The Evansville daily journal., 1857-12-17
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WASHINGTON, Dec 16-N

NAsHINGToN, Dec lo-H
HorsE-Met in new Hall. Communica-
tions were received from the clergymen in
Washington rendering their services to open
daily 5, ssions with prayer. Amid mu, h con-
fusion members proceeded TO select their seats
by lottery.
SENATE- Resolution was adopted tnat the
SenAte. Tomorrow. will proceed to the elec-
ton o. Printer. Notice was given of re-
so:uIiUn Ealing on the President for all cor
ge-p ndence between the Departments and
he Present Governor OF Kausas, with all or
ders and Instructions which have been given
% said officer.
Mr.. Allen submitted resolution that the
Standing Committees be arranged as follows:
Foreign keIations- Mason OF Va. Doug
LIS OF H.. Slide of La, Polk of Mo-, Crit
ten len, OF hy., Seward OF n. y, and Foote
y, Nt.
Finan ial-I.unter Of Va. Pearce Of Nd.
Gwinu OF Cal, bright OF Ind. Briggs n.
c., Fessenden # Ne. and Cameron o. Pa.
C5mmeree-Ciay OF Ala, Benjamin OF La.
igler, oi Pa, Toombs OF Ga. Reed of n. c.,
AlleH f K. J., anu Hainmtnd OF Me.
Military Aftairs-Davis of Miss, Fitzpat
rick If Ala, johnson oil Ark, lverson OF Ga.
Brodcrick Oh Cai., Wilson Of Mass. and King
OF y. Y.
Naval Afairs-Sa larry of Fla, Thonp-
" VI u. vi alcu Ol n. l..
evans OF ;. c., Bell of Tenn. Hale of n. IL.
Judiciary-Bayard of Del, TOombs OF Ga.
Pugh OF Ohio, benjamin of La., Green, oi
Mo-, COllsInar o W., 1umbull OF Iii.
Post O.fice and Post Roals-Yuiee of Fla.
Bigger CT Pa, GwInn of Cal. Thompson OF
n. j., Fitch OF Ind, Hale OF n. H., Dixon OF
k.I.
Public Lands Stuart of Mich, johnson of
Tenn, Pugh Of Ohio, johnson of Ark, Brod
erik ot C.i.. Foster of Conn, Harlan OF 10.
Private Laud Claims Benjamin Of La.
Biggs OF y. e., thompson OF hy., Kennedy
oI Md. Durkee OF Wis.
IcdIan y Affairs Sebastin OF Ark, Brown
OF Miss, Reed OF y. c.. Fitch OF Ind, Bell oil
lenn., Thornton OF Texas, Dooiittle, Wis.
Pensions-Jones OF Iowa. Thompson of n.
j., Clay of Ala, bates OF Del. Thompson of
ny, Gosler Of Coma, King OF n. Y.
Revolutionary CiaiIns--Eyans of 5. c.,
Ea;es of Del., Irittcndvn Ky, Wilson OF
MIS-. Durkee OF Wis. Clay 0; Miss, John
son OF Ca, Mallery of Fla, Polk oil Mo-,
Clark OF y. H., Simmons OF X. /.
Di tr.et OF Co.umbm- Brown ol Miss, Ma
son Of Va, johnson of Tenn, Bigler OF Pa.
kennedy Of Md, HamlIn Oh Me-, Chandler OF
Mich.
Patent OsIicc-Rced of y. c.. Evans OF S
c., Yulee OF Fla, Simmons OF X. J., ,Trumbull
OF la.
Public Buildings and Grounds Bright OF
Ind, DAVIS oi Mi~s., Douglas OF ILL.,; Bayard
II Del; Clark of y. III.
Territories-Douglas Of H., Jones Of To-
wa, Sebast'n oi Ark, Fitzgerald OF Ala,
Green OF Mo; Coilamer of W., Wade of o..
Ensrossed Bi,is-Wrght vi y. j., BIGGER
OF Pa Harlan OF Iowa.
Audit and Comptroil Contingent Expeu-
ses-Eyans of :. G., Wright vi y. j., Dixon
vi X. /.
