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tspeelal Correspondence Of ths Press aud Tsfbunel
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:, The friends of the Pacific Railroad cannotb but
congratulate themselves upon the earnestness
With which the House has entered upon the dis
cussisu Of this great question. The speeches
thus fsr mada-are mos:l II not far buncon'be,-'
but aim ut practical solution, and hare con-
t,ibuted towards e1ucidating the investigation
Of the subject Col. Cnstis, IL hia opening r.:
marks, very succinctly stated TIE grounds upon.
which the COMMITTEES bated their !'selection Of
the route they propose. The first amendment
offered was that of Mr.. Phelps Of Missouri, SUB.
stituting tho route st. Louis. Springfield anu
Albuquerque known as the Thirty .ftl1h Fas.
allel route. For this proposition Ar. T. could
get only forty :1otcs. bis colleague, Ar. Craig
strongly opposed ibis route. md advocated the
original one named bE the Committee. Wood
son Of Missouri offered what suppose ought 10
be known as the uniou.saying propos'tloD' to
WIZ 10 'a>e .us 11a4 ,....ha, ~ nne n TIM the
eopn'''' ~" ~;;otta, IL IAN The ex-
t,eme Northern trade. And, in faith, there
eeeA1s -.:sa-a,;on :, ~ Mr Hamilton Of Tex
a'y y:s,s,,s,sd ~ the Honsa to.day ,by 1anating
- ss.s":s. s1.ooh breot>;ng threateninps and
ns-t s,s.ah,a, sr,;ns, tho yorth if The South was
a"isa,aa Is Tho bn;tdi.o of this road. Thus
,.o1 sss t,,e inevitable Niger has got into the
,a.,e. ps;,road Hamilton think, damaged
n. s,nthern interest b. bis speech There are
49,. . f.,r anono tba EortheTn members who
~. ..;.t> na.;da-ah,a f.xor r,non the ntan .of
~ ,,o-a b-anchea - tb;s end Of The
.I s',,. y. ,,,,.- ~ .,cb IN mt tn he in
.-a.sod ~ +h-o,,s s.s4~.
Co,s;dsroh,a -fsn,t ia fonSnd with lie plau Of
;ocornoration nropcsed By the Commit
tee ue,rv Winter Davis made an able
s;,eech This afternoon against it on this ground,
.na moved to 1ecommit the bill to the Com
,nit,ee, It becomes evident, as the Discussion
progresses, thatthe.mngnitude Of the subject ex-
ceeds the nnticipatious generally formed, and
apy definite and satisfactory resplt of thedelb.
erationB ii father of than any one Ind suppos.
ed. The very best minds in the House hare in
d;cated their intention Of taking part in the DIS
cnSs1on OF the gfganl1c q9esaoRs 1ne1e IS
unfortunately one ora"oac8 upon Inc progress
Of tie investigation Of the subject, and that is
the persistent inte1position Of that merciless
bore. Extra. BllIy Smith, who. being bitter en-
eny of any sort Of racine Aa'lroad' ana nav
ing been unfortunately nameo PE Speaker zen
nington as member OF 1he commttee' talks
more, might almost n, Pr, nan at me otnefs
put together, and all to no purpose nnt 10 o's-
tract The attention OF tue House.
The Senate hare to day had under coasfdeFa-
tion the Hounas Land Grant, with view to
the hauling OF sIidell d TO. over the Goals. But
you are doubtless aware that John slidell is q
man who always covers up his tracks. Ny im-
preston is be will foul The Seuate as the boy
did the bee, by swallowing it. The simple fact
is that the Senate is not composed Of men who
are smart enough to detect old Slidell in any
fraud. Probably the annals Of legislation fur.
nisl, no pa, allel to the peculations from which
the pockets Of John Slide1i have been lined !;
but, mind you, he Is no James Buchanan-he
has. m Fornevs. Walkers. or 'SchuabIes to
haunt him. venture to predict TINT he will
come ont Of the present trial unscathed, though
there will not be 4 man in the Senate that be-
lieves him free otthe charges against him.
The telegraph has given you an account Of
the ratification meeting held here last night.
Its success surprised every soul in this city,
friend as well as foe, There were betwe three
md tise thousand people present, and the ut
most good order WAS preserved throughout.
Senator Doolist1e's speech. at the opening, was
By far the best effort of the occasion. Speaking,
as be die, from the Democratic standpoint, his
utterances sank deep into the hearts Of the
Douglasites here, who have Of late been bending
beneath the iron despotism Of slare.code disci-
pline. The short speech Of Nr. Grow, urging
the homestead policy Of the Republican party,
was listened to with eager attention By many
of the laboring men Of this city who are not
known as Republicans. It is morally certain
that many converts were made to our cause by
last nights meeting. The humorous speech u
Col. Aldrich, at the close, was one of the rich
est things Of the season here: He said he had
known Old Abe in his working days, and he told
the crowd they might depend upon it that the
men who helped Abe to maui rails in other days
the bone and sinew Of the nation-would phil
of their coats now aud help him to maui Demo.
Gratis. Upon the:Eholc The meeting was grand
one. $780,
The members who attended the ratification