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country TO judge for themselves.
| Mr.. ATKINS OF Tennessee inquired whether the gen
! teruan would repeat what he said yesterday
/ Mr.. BLAIR said II the facts they TO him were
true the Postmaster General not above the suspicion
which the country would draw from them He stated
that he understood pon rood authority that the Post
master General was the owner of large body Of land
| in Arkansas, which would be benefited by the road
Mr.. ATKINS stated that the Postmaster General did
not foot OF land on the line OF the route, NOS
within eighty one hundred miles OF IL.
Mr.. BLAIR. Docs he own land
Mr.. ATKINS. He does aud it is on the Mississippi
| river, at that
floor that IL situated in the second congressional dis
rct Of Arkansas, and il might be true, the gentle
man said, that it not within eighty one hundred
| miles.
Mr.. ATKINS and Others inquired who were his in
| formants
Mr.. BLAIR replied that one was his colleague, Mr..
| CRAIG, and the other Mr.. ESoLsn.
| Mr.. ENGLISH, of Indiana, said he never said any
such thing.
Mr. BLAIR stated it was his recollection thai it was
said In the presence of himself and Mr.. CRAIG.
| Mr.. CRAIG win make my statement
Mr.. BLAIR desired TO call attention to fact In regard
TO the location Of this overland route which might
plain some things upon which doubt had been thrown.
AT the solicitations of the national democrats OF his State
route had been altered about one hundred and eighty
miles vest of the first location, and about the distance
which the p,nteman had located the lands of the
Postmaster General He did not know anything in
gard TO the ownership OF Ind there but had stated that
his information had been derived from conversation With
his colleague and the gentleman fro Indiana which he
had repeated He made impuation ON the postmaster
General, except the inference which might pe drawn
! from the facts which he had stated.
Mr. CRAIG, of Missouri, regretted that this question
had arisen but it due to himself and the Post
master General since his had been used that he
should state what he knew about it, He had not under
stood anybody to charge that he, in any conversation,
attributed improper conduct to the Postmaster General
in locating the route He could not sustain Mr. ENG
Lsu because he knew nothing about the facts In the
conflict between the South Pass road and the Butter
field route the enemies of Butterield had made nputa
tions the Postmaster General In repeating TINS ne
might have been misunderstood making the repre-
sentation himself He had said that the mail route
through Governor Browns land In the selection
of that road there of politics than OF enhancing
the value of land pioneering the facihc railroad
through that section of the country He would not at
tribute himself suffer any gentleman to quote him as
atributing, improper motives to the Postmaster sene-
raj He had said and felt like repeating here and else
where, that the present administration of Mr. Buchanan
was indebted to the Post Office Department for three
quarters of the whole of its popularity
Mr.. BLAIR stated that he had not quoted Mr. CRAIG
making any mputation upon that gentleman lie had
quoted him simply for the fact He wished 70 know
whether the friends of the Postmaster General could deny
that this land had touched the route as originally
located =, 81 w 3a
Mr. ATKINS. AS far as / know, it does not
Mr.. FLORENCE could speak advisodly that the route
did not pass within eighty miles, for he had asked the
question this morning. The route bad originated not
with the Postmaster General but with General Kask be-
| fore his doath, .
Mr.. BLAIR inquired how nc knew tlht Hic,.
MIR. FLORENCE said he inquired of the POSTMASTER
General whom he believed to be truthful man.
Mr. BLAIR said he was perfectly willing to take the
answer from the Postmaster General.
Mr.. ENGLISH of Indiana, did not know that MS name
in way cannected with this affair he under
stood that Mr. BLAIR said he derived his information from
him. to which he replied he was mistaken he had not
had, and had not now any knowledge OF the SORT
He never had said he knew the Postmaster Gen
eral owned land 1t true, his colleague on the
Committee the Post Office Mr.. CRAIG had sad, that
rumor of that kind had been in circulation he heard
il long time ago, and might have spoken OF 1t as a
rumor in the presence of the gentleman from Missouri,
Mr. BLAIR but he had recollection Of the fact
Mr.. BLAIR said he had quoted the gentleman as
knowing the facts of bis knowledge but simply SAID
I he had repeated what he had heard
Mr. ENGLISH again stated that he had recollection
Of the conversation.
On motion of MI. SEWARD of Georgia, without taking
final action the bill, the committee then rose
" MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON.
On motion of Mr. BURNETT of Kentucky, the bill of
the Senate to incorporate the Washington National Mon
ument society taken from the Speakers table ana
I passed
| THE coNTUMAcIoUs WITNESS.
! Mr. COVODE, of Pennsylvania stated that Harry
Connolly of Philadelphia, whose arrest for contempt had
been ordered by the House, upon learning the action OF
the House. had come TO Washington Immediately, and
appeared before the committee He had delivered him
self up the Sergeant Arms at the suggestion OF The
| committee and he therefore moved that he be dis
charged from the custody Of that officer which motion
|
| Mr. PHELPS, of Missouri, moved that the rules be
suspended and the House again go into Committee OF the
Whole the state of the Union, with the view OF hav
ing night session pending which
| Mr. HUGHES of Indiana asked consent TO introduce
bill TO revive the tariff of 1916 but objection being
made,
Mr. PHELPS refused TO withdraw his motion that the
rules might be suspended.
Sun,ry dilatory motions then made and rejected,
until finally Mr.. PHELPS Withdrew his motion, and the
! House adjourned.
| ssg PETITION.
Ry Mr. SMITH petition of large number Of ct
county H. the establishment OF branch mint
assay office at st. Louis, Mo.
After the close of report of the proceedings OF the
House last evening" in Committee of the Whole, Mr..
GROVER of Oregon and Mr. STEVENS of Washington Ter
ory got the floor aud addressed the committee on the
subject of the Indian expenses of Oregon and Wash
ngton asserting the justice of the claims, and vindca
ting the action of the commission who reported them
| under the authority of an act of Congress
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
! STATES.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1859
No 81 Francis A. Dickenss lessee, plaintiff in error,
u.s. Alonzo Mahana In to the circuit court of the