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i tans, Miii all are us fat as seals Not one Japanese in fifty ever tastes of any animal food except Ash. Sugar is the only luxury, and yet X buy it here iu biuiodu cheaper than you con in New York. They are the beet fed, clod, and lodged, ami the least overworked, of any people on earth (Jod grant that future generations may uot have cause to regret the hour 1 at rived in Japan ! The usual die** of the Japanese of rank is of silk , but on the occueiou of my audience the nobles wore dresses made of a .Aduee yellow grusa doth This, as they say, is to re uiindtheui of the poverty und frugality of their ancestors 1 have never seen a diamond, pistil, or ornament of gold or silver, worn by any iwrsou in Japan Aa you take an interest in the "fair sex," you will ex pert some description of th lieauties of Japan The wo men of condition uevcr make visits, (except the mothci to a man fed daughter ;) have no assemblage* of their "dear five hundred friends;" nor do they assemble at the tea table, to hold high courts of censure on the man uers and morals of their friends. 'I hey go out once 01 twice iu a year to visit some celebrated temple, but their ordinary devotions are paid at a shrine within their houses, or at a pretty Mia erected within the enclosures of their grounds The females of the laboring classes perform some portion of out-door labor ; but tliey are not ovcrwotkud, as in China and other parts of Asia Polygamy obtains?i. t, a man may have any number of "second wives " When a female is selected as a first wife, she prepares for her "change of condition" by smearing her teeth with a horrid mixture which not only blackens them forever, hut also destroys a portion ot tiie gums, and the lijis sometimes remain permanently swollen. She next shaves her eyebrows and exterminates lier eyelashes, and changes the fashion of her liair. She has now only to bring (lie knot of her girdle round to the front, and uli the world knows that she is a first wife, the oounnaiider-iii-chief of all the "second wives," und the undisputed proprietress of all the children horn in the house. This lost privilege reminds one of a similar right exercised by the wives of the respectable Abraham, (Rachel und I-euh.) The second wives do not perforru any of these absurd actions, consequently they are by far the best looking in the eyes of the To-jin or for eignera A lady in full dress i. c , made up for mis cliief is worth describing. Her face is thickly covered with rice tlour, on whicli rouge'?real rouge?is prettily placed, while Iter lips are brought to that just violet tinge that drives the Japanese lover even to making poetry ; her robes are numerous uud clumsy, and her girdle is so vast iu its amplitude, that it would make a robe for any ordinary woman ; her head is bristling with metal ornaments that look like the grandfathers of all the tuning forks ; her really pretty feet me protected by neat straw sandals ; when she walks she minces her steps as though her legs wore tied together at the knees. Did I ever toll you of the description a young Malay Tumnngong, of Sumatra, once gave inu of a young girl with whom he was iu love? No. Then, you shall have it now : "Tumi," said he, " Tuan, sho is high-bosomed and moon-faoed ; she has a mole ou her cheek like a spot of ambergris ; her lips are like the new-cut shell of the mangostoen ; her teeth uro whiter than the chatnhaka flower ; her breath makes the clove tree die with envy ; her hair is blacker than tin night of separation to the distracted lover ; her form is like a brunch of willow, and as she walks her hips move from side to Bide !" Yedu covers more ground than London, and its population is about two millions. The Japanese say that no ceusus is ever taken in Japan ; that returns are made of the numbers of certain classes ; hut as the nobles, peasants, mechanics, and women and children are omitted from these returns, they do not serve even as a basis for estimates of population. 'The Japanese gave mo a map of the city, hat as it is constructed without reference to a scale, It is of little value ; even the compass bearings of different points iu the city are incorrect. The streets generally are of good width and are well sewered, hut they are all unpaved. No carriages are seen, a lew handcarts are used to transport heavy articles ; canals intersect the city in various directions. The chief feature of Vedo is the "Castle," as it is called. This consists of four irregular circles, or rather polygons, till surrounded with moats or ditches ; the three inner circles have stone walls, or a bank of earth faced with stone, and varying in height from twelve to thirty feet, according to the nature of tiie ground ou which they are built. The gate-ways through the walls open into ijuadranglos of fifty to sixty feet ; the gate i f egress being placed at right angles with the entrance gate. As a means of defence, the Castle is unworthy of its name, except against assailants armed with hows and arrows. The moats are fordnblc, nnd are some eighty to one hundred and fifty feet wide, spanned by neat I wooden bridges. The inner polygon is occupied exclusive- | ly by the Emperor and his eons and families tlm second, I try the Council of State and princes ; the third and fourth i polygons by the Dimios, titular princes, and high officers of the government. I will close this unreasonably-long i letter by showing you how cheaply a man may procure , a reputation as a snnvan in this country. Talking one j day with tho Prince of Tumba about dogs, 1 slated that I had always observed that where a dog had any white about his body the terminal hairs in his tail would also be white. The Prince opened his eyes at this, and when j lie went home ordered an examination of the dogs in his premises, which wore found to he marked as 1 stated. Interested by this he ordered his servants to scour the ; neighboring streets and temple grounds, and bring up j Nil their pariah inhabitants; these also stood the test. : Amazed at this, ho re.peated my statement and his experience at the Castle, where some 100 to 500 of Uie high nobles assemble daily. Universal interest was excited, and there eu''tcd such a dog hunt as Verio never saw before. Dogs of every kind were scrutinized, from the high-priced pug, called in tiicir vernacular jiti, down to the mangy vagabond that skulked about and shirked his living. Still my tale about dogs' tails stood thr? test. At last letters were written to Kioto-osoca and other large towns ordering a general canine examination. When the reports arrived my glory and reputation reached the culminating point, and I was looked upon by tho Japanese as you westerns look on Buffon, Curler, & Co. Ever yours, sincerely, TOWNSENI) HARRIS Ji'LT 2C, 1858. At last two iieam-frigates have arrived here. I have only a letter from you dated in January, 1857. Have you not written since then ? I have no time to add more, exrept to say that I am very happy, and that I shall be able to send another letter to you about the 10th of next September. GLEANINGS FROM THE MAILS Eleven foreign ships are now in Savannah, or will be there in the next thirty days, alter timber. One firm has a contract for forty-seven millions of leet, and some of these vessels are now loading with a portion of it. IUO HMUI- Ul iuuu lmusiiiii ill ,.f>v j Kill mil III,: 1^.1,^ is estimated at $12,000,000 ; ami the number of quadrupeds eaten was 191,374 beeves, 10,128 cows, 36,075 calves, 551,479 swine. Both branches of tho Kansas territorial legislature convened at Lecompton on the 4th inst. Both branches pegged concurrent resolutions adjourning to meet in Lawrence on the Gth inst A new opera by Balfe was produced by tho Pyne and Garrison troupe in Londou on tho 20th nit. No less titan six pieces were redemanded anil repeated, ami the composer was summoned before the foot-lights three times in the course of the evening. The opera is called I " Kataneliu, or the l'ower of liove." General Scott had a public reception on the 6th inst. ou his urrival at New Orleans. He was cordially welcomed by the mayor, tho members of the city councils _.i ?