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Hilasiiiugtin; Irfiitiiiel.
EDITED BY
WM M- OVERTON, CH- MAURICE SMITH,
AND BEVERLEY TUCKER.
SATURDAY MOMNING, DB(D. IS, IMS.
CONURUtiN.
In the Senate, yesterday, several gentlemen
gave notice of their intention to introduce bills
for river and lake improvements. After the
transaction of oiber business, of no especial
public importance, an adjournment until Mon
day took place.
The House of Representatives resumed their
effort to elect a Speaker, but adjourned with
out accomplishing that desirable object. They
have voted fifty-nine times.
CONQHKM-TUB UBOWTH OF THK
ANTI-SLAVKHY PAKTV.
It is a strange, but uo leas well established fact,
that when danger is most imminent, men are usu
ally most cool. They then rally all their courage,
all their caution, and all their discretion to
meet and Jisariu it. Nothing furnishes a
stronger illustratrion of this than the contest
for Speakership which is now going on in the
House of Representatives. The time was, nor
has it been more than a few short years ago,
when the delivery of an Abolition speech in
either House of Cougress excited the just in
dignation of all sound constitutional men,
whether from the South or the North. It al
most caused the very hair of the slaveholders
in Congress to stand on eud. The rumor of
?uch a speech was spread with electric speed,
through the South, and shocked and enraged
all whose ears it reached. In those times it
required a bold or a shameless man to assail
the teuure by which the slave owner holds his
property. It was deemed sohenious an offence
at to call not only for unsparing denunciation,
but for personal, corporal chastisement. Yet
that was but the first harmless ripple of the
waters. In the lapse of a few short years, the
Abolitionists have grown bolder and bolder.
They have increased iu number, and increased
in zeal. They have an organization extending
throughout the so called free States, and they
maintain a discipline that regular troops might
envy. The public mind has become so accus
tomed to hearing their speeches and reading
their appeals and their newspapers that they
listen to the first, and read the last, without ex
periencing a shock or a shudder. This pro
gress and increase of the auti-slavery power
has gone steadily on until it aspires now to
control the popular 'brauch of the Federal
Government. That party has put forward its
candidates for all the offices to be elected by
the House of Representatives, and laughs to
scorn the idea of defeat. Yet throughout the
protracted contest there have been no distur
bances ??no criminations?no excitements.
Abolition nominations are made, and Abolition
votes cast, with as much coolness and confi
dence as a sturdy plantatiou negro would ait
down to his breakfast. The very men who
were thrown into a rage, but a few years
ftg?i hy the expression of an abstract Aboli
tion' sentiment, are now as cool as a cucumber
when an actual struggle for ascendaucy is
going on in the House of Representatives be
tween the Freesoilera and the constitutional
party.
What does this mean ? Does it indicate
that the upholders of the rights of property and
the friends of the Constitution are growing
cold or losing courage ? Does it mean that
they have given up the struggle and are hum
bly submitting themselves to the aggressors
on their rights and the enemies of the Consti
tution ? Far?far from it. It means that they
have thrown wild impulses and noisy rage to
the winds; that they have abjured declamatory
appeals and mere verbal resolves, and that
they are calmly resting upon their convictions
and preparing with resolute courage, and un
flagging energy, to assert and maintain their
conviction. He reads the signs of the times
with an obscured vision who does not thus un
derstand the ominous calm that now prevails.
There is but one place in all the vast territo
rial extent of this great country where the
fierce but just spirit of the constitutional party
is now developed in its full and imposing man
ifestations. That place is Kansas. The cause
of it is actual outrage and robber like violence.
The issue has been distinctly made there, and
we fear, from what we have heard, that arms
alone can decide that issue. Our friends are
standing np, and will continue to stand np
firmly. But such a strife cannot be confined
to so narrow a com pa*.-. It must extend from
thence to the old 8tate?, and the partisans of
either side will be marshalled into order.
goon, we fear??o soon as the House of Rep
resentatives can be organized?the strife that
prevails in the virgin Territory of Kansas will
force an entrance into Congress, and the capi
tal, which should be sacred to law, order, the
Constitution, and the equal right* of the States,
^ill be desecrated by a sectional contest which
will be marked by a rancor hitherto unknown
and which may lead to an issue that patriotism
may well shrink from in dismay and horror.
