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CONGRESSIONAL. IfiM CoMfn-^ Firit Keiwion. hi^j j ? 1 i withii MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1857. disaiii ?>? found SENATE. ! Iu Hon. UoftMT W. Junmnux, from the Btale of Aikauso*, Isai appeared in his beat this morning. ' Bold, rXSLTIVI COM BUM! ATlOJi. '10 j01 .... ! that i The PKEH1DENT j>ro (em. laid before the Senate a re j n, l>ort of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing ty,. , the condition of the name ; which waa read, laid on the i j[c table, and ordered to l? printed I , stakdimu coxitimuts. j Thi Mr. ALLEN nukmitted the following resolution, and J"J34 c united it> immediate uoiibideratiou : Reioktd, That the Senate will ou Tuesday next at one , o'clock, j>. iu., proceed to the appointment of the t.iuud | 'll j ing oommitteea. 1 ~~ Mr. HALE hoped the resolution would lie over, in ac- i cordanee with the rule, as it was the understanding that ^ the announcement of the death of Hon. Jambs Bin., of I P0 New Hampehi iv would he made to-morrow "j. 'Phe resolution rvue modified, so as to change the day ? I t to Wednesday ; add then, Mr. Hale having withdrawn Pjdit) ilda objection, the resolution was agreed to " 1 Mr. WILSON said that it was understood thut senators citboc were now preparing the list of standing committees ; and he had been renuested by his colleague [Mr. Mcknsh] to say that, owing to the condition of his health, he desired *r' to'be excused from serving upon any of the standing 110,18 i ommittee* of the K-nate. , alwa) In JIG.N. A. P. Hl'TLUl. years Mr EVANS then aunouueed the death, duiing the re- world i ess, of his late collcage, Mr. lhiuut. He said : law a Mr. President, alien I entered this hull-on the first day qoenl of this session, and looked around for the htiiiiltur faces the si of those from whom I had parted at the close of the get hi last, 1 was |Niinfully impressed with the uncertainty of to coi human life, ami the vanity of all human hopes and ex- well i pectations. iinpni Little did I imagine, wheu I parteil from ltiy friend turd linn t colleague, that in the short space of two mouths he woidd distri be numbered with the dead ; or that I, who was ten Itoi years older than himself, should stand here to-day to an- State nounce the melancholy event. fame My deceased friend and colleague, the late Andrew P. woith lii n.i.it, was oornc ill rvugeiioiu uismci, in ute ouue in mars. South Ciirolina, on the 18th day of November, 1730, and fiance wan. at the tbue of his death, on the 25th of May last, in his SI his sixty-first year. Carol Tlie cheerfulness of his temper tiutl the buoyancy of his try, e (spirits might have indicated a morn youthful age ; but olic, i the extreme and preuiattue w hiteness of his locks might share well have passed liiui an older man. . cortm His family came from Virginia, and settled in South rcctei ' 'aroliua before the revolution. Few families have been 1 li more distinguished in the annals of the State, or suffered the st more in the service of the country, (lencral William the < I Butler, the father of Judge Bctlkr, served with distiuc- circle tion as a eaptaiu in the troops of the Mate, and in that riches bloody conflict and war of extermination waged between heart whig and tory towards the close of the revolution, the an in history of which, with all its bloody incidents, lias never tiding Isxin written, lie was subsequently a major general of race, militia, und a member of Congress from 1801 to 1814. He o?," left a large family, of which my deceased colleague was victh. the bust survivor. Bu Judge Bcti.eii received the rudiments of his education moriti in the best school in the upper part of liis native State, of hi aud was graduated at the South Carolina College in 1817 houoi with more than ordinary distinction. He devoted him- j death i self to the study of the law, and in a very short time af- : Mr ter he was called to the bar ; his reputation for sound le- j some gal learning and forensic eloquence was such that his pro- olutk tcssional business was large and lucrative, not only in his I there , i ircuit, but he was on several occasions called to distant Th 1 districts to argue coses of great interest to the parties, and 1 requiting the best legal talents of the State. ) When a very young man lie was elected a member of ; jm the State legislature, where his talents, Ids diligence, I 'ffi, but, above all. llie ug lightness of his character, soon ! tbllov gave him a high position. Whilst a member of tlie State 1 r senate lie was. in 1833, elected a circuit judge : and two yean aftei wards, on a change of the system, he became a , l' judge of the court of apjands, the highest court of judica- * al"< tun- in tlie State. In this court j sat side by side with him for ten veal's, and until he was elected to litis hon- . , orabie Insly. It was as a judge I knew him best, and in that character I feci that I can eiieak with contt- ' , , J denee of his merits. To my of a judge that he wag In001Wptiblf is but common praise. The breath of suspi- ! (>'t- qj l ion has never breath-si 011 the character of a judge in ! '^ew my own State, nor elsewhere til this broad land, so far ;vh ^ I know. It was in the administration of the law that he I ^ * ilhtBtlUtod tliat hiv" of justice, the highest attribute of U j. good tnau, which separates the ease from the parties, and ' | uon, dispenses justice to all equally, to friend or to foe, With- prnni out favor or partiality. Many of his legal opinions will he read with instruction in all time to come, and show ^ ^ I very conclusively that his professional acquirements were ' 11 " J|( of no ordinary character. j ..... lu 1846 he took ids seat in the Senate of the United States, and lias since been twice re-elected without opposi- | j .llie tion. In politics he belonged to the old republican or State- \*nii rights party,, and was what has liwn called a strict con- 1 . ri stmctionmt. He was loyal to the constitution in all its '' qh express grants of power, and what was necessary to their execution ; but he resisted that latitude of construction y^|.j. 11 which he feared would, in the end, make this a govern- jp .y ment of unlimited instead of limited powers. During ' (. all the time he was a member of this Senate he acted a ,* ( conspicuous part in all its deliberations. For a large part s of it he was the head of the Judiciary Committee, in ail respects, perhaps, the most important of .your commit- yj tees, except that of Finance. In the discharge of this J f important duty he bore himself with great dignity and ? V uprightness. In the decision