Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-04
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CONGREssIoNAl.
W ARLINGTON, March

House letter from Th6s. II. Fur,l. r,
! signing his office as Printer.
The Occasional struggle for a rcroyni.
ton lay the Speaker, Urca stoned the ~
eat possible confusion hniong tile Inei,,i,,r.
twenty or more sometimes vigorousiv
sprinRing to their feet, holding In tL.iIr
outstretched hands tie propositions tb.r
seveFally strove 10 otfeF. The choTns
''Ar. Speaker" -lyns deafeniug; Tut illat
officer bore this infection with becoming
resignation. -
Mr.. Haskip, of n. Y, from the Commit.
teeOn Printing, reported resolutions, which
were PFsssd, 10 print 10000 copies Of TIC
report OF the Oommiitee of IuYcsti0stinn
in the Hbstractrd bonds case. AIiS IT..
same number of IOrdecai's and DeL,6.Id,s
report on military operations In the Cri.
Inea, and 1000 copies of the NorriiI
Tariff bill, US amended on its passage.
The House then proceeded 10 the ron.
sideration OF the Srnate's amendments IN
tue Fost Ouice Appropriation bill.
inc President seut u messn0e to tho
House in compliance with the resolution
heretofore adopted ms to the reasons ypI,i,.I,
induced him to assemble so large a num-
Der of troops in Washington. He sinh.
mits that the numberls NOT so large as The
resolution presuppOses it, the total amonnt
being 653, inclusive of the marines. wlo
are, OF course, ut the navy yard, as their
appropriate station. These troops were
oFdsFld here 70 act as n pOtse eommttufus
~ strict snbordiuntion To the.civil RntLor.
ityf foe the purpose of preserving peRco,
and order t,> Washington, should thfs be.
come necessary before Or at the prrio6 of
tue inauguration OF the President elect
What was the duty of the President at The
time the troops were ordered TO the cir,
Ought he have waited bcfore this urerini.
tate measure WAS adopted until he could
ObtAin proof that secret conspirac- e.
istcd to seize the Capitol. In tue language
OF the select Committee, THIS was in a
time OF high excitement, consequent upon
revolutionary events TRANSPORTING all n-onnd
US. The very mir was filed with rnmors
aud individuals were indulsing in the
most extravNgHnt expressions of fears and
threats. Under those and other cirrun-
stances which need not detail. hui
which appear in the testimony before the
select Committee, ! thought that ought
t0 act. the safety OF the immense amoIIpt
OF public property i'll this city, and that of
Tue nrchives of government, in which all
the States, and especially the new States
in which tile public lands are situated.
have II deep interest; the peace and order
Of the city itself and the security of the
Inauguration of the President elect, were
objects OF such vast Importance to tue
whole country that ! could not hesitate
to adopt precautionary defensive measures,
At the present moment when all is quiet
it is difficult TO realize the state of alarm
which prevailed when the troops were Grst
ordered to this city. This almost INSTANTLY
subsidized after the arrival of the first com.
pany aud feeling of comparative peace
and security has since existed both in the
House aud throughout tic country. Had
l refused TO adopt this prccautionarv
measure, and the evil consequences which
many good men at the time unprecedented
bad followed, should never have forgiven
myself.
The bill was concurred in exactly aa 1T
came from the Senate. IL reduces the cost
OF mail service TO California TO million
doliars==H reduction OF half a million,
The House refused to suspend the rules
IN order to take up the hill providing for
the collection Of customs on shin board
aud authorizing the President, il he deem
It necessary, to employ the army aud naval
forces, etc.
The House adopted the resolution cen
surfing tue. Secretary of the Navy for ac.
cePtIng without delay the designations of
officers who were in arms against the Gov.
eminent.
On motion of Mr.. Phelps, compliment.
tary resolution to Speaker Pennington was
adopted. 1t met With few objections.
The reports of the Committees of Com
ference were from time TO time concurred
in.
Much miscellaneous business was trans.
acted but of no public importance.
Mr. Howard made report ON the dis
IN 1tN L. A.
preparation Jill.
An exciting debate ensued, in which
personalities passed between Alessrs.
Stevenson and Phelps. TIE excitement
soon subsidized.
The report of the Committee was agreed
Att o'clock the House took a recess till
Monday at 10 o'clock.
SESArE.-The galleries are crowded.
MIR. PeArce made report from the Com
mittec of conference on tue Indian BILL
Tie report Was agreed to.
a communication from the President
was received, submitting the papers in re-
lation to the Anderson extraditiUn care,
which was ordered to be printed.
A number of reports from tue Commit.
tee on Printing, were adopted.
The report in favor ofPriutiug Simpsons
survey of a wagon road, was laid over.
A number of private bills were passed.
Mr.. Sumner made a motion to correct
the Journal where it said the resolutions
from the House, of Mr.. Corwin, were read
the first and second time by unanimous
consent Hccontended Ihat the resolu-
tiotis were mot rea}l a second time. He
himselEhad objected, as we'll rs others
who we're near him. g
SIr. Douglas claimed that ii was read
twice and was made the special order,
The discussion was continaed for some
time
Dir. Foote, of VT, presented the credcn-
tails of Jacob Collamcr, re elected o. S.
Senator from Vermont.
The joqFnal was eorreeted-yeas a.