> ?i it. . nit,. ...i.? .. . , i t .in . 1 burg- After speeches l>etitting the occasion, the company sat down to an elegant breakfast, which wag fully <Usciu*c?l. The Paris correspondent of the Uoston Journal says that, ! in on interview a few days siiua with several English capitalists, the Emperor expressed Uisconhdence nnd suppovt in the proposed laying of a telegraph cable l>etwcen Prance and America, the termination of which is to Ikthr city of Ronton. The company is being formed, and the whole affair will be carried into execution as rapidly j as possible On Monday, in Cincinnati, the boiler of the liuir and bristle establishment of Joh ph Whituker exploded. For the ps?t three weeks the boiler lmd not been in use, a fire being built tor the first time in that period on Monday. It is supposedj therefore, that gome of the pumps had become frcxen by the r/.rent cold weather, and that there was not sufficient wafer Jo (be boiler. Three indi vtduals employes! in the bail ding were injured The Cincinnati Commercial says "The fores of the explosion was so ?<*wt fhat the J holler itself, which lifts twnuty feet in length, was r?rjpd a distance of near thirty feet, and then forced through a stone wall two feet in thyrkness! 'lire wall was so strongly built thai the boiler only #iade a hole just large ?w?mgh to permit Its pans age into the J;y house, the re mainder of the wall being as firm as evqr jf'jre force of ; the concussion was so ^violent as to drive out the C, or' doors of the at ore above into the middle of the struct, and the rear ones nearly to the cuni^l The steam also forced up the boards <4 the floor ip large hole*, and scattered Jtsclf through th" building \Y ASH INliTOK (TlTY. ! MAT(H!)AVr, JANUARY 16, IHbiK Huiluen Notice. i As ihii butlitfHs of the Polo* MbbllilinMt ll view of the proposed I liAUge III Us icrina, will bo oouductod ilriclly on ooh boxis, all , i?cuc;c^ iuf ibo ooUeouiM) ?*f sut>dort|*tkeM for the Union sr? dlscoo ' [inuo<l Nfo |<uym?uui should be luado to Agsata after ibis date, ex ( opt l<> Mr \V. C. Lipicotub, jr , who is sulhoiTxed lo luaks c^:UcUoi?a ; Ih lkU?*re, M.iryUi.a. Ulul Vlrgtul*. ! I March i8j 1868 ? tf. The f >re^oing notice Is not lutondod to include any agents or collec ' art that w-* sow employ or have heretofore employed tu this city, but I tfeioe oaly who have pcrUa tusd such servko iu other parts uf the ' ouutry. Ap2#?tf j , WBITTKN CONSTITUTIONS- POPOLAU SOVEE 1 MONTY. All governments on the face of tho earth may be resolved into one or the other of two clauses, via : ' I those which respect and guaranty the rights of oiti- ' lens, and those which proceed by tho mere arbij trary will of the governing power. It matters little , I in practice to the citizen whether his rights depend ' upon the whim and caprice of one man, or of a num- ' j bcr of meu , of a monarch or a mob. If they are not 1 secured by guarantees, and not protected by laws, superior to the arbitrary will of tho ruling power, it matters little in result whether that will be singular ' or plural, of one man or of many men. It is needless to argue that tho governments of this ' confederacy, us well Htute an federal, were all found oil upon principles looking to tho establishment of justice and equality between citizens, ^nd framed with the express aitn of protecting and maintaining the rights of the governed. To this great object may be referred all that is peculiar, and all tliat is admirable and excellent in our system of govern- ' merit. The people -are recognised as the source of ' all political power, because they are considered a ' safer depository of sovereignty than any single in- 1 dividual, whether endowed with the prerogatives of ' an autocrat, or invested wnn me limited powers ot a constitutional monarch. Hut when the Cramers of our government had thus reposed the sovereignty of the State in the people, they did riot stop here, and consider their work finished. They did not conclude that they had fortified tlio rights of citi/.oiib from danger, and planted tho government upon a secure and permanent basis, when they had inaugurated the rule of the masses. On tho contrary, every subsequent step that they took in organizing our system of government, was designed to protect the rights of individuals and minority classes from the arbitrary power of the popular will. After once reposing tho sovereignty of tho State in the people, the framers of our governments then lient all their thoughts and directed all their cares to devising the most judicious and effective means of restraining the excesses of the populace. It was in this view that they invented that most admirable and distinguishing feature in our American system of government? the written constitution. The written constitution was designed as a chart and rule limiting and restraining, not only the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, in the exer cist- 01 ineir iuncitons, uy 1 is supreme mandates and 1 inhibitions, but putting a bit and rein upon the peo- i pie also. It acknowledged tlio sovereignty of the | people ; but it reduced the sovereign people them- 1 selves to a meet, proper and dutiful subordination to ; the higher authority of law. Indeed, it may be said < without exaggeration, that the express object of our 1 written constitutions was to repudiate the pet dog. j ma <>f modern times which is usually expressed by < the phrase "popular sovereignty," by which it is i meant to assert the license of majorities to trample , laws and constitutions under foot?the right of the < people in mass to commit any wrong upon individu- i als or minorities-?and to invoke in their justifica- , lion, against all constitutional and legal restraints which may stand in their way, the "higher law" of God's will or the people's will as the vox ilei or vox popnli may best suit their argument. 