That the friends of the Constitution will do
nothing rashly, that they will give no cause of
offence we feel certain. But we feel equally
confident that they will stand firm and refuse
from this time forward and forever, to yield one
inch of ground or one atom of right to the
banded factions arrayed against them.
gg^*The course of the Democrats in the
House of Representatives is well calculated to
attract the respect and admiration of all right
minded men in the country. Without a ma
jority, and consequently unable of and by
themselves to, effect an organization, they have
formed themselves into a compact body and
are standing firmly between the Constitution
and all parlies and factions who menace it.
When seventy odd resolute men, incapable of
treachery, and of tried integrity, take such a
stand, and manfully and perseveringly main
tain it, the lesson cannot be lost upon the
country.
When other part ten are split and divided,
they are firm and united. When other parties
are wrangling and crippled by distrnsta, suspi
cions, and jealousies, tbey harmonize as
brothers and vote as one man. This deter
mined band is not composed of men from one
neighborhood or one section, but of men fro?
every part of our country; froui the North, the
South, the East, and the Went. They repre
bent uo local interest, uo sectional prejudice,
no wretched ism, but they represent the great
National Democracy. They constitute the
only solid, well-cemented body of respectable
u umbers that presents a stern resistance to
the spread of fanaticism. It ia much to be la
mented thai in the present crisis, those attach
ed to other conservative political organizations,
whose small uumbera render success impossi
ble, do not discard their prejudices aud man
fully step forward to co-operate cordially with
the Democracy of the House. A persiatauce
in their preseut course cau bring them uo gain,
while the co-operatiou of which we s[>eak
would certainly occasion them no loss.
MUHDKK IN SAN KHAHClSt'O.
We have beeu deeply paiued by the recent
news from California. The murder of Gen.
Richardson, United Slates Marshal, has sad
deued the hearts of all to whom he was per
sonally knowu. He was killed by au Italian
a&sassin in cold blood, on the 17lh ultimo, at
San Francisco. We had the pleasure of a per
sonal acquaintance with the deceased, and
saw much of him three years ago when he
was a deUgate iu the Baltidiore convention, as
he was a high-toned gentleman in every sense
of the word; too just to tresspass upon the
rights or feelings of others, he would not suffer
the slightest reflection upon his own honor.
He was a brave, gallaut, aud fearless mau, who
stood ready at all times and at all hazards, to
vindicate the character of those whom he re
cognized as friends. Many Califoruians are
now in this city, and all of them seem to feel
that they have lost a brother. The death of
no one in that State could have pained them
so. much. He was the devoted personal afl
well as the political friend of Seuator Weller,
aud we know no death outside of his own
family could have afflicted him so deeply.
General Richardson was in the morning of
life, scarcely 36 years of age. Happy iu his
domestic relations, with a wife and one child ;
warm and devoted friends around him, with
a bright prospect before him, he has been sud
denly swept from the laud of the living. Al
though he has passed from amongst us, and
the places which once knew him will know
him no more forever, still he will live in the
memories of those with whom he was associa
ted, aud who knew him only to love him.
HEALTH OF CHIEF JDITKCB TAJIK*.
" Hon. R. B. Tauey, who has been detained
from his position on the bench of the Supreme
Court in consequence of indisposition, was
much improved yesterday, and may possibly
be on duty in the course of the preseut week."
We take the above from the Baltimore Ame
rican of Thursday last, and avail ourselves of
the occasion to express the wish that the
learned, able, and virtuous Chief Justice may
long be spared to adorn the eminent position
which be so worthily holds.
? The Supreme Court over which he presides
is a quiet, grave, and retired body. Its emi
nent members, withdrawn from the political
contests that prevail in our couutry, rarely ap
pear in public, or in print. They sit modestly
in their sequestered apartment in the great
Capitol, and the bulk of the people know little
if anything about them. Yet this court, so
withdrawn from the excitements and collisions
that occur in the active world, is one of the three
Departments of the Government. Its deci
sions on those subjects which come within the
legitimate sphere of its powers are the law of
the laud. Few countries can boast of so
learned, dignified, and incorruptible a ju
dicial body. Quiet, unaggressive and un
obtrusive as is this court, it is regarded with
almost a pious reverence. The time may come
when it will have to decide grave and great
questions affecting the very existence of our
institutions. Should that period ever arrive,
few men can be found who would for a mo
ment doubt the wisdom and correctness of the
decisions that such a body as the present Su
preme Court would pronounce.
THK PILLW?ITE*?-PBOCLAMATIOI
OF TUB PBEHOEMT.
If conntenancing Fillibusterism be a sin, it
is not a sin that can be charged upon the pre
seut Administration. The course pursued by
the President in regard to all expeditions and
projects of that character has been such as
should amply satisfy the most jealous and ex
acting foreign Governments and the most cau
tious and phlegmatic of Americau fogies.
