The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-08

From Washington.
THE MEXICAN BouNDARY-DEBATE IN THE SENATE
ON THs .ANsAs PROvIsOs TO THE ARMY BILL
NEGLE OF BUSINESS BY MEMBERS OF TaE HOUSE
--IHE CENTRAL ANHRIcAN QUESTION, ETC.
WASHINGTON, August T. 1855.
Major Emory's Mexican boundary report was presented
10 the Senate To- day is voumnous but of no general
interest Five thousand copies, with the maps,
dered to be printed for distribution.
It's known that Honduras refused some time since 10
receive commercial agent from this government sena
tor Weller made call to day the State Department
for the correspondence the subject with view TO GER
tain retaatory legislation.
Mr. Seward called for Information and for the opinion Of
the President as to the establishment Of Consulate
the Loo Choo Islands This is now q point OF great !.
rest 10 both our navy and merchant marine
Several private bills were disposed OF byt i, 60.
when the Amy Appropriation bill. as IL II - 80. -,
House of Repre- sentatves, was taken u ana ,.e non
sition to strike of 81 the Kansas pr ovtscs vs. ,e,ss1
at length and in tone OF more sor,osnoss ia haro
before heard in ihat be Nv Mr. Hunter Of y,rgni,
said the issue would be resented 10 ia. House Of Repre-
senaVes, not upon Of these Kansas provso
D upon 'ue ept Of body to dictate TO the other
'efs upon .hce the govern mcit will be permitted 10
move iois ard Thc two houses may differ honestly mp
on the merits Of the Kansas question but any attempt by
ohe house to force s upon the other Is subyer
sve OF the constitution and revolutionary. The issue
| Ec salu> Etu " CoHic, dui uad 40 WSh ~
now. Senator Butler made well timed
remarks on the crisis which things were
tending, and he hoped that II rupture must come
there would be unnecessary evaporation OF feeling
Let it be boodless, If possible. Dir. Douglas made a
powerful speech in favor Of striking out the objecoia
bic provision wht he characterized unconstitutional
and revolutionary His points made several republican
Senator's squrm, particularly Wade Of Ohio who sail
the House of Royres had acted badly in i'm
/ he Tudy md Eos NJ Ma
who suggested for the House that they had
confidence in the Senate wko would have to try the
impeachment The Senate Will send the bill back TO the
House stripped of the obnoxious features, and' viii be
for the republican majority IN the House to take the
ponsbiky Of defeating the appropriations for the army
! or withdraw their Kansas proysos.
The senate has determined to meet hereafter at eleven
O'Clock NJ in view Of the proracted discussions which
| are evidently ahead
The House passed the Naval bill today, appropraiing
| eleven millions Of dollars tor the naval service. Two
calls OF the House bad during the day to get QUO
rum Of members present 10 Go business Although the
session closes in few days seems impossible TO keep
quorum OF the members in the hall The country shoud
watch the ayes and these calls, and mark the
| absentes.
| message was received from the President comnani-
eating repor. relative to Capitol and Post Office
tensions the of which fraud has been
charged. The propost!en discontinue military super
ntendents "a the erection Of public buildings adopt
| I'd by the House with great unarmity bli
Tor certain civil expenses was then taken up, discussed
and amer ded but action had thereon. This bill
provides for coast survey lighthouses survey Of puOlc
| tr6s sc. II apprc pirates iours hundred thousand dol
o the Treasury extension, and two million two
bred ac usand dollars for deficiency 10 the Pos: Once
| Department.
An interesting ceremony occurred in the Reprcse tave
Hall during the to-day The pages presented
Cap. Darling with elegantly finished escritore. Ap
| propriate speeches were made all around.
is believed Official quarters that all questions al
ISSUE relative TO Central America will be a train
Of settlement Mr.. Dallas has fun power TO trea
| With Great Britain.
gir. Forsyth the newly appointed Minister Mexico
| leayes for that country on the lst OF September
Messrs Matteson, washbGrne and fhurlow Wee met
with another disaster today packed meeting Of few
gsemlers OF the Land Committee met this moraing, witt
locked doors and authorized Mr.. Bennett report
tactic Railroad scheme. He attempted get the 10
| for that purpose but the House, by overwhelming
majority, suspended the rules and thus cut OH the
gccted report They 10 return the charge to
row; but the House evidently regards the bin dshy
enc part Of the scheme has been 10 purchase the silence
Of nearly all the newspaper correspondence another
oerouSce the bill granting lands the r,ory Mime
sota to be disposed Of by It's legislature, try and
prevent its passage and thus give the Territorial Id
| 70 the bogus Pacific Railroad Company.
General Harvey arrived here this evening" and stop
ORG atwards He direct from the Indian coup,r
whore he has been engaged queIlng the disturbances
hat have existed for time among the Sioux Indians
l shey having committed depredatons upon the whites
I'll along the Upper Missouri He reports everything
now quiet, having completed a treaty with them,
they promising not 10 modest the white settlers the
\ frontier.