New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-01-23

the committee. At the close of an excited political
contest and when the whole country needs repose it
is cruel in Congress to continue to vex Che popular
ear with political disputes and party diglafation.
Were there nothing else to occupy the attention of
Congress- some federation might be felt for it. With
important questions Of general as well Of special
legislation, pressing for consideration and with one
half the session already exhausted, Congress owes it
to itself and to the country to address itself exclu
| syely to its legitimate duties.
Next week, Territorial business will come up as a
special ORDER and three days assigned for its
sderation. The Territorial Committee will decline to
report bill organizing the proposed new Territory of
Arizonia- that the population is not yet
sufficient to justify the expense. Nor will Kansas be
allowed to come in as State. Minnesota will be adj
mitted and perhaps preliminary steps taken also for
the admission of Oregon and Utah. After that, the
new Tariff Bill will give rise to long debate but
apprehend nothing will be done with it. The Pacific
Railroad Bill and all other bills involving the appro
priation of lands, will be passed by entirely. Thelate
Developments touching the attempt to bride, in the
case of the Minnesota Land Bill will have the effect
of making members cautious of their votes Perhaps
itmay result in breaking up altogether the policy of
Congress in granting the public lands to railroad
porations.
Rii' i'ohJaHlu iSpoAteu w tiic DeHatt
bill providing for keeping the Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio and Arkansas rivers free from distractions. His
bill proposes an appropriation of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars year, for five years, for this
purpose The plan is to divide these rivers off into
sections, many miles to each section and then to
let to the lowest bidder contract for keeping each
section clear of all snags, wrecks rocks logs and
other obstacles to navigation. No money is to be
paid to any contractor until a government engineer
has approved his performance of the contract. Mr..
Benjamin stated that the Committee on Commerce
had ascertaned that the work could be efecsually
done for the amount appropriated and that after five
years, the expense Of keeping these rivers free of
distractions would be comparatively trifing. The
of the BILL at the present session OF Congress-
is doubtful.
observe that some of the leading papers are dis
cussing with considerable acrimony, speech maqe
by Mr. Brenton, of Indiana in the House the other
day, during the bribery excitement, in which he
abused the press, and particularly the correspondents
of the press from this city, in terms of extreme
severity. The latter he described miserable speci
mems Of humanity, who hang around the hall Of the
House for the purpose of reporting every private
mark they may chance to overhear. So far as am
concerned wish to say that Brentons denunc;ations
are perfectly inofensive Perhaps enter the hail of
the House about once month-certainy not oftener.
Nor would any consideration on earth induce me to
take advantage of information uttered in the privacy
of confidence by others. Brenton will find out some
Of these days, that the press not only makes poti-
clans, but can when it chooses, tuanake them. His
unnecessary passion may perhaps induce evil disposed
persons to believe that he himself is not altogether
guiltless of some offence against proprety. The
guilty are always suspicious of others. ESSEX.