The subjoined proclamation of the President
accords perfectly with the whole line of policy
which he has pursued on this subject.
By tht Prttidtnl of tMt UnUtd Stat ft of Am4nra.
A Proclamation.
Whereas information has been received by
me that sundry persons, citizens of the United
States and others, residents therein, are prepar
ing within the jurisdiction of the same to enlist,
or enter themselves, or to hire or retain others
to participate, in military operations within the
State of Nicaragua:
Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce, President
of the United States, do warn all persons
against connecting themselves with any such
enterprise or undertaking, as being contrary
to their duty as good citizens, and to the laws
of their country, and threatening to the peace
of the United States.
I do further admonish all persons who may
depart from the United States, either singly or
in numbers, organized or unorganized, for any
such purpose, that they will thereby cease to
be entitled to the protection of this government.
I exhort all good citizens to discountenance
and prevent any such disreputable and criminal
undertaking as aforesaid, charging all officers,
civil and military, having lawf?l power in the
prpmisea, to exercise the same (or the purpose
of maintaining th? authority and enforcing the
lawk of the United States.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused (he seal of the United
States to be affixed to these presents.
Done at the city of Washington, the eighth
day of December, one thousand eight
[f./0.] hundred and fifty-five, and the independ
ence of the United States the eightieth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
W. L. Maect, Secretary of State.
We also extract from one of our exchanges
the following :
Tit* Thr?ttta?d Invasion of Nltwigas
Inttractlaa* trim tfce Pr??W?Bt.
The United States District Attorney has ad
dressed the following letter to the United
States Marshal, by direction of President
Pierce:
OrriCE Uwiteti States Attouwet,
Southern District of New York,
December II, 186$.
Information has been received by the Presi
dent of the United States that preparations are
being made in various parts of the 1 nited States
to receive men for the invasion of the State of
Nicaragua, or otherwise to take part in mili
tary operation* there; and I call your alien
tion specially to the uubjeot.
The President desires that measure* be
taken to detect and defeat all such enterprises,
to bring the guilty parties to punishment, and
to detain every vessel fitted out to carry on the
undertaking. If occasion should arise, the
President will exercise the direct authority
vested in him for the prevention of all sucn
violations of the neutrality laws.
With the force of your office you cau, un
doubtedly, make inquiries and take such mea
sures us will carry out ihe views of the Presideut.
I feel assured of your desire to uphold the law,
and promise to you my most active co-opera
tion.
I am, very respectfully,
JOHN McKEON,
United States District Attorney.
To A. T. Hill, esq.,
United States Marshal.
Tixm and Gen. Houston.
It appears that Gen. Houston has lately
been on a visit to Austin, where the Texas
Legislature is in session, and that a resolution
to invite him within the bar of the House was
amended by also inserting the name of Com.
Moore, and theu adopted. Gen. Houston, it
will be remembered, has a deadly quarrel with
Moore, which he made the occasion of an ela
borate speech against that gentleman in the
United States Senate. The New Orleans
Picayune states that the legislature has further
condemned the coars ? of Geu. Houston in
relation to the slavery question, by unani
mously adopting resolutions endorsing the
principles contained in the Kansas-Nebraska
act of the last National Congress, denouncing
any attempt to repeal it and approving the
Compromise measures of 1850. The Picayune
adds:
Gen. Houston, whose action these resolu
tions decidedly reprove, undertook a defence
before a meeting of the American party, called
at Austin on the 23d. He made a slashing
speech, in which he assailed the present ad
ministration and the dominant party, at all
points, and defended his votes at length. But
the Legislature or at least the House of Repre
sentatives, were prompt to meet the issue which
Houston challenged, and on the 26th considered
bis case individually, and passed upon it in the
following resolution, which was adopted?
seventy-five ayes to three noes.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That the Legislature approves the
course of Thomas J. Husk in voting for the
Kansas-Nebraska act and disapproves the
course of Samuel Houston in voting against
it
Texas is judging by this vote, nearly unani
mous, for the Nebraska bill.
IIOKOR TO TI1B AHOSKEA6 VBTK.
RAMS.
On Monday, this corps, composed of sub
stantial men of New Hampshire, will arrive in
this city, and be received by our military com
panies ; and on Tuesday night they will be com
plimented by a ball at Carusi's Saloon, for
which extensive arrangements are in progress.
The following will show the route and their
arrangements:
Headquarters Amoseeag Veterans,
Manchester, Dec. 10,'1855.
