New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-02
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1856
NUMBER !, I { j ! j: $50.
State Legislature. /. .

TUESDAY, Jan. Seaats-There was notf,fno
done in this body worth reporting to-day. y
Hoatse.-sfr. Il. III. Polk, of Jackson. said :s. IA
Mr.. Speaker:-Irise to a personal est,Iauafnn6 +
perceive that some Of the daily papers in Comment
ing upon the vote in this House upon the 0tion ID
lay the table the resolution TO elect d Catholic
Chaplain, have placed those who voted iii the mega
tive in this position: That by that vote they have ini
acted preference for particular religious
nation all others Ivoted against laying the reso
luton upon the table, first, because the House had
previously voted down aresoluti0n to invite the DIFF
ferent clergy Of Baton Rouge to act alternately,
opening this House with prayer; and, in the next
place. for which were entirely satisfactory to
my mind, that under the resolution, amended, it
was entirely competent for the House elect Chap
lain from any of the Christian denominations in Baton
Rouge. My objection is not to the amendment, but
to the fact that under that resolution, the House III
about to depart from the custom that has heretofore
prevailed, Of inviting the clergy Of the different de-
nominations to act alternately as Chaplain to this
House, and to substitute therefor Chaplain elected
from denomination to the exclusion Of all Others
The word Catholic does not apply to any particular
branch Of the Church of Christ, but to the church
militant, which is the one Catholic and Apostolic
chureh-and this is composed of the good of all
Christian denominations In history the
word Catholic means orthodox and Catholic Chris
tan denotes an orthodox Christian And to those who
seem to think that the word Catholic applies to Ro-
manists alone, I5wouid say, that such definition
e would be an acknowledgment that they alone are
orthodox and al others are heretes. This; sr, Il for
one cannot admit. ! cannot so torture the meaning
Of the word Catholic in the resolution adopted by the
House. but believe. that Under the resolution, the
House still has the power to elect Catholic Chaplain
from any Of the Christian denominations of Baton
Rouge. a. .s.
I. The Committee on Contested Elections made ra
ports through their Chairman, hfr. CAN'T. The re-
ports were several in number, some of them very
volumnous. One of them declares Mr.. Morgan Of
New Orleans, not entitled to his seat in the House
and that Mr.. seuzenau is entitled to the seat now
held by Mr. Morgan The Minority Report stfstaiis
the election of Mr.. Morgan The Majority Report
unseats Mr. Lumsden and Mr.. DnvalI. The Minority
Report sustains the sitting members. 55a5
motion to reconsider the vote providing for the
election Of Catholic Chaplain, was lost
A motion was made that the report Of the Commit
tee in the case of Lombard vs.. Mackey contestants
for seat in the House, from the Parish of Plaque
mine, be taken up and adopted. Carried The re-
port provides that the parties shall take testimony
and submit it to the House. . 65szj
Mr. Favrot the last Session all the bills provi-
ding for the emancipation Of minors and slaves, were
reported back by the Judiciary Committee, for the
reason that existing laws make provisions such
cases There Is no use in bringing such matters be-
fore the House. The act was referred.
| FROM WASHINGTON TERRIToRY-The Commits,
sioner of the General Land Office has received letter
from Surveyor General Tilton, Of Washington Terri:
tory which is dated Olympia, November 1855, and
field and in the Office is greatly impeded By the
present general Indian war. All men Of health
! and spirit IN the Territory are bearing arms
against the saTages. Three clerks in the Surveyor
Generals office have laid aside their quills, shouE
dered their muskets, and taken the field and
the Surveyor General himself, in addition to his
duties as Surveyor General, has been performing
duty as adjutant general to the volunteer; forces
Of the Territory and during the temporary absence
Of acting Governor Mason (then in Oregon, consult
ing with the Governor Of 0regon) has been Governor
pro tenn of Washington Territory.
The war is stated to be very general, and includes
all the aborgnes inhabiting the country on each side
Of the Cascade Mountains, with the exception of few
tribes on the Sound, Upper Columbia, and on the
shores of the Pacific At least six thousand Indians
Qghting men) have taken the field, and have driven
the settlers from their claims the bockhouses or
villages.
Olympia is being fortified with stockades garnsbed
with bastons and the like on which some small ship
cannon are to be mounted 1t is also stated that no
surveys are progressing east Of Puget Sound or on
the Columbia river; that but one party is at work
near Shoalwater bay, on the Pacific ocean; and that
all the tribes who inhabit the shores of Puget Sound
are vaeiating, and will join the strongest party, as
soon as they discover which party that is,
Washington Union, 24th.