New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-05
latipg the leutrslity laws The accused were held
Ear .T;,, On The fourth Monday in April.

I,tLe SENATE yesterday, Mr.. Jones, afte. pre-
.en,pg the Joint resolution Of tho Legislature Of
Iowa instructDg the repre- sentatiyes Of that State
in Congress to vote against the Lecompton COnst-
tuition. ccolly remarked that he should vote the
other way; be should DO everything in bic power
to sustain the Administration, believing as he did,
that Kansas aud Minnesota ought to come into the
Union as twin si,ters. Resolutions were adopted
irstructiog the Committee on Foreign RelatIors to
inquire whether the Turkish Government proposed
10 send an officer here 70 examine our navy. etc,
and if 50, whether, a public reception should be
given him. and instrUcting the Committee on
Printing 10 examine the accounts Of the printing
establishments in Washington az regards work not
performed by order Of Congress. The French
spOliaton bill vas reported BY Mr. Crittendon.
Mr.. Trumbull urged the Senate TO take up the
case of the bogus Indiana Senators, but the subject
WAS tsbed by a vote Of y to Is. The cOnsdera-
ton of the Kansas question was then resumed.
Mr. Douglas offered a reso'ution calling on the Ex-
ecutiye for Information touching the number Of
votes cast at all the Banses elections, the reasons
for rejecting certain returns and kindred matters,
and urged it's immediate consideration, but Mr..
Msson objected. Mr.. Brown Of Mississippi fin
i,iied his speech. Mr.. Wilson Of Massachusetts,
replied. Mr.. t,reen Of Missouri followed up the
sttsck, and was also demolished by Mr.. Wilson,
who showed himself fully able, according to our
Washington correspondence, TO cope with both his
opponents, single handed. The Senate then sd.
jouned 70 Monday.
In the IIO, 81, Messrs. BOyce g. c., QutmaH
(Miss.) TIppe (Ga.), Garnett va, Mott (Ohio),
WOItendyke (N.J.) and Spinner n. ~, were
appointed Select Committee to examine the navi-
cation laws and the existing duties on imports and
to consider the expediency Of reducing the expen-
ditures Of Government aud Of gradual repeal of
all duties and resort to direct taxation. Mr. j.
j. Williamson was brought before the House TO
answer for contempt 10 disObeying the summons of
the Tariff Investigating Committee. In reply to
the usual qusiions, he said that he was in the Gus
tody of the Sheriff when sent for, and that he
doubted the authority Of the House to compel him
to diyulge his private transactions, aud meant to
bring the question before Judicial tribunal lie
was, however, prepored TO answer all proper ques
tions. What 10 do with the delinquent was the
inquiry, elcitng number Of propositions and an
animated discussion, which WAS broken short by
statement from Mr.. John COchrane, to the effect
that Mr. Williamson was ready to withdraw his
answer. II was agreed that he should have leave
so to do, and to submit an amended answer to-day,
meantime to remain il the custody Of the Sergeant
alarms. Mr. George Taylor presented petition
from the Mayor and 900 citizens of Brooklyn in
favor of the freedom of the public lands. The
residue Of the session was spent iu considering the
report of the Committee on Elections against
allowing Dir. Campbell TO take further testimony in
the Ohio election case but conclusion was
arrived at.