The battalion will parade on Thursday, the
13th instant, at 9 o'clock, a. m., in front of
their armory, and will take up their line of
march for Washington ut 10J o clock, a. m.,
taking the cars precisely at 11 o'clock, a m.,
for New York via Nashua and Worcester.
The commanders of companies will see that
each of their soldiers is properly provided with
clothing for the expedition, and the ouarter
master will see that the baggage and muni
tions are properly disposed of for the march,
and also tnat proper means of transportation
are provided for the entire command. The
battalion will stop at Worcester for refreshment,
and will afterwards takejup their line of march
by the way of Springfield and New Haven,
quartering for the night at the " Mauhattan
Hotel, in New York.
On Friday, December 14th, the battalion
will take up its line of march at 9 o'clock, a. m.,
for the Jersey Citv ferry, where they will take
the cars for Philadelphia at 10 o'clock precise
ly. Arrived at Philadelphia, the battalion will
march to Independence Hall, on Chestnut
street, where they will be received; thence they
will repair to the Merchants' Hotel, on Fourth
street, for dinner, where they will also quarter
for the night.
On Saturday, December 15th, the battalion
will take up its line of march precisely at 7
o'clock, and uke the cars at the Baltimore
depot precisely at 8 o'clock for Baltimore.
Arrived at Baltimore, the battalion will be re
ceived by the Fifty third Regiment of Mary
land Volunteer Infantry, under command of
Lieut. Colonel Chas. C. Kdgerton, and will be
escorted to their quarters, at the Gilmore
House, on Monument Square. The battalion
will tarry in Baltimore over the Sabbath, at
tending service at Rev. Dr. Burt s church, in
Franklin street.
On Monday, December 17lh, the battalion
will resume its line of march for Washington
at 8 o'clock a. m., taking the cars precisely at
9 o'clock a. m. Arrived at Washington .the
battalion will be received by the Regiment of
Volunteers, nnder command of Col. W. Hickey,
and will be escorted to the Parade Ground, in
front of the President's House, where the
troops will be reviewed by the Commander-in
Chief, the President of the United States.
After the review, the battaliou will pay their
respects in person to the President at his resi
dence. They will then be escorted by Col.
Bicker's command to their quarters at the
United States Hotel.
On Tuesday, December 18th, the battalion
will proceed to "Mount Vernon," accompanied
by a committee of the officers of the Regiment
of Volunteers of the District of Columbia, re
turning in season to attend the Ball given by
Col. Hickey's command to the Amoskeag
Veterans in the evening of that day.
On Wednesday, December 19th, the batta
lion, accompanied by the same Committee, will
visit the Capitol and other points of interest in
the city.
On Thursday, December 20th, the battalioti
will uke up its line of msreh. in return, pre
cisely at 5$ o'clock, a. m-, taking the cars at
the Baltimore depot precisely at 6 o'clock, a.
m., stopping a? Baltimore for refreshments,
and quartering at the Mercants' Hotel, Phila
delphia for the night.
On Friday, December 21, the battalioti will
resume its march at 9 o clock, a. m., taking
the cars for New York precisely at 10, a. m.,
by the way of Camden and Trenton, arriving
in New York at 2 o'clock, a. m., and quarter
ing for the night at the u Manhattan Hotel."
On Saturday, December 22, the battalion
will resume it* march at 7? a. m,, taking the
cars of the New York and New Haven rail
road precisely at 8 o'clock, a. m., and arriving
at Manchester by the 7 J, p. m. train of cars on
the same day.
The officers are strictly enjoined to see that
the above order is carried out in detail with the
utmost promptness.
By order of Col. C. E. Pottbk.
8. G. Lakgmt, Adjutant.
The Jnry in the esse of Baker, indicted and
tried for the murder of Willism Poole, being nn?
able to agree, bsve, it i? stated on the authority of
a telegraphic despat.-h from New York, been dis
charged The Isat ballot atood for manslaughter,
.even , lor murder in the ?rat degree, two, and for ,
arouittsl three.
Conjrtss ional.
THIHTY-fOUHIM CONGMKM.
rjR8T 3KS810N.
In Senate?Thursday, December IS, IMA.
Mr. BUTLER presented the credential* of tbe
Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, ut Texan, elected a Seiia
tor from that Stale for six years, from and after
the 4th March, 1857; which were read and placed
on tile.
MKMOKIALS, AC.
