, 1860-05-04

Mr. Barnett elevating his voice, said tha
the rules required gentlemen to speak from
their seats. Mr. Lovejoy must and shall dc
it. He shall not shake his fist at gentlemen
in that menacing manner
The Chairman directed the Sergeant.at
Arms to attend to Mr. Barnett, who said
"You may call him [ Lovcjoyl member
SHAH not"
In the end some portion of order and quet
was restored
On Gth April, a resolution was adopted
calling on the Secretary Of State to repor
relative to the occupation of San Juar
Island
On Tth April, Mr. Trumbull of Illinoi'
presented a petition praying that Congress
recommend to the State Legislatures q
change of the Constitution of the United
? States, so that line may be established
north of which slavery shall never be per
fmited, and south Of which it shall never bC
intcrfered with by Congress or the States.
Mr.. Gwin moved to take up the Overland
Mail bill
Mr.. Green opposed the motion. He had
to 90 away, and desired to speak on the
} bill.
Mr.. Rice moved to recommit to the Post
Office Committee.
Mr.. Hale thought the Butterfeld and
Central route stood in the way of any salts
factory arrangement with the Pacific mails
As there was, however, little difference Of
opinion as TO Salt Lake, he thought it should
: be considered at once.
After further debate; the matter was laid
over
Mr.. Hale moved that the Committee be
instructed TO inquire whether any capital
punishment has been substituted for hogging
in the navy, as it had been resolved that
both Houses would adjourn from the 10th
to the 3Orh April, hs would call it up to-
morrow. ~
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND E/PAcIFIc TELE-
GRAPH.
The Special Railroad Committee Of the
House have been considering and recon.
siderng the bill for the Pacific Railroad,
and, finally, en tie 9Th of April, determined
on adopting the Curtis bill, with clause
that the road should touch at Salt Lake
City. This will be resisted in the House
by the large interest friendly to the south
+ ern project, and, if it should pass, will en-
counter decided opposition in the Senate,
Mr.. Gwin was to have called up Mr.
Wigfulps bill on the 10th of April, with o
: prospect Of its passage, but as our reports
are cut of by arrangement of the tele'
graph, it is impossible to tell what has
been done.
Recent intelligence has satisfied the Ca
nadans that Pacific Railroad through
British donlnions is impracticable. The
project is abandoned.
The principals of the Pacific Telegraph
Company haYe signihed to the PoStofice
Committee, their willingness to accept q
reduction of the government aid from Fifty
to forty thousand dollars, and tariff four to
lhrse-onc fifth
Mcssrs. O'Reilly and Speed propose to
build telegraph from St, Paul to Puget
Sound, without further aid from govern.
ment that the mere right Of way. They
estimate the cost at 100000.
AFFAIRS IN MExIcO-PROGREss OF THE CIVIL
!, WAR.
n
ing among Miramon'o troops, and it was
doubtful whether he could hold cut much
longer. When he Withdrew from Vera
4 Cruz, Juarez' forces we're SO near out Of
powder, it was believed that had Miramon
remained, he would have taken the city.
In addition to what has been published
heret oforc, it is stated that the Liberals
/ defeated several regiments of Miramon's
cavalry on the 9th Of March, ten miles
west OF JalApa; taking horses, arms and am
muni,ion Five hundred Of the Church
{ party were also defeated at San Martin,
twenty-five miles northwest Of Puebln, and
{ cannon, with arms and munitions, were cap
turcd The Liberals were besieging Huy-
han, fifty miles north of Mexico, and they
also threatened PueGla. 1t was rumored
that the city had been taken by tic Lib.
erals, bat this needs confirmation. Our
| Government is in receipt Of correspondence
OF Miramon with Marino, showing that the
object of the former was to blockade the
entire Mexican coast.
MATTERS AT VERA CRUZ.
Letters from the British Consul at Vera
Cruz represent the destruction of British
property 10 have been great during the
bombardment. Steps will be taken to hold
Mramon responsible. No action has beer
,, taken by our Government respecting the
prisoners at New Orleans, although there
are rumors at Washington that it is decid
! ed to send the steamers back 10 Havana
] The Spanish Minister had received the pro
: test Of the Spanish Commodore, in whicl
t the steamer Marques is claimed to be {
Spanish vessel.
The protest of the French Commodore
: against the conduct Of Commodore Jarvis
S had been received by the Department al
+ Washington. The reason assigned for the
/ protest, is that an attack might hereafter
be made on the French ships The Frencl
) officer subsequently apologized to Jarvis