The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-22

was not time to considsf the subject At long
session of Congress, il was IN vain 80 think Of
taking it up at q abort session. Thta the next
long session viii be on eve of the residential
election, and all parties viii want 10 matter
postponed, for the incoe ting Admin trssiou to
have the credit of it, JUL as they DIG two years
ago. This was q work of treat n ional i'm
portance, and he hoped'it would be scted upon
during the present session.
Mr.. Bell made few remarks on the same
side of the Uestion.
The question being ( ken, the mo ion of Mr..
Benjamin was decided in the afit aative, as
follows:
Hsas-Messrs. Bays I'd, Bepjag o, Biggs,
Brown, Clark, Clay, O. jlamer, Dir o, Evans,
Fessenden, Fitzpatrick, Hale, HamnNad, Hous-
ton, Hunter, Iverson, JOB ason of Arka .gas John
son of Tennessee, MAJ IN, Pearce, sebastian,
Slidell, Thomson of N, v Jersey, JADE, and
Wilson-25. Il
Nays-Messrs. Allen Bal, BigL,, Bright,
Broderick, Chandler, D. nlittae, Dout Us, Fitch,
Foot, Green, Gwin, Hen iersan, KenH dy, King,
Polk, Pagh, Seward, Sim mona, Stuarts ,rumbull,
and Wright-22.
And then the Senate adjourned.
HoIsE,
The committees were, called for r, ,orts Of .
private nature, and great many ills were
thereby added to the al eady large tSvate cal
endar. Among the nuI ,erous adverc ., reports,
was one from the Jsdic sry Commit b, against
increasing the salaries of the Judl-ss of the
Supreme Court. T
Mr. Sherman, of Obi gave notice, IF sub
stitute for the Minnesos bill, prov Ting, e. q
fundamental condition secedent to Emission,
that the Constitution sh II be referrt back to
q new Convention, in or der to be ma to con-
form to the Constitution and laws of 10 United
States, or replaced by new one. he work
of the Convention is tn, 8 proposed be sub
mitted to the people for ratification. :
The claim of Barclay h Livingsto and 9TH
ers to have refunded the duties paid +, certain
goods destroyed by fire an New Yor, in l845,
was debated at conside. able length ~ Mr.. j.
Cochrsne of New York Mr.. Stantok. 'of Ohio,
and others.
Monday, Ap IL Is, 1858.
SEN TIE.
The bill to supply de cietscies in re apPro-
priations for the service of tae fiscal ear end
ing the thirtieth of June eighteen hp sdred and
fhy-eight, was made tn, special or, Sr of the
day, and was discussed upcn sever ! amend
ments.
The Senate Committe on Finance, n report
ing the bill as it passed he House, b sing rec
ommended to disallow n sppropriat On made
to defray the amount { extra com ensation
voted by the last House { Representa- yes to its
employees and to those OF preceding g pgresses,
debate arose upon th /, propriety =, concur
ring with the amendmeI1 of the com&3ttee.
Mr.. Biggs, of Nortl' Carolina, ;3oved to
amend the section auth ,rizing this Eppropria-
ton By declaring that in making this ilowance
Congress refuses to rec ognise the Z me az
precedent for the futur,, The ames ament of
Mr.. Biggs was carried, nd the Senat. decided
in favor of allowing the appropriation
Mr.. Cameron then mo- ed that the q me extra
compensation be grant to the en- ,ldyes of
the Senate, but after REF debate t motion
was withdrawn.
Mr.. Hale next called up the amee lment of
which he had given not zee at prev BUS day,
and which is to the effec that no CONF Fact shall
hereafter be made by an, officer Or az, ut of the
Government, except IN, er q Law AT .horizing
the same, or under an ppropriation adequate
to its ful6lment, and rep Ealing 80 mpfh OF the
act of May l, 1920, as 'nfers on the Quarter
master General an aut ,ority which sxempts
that officer and his depa tment from ,e obser-
vance of this cautious nd constitut nal pro-
vision. Mr.. Hale enfort I'd bis amen ,ment on
the ground of its evidetj conformity with the
letter and spirit of the Constitution 0 the Uni.
ted States, as well as wfsh the plain, princi.
Piles of prudence.
The annual defcienc, bill was ~ ,idly as
Stunning an ominous m ,gnitude. ; It q few
years ago it was novely, ard now, 81 the sin.
gle item of military exp, aditures, the congress
of the United States wa called to v, q seven
roilliona of doll. IS ,sefass . spartmel /. tbs
simple fact he thought s..ficed to sho& that the
estimates OF the Department had ceaS I'd to be
exact or reliable, and hat Congress at the
same time, had virtually abdicated . super.
vision over the expenditures of the Govern.
ment. y
Without coming to any vote upon IL amend.
nent, the Senate proceeded, at half st three
O'Clock, to hold an Exec tive session
HOUSE
The Washington polio, bill was fu> her con.
sidered in Committee of she Whole.
Mr.. Millson, of Virgini 5, proposed . amend
mend to raise only thirty men, but e ing the
Secretary of the Interior power to inc ease the
number, provided the city raise an co al force.
This was agreed to-8l 10 Al.
Mr.. j. Cochrane, of N,w York. the offered
an amendment providing for Beard; Police
commissioners, to consist of the Me for, Dis
trics attorney, and Marsasi; the Boa d to ap-
point the subordinate officers ard y IN, with
power 10 dismiss for c. use shown nd after
trial. This was adopted. II to IS.
A variety of additional aphendme ia were
mace, among them one roviding thai the off,
GERS and small part of tae men shall ,erve on
horseback.
The bill having now b. en- amended o that il
was impossible to recoguse the orig sal bill,
the question was taken on the substi tie pro.
poseu oy m!. Doad, OF Aew York, oviding
icr the election of four Police Comm sioners
sucn manner that two shall be cl ,sen by
eaIn Oh the Pohticai parties and It W. agreed
hU 49, a.. =,
" . Vo'e OF 10 70 o9 thus Cutting all the
previous amendments.
The bill was then ref.orted to tn Honse
with the amendment, and the previous ,,uest;on
was moved and secondsi 4. when (al mt half
past tour o'clock the 10, Sc adiourne
= Mr.. DoRRrr, THE FATE ,R OF TIE n .RsH.1.
SEA, OUTDoSEl-About welve nuontl s;nce.
q hre occurred at hou ,e in Prince street.
hotherhithe, the owner leipg Mr.. fhomas
Ciark. The walls of the premises, VII h were
left standing after the f--e, having b en- con.
demned few days since 80 dangerou to the
public safety, the commissioners of lice al.
fected summons to isa1e, calling . on the
owner to show cause, in tt usual man er, why
the building should not tie pulled dol a. On
Monday the legal service Of this samn ns vaa
attempted, when the ofic.F was inform I'd that
Mr.. Clark had been inca cerated in nr;.on
euns .he last lofty years, for Cont npt of
court, in proceedings inst .uted agains, him at
That period, and was refessed to his sc citors.
Messrs. Terry, Watson, & Co., Yorkshf ).
Balzac used to lie excessively. On. day he
was walking along the Boulevard Nom aaftre. |
with two servant girls on his arts, zen he
came across two of his Jiends--Het d and
Laurent. He Quilted the women l-,eci, lately, |
and, running to his friends, said the a, in . |