The weekly Placer herald., 1854-03-11

De IL TcHcWdl vi tHc ol'l question OF slavery
in the Territories. The bill provides vir-
tually for a repeal of the Missouri Com
promise; and the question of its adoption
will again lay open the whole subject of
the compromise of 1850. By the amend
ed bill, the Cherokee country is not divid-
ed, but the southern boundary Of Nebras-
ka is fixed at 81 degrees. Speeches have
been made by Messrs. Douglass, Chase
and Sumner; there was considerable ex-
ctement upon the subject, and public
meetings were held in various parts of the
country.
WAsHrNGToN, Feb. a, 1854.
In SENATE.-The Senate are engaged
in discussing the Nebraska bill, and at the
close Of this dispatch, there was every APP
pearance that they would pass it before
they adjourned.
A bill, amending the provisions of the
acts of Sept. 4, l94l, and March s, 1855,
so as to afford two years more pre-einp-
ton privilege in California, on lands sub
Iect to private entry, and two years time
for the payment of lands taken up in the
surveyed districts, and introduced in the
Senate by DR.. Gwin, January 17th, and
has passed that body. ltisnow in charge
of Mr.. Latham, of the House, and will
probably receive the approval ofthat body.
Senator Gwin's bill granting lands for
local railroads in California, from San
Francisco to San Jose, and from Benicia
to Marysville, Sacramento to Nevada
City, and Stockton to Sonora, had been
reported back from the Senate Committee
on Public Lands, with recommendation
that it should pass.
.,o 81 g H.
fornia Land Commissioners for one year
from the Sd of March next, has passed
both Houses, and is now a law, having
been signed by the President.
The bill authrising the appointment of
L. S. District Judge for Southern Cali
fornia, and giving the right to the Judges
of the two Districts to alternate with
each other has also passed, and Mr.. }. X.
Ogier has received his commission and
been confirmed by the Senate as the South
ern Judge. Mr.. Ogier leaves by this
steamer or by the steamer of the Goth at
the latest. He will take Judge Hoffinan's
place for a while, as soon as he arrives
out.
The vacancy in the United States Dis
trct Attorneysbip, made vacant by the APP
pointmeht of Mr.. Ogier, will probably be
filled by the appointment of the gentle
man who now represents Monterey coun
ty in your State Legis lature, and whose
name escapes me at present. 1t is under
stood here that the United States Marshal
of the Southern District is about to resign,
and it is thought he will be succeeded by
Captain Hunter, member of the Legisla
ture from Los Angeles.
Mr. Latham has Introduced in the House
and had referred to the Judiciary Com
mttee, bill to regulate the fees of u. S
Marshals in California, the effect of which
is to give them the same fees as are OBJ
tained by Sherfs in your State. 1t is
thought the bill will pass.
Pacific Railroad-House CommiHee.-
The 70 lowing gentlemen comprise the
committee on the Pacific Railroad bill:
Il. Hamilton Of Maryland, w. r w.
Cobb Of Alabama, Pressly Ewing of Ken
tucI1y, George Bliss of Ohio, David J.
Bailey of Georgia, Israel Washburn, Jr.
of Maine, Augustus Drum of Pennsylva-
mia, Samuel Clark of Michigan, Theodore
g. Hunt of Louisiana, Il. KidwelI of Vir-
ginia, Samuel II. Valley, of Massachu-
sets, and VIM. A. Walker of New York
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says:
There is now reason to believe the
President will not submit the Gadsden
treaty to the Senate, but direct negota-
lions to be resumed with the Mexican
government. The reasons assigned tor
this course are, that the Gadsden treaty
does not adj just in any way the Tehaunte-
pee question, and tat as that question
has been made the subject of diplomatic
action by the government of the United
States for more than two years, it would
still leave open serious matter of dispute
between the two governments were the
Gadsden treaty to be ratified in its pres
ent shape; and secondly, that the clause
inserted in the Gadsden treaty, providing
that the United States are to give up to
Mexico all American citizens and others
within our limits who may be charged
with fllustering against Mexico, is en-
tireIy opposed not only to the policy and
feeling of the people of the United States,
but would be derogatory to our character
as a nation.
The Tribune says:-A Wing member
from the State of New York intends to
introduce bill in the House to repeal the
Fugitive Slave Law, and all the other
Compromise Laws, that are repealable.
This bill he will call up Immediately after
the passage in the Senate of Douglas bill
repeating the Missouri Compromise. He
will also give notice of his intention to
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