1 In pursuance of the effort to restrain popular ex- 1 cesses, a legislature, a judiciary, an executive were 1 established as organs for the legul expression of the ' popular will; but their functions were all subor. ! dinatcd to the restraining provisions of written 1 constitutions. The people were recognised as the original source of sovereign authority ; but they were themselves subjected, not only to the provisions of the written constitutions, but to the laws en- j acted by their creature, the legislature, as adminis- i tered by their agents, the courts, and as cxccntod bv tlicir servants till' ininistei inl nfiicnru nf'iTin rm\-. ' '* t>"' c emmciit. Each citizen was a constituent of the sovereignty of the State ; but yet, if any ono of them committed a capital crime, a mere sheriff or his doput) was authorized, upon duo conviction, to hang him, sovereign as ho was. The written constitution was, in its every line and letter, a denial of tlio dogma that "the people," either individually or collectively, ' could do no wrong." It was because the people were known to he capable, collectively, of gross and grievous wrong when oxcited and misled, that the written constitution itself was framed. It was because it was known that they were liable, individually, to sad delinquencies, that the legislature was empowered to enact penal codes fur punishing individuals of tho sovereign constituency, and that a ministerial police \vas empowered, l>y warrant front the courts, to indict condign punishment upon the bodies of delinquent members qf tli.. u..v,.r. The federal constitution differed little in the tlieo- , u ry upon which it was framed, from tho State consti- g {ijtions to which we have been referring. It was j( designed to protect the lights of sections, States, (, and individuals from tlv arbitrary caprice, the wan- u ton aggression or the fanatical madness of a Predominating popular power. A distinguished in- ^ stance of itt> design in this regard is to he found in its provision concerning fugitives from labor. It is ^ notorious that at that day the great majority of the li Lading men of our country wore opposed to ^ tho institution of African slavery, ^nd doubted its righteousness in the eye of religion or morals. They were establishing tho federal constitution, however, for tho primary purpose of protecting individual rights from arbitrary aggression or ca- o price; and they were too true to their great mis s on, and too loyal to their pure principles, to be- p c >me themselves the instruments of such aggres- J sion. They accordingly inserted in that instrument * a guSf^ntoe f"r slaveholder's right of property ,, in his slaves | b There has heen a wide departure in modern times, " however, from the principles which governed the jlatl^f of the republic in the framing of that nota | V hie i eitrumei.t That which thone ciges dared not do to effect the prostration of the rights of the slave- | c :iolder within the jurisdiction of the federal oonstitu lion, it in now asserted that the populations of the. IVrri tones may do, uotvithlteodiiii; the guarantees onUiued in that instrument. The people of the States rre subjected, in exercising the functions of populai sovereignty, to the restraining provisoes of their late constitutions as well as those <>t the federal oinpaet. The people of the I'nited Slate, who are pii really sovereign, not only within theirbe vital com ?' , , | . , - IaI munitieft, but in the territories also, are eurbed HU. and restrained in the exercise of sovereign power liy he written constitutions : but, vet, the people of the Terral ritories are now declared to be as free as the wild fit buffaloes or antelopes of the prairie to exercise the ~ attributes of popular sovereignty without any sort \\\ jf constitutional restraint, at their own arbitrary do pleasure and with entire abandon. mi i VI* The trainers ol the federal constitution felt them- gu< lelves bound to respect individual rights, to protect Bk by constitutional provisions individual rights, which of the inhabitants of the Territories, it is now asserted, ah may trample upon and destroy at their arbitrary will ind pleasure. t|l( The (eudsney of all republics lias been to the wl niulual accumulation of arbitrary power in the ts'' * J 1 (M rands ol the populace, at the expense of tho conati- : .to tutioual rights of individuals and minorities, ilisto- 18 y teaches that when all barriers against this arbi- ! rary power of the populace have disappeared, tho tHl, diange from the tickle despotism of the many to the j uore steady and consistent despotism of a single ( lietator, huH succeeded as a natural result, and been accepted by tlio governed as a relief and a blessing. ??| Popular government has arrived at the brink of dc- j.;,, itruction when the laws are repudiated, oonstitu tei lions are spit upon, and tho arbitrary sovereignty of m. ,he populace inaugnrated ; for the next step from 1 popular license, in the historical progress of govern- nent, is, to the dictatorship of a single popular fa- j , oiito or muster of men. Much is said of legislative tie isurputioii, and of judicial usurpation; but muro J'11 laugerous than all to free government is popular j usurpation; for wliou once tho despotism of tho opulace is established by tlie overthrow of luivs tju md constitutions, it is but a (piestiou of time.how ong before the people will seek escape from tho in- i !UI ? 1 , lav .olerable despotism of the multitude to that of a sin- I w? ;lo tyrant, whoso neck at least is responsible for j mtrageous misfeasance. j c'v ==** ? tin JAPAN LETTJ5HS FltOM TOWN SEND HAItlllS. ,.4V We publish in another place two interesting lot,- ?tr ,ers from Mr. Townsend Harris, our consular ropre- 411 tentative to the Emperor of Japan These letter*, hough private, are very valuable, conveying, as t(); hey do, so much information of a country which | Ha ias heretofore been a sealed book to all civilized j states. The successful negotiations of Mr. Harris ! 1Ch with the late Emperor, we trust, will prove to be tio inly the beginning of others which shall end in lw'' wringing the empire completely within the range of j to lie great commercial States of Christendom. The i bit emper exhibited by the Japanese government has tju jeen admirable; and if the lato Emperor is to be j ] egunled as a fair representative of the ruling classes, , agi here is every reason to hope that the most fa vol a- ; (_;c ,ile results may hereafter he achieved. It is not by sii my means a mere question of tho extension of ^ ;ommerce. A peojilo who have been so long nn- j Bri mown, who have attained considerable distinction ii arts and manufactures, who hav e evinced an ex f,.u leedingly amiable disposition, are not to lie meas- On ared by their ability to furnisU profitable trade to j : ntr adventurous countrymen. All information con- i iuj :erning theru is interesting and valuable. Wo are ! reI mder obligations to a friend who has furnished us 1 ivith Mr. Harris's letters. ! ? t POSTAGE TO HAYTI, VIA ENGLAND. We are requested to state that, under the provis- j on# of a postal convention recently concluded be- i"' ween the United Kingdom and Ilayti, the single M.i ate of postage on letters from the United States to Hayti, forwarded in the British mail, via England, on md after the 1st of January, 1859, is 33 cents, yrt- ^ > jii/ment required, which is in full to destination. tr.. i UHt MR. OWIS'S LETTER TO THE 1'RESIDENT [From the Soutboru (California) VlneyarJ ] wh On tlie 12th of