The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-05-22
xxxIvth Congress-- o. sesssien.

xxx1v'h Cessress-is' sesssiss.
WAsHIyoroS, May H..
SExA1r.-Mr. Cas- spoke On squstter SOY
Iefeigu1y.
Ana debate Oh the susIect Of . recossides.
lstio0 oftbe vote by whi2 the Iowa Railrsad
bill vas passed, the subject wss postponed
! The President sent to thu Senate ibe lolI0r.
iug docuu,en's relative 10 hostilities on thc pa.
eide coast As@@
/ Gen. Wool. under date Of March 10th, says
The War al Pugets Sound will soon be closed,
unless such thing 3 prevented BY Governor
Stevens determination 20 carry on the war 10
I depeodeptiy Of the l.. s. troops, He adds
that the same remarks are applicable TO Gov.
I Curry. and that both these Governors are run.
ming q race TO see who dips the deepest into the
Treasury. Tie adds. IN tic dense forest Of Pa
gets Sound, another Florida wsr can be car
red 90 at an expense Of twenty or thirty mil,
7 lions.
| Gov. Stevens says " Cen Wool neglects and
refused to send force for the relief Of myself
and party wbsn known to he in immediate dan
ger. and believed by the bat Of judges to be
coming On certain death, and this when be bad
ct bis disposal q sufficient force Of regular
troops He had refused TO sanction the agree
ment made between Gen. Mason and Governor
GaiDes for troops to be sent TO my assistance,
and ordered them to be disbanded. It is re.
served for Oregon volunteers 10 rescue u.s.
There has been breach Of faith somewhere
I ask for an investigation into the whole mat
ter"
iIoosE. The HOUSE passri the bill to eu-
large the post ollice, court and custom house
hut llincva IN Afi-~ntao, alan The "a ksIla
appropriating 100000 10 deepen the channel
| 10 keep open the channel nj the mouth Of the
Mississippi.
Mr.. Wheeler asked leave 70 Offer resolutions
sufferers, and suthoriaing the dispatch Of Q
national vessel with such provisions as may
! be donated
WASHINGTON, May 10
SESArE-Mr Cas- concluded bis remarks
commenced yesterday, saying with regard TO
Kansas the recent troubles In that Territory
had not In the least weakened bis faith 10 the
great doctrine Of the right Of man TO allow n
man TO govern himself.
Mr.. Clayton, speaking on the question Of the
Sound Dues, commended that this country ought
no longer to submit to such an exsction.
On motion Of Mr.. Fish, the Secretary Of
Was. zsss SsaStad 20 ss;er. L. Lc -Ssrata. AZ
estimate for the removsl OF the rocks ct HurL
gate, New York.
The Senate agreed to the report Of the Com
mttee on the Deficiency bill.
Housg. Mr. Jones, Of Penn, 10 reply TO
the remarks Of his colleague, Mr. Fuller, de-
MED on unquestonable authority that Mr. Bu-
oh hal nft h. -
framed and reported to the meeting ut Lancas-
ter resolutions denunciatory Of the Missouri
Compromise. Mr.. Buchanan did not zee them
until they appeared 10 print, during Mr.. Folks
Administration. Mr. Buchanan proposed TO
extend the Missouri line to the Pacific, but 10
1880 he declared that the Compromise meas.
ures superseded that line. which construction
led inevitably to the adoption Of the principles
in tie Kansas. Nebraska Bill. Mr..
Jones pointed with pride to the long public
life Of Mr.. buchanan. who had received en-
coniums from true national men for the pure
morality Of his lie and the stern patriotism Of
his character
The IIonse adopted the report OF the Com
mittec OF Conference on the Deficiency Bill
from which had been stricken an appropriation
Of 100000 for the continuation Of the Wash
ington aqueduct 100000 copies Of the agri-
cultural portion Of the Patent Office Report
were ordered printed.
Mr.. Evans depicted the fatal consequences
10 our nationality from the discussion Of the
slavery question, and invoked the South 10
stand firm In MI unbroken phalanx against the
invaders Of their constitutional rights
wAssIsoroS, May IAN
uo,..,. ~. lpuu.... - A. vi.
committee on public lands, reported o bill
granting one million Of acres to Florida, TO aid
In constructing three railroads embracing 500
miles in length, and moved the previous ques-
ton.
In reply toe question. Mr. Bennett said the
committee on public lands intended 10 report
ana. Mississippi, AlabamS and Missouri, re-
motion was made to lay the bill on the table.
The bill was passed by vote Of fortysix
against fifty seven.
The bill defining the duties Of Judges OF cleo
ton, at Washington, was then taken up, and
pending the decision Of it, the House adjourned
SESArE.--Mr. Clayton said be- had seen in
the morning papers what purp0rted to he an
extract from letter from the British Minister,
at Washington dated March 3lst. 1856, 10
which Mr.. Champion says, 1T will be within
your loriships recollection, that Mr.. Clay was
Informed by Sir Henry Bulwer, before the
treaty Of 1850 was signed. that Ruatan was de
jure and he facto British possession. and Mr..
Clayton has said on various occasions since. in
conversation with different peSons, that he
considered Ruatan British possession as much
as any other British West India Island
Mr.. Clayton branded this attempt as utterly
untrue in every respect. The British minister
was laboring under delusion as strange as
ever entered the brain Of any man to make such
a declaration. Nothing like Il had ever e.
capped him in conversation with Mr.. Champion
or anybody else
Mr. Clayton said that while sick in Ffbru-
AIRY and March. Mr.. Crittenden called. and
while considering on this subject, Mr.. Cramp
ton came to invite him to dine He was too
i'll 30 accept, but asked IL Mr. Champion knew
anything Of thu charge that be (Clayton) had
admitted Ruatan Was exempt from the treaty
provisions.
Mr.. Cranpton, in most unqualified terms,
acknowledged that there was no truth in the
report that Clayton had ever made any such
intimation.
Mr., Clayton said he had made speech after !
speech in the Senate, endeavoring TO prove d. |
rcctly the reverse OF what he>wss represented
a. admitting
He was willing to put the most charitable
construction oo il, but 1t WAS an utter mistake.
Mr.. Cas- thought il very certain Mr.. Clay