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XXxIv CONGRESS -FIRsT SESSION.

SENATE.-W cdnesday April IG.-Thc SEN
ate to-day passed the ILL providing for driv-
ing the small Spanish coin irosl circulation.
Mr.. Seward presented a joint resolution
providing that
Uninhabtcd Islands, lying beyond the maritime
jurisdiction Of nations which have may hereafter
be discovered and taken possess ion of bv Amer, iu
citizens, whether in the public service or not. hall
become part Of the territory of the United states
OF America, whose jurisdiction over the shall
be asserted and maintained; but the right Of prop.
ery in deposits Of guano, or any natural products Of
such islands and cmiayed waters thereof shall be
vested in the persons who have discovered and taken
possession of the same; provided they shall be cit
liens OF tho nited states not engaged in the public
service.
Referred to Commi, tee on Foreign Relations
Adjourned.
llorsE.-Mr, Tyson, from the Library Com
miltee, reported n JOINT resolution for the
purchase Of $1,000 copies. ut - each, of
kane's Narrative of the Arctic Expedition for
distribution among the Members of Congress.
and authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to
have appropriate medals struck of and pre-
,ented to DR.. Kane, his officers and men, ex-
pressiye Of the high esteem in which Congress
holds their respective services Passed, under
the operation Of the previous question, by /
ma iOrity.
Mr.. Stanton moved Il rec jnsdcration of the
vote; he slid this system Of book publishing
was condemned by every intelligent man in
the country, and ought not to he tolerated
lie did not want his friends who were in the
majority to be responsible for such extraya-
gance. In the presidential election it would
stick to them like the poisoned shirt Of Nes-
sus. lie expected to arraign the admlnstra-
ton not only for the sins Of the Nebraska act,
Tor executive influence and hayonets for pro-
pagating slavery, but also for proligate ex-
penditures.
Mr. Keitt, offs C., inquired what party Mr..
Stanton represented when he introduced his
bill OF indictment against the Administration.
The gentleman from Ohio was leading mem
Der OF the Black Republican party; q few
months ago they came here asserting the ma
tionNlity Of Freedom and the sectionalitv of
Slavery. making their issues the repeal of
the Fugitive Slave law, the restoration of the
Missouri restriction, and the non-admission Of
any more Slave States into the Union They
came here Boosting n majority and elected
their leader Speaker. Rumor gays they dare
not now, as before, face the country on those
issues, No dlsrerutabe lodging no boil
STEERING up fraud II the North is abolition
lied, make the issue boldly-no cowardly
skulking
The motion to reconsider was laid on the
table. Adjourned.
SENATE-Arril Is. On motion Of Mr.. Sc
ward, resolution was adopted directing the
committee on post Offices to inquire into the
expediency of establishing uniformity Of post
age throughout the United States
The bill to authorize the Executive to IA
cllitate the construction Of a railroad and
telegraph line from the Mississippi river to
the Pacific was considered.
Mr., Weller maintained that the Govern
ment has the constitutional POWER to construct
military and other roads through the terrific
ries OF the ntcd States Congress frequently .
makes appropriations Of lands for such puf-
poses. Three hundred and forty thousand
dollars, he said, had been expended to pro-
cure reports and surveys, which show that
there are three or four practicable routes to
the Pacihc. lie had no preference for either
The Committee having the subject in charge .
propose that the Secretary of " ar, Secretary
of the Interior. and Postmaster General shall
advertise for bids, with authority under di-
rection OF the President, to select one of the
most favorable. According to his calculation
the money Invested in such a work would
Nll,'d thirteen per cent, Per annum. E,uma-
tlng the number OF passengers back and forth
ut un,OuO yearly, the decrease of time m
travel VIII amount to saving of more than
eleven million dollars per annum
Mr. Seward obtained the floor, and further
Of the bill was postponed to the
-'th INST, Sixteen private bills passed,
Adjourned till Monday
liousE-lhc Committee ON Elections re-
ported against the night Of Mr. Bird b. Chan
nan to retain his seat as delegate from Ne
lraska territory, and in favor OF Mr. Hiram
,. Bennett.
Inc Deficiency Appropriation bill was con-
ld'red, without final action, Adjourned.
SENATE, April 2l,-Mr, Toombs. from TIA
judiciary Committee, reported back the bin
o amend the naturalization laws, with the
recommendation that it do not pass.
On the motion OF Mr.. Adams, the bill was
made the special order for May H.
Mr. Clay replied to the speeches of NIessrs.
seward, Sumner. Wilson and Harlan, ON the
MI for the admission of Kansas lie com.
'llmented the Executive for his course re-
ardlng the Kansas matters and for the I
rmness and consistency he had exhibited in
maintaining the rights of the entire country ,
Is to the alleged aggrcs,pns Of the slave
over he said that 80 far from there being
ny truth in the charges, the South bud, ever !
lnce the foundation of tho government hrou /
radually yielding To the cucroIrhm,nts and -,
surTation of the North Adjourned :
non sE'-t pom assembling, the House pro j
'eded to vote upon the Srnato's amend J.
tent to the Appropriation Bill. The 2
h'namcnt to appropriate $500 GOO Tor con /
hnlng the wo'k ON the Washington aquc
hcI, Wa o. 4 hy ., mpiolity The y
"'nim"r' not all disposed 81 when II