The true Democrat., 1856-09-02
Important from Washington.

Washington, August 18.--It is reported in ro- liable quarters that the President has issnoI proclamation calling Congress to convene a~ axtra session on Thursday next Many mem bers who had fixed this evening for their da parture will remain
 There was meeting of the cabinet this af. ternoon. The following was decided by tbo President a proclamation:
 "Whereas, hostilities exist with varions r. dian tribes on remote frontiers of the Untaa States, and whilst in other respects the pnbla peace IS seriously threatened, Congress has a5. journed without granting the necessary sunnlia. for the army depriving the executive of tba power to perform his duty in relation to tbo common defense and security, and as an extr, ordinary occasion has thus arisen, for assorr bling the Houses of Congress, do, therefore by thlS proclamation, convene the said IIorso,, to meet at the capitol in the city of Wasbjng, ton, on Thursday the 2lst day of August baroe by requiring the respective Senators and tLo Representatives then and there to assemble and consult and determine as the state of the I-r;on may require. In testimony whereof bo,.1 caused the seal of the United States to ba bo.a by affixed, and signed with my hand. Doroot the city of Washington, this eighteenth dayaf August, in the year of our Lord, 1856 ami ot the independence of the United States da eight-lirst.
 Signed "FRANKLIN PIERCE
 By order of ". L. MARCY, Sec'y of Stston
 Washington, August IS. SENATE.-The chair submitted a mossoco from the President in answer to resouti0r calling for Col. Fremont'S accounts of his ra pts and disbursements as an officer of tbo government.
 The Senate then passed several private bills
 The report of the committee of commerce on the civil bill was agreed to by both Housas It gives 25,OOO dollars for the Washington ac. queduct, and settles the Baltimore post office controversy by approIrating 3OOOOO dollars and providing for the selection of site by commission, resembling the exchange building contract. The provlSo, that construction of all public buildings except for defensive purposes shall be under civil superintendence was struck out
 The bill for the establishment of a naval de- pot at Brunswick Georgia, was received from the House and postponed until next session.
 Mr. ToOmbS, from the committee of confer. ence on the army bill, reported that they were unable to agree. He moved that the Senate
  though he thought there was no chance of an agreement and was willing to let the couse, sequences rest where they belong
 Mir Clayton wanted to leave the door open until the last moment. It was vet possible there would be an agreement. 50 long as there Was the slightest hope of that result he wanted to use concIIiation, and hoped the word "ilsjs,' would be substituted for adhere"
 Mr. Mason was willing to adhere, for he saw no chance of an agreement He was in iayoI of meeting the enemy on the threshold
 Mr. Seward thought that must be GIuratiye language for the enemy of whom the Senator from Virginia spoke was the House of Repre- sentatives, the according branch of the national legislature, and that that body was iu no sense all enemy of the Senate's He (Mr Seward, said, with all difference to the Senator of Virgi mia, that public sentimennt was, in his opinion the friend of constitutional law and the princi pies on which our government is founded.
 Mir. Hale referred to the freedom of the En- 9Iish house of commons, by which the sover eiguis held in check, and thought, if the House of Representatives was cursed with submission we might as we'll give up the experiment oI free government.
 Mir. Clayton said if the bill was lost the army must be disbanded, as they could not be paid and fed, and in that case it would be the duty of the President to call all extra session imme- diateiy.
 Mr Toombs consented to change his motion, and let 1t be the Senate "inSiStS." He said the army must be disbanded if the bill failed Let it be disbanded, but keep the constitution fol the protection of the people
 The motion to "insist' was agreed to by & against F.
 Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, in reference to the report of the committee on naval affairs, in the case of Lieutenant Bartlett, which has been un. derstood to reflect upon that gentleman's char acter stated tEat it was not the intention of tht committee to express any opinion pro or con, bu merely to spread it before the country.