The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-06

WASHINGTON. March ~

Dover. on the 9th inst, in which reference
had been made to his State and himself.
The extract was read by the Clerk, in which
it was stated by Mr.. Clark that Tennessee
had had too little industry or enterprise to /
develope her mines of copper, etc.; and fur /
ther in conversation, be CLARK had with
him, {Johnson) he had made some admission
relative to the insecurity of slave property
at the South.
Mr.. Clark positively declined to give any
explanation in the Senate.
Mr.. johnson would then assume that the
report was correct, and answer it according
ly. If the Senator had made himself famil-
lar with the facts in relation to mining in
Tennessee, then he had stated what he knew
to be untrue and if he had not made HIM
self conversant with the facts, then he spoke
of something he knew nothing about. He
then drew a comparison between the relative
productiveness of Tennessee and New
Hampshire, making deductions favorable to
the former. As to the alleged conversation,
he had never used the language attributed
to him.
Mr.. CLARK said that when the proper time
arrived, he would take occasion to state
what he did say in his speech, and when he
did he would say nothing in disparagement
of Tennessee, nor dispute the fact that she
made more horses, asses and mules than New
Hampshire.
The bill to increase and regulate the pay
OF the Navy was considered.
Mr.. Fessenden offered substitute, mainly
giving lower salaries, but increasing some
of those of the lower grades. =
Mr.. Crittenden offered an amendment to
the original bill, to increase the pay of mid.
shipmen. Agreed to.
Mr.. Slidell offered an amendment that no
vacancies in Chaplaincy shall be filled here
after. Lost, yeas Is, nays %. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the bill for fulfilling
the treaty stipulations with the Indians Of
Oregon and Washington.
The House the proceeded to the consider.
alton of the bill to provide for the safety of
passengers in boats propelled wholly or in
part by steam.
Mr.. Washburne of Illinois, urged the
Importance of the passage of this bill. No
rerhonstrance against it had come from the
West, New England or the South, and there
was none from anywhere, except, perhaps,
particular localities. This bill proposed to
subject ferry, tug and freight boats to exam
nation by local Board of Inspectors, bring
ing them within the provisions of the law of
1852.
After debate, the farther consideration of
the bill was postponed for two weeks, and
the House went into Committee of the
Whole, on the state of the Union on the
Army bill.
Mr.. Boteler moved to increase the appro-
priation for the National Armories to $780,
900. After a debate, without taking the
question, the Committee rose and the House
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March %.
SENArE.-The joint resolution making
Macon, Ca, port of entry was passed.
The bill to increase and regulate the pay
of officers in the Navy, was taken up, the
question being on Mr.. Fessenden's substi-
tute.
Mr.. Mallory opposed it on the ground
that it did not do justice to the Lieutenants,
who were the poorest paid officers in the
service.
Mr.. Fessenden's substitute was amended
and then rejected, 20 against 29--other
amendments were proposed and rejected and
the original bill finally passed. Adjourned.
HoUsE-The House resumed the consid>
Grafton of the bill reported from the Com.
mittee on Judiciary, suppressing polygamy
in the Territories of the United States.
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, said the Commit
tee on Territories are contemplating the
propriety of parceling out Utah to the other
Territories, SO that the people may have the
power to suppress polygamy and other
enormities.
Mr.. Branch proposed to strike out all
declaring polygamy to be criminal, and
retaining only so much as declares null and
void all the laws of Utah sanctioning and
permitting it. He suggested to his Demo-
cratic friends that if they could render poly
gamy criminal, then they could render that
other twin relic of barbarism, slavery, as it
is called in the Black Republican platform
of 1856, criminal. He repeated that he
could not vote for the provision to make
penal laws applicable to all the Territories
of the United States. ~
Mr.. Barr moved to lay the bill on the
table, which was negatived-19 against
148.
Mr.. Logan proposed as a substitute to
repeal the law establishing the Territorial
Government of Utah. -
The House then passed to the considera-l
tion of other business without further action
on the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Hickman resolution
was adopted authorizing the judiciary COM
mittee to send for persons and papers, and
examine witnesses under oath or affirmation,
in reference to the asking for the impeach-
ment of Judge Watrous, of Texas.
Mr.. Gurley, from the committee on prints
ing, reported resolution, which was adopt
ed, in favor of the printing of 5000, extra
copies of the Report on our Commercial
Relations, and also of the last volume of the
Survey for Pacific Railroad by Govern
ment, containing the Northern route.
Mr.. Sherman, from the ways and means
committee, reported bill making further
appropriations for the service of the Post.
office debt. He asked leave to offer reso-
luton making the loan and tariff bill the
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