, 1860-12-25
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xxXylTu CoSCRESS---Seeond Session.

WAEutFaroS, Dec. ~.
SESATE-Mr. Fessendcn introduced !. hill
TO grant public lands and loan the credit Of the
Goycrnncnt to the Peoples Railroad. Laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Pugh offered a joint resolution in re-
gard to holding convention for proposing
amendments to the Constitution, aud request |
ing the several States to cali convention Us |
soon III practicable. Referred to the Commit |
tee Of Thirteen.
Mr. Big1er presented tile proceedings Of |
meeting Of citizens Of Reading, Pa; also,
another, &c. Referred to the Select Com |
mittce.
Mr. Douglas presented several amendments
to the Constitution. Ordered to bv printed,
and reterred to the Select Committee.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill for the Mu1c e.
fcetual suppression Of the slaye trade
The hour Of Que o'clock having alTlvtI, a
question arose whether The bill for the atliuis-
sion Of Knusas should be taken up, which was
| the special order, or whether the Senate should
proceed to the consideration Of the resolution
| Ct Mr. johnson OF Tennessee, aa unfinished
| business.
Mr.. Nicholson lad tie door on tho latter
| Thu question was settled bJ taking up the
hsnsAs bili, aud allowing The floor to slf-
Nicholson. 80,
spoke for the remainder of the session Ne
have nut room for his remarks.
| HorsE-The Speaker laid before the House
| i letter signed AIcsSrs. Mcqueen, Bonhasu,
| Boyce and Ashmore, In which they SAY they
ayail themselves Of the earliest opportunity
slnce official intelligence making known that
the people of Soutli Carolina, in their soscr-
| eighty capacity, have resumed the powers
which they heretofore delegated IT, tho General
Government, and THUS dissolve their: (ihc
sisnen'} connection with tie House Of Rcl.ro-
sentativcs. In taking leave OF those with
rs the people Of their Commonwealth, wish to
express a mutual feeling Of respect, aud
cherish the hope that III the future their rc1a,
tions may be friendly Laid on the table aud
ordered to be printed.
Nj. Moorc Of Kentucky introduced bill
giving q construction to the Fugitive Slave
Law Of 1888. Referred to the Select comnsit-
| ter Of g.
Nr. Morris Of Illinois offered resolution
for the appointment Of d committee Of i've
| to inquire into the late abstraction Of cur
| tain bonds from the Interior Department, but
| suffered the resolution 10 be lail over for The
| present.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported tle Army Appropriation
bill.
that when the House adjourn today It bd to
| Thursday next,
sIr. Kilgore introduced bill to cstablisl, a
metropolitan police for the city Of Washing
ton, which VAS referred to the Committee on
the District Of Columbia
The Speaker laid before the uousc toni
nlunlcation from the Secretary Of the Interior,
stating that on Saturday last he WIS informed,
by voluntary confession Of HI officer of the
, | Department, that State bonds held in trust a'y
: tue United States for the benefit Of Indians,
! amounting to $4,000 have been abstfactcd
from his custody and converted to private
uses. The8ccreta1y says tho enormity Of 1ha
! | fraud demands full Investigation by Congress,
In order to rindicate his own honor and expose
i the guilty and derelict. lie therefore APPEALS
to tho House for the appointment Of COM
!, rnttee with full power 10 send for persons aud
view that full Justice may be done in tile
|. | premises.
Mr. sLcrmah said that the Secretary Of the
| Treasury also desired au investigation for Tue
| vindicatlon Of his character, and introduced /
resolution directing tile appointment Of sc
lect committee Of live I" inquire into and re
port the facts in relation to said fraud, aut
that the committee hare full power to sent
| | for persons mud l'aperB. The resolution wa
y pissed.
john Cochrane offered preamble settin:
forth the dangers which now menace til
country, suggesting the removal Of the slavcr.
question from the national councils rs ! RENE
J, dy, concluding with resolution expressive q
the opinion Of Congress that slavery shoul
not exist In the territory north of IS dc;s. :
shall be admitted with or without slavery. II
their constitutions may subserye, and thu
y. south Of that limo slavery sll1l not be pFohib
Il ted by Congress or Territorial legislation. I'll
next resolution asserts the sovereignty ol tat
!, State, and that any attempt to compel them i
,, | furce to subscrTe the Federal compact. wuul
bc TO levy war aud prccipitate dissolution.
Mr. Morris Of Maryland said before intr
duclng such resolutions, it would be wise
II. T. allow the Committee Of IS 10 reach result
~ 1t could or leave the Housc to be informed!
their intention to do SO. lie hoped the matt
would 80 over till Monday next.
he Mr.. Cochranc replied that it was not his i
e. tention to anticipate the report OF the Seie
~ Committee, but there were other consider
Cd tions which compelled him ~ present til
IL qucatiaa ut the present time. lie had IN co
st. tdcucc III the power of Congress to set:ls Il
ed matter.
~, Tie Speaker reminded HIN TINT dtba
IL WAS dot In order.
Us MIR Vallandigham said Mr.. Cochrauc's res
- q. I luton proposed nothing substantial thereto
=" he appealed 10 him to let it 60 over till Thu,
day:
E. Select Committee, but Mr.. Cochrune wit
drew It.
Mr. Kilgorc, referring to the statement 1na
We in tile South Carolina Convention, denied tt
o. Indiana had ever passed. Il Personal Liber
the BILL
.nd .a Mr. Morris Of illinois said he wanted to {
PITY tain tho floor; he represented the Popul
- Sovereignty principle, which stood batwe
two fires.
The uonse went into Committee OF
A.. Whole on the Consular and Diplomatic App
'' priation bill. Tic hill was subsequently pa
II I'd without debate Adjourned till ThuEsd'