of those exciting questions ... J which grow out of contested elections, where party feel- f mgs are so apt to mislead honest minds, 1 think I may ,p, say that the love of right, because it was right, was the pillar of light by whieb he was guided. Tlie triumph of (j"r party was of no consideration with him, where truth and J '* ?j the constitution were on the other side. -* Those with whom lie lived in social intercourse last ia^' understood tlie excellence of his character. It was there ? that the kindness of his feelings, the benevolence of his '. heart, and the hilarity of his temirer, shone out in all ? their beauty. As a parliamentary speaker, his style was plain, logi- , j cal, and unadorned ; his manner temperate but earnest, 11 ? showing the deep convictions of his understanding, and ,,, occasionally, w-hen excited, rose a high order of elo' ? Auroi tuence- Ueort As a scholar, ids attainments wen- respectable; as ,, ,' much so as was compatible with a life spent in the lal>o- , j8 rious duties of an attorney, n judge, and a statesman.pj Such, sir. was Axnnnw P. Bt tlcr. Surely the death of if,nr such a man is a public loss. When ihe news of his death V ) : went abroad, there was one universal wall from the cen- . trc to the utmost liorder of his State : and I have reason ,.'lr ' to believe tliat the feeling of regret was not less intense pi throughout the broad oxuanae of these United States '' _' II submit the following resolutions : Rtfolrtd, unanimously, That the members of the Sen- Ueorj ate, from a sincere desire of allowing every mark of re- W spect due to the memory of the Hon. Andrew 1'. Butler, Fcntt deceased, late n senator from the State of South Carolina, Ham will go into mourning by wearing crape on the left arm On for thirty days. Albei RetoUnd, unanimously, That, as an additional mark of Hheri ; respect for the memory of Hon. Andrew P. Butler, the Rhod (Senate do now adjourn ltiean Ordered, That the Secretary communicate these resolu- Step! tions to the House of Representatives. On | Mr. MASON. In rising to second the resolutions, I ware, can add nothing, Mr. President, to the eloquent and able New tribute just rendered by the venerable senator from South Vera Carolina to the memory of bis late colleague. It is more Ohio, to indulge lny own feelings of deep and sincere sympathy Peun with those who survive than from any hope that I may Cm contribute even one jhw ieaf to the garlands around his kaiuM tomb, that I ask the indulgence of the Senate for a brief of Oil moment in these sad .ceremonials. of Mi It was my good fortune to have known our deceased of N? 8 colleague, Ajhbrbw Pick ass Bvtuii, on terms of more in- Russi tlmate association than most senators now around inc. On He tcok his seat in the Senate in December, 1S16, and I Char 3 followed him in January. 1W47. Educated in the same Kent political school, and thus drawn together in political cir- ton e clcs here, habits of association were formed wiiich, for the nel I ten years that followed our entrance into the Senate, and Jam< S until his death, found us under a common roof, at a oom- On roon hearth, and sharing a common board. Our inter- Wat! coinse and association were in every sense fraternal. And nia. 1 yon. senators, who knew iiiin liest, will last appreciate of Ol the low I am called to mourn in common with you. lllim Pickens and Butler united in him mark the noble Mass I and gallant race from which lie sprung ; and he scaled On in death n duty to his descendants, by transmitting both Thoti names to them without sjsit or blemish, as Inahad re- Mass I reived them. Baj-ard-llke, he I tore them througli life tua C I "without fear, and without, reproach " With tiiat hardy L Se I morality which fears no contact, he mingled gnwefulh j and < E and graciously in tile walks of life, alike with the most On I humble anil the moat exalted : honored ami caressed by j rolln: It the one, loved and trusted by all Thus, while the gc- of M |U)u, I I .Miiovl.xdft, WilUw Barksrialc of MW ip , Daniel K Hick lei oi Hew York, Bomer E. Rayve of rrmoiit, mkI vvilium s Orot-obeck of Ohio. On Tlrritorte*. - Alexankar H. Htepheua of Georgia. i'liuin Smith of Virginia, Goluaha A. Grow of Perm lviuiia, Lawrence O'B. Branch of North Carolina, Amon . Granger of New York, Janice Hughe* of Indiana, Fex K Zollicofter of Tcuueeaee, Chauncey L. Knapp of inuiachuaetU, and John B. Clark of Mlmtouri On RtvoluUvtury rontons. ?John Hickman of Paunayl uiia, John A. ,Scaring of New York, Robert B. Hall of ku^'in .l,,hn \ VVriyht oi Tflunewe John M ow of ? ni l yinpulbi/ii g spirit attiacted ? i albulit et in life. liia lofty ami unbending intcg Pf y i p< ainl unswerving hold. n.-*>uied t ^ be mpwt ami unstinted oonfkh noe of all coming i liia sphere. I tint runt ami ?uspiclou were at once V ued at hi* presence. Wherever else they might be } , there was no such ntmonphere around liim. foreiir-ie waiurtt, whether as frieud or foe, all will li witness alike to the true nobility of his nature. M anient, daring, and at times almost merciless when lied in Imttle, yet there was no veuoiu in any shaft vi l?d!i. in Ilia lain and when tlie tight was done, M ady hand was equally extended, on whithnoever P ilctory might declare itself. was an eOicieat debater ; more prone to, and per- g more skilled In, attack than defence, s rich and fertile resources of a well stored mind T d that he was habitually a student, and their skil- j ? id sagacious use evinced that nothing rusted in his 0 L-ctual armory, but, by thought and meditation, was L polished and on edge. 41 leed, with him, the Circuities of olwcrvation and weda seemed more happily combined than it lias been ^ it to witness with other men. And then Nature, in unties, luul arlded that great cbkativk rowut which A uucrriug mark, us it is the first instinct, of genius, b dnd, in debate, seemed almost to overflow iu the ra u ' of its suggestions ; and yet there was realized iu hat rare fuculty of excellence which the ancients as *v i to the Grecian |>ainter, Timauthes, of whom It was ' hUelliyitur jJut temper, quant pingUur." ? a senator, you will all liear wituess that, whatever ; nnces arose amongst us in the rivalries aud couteu- j ** ?