The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-01-20

the other committees reducing t
amounts below the estimates. TIL
e always asked for more.
al WASHINGTON, Jan. ID.
SESATE.-A large number of mem
S lrials and resolutions in relation to ms
routes and other routine business we
q presented.
n Mr. Seward, of n. Y, introduced
Dill amending the existing law on I'll
a slave trade. Its principal provision
e are to hire ten steamers, to be manned
armed, equipped, and considered a
vessels OF the navy to be EMPLOYED t
: cruise on any Of the coasts of the I'm
ted States, Cuba, Africa and elsewhere
when the President may Judge an al
tempt is being made to carry on tn
slave trade. That any State may pas
laws prohibiting the foreign or African
slave trade within its limits; that n,
vessel shall sail for the African
coast without clearance from the Dis
trIct Attorney, and the Secretary 9th,
Treasury shall designate the posts o
Africa where American ConsuIs shall
reside, and where only commerce shall
be carried on. The act repeats all acts
incompatible with its provisions, and
appropriates a million of dollars for
the expense of carrying out its proyis.
ions. Referred TO the Committee on
the Judiciary. -
Mr.. Simmons, of r. l., introduced a
resolution and asked. for its immediate
consideration, that the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to prepare plan
for raising the revenue adequate to
meet the ordinary expenses of the gov
eminent by the imposition of specific
instead of al catoren duties. Also to
supply schedule containing all need
ful information on the subject of spe-
cific duties.
The joint resolution reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to
pay the salaries of the Ministers to the
Argentine confederacy, Costa Rica and
Honduras, was taken up and passed,
43 against 6.
Mr.. Houston, of Texas, made fee
ling reply to Mr.. Iverson's remarks of
He defended the consisten-
cy OF his antecedents, and said if devo-
ton to the Union has caused his politi-
cal lmmolation, he gloried in it as the
proudest moment of his life. The |
offices he had held sufficed for his am
Oltlon and some of them had been at
tanned through scenes of anguish and
peril: He would relieve Mr.. Iverson's
mind as to his (Houston) having any
separations for Office, by saving he
would not accept the nomination if It
we're offered by all the political parties
lie had higher, nobler, tenderer duties
lis life had been extended to sixty-five
,ears-torty-fve of which, devoted to
ne service of his country, entitled him
o an honorable discharge. Having
reformed his duties with fidelity, he
WISHED TO retire to his humble home
!here the absence of wealth inst suited |.
is rugged notions. He concluded ,
nth severe but good natured remarks.
netting loud applause in the galleries.
Inch the President promptly stopped. /,
MIR. Iverson said few words in gen :
rous apology.
Mr. w ard took occasion to refer to y
he position of the party in Texas, with :,
view to show that that State was =
ore in favor of disunion than Mr.. !;
custom supposed. y
a discursiye debate then ensued on
re Pacific Railroad bill.
The pending question being Mr.. Big q
RS amendment to locate the eastern
rmlnus between parallel 81 and 43.
MIR. Collamer spoke in opposition to C
southern route. lls
Alessrs. Broderick and Clark SUM- O
'rted the central route.
Mr.. Douglas spoke against exclud- C.,
any section of the country by limi- fir
lg the parallels without takine a vote
ION the question. Ins
The Senate went into Executive ses- G,
IN, and, upon opening the doors, ad- lin
lrned. III
HoUsE.-On motion of Mr.. Curry. &C
Ala, it was
Resohced, That the Secretary of the in
IVY furnish the number of C6aplains 10
pointed in the navy, and the religious
nominations to which they belong of
lether the Chaplains are required to en-
ar gowns; whether any particular be
m OF divine service is-required, and w
lether there is any evidence that the Ital
lscopal litany is used. er:
slr. Hatch, of New York, wished TO i
DIV where the Senate bill making an de,
for deepening the st. 1eul
lir Flats, was? ~ 81 (
The Speaker replied, on the table. the
dr. Washburne, of Illinois, moved tiol
it be referred to the Committee on ,
but Mr.. Garnett, of Va,
ected. GO 50 g 12i Il [
he House resolved itself into Com gla
tee of the Whole on the state oils
Union, on the special order of the -.
to codify the revenue laws, and for 'ou
er purposes. ~. 49, ed
he Committee rose, and the bill Jan
,ed. ~ r 8 ont;
WASHINGTON. Jan. Il Ipub
Fitzpatrick, of Ala. SUBJ
ented memorial for a line of mail dav
mers from New Orleans and Mo- IL
to various ports in the Gulf of -
leo. Referred. eral
ne Pacific r. r. bill called up as read
special order. Another discussion pres
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