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WAsnIN0rON, Jan. 8, le5.

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SESATE.-Not in session. having, yesterday
adjourned till Monday.
HorsE-The Speaker announced a select
committee to investigate the alleged charges OF
corruption to cons list of MeSsrs. Kilsey, Orr,
Davis, (of Md.,) Richie aud Warner.
Mr.. Grow said he had had, for two or three
weeks, petition signed by 1000 voters of Kan
sss demonstrating against the right OF MIR. Whit
field to a seat as delegate from that territory
He had been Informed that a large number slime
lar to this were on their way, and asked to have
read the petition of Mr.. Reeder setting iIrlh
the reasons for cOnteStlng Mr. Whlthelds
seat Objection being made, the papers were
then, referred to the committee on elections
Mr.. Reeder in his petition, denies the right OF
Mr. Whitfield to his seat and claims it for HIM
self setting forth the reasons for this assertion.
He says that himself and Mr.. Whitfield were
Candidates at two separate elections whch ne
MFR Reeder) received more than double the
number of legal votes east for Mr.. Whitfield.
Upon full investigation of all the facts the
House rejected Mr.. Whitfield but refused to adj
init Mr.. Recder The reasons for this are set
forth in the report of the Kansas Investigation
committee.
Without a new legislation, and under the
same state of things, Mr.. Whitfield became n
candidate for the single session of the same
Congress, at an election held in last October,
entirely without authority Of law, in which
large minority of legal voters refused to partlcl-
pate preIerring to recognize voluntary election.
The persons who participated in that irregular
and unauthorized election were small mum
Der of the voters of the territory, and less than
those who voted ut the voluntary election IN
Oct, 1856; and only that Mr.. Whitfield had
been admitted to, and now occupied his seat, IN
the House, it was without the sembence or color
of law Other reasons are also stated
| In conclusion, he contends that If u voluntary,
irregular election, unauthorized by the state, IS
an insufIcienttitle to seat Mr.. Whitfield should
be rejected and as his admission would seem to
indicate that the House are disposed to recon-
slider their decision upon this point. MIR. Reed
err cIaims to be entitled to seat in preference to
the said Whitfield, inasnuch rs he was elected
for the whole Congress, at an election more
formal, more legal, and by larger legal vote,
than that of Oct, 1850, and that his admission
is asked for by petitions from large number OF
the citizens of Kansas now before the House.
All matters of fact set forthin the petition, it is
necessary, in the opinion of the House, to prove
Mr. Recder offers to eSablish by competent evil
dence before the House or any committee APP
pointed for that purpose.
| Mr.. W0shhurI of ILL.,, asked, bnt did not OBJ
tain leave to present and have received the Pc
titiOn of a large number of the citizens OF Iowa,
charging fraud upon the Dubuque and Pacific
Railroad Co., in rcfnSng'to build that road as
provided by the act of Congress granting lands
for that purpose.
| The bill authorizing thepayment to the own
ers of the Schooner Garnet, of Massachusetts,
Of the amount of fishing bOuntieS they would
have been entitled to receive, had the voyage
been Comuleted, gave rise to a long debate in
yolving the propriety of such bountes. The
bill finally passed; yeas 80, nays 40, when the
House adjourned.