Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-09
Thirty fourth consress-rifst Session.
WASHINGTON. April 4.
SENATE.

| SENA r..
Mr.. Seward gave notice Of his intention to in
troduce bill supplementary to the copy right
| law of 1881.
The Senate then took up the bill making extra
allowance TO George =. Marsh. for diplomatic
services rendered by him in the special mission
| to Greece.
When Mr.. Foot had concluded, the bill was
| postponed
Mr.. Sebastian reported back the House bill
making appropriations for restoring md main
thinning the peaceahle disposition of tue Indian
tribes on the Pacific and for other purposes, and
asked its immediate consideration. ii was then
passed.
Mr.. collamer resumed his remarks on the Kan
sas question. .
Mr.. c. cantended that the people of Missouri
went into Kansas TO carry the elections there
This he showed by the assertions OF Missouri
papers the statements of the Free State men IN
Kansas. and lie admissions OF the majority re-
port that there some illegal voting. what
did they 90 for. if not because they feared that
the Free State men would carry the election IN
less they interfered, They went there for the
purpose of out-voting the citizens of the terrific
ry; and what good would that do if they had only
carried the elections in the seven districts where
their interference is admitted ! That mi
nority of the whole territory and hence in un
dertaking TO control the election they spread over
the whole territory, and the result was that only
one Free State man elected III the territory.
He believed that there were more than hve thou
sand of these illegal votes cast, and that the in.
hnbitants were driven away from the polls and
did not vote at all in many districts.
In reference u the abrogaion of the Missouri
Comp omise. he thought it rather hard that the
North having made bargain which they were
not very well satisfied with, bnt which they were
content to abide by for the sake of good faith.
should now lose the little advantage which they
got from it. lie presumed gentlemen were fami-
liar with the story of the Vicar of Wakefield.
and remembered how Moses traded off his horse
for H., of green spectaclrs with shagr@en cases
He did not suppose tho Vicar was very proud of
the harcan but he never had heard that the horse
Jockey, after using up his horse. had come back
To demand his r,en spectac.cs again Laugh
tcr.O
Mr.. Douglas replied briefly to some of Mr.. Col
! lamer'S criticisms on the nr, jorty report.
Mr., Douglas maintained that the purpose Of
! the free State men in Kansas was to resist the
Federal government if their application to be ad
mittrd II. a State was rejected. They had given
notice ihat unless they were admitted they would
resist to bloary issue, and had procured Sharp :
| rifles and organic d the Kansas legion, with its
horrible oaths, for the purpose of being prepared
for such resistance. Yet the Senator from YER
mont had omitted all these facts in his two days
speech.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Evans introduced bill To authorize and
facilitate the construction the Northern South
ern and Central Pacific Railroad and Magnetic
Telegraph Lines. Referred to the select commit
tee I'm that subject.
On motion of Mr.. Underwood, the committee
on the Judiciary were instructed to inquire int"
the cypediency Of regulating and making uni
form the right to challenge jurors in criminal ca
see before the federal courts.
The House resolved itself into committee of
the whole on fhe state of the Union, (Mr. Mace
in the chair,) and took up the Senacs amend
mcnt> to the deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr. Smith. of tennessee entered into an ar
gument to show that the South is more conserva
tive than the North, Hence the accession of
slave States has a tend 'ncy to strengthen the
Union. He launched into politics, reviewing, in
CONFERENCE.-The Republican and American or
CARNATIONS. particularly the latter.
Mr.. Granger, of New York. argued that slave
rY is Incompatible with the constitution of the
United States, and is therefore illegal
The committee here rose, aud the House nd
journed till Monday.