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DoINas IN CONGRESS.

For the Interior Department. 1870 90
D01NGs In CONGRESS-.
sENArE.-Yesteraay, Mr.. Clayton spoke at
great length on the subject of the Africaniza-
ton of Cuba and the slave trade, and after
some discussion, in which Messrs Weller, Sill
dell, and Mallory participated, the resolution
was agreed to.
received from the Hon. Edward Everett. an
nouncing the resignation of his seat in the
United States Senate, on account of bad
health, to take effect on the LIST of June.
On motion by Mr. Hunter, the Indian ap-
preparation bill was then taken up and a long
| debate took place; the further consideration
| OF the bill was postponed until to-day The
Senate then went into an executive session, and
| afterwards adjourned
In THE House, yesterday, after we went to
press, the minority continued efforts to defeat
the transaction Of business until a very late
hour, in the course of which proceedings, Mr..
Walsh made the following point of order, viz :
THAT the rules of this House, and of all
other legislative bodies, are enacted for the
express purpose of facilitating, and not retard-
ing, the public business and that all motions
made, as the present, and sundry previous
| motions have evidently been made with the
sole and unconcealed object of embarrassing
| and preventing the legitimate action of this
House, are clearly and unquestionably out of
| order, and for these reasons: That the whole
theory OF our government is based upon the
right of the majority to govern fairly, and not
| despotically."
That the majority, during the whole dis
| cusslon OF the question now at issue have al
ready acted with llberality and forbearance
| unparalleled, and that any farther extension
OF 1t, while subversive of the public interest,
would tend to establish precedent which
| would enable any captious minority to entirely
control the legislation of the country
Mr.. W: subsequently withdrew this point of
ORDER AT p. m. 1T was moved to lay the bill
1I2 A'
Shortly afterwards the question was put on
agreeing to the report of the committee, strik-
ing out the enacting clause of the bill; not
agreed to--yeas 81, nays III.
Mr.. Richardson next moved his substitute
Tor the bill, and after action on various mo-
! uo1s 10 delay the question upon it, it was put;
| and 1t was agreed to-yeas lis, NAYS 80.
Mr.. Millson moved to lay the bill on the
table not agreed to-yeas 100, nays III
After another Intellectual motion to adjourn
from Mr.. Matteson, the bill (substitutej was
read the third time and passed; the vote on
| its passage being as follows. viz:
leas-Messrs. Abercrombie James C Allen.
| willis Allen, Ashe, David j. Bailey, Thomas
| ii. Bayly, Barksdale, Barry, Bell, Bocock.
| Boyce, Breckinridge, Bridges Brooks, Caskie,
| Chastain, Chrisman, Churchwell Clark Cling
man, Cobb, Colquitt Cox, Craige, Cumming,
| Cutting, John G. Davis, Dawson, Disney.
Dowdeil. Dunbar, Durham, Eddy, Edmund
son, j. M. Elliott, English, Faulkner, Florence,
| Goode, Green, Greenwood, Grey, Hamilton,
Sa
| bard, Hill, Hillyer, Houston, Ingersoll, George
| ". Jones' j. CLANCY Jones, Roland Jones,
| Kerr, Kidwell, kurtz, Lamb, Lane, Latham,
Letcher, Lilly, Lindley, Macdonald, McDou-
| gall, McNair, Maxwell, May, j. G, Miller,
Smith Miller. Odds, Mordecai Oliver, Orr,
Packer, Perkins, Phelps, Phillips, Powell,
| Preston, Ready, Reese, Richardson, Riddle
| Robbins, Rowe, Rufin, Shannon, Shaw, Show,
| er, Singleton, s. A. Smith, VIM Smith, VIM.
T. Smith, g: W. Smyth, Snodgrass, F. P. Stan
ton, Il. IL. Stanton, A. H. Stephens. Straub.
David Stuart, John J. Taylor, Tweed, Vail
Vansant, Walbridge, Walker, Walsh, Warren,
Westbrook, Witte, D. B. Wright. H. B. Wright,
and Zollicoffcr-l13
Nays-Messrs. Ball, Banks, Belcher, Bennett,
benson, Benton, Bugg, Campbell, Carpenter,
Chandler, Croker, Cullom, Curtis, Thomas
Davis, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickinson, Drum,
Eastman, Edgcrton, Edmauds, Thomas D.
Eliot, Ellison, Etheridge, Everhart, Farley,
fenton, Flaglor, Fuller, Gamble, Giddings
uoodrlch, Grow, Aaron Harlan, A. J. Harlan
Harrison, Hastings, Haven, Hester, Howe,
hughes, Hunt, johnson, d. T. Jones, Kittredee
Knox, Lindsey. Lyon, McCulloch, Mace Mat.
teson, Mayall, Meacham, Middleswarth, Mill
son, Morgan, Morrison, Murray, Nichols. No.
BILE, Norton, A. Oliver, Parker, Peck, Peck.
ham, Pennington, B. Perkins, Pratt, PringIe,
puryear. David Richie, Thomas Ritchey.
hogers, Russell, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Seymour,
Summons, Shelton, Gerrit Smith, H. L. Stevens
Stratton, Andrew Stuart, j. L. Taylor, N q
Taylor, Thurstou, Tracy, Trout Upham. w ade.
valley, E. B. Washburne Israel Washburn.
Wells, John Wentworth. Tappan Wentworth.
wheeler, and Yates-100.
motion to reconsider the vote having been
duly laid on the table, the House adjourned at
Ia p. m. - -
PROCEEDINGS OF TOD.AH.
SESArE.-After prayer and the reading of
the journal
Mr.. Toucey presented petition In favor of
cheap postage, and then spoke upon the SUBJ
Ject OF the anti-Nebraska bill resolutions late.
ly passed by the Connecticut Legislature
which, he was sorry to say, had been presented
during his absence. His colleague was mis-.
taken in supposing that they had received the
unanimous vote of the Democratic members ~
the Legislatures; on the contrary more than
two-thirds of tho Democratic members had
voted against them.
Mr. Morton asked for the reading of the "a.
bort of the Sec etarv of thu Navv;, ...I- A.