The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-14

reports wbsh originated IN The House and he close Of mo
nel' preceding session rsmained nodetermnei shall be
sued and Acted on IN We manner adjournment
had not taken place.
The Senate thought that the best thing do with those
bills lay them table for the present until
the Senators might consider the point involved
sashiDg onslaught the existence OF the Court OF
Claims is wrapped up In the bill which Mr. Grow intro
dOced last Tuesday and which entitled "A bin TO amend
an act TO establish court for the investigation Of claims
against the United StateP To creditors OF tho
government the District Courts OF the United
States" The Coaft OF Claims establ he'd three
four years SINCE with the object Of relieving Congress
from the pressure Of private caa The operation Of tho
court however, has not had the desired effect because ts
decisions not aDa ana whether The decision be ia
vorabe or adverse the case has TO again before III
Committee of Claims and before Congress. Mr. Crows
bin proposes short cut to the solution Of the difficulty
INCREASED DUTIES ON ooAL, IRON WOOL
After the members Of the House han gone through the
amusing business, Monday last Of drawing their sets
for the session. and white tho House waiting for the
delivery OF the Presidents annual message the Spsaec
proceeded III compliance with the rule, call the States
apd Territories Tor resolutions. Under this call
sentative las the right, when name Of his State
called to offer resolut ous but the ruo is
that they sba rot be dehated the day, bl shall Il,
on the Speakers table TO ba taken up in the order Ia
which they offered. member from pennsy vani !
(Mr Eewart) oferee Trsot under this cali, but
offered out Of time and after his State ha been passed
II wns IN there words
Resolved That the Committee OF Ways and Means he In
sru ted TO bill increasing the duty coal AMI iron
Mr. Jones' Of Tennessee, objected to the introduction Of
the resolution and then its moved to snspea tho
rnos - enable him Is oar thus out OF tns 10
susp nd the rules requires vote OF thirds Before
the vote was taken, the resolution modified as ID
read
Resolved That the Committee Of Ways and Means when
appointed he instr uced report bill increasing the duty
coal iron Lead WOOL and such other articles need
| ton against foreign conpeuuon.
The taken by yeas and nays aui resulte -
yeas lo2, nays 81 There being less than two-toiris
voting IN the affirmative the rules were suspended
and the resolution Introduced but 6 the vote il 70
taken as an indication Of tho sentiment q the House
that subject, appears eyIent that there will be
unn4 hams gA IN tnr
| the tarin At the present Session.
RAILROAD.
One Of the first bills introduced into the House
Monday last was bill introduced by Mr. Curtis, OF Iowa
for the construction OF a central Pacific railroad, with txo
branches from the Missouri river one starting from op.
poste Iowa and the other from Opposite Missouri, and
both convergng within two hundred miles Of that river
and running thence to tho naygahla waters of the Saca
meno. The alternate sections of land be donated
miles bIea itb each side, the
also 70 g,t subsidy Of sl2, 900 methe amount 70
he afterwards reimbursed governm the sh ipe
of transportation Of mails and troops This bill dra ted
comparatively economical scale and yet proposes
to give away thirty millions money and thirty thousand
square miles Of land The bill referred t0 the Select
Committee the Pacific Railroad.
CLAYTON BuLwR TREATY.
Among the unfinished Of the last tha.
came ~ Tor action on Tuesday last ID the House was The
resolution reported from the Committee Foreign Affairs
requesting the President of the United States to take such
steps might be, in his Judgment best calculated 10 effect
speedy abrogaon OF the Clayton. .Bnwer treaty IL had
been read first and second time and the question
its passage. Mr. Richie, OF Pa, aud a mamber OF the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, moved 10 lay Il the
table which amounts in Congressional practice, 10 killing
IL ontright but that motion was voted dosn-yeas %
nays 80. IL nnay without DIVISION referred TO the
Committee Of the Whole be State Of the Union That
committee s known ''the tomb Of the Capuets on
account 81 the difficulty in the way of getting
anything referred to IT, except appropriation bills While
there however n will be- open for discussion, aud may
expect 10 bear some speeches the abrogaon Of the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty.
MpE,crAy>T oF JUDGE wkTRous.
The oDy other business Of Congress during the past
week that calls for any reference was the debate the
House the Impeachment of John C. watrous, United
States District Judge Tor the district Of Texas AMI
have already given all the facts and points that matter
ADMISSION KANSAS
Notice has been given by Mr. Davis Of Indana that he
will ntio oduce bill to repeal much OF the act entitled
An for the OF the Kansas the
Cnion approved May 4 1858, prohibits the people o
kansos from forming constitution and asking admission
into the Unon until the population thereof equals
ceeds the ratio of representation required for member
the House OF Representatives OF the Congress of the Unoc
/ States