Memorial* were presented and appropriately
referred. '
By Mr. COJLLAMER: From the heir* of the
officer* of the Massachusetts line of the army of
the Revolution, asking the half-pay due them un
der the resolution of the 21st of October. 17610,
deducting tbe commutation at one-eighth its nomi
nal value, the rate to which it became reduced at
the date of its issue. The memorialists set forth
that by the resolves of 1779-'80 it was provided
that the officers who continued in service to the
end of the war should be entitled to half-pay for
life, to commence from the date of tbe reduction
of the army ; that these resolves were dictated by
the urgent necessities of the memorialists to pre
vent au impending dissolution of the army, and
were recommended aud urged by Gen. Washing
ton as due to those meritorious men; that there
could net exist a doubt that the adoption of these
resolves by Congress averted the sad conse
quences that would have inevitably resulted from
the omission to make some such provision. It
was an expedient which originated in the benevo
lent -mind of the Father of his Country at a pe
riod of its greatest trial, who subsequently attest,
ed the happy consequences of so just and politic
a measure. It stimulated the desponding officers
by the knowledge of a future provision when the
toils of war were over, and cheered them onward
in the services of their country. The faith of that
country they were so devotedly serving was thus
solemnly pledged to the fulfilment of these re
solves, aud their officers became possessed of a
vested right in all the emoluments promised by
them. That the inability of the Government to
provide for the redemption of the commutation
certilicates which were issued under the resolve
of March, 1783, in lieu of the half-pay secured to
the officers, caused their depreciation in their
hands to one-eighth of their nominal value, at whicl)
rate they were generally disposed of; that the
commutation of half-pay lor life to five years' full
pay changed altogether the nature of the original
agreement and operated to the great detriment of
the officers, and was an infringement of their just
rights under the resolves. The memorialists do
not deem it necessary to enlarge, as the heroic
achievements of the officers and soldiers of the
Revolution are consecrated by history, only re
marking that the happy Constitution under which
more than twenty millions of freemen are now
reposing in liberty and independence is the result
of their toils and sufferings, and at this period of
the great wealth and prosperity of the country
they indulge the hope that the sacred obligations
imposed upon the country by the resolves will be
fulfilled.
The memorialists quote an extract of a letter
from General Washington, dated at Newburg,
June 18,1783:
" It is, therefore, more than a common debt of
honor; it can never be considered ax a pension
or gratuity, nor cancelled until it is fairly dis
charged."
Mr. BRODHEAD said he had been charged
with a memorial of a like nature from the heirs of
the officers of the Pennsylvania line. He would
not add any thing to what had been so well said
by the Senator from Vermont, (Mr. Collamcb,)
but would content himself with invoking the fa
vorable consideration of the Committee on Revo
lutionary Claims.
By Mr. FISH : From Lieut. John J. Glasson, a
lieutenant in the navy, complaining of the deci
sion of the Naval Board appointed under an act
of Congress of 28th February, 1855, and asking to
be restored to tbe active service list.
[Attached to this memorial are numerous com
plimentary letters from Captains in the naval ser
vice and from the present Secretary of the Navy.]
By Mr. FOOT: From Zadoc Thompson, askihg
compensation for bis services in preparing an his
torical article to (he census returns of Vermout at
the request of the Superintendent of the Census
Bureau.
Mr. F. stated that the memorialist had been ap
plied to by tbe Superintendent of the Censes to
prepare such an historical article in relation to
the State of Vermont as had been prepared for
the Slate of Maryland. In pursuance of this re
quest Mr. Thompson had furnished the article
in question, employing some two months of
his time ; but it had appeared that subsequently
Congress had determined theae historical articles
should not be appended to tbe census report. In
addressing a letter to Mr. DeBow, the gentleman
who superseded Mr. Kennedy, tbe memorialist
was informed that that officer bad no authority to
pay tbe claim, but at the same time admitting the
full equity of the claim.
Also, from citizens of Ferresburg, Vermont, in
favor of cheap ocean postage.
Also, from Stephen Tuthill, asking remunera
tion for losses sustained by his father, John
Tuthill, during the revolutionary war.
By Mr. PEARCE: From the special agent of
the State of Maryland, asking that tbe State may
be reimbursed for advances made to the United
States in 1792-'3.
Also, from Franck Taylor, asking the return of
duties on articles imported by him for the use of
the United States, which were exempt by act of
January, 1849.
By Mr. GEYER: From J. W. Thompson and
others, asking that the titles under a location of
certain New Madrid certificates may be confirmed
in part, with the privilege of entering ihe residue
at SI 25 per acre.
By Mr. HAMLIN: From certain light-house
keepers, asking an increase of salary.
