Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-02-12
KANSAS CONGRESS- ON MONDAY.

KANSAS IN CONGRESS ON MONDAY.
We were not astonished at the result of the vote
either in the Senate in the House of Representa-
tlves on Monday in regard to the reference of the
Presidents special message on Ksnses afFars to the
committees suggested. The Senate referred it to
the Committee on Territories Bat the House, as was
anticipated and as our readers already aware,
referred to select committee of thirteen The one
Is considered an Administration triumph-an eyi.
dsncs in favor of the acceptance of the Lecompton
Constitution. The other is regarded as an omnous
indication of effective opposition. This is to be truly
and deeply lamented But We still have hope. The
question 10 far from being settled yet And, coneder
ing that the vote in fine House wa, Iii to lila ma
oty Of only three, the sustaners of this Adminstra
ton measure may yet succeed in carrying it
through. 1t ia supposed that the committee will not
report during the present session of Congress-
Then the advocates Of the admission of Kansas with
the Lecompton Constitution will have more time to
work, and We trust successfully, for the advance.
ment of the good cause in which they are engaged.
And they should not lose a moment IN urging their
arguments upon all who are willing to listen, whe
ther they convinced to the contrary or not;
must they incline to acceptance of the Constitu.
ton. The closeness of the vote in the House of Re-
presentstives on Monday, should stimulate the sup
portera Of this measure to continue their e1erons
with rsdoubed energy and zeal. The Administrs.
ton is not defeated on the Kansas question yet.
The Washington Union of yesterday says: 1--WE
may now anticipate early action by the Senate com.
mittee who will report bill to that body admitting
the State into the Union and pass it, as soon as it
can be got through the delays of debate. Thus it
will 20 to the House wholly untrammelled, where we
anticipate its passage beyond doubt"
THE JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA COM
PANY.
The bill before the Legislature for the conversion
into stock Of the company of the debt due by this
company to the State, and for which the State IL ia.
bic, will be brought up in the House to-day we be.
Heve; and trust that it will be favoraby received.
The lucid and forcbe letter addressed to the senator
and delegates from Richmond, under date of 4th OF
January last, by the President Of the company,
should be carefully read and deliberately pondered
by every member Of the Legislature, who entertsins
the least doubt to the propriety Of the measure
proposed 1t sets forth the inestnable advantages
clu.ive arguments and irrefutabe facts in 6gures-
We must again express our regret that the crowded
condition of our columns will not perntus to publsh
The James River and Kanawha Canal may be called
the backbone Of that great system of internal iu-
provements upon which Virginia must rely for q full
development OF her resources.
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OLD VIRGINIA NEvER TiRE.-William Ballard
rafu from in Mr
Preston was the elected agent Of the friends OF
Mr. Dudley Manns project TO divert the com.
merce of the country from this city by establish
Ing line of steamers from Norfolk to some
port in France or England. As an auant courier Mr..
Preston went to England to induce the owners OF the
Leviathan TO send that chip to Norfolk. But the
Leviathsn was still stuck in the mud at Mill
wall, and even all the speeches Of all the
the next tide. So Mr.. Preston has returned
without the Leviathan. What else Mr.. Preston
has done We know not. The Richmond "Enqul-
rsr' said that he had initissi arrangements for
leans Is n the centre of France not quite 30 accessi
BILE 10 the sea as Little Rock in Arkansas. We trust
that If no other good result flows from MIR. Preston
mission, he will at least be able to give the "En-
qurer" man this little bit OF geographical lnlorma
ton.
1t is almost needless for US to say, that the above
paragraph is clipped from The New York Herald"
IL ID 100 eUlklDRy CndrdCterlelc Oh tubt paper ot o
paternity to be easily mistaken. This is not the fret
instance, perhaps, in which the Herald" has at.
tempted to cover up its own unfounded assump-
tions by charging ignorance upon others. That Mr..
Preston the selected agent of the friends of Mr.
Dudley Mann's project" will be a piece Of astonish-
ing intelligence, imagine to the gentlemen who sat
in the Bristol Convention And that he went to England
exclusively 'to induce the Of the Leviathan to
send that chip to Norfolk" we presume, would bs
equally an item of news to Mr.. Preston himself The
Herald" with accustomed conceit, informs US that
"Orleans is in the centre of France" Ah indeed!
most wonderful geographical discovery truly; worthy
of Mupgo Park or Dr.. Livingstone The He
rald must surely have daily access to Mitchels map
of Europe, to be perfectly posed" in geography.
If the "Herald" will sharpen its optics little, it will
probably be enabled to discover rail road running
from "Oresps in the centre of France to the mouth
of the magnificent river Loire, WHERE We suppose,
the Orleans and Norfolk line Of steamers will STOP
The "Herald' evidently condoles with the "Times"
over the alarming prospect Of diversion of commerce
from New York to Norfolk. They are both exceed
ingly sensitive on the subject and not without cause