Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-07-16
Congress. ~

MONDAY, July 1.-Sendte.-Ihe Senate re
s,lmed the consideration of the bill for the i'm
provement of navigation at the mouth of tn
Mississippi river, which was vetoed by the Pres
ident. Mr.. Slidell spoke in favor Of the BIZ
showing the importance Of the work, and>an
swering the Presidents objection. Mr.. Cass al
so made an elaborate speech in favor of the i'm
provement bills. The question was then tn
ken, shall the bill pass, the objections of tn
President to the contrary notwithstanding, an
the result was-yeas 81, nays 12-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Bell, of N. H
Bell OF Tenn, Benjamin, Bright, Brown, Cas-
Collamer, Crittenden, Dodge Douglas, burke
Fessenden, Font, Foster, Geyer, Hale, james
Johnson. Jones of Iowa, Pearce, Pugh, Sebas
tan. Seward, Slidell, Stuart, Thompson of KY
Trumbull Wade, and Weller 81.
Nays--Merssrs. Biggs, Brodhead, Butler
Clay, Evans, FitzPatrick, Hunter Mason, Reid
Toucev. Toombs, and Yulee-.-12.
The Chair announced the bill by two third
vote passed. Mr.. Mason said it required two
thirds of all the members of the Senate, and ap
peaed from the decision after debate The de
cision of the Chair was sustained by nays "a
yeas Z. ~
The Senate then passed the bill for the i'm
provement of ST. Mary's river and St. Clai
Flats, over the Presidents veto.
House.-An unsuccessful attempt was made
to take up the Senate's resolution fixing day t
close the session.
TUEsDAY.-Senate-M Douglas reported
back from the Committee on Territories thu
House bill for the admission of Kansas into thu
Union, with an amendment that the Senate bill
passed on Thursday be substituted for it. Mr.
Douglas spoke on the general subject, Mr.. Col
lamer replied, and Messrs. Pearce and Hale
joined in the discussion.
Mr.. Collamer offered IN amendment, forever
prohibiting slavery in that part of the Louisiana
purchase North of 3G degrees 80 minutes not in
cluded within the State of Missouri Rejected
yeas ID, nays 30.
TIE amendment reported by the committee
was then agreed to, yeas 80, nays ID, and the
bill was passed. the title being amended to con-
form with the Senate bill
HOuSe.-A message was received from the
Senate, announcing the fact that that body had
passed the bills for the improvement of the
and the st. Clair and St. Mary's
rivers, the Presidents objections the yetoes of
the same) to the contrary notwithstanding. The
bills were all passed by constitutional majorities.
Y-iSenate---Mr. Toombs, from
the committee on Printing, reported in favor of
the motion to print 10000 extra copies of the
Kansas bill as passed by the Senate, but ad-
yersely to the motion to print the amendment
proposed, and the yeas and nays thereon. A
debate arose in which Messrs. Wilson, Wade,
Douglas, Hale, Fessenden, Toombs, Crittenden,
Bigler and others participated.
Mr.. Wade was willing to scatter the bill
broadcast over the country, for it showed that
-ho Of p
and entirely given up by the Democrat
c party. The bill also virtually admitted that
he Territorial Legislature was q fraud, for it
egislated right over their heads and annulled
many of of it acts.
said the Republicans did not want peace until
litter the election r.
The resolution to print was finally adopted.
House-Mr. Campbell of Ohio called up tie
report of the select committee relative to the
assault on Mr.. Sumner, which concludes with
resolutions expeling Mr.. Brooks, and expressing
of conduct of Messrs. Edmund
:on and Keitt. a
Mr.. Cobb of Georgia, moved a substitute de-
,laring that the House had no jurisdiction over
express any opinion thereon. an
ion to the majority report. and Mr.. Bringham
spoke on the other side.
THURsDAY.-Senatc.- Tho bill to amend the
not to promote the efficiency Of the Navy was
taken up, and the amendment reyiving the
grade of Admiral was struck ont. ipf
House.-A select committee OF five was ap-
pointed to enquire into the subject of the alleg-
I'd frauds in constructing public buildings.
The Sumner assault case was resumed
Messrs. Cummins and Pennington spoken favor
If the committees report, and Messrs. Cobb and
Foster opposed it.
FRIDAY.-Senate-Th bill for the relief of
Cyrus H. Mccormick was then taken up and
discussed at some length 1t proposes to allow
lim to 90 before the Commissioners for re-
newal of his patent on the ground that his for
nerapplication was refused through some techni-
,ality, and it places him on the ground that he
would have occupied had it not been for that
The bill was rejected, yeas 10,
nays %.
Thirteen private bills were passed, after
which the Senate adjourned over until Monday.
House.-Mr. Oliver, of Missouri, from the
minority of the Kansas investigating commit
tee, made report in which he says that the
resolution on which the committee was made
the House. He had no expectation beyond this
being done. He arraigns the report of the ma
ority as being altogether exparte, remarking
that many of the statements are made without
q fact from the testimony to support them.
Mr.. Oliver reviews at great length the exist
ing troubles in Kansas, saying from the evidence
that they are chargeable to the revolutionary
movements of those who got up the Topeka
Constitution and have pledged themselves to re-
,ist the laws at all hazards. ;
The House then resumed the report on the
Sumner assault. Messrs Allison Edie and
Giddings spoke in favor of the majority report,
and Messrs. Bocock and Winslow against it.
SATURDAY.--House.- Sumner assault
case was resumed. Mr. English wished to offer
an amendment to the pending resolutions, ''that
the House declares its dsapprobation of the as
sault and deems this fit occasion to express
its disapprobation of the use of language in de-
bate personally offensive to individual members
or to States of this Union" Several members
objected Mr.. Houston, of Alabama, moved to
re-commit the resolutions and amendments
to the committee, with instructions to report as
a substitute resolution that the House of Rep
has no constitutional authority to
determine what are the privileges Of the Senate
or to punish their violation.
After further protracted debate, the Konse
till Monday.
JUDGE MCLEAN FOR FILLMORE. is stated on
the authority of friends of Judge Mclean in
that he has declared that Mr.. Fill
more is by far the most safe and respectable can
didate for President, and that he feels compelled
to support him. Judge Mclean has a large
number of devoted friends and admirers who
have unbounded confidence in his sagacity and
patriotism, and will go with him in supporting
Fillmore. The sound, conservative men among
the masses of our countrymen everywhere will
give their support to the American candidate,
who, alone, of all the aspirants to the Presiden-
cy, has placed himself upon purely national
ground, and has declared open hostility to Sec