By Mr. JONF.S, of Iowa: From Captain L
C. Hunt, asking remuneration for losses sustained
by the burning of the steamship "City of Pitts
burgh," on board of which he was a passenger
under an order to join his company in Cali
fornia.
Also, the proceedings of a meeting of citizena
held at Fort Dodge, Iowa, far tbe purpose of ex
pressing their opinion in regard to the Dubuque
and pacific railroad.
Also, seven others, relating to post route" and
private claims.
By Mr. CHITTENDEN: From Mrs. A. R
Linn, of the State of Miasouri. and widow of the
lale Dr. Linn, formerly of the Senate, asking the
commutation and interest due the representatives
of tbe late Colonel William Linn, of the Revolu
tion.
Memorials were also presented by Messrs.
SUMNER, FOSTER, IVERSON, and others, of
a private nature.
NOTICES OV BILLS.
By Mr WRIGHT: A bill for the Improvement
Of the hsrbor of Newark, New Jersey.
By Mr. JONES, of Iowa A bill to continue the
improvement of the Des Moines and the Rock
River Rapids, in the Upper Mississippi.
By Mr. SLIDELL: A bill making grant* of
land to the State of Louisisna to aid in tbe con
struction of certsin railroads in that State.
By Mr. STUART: A bill lor the improvement
of the harbor at Grand River, on Lake Michigan.
A bill for completing the harbor at Black Lake,
on Lake Michigan
A bill for improving the harbor at Kalamazoo
river, on Lake Michigan.
A bill for improving the harbor at South Black
River on Lalre Michigan.
A bill for completing the barbor at St. Joseph,
on Lake Michigan. *
A bill for completing the harbor at New Buffalo,
on Lake Michigan.
A bill for improving certain harbor* on Lake
8iiperior.
Mr. 8EWARI) desired, in purauance of notice
previously given, to introdace s bill for the rvlief
of Mrs. Catherine Van Rensselaer Cochran, only
living child and immediate representative of Gen.
Phillip Schuyler.
Mr. CASS thought no bills could be properly in- J
troduced until after the organisation of the other
House
Mr. SEWARD would await that event, and
introduce il at the earliest moment.
On motion by Mr. IVERSON,
Rstoivfd. That the Committee on ihe Post
Office and Poat Roads be instructed to inquire in
to tbe expediency of reporting a joint resolution
correcting the error alleged to exist in the bid of
the contraotora on route No. 6, 303.
CLKSKS TO COBMITTKBa.
Mr. JONES, of Iowa, submitted a resolution to
the effect that the committee authorized to employ
clerks at the last session be permitted to do so
at the present.
Mr ADAMS moved an amendment, in the
shape of a proviso, that no person should be ap
pointed who held any offioe under the Govern
ment.
Mr. STUART opposed the amendment as
calculated to effect no good, while evil might
grow out of its adoption.
Mr. PIERCE intimated that if the amendment
prevailed they would have to dispense with the
services of persons of great experience, and whose
cobucciiou wilh the Department ioiuviiium ren
dered their services uIujubI mdispeusable.
Mr. ADAMS never legislated with i view lo
any individual cane. He thought the law imp*
rative that no person should hold two offices at
the same time.
Mr. SEWARD opposed the amendment, on
the ground that it would cut them off from the em
ployment of persons connected wilh the public
offices, when in many cases the salaries were in
sufficient for the support of families, and who
employed their time out of office hours.
Mr. HUNTER alluded to the clerk of the Com
mittee on Finance as a case in poiul, whose ser
vices were invaluable to said committee, and who
could not very well be dispensed with. His rea
diness and experience were very great, as could
be attested by all the members ot the committee.
This gentleman did not receive two salaries, but
during the seasion a substitute waa appointed to
perform hia clerical duties at the Department. He
did not see how the committee could get on un
less the present practice continued; and if the
amendment succeeded he should feel it his duty
to move for the appointment of a clerk to the
Committee on Finance during Congress, at an
adequate salary.
Mr. BUTLER did not regard the situation of
clerk to a committee as an office, but merely em
ployment ; and saw no reason why they should
uot avail themselves of skill and experience. He
thought true economy was to pay the best price
and secure the best men.
After some remarks from Messrs. TOUCEY
and BAYARD and a brief rejoinder from Mr.
ADAMS, the question was taken ou the amend
ment, and it waa disagreed to, and the resolution
in its original shape was adopted.
The Senate adjourned.
, 1
House of Kepreueiitalivea.
The Clebk called the House lo order at 12
o'clock, and the Journal of yesterday was read.
