Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-12

WAsurxsros News Washington, Dec. $
The Democratic caucus has made the fol
lowing nomination: :,
Speaker Of the House,. =. Oq, South
Clsrk Of the House-Allen. Illinois.
Postmaster of the Hopse-Clusky, Ga.
Daorkeeper-HalkIey, Virginia.
Sesrgeutat-Arms, 1.-THE House, Grosbren'
mel, Pennsyl,ahis. =
Dec. 7.-Senase-Fifty members ofthe Sen
are present. Hon. BENZ. Fitzpatrick was
chosen Presideptspro-tem. III consequence o.
the absence Of the Wee President. Bow
man, editor Of the Bedford Gazette, was co i
truhed as Superintendent of Public Printing.
House-Two hundred and ~twenty-one
members are present. ~.
For Speaker-J. L. Orr, South Carolina.
1873; Grow, "a scattering. 10.
%Sthephens and Banks conducted by Mr..
| Orr to the Chair. and the oath was admins
tered by 10 hua R.. Giddings.
Orr made a speech upon taking the chair.
Florence. of Pa, gave notice OF his intention
to introduce a bill for the entire Suspension Of
bank notes as currency, and OF bank notes
Of less denomination than 500, as a circula-
ting medium in the District OF Columbia
The House adjourned. The message will not
be received until to- worrow. "a Una H5,
Col. Richardson, of Illinois, has. been ten
dered the Governorship Of Nebraska. The
Globe newspaper is filled with an exposifioi,
Of frauds in the purchase of books during the
last Congress, causing much sensation about
the Capitol. ~f
III the Court Of C,oims. Judges Scarburg
and Blac kford, delivered an opinion adverse
to the claims Of the of the brig Gen. Arm
strong. Judge Cilchrist dissenting,
CoNGRRss.-The New York Post, ia giving
a list of the membres elect of the present
Congress, accompanies it with some remarks
from which we quote: T.
The admission OF Minnesota. into the I'm |
ioc as a State, which will probably take place
soon after the organization of Congress, will
add two Senators and one Representative to |
The list. With these additions, the Senate
consist Of Ga members, and the House
,35, besides seven delegates who have no
gote. and the ad administration majority in the
body will be fourteen, IN the latter |
;wenty-three. g.
tn the Senate, the Republicans are stfonger$
han in the last Congress, having gained 1--WE |
in the States Of Connecticut. Rhode |
stand. Pennsylvania, Michigan. and Wiscon- |
in. Offsetting against these two admins
ration Senators to be sent hereafter by Min
iesota, they be will still be three better than
If Kansas be admitted as a State,
nd the Territorial LIE legislature, recently cleo
ed, permitted to send Senators Cto ongress.
hey will have a gain of five. Vi @t,F 4I6l
Among the new Republican Senators. in
luding those new to Congressional duties,
re James Dixon, of Connections, in place Of
saac Toucey; Zachariah Chandler. of Mi,h-
gan, in place of Gen. Cass; Simon Cameron.
Pennsylvania, in place Of Ri. hard Brod-
cad Jas F.. Summons, ct Rhode Island. III, |
lace Of Chas. T. James: Jas. r. DooIittle of
Wisconsin, in place OF Henry Dodge; Han
ibal Hamlin, of Maine, reelected Daniel
Of New Hampshire, in place of Jas.
deceased and Preston King, of New
'ork. in place of Hamilton Fish-of whom
he. fse first named replace administration
,enbers, and the remainder Republicans.
ln the administration ranks the new Sena- ,
,rs are william NJ. Gwin. Of California, who
lis a vacancy David C. Broderick. from :
lie same State. in place of John B. Weller; !
.raham n. Fitch: of Indiana. who fills a va |
'ncy: Jefferson DAVIS. of Mississippi, in
ace Of Step. Adams James s. Green. OF
who fills a vacapcy caused by the
of Atchisop , Tnlsten Polk. from /
'e sams State, in place OF Henry S. Geyer (
mircw johnson, Of tennessee. IN place Of !
c. jones aid D. =. Henderson, OF y
exas, in place oil Thomas J. Rusk. deceased. q
Kennedy, American. Of MARYLAND, j.
ho succeeds Thomas g.. Pratt. offsets the n
IS of Adams in Mississippi. ana. gives the !,
ITty five members tfse Same number it had :
the last Congress, J. W. HemphiIl has 4
elected to succeed Gen. H,uston.. bat he'll i
il not take his seat till March 4, 1859. "
IN the House the changes. as usual, are i
UGH greater than ia the Senate-il7 menu
rs, exactly one-half the whole nnfnber. not =
wing had seats in the last Congress. The i
Fative positions of parties are also changed. y
e Republicans losing sixteen members. i
e America NJ twenty-nine and the Admin II
ration party gaining fortytive. Some of 3
E new members have served in previous ol
'ngresses, but few Of them are widely \,
OWL, and it would be difficult at present to -
m an estimate Of the power, if any, they :;
: likely to. WELD. 1t is not improbable. -
werer. judging from the legislative career
The old members, that the present Congress
y be equal to the average Of its preaeces- !.
$. The seat of Lewis D. Campbell, Of ct
: Third District Of Ohio, Republican is bt
ltested by mis- opponent, MI. yaiiaiding- II
q. ~ .9 sM 3aIs h & ea
NOVEL NxwsPAPEa CELEBHAr,oN.-The -
Of the N~ewburypoft Herald. in y
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