, 1859-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.


XVIII C0HGREsS--.-sECoyD SESSION.
WAsHro4oy. jan 6-SExA71--4r. Seward,
Of New York, presented the constitution adopt
ed by the 1ats constitutional vention held at
hhntAa, which WAS referred 70
the COMMITTEE On Territories.
On the motion Of Mr.. Crittenden. the French
Spolistiou bill WIS then taken up by vote Of
~ aghinat l8-
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Iii. Harlan spoke forcibly Oh the propr1ety Of
Congress locating the route The caplt required
Is 800 900 000-nea1ly onet third OF the surplus
capital OF tue country Few natEe Individuals or
companies can control 50 mnch. hence it Is sure
security, too, Is there that the contractors hav-
ing secured the IS 600 600 in cash and 10. coo 100
acres Of tha best lands fot constructing the roAd
through fertile district, Hill advance one step
across the prec!pitous mountains aad sterile
plains of the interior! Geographically there Is
little difference between three central routes sur
veyed. Either can be built in ten tt twelfe
years without deraagins the fnancial condition
Of the country, therefore, he Was tn favor Of the
Central Route rs the centre Of the populau On.
Nj. Harlan 1s severn on those members OF Coz
gress Tho after hayins spent bali million n e.
Illustrated With pictures for thcse who caanos
read, wanted to shift On the Mail Contractor,
the responsibility OF locating the road, lest they
should offend their constituents In not securing It
for their particular locality.
III. Ward spoke In favor Of the parallel OF 81
deg. comparing its advantages OF roads and dis
tance ovrf the Central and Northern routes uEaln-
tanning that the Southern route can be built with
the smallest amount Of money and in the shortest
time.
and moved th2t the bill be recommitted with in
etructianA to report bill for the construction Of
Two roads, Northern aud Southern one. He
admitted ths constitutional power of Cong1ea1
to grant the public funds, hut was aatontahed
that Southern Senators should vote fer such 3
magnificent douatiou to tbs North It il & fact
that Ill tho Southern roads pay to per cent
dividend, rhile tho Northern ones pay nothing.
50 ANAL ~ opinion had Northern capitalists Of
southern investments that be believed it the
wealthy Senator from South Cazolina, Mr. Ham
nond, offered 4 mortgage On his plantation and
negroes worth halt million OF dollars for
loan Of &10,00 in New York, be could not gat
it, Notwithstanding, The popularity of his
Barnwell speech He traced the slav-
erJ agita&ion, from ia rise among = hand
full Of Nav England fanatics Of both sexes 70 i'll
present mongtron8 proportion, and referred 70
The demon OF Aholisiouism in its onward march
md power. He also referred to tho Rochester
speech Of Mr.. Seward, and said he knew but
little of tho human heart who imagined that
sutislavary agisatou will stop short Of the total
abolitiou OF slavery By the action Of the federal
Congress-. TO live and reign il must 20 on M
til it s.tains the Presidency, both Houses Of
Congress-, the Judiciary, and the abolition OF
tho result Of the lass elections. We do no.
consider the return Of MT. Douglas TO the
Senate Z victory to the Democrats. 1t Nas
only victory Of FREQ Soil Democracy over
abolition WhiggerJ. He would not turn on
his heei 10 choose between tho Wlmot Proyiso
snd ths sqnattsr Sovereignty Of the Senator
Nr. lverson proclaimed himself, in unmis-
takeable terms a Disunion man, under the ng-
ereasions Of the North. Let tbs Senator from
New York BE- elected President, and in hiA
nvcrson'e) opinion, more than one Southern
State would take Immediate steps to secede. In
certain contingencies which he ata&ed, Georgia
would secede.
