Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, April 4.
SESATE.-Nr. Seward gave notice of hisintcn-
ton to introduced bill supplementary to the CO.
pyright law of 1881.
The Senate then took up the bill making an
extra allowance to Geo. p. Marsh, for diplomatic
services on the mission to Greece.
/ After n debate, the postponed House bill ap-
propriating $500, 900 for restoring and maintain
ing peace with the Indian tribes on the Pacific
coast and appropriating $4,000 for gunpow-
der, passed.
| Mr.. Collamer resumed his remarks on Kansas
affairs. He contendcd that Missourians went
into that Territory to control the elections fear
ing the Freesoil men would triumph unless they
did SO. He believed that more than 5000 illc-
gal votes were cast; that the inhabitants were
driven from the polls and not being permitted to
vote in some districts As to the abrogatiOn of
the Missouri Compromise, he thought it rather
hard that the North having made bargainwith
which they arc not very well satisfied, but which
they were content to abide by for the sake of
good faith, should now lose the little advantage
they derived from it, He presumed the gentle
men were familiar with the story of the Vicar
of Wakefield, and remembered how Moses ira
ded his horse for q lot of green spcctacles. He
did not suppose the Vicar proud of that bargain
but he had never heard that the horse jockey,
after using up his horse, had come back to de-
nand his spectacles. Qaughtcr.)
Mr.. Douglas replie& to some of Mr. Collamer's
remarks on the majority report, maintaining
that the purpose Of the Free State men, in
Kansas was to resist the Federal Govt, if their
application US State was rejected; they had
given notice that unless they were admitted they
would resist to u bloody ISSUE procure Sharp's
rifles and organize Kansas legion, with terrible
oltl s, for tic purpose ofbeing prepared for such
resistance; vet the Senator from Vermont had
omitted to mention all these facts in his two
days speech.
Mr.. Douglas mentioned, as remarkable fact,
that on the first intimation ofan election to take
place on the Both of March, in Kansas, came by
way of Boston, through agents of the Elnigrant
Aid Society, showing that it was private I'M
Outstanding between them and Rceder to intiu-
cnce the elections by sending voters from the
North, and he rcfuted the charge OF invasion by
Missourians.
Adjourned till Monday.
HousE-Mr. Evans introduced a bill author
izing and facilitating the construction of a nor
thern and central Pacific railroad aud magnetic
telegraph line. Referred to Select CON- on that
subject.
On motion of Mr. Underwood the com. on Ju-
dietary were instructed to inquire in the exPe-
diency of regulating and making uniform the
right of challenging jurors in criminal cases in
the Federal courts.
The Senates amendment to the deficiency bill
was taken up in committee
Mr.. Smith, of Tenn, argued that the South
was more conservative than the North, hence the
accession of States tending to strengthen the
Union. He launched into party politics, re-
viewing with condemnation the Republican and
American organizations, and particularly the
Mr.. Granger, prompted, as he said, bya sense
of duty discussed the question of slavery, which
he argued is incompatible with the Constitution
and therefore illegal; that instrument repudiatcs
slavery and positively bars its existence.
Add until Monday.