New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-25
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WAsHNGTON, Dec. 13, 1856

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1856.
The debate the Presidents message, and on
general party politics. is still kept up in the House
though the Senate, with more wisdom, has gone dill
gently to work with the ordinary business of legsla-
ton. On yesterday the bill granting further time to
the creditors Of Texas to present their claims, was
passed. notwithstanding the active and vigorous op
position Of Mr. Benjamin.
The Senate has also had under consideration the.
bill Of last session. granting additional compensation
to the descendants Of the officers of the revolutionary
The bill passed the Lower House of Congress at
the last session by large majority, and when it
reached the Senate, was made the special order for
the third Monday in December. Accordingly it was
| taken up on Monday last, and ably advocated By
Messrs. Evans of South Carolina, Crittenden and
Seward To-day Mr.. Toombs, of Georgia, has the
floor in opposition to it, but the sentiment Of the Sen
ate is decidedly favorable, and in all probability
barring the Executive veto, it will become law TO-
day Or tomorrow.
This bill is nothing more than an act of long de-
layed justice. The officers of the revolution who
received communication pay, were paid off in Govern
ment scrip, which their necessities compelled them
| sacrifice at a heavy discount. At that time the
| treasury was empty, and the credit of the nation
exhausted Most Of those officers had to dispose of
their scrip at from ten to fifteen cents on the dollar
Inc orJeet OF this bill is to make good to their de-
scendant5 the losses which those pioneers Of liberty
| sustained. Our treasury is now overfowing, and
| the appropriation made by the bill is nothing more
in fact, than the fulfllment now Of contract which
| We were unable to fulfill at the time
On Wednesday, Mr.. Weller gave notice in the Sen-
ate Of his intention to call up the Pacific Railroad bill
Immediately after the Christmas holidays There is
lobF branches af Gengrgsg jn,ffaFoE Of
the construction of railroad to the Pacific but they
differ in two essential points either of which may
defeat the project. First, it is impossible for the
! friends Of the road to come to any common under
standing as to the route to be selected and secondly
they differ as to the by which the road il to be
built The laws Of nature it is true, demonstrate the
superior advantages of q southern route but the
laws Of selfnterest, by which the northwestern adyo
Gates Of the road governed, are held by them to
be superior to the laws of nature If any compro-
mise should be effected, it will probably consist in
having three roads diverging to a common focus
somewhere in the center, and then main stem to
San Francisco. One of these three will run through
Iowa, another in westerly direction from Memphis,
and the third through Louisiana, Texas, and bv EI
Paso. Should all three be built the southern route
on account of climate and other natural advantages,
will necessarily do the main bulk of the business.
The House was thrown into considerable state of
excitement day or two ago by the Introduction Of
resolution. proposed by Mr.. Etheridge of Tennessee
denouncing in the severes terms anything on the part
OF Congress looking to revival Of the African slave
trade. The resolution resisted on the ground Of
being unnecessary and iil-timed and many Of the
members for this reason while expressing their deci-
ded opposition to the reOpening of the slave trade
'0.eu asaIh9' 1t. lAe resolution was adopted by a
vote of l52 to 81.
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h' 'eee4'eu tlle advocacy OF teatln5
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Walker aoued for MANY of his recent noc,, error.