The weekly Columbian., 1857-04-04

ia after passing the House was amended
by the Senate so as to restrict suffrag to
citizens, and was then passed. 1t is
again under consideration in the Senate.
on motion of the Republican Senators,
who wish to strike out this amendment.
The Atlantic Telegraph bill will pro-
badly epassed minus Mr.. Gwin's amend
nlent.
The House rejected the resolution de-
claring Mr.. Whitfield not entitled to
seat as Delegate from Kansas.
Senator Summer will resume his seat
in day or two. After the close of the
present session he will sail for Europe.
on tour for the benefit Of his health.
Executive SEssIoN-The oath was
administered to M. Mason by Mr. Pierce.
and the f,rmer was chosen President pro
! tenn.
Messrs. Bayard, Bright, Broderick,
Cameron, Chandler, Jarvis, Dickson,
i)oolittle, Hamlin, Kennedy, King, NAL
lory, Polk, Rusk, Sumner, Thompson.
Old of New Jersey, and Wade were de-
clared qualified.
The Vice President elect soon after
came in and the oath was administered
to him, when he made few appropriate
remarks, and at one O'Clock ex-President
| Pierce and the President elect entered
and proceeded with the Senate, the Su-
preme Court, the Foreign Ministers, and
others, to the east front of the Capitol,
where the Inauguration ceremonies were
conducted.
A Washington dispatch states that the
| Senate have under consideration com
mercial treaty between the United States
| and Persia. 1t was negotiated between
Mr.. Carroll Spence, our Minister at Con-
stantinople, and the Persian Ambassador
at the Turkish Court
THE CABINET.--Secretary of State,
Lewis Cass; Secretary of Treasury,
Howell Cobb, of Ga; Secretary of In
terror, Jacob Thompson. of Miss Sec
retary of Navy, Aaron V. Brown, OF
Tenn. Secretary of War, }. B. Floyd,
Of Va; Post Master General. Arnold
Plummer Attorney General, Nathan
Clifford; Assistant Secretary Of State,
Henry Ledyard, Of Ia.
The very decided position President
Buchanan takes in his inaugural in favor
| of the speedy construction of the Pacific
Railroad. gives form to the rumor that he
intends to make this one of the prominent
features OF his administration.
In relation to the disposal of offices
under Mr.. Buchanan, the Herald says:
All the home officers will be changed.
There is to be rotation. This is certainly
the policy of Mr.. Buchanan. Most of
the collectors, postmasters, marshals, dis
trict attorneys, &C., will be allowed to re-
main till their terms of Office expire; the
remainder will be removed befbre the
eXpil alton of their commissions. This
information you may rely upon.
j. CLANCY Jones has received letter
from Mr.. Buchanan, who says he will not
probably reach Washington until Mon
day, and asking Mr. Jones to reconsider
his request not to be placed in the Cab
met.
In Kansas Gov. Geary refused to ap-
point mar named Sherood as Sheriff,
when Sherood grossly insulted Geary, a
free fight ensued in which Sherood was
killed. Gov. Geary has sent for troop
of hors to protect his person.
EUROPEAN NKws.-On the gath Feb
ruary, the steamship. Indian, which left
Liverpool on the 11th, arrived at Port
land, Me. Advices are -four days later
The news is not important.
III the English Parliament, it was
shown that the public expenditures had
exceeded the Government income by
se16,959,OO0 during the year ending
September 1856.
Lord Palmerston had acknowledged
that France had, during the Russian war,
guaranteed to Austria to suppress iDsur-
rection in Italy.
+ Letters from Berlin, as well as from
Berne, state that all the difficulties be-
tween Prussia and Switzerland are not
yet surmounted.
From Havana, full confirmation of the
news of DR.. Kane's death has been re-
ceived. He expired at Havana on the
10th of February, and his body was taken
Oh DOdfu Oh Ln0 N,OiuUlOld W NcW OT'
leans. The greatest possible sympsrhy
was shown on the occasion by the Cuban
officials.
From MExtCo.--Gen. Comonfort's
government is said to be acquiring sta
bility. Gen. Alvarez has anueunced his
intention 10 sustain it at all hazards
against the insurgents, under the cry Of
"religion and rights. !"
~ An Irish laborer, heing told that