New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-30
FROM WASHINGTON.

vroa Our o~p Correspondent "A ,oss
WASHINGTON, Monday, July 2S' Ioo0.
Mr.. Burlipgsws's card this morning IT,. a,od
gooa deal of attention and rem"'A' "A
t..te in winch IL is conceived and eip'e''.N 49, y.
-. sv,,.hls iup -essioo, which contrasts 90
I.s,. III tho eAec, produced BY tne onen'"e
r. A., Rrcok,s publication. Ii Is 70 DO
so,,a 49, . .h,. n.rsooal afsir will cod here. an ap-
80 ..rms,t Wv from Mr.. Campbell relieves Mr.
p,-,,'-,. n all responsibility in rrgard 70 the
choica of Canada IS the place 0i nee'ius' ,uu
sho,,. coooIu,vey that 1t was selected against DIS
-. -. consequently the effort Of MIR. Brooks
80. A, aispsrsge him on this account Will nos
- al, Nm, recol With jast retribution.
'Dy ~. has been a busy day in tbe House, In the
-, # refusing attempts to suspend the rules for
particular objects. The bill reported from the
Con mittee on Commerce, smendatoTy OF the
stesmtost laws, was subjected to this indirect re-
lection. No measure Of greater practical utility
has been presented to Congress at the present ses
s;on nor one in which the mass of the people are
more deeply Interested from the security that it
Affords 10 life and property. When the next effort
is made 10 consider il, Mr.. Wsshburn will endeavor
TO put the bill its passage, and thus bring the
House to conclusive expression OF opinion.
There is undoubtedly decided msjority favorable
10 its psssage, and no serious opposition will be
uIRed, unless tuch as the owners of ferries and
canals may irspire.
Mr. Dunn and his cOnfederates made an inef.
fectusl but determined movement to get up Mr..
Toombs's Ksnsss-killiDg bill, with the professed
object Of attaching the Missouri restriction as
an amendment; and few Of our friends were
temporarily nisled into cooperation with them.
They lacked twelve votes of the requisite aggre-
gate 10 suspend the rules, but would have failed
by much larger number if the proposition had
been renewed or modified There is now but one
fixed sentiment among the true friends of Kansas,
and that is to stand upon the ground already occu
pied without detection or looking to the rghe or
left To change the issue at this time is virtually
10 abandon the cause to the hands OF its enemies.
A concerted demonstration was made for the
Pacific Railroad by Mr. Denver of California, aud
the precaution had been taken to cover the Mem
bers' desks with the majority report for three
roads while the minority side of the question was
very conveniently withheld. 1t ia pretty large
undertaking to build one railroad to the Pacific,
but this scheme of starting three by apprOpria-
tiOn of public lands ia somewhat startling to prac-
tical eyes. Asa Whitney, who has devoted more
attention to this subject than any living man. and
acquire more particular knowledge, not only of
the geography and topography Uf the whole cOun-
Try, but of its varied resources, always expressed
the belief that when the lands beyond Lake Mich.
gan were disposed Of the means of constructing
proposed road from that source was compare.
tyely destroyed. A railroad through this vast will
derness must to great extent build itselfthat is
TO say it must invite and carry population along
with it, opening the land to cultivation and creating
the supplies that are necessary. Nearly all parties
agree tbsta connection should be opened, aud speed
lis; but grand enterprise like this should at least
be considered deliberately, and not pressed upon
Congress n the expiring days of session, when
investigation is impracticable, and when the odor
Of stock jobbing is very redOlent. A few months
could not be more proftably devoted to any sub
ject than to full examination OF this, which
should begin under auspices to insure its compile
tiop, and be removed from all suspicion of in
terested combinations. The people have right to
ans, ze tho merits Of the various plans and as the
Senate has passed bill for one mode of c0mmu.
nica:ion to California which should be adopted by
the House without hesitation, no harm can re-
suit from reasonable delay. This project has been
sprung suddenly, and the manner in which it has
been pressed from the outside, by various sorts Of
political influence has not served TO strengthen
its claims with impartial men, who are earnest
In their desire 10 see proper road constructed
There was no evidence of any probability of
twO.tl irds vote to-day, and the chances are not
likely TO increase soon, unless the bill be very ma
terially modified.
Mr. SDerIndn presented an dmenument 10 the
Army BILL providing that the troops of the United
States shall not be employed TO enforce the Terri
tOrial laws of Kansas until Congress decides upon
them; and in the mean time they shall be required
to repel invasion and protect life and property in
the Territory. This Obviates the point of Objec-
tion raised on the Administration side against the
rtpeal of the laws, as proposed by Mr. Barbour,
with an amendment Of Mr. Wakeman; but still
it did not suit the delicate palate of Mr.. Stephens
and his followers, who protested that Congress
had nothing to DO with the laws, and that the
remedy for Injuries sustained was to be found in
the Courts. This is the old comfort of appealing
from Cesar to Caesars Senate. If the House
stands irm as it ought to do, some of the appro.
priations will have to run the gauntlet, or the
Senate recede from its extreme ground. Some
bow, Appropriation bills have faculty OF extrl-
eating themselves from dilemmas and experience
may serve those now in jeopardy good turn.
Mr.. Vandefbit's agents have been drumming up
forces all day. for movement upon the POst-Ofhce
Committee to morrow, In the hope OF getting q
Recommendation either displacng the Collins Line,
OF putting them both on an equal footing, with the
pay of the Cunarders. 1t is quite certain con-
siderable change Of opinion has been manifested
Ia quarters heretofore friendly to the Collins Com
pany. and if the same spirit should continue to
spresd the notice for terminating the contract will
have fair chance of being carried. INDEX.
corsspondenes Of The N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Monday, July %, 1856.
In the House to-day Mr. Dunn moved to suspend
the rules, aud to take up the Senate Kansas Bill for
the purpose Of moving to substitute an amendment
offered some time since by himself The House
refused to suspend BY vote Of lO3 to 72-there
not being two thirds Of those voting in favor. A
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