, 1859-02-05

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Nj. MorrilPs Agricultural College bill, which,
by the negligence Of some Of its profcssel friends
was suffered 10 drift along tn the close Of the se..
sion uncoMsilcrcd. was taken up to day in the
Senate. Tasinus Efforts were made TO Kill it by
motions to Eecommit, 10 lay on the table, etc,
From some Of which 1t was saved, by ulajor.
ity Of only one. Iessrs- Bright, Fitch aud Jones
all Of whom had heretofore supported the lii
il not pledged themselves solcnlnly to it-turned
traitors, mud voted with its enemies. Meesrs.
l'caEce and Thompson Of Kentucky, friends Of tie
bill, were absent. On the motion to recomuit.
Nj. Kennedy alsentcd himself, and tho bill vas
only saved kou defeat, by Mr. Bates changing
his vote. Mr. Douglas did not come into the Sou
ate I'LL near The adjournment. His position on
the bill is uncertain and tho division is 50 close
tlas wien the subject comes up tomorrow. his
single vote may either save the ill or kill it.
An analysis Of tile yo:e On tile final passaoe of
Mr. Grows Hoaes'cad hill, which passcd Inc
House this morning, l2o to ;6, shows that there ere
voted fur the bill: Republicans, 81 Democrats.
3s. Against it-Democr1ts. GO; Americans. Is
Republicans, (Mr. Nichols) The Northern
Democrats WHO voted against It wcre: Mcssrs.
English, Hughes. Niblack. Msrstoll, S!av. ful.1
aud leidy. About 20 Northern Democrats
lodged.
The vote to-day Oh Mr. Houston'a attemnt tn
introduce Loan bill ia generally conceded TO
have settled the fact that decisive msjority of
the House will under no consideration yote a
loan Of u reissue OF Treasury notes, uoIess cou-
pied with I'D increase Of the Tariff.
The resolution concerning the Thrift iutro
duced By Mr. BtRler into the Senate today. is
substantial if not q literal transcript Of that
proposed By him in the Democratic caucus on
Saturday. Mr. Hale's inquiry, whether hs had
got leATe to withdraw it from The csucus caused
great merrlment in the Senate.
Tho Committee Of Ways and Means meets
aRain tomorrow. Aessra. Merrill, Howard and
Davis have modified, somewhat, their proposed
bill In respect to iron. and it row leyiea on bar
iron &l5 per ton; on railroad iron, &la: on Dig
iron IS. With this modification It ID almost en.
tirely acceptable 10 the frienda OF IN iucressed
Tariff ot all parties, and there il general dis
position to etand by it in case it gets before the
House.
Tho Special Committee Of The HOUSE this
Curtis's Uowa) Fscifc Rairond bill, bps It vii
come still-horn into the House. Tbs most d.
voted advocates Of the road concede that no &c
tion concerning it Ia possible this season.
Is 10 not probable that any new loau can ba
Got through the House. The Republicans and
Isrld Democratg agree On this, eren if the ees-
s'on should end without passing the leading
Appropriation bills.
Tho call for the Democratic caucus this ever.
Ing was intended to embrace only those oppoeed
to specific duties and protection. The President
and the Pennsylvanla Democratic delegation
would be excluded by such q caucus from their
o~n party. Tbs call is direct Insult to the
1c party u breaking up. The Southern Demo-
craas lns,st that no ono is entitled to be called
Oemocfst who IL not opposed 10 specific duties
and protection. The assertion in the UoupIas
organ last week, that there is no longer a Dam.
ocFat party, il being strikingly verified