Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-03-12
Last Hours OF Congress.
WAsHINGIoN. March 4

the business IN both branches was mainlJ
confined to reports from the several com.
nittees of conference.
EVENING SESSION, 3D-sEsArH.
The Senate disposed of a number of pri
vate bills from the House, concurred in nu
merous amendments and rejected others
Mr.. Stuart, from committee circumference
On the deficiency bill, made report recon
mending that the Senate recede from some
of their amendments.
The appropriation ofs1SS, 900 for books
for distribution among the new members
of the House is reduced to S137, 600.
Mr.. Stuart hoped the report would be
concurred in, believing it to be the best they
could get.
Messrs Briggs. Toombs and Bayard op.
posed the report, prcferring to lose the bill
rather than to yield their hostility to the
book amendment.
The report was disagreed--yeas 8, noes
80, and another committee of conference
asked for
The Ocean Mail Steamship appropria-
ton was passed.
A third Committee of Conference on de-
fciency billwas appointed-thc second not
being able to agree.
-s f- M HOUSE.
Proceedings in the House as we'll as the
Senate were frequently interrupted by mes
Esages and reports from Committees of con-
ference. The House passed the Senate bill
confirming to the several States the swamp
and overaowed lands selected in the acts OF
1910 and 1850.
The House refused to recede from the a
mendment to the amendment of the Senate
to the Legislative and Executive bill appro-
priating $50, 900 to pay expenses of the
next Kansas Legislature, and insisted on its
disagreement by two majority.
! Subsequently receded by one majority,
thus ended the dispute on this bill. Du-
ring the proceedings frequent and violent
attempts were made to obtain the floor, 5C
members or more were upon their feet crying
out ''Mr. Speaker" and fourishing the par.
ticular bill or manuscript they wished tc
have considered. Numerous motions were
made to suspend the rules, to consider spec
ifed bills, but few of which were success
ful.
The House passed the Senate bill more
effectually to punish crimes on the higl
seas.
The House passed the Senate bill requir
!; ing disbursing officers of the Government
to deposit their funds for better protection
, with the treasurer or some assistant treas
urer Of the United States.
, Mr. Pringle made report from the 2,
{ Com. of Conference on the Deficiency Bill
that they were unable to agree. The mail
, cause of this being the appropriation 70
, books for new members,
, Mr. Sage exhorted the gentleman to stanc
firm, saying they had rights as well as Sen
: ators.
, Mr.. Houston justified the Senate's oppo
sition to the books, and said that if Mr.
, Sage did not want to stirup i'll blood h
would leave him alone in his laudable un
dertaking. The House insisted on its dis
, agreement.
, All the general appropriation bills hav
been considered. Several ofthem are hang
. ing between the two houses, the Commit
{ tees of Conference not being able to agree
{ The Senate returned the miscellaneous ap
t preparation bills to the Housa with 103 a
mendments: skts0 $
n The book feature of the-dciciency bill
was so amended as to allow certain book
to new members to be deposited in publ
libraries in their districts The Hous
passed the Senate's joint resolution direct
ing appropriate medals to be presented t
DIR. Kane and his Artic companions as tes
timony of the hign estimation in whicl
Congress held their merits and services.
Aiken offered resolution that the thank
of the House are due and are hereby ten
dered to Mr. Banks, for the able, impartia
and digniied manner in which he has dis
: charged his duties during the present Con
grcss. css q aei,nle~s aii'
;, Craige, Wheeler and others objected t
the reception of the resolution.
| The Speaker pro fem, Mr.. Haven, decides
, that the resolution was question Of priv
: lilege s.aif.s.fs =. oa 3
Mr.. McAfullen said he voted a gains
: Banks. There was much in his conduct h
could approve and much he was called upol
to condemn as one of the representative
from Virginia; he was not only Opposes
} to the resolution, but entered his protes
against it. Il came from the last state il
! the union he supposed it would come from
} He regretted that Aiken had introduced il
Ifhc could take back the vote he gave Aike1
for Speaker. he would do it. Seward o
} Ga, regretted exceedingly that there ha,
been any manifestation Of feeling on thi
subject. s.,
r He came from the State Of Georgia whicl
y occupies as proud a position as Virginia o
Many other State. He came here with all tn
Neuthern prejudices against the occupant o
Ith Chair. he had witnessed his conduc
J cloSSand scrutinizied it at everv, ste]
} and he nd<St say he had seen as much fair
: ness in Mr.. Banks as in the occupant of th'
chair of any Legislative body elsewhere
} he took pleasure, coming as he did from tn
South and differing with the occupant Q
} the chair, in voting for the resolution am
raise his voice in doing justice to politica
adversary. (Great Confusion.
Harris Of III. appealed from the decision
that the resolution was privileged ques
tion. (Cries oftoc late. Heloudly main