The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-04-12


e ment II. the levers of railroad
10 James H. Bennett, of BENNINGTON " f
n improved butter workers
> \ \NINTH to\Cpre.
FIRST SESSION.
= =, TUESDAY, April I.
oENArE.-Mr. Mason r.porrrd ;o,n ro
olu''oh modifying our diplomatic and .ons.
lar system. and Mr. CLAYTON cont;nn.d h;. ~
.,'"rNs on me naval board and in d.t.n,
I. ,nereof' MIR. Bell defended I,leu,,n,,
, M'"'y rom charges made by Mr.. CLAYTON
""'ch reused the latter and led to some nor
soma, PASSAGES and the crossing of flashes Of
: Spuhk and defiance, which were .n,l..J b.
tht adjournment of the S,uat.
ii"rsE.-A bill was reported estah,;>b;,,
a"'''''nal land districts in Kansas and ".
bra>ka '"' ""u NC
len thousand copies ofthe corrcsnonJ.rc,
on the Central American and .nI;.,m.u
questions were ordered to be- printed
ne D'1I approprIatIng , 10000 dollars for
restor'": and maintaining peace with IN,
I"c'.c Indians and l20. ZOO for buvino oun.
powder. passed, when the House took nm th,
consideration OF the Presidents MESSAGE and
submitting to the infection of two sn.r,.L...
thcre0n-One on each side.
m ,"EDNE:DAY. April 2.
SENATE.-The House re,olution far tb.
enlargement Of the Buffalo cu,tombous. g..
passed. ana Mr. Mason reported a bill to al
low Dr. Name and the officers associated with
h'm' to accept tokens of Acknowledgement
from the British government for their sury;-
reS IN the ar'ic expedition. Several Soma.
tors objected the resolution as set,iuca had
precedent. and others were unwilling TO vote
Tor 1t until they knew what the British goy
eminent proposed to give. The resolution
submitted to postponrmrnt
MIR Fc>srnden. of Maine. on Contra, s..
mrrIran affairs. favored IA conciiatorv courx.
ana Htneral CasS one of bl ulster and bravo.
do
MIR Bell, in reference to the furry h.,w..p
him and MIR CLAYTON. Yesterday. hanJ,om,I,
extended the "olivc branch of peace. which
was cordially accepted by the latter, and
mus the quarrel ended honorablv for both
parties.
li"rsE.-The dav was spent in consider
ING the Scnate'S amendment, TO tL,. IL. lion,
cy appropriation bill
FRIDAY. April t.
SfNAIE- The House bill appropria,iny
three hundred thousand dollars for RESTORING,
ana maintaining peacrablr rclatl ons with rl,
Indian tribes on the Pacific coast. and ON,
hundred and twenty thousand for ounnow.
Ger was passed
W.T. No!la'ner resumed his remarks on X an
sas Affairs and contendcd that the N,,,ourian>
went INTO the territory ~ control th,. rlrr
'I"h>. tearing the free state men wouId fri
umph unless :hcv interpoScd. ~. h.I;.v.o
mat I'VE thousand Illegal votes were cast. and
that the inhabitants were driven from thc
lo''S, ho' Dem" permitted to vote, in some
di>'flr'S As to the abroga.ion of The. Ms
souri, compromise. he thought it rather hard
that the North. having made barcajn. which
they were content to alid,. by for The sake of
good faith, should now lose the. Iittl,. ady,n.
t'ye they derive from it, He presumed
Gentlemen were familiar with the story of the
Wear OF Wakefield, and remembered how
Moses traded his horses for a lot of green
spcctaclcs with shi.rcen cases he did not
suppose the Vicar proud of that BARGAIN hut
he had never heard that the horSc-iock,v. AT:
Yer u,in- up the horse. had come back to de-
mand his green spcctacIcs again. ;l.auuh.
tcrD
Mr. Douglas replied to some OF Mr. Cola
mrr criticisms on the M iolItv report main
tanning hat The purpose o! the Ere. State
men III Kansas was to resist the Federal
government lhey had gwen notice that
unless they were admitted, they would resist
to bloody issue and, for the purpose of
preparing themselves tor such resistance,
'"e. ha' PROCURED >harrrS rifles. ana or
"an'%eu the 'n<as ir@'on. with It's horrible
oa'hs let the Senator OF Vermont. in his
TWO gay Speech omitted all these facts
AhJourncd TIL Monday.
h"' >t.--Hr Evans introduced Il till au-
,nor'|''S ''t CONSTITUTION OF Northern.
southern ana central Pacific and Magnetic
IrIt"raph line.
MIR Smith OF tennessee, ar.ued that The
south Is more conservative than the worth ::
aence the accession OF slave States has ten
dcnry to strengthen the tnion lie smoke
at length on party politics, reviewing, with
concentration, the American and Rcpubli-
can organizations.
MIR Granger. prompted. as he said. by A
stern sense OF duty. discussed the slavery
question arguing that slavery is inrompa,ille
with the Constitution and therefore ILLEGAL
The instrument he contended, not only in
spirit, but in expires, terms. regulates slave
ry, and positively bares its existence.
Adjourned till Manday
MONDAY. April =
SENArE.-Mr Mason, from the Commit