Oct. last Senator Qwin addressed a ctter to the President upon the subject of the overland na nail routes. Tlie concluding and important part of tlie letter shows jV lie close attention and untiring eare devoted to the inter- tl.r sts of California and welfare of the people hy Dr. Gwin. lit ['here is not a State in fhe glorious confederacy which i;is furnished a coteinporary member of the Senate, who t|?, i.as excelled in devotion to the interests of his constitu >u. nts, or in ability to accomplish those objects which, as 1"' heir representative, he lias attempted. His prescience, " ' vhich is most remarkable, supported hy a sound judg- . nent, Ins enabled iiim, under administrations differing iu (olitics, to command an unusual degree of influence with he executive department. ' The necessity of iniliUry posts along all the overlund v outes la indispensable. The fatal catastrophe which heel a hand of our brethren upon tlie hanks of the Colors- iu0( |o, almost at the time Mr. Gwin was dictating this letter, wis ouches us the importance of the principle ao ardently ad oca ted by him. u t. The overland routes must he protected, and so efficient- r?n y ns to permit companies and travellers to puss and repass I "I"1 rithout tlie incumbrance of military stores, and rnuui- J "j" ions of war. We believe that Senator Gwin will not snf- j ,,, ur the subject to rest until the roads are guarded or the , iidians so restrained that emigrants may travel the j ' ength and breadth of our country, in that peace and urity which is most conducive to their own desires and 1 v " he prosperity of the country. 2 nMn l.l Mm-Ci (C.illfornlii) Courier.) I l*/e qfo objiged to Or. Gwln Corn copy of a luost iunesting fei^F yvh|ch' ho" has tocentlyxlonir the State a rent service in writing i<> tyf) Buchanan.' "We hftve rc ul ' with grunt satisfaction ; anil, y. it)) (t lie fore uu| cannot 1,11 it express astonishment at the objections which Ijavc I"0' een tuken to it try certain California paperi. 'J'he doou- i lent gives n very complete history of the overland enter- to rise for which its author has always profeW'l a warm lendshlp?its present condition anil necessities, and funrc prospects tuid wants. w'"' The senator urges ujsni the attention of the President lie great importance, indeed the urgent necessity, of such lion distribution of the forces it his command along the } ne of the route which passes through the country of the ' amonche and Apache as will effectually protect the pio- I ecr and Pacific-bound traveller from the tomahawk and alping-knifc of those most merciless savages. . . . j The I'4khl4/ "f yaptiary was most patriotically ccle- con ratsd in Memphis, l'enu , ojj which occasion the mag- ?jv, ificenl bust of General Jackson was inaugurated. 'jJ'C ,u j ration of tho day was delivered by Hon. Andrew hjwing; | ^ liieh was followed by an eloquent speech from Kdwunl i,, Iclcett, p*<] At an early hour the strecta were , irongcd. the A railroad m:in got married at Belleville the other day, bee nil, na ho returned on the evening train to thla eity, his wot dlow railroadera determined on giving hini and his fair H riile a salute Fifteen or twenty locomotive* were mil ronght up standing on n switch at, the depot, and, as rag lie ti on leering the happy pair |?s el bv. the whist Is no* n eaeh locomotive was inado to give a simultaneous \ last, the like of which was never heard In this vicinity at c ' e 'I'lie hideous concert would have awakened the I'cB ?V?i. iw>|; mi it did the echoes for miles around, N aiing the uttisnn Wdegroom out of his usual aerene oth ipi.uiimity,?Cbliimhui SUUetMai,. ] fort rONGRESSION A L. Thirty-Fifth uongre??--!ir coi.a Session. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1R69 MRATK The \'i? K PHK-1DBNT Mil b'f.iru the Senate a c,.iuuiilCiilii*11 hum tlu Postmaster General, made in oitiii urn n with a it-milul.iim ut thu 2 - J ot Itoceuibei hint, reeling tiiin to r* |mrt such change* in thu laws regit unt; |nwtugi*a ns, in his opinion, woiltil render it a self staining department ; which wits reud anil ordered to printed. | I hi I'otl mantel General iuirustics a sonic abut slltlft tuopinion, quilting the vajious laws uiul change* made mi time to tiuiu ; uinl also showing the po.til r venue ' rived in each St.ite and Territory, with much nUtieii I information |iciliuent to the suhjeet. tic expos* e opinion fas was understood from a busty glance ut (lie i CUment) Unit tlio institution could undoubtedly ho uic a self-sustaining one Uy a diminution ot the soi - ' M) i but tliat it was woitliy of consideration whether idl a policy .should be adopted, as it would leave a mere eloton of |iostal arrangement, neither suited to the , >inoM nor social wants of the country Under the act 1816 it would seem that the reveuue received mis out equal to thu exjieuditures, while it Is ulhiincd Ihnt er since the puasago of tliu act of 1867, fixing the rate ! (xistugc ut three cents, tin; excess of expenditure over c revenue lius lieen regularly and largely increasing , : ick fact the Postmaster General thinks obviously sug sts that, if Congress is determined to make the dortmunt "a self-sustaining one," the surest means ol : iog so would be to fall I?u k on the latcs of the act Of i 16 ] MfcM"BUIJ), BID. The following meiiioriuls und fictitious were presented d appropriately referred : Ily Mr. CLARK : Prom T. It. Templeton, asking comHS&tion for ills services in reporting at the trial of Dr rdinor, indicted for frauds upon the ticasury. Ity Mr. B1UI.KR: Front d. G. Lints, asking to lie re nfiensoil for his services as keeper of the public propy connected with the improvement of the harbor of ie. by Mr, IYKUNON : l'roiu J nines and Theodore Wuls, asking tliat certain lots in the city of Washington ly Ik conveyed to theui. Ily Mr. MASON: Froiu George Squiers, linking to be owed the balance of sal try and outfits due lriiu us irge d'afluiros to the republic of Central America, by Mr. I'd I ZPA.'TRICK. : From Tilimui I .cake, unking it certain money paid by liim for laud which bad been sviously sold and patented by the United States may refunded, with Interest. by >Jr. DOOLldTLli : From the widow of Thomas ynolds, of (.he war of 1812, asking to be pensioned in I Sequence of the losses and sutlcriug of her husband Illlg llllll ?