Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-21
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CONGRESSIONAL

NAsuiAGIOs. Jan 90
HouaG-Nr GroE, Of Pa, offered an aulend
psut providing that lfUm lnd ailer the Jas,tre
Of hi, act no public bonds shall be exposed %
ale By rroelama,i9u u The prs,ilyuI uule,,
returns Of The surveys shall have beeu only
h'ed ia the Land Utllss ten years W more; adop.
tel By IS majority. The House Ly { ma re.
jectgd the bid by refusing to order is cngro,,.
ment fjr thild reading
Auch tine vas consumed IN calling yeas and
nays on collateral questions.
The House then went into Committee Of tue
Whole on The Prcsidents Message, and iinme.
dizisly took recess uIl 7 O'Clock.
ryLNNG SESSION.
Mr.. Purviancr, Of Pa, SAID In tho course Of
bis speech that be wished To test the laws
whether they were ready to sustain the prr,i.
dent In his Recommendation Of specia; duties.
lie replied to NJ. Washburne, Of Nc, remark.
ing that that genlemau's platform might suit his
own State, but that penna. must De permitted
TO snake her own, by insisting that protection
for her domestic manufactures must be one Of
the planks which she would never surrender.
Mr.. ThompSon, Of n. Y, asscntrd from Mr..
Washburne's late speech, and objected to the
differences that Mr.. Marshall Of ~, drew from
IT, lie denied any mans right 10 make ueW
platform for the Republican party which had
not narrow plauks aud contained no element, Of
dsuulon and distrusL He therefore uamplrd
on all new platforms. lie va, Ia hyor Of the
union OF all good and true men; but for this
they would not have succeeded ia the recent
elections, and would be defeated when such an
union Is reputiatgd lie advocated peace instead
Of the cut throat policy towards the Indians,
and he held the Pres't and his party responsible
not only for the new evils they practice, but the
old ones they tolerate, A. 10 the financial sys.
TEN OF the administration il is double distilled
humbug, the snbtreasury is declaration Of war
on all promises I, pay; it acts On the principle
that every nan is knaye: he despised that
System which, while IL despiscd credit was
borrowing millions Of dollars; be urged protet
ton 10 LONE industry and in conclusion said
we are too poor - pay our expense, and vet the
President talked about buying Cuba aud estab.
fishing an armed prolectorate over Mexico and
gentlemen were 50 inflated withtbe restless
spirit Of manifest destiny, that they could
scarcely be kept from combustion.
r. M-Ihcre are only 20 members in the
House and about 100 spectators
SESATE.--Mr Davis spoke for hours, strongly
advocating the Southern Road, aud gave large
details Of the topography OF the route to show
that it is the shortest aud cheapest from Texas
to California, aGd eau be constructed lorthe sum
named.
III may here be stated that Mr.. Pugh's amend.
ment to terminate the road It the Eastern boun.
dairy Of California, was not lost, as was AFRO
neously stated In some papers, but is still pend
ing, although 1t was temporarily withdrawn to
enable Mr.. Davis TO Oiigr his substitute. Re.
POTTER
Mr.. Green, Of No, in reply to Mr. Davis,
deprecated the tenor of the Senator's speech,
which he considered tended to exalt the advan-
tages Of the Southern road at the expense Of
the other routes, as TO the Senators proposition,
his road would commence no where and end at
a similar place, and there would be no assurance
that road would be built to connect with the
eastern termini any more than with the western.
Who could agree to vote $l0,000,OOO for any
such doubtful Ink lie did not consider that
the road would now DO built When We ar
rive at the point when all parties will concede
portion Of their prejudiees under the cOercive
power Of public sentiment, so as to unite on n
route to suit NIL sections, then and not till then
will the Pacific r. r. DO built.
Mr. Iverson stated that he stood to every
word he had before uttered in favor of the two
roads on sectional and political ground; and in
addition had had his views fortified By other
evidence. He read letter from citizen Of
Canada, who had passed many winters in tho
interior Of this continent and pronounced the
Northern and Southern routes favorable, but
the central route impracticuble in consequence
Of the drifting SHOWS. He also handed the
Scc'y long, scientific paper by Lieat Maury,
Of the Observatory, to the same purport This
paper was not read, but was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Brown again spoke as to the constitution.
atty Of the question.
Mr. Mason moved an adjournment.
Mr.. Gwinn, Of Cal, demonstrated, and called
for the yeas and nays, but without effect, aud
the Senate adJd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-The Navy Depart
v,npt b,e rar.f-r,l IL. g.. A.