Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-04
LATEST NEWS.
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TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
rAmerican Telegraph Office, Lincoln House BiockI
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS Second Session
THURSDAY, March D.


the President by act OF Congress or Dec,
1857, shall be revived and continued in force,
from the passage of this act until July, 1860
interest not to exceed per cent.
Mr.. Yulee offered an amendment, authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General to increase Allan
tic and Pacific mail facilities by the way of
Panama and Tehauntepec to the additional ex-
tent of S250,000. Adopted 80 to II.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, moved to
amend by appropriating $4,000 for ten years,
in aid of line of steamers into ports In the
Gulf of Mexico, having given grant OF sim
liar amount
Messrs. Fitzpatrick. Ward, Benjamin, Shields
and Wilson, spoke in its tavor-the latter
amending the proposition by limiting the pc
riod to four years, and so amended, the motion
was adopted by "A to 10.
Mr.. Bright, from the committee on pubic
buildings, moved to amend by giving the whole
amount, 100000 to complete the treasury
building, instead of $4,000. Adopted.
Mr.. Iverson and many other Senators at
tempted to append claims and other business,
as amendments, the discussion of which occu-
pied much time, but were mostly voted down
or set aside, as being out of order, at the in
stance of Mr.. Hunter who, in an evidently
uncomfortable state of mind, kept beseeching
members to remember that there was no hope
of passing crude amendments, which only OBJ
structed the indispensable legislation OF the
country, and perilled the calling of an extra
session. 1t was now 5 o'clock, but no recess
was taken.
Eight O'cIOck.-A deluge of rain without
temperature at 800 within-a few hundred la
dies and several hundred gentlemen in the gal
leries-most of the Senators are in their seats.
The subject before the Senate is the Omnibus
bill. 1t is so overlaid with amendments, that
it has given scope to debate on all topics, from
a protective tariff to Kansas and the Indians.
The main amendments adopted in Committee
of the Whole have been confirmed, except Mr..
Simmonss proposal for a home valuation,
which was lost, 20 to "a. The section author
izing REISSUE Of Treasury notes was confirm
ed by 80 TO %. The amendments added, are,
to abolish the ranking privilege and to raise
rhe rates of postage, identical with those al
ready added to two other bills
Mr.. Mallory tried hard to have the Florida
claims appended, but was unsuccessful. Fl
nally, the bill passed, by 35 to 20.
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler,
Brown, Chestnut Clay, Clingman, Davis, Douglas,
Fitch, Fitzpatrick Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hous
Kennedy, Lame, Mallory, Mason, Pierce, Polk Reid,
Rice Sebastian, Shields, Stuart, Toombs, Ward,
Yulee
NAYs-Broderick Chandler, Crittenden Dixon,
Doolitte, Durkee Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Hale,
johnson of Tennessee, King, Pugh, Seward, Sim
mons, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson
names, but the number is probably correct.
message was here received from the Pres
ident, appealing to Congress to preserve the
credit of the country
This, he says, is the last day of Congress,
and there is no appropriation yet to pay the
Treasury notes From information by the Sc
cretary of the Treasury, the present receipts
will scarcely meet the ordinary expenses of
the government By the end of the fiscal
year, nearly $4,000 600 will be due with con-
siderable amount to be paid at the various
ports for duties, with no means to meet them
and thus the American people will be dishon-
ored. 1t is impossible to avoid the catastro-
phe, unless provision is made against it within
the few remaining hours of the present Con-
gress. If this were the first instead of the
last session of Congress, it might be called to-
gether again. But if it re-assembles to-mor-
row, IL States will be unrepresented, and it
will be impossible to assemble all before the
Treasury must stop payment. Something
must be done to save the credit of the country,
Signed, JAMES BUCHANAN.
The House Conference Committee returned
the Post Office appropriation bill, with the in
timation that the section raising the rate of
postage is in the nature of revenue bill
which the Senate has no right tie originate.
On motion of Mr.. Crittenden, resolution
was adopted notifying the House that the Sen
ate and House were equally capable of judg-
ing Of its own action, and that the Senate ad-
here to its action and leave the House to adopt
it or recede at pleasure.
The resolution and bill was therefore return
ed to the House.
The bill for the removal of the New York
Indians was taken up.
Mr.. Seward made an eloquent speech in
praise of the Six Nations, when an amendment,
providing for semi-weekly mail from Charles
town or Savannah to Key West or Havana,
at the rate of 100000 per annum, was adopt
ed, 20 to IS, and the bill passed.
The lighthouse bill was taken up, and pass
ed, q to "a.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Nichols, of Ohio, called up the report of
the special committee, on the charges of receiv-
ing brides, against Mr.. Soaring, member from
New York. After some discussion, the reso-
luton of the committee, that the evidence
would not warrant conviction, nor subject
him to expulsion was adopted.
The report Of the committee of conference
on the army bill was concurred in.
The Senates amendment to the Post Office
appropriation bill was then taken up, when
Mr.. Grow offered a resolution that the bill,
with amendments, be returned to the Senate,
as the thirtieth section proposed an increase of
postage to and 10 cents, which is in the ma
TURF vi d ItfcHuG BlllJ anu dCCOlullS W thS
Constitution, can only originate in the House.
Mr.. Jones of Tennessee moved to amend
Mr.. Grows proposition, so as to assert that the
Senate's postage amendment is not in violation
of the rules.
Mr.. Pho ps moved to table the pending ques-
ton. Negitiyed, l06 against so.
Mr.. Jones withdrew the amendment when
Mr.. Grows was adopted, III to rs.
Mr. English proposed to introduce new
post rate bill and asked that the rule which
required reading might be dispensed with,
when the bill was taken up.
Mr.. Chaffee asked the suspension of the
rules in order to have the Senate private bills
passed. Agreed to.
The House concurred in the report of the
committee of conference on the Navy bill, by
which S289,000 is appropriated to enable the
purchase of the vessels chartered for the Par
aguay expedition 1t also passed the Senate
bill to carry into effect the China treaty OF
November last, by authorship the President
to appoint committee to examine claims.
Ecenng SeSsion.--Oa motion Of Mr. Miles of
South Carolina, the rules were suspended, to
consider the report of the special committee
on hall arrangements, concluding with reso-
luton, that the Superintendent of the Capitol
be directed, after the adjournment OF the pres
ent Congress, to remove the desks in the hall
and make re-arrangements to bring the seats
together within the smallest convenient space
Mr.. Clay of Kentucky asked what was to be
come of the desks, which cost 50 200 each.
Mr.. McCreary of ississippi-Consigned to
the tomb of the Capulets.
During the proceedings there was the great
est possible confusion, the Speaker repeatedly
reminding members that it was impossible t,
transact business, unless order was preserved