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xxxvIth CONGREss-1st SESSION.
WASHINGTON. December 1b.


SENATE. The Vice. President announced
that the Special Committee under Mr.. Masons rsso.
iption TO inquire Into the circumstances attending
ne ba b,avsson 81 Harpers Ferry had been appointed
Collamer Fitch and Doolittle. w I'i1T
,,ss Mr pash Of Ohio spbmIttot resolution which
toinauire into the expediency Of repssins SO much
OF the act q the oIsanizatol Of the Territorial Gov
eTnment eli en- OF New Mexico and Utah as requires that
ted to Congress for approval or rejec tion
Mr. Mallory, of Florida, gave notice Of his intsn-
ron % lntT9dnee Dill to regulate and increase the
The Senate proceeded to the election of Chaplain
N N the nrst ballot there was no choice.
DR.. Gursy, who received IS votes out of SO.
Seyeral petitions we're presented, when the Senate
HOUSE.-Mr. Valandigham, of Ohio,
remarked that the courtesy ho extended to others at
all ttmes' no was resolved to exact for himself at
every hazard and therefore last evening he had the
right TO expect the courtesy of an adjournment as
he did not then wish 70 address the House. he re-
geated what he had said, that the men swho ndorssd
and intended to SOW the seeds OF discord and strife
and civil war was net 1T to be Speaker OF o member
(Mison) the other day went further, and said that
such aman was not ht to ye yet the Republicans
celvsd this remark as mute AZ fishes and gentle as
him, not az menacs, but sober truth.
:. He had been served with notice from the Repub.
ican side that they were determined not to listen to
any further remarks from him. For this he did not
care. He would tell them that the country held ts
breath IN suspense and listens TO- the slightest word
This Union had been threatened.
He occupied position Of neutrality: he was not a
good feeling for the North; he was bound to il by no
ties whatever, except the strongest of all tiesa com
he Northern man with Southern principles; he was
United States man with United States princi-
pies.
the fusitve.slaye law, the right to slavery In the
whatever rights the Constitution con;
yield to It. not erudging but ready obedience in
allits parts. [Appause.
He wa. not roslavery man or a non pro slavery
man. but had a serene indifference on the subject.
He thought he occupied the Constitutional ground Of
our fathers 10 whose days the people were animated
antslayery God an anti. slavery Bible and an anti
slavery Constitution. Ho ayowed himselfa Western
man BY BIRTH sentiment and education, while at the
same time he ayowed himself a Constitutional man
de said MIR. Oorwin had been detailed to lead the
forlorn hope Of the Republicans and to be shot down
at the halakof he could never conquer.
The next caucus wouldsh that the valley of the
Msslssipp hasa majority OF the people the country
W who % would sdmbnister minis goyernment for the benefit
the North to make cause against slavery and heip to
fight for northern masters, who, IL successful with
spoils among themselves. They would mot listen to
the voice Of patriotism. Let them be governed by
Let lay dssids their snaticsm and
for their servllty to the North as they could despse
servility In others to the South. '.....
Mr.. Vallandgham said he came now to speak OF a
painful and difficult subeot-disunion which had
become as familiar as the most ordinary word Of sal
utation. There was not day but what they heard
| the croaking Of the raven, and the mournfui and
| dlrge-like wall.
| He was against disunion now and forever He held
to one Union. one Constitution, one destiny, which
could not be fulfilled except united people, and
by the immediate total and unconditional distrac.
tion OF the setional and anti.slavery party. ZAP
pause.
After further discussion the House proceeded to q
ballot for Speaker, with the following result:
necessary 10 O choice.
Mr.. Bonham had the floor, but he gave way to Mr..
Winslow, who proposed they should take another
vote and then adjourn, saying that MIR. Bonhanl
would have the floor to morrow. The question was
agreed to.
The House then proceeded to another vote Sher.
man and Bocock each received the same number oil
votes as before; Gilmer Is; scattering Is.
Messrs. Hickman, OF Penn, Haskfns of N. Y, and
Schwartz, OF Penn, went over to Mr.. Sherman
This action was much applauded, Adjourned.