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CONGRESS- MONDAY.
SrsArE-Mr. Harlan presented petition from Colonel
James H. Lane In which that gentleman explains the cir
cumstances connected with the petition Purportng to come
from the members Of the provisional State legislature OF
Kansas that presented last week by General Cas ana
was subsequently Withdrawn and returned by hn 10 Mr.
L. Mr. Harlan spoke for about hour and hall, CIV
inc biographical sketch of Mr. Lane and discussing the
question of Kansas matters in general Mr. Douglas then
obtained the qor and gave the reasons why be objected
to the reception Of the memorial presented by Mr. Harlan
long discussion ensued in which Messrs. Wade Pugb,
Hale Jones Of Tennessee Wilson, Touce and Others par
tcipatcd Mr. Stuart moved to lay the motion Of reoep-
ton on the table which agreed oyeas 80, nays IL
and shortly afterwards the Senate adjourned .. i.
HOUSE OF REpaEsrsrATyRs-In consequence of the abb
sence of Mr. Dunn the special order Of the day 1.-THE bill
granting lands to aid in the improvement OF the ONO
ryer) was postponed until that gentlemans return.
resolution adopted calling the Secretary OF War TO
communicate the House such information as may be In
the possession Of bis department in regard to the value Of
the commerce Of the Ohio and all other western rivers
the amount and value Of the tonnage Of said rivershe
extent and cost Of railroads connecting with said rivers
&c &C. BY Of 85 to 81 the House refused to sus
nend the rules to enable Mr. Cobb of Georgia. to submit
resolution fixing thc 4h of July as the day OF ADJOURN
ment
The consideration of the deficiency bill was then re-
suned in Committee of the Whole The Senate amend
men appropriang 100000 for continuing the Washing
ton aqueduct was amended by adoptng-yeas 70, nays
47-Mr Crawords amendment limiting the appropriations
for this work to the relative proportion Of the value OF
property compared with that belonging to
the private citizens Of Washington and Georgetown.
protracted debate ensued on the popey Of making fur
Their appropriations but the committee without taking
vote on the Senate amendment amended.
ANOTHER REBUKE OF BLACK REPUBLICANIsM.-
THE SPURIOUS MEMORIAL AGAIN BROUGHT
FORWARD AND AGAIN REJECTED.
The entire session of the Senate on yesterday
sumed by most animated and interesting debate which
involved the reception of paper that presented
the original Of the spurious copy which thrown out
Of the Senate on Thursday last by only three dissent
ing votes Mr. Harlan offered petition from Colonel
H. Lane which purported make exhibits Of the original
memorial and Of the copy before rejected, asking the
Senate on these to grant tho prayer of the petition
ers and appeDdiDg thereto an affidavit Of his own in
explanation Of the under which the copy
was made and presented to the Senate Mr. Harlan
accompanied his motion with long harangue, which
be detailed in very eulogistic terms Colonel Lanes
private and public services political partisan and milf
tary giving him quite as much credit for his eminent
exploits democratic partisan as for achievements
officer IN the Mexican The apology for this bio
graphical sketch was that in the proceedings of the SEN
Thursday last destinations and imputaons were
made the spurious character of the memorial that
Col Lane had procured Gen. Cass to present which
sected ipurousy upon his reputation Mr. Harlan seemed
to suppose that who bad heretofore been good
democrat and chivarous soldier could not be guilty
OF attempting TO smuggle into the Senate forged pa
per- He thought the explanation of Colonel Lane, veri
fed by bis affidavit entirely satisfactory and ask.
ed that the petition be received and referred the Com
mittee Territories He interrupted and rebuked
very pontedly in the Of his remarks by Messrs
Pugh Toucey, and Cass, to all of whom he attributed
remarks in regard to Colonel Lane which they had not
made His apology for the misrepresentation that Mr.
Butler had asked In the debate Thursday who Colonel
Lane was, and that neither Mr. Pugb Mr.. Toucey
General Cass made any response to Mr. Butler be in
erred from their silence that they endorsed the mpuaons
Of others Col Lanes conduct Mr. Butler requested
Mr. Harlan in very pointed language not again under
take 10 his position issue which he could not
understand and then explained that his question bad ref
erence entirely the official character in which Col Lane
came forward to thrust into the Senate spurious memo
rial
Mr. Douglas followed in of the happest efforts Of his
senatorial He said It much Colonel Lanes
credit that he had been brave officer In Mexico that he
bad been democrat and had voted for the Nebraska bill
but all this did prove that the memorial he brought
forward spurious If he had fallen from grace
and apostazed from democracy he had only done what
Blair and Doneson had done and he did suppose
the fact that they democrats any reason
why their present conduct should not be criticised and
condemned.
Mr.. Douglas took up the original and compared II with
what purpored to be copytbe that rejected
Thursday He showed that three pages Of the original
omitted In the copy and those three pages placed the
action OF the pretended Topeka legislature on the distinct
ground that Congress had power to give territorial
government to Kansas that the organic law passed by
Congress nu,y, and that the proceedings Of the
Topeka party confessedy revolutionary. He showed
that this Of the main points Of dispute between him
and Mr. Coamer their reports and he charged that the
original memorial had been altered and those three pages
suppressed because they sustained his side Of the dispute
and condemned that of Mr. Collamer The copy, the
contrary, admitted the power Of Congress to pass the
organic law, and represented the memoriass humble
supplan for the inerposon OF Congress to relieve them
from oppression He asked, with emphasis IL IT did not
look like forgery TO suppress vital portion Of the
original document and then present es n copy peper