>f political life, whatever jiart he bore in them was * s distinguished by candor, loyalty, and good faith. ^ the organization of this body, be held for many , and until death closed forever the scenes of this '' 1, the chair of that committee which stands as the ? dviser of the Senate, but the duties of which are fre- 11 Jy complicated with political questions, involving access or defeat of political parties. Who con for- 0 aw confidently and freely u minority was ever ready A inmit all such questions to that committee, and how ^ that confidence was justified by its able, upright, and rtial decisions I The scales were held even, by a : n Old resolute hand, however bitterness, prejudice, or ^ ist might trek to disturli tiie balance, I ru, nurtured, and reared in one of the most gallant 1 i of the "Old Thirteen," he loved and venerated her 1 11 with instincts that were truly filial ; and as a child , b 1 defend a parent from insult or wrong, you have 1 cd his form dilate, and his eye kindle and flash de- i '' i, whenever called to vindicate the fatue or honor of ! B ate. His devotion and his first duty were to Mouth j 0 inn.; yet, ou the broader theatre of a common coun- j unbracing all the States, his views were liberal, cath- 1 n and fair; giving to each section its just and full 8 iu whatever benefits or advantages flowed from a ' ci ion government. There his public service was di1 with a single eye to the public good, ave thus attempted, Mr. President, feebly to portray " nator and the statesman as lie stood confessed before ' . ountry. But it was iu the social und domestic ' ? in paths not open to the coninion view?that the k it gifts of nature to man, the latent virtues of the tl , shone with a lustre ull their own. There was not ' t ipulse there that was not generous, genial, and conlie sympathized with his luce, and his wliole j 1 If it was his fortune at some time ' debeUare rujerb- V that more grateful emotion was ever his, "ptirtrre ! J t I should not detain you longer with this poor me- i 1' d of the gallant dead. He Bleeps beneath the soil : ' is own loved Carolina, amidst those who loved and ^ red him in life, and who received his last sigh in . HUGH, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. CAMERON also made ! J remarks appropriate tq the occasion ; when the res- ! mil were unanimously adopted : and, in accordance : Bl with, -N e Senate adjourned. _____ ; o HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. mediately after the reading of the journal, is SPEAKER announced the staudiug committees as | n re: mutter iif Electionr?Thomas L. Harris of Illinois, ! " im W. Boyoe of South Carolina, Israel Wasliburn of ; John W. Stevenson of Kentucky, Ezra Clark of j Bcticnt, llenrv M. Phillips of lYnnsvlvanhv, John I lmcr of North Carolina, Lucius Q. C. Ltunar of Mis- ?] pi, and James Wilson of Indiana. r, Wat/3 and Jfotns?J. Glnncy Jones of Pennsylvania, jt S. Phelps of Missouri, Natiiaulel P. Banks of Mas- I 1U setts, John Letcher of Virginia, I-ewis D. Campi>ell j di iio. H. Winter Davis of Maryland, John Kelly of : York, William A. Howard of Michigan, and James w iwdell of Alabama. , | n Claim?Samuel 8. Marshall of Illinois, Musooc II. tl< arnett of Virginia, Joshua R. GiddingB of Ohio, lasG. Davidson of Louisiana, John C. Kunkel of j tl sylvania, Sydenham Moore of Alabama, Henry 0. j pi win of New York, Samuel Arnold of Connecticut, i lorace Maynard of Tennessee. j tl Cbmmercc?John Cochrane of New York. John S. j ti: jii of Virginia, Ellihu B. Washhurne of Illinois, W. j ier Miles of South Carolina, Edward Wade of Ohio, | tl s A. Stallworth of Alabama. George Eustis of Louis- j pi James Landyof Pennsylvania, and Linns B. Comins j vssachusetts. ! di I'n'Aic huuU?Williamson It. W. Cobb of Alabama, tl McQueen of South Carolina, Henry Bennett of New i ^ , John G. Davis of Indiana, David 8. Walbridge of i |, gan, Thomas Ktiffin of North Carolina, Joshua Hill j n: orgia, Win. Montgomery of Pennsylvania, and Jo- j n C. McKibbin of California. I n, l/ui Pott Office a-rui Pod Road*?Win. H. English of j < < rm, l'auhiH Powell of Virginia, John M. Wood of j tl 3, t.'liarles L. Scott of California, Valentine B. Horf Ohio, Timothy Davis of Iowa, James Craig of Mis i ti Iteubcn Davis of Mississippi, and John IJ. C. At- ] if Tennessee. the Dost rid of Colombia- -Wni. O. Goode of Virginia, I las F. Bowie of Maryland, Edward Dodd of New j '' Henry C. Burnett of Kentucky, Edward Joy Mor- | " Pennsylvania, Augustus It. Wright of Georgia, Sid- ^ lean of Connecticut, Alfred M. S ales of North Caro- j *' and Elijah Ward of New York. ! tf the Judiciary?George 8. Houston of Alabama, John | skie of Virginia, Mason W. Ihppan of New Hamp- 1 Burton Craige of North ('arollna, Charles Billing- " of Wisconsin, Miles 'Taylor of Louisiana, Charles '' v of Tennessee, Henry Chapman of Pennsylvania, lorace K. Clark of New York. 1' Rn-olulionary Claim*-- Samuel S. Cox of Ohio, George ,r ir of New York, Isaiah D. Clawson of New Jersey, a i H. Cragin of New Hampshire, James Jackson of ' fia, Owcu Lovejoy of Illinois, Jubcz L. M. Curry of una, Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, and Jacob unkel of Maryland. '' Public E/jtendilurer?John M. Elliott of Kentucky, w y A. Edmundson of Virginia, John Covodeof Penn- " nia, Jacob B. Wortendvkc of New Jersey, John M. 11 r of New York, Joseph 11. Cockerill of Ohio, WilKellogg of Illinois, James M. Gregg of Indiana, and Walton of Vermont. Primte Land Clown*?John M. Sundidge of Louisiana, n h C. McKibbin of California. Aaron Harlan of Ohio, a fe 8. Hawkins of Florida, CadwaladerC. Washburno cl isoonsin. Francis 1'. Blair of Missouri. Reulxm K. u in of New York, diaries J. Oilman of Maine, WilT. Aver* of Tennessee \ Mimu/irrhirfU?William D. Bishop of Connecticut, li rt G. Watkins of Tennessee, 1'hileinon Bliss of Ohio, fi Hid Clemens of Virginia. Nathaniel B. Pnrfoc of tl o Island, John A. Ahl of Pennsylvania, James B. i< id of Maryland, Henry M. Shaw of North Carolina, j b irn C. Fi inter of Maine. nmttteton Afpimlture?William G. Whiteley of Delft- c Lawrence W. Hall of Ohio, William H. Kelsey of r York, Guy M. Bryan of Texas, Justin 8. Morriil of o lont, John Huylcr of New Jersey, Richard Mott of , Janus B. Foley of Indiana, and James 8. Gillls of 1 sylvania. r miaUtc on Indian Affairt?Alfred B. Greenwood of Ar- g is. Charles 8. 