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Last Nights Report.
cnNrprssIONAI..
wAsuINeroN, June d
SENATE.

WAsuikGToNi June .
SENATE.
Mr. Wilson presented a resolution that the Sec
! retarv OF state be- directed 20 communicate 10
| the senate copies of any correspondence or other
papers on ne In his department In relation 20 the
| arrest ON board Of an American vessel at Paler
I mo- Of Father Snnzn, an Italian Patriot, by the
| intervention or agency of Henry II. Barst0w, the
Consul OF The United States at that place
! Adopted.
| Mi Kennedy moved TO take up the bill to give
/ the right Of way 10 the Baltimore and Ohio r. K.
/ through the District % connect with the Virginia
l roads
Mr.. Cameron hoped not lie proceeded to show
that the baltimore Ohio Road, In It's rates ON
/ coal, discriminated against Pennsylvania
hr Kennedy said he would take occasion TO
I reply 10 the remarks of ule Senator from Penn
/ sylvnuia, and would show that his opposition 20
l tile bill was based on personal interest,
The melton was lost
Mr. Toombs moved TO take up the bill relative
! TO the HOumhs Grant Agreed 10.
Mr.. Polk moved 90 strike out the second and
third sections of the bill compelling claimants 10
sue in two years OF Forfeit their lands.
The question was divided, and the second sec
tion was stricken out, and the third section re
tanned
The subject was postponed tin rs O'Clock to
morrow
The kansas bill was taken up, and Mr. Sumner
spoke AZ length. The following are the opening
sentences:
Understanding now, after silence of more
than four years ON this important subject should
suppress the emotions natural to such an occasion
IL did not declare ON the threshold my gratitude
To that supreme Being, through whose benign
care l am enabled after much suffering and many
changes, once again TO resume my duties here,
and to speak for the cause which is so near my
heart When last entered into this debate IL
became my duty to expose the crime against Kan
sas, and 20 Insist upon the immediate admission
of that Territory as a State of this Union with
constitution torbtddiug slavery. Time has passed,
but the question remains.
kesuming the discussion precisely where left
IL 1 huunV that ruln of moderation
which, Il Is said may venture even to fix the
boundaries Of wisdom itself. have no personal
grieis 10 utter only a harbarOus egOtism could
tntrude these into this chamber. ! have no per
sonnl wrongs 10 ayenge; only barbarOus nature
could attempt to yield that vengeance which be
longs TO the Lord. The years that have inter
vened, and the tOmbs that have opened since
spoke, have their voices too which / cannot fail
TO hear. Besides, what am " What is any man,
compared with the generation before usS 1t is
this alone which shall discuss, and open the
argument with that easy victory which is found
in charity.
Mr. Sumner closed as follows:
Thus, Sir, speaking for freedom In Kansas, l
have spoken for freedom everywhere, and for
civilization and as the less is contained in the
greater, all arts all sciences all economies,
all rehnements, all charities all delights of life
embodied in this cause. You may regret it, but
II will be only for to-day. The sacred animosity
between freedom and slavery can end only in the
triumph Of freedom The same question will
soon be carried before that High Tribunal Su-
preme over the Senate and Court, where the
Judges will be counted by millions and where
the Judgment rendered will be the solemn charge
of an aroused people instructing new President
in the name of freedom to see that civilization re
ceives no detriment
Mr. Chestnut made a briefresponse to Mr.. Sum
ner's speech, speaking of il as an extraordinary
one after ranging over Europe, sneaking through
the back doors Of the English aristOcracy and
fawning at their feet, Tins slandeTer of States
and men had re-appeared IN the Senate. We had
hoped, after the punishment he had received for
his former insOlence, that he would have learned
propriety. But he had repeated his former vul
garity and mendacity. The Egyptians detied
reptiles but it remains for Northern AbOlitiOnists
10 defy an embodiment Of malice, mendacity and
cOwardice. He was not inclined 10 put further
punishment on the recipient of former punish
ihent who had gone bowling through the world,
yelping out volumes of slander, and he would
therefore endeavOr 10 keep quiet.
Mr.. Sumner said he had pointed out the barbar-
ism of slavery, and the Senator's rejOinder should
60 as an appendix and fitting illustration of his
argument
Adjourned.
HOUSE
The House acted on the Senate's amendments
to the Post Office deficiency bill, and non concur
red in that striking out the prOyisO for the restO
ration OF the suspended inland mail service, and
requiring proposals from the lowest bidder for
carrying the mail between Charleston and Pana-
ma.
Among other bills reported from the committee
were the following BY Mr. Adams, OF ny, au-
thorizng daily mail inland between San Fran
cisco and Olympi Washington Territory, at q
sum not exceeding 500 900 instead of the semi
monthly service by steamer at S12S,OO0 also a
bill establishing 3 weekly mail service between
the United States and twelve ports on the Mexi-
can Gulf according 10 the Butterfeld plan.
Mr.. COlfaX, from the same committee, reported
a bill apprOpriating $50 900 dollars for Post
Office in Brooklyn, n. T. He stated that the
committee were equally divided upon the bill,
and therefore reported it without recommenda-
ton and that but for the rule adopted by the COM
mittee early in the session against making any
new appropriations for public buildings, the ma
jOrity would have favored this bill, which had
special claims over any other application before
them. Referred to the Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union.
Mr.. Lee, from the same committee, reported
bill for the erection Of Post Office in Philadel-
phia. Similarly referred
On motion Of Mr.. Carter Saturday was set
apart for the consideration Of the District Of Co
lumbia business.
Adjourned