, 1861-02-26
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TBlRTY.slzTH CoNeREss-seeond Session.

WAsHE1ToN, Eoo. -
sENArE-A measage was received from the !
House, announcing the passage Of the Oregon
On motion Of Mr. LANE It Tas made the
special order for tomorrow at u:30 o'clock
hi. BIGLER presented q number Of pet1- |
dons In favor Of the Crlttenden resolutions.
= Mr. BlGLER also presented the resolutions
adopted BY the Pennsy lyanla State Convention.
zena Of fMnssachusetts and Philadelphia against !
compromise. He also presented petition
from citizens of Massachusetts, asking Con-
gress to enact q law that no person shall be
held In servltudo by the laws ofany State and |
that such persons now held be declared free,
bost ns sad H t. hs % ne een
sented to him In q proper and respectful form,
but he would take the occasion to declare
most explicitly that he did not believe that
Congress had any night to. interfere with slave
~ In the States. :~t7t: i. =: i. -. -
NJ GREEN n r. presented . n, petition 1.9m the
rial Government, -.
Mr.; TRUMBULL. presented petition
against compromise,
On motion Of III. WADE, the bill In rela-
ton to the postal service in the seeding
States, was taken up.
Mr. PEARCE moved to strike out the word
MI. MASON said the word :" Instruction.
Was unknown to the Constitution, and protest:
ed against the usa Of such word.
Mr.. WADE said he was willing to have
the clauses Of uinsurrection" ana "resist-
ance to the laws, = assigned IN thebill, stricken
ont
Mr.. PEARCE's am mendment wEs withdrawn,
and the bill amended, on motion of Mr. BAY
ARD. 60 as to conform to Mr: WADE'5 sug-
geation.
WHEnEAs, Several States have withdrawn from
the Union, aud the laws Of the United States no
longer have force; therefore
Resolgsd, That the Postmaster General 10 an,
| thor1zed 10 discontinue the postal service and
I make arrangements with the Governments of
! those States In regard to the came.
Mr.. JOHNSON Of Arkansas presented the
credentials OF Charles B. Mitchell, Senator
elect from Arkansas.
| After discussion HI. POLK moved to modify
] the amendment 80 that it would read sall tia.
States Withdrawn from the Union, the Post
master General have power to discontinue the
| postal service" Wss lost 10 to 80.
MIR. HEMPHILL'3 amendment was lost tc
! So. The bill then passed by "a against u.
| AYEs-AIthony ,Bayard, BigIer, Bingham, ,Chaud
ler, Clark collauatr, Crttenden, Dixon, Doolittle
Gri@es, Hale. Harlan, johnson q Tenn, Kenne
dy, King, Latham, Pierce, Morrill,, Seward, Sim
mons, Simmer. Ten Eyek, Thompson, 7funbull
EoEs-Btagg, Bright, Green. Hemphill, 9ohnso5
nf Ark:: Lane, Mason, Nicholson, POLL, Powell
Rice, Wisfa!l-,2.
Nj: POWELL explained that he would have
voted for The bill to fuspend the postal ser
vice, but could not for the bill after amended
| giving such general power.
The miscellaneous appropriation bills came
| up in the Senate for consideration Of amend
1nents made in Committee ofthe Whole.
Mr. GREEN offered the Chiriqui amend
ment, advocating its adoption. After somt
discussion it VAS disagreed to, q ayes to z
| noes.
Tbs amendment providing for custom
1'onee and post office at st. Pam, Minnesota
was lost.
| Mir. SIMMONS offered an amendment re
Peall9eg the oct preventing the Secretary o
Mr.. PEARCE said It had been repealed, e1
cept the portion relating to firearms.
Tue amendment Was ud0pted.
| a message was received from the House
| that the Tariff hill had passed, and asking
Committed OF Conference on certain amend
mente.
HouEE-Net ut 10 o'clock, and after th
usual morning business, proceeded to the cor
sideration Of the Senatt's amendments to tn
Tariff bill. About 50 Of the 160 amendment
were acted Oh in Committee Of the Wholt
which ut l o. clock rose, pursuant to the prev
GUS order, and the entire subject was reporte
to the House.
Nj. SHERMAN urged the necessity Of cor
| curing in all the amendments, to many {
which he WIS opposed, and under other eli
cumstances would vote against them, but b
believed the very existence Of the Governmer
. | depends on the prompt passage Of the bill
which is substantially the act Of 1847. Whe
| the present Administration came into poWe
! | the public debt Vas twenty nine millions Of do
! lars, with nearly eighteen millions in th
Treasury, but now the public debt is ninet
SIX millions. The smallest possible amoul
the Government can get along with for Il
next fiscal year Is tlfty-eight millions. 1t r:
!, | q necessity to pass this bill.
The House then, on motion Of Mr. SHEl
! MAN, proceeded to aet under the operate
OF the previous question on all the amen
!. ments.
The amendment imposing &c per pound q
4 coffee, and on tea DC, with an addition OF
+; per cent. I'D valorum was rejected, 50 again
|. LAT, Several gentlemen made brief speech
of explanation.
: All the amendments except that relating
Warehoueing being acted on, hi. BRANCH mo
i. ed to adjourn, which was negatived. He tht
. moved to table the warehouse amendment
= test vote on the bill Lost, 43 against Il
!; All the benate'B amendments, excepting tb
taxing tea and coffee, we're concurred IN.
= ACommittee Of Conference WAS appoints
- = | On this amendment.
Il Il Mr. STANTON succeeded In getting his Y,
1unteer Bill before the House, which will
y the first business tomorrow.
Mr. WOODRUFF presented q petition
y the citizens Of Middletown, Conn.,, again
altering the Constitution.
), Adjourned.