The House immediately resumed the business
of voting for Speaker?Messrs: Benson, of Maine,
Dowell, of Alabama, Hickman, of Pennsylvania,
and Washbubnk, of Illinois, continuing to act as
tellers. The first ballolt to-day (the fifty-first in
all) resulted as follows:
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts 105
Richardson, of Illinois 75
Fuller of Pennsylvania 33
Scattering 11
Whole number of votes given 224
Necessary to a choice* 113
No candidate having received a majority of the
whole number of voles given,
Mr. MtfMULLEN gave notibe lhat unless an
[ election should be effected wilhin the next three
days he should submit a proposition to the House
by way of compromise.
Cries of " Name it," nnd laughter.
A fifty second ballot was then had, with the
following result:
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts 104
Richardson, of Illinois 75
Fuller, of Pennsylvania 32
Scattering 11
222
There having been no election, a fifty-third bal
lot became necessary, and, being taken, resulted
as follows:
Mr. Banks, ot Mim 104
Richardson, of Illinois 74
Fuller, of Fenn 34
Scattering 10
222
No result having yet been effected, a filty-fourth
ballot ensued, with the f. (lowing result:
Mr. Banks, of Mass '..104
Richardson, of III 74
Fuller, of Penn ? ? ? ? 35
Scattering 9
222
No choice having yet heeu had?
Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee, moved lhat the
House adjourn ; which motiou was disagreed lo?
ayes 49, noes not couuted.
A fifiy-fitth ballot was then had. and resulted as
follows:
Mr. Banks, of Ma?sachusetas 104
Richardson, of Illinois 73 -
Fuller, of Pennsylvania 38
Scattering 7
222
There having been no election?
On motion of Mr. MATTESON, at a quarter
to three o'clock, the House adjourned.
Seu ate?Friday, Dec. 14, 1B65.
PETITIONS, ETC.
Mr. SEWARD and Mr. SUMNER asked that
sundry petitions which they had heretofore pre
sented and which were laid on the table, be taken
therefrom and referred to the appropriate com
mittees; which was agreed to.
Mr. SUMNER prrsented the petition of Sarah
B. Hobbins. sole heir and lineal descendant of
Michael Jackson, of Massachusetts, an officer in
the revolutionnry army, praying to be allowed the
half-pay to which her ancestor was entitled; which
was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims.
Mr BRODHEAD presented the memorial of
the Board of Trustees of the Farmers' High
School of Pennsylvania, on the subject of meteo
rological observations ; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture.
On motion, the papers of Francis B. Stockton
and G. A. Magruder were withdrawn from the
files of the Senate, and referred te the Court of
Claims.
Mr. SL1DELL presented the petition of inhab
itants of the collection district of Teche, Louisi
ana, praying the removal of ih? custom house
from Franklin to Berwick city, in thai State;
which was referred to the Committee on Com
merce
Mr. S. also presented the petitions of Cezario
Wallace and R. D. Livingston, praying the confir
mation of their titles to certain tracts of land ;
which were referred to the Committee on Private
Land Claims.
Mr. S. also presented the petition of Peyton G.
King, late receiver of public monev at Monroe,
Louisiana, praying to be relieved from liability in
curred in consequance of the loss, by robbery, of
certain public money entrusted to his charge ;
which was referred lothe Committee on Claims.
Mr. FISH presented the memorial of William
M. Brooks and Elixa M. Priest, praying to be al
lowed the amount due their father, Colonel David
Brook*, as pay and commutation for his services
during the revolut ioniry war j which wait re(6r
red to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
HOT1CES or BILLS.
Mr. SEWARD gave notice of hia intention, at
some early day. to introduce a bill or bills for con
tinuing the improvement of the harbors of Dun
kirk, Oswego, Buflslo, Grest Lake*, nnd Little
Sodus Bav, In ihe State of New York; also, a bill
making an appropriation for a steam dredge on
Lake Ontario, and a bill for continuing the im
provement of the harbor at the mouth of Orchard
Creek, New York.
Mr. FESSENDEN gave notice of hia intention,
at an early day, to introduce a bill making appro
priationa for the continuation and repair of certain
public works in the State of Maine, heretofore
commenced under the authority of law.
Mr. STUART gave notice o^ hia intention, at
some early day, to introduce a bi'l making an ap
propriation for the completion of the harbor at
Monroe, Michigan; also, a bill for the improve
ment of the harbor at Cbuten river, in that Stat*.
After a brief Executive session, the Senate ad
journed until Monday next.
House of Nepreaentatve*.
The Houae, directly after the reading of the
jonrnnl resumed the voting for a Speaker, wilh
the following result:
fifty-sixth trial.
