Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-17
ORCEsTER DAILY

Inc bunker, Pro- Slavery, or National Sec
ton of the Know Nothing Party, under the
lead of General Devereaux, of Salem, pre-
vailed in the House of Representatives, yes
terday, carrying the motion for a postpone
ment of the election of Senator, one week.
They also prevailed in the Senate, defeating,
by the casting vote of the President, the mo-
ton to reconsider the vote, by which the elec-
ton was assigned for the 3lst inst. Some of
the Senatorial candidates, it is said, have
wealth and influence at their command, and
when it is necessary that votes should be
changed it requires time 10 do it in.
The Boston Journal, Of last evening, says:
The Senatorial question was made the sub
ject of exciting debate in both Houses to- day.
In the Senate, the order offered by Mr.. War
rem, last week, assigning the oath inst. for the
choice of United States Senator on the part
Of the Senate, was amended so as to read the
Slst and adopted.
A motion to reconsider so as to assign an
earlier day having been made, Mr. White of
Norfolk, urged the removal of this bone of
contention, and distinctly stated that 'lnfu-
ences were brought to bear on the members
which ought not to be named"
The motion to reconsider was rejected.
In the House, an order was offered by Mr.
Slack, of Boston, which contemplated close
supervision over the votes of members upon
the Senatorial ballot. A motion to suspend
the rules elected a warm debate, and amid
much confusion was rejected by a yea and nay
vote. Yeas 205, nays l55, two thirds being
required to suspend the rule.
When the special assignment the election
of a U. S. Senator, came up in the House, an
adjournment was moved, and the yeas and
nays being called, was rejected. Mr.. Dever-
eaux, of Salem, then stated at length the rea.
sons which influenced the minority in desir-
ing postponement of the special assignment,
and then moved its postponement to Tuesday
next.
Mr.. King, of Roxbury, spoke in support eff
Mr.. Devereaux's motion, and Mr. Prince, Of
Essex, opposed it, asserting that with him and
his party in the House, the slave question was
the great question. He wanted immediate
action.
The House adjourned at o'clock, without
coming to vote.
HovEY's MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, &c.
The opening number of the new volume of
this work, for January, gives good promise for
the future. The "Progress of Horticulture, :"
giving view of the past year, and "Design
for Flower Garden" both by the editor, are
valuable articles. The former is the continu-
alton of the annual series, given by the editor
for several years past, constituting very use
full and deserving Characteristic of the work.
This number contains the Annual Report of
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in
which is embodied great amount of useful
matter. One of the reports is upon native
Seeding grapes, from which it would appear
that great attention has recently been given
to that branch of culture, and that we are
soon to have numerous hardy varieties, COM
peting with the Isabella, Catawba, and Diana,
and ripening in New England early in Sep
TENDER, thus insuring their full perfection ey
cry year, without danger from the frost. The
most prominent of these are the Concord +,
raised by E. w. Bull of Concord Mass, the
"Winship' and wight" raised by A. w.
Stetson of Braintree, the "Allen Hybrid" by
J. Fiske Allen of Salem, the "Wyman," by
Mr.. Wyman, and the "Breck,' by Mr.. Wa
terman, Other varieties are promising, and
the attention, being paid to hybridizing the
grape, gives assurance of still more marked
acquisitions, at no distant day in the future
We commend this Magazine, most heartily,
to all who are engaged in fruit growing and
gardening in any of their branches. Publish
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