> ILJ . LSy Mr. CAM KHUN : From citizens of North umber><1 county, I'enwylvania, unking the enactment ol u v granting pensiuus to thu officers and soldier* ol the r of 1818. By Mr. HAItUAN : From citizen* of lown, te-khig the jblishilleut of it new land dinti let in that State. By Mr. DAVIS: Uesolutions adopted at a meeting of > Merchant*' Exchange Association of Washington in or ot a charter of incorporation for a company to counet it railroad from the nnvy-ynrd along IVniixylvania mne to Georgetown. IIKI'OUTS tuost (MMMII'IKKS. Mr. HAMMOND, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, which wan referred the memorial of Commander II. J. rtnteue, of the navy, unking that expense* incurred him ou account of the lutrk "Honolulu'' may he ulna I in the settlement of his accounts, reported a joint ulutiou for his relief, and asked its present consldernii : which was agreed to, and the joint resolution was d a third time and pu.st.cil, Mr. DAVIS, from the Committee 011 Military Audits, which was referred the hill for thu relief of the exeeuof Brevet Brigadier General James Bankliead, late of ; United States army, submitted an adverse report on s case ; which wus ordered to be printed. Mr. 1VEUSOX, from the Connnittee of Claims, to iich was referred the report of the Court of Claims dust the case of Ann W. Butler, administratrix of a. llichard Butler, reported a recommendation that d report be affirmed. Also, from the name committee, asked to Ire discharged 111 the further consideration of the memorial of Joseph jbst, asking payment for certain continental script reved by his father in payment of services, and from it of John Beeson for indemnity for losses resulting j 111 lijs expulsion from land 011 which he had settled iu | egon ; which was agreed to. Nil. SKBABl'IAN, from the Committee on Indian Af 1 rs, to which was referred the joint resolution aulhorng the settlement of the accounts of iicdick McKee, girted it li.u k with a rceoniiuendatiou that it puss Mr. UW1N asked immediate action on tho resolution, d having explained its object, the resolution was read .bird time and passed. 11KSOI.I TIOKS AIIIIKKU 10. On motion by Mr. CUNOMAN, Yejw/ie.f, l'luil the Committee on Indian Affair he instructed to in re Into thn expediency of making an appropriation to curry Into ct the twenty fourth section of the civil ami diplomatic act of rrh 3, 185&, by paying the claims on (lie ordered to he assessed Messrs. Upton and Huinmoy, and WapUingtou ami Mason, coin isioners under the Chorokee treaty of 1855, On motion by Sir. WILSON, That the Secretary of tho Navy l>e requested to furnish Senate with copies of all contracts hu i advertisements for con i ts nude for live oak timber since March 4,1857 ; to state by what horiiy they were m ule ; to fund li schedules of all proposal nude lor tlie advertisements ol May 2d, 1857, and .June 14th, 1858 ; to o the names of the lowest bidders to whom contracts were aw ard ; to state whether any contracts were abrogated, when, and for at reasons ; to state if any contract , were made for live oak tim in the mouth uf September, 1858, and, if ho, with whom and by at authority ; to Mute whether tUo present contractor or Qoutrucklfanj 'i . i h. < topi d 1th tho Urm of hi <h |h ii .tracts in making dell voi le . of timber at the tjtuu specified , to state I at quantify of live oak, if any, and the description thereof^ were ig In the Norfolk, Philadelphia, Now Yolk, (hnrleslow'n, and Kit y yards at tho date of the advertts.-mont for propo-aln ol June h, 1858, and to whom Uie same belonged ; and if audi timber waiving in Paid yards, whether it was the property of priv.it uidiuals, and, If so, for what purpose it was there and by wlut fturity ; to state whether the whole or any portion of Mild timber, If h existed, via furnished according to contracts made under proals issued M.iy 2d, 1857 ; whether the whole or any portion of it received under any Kulw,-quent contracts ; to state whether the ? allowed for delivering thn timber In tho advertisement for bids Juno l-Jih, wus the usual and cu.-tomary time. Ifr. SjlUKI.US 8u|>ii>jtt<;il tl>c follmving involution, nnd ,l-il jtM |lOlln) i 1'Otioi) . eh ri'UH tlio ?tmix |u<lii*u- in tip? tie iff \fiiiue.fAn hftyo u larger t <>l country h* u r?M?Tvulioi; tbau j* uc?o<>arv for >!)?m nse ; ami crca* Urn Wluiittlwijfo Indiaus in (Iih comities of likio Jvu lli anil Wit a, 111 tin- - inio s4jt?', occi?|?3 ,l territory now entirely snrrOOnd#d by ii?? Heltli iiu'niM, unrt which roscrvallou &m near (ht* ccoLro of the t vlohj-ely popuiiiti' l ilhlridii In Ih ? Hlulo : lli rrforo, {r*olr< 'l, That klm S< orHury of (be Interior inform IhcS'iiate whether i competent or expedient to lAke a?jr etepn at the pru-cnt lime to u>vo the \\ iiniobagoes from their pro-tout position ami locale tin rn n a portion 01 th" hit mix re crvatioii or rise where, ami gccrc ui h iiearl ??f a fan ily of both i .itioot a tract of lau?t sufficient for a o; atnl it jjo, wl?. :lter any, ami what, legislation i: uiMXMsary't?? blc 14m to effect that purpose. VIr. HALH hud no objection to the cull for iutorman, but it struck him us affirming a fact which he, by ing fur it, was supposed to endorse, and of which he I s ignorant. dr. CfjAV objected to the consideration, and it lies ' r under the role. 1111.14 I.VIItODUIED. ty Mr. lTlYPATlUCIC : A bill to establish a line of il steamers froin Now Orleans ur Mobile to sundry t.s therein mentioned on the (half of Mexico. This hill propom.s to authorise the Posto tor General contract with my parties that have obtained alike : tou t from Mexico for the conveyance of tin nail to and n this country and from the republic of Mux!- <> every k by steamers the tormina* In the United States to New Orleans or Mobile, to touch each (rip at (>alvvs, Matagorda, Itrasos Santiago, Tampico, Vrrn Orna, itzueoolcoo, 'IVhaseo, l/?guna, Uampeoohy, and Sisal s contract not to exceed a - term Of years, and not involve an expenditure of thousand dollars per r, the same to be paid out of the treasury.] ]t.WI.WOAl> ON I'SNNMVLVANIA AYUMNK Lr. CAMERON moved tbot tk? Htnate pnewl to (he siderntion of the bill from the House of Repraaeuta v in relation to a railway along Pennsylvania avenue, iVii-.tdiiLion i i,> Jr. IVI.luSON lipped that motion would "of l>e agreed This was the day usually unsigned to the ponaidera i of private hills , and he hoped that, inasmuch us session was about half gone, and very little time had n devoted to their consideration, the private calendar rid now he taken up. Ir. HALE would prefer to have the resolutions sub ted by the senator from Tennessee [Mr. Joii.monJ in ud to retrenchment in the expenses of the govern it, now taken up for consideration. lr BROWN urged the importance of taking up and mce disposing of tho hill indicated by the senator from maylvonia. fr. CAM.EKON remarked that. jiasseiigcT railways In er cities had lieen found a great oonvaniunca and ioni i and to they would ba here to mambera of Congesss ikuti others luivhig bmsiuvss at the m at dl gover nrtttut, at well m to the cilixemJ > Mr. IVKllStrN na?Bi> it.tin why Un* lull atreul'i have pi< ii ii-iioe over ?l! ibft oiitftr privat. IMMs on the c.tlcu clnr It ?m nothinj^liut ip tr?ono[iolv a^BX gratuity on the |mrt of the government, Vhtfn won lo give Immense . fortunes to the persons named 111 It ; atui lie could see no justice in nu ll a pro|KMition Mr. MALI/litV also opposed the l>ill us a monopoly. I tie hour of one o'clock having arrived The l IIA 111 announced Die ujaci.il older, being the IV I railroad hill Mr. 1VKR80N moved to postpoup the s|>eeial order, lot the purpose ut taking up the private calcudnr. Mr. la WIN hoped Dial motion houl'l not prevail. It would he much heth'i to pi'.. I. ;I t vote upon the Pacific railroad trill aiul dispone of it. Mr. I'liAttK hoped Die private calendar would not he taken up now. Mr. TOOlilto * ? desirous ot pushing the railroad hill to a decisive vole, and either ptnrs it or reject it As for the privute hills, a large portion ot theiu were desti tutu of