Enrolled Bills-Jones of Iowa; Brown Of
Miss, DooIlllle OF Wis.
Printing 'or Ark, Fitzgerald OF
Ala, Fesscnden VI Ne.
Library Pierce vi Nd, Bayard of Del,
Hunter OF Va.
WAsHISGToS. Dec ls-PH
SESArE.-H.mlin regarded the list as un
Just, di~propurliVna.e and sectional. lie
though, &C uIgh lms SheI slavt powsr has
seized on the Judiciary ID Supemc CourI
undertook ~ decide ~ o ions uoi lcgIl mate
~ beio'v it tlat &c ere should bc IaRen
~ to the manner la which the Committees
Of tbs Senate sere constI .uted, so as 10 sha, 10
the icgisia isn OF he county lrJpcriy. Mr.
Dooii1te % &C cd ~ ,he hgelneni o the
Committees, TeteTrIng especially to the
wants of the great North W est, and the i'm
portance OF the com.nerce ana navigation oi
that section OF tic country. Cii.,iiuIvr r. All
an ,X,ract from the Daiiy Globe, aEnUun-
Gag that at a caucus aii parties had agreed
TO canvas lists Vi Committees. lie Vas in
formed that n Democratic caucus Was held
md u lisE OF Committees Was made cut leav-
ing certain bianks 10 be tiied by kepubii-
cans. wliU saw III u I'll these blanks under
protest. No such general caucu. as announ-
ced was held, n no assent was ever gil en-
by the RepubiIv.ns OF the Senate to such for
mutton # Commit .Ses a. therein ANNOUNCED.
Pugn sad no sho ID vote Tor the list be-
cause II had Oeen agreed upon by II regular
ID, moe atlc c.lIIcus. but he uoncurTed with
those senators who had expressed the op.u-
ion that the Committees were not iaIriy
formed. lie had SAID 80 ut the proper place
and time, gnd ielt bound 10 repeat it " hiie
placing lis vote on Tectrd III iaNor of tnc
list.
Stuart said no hal declined serving on the
committee uI Commerce. as that Commit
the hai been ahu ed to, te thought proper
10 m Ike this stat,msi.t.
EaIrd in -iciScd p. opriety If the formation
OF the lis Was lrOPca the dominant parry
should always rccaiii the ascendeney on all
tle important Conan t;es in their own
hanls.
Gwinn alluded TO the manner in which the
R-puOlcans were ari.nged on Committees
III the HOUSE OF iclIc>til ,allNes WHICH llicl
had tie poa err, as being IN all eminent de-
gree sectional and UNJUST. They eonld not
now with good grace mud fault, Tor they had
always exercised their power with an iron
hand whenever they had an opportunity
Vi son denied that IN the !. s.. Congress the
Republicans were Unjust to the Democrats ia
the formation OF the House Committees.
Gwinn said he did NOT Ieter rar,iculcrly 10
the last Congress, but 10 liz general praetioe
OF that party tor many years past.
Wilson cVntented that the Democratic
party AMI pro ave,y IA ty of tins country
were one and the same ,nIIig. and Indulgcd
in SOME bright yisi,n oi the time when the
Republicans should gain the .scen lcEcy.
The resolution Was agreed 10 80 against ~.
soecch of Senator Green on the Kansas
Question.
Mr.. Green, of M.ssourI, proceeded to speak
on Kansas atfairs. Douglas speech, he said,
took him by sur rise, and it was well calcu-
lated to pre-. udirc the question pending lie
lore the people of Kansas. Lie wished 10
counteIact - far as might be III his power,
the impression which had been made by that
speech. The real Issue. now was, oug ht
Kansas. when her Constitution shall BE- re-
srnted be admitted into the Union, or ought
the Consideration Of what the Senator from
Illinois called u fundamental error Of the
President. to be regarded sufficient cause
for keeping Kansas out of the Union, and
keeping up agitation Of this most uniortun-
ate question. The question was not, whcth-
er we approve or dIsappr've all parts OF the
Lecompton Constitution "a TO the provisions
in reference to banks, taxation, Dc. These