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4 profound Impression WAS created in the
aa1;use to-day hy the presentation, bv .3ohn
Hickman, Of the rcpoz. Of the Committee On tic
Judiciary, upon the message Of. the President
protesting against the action Of the House in
the appointment Of the Covodc Investigating
Committee. The report IVES read by a1r. Hick-
man himself, Ecd was listened to with tic most
earnest attention. The able and st:tcsmanlikc
views with which Mr. Hickman conlronts the
President, and meets his Pecksniftian message.
had visible effect upon the opposite side Of the
House. The pure Jedcrsonian Democracy
Which this incorTup1iLle Democrat was preach
inG to them, seemed TO call many Of them back
to their better political days. As, one nttcr en-
other, the opinions of Jefferson, Madison, Ran
do!ph and others Of sacred Democratic memory
upon the prsrogas!ves Of tie Executive were
contrasted with those which now emanatc from
James Buchanan, l thou .lt could see, here and
there among the Democratic members, the egi-
dences Of IN awakened conscience, Every Re-
publican 1nsmber, every. South American
member, AID every honest Democratic member,
beste~ unlimited encomiuns upon this mastery
production.
The report Of 3lr. Coyodc today, from his In:
vestigating Committee, upon the case Ct tho
con!un,acious Schell, was, mt the request Of Mr..
C., Eccoumi:ted 10 the Committee. twill coma
up again ut HI early day. The Democracy
Slowed sharp fight on both these measures TO-
day, although all the motions were merely pre-.
1inlirary ones. The Douglas Democrats pitched
in and did battle hravelr for the Administration
In the SENATE, to-day ,Chcsnut, the ncw Soma.
tor from South Carolina. gave his vicws on the
atate C tha;U Union, which state Of course he
considered very precarlous one. Dissolution
was the burden Of tis song; but so natural has
it become for Democrats TO talk disunion, that
it is losing its novelty.
There were two test votes in the Senate to.
day on the Homestead bill. One was On a mo-
titn by Dir. Hunter to postpone lac consfdera-
ton Of the Homestead bill and take up the Indi-
an Appropriation bill, which was lost by q tie
Tote.
business for tho consideration Of the Homestead
bill, which IVES carried By majority Of four.
1t is now the determination Of the friends Of
the measure 10 keep it before the Senate until
it is disposed Of. Great confidence is felt that
slr. Johnson's bill will pass There are many
approve, but for the sake Of the triumph OF the
Homestead principle in some form, they will
vote tor it under protest.
Mr.. Doolittlc, il presenting the petition In the
Senate, the other day, in favor of the extension
Of Colts patent, did not, learn, intend to com.
mi. hin,s:lf IN its favor. but only presented the
paper IS an net Of courtesy, both the Senators
fr1m Connecticut being absent at the time. Not
long since he presented u petition from nu1ner-
GUS citizens Of Wisconsin, praying for the &C.
QUESTION Of Cuba, with which scheme he is well
Known to have no sympathy. Ar. D.. as gene.
ra! rule, has been opposed to tho extension Of
patents, and there is no reascn Why he should
make this IN exception.
Hou. Thos. D. Eliot, Of Mass, hcs report on
the Coolie trade prepared, which he will present
to the House at m early day trpm the Commit
tee on Commerce. The facts aud figures in this
report arc such as will start1e the whole world.
They show that American vessels are extensive
If engaged in traffic worse, i possible. than the
African slare trade. This document, Il n,anu-
script, covers oao pages Of foo1scap.
The Tariff question is now fairly b:fore the
House. 1t was not touched today. but it can
not long bc stared of. This is going to be an-
other soEe difficulty With the Democracy. The
and South Caroliua will be interesting. 1t will
be cotton against iroa, as John Mcqueen admit
ted in the House not long since.
Among the bills introduced to-day, in tho
House, were ore for mileage reform, By Mr.
Leach, Of North Carolina; ono bJ John Coch-
bullion by government vessels; and one By Eli
Tbayer, constituting Dscos1h Territory q land
district, End admitting therefrou q delegate to
Congress.
Tic Pacific Railroad Committee closed to-day
their 1abors preparatorr to making their report,
coon cs he can Obtain the floor The report, as
was anticipated, recommends = single route.
The following ara the four routes which the
Committee hare had under consideration.