justice, arid only appealed to Die generosity of member* of Congx-tut ; arid they could very well wait another day Until tire 1'acitlc rail toad hill wits disposed ol in some way, there was no prospect of Joiug any other business Mr. HA ill.IN remarked (hat the Pacific railroad hill was a colossus which had over str ode everything else so fan during the session, and how much longer it would stand in the way no man cOrtld tell There were a gieat numlter of propositions to be voted on ; and ho hoped Drat private claimants would not he compelled to wait day after dav, and week alter week, uutil litis subject was disponed of. The i|Ucblioii being taken, tire motion oi Mr lvsusoM was not agreed to yeas 24, nays 32. PACIFIC KAII.HOAD Dlr.L The Senate resumed the consideration of the Pacific railroad lull, the (lending rjuestiou being on the motion of Mr. Hahi.as to strike out the words fixing the eastern terminus ot tiro road ut " a point on tire Missouri river, between the mouths of the llig Sioux und Kansas rivers," and to insert a proposition that it shall he between the thirty -seventh and the forty third parallels of latitude. Thlh proposition was rejected by the following vote : YKAS--Me.- i Allen, Hi.slerlck, C.oie-rnn, Cliamlier, Clark, Col turner, |Va,Utile, IJurk, u, KessenUen, Poster, Hale, lt.tiii.ia, HoeUa. Join -. Pngli. Suramin-, Trumbull, unit IV-ulc- 19. NAY. M i-. Hat -, Itayaril, Bell, HvnJ.ii-An, Hurler, llHgla, Brown, Clie.-jiut, (lay. Cltagniuu, Critn ialeli, IV uglur, Filch. 1 tlx lulrtek, rIre, a, (iwin, ilsruaaiiul, llunler, lversou, .lutiiisrui of Arkansas .lohn-asr iS' Tenrrenree, Msllnry, Mason, VrJk. Real, gebii-ti in. Seward. Mi II, Muarl. Ihouipson oi Kentucky, looinlw?, Ward, \Vil sou, Wrklit, and Voice U'>. Mr. CHANDLER remarked that the State of Michigan had iimtruckil her Henutoris to vote for u Pacific railroad ; she had also instructed her senators to vote for a northern Pacific railroad, lie watt willing to deviate from those instructions so far as to vote for a central toutc, hut could not vote for a southern route. Mr. WILSON moved to amend the bill so that (he road should he built on the shortest practicable route between the parallels of latitude of thirty -four and forty three; which was rejected, as follows : Yl'.A^ ?Me ' 3. Hates, Bofclerick, Cameron, Cliamllvr, Clark, Pixoi), IXwliUle, Jhiik'e, IV isondoii, I-V-mr, <?reeu, Halo, Hamlin, Harlan. Johnson ?u?.ifssoo, Kiig, folk. Hugh, SebuMUn, fciinmons. Trum bull, V ft' . ami Wilson 2U. NA^ ---Mo -'.s. !U- 1, Benjamin, Blglcr, Bright, Brown, Cbcrnut, Clay, Cliugiuuii, Crittenden, Ixuig u-, IMch, tit/.pnirick, toot, t;wl?, HanQfp *n I, Houston, Hauler, Iver-on, Johnson ot Arkansus, Kennedy, M iliary, IV.irce, Hell, Ku;*, Seward Mi-lull, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, Toombs, Ward, and Wright hi. Mr. BIGL1CR then moved to amend the bill by striking out the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth ructions, and inserting the following in lieu theroof : Hfcc. 4 Ami lM-itfuiU .et.wir.lri, That, In making Mil contract, it shall be .stipulated that said rood Khnll he divided into threegrand division.' < 1 equal length, to be known th ' oostorn, western, and nit Idle, and * iid (livi-ious b? <11 victu I Into sucilous of twenty live miles each ; ami that, In con-ideration of tUo stipulations an I uudtu takings in aai i contract, th re shall be and hereby appropriated and set apart a quantity of lands equal to the alternate ri'Clioun t?| public Ian.Is, for the space of twenty miles on each able of sai l road, and for tin* full u\tent of the eastern qud western Ulvi-iOUS, sai I lalids to be selected front tin? sei tioiLS to be designated m tin- public suryey* by old number-, and to be b dd and couveyeil as henna providod , and i i all cases wheti the Unite 1 States may have disposed of said land-, or any pari thereof, or from any cause cannot eoiu py a legal tit <? there to, the deficiency may be m ole up from any unoccupied and unappropriated public lands within tin- <lt ta..cj of f rty miles on cither side of mi i road : J'vo tded, Unit all mineral land-' within the State of ('a ifbrnia he, and tl?<* suinn are hereby, exclude! from the operation of this act ; and In lieu thereof, a like quantity of unoccupied and (inappropriate 1 agricultural land* nearest to the line of th? road, through sai l mineral lauds, may he selected in alternate sections Skc. 5. Antt b> it further e?<:cfrd, I'hnt tliu party with whom thcontract nfhrcsnid may he made shall proceed without d? lav to locate tin* general imitc of sai l ro.nl, an.I furnish a detailed survey and map thereof to the Prc-ident, who -hall muse the public land-, to the ext. ut of forty mile- ou each -I le o( sal 1 roa I, through th.* east era an.I wo torn divl ion , to be Mirvcycd, and the Indian title thereto to be extinguished n soon as practicable and the provision* ! of the art of September, eighteen hundred and lorty one. granting i pre emption rights, and the arto amendatory thereof, hall ho, and I the same are hereby, extended to the land.-, lhu?surveyed, excepting , those herein apart an I appropii.it .I for the mm; o| ?,?iJ roud Provi-hd, That so soOU as acuutruct Is made, in pur.siianc of the : provision* of this art, tor the construction of said road, it shall lie up* doty of tho President to ca.u#o the public land-*, for forty lulled o#i each si le of so much of said road as the contracting parly-hull indi j cut , to be withheld fioin settlement, sale, or occupation, until the lands shall have been surveyed and the Alternate neclious ?ckvted as provided tor in this net. Skc 0. And I# it fttfihf*' tnaci&l, Tl .it, in making said contract, it shall bo stipulated that none of said I uj is are to bu uouwyed to tho contracting party until one section of i \eoly live miles \ouujdct d and in sin ?. '-riful operation, when |he President shall convey to the -aid contracting paity three fourth* of the land pertaining to the .-<*?, tion so eoniplcp d, n taining the one lourth as security lor tho eooi pletlon of the middle *11VI on, and pi like manner tile Pre-ident shall convi y to the contracting par\ three fourths of the lands pot tabling to eneii ectjou in tie- ea i.-i n ?n | v. t??ru dlvl-lon* of soi l road uu til said.ti\i lous arc ftm<Uei. A?? l it hull befurther stipulated and provided tli.it, w huieve ..no si-t (ion of twenty live miles of said mid die division i cotnpictcti, the President shall convey to the contracting party the lands rotable ? on the Region- first Completed ou the eastern dlvi-ion .iud on the sectou ilr.d c.> upiet >d on tlu* \y<--'er.i.divPiou, and so on, In like manlier, till the mi Idle division shall be cnmplct.-d, and all the l.iieU rept'ued "ii tlja extern m i weatoru divisions -h ill be conveyed to 111- sajd coutrnrbng parti ; tpbl sajd cot.Irani shall require thai the Pnited :'tat mall shall at all times be carried on said road, under the direction and control of the l*o*|m<l-ter General; nnJ all other g wrnrumt trims imitation provided for in thi - net shall b? performed under the direction of the proper department*, resisvti ve ly. and the eoin|?cnsa|loii therefor, at thv jnjpes sn rilled in said eon tract, shall be regularly paid from the tren-mry of ihc Vnitod State* quarterly , or nt such imp's lpay li ngrepd upon. Sir 7- And imp itfurlh r eiwfcxi, That the Pi" blent be, and he is hereby authorised and directed, so ?ooii a oue section of Ivretlty-flvo irUlcs i-i - ma tuhioru ??r we.