Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
Congrsssional.

appeared and was qualified AID took his
seat
Mr.. Seward PRESENTED tae petition Of
'ebe Geographical Society Of New orIk
City. protesting against the coinage Of
three dollar aud three cent pieces, and
PRAYING that none -ttu; decimal eeiIss may
be issued front the mint. The petition
lu;asreferred 10. Cernmiitce On Finance.
The ssubn1ariilifel fefsgrapl vas then taken
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In TIE House. 5fr. Orr, from the inves-
tisstins committee. fr1,sde arepoft that II I.
SitneBioa has refassedi 10 a1tnswerEerfainin-
quiri.s as TO member approaching him
with eorrnpt propositions, deemed material
10 inquiry by. the -Camnitiee~aaG- -seneiad-
ing with a resolution directing the Ser
gce nt-at-A Arms to take Simonton into Gus
to1y and bring him before the House
1 forthwi.!loto ansseersito "a charge OF con-
| tempt of authority. a-4ngG.>a aaoz 6a2in
| The resolution was adopted, with oaiy
sixteen dissenting .otes.a s2eii sW iail Z g
The Senate held a secret session on tilc
18th. in which the question of the removal
of Judge LecornPt from the Chief Justice
what had become ofthe nomination of
| Mr.. Harrison. to supercede j Judge Lecompt
/. as Chief Justice Of Kansas, which was
sent intothe SENATE by the President scme
time since. Mr.. Toonfs as chairman Of
the committee. replied that the committee
4 had net yet deched on what report they
should make in relation 10 it,. Mr.. Cass
reioined with considerable feeling that it
/ quite time some acilon should be taken on
the subject. Mr.. Tae:nbs said for himself
1 he wasready TO report gainss Hethougft
| that j, was an fbitrasy assumption OF pow
/ er for tae President to attemptato remove
1 a lnerlhor of the jadIciary. merely because
| his decision happened to be contrary TO his,
| The President 5, wishes. The Judiciary
should feel. when giving a decision, that
their place did not derend upon their Civ
ing an opinion eoinciding with the views
dent was such an exercise of power as
should be checked by the Senote. 9l5as.a
-h1r. Cass tkat however the case might
eswith3regar,l oitlle members of the Su.
preIne Court of the United States, with
regard to the judiciary of the Territories.
the law bad been settled byTs,a decision of
the Supreme Court 1t had been decided
that the President lad power to remove
the Judges of Territories.
Mr.. Tooinbs dissented from such : dc-
cision, if any such Lad been made lie should
consider it unconstitutional The question
was asked why The Committee did not re-
pert one way Mr.. Toonlbs answered
that they were waiting TO here Judge Le-
complies defence.
There was some further discussion on
the subject, but The general opinion SEEM
ed TO be that the exercise Of the power OF
removal by the Pres dent was constitution
al under the circumstances.
The nomination Of Mr. Spencer as Mar
sEai of Kansas, in place OF Donaldson,
was also considered. So says the WASH
ington correspondent of the. New York
Tribune.
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EIGur KINDS OF WoHEx.-The obsti-
nate woman gets TO sea in band-box.
The patient we!nan roasts an OK with
burning glass. The c,sri ious woman would
like TO turn a rainbow over TO see what
was on the other side. The Uu!ga7 wo-
man is spider attempting to spin silk.
Tie cautious woman kills herself in en-
deavoring to lace tighter than her neigh
bofs. The ertravagant woman burns
wax candle in looking for /, lueifer match
The happy woman died in deaf and
dumb asylum asylum years ago.
NorIcE to the Law and Order citizens
of Atchison county.
There will be county ratification r,eet-
ing held at this place on Saturday the 3.b
inst, TO take into consideration the Pre-.
ceeding OF the late convention at Lccomp-
ton. Let US have full attendance.
COMMITTEE.
A. ]. G. Westbrool
E. C. Mason
NJ. NJ. Eiand
TEo's Patest
Matthias Yokum !
Barry Cohoon s.s..
Ge:ea:u.
A woraay old English farmer. vino most
thoroughly detested taxes and tax-gather-
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