He {Mr. I7erson) did not believe the South
would 70 ont By general convention but ie: a
/ sinKle State awing out, and she would draw
| with her or after her the remhning Ststea, to
! form either Southern Coufederacy or procure
| IN amendment of tho present Constitution 10
| securn the rights Of the South. As he believed
tho dissolution Of the Union WAS near At hand
be WAS unwilling to vote money and landa for a
| road which Waa sure TO be located outside the
| South, hence he wanted the South ID have a
route equal with the North which shall aid her
| while in the Union and belong to her wheu out
Of it. The Senate here adjourned.
| Horaz-Ar. Craig Of No.. asked, but failed to
| CGt@LQ% tt8tE ~ 1lb1QAAEu 0Aa4 kE0at toQuA
| to Kansas and Nebraska for the construction o'
| railrosda.
MIR. Colfax, Of Ind, introduced bill provld
| ing for the territorial government Of Colonia.
Referred to the Comnit,ee On Territories
Ar. Hopkina, Of Va, from the Committee ou
Foreign Affairs. reported joint resolution au
tborizsng Ar. Townsend Harris, consu to Japan
And his interpreter, Iii. Eratiue, to accept pre-,
sents from, the Queen of Eoglsnd, also = bill
authorizing the payment Of salaries to the Min.
istera resident 1t the Argentine Confederation,
Costa Rica sud Horduras-
The House resolved itself into Committee o
the Wnole On the state OF the Union. and pro
ceeded to the confederation of the special order,
tbe bill for the codihcation Of the revenue laWs,
and for other purposea-
Mr.. John Cochrane, Of n. T., said the bill
was very voluminous, covering ESQ pages- 1t in
novice affected tho collection districts OF rov
enue officers, or the ports OF entry OF delivery.
| 1t was pure collection Of the revenue IaHl
which are now scattered through 10 many STATE
book aad have haeu 20 amended from tilue tc
time that it is difficult to aearch out aud deter
mine what is Law.
NJ. Lo7ejoy, Of NJ, saia i the process. et cent
lew years, The Executive can say Nth truth II
am The Ezteutire." The passage Of the bill frou
the Committee OF Wayz and Means is not urge
On the ground Of zfshs and necessity, but simply
| because the Executive has reconme nded the ap
propriation. He (Lorejoy} wished to know from
the Chairman of the Committee on Ways an9
Means, whether the report that unless congres:
rased the tariff to suit the views OF the President
there would be an extra session held at hi:
sanctiou3
Mr. Phelps, of No., said he was not responsible
fol; newspaper remarks, but he would az lha
unless Congress provide the means for carrylns
On the government for the next fiscal year, elthe
by loan or reissue Of Treasury notes, Or by
| modification Of the tariff, or By sll these means
! there will be the necessity for IN extra session
during the ensuing sumner.
Mr.. LoYeioY wished to know whether that re
| mark had tho sanction OF the Executive
Ar. Phelps responded that when the Presi
| dent desired to hATe IN organ here be would Sc
| lect ZONE other pefson and when the Presdeo
communicates his opinions officially, they vii
be read from tho Clark's desk
Mr. Loteioy re1umed, and stated his objee
| tious to tbs bilHone-fourth Of the amount pro
posed to be appropriated being under the hea
Of miscellaneous
Nj. Phelps replied, defending the items whic
Mr.. Lovejoy sought to strike out
Mr. Bryan, Of Texas, advocated the appropr
alton for additional agents and interpreter, An
for buying presents for the Indians OF Te1a1
| 10 argued tha& tho people Of that Ssate wer
entitled 10 protection, sad incidentally said the
| ware fast being aIienated from The Union, OWN
| 10 neglect Of the Government
Ar. Nddings, ot Ohio, hero suggested tha
the gentleman introduce 4 resolution repealin
| The annexation Of TexaA
Nr. Bryan replied that tho annexation Of Te,
| q was in tbs nature Of Atreaty in force.
Mr GiddinRH said they bad in the rtpeAl
| the Missouri Compromise Of 1884 m illustr1ol
example for The repeal Of the resolutions for It
annexation Of Te1aA
Mr. Drytn-Repesl tho Annexation resol.
! tons and then 10 Will known what 70 do. =
did not know hut what it would b. vAstly to tt
! ip&ereat OF Taxa8 if the resolutions bad nov,