-p'ru uivi-tou \ ma m and put into snc- j oo.s.-ful operation, touuafcoiii In m.- uud to .4 I * ? ??ji meting party bom In j of the l-'uitcul stne.s, bearing not ex? ceding live per centum |>erun- j nam lute re.-1 : whuli inter el shall be pny<?l>lr ?omfannually, and j tin- principal payable nineteen > outfrom the .bite of the r issue, to j (he amount of twelve Lhou-nnd five hundred dollar* for each mile ot tho same ; ami in like manner, when urn-tlmr section of twenty Ave miles or said division i-. ma le and put into successful operation, an equal amount of bonds shall bo Issued anil delivered to - aid contracting party, and so with ouch aticaeoding auction, until the whole road shall have boon completed through said divisions : I'twitM, Thut the entire amount of bonis hereby authorized to bo i-atied 00 nccottttt o( aid road hall In no ev w?t eXce* I, (u tho aggregate, the Bum f sixteen millions of dollar-', it b dug the latent of thi- u< t t>? advance to the contracting party twelve thousand five hundred dollars foeaclj mile of road completed add put into successful aperaljon oil t-ul , casjcrn an I w (crn diyHjms vyjjioh ?utty ot trp'Mfa tftusul', uuvd, t goUirr With the Jatore-t |her?:??n, )s In le rpliajd to the''Thited Stab-> by the stld contracting purty iu the transportation and n ice pro vide I for 1 . this art , amino compensation, other than tho land- appropriate I aud bonds authorized to ho isiued by thii act, *h ill be m i le to the contracting party for tratHPorUiKm and service rendered j under th -ir ooutraoti, until tho valuo or Buoh transportation and ?orviceshall be "(pial t? tin aggrognto amount of the principal and in t. rest of said hands; /VonVrd, That all the iron uu ary to construct -?d Ira.head, and which may compose the track ol tlio same, shall be of \in*rlRan manufacture i-k? 8. Aiii'. l?tt! J uihtr rnartr<l% 'flint the I'fi 1 i?nt h , u.i I he | Ii *r by, further amltoihtcd and directed, ra? soon 1 one section ol twenty live miles of s,d 1 middle dirt ion shall be completed and put in siua 1 s.-ful operation, to cause to be Is nod to nld eotltracfiag party bonds of the United States maturing thirty veui - nft 1 th. fr ih.t li<-'wing ititce-t not exceeding the per c ut ;m per anmiiu, to the am-out of twenty live thoimud dollars per mile, am' o no, in lliv uiari.cr, for each sectb of twenty live mile-, until said middle di. i vl-i ?i? shall her mpletc : which bonds -hall he a llr.-t lien on said roa l from its rMf.tei to its v c t'TlJ terminus, and be reimbursable 1 together with the Interest, in trau^portuti ?n ami mail mtvIcc; the baud l-?eed as hcr< lilbeforc j rovhlcd shall be lir- t paid, tutor which the whole amount ot comjicii-atluiif.tr sri vh 0 to the government -hall ; be applied tuward the cancellation of tin principal aud interest ??n the 1 bom's 1 -ued on the middle dlvi ion, until tho w hold attmuul thereof ""HI I "" Skc . 0. .list I* it fmikrt <rioetnl Tti.it diuuM ilil cimtriv llDg jur If II til l t, ri'lilsfl, or lu nay way loll to proo'iuli' the work ilwlirta I ? ItV tlo in In * ininnor to secure tli" rompHlna Ulari'of in I'omjill nunc with Hid contract, ui'afeouM vlolata the l*nni of said coattwl, lho? nil rttihts o! miI'I ennlrsi'tmg juily to mid rowl, rl;ht of way, luioli- or o"i 'r properly |m tnlnfei|f thereto, Including siirh amount of the 'I' 'vk""!| i". k- , ii uny, th-it in iy remain UMvpeiatnl, cholJ li? ?ii<t I hop l.irtiiloil, nil I the I uitmi rs?t?. uiay enU'i Ii|mn on J rcit:iln Uio H.iiiio. Mr. WliJSON moved to amend the pnqiosition of Mr lltr.i.t.a by striking out the clause tliut the three divisions should l>e of equal lt'tiyfth. and Inserting; n provision that tint eastern and western divisions of the road shall be Ave hundred mile* each, and the remainder shall lie called the middle division ; which was agreed to Mr. DOOl-lTH.K moved to amend the substitute by oddiug the following proviso; , al*<>, Tlrnt any ri>ntra<t whit h rn.t r b? ??4 int<? s|?hU, b?ff>ro jt btk'- t IKVl, bt> -ilUmift <1 by the rriHilem iqtfyu Urn^n ? "f (ho i'liibti S<t( t. ill J shall l?kv fr-.111 ami tfuif |U raUtbilio^ by an act or i*iiu| rosohipoti t-( (Nui^'iv. ? Mr TRUMBl'LL and Mr THOMPHOIf, of Kentucky, advocated the amendrnottt. Tlie question being taken, the proviso was adopted yea* 34, nays 23. A long di- i us.dou misiued on vat ion* amend ments, in whioh Meaar* WILSON, CAMKBON, M Ai.lit >UV, HI M MONS, SKWAHD, and others participated Without coming to any decisive vote, ut length Mr, MASON mowed to mmmiili tbo bill and all the amendments , which was not agreed to, as follows ; YKAfl?Moawa. ftayarit, Benjamin. Brnwa, Choanal, Clay, t'ling. I..UI. Ut tuna dan, Hupwtrick, Hammond, Houston, Huntar, Jnliaai n i?f Tettn??M4V, Mitltory, Mh?oo, fV.'iirc?, Rt?ni, Hire 8ti<l*yll, Muaia, Th. n.u .iii of k. niurk), HWBIIM, Y****. u.4a Yt???i 44 N'Af^-M -1. AlU-u, Boll, llroitcrirfc, fttButrua, CVMki, cturk, 0?vK IMiott TV rfrt'tult*, IHirkcc. F">u-r, <*1?-it, C%1l Ivt-r^ou, ?m of Ark n ..., J.?n. Rliup, l^lk, Rufh itssimn, f^-ward, fttitetti*, ^utiiuon- Trutj^mli Wilson, luud Wrtgit?? Mi. TOUAiBfc lnovid to lay tho bit! on tinswtfcki* wim iKcuUwJ in the negative by the following vote YEAS HuvinJ. H moult. Brown, Chccngt. (lurk. Clay, riiii^uuin. < t tiLuMrttun, KII4|MU' ! k, (Hem, Htntt'iu, Umtiawii, '. . . Ibu.l < .. . 1 on ? - Malt if, .. t'oarefc, Acid, lvic?, HlUlvU, S limit, J.Uum|*ou uf Reninky , Ttfc>uob?, a.a.1 W>r 11 27 K (r5 M *t VII. o ltall, nnsler, Urod* hjV, m?iu.r<xi, (ftau.ilor, Collatucr, lkivi.", IMaoii, booiuilc, DougW, iiutkoe, Kwwitdfn, foui, Ko.ior, owlit, lUi Uii, foUii-^ua of Ark^u u-, lvtu#, iNulk, hi^h, Sslftc-Uuii, 3>'Wutd, Slu l?i. , siKuiuua*, TruuiUull Wade, Wi)->on , uuti Wii^Ut til) Ami t i/tor imtJio further deiiute, without i. m hio^ n vote uu the bill or1 amemluientH, the Senate adjournal uu til Monday next. H JI SE OF KKl'HEbE^TATIVftfi9. Mi STEPHENS, of Georgia, moved first the special order?the hill for the iciiubuisciutrut of litbsns of Gcoigi.i and Alalumi.i for ih-pr?)ntioa? by the Creek Indiana?he postponed until Friday next. Mr It IT*.HUE, of Pennsylvania, objec ted Siiltequently Mi Hit. hie withdrew Ida objection, m>.1 the motion of Mi BraniKi* wuis agreed to. COAL roB 1 VK IK Tilt SAW. Mi KUNKKl., of Pennsylvania, on leave, offered ,? 1 cm.lutlu 11 requesting the Secretary of the Navy to farni-li to the House, at as early a period as practicable, a statement of tbe quantity of coal used In the naval setvice, and the amount of cooiuriaaiun paid to the differ, eut coal aganU ainoe 1852, and by what authority auch officer* arc paid ; which was agreed to. SKI. BIT COMMITI'KBS. Mr. liAltitiS, of Murylaud, from the select committee uj.|Hiiiited to investigate the accounts of the late Siijier : intendent of Public Printing, reported the following re*, ojutlon ; Wrv-.'iv.l Thai 1'ie .