New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-24
HOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

ON motion of Mir. BARK sDALB, a resolution
adopted providing for evening sessions this week for
Sene,alcehfte.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a communica-
ton Ssm the Seer tary OF the Treasury recommending
such legisa.ion SO would more efectu6ly prevent the
pndei.S aluation of me rchandise
An Intellectual effort was made to reconsider the
vote by which the House yesterday confirmed Mr..
Chapman, Delegate from Nebraska, as entitled TO
scat. -, -, -
testaut mileags and per diem to date.
The SPEAKER laid before the House an invitation
rom Commodore Vanderbilt to visit HIS new steamer.
The House then proceeded TO the consideration OF
The New.Mexico contested Gle ctOr case.
Nv unanimous consent, the Clerk read q statement
from Mr. Gslegos. in which he says, ne should oe
heard by counsel because of his inability to make
formal discourse in English and that the sneers and
tests with which certain members have permitted the
selves TO test his proposition have produced no o'ner
, feet upon him than of painful disappointment 10 re-
.,d TO the generous spirit which he had been eacour
aged to expect from all the Representatives OF free
and rnagnabimous people. he asserts thst MAKING
speeches are not the chief or vital functions OF Dee
,ate and denies that the influence of the Roman Cath
Ole Church brought into the contest to secure his
election sat ing that the French Bishop informed
died By himself ard priest, not to support but to crush
lin. ,., =,
Mr.. OTERO the contestant, during his reply, said
Mr. Gallegcs should have gone to school and learned
:be English language before attempting to represent
lGallego,l had appealed to the magnanimity Of the
House, but he (Otero) demanded ipstce, and faiing
in this would scorn to ask favor. He would never
surrender this, so help him God he was the frst
native of Eew-Mexco who had addressed the Amerl-
can Congress in the language of the Constitution and
the law. If any man 81 ould say he was demag0gue
he would treat BIN caluminator aud villain;
The Bishop referred to by Mr. Gallegos had displaced
those priests who disgraced the religion they proessed
by indulgence in vice in all its aspects, and ned their
places with Others, and established schools or good
foundation 1t was not surprising that bad Priests
no longer able to retain their wicked ascsndeIcy,
shouid lind auk with the Bishop.
The resolutisn declaring Mr.. Gallegos was not, and
that Mr.. Otero was elected Delegate, adopted,
and Mr.. O.ero was then sworn IN.
The Committee on Printing reported resolution,
which adopted to print 20 900 copies of the re.
pors of the majority and minority OF the Kansas In
vestigstpg Committee, and 100 900 copies without the
journal and evidence for the Of members. The
former cost 81 and the latter cents piece.
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
the state of the Union, and took Till
EVENING SESSION.
There was slim attendance.
MIR. DAVIS Of Mas, spoke 10 favor Of the bill
heretofore Introduced by him, giving priyateerr men
bounty iauds and placing them on an eqIslity with
soldiers AID sailor He stated that Is 600 Of them
were employed IN TIE of 1872 Of whom probably
not more ban 900 were n, W living He euogs.d
their services which be coutended had not been sufi.
citnty Segregated
MI SAPP argc,d sgsins. Slavery extension. He
seid ne conld assign 10 feeson why his party was
called Bi,ck Republican, other han that the neoo.
tsmely submit TO the Fugitive Slave Law. and sd5.
lect themselves 70 be ntgrocatchers for The South
lie predicted that next November the Democra,ir
party weula be among The things that were. and
Repubic,n psced in the White House who viIl ), and
on The broad basis Of the Union.
Mr.. NALK-Wbo's that
Mr.. SAPP-Fremont, f.eedom aud liberty Laugh.
teri.
Mr.. BARKSDALE argued that Know nottingham
at the North hed been Abol i,nised, and expressed
the hope that Mr.. Fillmore was not the man for the
times accOun. Of his uDsoundness toward The South
In Con6t mining the r. public ans, he said Mr. Ere.
mont BY any possibility ehoulI be elected, he would
select bis eutre Cabinet from the North.
Nh. STANTON asked Mr.. Barksdale how he knew
that.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures no Southern mal
world cisgrsce himsef BY accepting such office
lAPpavse 10 the gallo reel. He said the Democratic
patty was natons and progressive, aud th It under 1t
Cuba word be acquired. lie anticipated its triumph
IN the Coming election.
M. CI.AWSON condo mned the Adninistrs'ion aud
IT c. abo'ers for the repeal OF the Missouri Compio-