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chase of ornaments for Publications, &c. Wa.
passed. Several Senators expressed objectons ;,
the bill on the ground that the appropriation,
were not specific. The vote was reconsder.d
aud an amendment making specific appropriations
was agreed to. Gen. Cass made another famine
war speech, and other Senators spoke upon The
+, question.
House.-The Kansas contested election c,se
was again discussed. Messrs Crawford. Smith of
r Ala, and Oliver Of Mo-. taking the side of Will.
field and Messrs. Campbe!i and KunkIe. of Pa
) advocating the claim Of Reeder.
, TUESDAY snate-rhe Committee Of Ma.
val Affairs reported an order that said Committee
nave power To send for persons and papers, TO en- :
able them 10 investigate matters relating to the
removal OF officers. The subject was debated
and then the three millions bill was taken I'D and
discussed. ~ =
House.-Mr. Dunn introduced bill enabling
Virginia. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky. Indiana
and Illinois 10 improve the navigation If the Ohio
river, aad granting lands in aid thereof. Referred
to select committee of seven,
| The Kansas election case was further discussed
by Messrs. Stephens. Dunn and Wright.
| WEpNEsDAY-Senate.- Douglas from the
Committee on Territories, made report on Kan.
sas matters. The report condemns the combina.
tuns entered into in certain sections the country,
to control the destiny Of the future State of Kan
sas. 1t denies that the illegal votes said to have
been cast nulIify The election. VI that the removal
Of the seat of government rendered the action Of
the Legislature null ard void
| Next the report dis nsses the Topeka Convea-
ton. and declares that The power In govern ter.
ritory being vested in Congress the people have
! no right to annul territorial laws by action in
private capacity. II proposes To carry out tho
| recommendations Of the President in his special
message, By passage of an act providing for the
election Of delegates by he people to assemble in
convention and form State Constitution, prepar-
atory To admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, as soon as the
population shall amount to 90. ago SOULS. And the
committee will also move an amendment 10 The
general appropriation BILL appropriating such an
amount as may be found necessary for the purpose
of maintaining good order, and enforcing the exc
cntion the laws in Kansas.
blr. ColIamer then read his minority report,
which discusses the slavery question 10 North
ern light, declaring that the system gives pviti-
cal supremacy to practical minority of the peo-
pie of the United States In regard to the Kan
sas elections the report states that the people
were overawed, and that the Legislature was
| constituted ia fraudulent manner. Finding
that the Government had become an engine Of
tyranny and oppression. the people assembled
peaeably at Topeka. to take measures preliminary
to the admission of Kansas into the Union as =
State. The proper course now would be either
to repeal the act Of 1854 and organize Kansas a.
new. as a free Territory or. if Congress will not
do that, let them declare all the action of the spu
rous Legislature utterly imperative and Void and
provide new government for that Territory.
discussion ensued between MIessrs Sumner,
Douglas and Seward. The last named stated
that the population Of Kansas was now $4,000.
House.-Mr. Whitney introduced bill sstab-
fishing uniform rule Of naturalization and repeal
ING the present laws on this subject
The Kansas election case was then debated BY
Mr. Davis Of Maryland, and Messrs. Trafton and
Wah-map.
THtrsBAY.-Sesste.- three million bill
was farther discussed.
Huse--The debate on the Kansas conte sted
slectivn was continued. MIR. Le.cher opposed the
resolution ts send for persons and papers, prefer
ring that Withheld and Reejer be themselves sent
OUT to take testimony.
FRrpAr.-Se nae.-Mr. johnson reported in
favor Of printing 80 600 eopisS Of the reports of
the majority and minority Of the Committee on
Territories in the Kansas case. Mr.. Trumbull, of
Illinois, opposed the motion. fle thought the mi
neriiy rppr! did not go into details fully as the
majority reppri, (wrlten by Judge Douglas and
he was unwilling to send out with the Senate's
endorsement document containing 50 many I'M
warranted assumptions. erroneous deductions, &c.,
as the ter. Mr.. Douglas replied with much
aspsrty. fle said his colleague had ,aken sd.
vantage of the courtesies Of the Senate to makran
assault upon hlu, and alluded TO Mr.. Sumner as
ha wing written and circulated libel on him a.
bout the lime the NEBRASKA bill was reported
He alluded TO MIR. Trumb1l's election, and said
he was The candidate VI 1.-The miserable sect of
aboltlonls,s and Know Nothiugs which ale one
and the same thing" Mr. Crittenden said he
wished the Senator IL understand that he cooper
ated win lhe American party, and he repealed
with scofn every lmputa,loD OF that kind 40 n,en.
ded 10 embrace him and his political associates
Mr.. Douglas explained that ne only alluded to
the party 10 Illinois. Mr.. rrumbull denied that
he was Know Nothing, and fatty conlradicied
the assertions Of his colleague. Mr.. Douglas TO-
newed a proposition previously made that both Of
them should resign their sea!s-not accepted
Mr.. Sumner made some remarks. Mr. d. replied,
the printing was ordered, and the Senate adjourn
ed ill Monday.
House-The discussion on the Kansas election
case was continued MIR. Wa,hburne, of Maine,
said that the President lad offered Reeder mis-
SiOU W YUMA w Site' Diidfi " TIC WouIu IrEiku
the Governorshipot Kansas. After further debate,
the House adjourned till Monday.
TERRIBLE EARTHaUAKs .--Atvices from Japan
have been received by way oi California. We
learn that The city of Jeddo was destroyed by an
earthquake on the lth OF November. One hun
bred thousand houses were destroyed. and 10000
lives lost. One hundred thousand dwellings and
fifty. four temples were destroyed. Fire broke out
at the same time in thirty different paris of the
city. The earth opened and closed over thousands
of buildings, with their inhabitants. The shock
was severe at Smods Although the distance
from Jeddo to Simoda is about sixty miles, it ap-
pears that no official account of,he earthquake had
been received at the latter place the time of the
sailing of the schooner Page, Dee. 10. The news
was obtained through the Dutch interpreter. The
Japanese seemed to attach but little importance 10
the catastrophe. The inhabitants of the portion
of the city destroyed were forewarned of the dias-
ter, and many of them escaped.
EARTHQUAKE IN SAN FkANcIsco.--A severe
shock Of an earthquake was experienced at San
Francisco, California at "a minutes past S O'clock
on Friday morning the 18th of February. The
inmates Of every dwelling were awakened and
some were even thrown from their beds Hun
dreds of the residents the central portion of the
city rushed ~ the plaza, naturally thinking that
the open space would afford them greater refuge
than The root of topping building. MANY were