8cott of California, Benjamin F. I<eiter o do, John II. Reagan of Texas, Samuel H. Woodson sHouri. Eli 8. Shorter of Alabama, Silas M. Burroughs ii sw York, Schuyler Coifax of Indiana, and William F. t 11 of New York. ii Mfttmf Affair*?John A. Quitman of Mitwissippi, s les J. Faulkner of Virginia, Humphrey Marshall of t uoky, John H. Savage of Tennessee, Benjamin Stan- t if Ohio, Milledge L. Bonhatn of South Carolina, Sain- g 1. Curtis of Iowa. George H. Pendleton of Ohio, and r * Ruffinton of Massachusetts. I the MihHa Israel T. Hatch of New York. Albert G. ii dn* of Tennessee, Anthony K. Rolierts of Pennaylva rhoniM F. Bowie of Maryland, Cydnor B. Tompkins c do, Edward A. Warren of Arkansas, Aaron Shaw of f lis, Albert G. Jenkins of Virginia, and Eli Thayer of f nchusctts. f Moral .Iffaw* Tliomas 8. Boeock of Virginia, I nas B. Florence of Pennsylvania, Timothy Davis of c achusetts, Warren Winslow of North Carolina, Eras- v oming of New York, John Sherman of Ohio, James t surd of Georgia, Freeman H Morse of New York, o leorgo S Hawkins of Florida. e hordffa After*- Tliomas L. Cllngman of North Ca- |: i, George W Hopkins of Virginia. Anson Burlingainc i iassachusctts, James B. Clay of Kentucky, David s mker of New York, Henry M. Shaw of North Carolina, cheminah Abbott of Maine, Sherrard Clemen* of Virinia, and John F. Potter of Wisconsin On Invalid I'rntmtu.?Joshua H. Jewett of Kentucky, homos B. Florence of Pennsylvania, George R. Bobbins f New Jersey, John H. Savage of Tennessee, Calvin C. haflcc of MaaKacbusetts, Joseph Burns of Ohio, Thomas ? Anderson of Missouri, Oliver A. Morse of New York, ud Charles Case of Indiana. On Htxtdt and OmaU.?George W. Jones of Teuueseee, lbert G. Talbott of Keutucky, William 8. Damrell of lassachusetts, Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, Btimuel G. ndrews of New York, Edward A. Warren of Arkansas, taac N. Morris of Illinois, John 'lliompson of New York, ud Paul Leidy of Pennsylvania. On I'uifnU?James A Stewart of Maryland, Wllliaiu B. laclay of New York, Wilson Reilly of Pemisylvania, uhu it. Edie of Pennsylvania, and M illiam D. Brayton f lthode Island. On I'ublic lludduKjt and Uronnde?Lawrence M. Keitt of outh Curoliuu, Samuel 0 Peyton of Kentucky, Edwin B. [organ of New York, Isiwrence W. Hall of Ohio, and omuel A. Purvlanca of Pennsylvanhi. Oh Keviaal and Ivfinu/ied jSsisu Wlllhun L. Dewart of ennsylvania, Joseph Miller of Ohio, De Witt C. Leech of iichigan, Guy M. Bryan of Texas, and Judson W. Slierlan of New York. On Acfvuirti?John C. Mason of Kentucky, John Dick f Pennsylvania, Thomas Ruffin of North Camfkta, John .. Searing of New York, anil Francis E. Spinner of Now ork. On Mileiifft- Rol>ert Smith of Illinois, Ambrose S. Murly of New York, William E. Nibluck of Indiana, J. Lorrison Harris of Maryland, and Henry Waldron of Iichigan. On Engraving?Gamcttt B. Adraiu of New Jersey, Islel T. Hatch of New York, and Warner L. I'nderwood of Kentucky. On Erjxntltluret in lite State Dqxirtmenl?Own Jones of ennsylvania, Jabes L. M. Curry of Alaltamu, John A. InrrKnttv r\f Hltin William T AvPfV nf 1\innMlWfi. Allll buries B. Hoard of New York. On Expenditure* in the Treasury Department- Wiu. I.awmcc of Ohio, Allison While of Pennsylvania, David Kilore of Indiana, Jacob If Kunkel of Maryland, and Luius J. Oartrell of Georgia. On Expenditure in the War Department -Wilson Reillv of ennsvlvania, Clark B. Cochrane of New York, Joseph Cockerill of Ohio, Wm. Stewart of Pennsylvania, and olm V. Wright of Tennessee. On Expenditures in the Navy Deportment -John B. Hasiu of New York, Joseph Miller of Ohio, Emory B. l'otle of New York, Paulus Powell of Virginia, and Reuben (avis of Mississippi. On Expenditures in die l'ott Office Department?Albert G. 'albott of Kentucky, John H. Reagan of Texas, George \r. Palmer of New York, Joseph Bums of Ohio, and nines B. Foley of Indiana. On Expenditures on the Public Building! ?Allison White of ennsvlvania, George Taylor of New York, CadwHladcr Woshburue of Wisconsin, Joseph Miller of Ohio, and lbrain B. Olin of New York. Joint. Committee on the IJbrary?William H. biwmick of ennsvlvania, Wairen Wimlow of North Carolina, and olm U. Pettit of Indiana. Joint Committee on Printing?Samuel A. Smith of Tenncs c, Otho R. Singleton of Mississippi, and Mathias H. iichols of Ohio. Joint thnimittee on EnrolM Bills- Thomas G. Davidson f Louisiana, and James Pike of New Hampshire. Regentt of the Smithsonuin Institute--Vim. H. English of adiana, Benjamin Stanton of Ohio, and Lucius J. Gartdl of Georgia. Samitx H. Woodson, representative from Missouri, huvlg api>cared, was qualified, and took his seat on the floor f the House. nkw iiai.l or Tint housk or itkprksentati v rs. Mr. WARREN, of Arkansas, from the select committee [ijHiinted to examine tlio new hall, reported that it was oily for occupation ; that, so far as the committee could ldge from an inspection of the room, the air was as dry i Hint of any ordinary apartment, and that tliere was no ruiipncss, and submitted the following resolution ' Resolved, That when this House adjourn to-morrow it :il -.1! i.. ,* i.. (l.? Hull ?? i? ic south wing of the extension of the Capitol on Wedcsilay afternoon. Air. DAVIDSON, of Louisiana, would say to the geneman from Arkansas and tire House that slnre the reposition to movo had been mooted he had become afire of the responsibility which would bo incurred by le Clerk's office by removing the papers and other documents, which could not be done in three weeks. He had no objection to the House removing whenever ley should see tit to do so, but he did not think that the ublic bubiness should be jeopardised. Mr. WARREN thought that the longer this matter was eferred, the longer It would be deferred. In addition to le facts that had been given by the committee, he would ly that they had examined not only the qualities of the all but its temperature, and the. convenience of the lembcrs. On yesterday there was a large concourse-. ut less than fifteen hundred persons -assembled in the ew hall without being inconvenienced in any way in inaequcnce of its temperature. In conclusion, he moved le previous question. The previous question was seconded, and the resolifon adopted?yens 149, nays 61. bills 1xtroduckd. Mr. LANE, of Oregon, by unanimous consent, introuced a bill making an appropriation for the payment of ic exjienses incurred by the Territories of Oregon and 'asbington for the suppression of Indian hostilities icrein ; which was referred to the Committee on Militry Affairs. Mr. L. also asked unanimous consent to introduce a ill making an appropriation for the completion of the lilitary road from Astoria to Salem, in Oregon Territory; ut objection was made. Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, introduced a bill voting ublic lands to the several States and Territories whicli lay provide colleges for the promotion of agriculture nd the mechanic arts, and moved that it be referred to le Committee on Agriculture. The question being on agreeing to this motion, A message was received from the Senate informing tlio ody that the death of Hon. Axdbkw Pickens Hitler, nator from South Carolina, hod been announced, and iat the Senate, after passing resolutions of respect to his lemory, had adjourned. Air. BOYCE, of South Carolina, rose and addressed the louse as follows ; Mr. Speaker : The resolutions Wore the House nnouncc the deatli of Andrkw Pickens Hitler, late Hentor from the State of South Carolinn. It is my mclanholy privilege to add inv feeble tribute of respect to the lore iixi|vwing proceedings of the Senate. _ J udge Hitler departed this life on the 25th day of lay, A. IX 1857, at Stonelands. liis residence, in Edgeeld district, South Carolina. He died in the midst of liis riends and kindred, receiving from tlicm every kindness lie most devoted affection could suggest, and his last visins of eartli were of those scenes most endeared to him .. a. ?,.r li. nr.. Judge Bitleh'h health wan somewhat impaired at the lose of the last Congress, but no serious consequences rere apprehended, ho that the rapid and fatal termination f hia disease was in a great degree unexpected. Judge Bitlto wrh born on the 18th day of November, 796, in Edgefield district, South Carolina. Mia father endered distinguished services to the whig cause in the Teat war of our revolution, and hia mother was a woman if great strength- of mind and unusual force of character. The aubjoct of my remarks, after receiving a course of utellectual training under the beat instructors, was enrred as a student of the South Carolina College, where ic soon gave evidence of great promise, and where he uhsequently graduated with distinction. Upon complcing his collegiate course, he devoted himself with ardor o the study of the law, choosing the same path an many ;reat minds have taken to distinction. Upon his adnission to the Imr, his success was rapid and brilliant; lis vigorous mind and impulsive energy soon placing him n the front rank of the profession. in 1833 he wss cnlled by the legislnt ure of South Carilina to a sent on the bench of the supreme court, which >o*ition he held until his election to the United States lenate in 1846, as the colleague of Mr Calhoun It was rotn tills period he Isx-ame known to the people of the Tailed (States, his reputation previously having been onftned to his own St?te. His services in the Benate rerc active and Important. His position as chairman of he Judiciary Committee required him to take cognisance if a class of coses of great delicacy and interest, contest d elections, for the proper consideration of which he was peculiarly fitted by his freedom from party bias During lis senatorial career some of the most ngitntlng questions joec which have ever convulsed the public mind, in the consideration of which he bun; hi* full ahsre of rcslx'iiai- ' hlttty Iiwic*d. during his long term of ?wvioe In the SmuHL, there Was hardly an important debate in which he did not take a prominent part. Upon all questions in our foreign relation* he wai firm, yet discreet; and upon eectional question*, while stead lastly insistiug upon the cousUtutionaT rights of the j I South, he was eminently conservative. It i* not my pur- ! l>ose, however, to refer with minuteness to his senatorial i history. He has made his own record upon the pages of our congressional antral p, to which the student of political , philosophy may tarn with interest and advantage. Judge Bitlu's intellectual gifts were remarkable. His mind was strong, fertile, acute, quick, aud suggestive. He did not arrive at ids conclusions by slow gradatious of reasoning, but he bounded to them with impetuosity. His discourse* were not regular chain* of ratiocination ; Ids mild was too ardent for this slow process. He came at once to his strong point*, and stated them in graphlc language lie did not pursue his subject by the dim twilight of a cold logic ; he seised it promptly and bore it with him, illuminating the flight of his genius with l>erpetual flashes In him mind and body were in more remarkable accord than any orator to whom 1 have ever listened You (ould almost hear the beatings of his heart in the tones I of his voiec. He had all the attributes of the orator mind, body, soul, all gave their assurance and their aid. His eloquence was not the eloquence of art ; it was the | eloquence of nature Nothing could lie more simple j than his style of spe&kiug. It was nature?pure nature? sublimated, indeed, by a poetic temperament, and chusj tencd by the study of the great masters. A strong mind, I imagination all compact, words that burn, a noble heart, a commanding person, a bokl and fiery spirit, all wreaking themselves iqioii expression, were the secrets of his |lower. Besides this occult spell and mystery of eloquence, Judge Butler also had, in a remarable degree, wliat Cicero so much commends : torn tenalorit pnidtiitia? the prudence of a good senator ; and herein consisted a striking and distinctive trait in his' intellectual organisation?in his emotions all impulse ; in his notions he was all prudence. But in his moral attributes he towered still more proudly eminent. He was a man of an exquisite sense of honor. His soul was full of authentic fire. He was just, generous, kind, and forgiving. He contemplated humtui life from the stand-point of an elevated moral grandeur. He was the material out of which heroes are made ; and if fate had so willed It, like Bayard or Russell, or his heroic brother, Pierce Butler, who fell at the head of the Palmetto regiment, he would liave sublimely died under the most malignant star. Hucti was Akdrkw Pickens IIctlkr ; no common-place man, dwarfed by materialism, but a real man. His lunjeHtic form, his noble head silvered o'er with the frosts of j age, rise even now before me, and 1 think of a Roman senator in the best days of the great republic, when Pyrrhus and the unwonted elephant were despised. I never went into the Henate cliamlier and looked upon that august body, iu the midst of which, near his approved friend, the senator from Virginia, sat this remarkuble man, but what I felt proud to see my State so worthily represented. But he is no more ; he sleeps in the bosom of his native Htate, which he lovod so well; the sombre pine forests of the land of the sun unheeded sigh their unceasing requiem over his grave. Peace and honor to his memory! He is one of the last of a constellation of remarkable men, which South Carolina with a singular prodigality gave to the service of the federal government. His name will shortly be but a memory. We, too, will soon tread the dark passage of the tomb, through which he has passed, and other representatives, strangers to him and to us, will walk these | nans. The paths of glory have no exit but the grave. Life is ] but a brief episode in the great drama of immortality, ! and death but an event in that episode. I/et us then so j not our parts as to meet that inevitable event with for: titude, and justify, if not a pi ewe in the pantheon of history, at least a place fof some short space in the recollections of good men. 1 submit the following resolutions : 1 Retohed, 'Hint this House lias heard with deep sensi' bHity the announcement of the death of the Hon. Andrew ! Pickens Butler, late senator in Congress from the State of South Carolina. Reenlved, That, as a testimony of respect for the inemoj ry of the deceased, the members and officers of this House j will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty daysRreolxvd, That the proceedings of this House in relation to the death of the Hon. Andrew Pick ink Butler Ik! eouimunicated to the family of the deceased by the Clerk. Retained, (as a further token of res|>ect for the memory j of the deceased,) that the House do now adjourn. I Eulogies were also delivered by Hon. Messrs. 