Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-03-12
Congressional.
WASHINGTON. March 4. 1857.

Der Of privste bills from the House an
concurred in numerous amendments, an
rejected others.
Mr.. Stuart, from the Committee on on
ference, on the efficiency bill, made re
port recommending that the Senate reced
from some of their amendments. The ap
propriation of SIs3 600 for books for dis
tribution amoug new members of the Hous'
was reduced to $4,000. Mr.. Stuart hope.
the report would be concurred in. believin!
it in the best they could get.
Messrs. Beggs, Toombs, and Bayard op
posed the report, preferring to lose the bill
rather than to Weld their hostility to tht
Book amendments. The report was disa
greed to; yeas 8, nays 3S.
The Ocean Mail Steamship appropriation
bill passed.
A third Committee of Conference on the
deficiency bill was appointed, the secont
not being able to agree.
The Senate returned the miscellaneou:
appropriation bill to the House, with 1Oa
amendments.
The New York fire bill was taken up
Its opponents, among whom Clay, lversor
and SIdell were the most conspicuous
After some discussion i, was tabled Sew.
eral private bills passed also bills providing
for the construction of military roads in
Washington and Nebraska terri'ory's. Al
III O'Clock the galleries were denseiy
crowded with ladies' waiting to see the pre-
IL
Mr.. Hale-Mt. President, is there any
question before the Senate! Several SEN
stors have suggested the propriety of as hor,
executive session. (Great laugh'er,) when
Mr.. Hale sat down without urging an an
swer to his enquirey. The Senate report
ed he had nothiag further to communicate.
The President pro TEN. declared. after a
brief valedictory, the Senate Adjourned.
EXTRA SESSION.
The oath was sdmipistrated to Mr.Mason
BY DIR. Pierce and the former was chosen
Presideat pro tenn. Messrs Bavard, Bright,
Broderick. Cameron Chandler, Davis, Dixon,
Doll tie. Hamlin. Cen1edy, Cling, Mallory,
Pack, Rusk. Summer, Thompson (of New
Jersey,) and Wade were qualified.
The Vice President elect soon after came
in and the oath was administered to him,
when he made few appropriate remlrks
At Z O'Clock, ex-President elect entered,
and proceeded with the Senate's Supreme
Court, foreign Ministers, and others, to the
east front capitol, where the inaugural GER
emonies were conducted. Senate after
wards returned to their chamber and ad-
journed till o'clock to morrow.
The Deficiency bill failed to receive the
signature of President Pierce, and is there
fore not law.
HoUsE-The proceedings in the House,
as well as :he Senate, were frequently in
terrupted by messages and reports from the
Commi:te not law.
HoUsE-The proceedings in the House,
as well as the Senate, were frequently it,
terupted by messages and report from the
Committee OF Conference.
The House passed the Senate bill, con-
frming to the several States the swamp and
oveTfown lands, selected in the acts of lSl9
and 1850.
The House refused to recede from the
amendment to the amendment of the Sem
ate, to the legislative and executive bill, ap-
propriating $4,000 to pay the expenses of
the next Kansa' legislature, and insisted on
IFS disagreement by 2 majority subsequently
receded by l majority, thus ending the dis
pu:e on this bill.
During the proceedings, frequent and
violent attempts were made to obtain the
floor, fifty members or more were upon, their
legs. crying out, Mr.. Speaker. and flourish
ing their particular bills or manuscript they
wished to have considered. Numerous mo-
tions were made to suspend the rules, to
consider the specified bill, but few of which
were successful. The, House passed Senate
bill, more effectusly to punish crimes on
the high seas; also the Senate bill requiring
the disbursing officers of the government to
deposit their funds, for better protection,
with the Treasury or some assistant Treas
ury of the U. S.
Mr.. Prngle made report from the sec.
iond Committee of Conference on the De-
fciency bill, that they were unable to agree,
the main cause of this being, the appropri-
alton of books for new members.
Mr. Sage exhorted the gentleman 10 stand
firm, saying they had rights as well as SEN
ators
Mr.. Houston justified the Senate's oppo-
siton to the books, and said that if Mr..
Sege did not want to stir up i'll blood,
he would leave him alonein his laudable un-
dertaking.
The iouse insisted on its disagreement.
All the general appropriation bills have
been considered. Several of them are hang
ing between the two Houses, the Committee
of Conference not being able to agree.