeks. This bill, it will be
4 remembered, proposes o partition Of the lands
among all the States. should not be surpri-
\ sed to see it finally adopted
Z The ordinary dullness of the Nebraska de-
bate was relieved to-day by a spirited speech
from Mr. Cullom, of Tennessee, passages Of
which drew forth Involuntary applause from
members. Mr.. G.'s style is better adapted fol
A crowd in the open air, than for the Legislative
chamber, but his logic is convincing anywhere
He claimed nativity in Kentucky, and especially
defended the reputation Of Clay from the asper-
| sions of those who sought the prestige of his
i great name to cover the bad faith Of the Ne.
A braska bill. Mr.. Breckenridge, among others
had declared it doubtful whether Mr.. Clay ha6
4 approved the Compromise Of 1920, but Mr.. Gull
lom most pointedly convicted Mr.. B. of grossin
consistency, by reading an extract from his
funeral Grafton over Mr.. Clay, wherein hi
4 speaks of this very Compromise as one of TIKI
GROWING glories of his political career. I'm.
i fortunately Mr.. Breckenridge was absent, but
he will certainly feel called on to reconcile hi.
recent declaration with that more solemn on,
to which Mr.. Cullom SO triumphantly alluded
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