New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-12
NUMBER 232.
Thirty.Fourth congreas-Eirst Session.

NUMBER S32.
Thirty-Fourth congreas-First Session.
W4sHrEaros, January 2.-The Senate was
not in session to-day. 5.ll s 5
House of tt'Representatiges. The House having
been called to order. Mr.. Giddings moved cor
reetion of the journal Of Monday, in effect de-
nying that the Presidents Message was received
by the House. and asserting that is was an
nounced and delivered to the Clerk by the Prea-.
ident's private secretary without permission.
after come debate the proposition was tabled
by 36 majority.
Mr.. Knight offered resolution 10 elect q
Speaker by q plurality yota
Mr: Phelps moved to lay iton the table Car
RED by u majority, and the House resumed
voting for q Speaker.
MIR. Millson moved that The Presidents meg
sage, transmitted to the House on the S1st Of
december, be now read. He argued in favor Of
his proposition, and incidentally said that, in
IN bis judgment, it was an admirable and ex-
cellent State paper.
Mr.. Stanton said that the President had inde.
Gently thrust the nassage in the face Of the
members Of the House. Il was the most disrep.
utable document that ever emanafed from an Off
Ger, and falsifes the history Of the Government,
from It's organization down to the present day
DER, objeeting to the proposed reading Of the
message. on the ground that 1t sWass NOT coInpe-
!ens Iof the House, in its present condition, and
IN sne absence OF an organization, to take any
cognlzance whatever Of the message
Mra Mace moved that the whole subject be
lald upon the table, which question was decided
I IN tne atiirmative--yeas 1l8; nays 94 a
After another Intellectual ballot for Speaker
the House adjourned
Senafe.-Jan. 3.-The financial report ofthe
secretary OF the Treasury was received
Mr.. Mason moved that 1900 copies be print
ed by the puinter to the Senate Of the last Com
gress. .s
discussion ensued as to the power Of the
g'Senate to take such action, since it would, (as
was eontended on one side,) be violation or
evasion Of the law of the last eaasion relative to
the public printers. The resolution, however,
was adopted
House.-Mr. Mace offered q resolution that
the acting or-keeper of this House be request
ed to lock all the doors leading to this hall in
stanter, and keep them securely fastened till a
Speaker be elected. unless opened for the ad-
mission Of absent members. daughter
Mr.. Mace ssid that they had ecclesiastical
precedent for this in the election Of Pope
Qaughter) to succeed Clement w., in 1858.
The cardinals had been for nearly three years
unable to agree on the choice Of successor,
and were on the point Of breaking up, when the
magistrates of Rome, by advice Of st. Benja-
min, shut the gates Of the city, looking up the
cardinals till they agreed
de was not 80 much Of q Know Nothing as
not to acknowledge the binding authority of
this precedent. (Laughter.) f the resolution
| should be adopted, he ventured to say that the
calls ofnatnre would be such, either for re-
tFeshments or otherwise, Qaughter,l as to force
an election in ten hours. (Aierriment)
On motion Of Mr.. Boyce, the resolution wal
tabled and the House again proceeded to vote
| and soon after adjourned.
ANOTHER ALLIANCE WITH FRANcE.-A Parii
letter writer says @..... 5-...s-. s.$.i
Speaking Of matrimony, people say nov
| Though this report has already been in circu
lation before) that NJ. de Morny is about t,
| marry young American lady without fortune
The antecedents Of M. de Morny are alread,
known to you. he is generally regarded O
the son Of Queen Hortense, the mother Of Napc
leon III. executed the coup de,etnt Of til
ID Of December. He was at that time Minists
Of The Interior. He retired from his plat
through dissatisfaction at the DEGREES which in
poyerished the family Of Orleans. He has b
come President the second time of The Chambt
: of Deputies. He has o fortune of fifteen millio,
!, Of francs, acquired in speculation, and which
is disposed, IS it is said, notwithstanding b
!, former bachelor connections with the court,
give to this young and obscure American LADY
He is encouraged in this step by the success
the love match Of the Emperor, who has profte
much, as have already said, by what was re
garded at first an unworthy alliance. =&afr
The right of Henry L. schoclcraft to th
honor Of having first traced the Mississippi t
its source ia about to be contested by the Min
nesota Historical Society, who, as we lear
from the st. Paul Pioneer, contend that Jea
N. Nicolet first traced the Mississippi to il
source. The Pioneer says:
"Schoolcraft fixed the head of the Mississippi
at Itasea Lake, and reported that the lake wa
fed by pure springs gushing from the hill
around it. Two years after Schoolcraft visitet
the lake, the patient, unwarying Nicolett
traced the river to the lake, surveyed it, fount
several streams emptyipg into it, and followed
them to their origin. One Of them-the princi
pal one--it is now contended is the Mississippi
river, and, as Nicolet traced it to its origin, b
of course is entitled to the honor of being th
first white man who thoroughly explored tn
Mississippi river Nicolett has happily left OF
record many manuscripts and printed docu
ments relating to his explorations in the North
west, and Mr.. Schoolcraft is reported as yer,
jealous of his reputation as O discoverer AM
explorer"
A Washington dispatch Of the I'd inst, t,
the New York Herald, says:
| Since the reception Of the message and th
diplomatic correspondence relative to Centra
America, several distinguished Senators hav
expressed their apprehension Of an early rup
ture with England.
! Col Parker II. French made his appearance
to-day in the lobby Of the House, and was soor
surrounded by members, who expressed the
warmest sympathy for the Walker government
He will remain in Washington during the winter
| FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN PENNsYL
vANA.--A dispatch of the LIST inst. from Pitts
burg, says:
The three o'clock passenger train for the West
on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, CANT
in collision about four o'clock with the fast trair
in coming East, when near the Darlington Sum.
nit near the Beaver line, killing four persons
and injuring sixteen more or less dangerously
The freight train was off the track at The
time, and the conductor was endeavoring tt
reach a switch within q short distance. The
collision occurred on heavy curve. The killed
are-Nr. Stokes, agent Of the New Castle sne