- U'C| oomnull'e uppotnteii to ItivoilivuW Ihs acco.aits of tlm Ihi* su|M iii.l.'iuli'iil..r I'uhli TiuiIiim-' he aiilhwtuiii lu 1 vmjilo) a m, uugraplicr, at tho urual ruts el eompeusatkm. Mr. HOUSTON said lie should not object to the reeo; lution If the gentleman w<>uld modify it ao that thuru ! would he no tumble about the compensation to be paid. Mr. ll.VKKlK then modified his resolution m> as to pay | the same talc of compensation paid to thu reporters of I the Globe. Mr. HOl-Sli. N hoped, by unanimous consent, the (Joniniitleo on the .) u.liciary would be granted the same autiiority. No objection being made, the request of Mr. Hoi'sriut was acquiesced in, and the resolution was adopted. IIV.I'OBIS HtOM OOMMirnCKS. The committees lu-lng called for reports of a private ij nature, ; Mr. PHH.lPiS, of Pennaylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill for the relief of James , P. Cook ; and it was committed. Mr. MAYNA.RD, of Tennessee, from the Cuminittee on Claims, rejsirtcd a bill for the relief of Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X. Kelly ; and it was committed. Ml JOHN COClill.VNK, of New York, from the Committee on I oinmoree, rcporte.1 a bill authorixing the Sec- i rrtnrv of the Ticanny to grant a iagister for the schoouer William A. Hauiil ; and it was taken up and passed. Mr MITCH IK, of l'cnnsy Ivanin, objected. Mr. 1HJFFIN, of North Carolina, froiu the Committee i 0:1 Public Lands, reported back Senate bill for the relief I I if 'I'll. !.'SI III I'll..11 iia ui,l,.u.,.( A 111. . I TV-. - I ceased, ami their children ; and it was committed. Also, repented buck Senate hill to revive and extend an act entitled "An act for the relief of the repreneututives of John Doim.-lson, Stephen Ileorl, and others," ?pprnvtd May 24, H24, and the several acts continuing the same ; and it was committed. j Mr. HOUSTON, of Aluhunra, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a lull to compensate the State of New Jersey tor the use of the court rooms for the United States court in the State-house at Trenton, in said State, and asked that it Ik- put upon its passage. Mr. UNDERWOOD, of Kentucky, moved that it be laid on the table ; which motion did not prcvuil?ayes 55, noes 6G. The question recurring upon its passage ? Mr. RITCHIE, of Pennsylvania, moved that it be referred tothe Committee of tire Whoi# on the Private Calendar , which motion was trot agreed to - lives G2, noes G7. Tiro bill was then passed. Mr DAWES, of Massachusetts, front the Committee on 1 Revolutionary Claims, reported a hill for the relief of tiro heirs of Loit Hall, deceased ; and it was committed. Mr I'i'.N TON, of New Y?'k, from the Committee <>u Private Land Claims, reported n hill to authorise the See- ; rotary of the interior to issue a land warrant to Daniel Davis ; and it was committed Mr. ntAlU, of Missouri, from the same committee, report. d bock Senate bill for the relief of Tlioruas L Diuhu rooii ; and it was committed. " Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, from Hie Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill appropriating $700 to Win 15. Whiting, to bo ma .1 in experiments under the direction of the Secretary of War ; and it wok committed Mr. BIJFF1NTON, of Massachusetts, from the same committee, reported a bill for tire relief ol' James Vaughn ; and it was committed. i Mr. STANTON, of Ohio, from the same committee, re- jS IKMted a lull for tire relief of Joshua Fish ; and it was jg committed Mr. UorOi'K, of \irginii, 111xii the Committee on || Naval Affairs, reported W k the amendment of the Ken- sS ate In the hill of the House fen the relief of (J. W. Pal- f| me> and others. (The amendment directs the accounting offlocrs of the 1 treasury to allow all payments made since the 1st day ol a July, IH;H, to the clerks ami assistants to pursers at the a several navy-yards in the United Slates at $700 pei an- m nnm, and to clerks to commanders und clerks of navy- ? yards at the rale of $1,200 pel annum , and that horeaf- m ler the pay of thu first class shall be $750, and of the lat- M tor, $1,200 per annum.] Mr. HOUSTON raised a point of order that the charar- ,-jj tor oi the hill had been changed by the amendment ol ffl the Senate, and that ii wns now a public bill, and should j| go to the Uuinmitli ? of the Whole on the state of the JS Union. - '-J Tin- Sl'KAKKli ilci.ided that the point of order won not W well taken. S Mr. HOUSTON appealed from (ho derision of the ja chair; pending which, Mr. Mll.LSON, of Virginia, moved that the appyfil k(> .3 laid on the table ; which motion was agreed to. The question bolqgqn agreeing to the amendment, a Mr .rUNfCS, of Tenne: are, moved that it he laid on th* J tahle ; which motion did not prevail yeas SO, nay* M7. : The amendment was ti.eu rcieefori -own ".a ~a ? Mr. HOPKINS, t.f \ iiginia, from the Committee on 8 i on >: 11 \it.ii:t.'!..i, .1 a joint resolution anthoriiim< a l'ownnond Harris, i 'mi. 1 sup-s < .msnl-gcneral ?t Japan, m and li ('. J Htuskiu, his intopreter, reflectively, to a u'Cept pi ( :l iioiii t!,. iii ii iii Kiioiuud : and it was W taken up and passed. w i: lti!.\Nt'll, of \ rlli <' iiolina, fi.uu tin- *a?ti? coin H inittee, reported bark Senate bill foi the relief of 'lliouna 'B \Y Ward, l ite Cnitcd States consul lit Panama ; and it |H was committed. Mr. CIIAKKKK, of Massachusetts, from the Committee .'jfl on Invalid Pensions, reported u lull for the relief of Km>kLe t Jones ; and it was eomniitled. Mr. l-'liOKKNCK, of Pennsylvania, from the same com- k ndttcc, reported a hill loi the relief of Sarah Hildreth , H and it was committed Mr. AN CKII-SON, of Missouri, from the saraocommit toe, reported n hill granting a pension to Momjs Urwmis ; Mid it wan committed. 1 Mr. KMK, of Pennsylv ania, from the Committee on j|; Patent*, reported a bill foi tilt- rdtief *>f .huncsO. IfdlOcs * [This Mil | oWid. s that tire patent of Jiitn a 11. KoliM % obtained in 1S f f, for aii improvement in chairs ft* him a lids, for fourteen years, which has no r cjfftfrodi W>al| Ifjt be extended for seven years under the rules in force Bg for the extension of patents, us if lie hud mailc ap- ^B plication previous to its expiration, us mquind by law, .',jB provided the application 1m- made within thirty days after iffi the approval of the hill.] Mr Ml KIN, of South Carolina, moved that the hill lie |B put upon its passage Mr. KDIK moved that it be referred tj the Commutes '|H of the Whole on the Private CuJVTtdar ^ AfU r h brief Misfii viiWi ' ' Mr EI>IK<fUWhi^ I ill- motion W telei it to the U"U{ jl Utitlce ot tt><- Whole uii the Private Oikmlw; when M Mi. WAsllltl KNK, of llllnoia, renewed the motion i jj^B which did not prevail ?ajree iH, noe* fi7 Tin f]H!'*tion rcciming on tho third reeling of the |H Mr WASIlltl'KNK, of Wuow, moved that, it he laid 'S on the table ; which motion w.m rejected ayes 42, no* ;3B Mr WASHBURNE then called for the reading of th? | engrossed bill , when Mi KEI IT, of South Carolina, morad to reoontldar Sm the vote fiy which tiie bill tiai ordered to be engroewd , i lie^Ainp^tChlCh, *" ' Mr. IONhi8, of fViinaylvaiiia, moved that that motion lie laid on the table; pending which, I . A