Smyrna times., 1857-12-10
The Thirty Fifth Congress,


This body assembled in the national capito
on Monday, and the session promises to be al
Interesting and exciting one. The question
OF foreign and domestic policy which will come
up Tor consideration are many and important
The admission of Kansas, the ratification o.
her constitution or its reference to the people
the critical state of our relations with the Nor.
anons; the currency question, and the compli.
cations resulting from our present financial en-
Oarrassment, are destined to be fully discussed.
In addition to these the China war, the Gen.
tral American question, fillibusterism in Nicar.
aqua or Sonora schemes for the purchase of
Cuba or Tehauntepec, the legalization of the
slave trade, and a dozen other subjects might
be suggested, the consideration of which will
prolong the session far into the summer We
believe the list of members is complete with
the exception of the vacancy soon to be made
by the resignation of Mr.. Bank; of Mass
The contemplated admission of Minnesota i'm
mediately after the organization of Congress.
will make the Senate consist of GA members
and the House of 235, besides delegates. In
the former branch there will be a Democratic
majority of IA, and in the latter CT 2t5.
dn the Senate the Republicans are five strong
er than they were in the last Congress, having
gained james Dixon of Connecticut in place of
Isaac TOucey, Zachariah Chandler of Michi.
gan in place of General Cass, Simon Cameron
OF Pennsylvania in place of Richard Broadhead.
James F. Simmons of Rhode Island in place of
Charles L. James, and James R. Doolittle of
Wisconsin in place of Henry Dodge. The
other new Republican Senators are Daniel
Clark of New Hampshire in place of James
Bell, deceased, and Preston King of New York
In place of Hamilton Fish. Nearly all of these
are men of superior abilities, and of much ler-
isative experience. On the administration
side OF the Senate the new members are Messrs.
BfOderick Of California, Fitch of Indiana, JEFF
fers1n Davis of Mississippi, Green and Polk of !
Missouri, Johnson of Tennessee, Henderson of
Texas, and Hammond of South Carolina. of
these, Jefferson Davis and Gov. Hammond are
the only men likely to exert much influence on ,
the affairs of the nation. !
Anthony Kennedy, American, of MARYLAND, ,
succeeds Thomas G. Pratt, offsets tho loss of =,
--N''S ." AA'SSASSlP PPiJ NCS tne party HVe Il
members, the same number it had in the last
Congress. .
In the House there have been far greater
changes than in the Senate. The new men, .
bers are III, just one halfof the whole number I,
The Republicans have lost sixteen members and q
the Americans twenty nine, while the Demo. -
Gratis have gained forty-ive. BY these changes 9,
the Americans have lost the balance of power, l.
and the Democrats have obtained fair work. .,
ing majority, SO long as unanimity reigns in >,
their ranks. Ofthe new members, there are /,
not many who have won decided regulations r
though of course there is no reason to predict 81
that the present Congress will prove inferior to
the majority of its predecessors. The drain q,
upon the United States Treasury for the last or
few weeks has removed all apprehension of a
surplus, and we may therefore expect a COM
paratively short session there being no money su
to quarrel over. The new members of Con- an
gress, it is said, will probably draw nine months P
pay on the meeting of the first session next as
week. g.