8TE' PHENS of Georgia, HARRIS of Illinois, ami GOODE of \ Virginia ; after which the resolutions were adopted, and j the House adjourned petition's, nr. j By Mr. C'LEMENH, of Virginia : Hie petition of Thus. Pollock and 48 other citizens of Marshall county, Vir| ginia, against the cxploymcnt of chaplains by the Conj gress of tlie United States : laid on the table. Also, the i petition of W. D. Terry und 59 other citixens of Wheel| ing, Virginia, upon the subject of a safety steam engine invented by Ed. I). Tippett, of said city : referred to the Committee of Commerce and Navigation. Also, the meI niorial of Ed. D. Tippett himself on the same subject: [ referred to same committee. Also, the petition, with aci-ompanying affidavits, of Alex. Hayes, of Morgontown, V irginia, asking relief for services connected with the t transjMjrtation of the United States mails : referred to the Committee of the Post Offices and Post Roads. Also, the petition of Thos. Reynolds, Greenbrier county, Virginia, j for revision of pension laws : referred to the. Committee on Pensions. Mr. SCOTT, of California, gavo notice that he would introduce a "Bill to regulate fees and costs to lie allowed marshals, district attorneys, clerks of courts, jurors, and witnesses in the State of California and the Territories of Oregon and Washington. ' By Mr. PHILLIPS: The petition of Gottleib Schurer, praying for a release of the judgmcut obtained by the I United States against him as surety of Joseph Hill : rej furred to Committee on Judiciary. By Mr. LETCHER, of Virginia : The petition of the legal representatives sf Charles Portcrtteld, deceased, praying bounty land, commutation pay, and the reimburse inent of advances made for the public service : referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Also, the memorial of Win. R. Barbee, of R<imore, praying that Congress will procure one of his pieces of statuary to be placed in the Capitol: referred to the Committee on the Library. OORRESI^ONDENCE. House or RKnuMRMTATivm, Dei-ember 14, 1857. To the Editor of the Union : o... I., 41... v...? V.?L ?.f y-4,i,,l?, ??,W llio head of "Interesting from Washington," I find the following paragraph : " It Ik stated in confidential circle* that the democratic delegation from Indiana have lind a long Interview with the President, in tho course of which they said that in full consultation they could not support the Leoompton constitution, after the trpotr of .Senator Douglas. TTiere ran lie no doubt that Mich a consultation was held." Permit me to say that I was pn sent at the interview alluded to, and no such declaration wm made by the "democraticdelegation from Indiana," or any member of it then present; and all were present except Mr. Davis. The visit was not of a political character at all, but merely a social call, to j>ay our respects to the Chief Magistrate of the nation. As far as I am concerned, I si ml I deem it soon enough to define my position when all the facts are before me, rtM the question comes up legitimately for action. Very respectfully, WM. H. ENGLISH. Mormon Hrvknok.?A California letter, in speaking of the probabilities that the recent massacre of the Arkansas train of emigrants was by Mormon instigation, says : " Indeed, the common talk among the saints who have conversed with persons travelling through their settlements is, tiiat the massacre of these people, coming as < they did, for the most part, froin Arkansas, was in retribution and in revenge for Parley Pratt's death, which took place In Arkansas." Thr Paoonrss or MbdKal Scirnc*. - The effect of the means adopted Cor checking disease in England, Kroner, snd Germany, during the past century, are such that, while formerly one out of every thirty of the population died each year, now the average is one to fortv-flve, re{ during by one-half the numlier of deaths In th?*e coun' tries. In the year 1700, one out of every twenty-five of the population died In each year in England. In 1801, the proportion was one in thirty-five; in 1811, one in thirty-eight : and In 18|8, one In forty-five ; so that the chance* of life have been nearly doubled In England within eighty years. In the middle of the last century. | the rate for Paris was one In twenty-five : now It 1* one in thirty-two. WASHINGTON Cm . TUESDAY MOtNINC, DEC. 1*, 18*7. WMr Inm E. Jam, of FWbMfMa, t? uur |??ril irurdBag meal, luktod by Jim ISntisu. Jan Cauim, J. Haiuutt. K?m m w Warn, Jons k. IWbumi, E. a. Kiam, B. & Jam, T ??? tv A. UAYH, K. T Kokkh ?#-Mr C. W. Jam, No 1 Harruoa ?lroH Cibctanati. Ohio. u our |?u?r*l ooilftUaf ageat for the WMtrru ftuiw ul Te ia f. osaM?1 by H J tmua Winim H Tboua? Thus. m Jam. r* A- L. Cuum. Ukoaoe Uumua. (Jul Kit luiui Ixiu. Kecci(,u of rllhor trill bo good. A#-Mr Ceo W. Uoay w AutUoritod |o ouUou mouryt due ib? Union Uttre for ubucriptlouE ut<l *dTt>rU*emrul? m the District of Columbia. CONGRESS MONDAY. Skkate.?A resolution was adopted to appoiut the standing committees ou Wednesday next, at oue o'clock. Mr. EvaiiB announced the death of hie colleague, Judge Butler, in an appropriate manner, and eulogiee were also delivered by Messrs. Mason, Pugli. Clsy, and Cameron ; after which the cuatomary resolutions were adopted, and the Senate adjourned. House or Hkprehkntativks.?The Speaker announced the standing committees. The special committee appointed to examine the new hall reported that it was ready for occupation, and recommended that possession be taken of it on Wednesday; which report was concurred in. A message waa received from the Senate announcing the death of Hon. A. P. Butler, late a senator from Month Carolina, and the passage of resolutions of respect to his memory. Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, offered resolutions of respect for the deceased, and pronounced a feeling and appropriate eulogy. He was followed by Messrs. Stephens of Georgia, Harris of Illinois, and Uoode of Virginia. The House then adjourned. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. The report from the War Department upon the condition of the army, the right arm of the national defence, is always looked for with great interest npt only by those immediately connected with that branch of the public service, but by the whole country. It is true that when peace prevails there is no oppor: tunity for the display of its gallantry or eflicieiicy, yet then is the proper time to perfect its organization, and to introduce every improvement likely to contribute to its efficiency in time of war. Step by step this process must be accomplished. Governor Floyd docs not content himself with a narration merely of what the army has accomplished during the past year, but throws out numerous suggestions, indicates several steps, the adoption of which may conduce to tho great end desired. , He has evidently studied the interests of the army with much care, and the couutry will applaud his efforts to give to it greater efficiency by a thorough and more complete organization. The report commences by stating generally the inadequacy of the army to perform the indispensable services required of it by tho government. The whole strength of the arm}' as posted consists of about 17,984 meu; tho actual strength on tho first of July last was 15,764. They are required to garrison 68 forts of a large and permanent character, and to occupy 70 posts less permanently established. They are spread over an urea of three million* of square mile*. From our western frontier of settlement to those of northern Oregon, the distance in 1,800 miles; from the same frontier to the settlement of California, via Salt Lake, in 1,800 miles; from the frontier of Arkansas to Fort Tejuu is about 1,700 miles ; and from San Antonio to San Diego in 1,400 miles?constituting an aggregate line of 6,700 miles, which ought lo be occupied, and which the department undertakep to keep open. This duty cannot be performed by any other agency than that of the army, and an addition to the military force is recommended of five regiments. The army now consists of nineteen regimcntH, divided into ten of infantry, four of artillery, two of dragoons, two of cavalry, ami one of mounted riflemen. The army has been very actively and constantly engaged in the performance of arduous and important duties. During the spring one regiment of infantry and one of artillery were employed in Florida. Subsequently affairs demanded the removal of these regiments to the Territory of Kansas, and their place was supplied by volunteers. From other quarters, likewise, troops were moved to Kansas, until a force was concentrated there sufficient, in tho opinion of the governor, to repress all insubordination and to insure the peace of tho Territory. This movement, however, necessitated a very important modification of the plans that had beon determined upon with regard to the military expedition to Utah. The report then details the attitude of affairs in Utah, and the extraordinary exercise of powers usurped by the individual who styles himself the prophet of the Mormons. From the first hour they fixed themselves in that remote and almost inaccessible region of our territory their whole plan has been to prepare for a successful secession from the authority of tho United States, and a permanent establishment of their own. Of lute years it is believed they have instigated the Indians to hostilities against our citizens, and havo excited among the Indian tribes a feeling of insubordination and discontent. The United States have carefully avoided a collision with the Mormon community. New officers for the Territory having been recently appointed, a body of troops was ordered to accompany them, merely to establish these functionaries in their proper offices. In reply to the assurances given the Mormons of the real intention of the government, Brigham Young is.....a tirnfluniMtioii substantially declaring war against the United States Various improvements in the organization of the staff are suggested. The separate independent character of the staff corps is an error. Another defect is the uncertain and ill-defined rights of brevet rank. Promotion by seniority is another fault. It is proposed to collect all the officers doing staff duty into one corps, to be assigned, by authority of the President, to such duties as each may seem to be heat fitted for ; also, to dispense with the staff bureaus, and give the President authority to transfer officers to and from the line and staff. Promotion to the rank of captain might be governed by the rule of seniority, but beyond that by selection from the next grade in the same arm to that to be filled. The Secretary reiterates the recommendations ol his predecessor to prepare for infirm and disabled officers a competent and tranquil retreat, and for the unworthy a substantial dismissal from the service A plan in detail is submitted. Attention is called to the report of the General-inChief, and especially to the plan suggested therein ol regimental depots for recruiting The survey# of the different routes for a railroad to the Pacific hare been completed and the result* pub lUhed. All competent judges agree that the rout* from K1 I'aso to the Colorado, beside* being the shortest of all yel surveyed possesses very decided advantage* over others iu several important particular*. Two expeditions have beeu fitted out expressly to explore tracts of country hitherto wholly unknown Tho first was sent to the Northwest, beyond the waters of the Upper Missouri; the other is eugaged m exploring the Colorado of the West. The various military toads irr ciiaigc of the W ar Department are progressing satisfactorily. On the one from Fort Defiance to the mouth of the Mojave river an experiment was made with thirty-five camels to test the efficiency of these animals as beasts of burden and transportation through the barreu and difficult country of the great mountain range separating the Mississippi valley frotn the Pacific ocean. The expertinent is likely to be entirely successful. Several military reservations, having become useless to the department, have been sold. Tiro Mili ; tary Asylum at llarrodsburg, Kentucky, has been offered for sale, but the sum offered for it was deemed less than its value, and the property was consequently withdrawn. The importance of a national foundry is strongly urged; every