Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-27
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1 SENATE-Mr. Douglas from lie committee on
Territories reported bill for the admission of
the State of Minnesota into the union, read and
placed on the calandar.
A message was received from the House an
nouncing the death of Messrs BrentOn aud
Lockhart, elected to the former. Messrs. Bright
and Fitch delivered eulogies and the usual resO-
lutions of respect were adopted.
The Senate then proceeded to the coeSidcTa-
| ton of bill for the efficiency of the army.
Nr. Davis, in reply to questions by Mr..
Toombs, said: The first section of the bill would
add thirty companies to the army or twenty-five
hundred and twenty men. II the second sec
ton was adopted, of course the number of men
will depend upon the manner in which the army
| is posted. If posted as now, with the thirty
companies to be added by the first section, the
total increase will be nearly 1000 priVates. Mr..
Toombs would strike out the first section as the
increase of the army will be large enough as
provided by the second section, aud that would
be more appropriate mode. While he should
vote against the bill, he deemed 1t his duty to
make it as good MS he could before the tinalvO
was taken. According to the present Constitu-
ton of the army, it was capable of being en-
larged to nearly $1,000 men, and with the pro-
posed increase would reach nearly 10000. This
number was altogether too large He presumed
the occasion of the increase asked for was the
anticipated Mormon war, for it was not yet u
fact Congress, which alone could make wal,
had not yet declared war against Utah, and un-
less the country had undergone silent revOlu-
ton, the President could not make war; but if
there should be war it must be exceedingly
brief and but temporary.
If these troops were to be raised for Utah,
he should move an amendment, that they should
go out of service as soon as the war was over.
This policy was pursued in the, case of English
troops for the Mexican war, the force of Bigham
Young was magnified and the same story had
been told three or four times of the necessity of
more troops to fight the Indians on the frontier
and rs soon as additional regiments were grant
ed had peace, the regiments however were
not to be got rid of and were permanently fas-
tened on the country.
Mr.. Fessenden commended that the President
had no authority to make use of the army or
militia for the purpose Of enforcing the laws of a
Territory.
Mr.. Davis replied briefy-without taking the
question, adjourned
HousR-The House authorized the Commit
tee to investigate the charges against the mem
bers or officers of the last Congress, growing
out of the disbursement of the money of Law
renee, Stone & Co, to employ Stenographers.-
The House went into aGOmmittee of the whole
Union on the private pension BILL
Mr.. Anderson belonging to neither of the
prominent political parties, said the only course
left for him to pursue was to support the admin
istration in every attempt to resist the fearful
entertainments on the constitutional rights OF
the South; he Thought by SO doing he should
represent the American party ofMisSouri, which
has 10 sympathy with the Republican party
The present excitement in Kansas will soon
pass away. In advocating the Lecompton Con-
stitution he could see no reason to refuse the
admission of Kansas under that instrument.
House passed bill for the payment of inval-
id aud other PENSIONS and considered bill APP
propriating $790,0OO deficiency for printing of
the last two CONGRESSES.
Mr.. Phelps in explanation said the fault was
in ordering to be printed works before they
were communicated to Congress, and mentioned
the first volume of the Japan Expedition, which
lost the modest sum of $4,000, and the second
volume of the Pacific Survey over $4,000.
Mr. Clark b. Cochrane referred to the fact
that at the elections in Kansas of Jan. 4, over
ten thousand votes were cast against the Le-
compton Constitution, rejecting it by four to one;
that Free State candidates were elected, and he
had no doubt that they viii be counted out; he
was justas certain to make up by fraud what
was wanting in number.
The admission ofKansas was argued by Keith
and Cochrane, when the Committee rose and
adjourned.