New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-05

send to the Withheld party, f~ thereby they gan
day for the musssring Of sbsenfees 10 the HOUSE
The Republicans aie ahead yet some 'I or 'evse
votes, and stand together well Mr. Campbell 81
Ohio ssggested to the House the proPnety OF post
poning the subject of Deiesate from Kansas q
order to 60 into Committee Of the Whole On ne
State of the Union for the pun sss of posns Of tho
last Annual Message OF the Pres x-nt OF the pntcd
States He thought il ought to ~ disposed Of D.
lore the one lying upon the Speake rs table 10 nad-
ms suggestion was not sgreed to, w crested con-
siderable laughter. The fact is II, 'ss' Message
has not yet been wholly disposed Of
The reading Of the Message. sent in " The Free
ident on tuesday, was called for, and 'e epeeAet
announced mat At would be- read if the vc wss nS
objection. Mr.. Grow OF PENNSYLVANIA eo,fcteds
snd 1t was not read The Presiden. m ost iecs
highly asttered at the conduct of his friend IN the
House, a refusing TO let his Message b. read.
They will not consent to the settlement of qaes-
ticn of higher privilege than the reading OF Mes
sage, that al the right Of a member to q sea T. IN
order that the Message may be go. at SO they nj
lbuster in the hope to get IN absentess. When tne
absentees come, il woud not be surprising il 20
ihbusterirg syrang up in another quar- ter, IN ord,
10 prevent The Speaker from administering to Mr.
Whitfield the oath Of Office. II is posr rule thas-'
won't work both ways.
In eulogizpg upoa the life and charactar OF Nt.
Clayton, the brightest spot in his history was hos
alluded 10. l refer 10 the fact tbatwhen ne a,iNu
At the age of twenty one, be gave 10 all his slaves
some twenty five in number, their freedom, vince
noble act threw him several thousand doh afs III
debt, and from which embarrassment he 500 ,,n,,
covered BY devotion 10 his studies and BY 81 u'u'
and industrious practice st the bar. 49,.
Ii is usual before death is anne uneed in al 'aes
branch for the colleague or representative from u.s
State to invite tain gentlemen TO express "a eu
views the occasion. This practice was oy, II
looked in the House today. in the OF Mr.. ClH
ton. This accounts for the fact that no perso
spoke to the resolutions offered BY Mr.. CalIen
Delaware.
The new United States Marshal of Kansas is Cox.
William Spencer, formerly of Newark, Ohio. Ne
was one of the Commissioners sent out by tho
President TO appraise the Delaware lands, and, an--
like his colleague, Walter Hartman of New tlamp-
shire, is very much of gentleman, and man Of
truth He was President of the Mansfield and
Newark Railroad Company, and for timo was
Sheriff Of his county. After executing the dutiee
assigned III as Land Commissioner in Kansas, h0
returned to Ohio and was there in the Presidential
campaign When he was asked if the statements
were true made by the Hon. John Sherman OF the
Kansas Commission, in his able report to the House
OF Representatives, and in his speeches during the.
camp aign in Ohio, relative to the Outrsges OF Bor
der Rufians upon the Free-State men, he replied,
Yes, like an honest man.
great effort will be made this Session to obtain.
a cheap Postage law. The commercial cities are
making vigorous movement by way OF petitonins.s