The Placer herald., 1858-06-05

The steamer Golden Age arrived at San
Francisco on Saturday last, at l o'clock, P. NJ
Congressional.
Congress has finally disposed Of the trou-
blesome question Of Kansas, at least for the
present, by adopting compromise as a sub
st'ute for the original bill which passed the
Senate, and was defeated in the House. The
bill, as finally adopted, modifies the ord-
nance Of the Lecompton Constitution some
what, and provides that the question shall be
submitted to a vote Of the people of the Ter
riory, as TO whether they will accept the
modified ordinance, and if majority vote
atfi'ma,ively, then Kansas comes into the
Union as State with one Representative
and two Senators, by proclamation of the
President. If majority vote no-then the
people form a new Constitution, and ask adj
mission into the Union as State, whenever,
and not before, it is ascerlained by a census,
fully taken, that the people Of the said Terri
tory equal the ratio of representation requir-
ed for member of the House Of Repre-.
sentatives.
Attorney with the President of the Council
ant Speaker Of the House of Representatives
of Kansas, are constituted Board Of Com.
miss:oners TO carry the act into effect Any
three Of these shall constitute Board,
whose duty it shall be 70 order an election
by proclamation, appoint inspectors of elec-
tion, DC, and certify the result to the Presi-
dent
The final vote for this bill in the House of
Representatives was Ill TO lO2, viz: Yeas
Northern Democrats 3s; Americans, D.
Nays-Repnblicans, IS; Northern Demo
crats-Adrin, N. J Chapman and Hickman,
of Penn, uoras F. Clark and Haskin, of N.
Y; Thomas L. Harris, Marshall, Norris Shaw
and Smith, of Illinois; Davis, of Indiana;
and McKibben of California, l2. Southern
Democrats-Bonham, of S. c., and Quit
man, of Miss, 2. Americans-Harris and
Rcand, of Nd; Marshall and Underwood, of
Ky., 4. In the Senate the vote stood 81 TO
Congress has passed resolution to ad.
journ on the 7th of June.
The Senate on the 2lst Of April, agreed to
reconsider the vote on the Pacific Railroad.
Among the bills passed in addition to the
Kansas bill and the deficiency bill, are the
following: TO authorize the issue of Trea-
sury notes making appropriations for the
payment Of invalid and other persons of the
United States for the year ending 3Oth of
June, 1859. To appropriate money to sup.
ply deficiencies in the appropriation for pa
per, printing, binding, and engraving, order
ed by the Senate and House of Representa-
tves of the SD and 34th Congress. and
which has been executed; and TO create addi-
tiona land districts in California, and for
other purposes; and to provide for regi-
ment of mounted volunteers for the defense
Of the frontier Of Texas; and to authorize the
President TO call into the service Of the
United States, additional regiments Of volun-
teers; and there are, at the present time, not
less than thousand bills and petitions be-
fore the standing committees Of the two
Houses of Congress, which have not been
acted on.
Mr.. Seward has introduced bill into the
Senate to secure the construction Of a mag
netic telegraph from St. Louis to San Fran
cisco, which was referred to tho Military
Committee.
Atlantic News Summary.
There was very imposing demonstration
in the city of New York on the evening Of
April 22d, by the sympathisers Of Orsini and
Pierre, composed mainly Of foreigners. An
immense torch light procession paraded the
street. and arrived in front Of the City Hall