Weekly national intelligencer., 1860-05-12
TUESDAY, MAY /, 1860.
: HoJTSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The House met at II O'Clock. PRAYER was offered by
Rev. L. ELLIOTT and the Journal of Friday was read
On motion by Mr.. GROW Monday and Tuesday ofnext
week ordered to be set apart for Territorial BUSINESS
and several bills ready to be reported from the Committee
ON Territories were ordered to be printed. t5fs +
Among these were bills organizing the Territories of
Chippewa, Dakota, Idaho Nevada, and Arizona Chip
pewa composed of the northern part of Nebraska and
what is called Dakota and has eight ten thousand
inhabitants Dakota consists of the southern part of the
present Dakota and part of Nebraska extending the
Rocky Mountains and has about eight thousand inhabitants
Idaho (sad to be Indian for Gem of the Mountains is
Pixies Peak population estimated at fifteen to twenty
thousand Nevada includes the western portion of Utah.
and its Inhabitants conjectured to number eight or ten
thousand The proposed limits of Arizona will contain
about the number of people, The following proyiso
attached to each of the five bs Prooded Whereas
slavery has legal existence in said Territory nothing
herein contained shall be construed authorize permit
its existence therein u t.4t8 FIJI IS
On motion BY Mr. HICKMAN, the consideration of the
report lo the Committee the Judiciary relation to
the Presdenfs protest postponed until Thursday
j Mr.. MAYNARD introduced q bill granting pensions to
officers and soldiers of the of 1912 and the Indian
Of hnd prior to the period which referred the
Committee on Military Affairs. ssfll.i tsti
litas aiaal THE TARIFF BILL. -
On motion by Mr.. HOUSTON the House resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole, fhr CURTIS in the chair
and resumed consideration of the tariff and loan bill
Mr.. WILSON, of Indiana, addressed the committee on
the slavery question: advocating and defending the prn-
ciples of the Republican party.
Mr. ALLEN of Ohio, defined his position as Western
Mr. SMITH of North Carolina, explained briefly his po-
siton representative of the united Wing nd American
parties of his district. 90 '...'
Mr.. HICKMAN. of Pennsylvania, addfessed the com,
mee the subject of seconalsm for the existence Oh
which he held the South and her Northern allies respoh
sibe The South had demanded concession aiter
so which the North had yielded with the most tame and
disgusting subserFiency. f45#y. s. ~ 80 :.
Mr.. MILLSON, of Virginia replied to the remarks OF
the gentleman from Pennsylvania correcting some state
ents which he regarded erroneous He defended the
Territorial policy of Southern statesmen and vndcated
the ptyesave law against charges OF
urged by some Republican members He did not fear the
Republican party the subject of slavery for upon that
subject they could and would do nothing which ne dreaded
But was party of false pretences was organized
upon the slavery sentiment of the country only for the
sake Of strength and power but its real object
uroyements and then oppress the industrial interests by
protective axaion Under of warning upon slavery
they sought only revive the policy of the old Federal
party The only legislation the subject of slavery they
proposed was its exclusion from the Territories but that
they knew they could not accomplish for flash Of light