consideration of sound policy and economy demands its establishment. Tho manufacture of small arms at the two national armories continues, and arms are fabricated of the most superior quality. Upon the subject of national defences, the report states that the works are gradually but certaiuly advancing towards completion. The fortifications of New York will bo better, the guns heavier and more numerous than those of Sebastopol. The report explains at some length the causes of the large expenditures in the (Quartermaster Qeneral's Department, being attributable to the exteut and character of the country over which the operotionn of the army luivo extended. MR. BUCHANAN ON HIS Old) PLATFORM. In 1836, when application** were made by Arkansas and Michigan for admission into the Union aa State**, the objection was made that no enabling acts of Congress had been passed prior to these applications. Mr. Buchanan was in tlio Senate, and took a prominent part in the debates. To show how consistently truo to his own record he has been in his late met* sage on the Kansas question we quote a passage from his remarks in 1836, in answer to the objection that Michigan ought not to bo admitted because Congress had passed no enabling act. He said : " The first objection he should consider was the one suggested, rather than insisted on, by the senator from Delaware, [Mr. Clayton ;] and that was, that no act had been passed by Congress for the purpose of enabling the people of Michigan to form a State constitution, in obedience to what had been supposed to be the custom in regard to other States that have been admitted into the Union. Now, was there, he would ask, any reason for l>assing such an act f Was it required by principle, or was it required by former practice f He utterly denied that it was required either by the one or the other before a new State may be admitted into the Union ; and whether it was given previously or subsequently to tbe application of a State for admission into the Union was of no earthly importance. He admitted that the passage of such an act previously to the admission of a new State was the best course to adopt: but if a people liud formed a republican constitution, and if Congress should think that they had assume*! proper boundaries, waa there any objection to their ml mission, whether the preliminary law had been passed, or otherwise f But., In the ldstorv of this government, tliey had precedents to sanction this bill ; and they had one which applied expressly to this very case ; it l>eing utterly impossible to draw any distinction between the two, unless in favor of Michigan. He referred to the case of the State of Tennessee, found in the Becond volume of the laws of the United States. The preamble was short, containing but a few lines, and he would read it. This brief jjreamble was a declaration that, 'by the acceptance of the deed of cession of the State of North Carolina, Congress were bound to lay out, into oue or more States, the territory thereby ceded to the United States. Congress, therefore, uj*on the presentation of a constitution by Tennessee, declared that State to be one of the United States of America, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, by the name and title of the State of Tennessee.' " SOUND VIEWS. Wo take the following from the Washington editorial correspondence of the "North-West," of Dubuque, Iowa, urging the early admission of Kansas into the Union: " Up to yesterday morning everybody was driving u|>on the Kansas question measurably in the dark. Nothing of the Iawrcncc constitution had been made known saving the meagre 'schedule' which was published in the Northwest a week or two since. What the detailed provisions of that instrument were none could tell. Since Its publii cation in the Union of yesterday, however, a decidedly ' better feeling among all classes'of democrats has sprung ; up, and the universal sentiment is, notwithstanding all i the harsh things that have l>e?n said about the member* I of the Kansas constitutional convention generally, and of i the convention itself in particular, that this constitution j which is to go before the people of Kansas on the 21st Ini stant is, as a whole, the most perfect and really democratI ic constitution that lias yet emanated from any conveni tion. Such being the fact, all that fear of disorder among i democrats on the subject is being tost dissipated, and j there are very few- who otherwise than think that a peaceful issue will be the result of the submission of the KanI sas constitution to Congress. 1 " Upon the general question of the admission of Kansas under the new constitution we have not changed our j views. The more we investigate the various points of the <wMe the more convinced are we that her admission under it will be in full accordance with the principles laid j down in the Cincinnati platform, the inaugural of Mr. Buchanan, and the wcll-aiwtostood policy of the demo 1 cm tic party, and for the reasons heretotore expressed ni Addition to the fact that the admission of Kansas, an proposed, not only violate* no established principle of the dcm<*Tatic jmrty, hnt, in the main, is In accordance therewith, we firmly believe that **/?<//"hey demand* that thai Territory he no longer kept out of the Union. Her admission at once deprive* our opponent* of their only ini porhrnt demerit Of Hectional excitement, and at oner either drive* them to new nieannre* or digbandment Either result cannot fail of proving advantageous to the interest* of the eonntry." UTAH. ?SAFETY OF DR. HURT. By private advices, received by the last arrival from the plaitm, we learn that I)r. G&rlant Hurt, th? : Indian agent, and the only United Btatea officer who remained in the Territory of Utah after the other officials left last spring, lias effected his escape and reached Colonel Johnson's camp on the Pweetwnter. Previous to the departure of the other federal officers, I)r. Hurt had taken rofugc with a hand of l-tah Indians, who were devoted to him ; he wss not in Salt laike city when they left. Some twenty of these Indians guided him through the passes to the south of the AYiittah mountains. He was six weeks in reaching the South pass. 1 j . I Mr Buchanan's whole carver has heen illustrated by j an abls advocacy of a hard-money currency, and we expect from his administration sneh measures as mar secure to the laborer his stipnlated reward, without dedn< , | tlon, and to the manufacturer a market In whlrh. whalerrr raav be ths European competition, he will he *t least ex ^ empt from the disadvantage* of a degraded currency. fhmrpori (M. I.) A*rrH*r -J