For Mr. Banka 106
Richardson 73
Fuller 40
Leiter 1
Harrison 1
Denver 1
Williams J
? Orr 1
Whole Ouraber of votes. 224
Necessary to a choice 113
FIFTY-SEVENTH trial.
Mr. Banka, of Masaachuaetts 106
Richardson, of Illinois 74
Fuller, of Pennsylvania 41
Leiter 1
Harrison 1
Kid well... '. 1
Williams 1
Orr 1
Whole number Of votes 226
Necessary to a choice. 114
fifty-biohth trial.
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts 106
Richardson, of Illinois 73
Fuller, of Pennsylvaaifcci.41
Letter 1
Hirriioa 1
Bowie 1
Orr 1
William* 1
Whole number of votes given 225
Necessary to a choice 113
Mr. A. K. MARSHALL moved that when ih?
House adjourn, it adjoura to meet oa Mouday
next. The question having been taken, it was
determined in the negative?yeas 36, nays 185.
yiFTr-NlNTH J'KIAl..
Mr. Banks, of Massachuaella 105
Richardson 74
Fuller 41
Leiler. 1
Harrison 1
Williams.., 1
Orr 1
Whole number of votea 224
Necesxary to a choice 113
Mr. ETHEREDGE, believing that nothing could
now be accomplished by voting, moved thai the
House adjourn j which motion prevailed?aye*
100, noes 02.
So the Houae adjourned.
Prom the Washington Union, of yesterday.
Magnificent Present to General Rmk.
We were yesterday favored with an opportu
nity of examining the splendid cane presented
to the Hon. T. J. Rusk, United Slates senator
from Texas, by his friends in California. It is
a most beautiful specimen of workmanship, re
flecting great credit upon the artificer as well
as upon the donors who bestowed a present
upon one so deserving of it. The cane is of
" Mansanetabeautifully feruled, and mounted
with the purest gold, carved in great taste;
the top is embellished with a large piece of
quartz, rich in the precious metal, and the in
side of the head is filled with several speci
mens of gold and quarts in separate sections
under a glass. Under the quartz top is the
following inscription:
" General T. J. Rusk, the friend of California,
from his California friends. San Francisco,
Oct. 18, 1855."
We have also been politely furnished with
the following correspondence between Hou. J.
B. Weller and Hon. T. J. Rusk :
Washington City, Dec. 10, 1855.
Deak General: Some of your personal
friends in California have placed in my hands
a Mansaneta cane, (the head of which exhibits
various specimens of the gold of that State,)
which they desire me to present to you as a
testimony of their high regard for you as a
senator and a citizen.
In complying with their request you ?ill al
low me to say that in no part of the Union can
you find warmer or more devoted friends than
in California. Your able and unremitting
efforts to connect the waters of the Atlantic
with the Pacific by means of a railroad through
our own territory, your cordial support of *11
measures calculated to advance the interests
aud promote the prosperity of that distant re
gion, have given you a strong hold upon
their affections*, and fully justify them in calling
you " the friend of California." They regard
you as a constitutional democrat?the faithful
representative of your own State?the just and
generous friend of every section of the Union,
never asking for the South what you are un
willing to yield to the North.
I trust many, very many, years will elapse
before a present of this character will be ne
cessary to sustain the tottering step which age
aud bodily infirmaties often impose upon us,
yet in the meanwhile it will serve to remind
you of friends who feel a deep solicitude in
your welfare.
Permit me, General, to subscribe myself
your friend, JNO. B. WELLER.
Hon. Thos. J. Rusk. U. S. Senate.
Washington, Dec. 11, 1855.
My Dear sir : I have received yours of the
10th instant, together with the beautiful cane
sent through your hands by " some of my per
sonal friends in California." For this present,
and the kind terms in which it has been ten
dered, you will please present to those friends,
and accept yourself, my warmest thanks. I
shall preserve the cane, and I trust that,
through life, be it long or short, it will always
remind me how much I owe to friends to the
constitution, and still stronger impress upon
me the obligations I am under to do justice to
all sections, and especially the Pacific coast.
You have been pleased to refer to my feeble
efforts in favor of the eoustrucliou of a rail
way over our own territory Co connect the At
lantic with the Pacific. In this matter, so
deeply iEteresting to the whole country, and
your State in particular, I feel justified in call
ing upon you, as I now do, to take the lead.
I scarcely need to assure you that 1 will zeal
ously follow and contribute all in my p<>wer to
its accomplishment.
Very truly, your friend,
THO. J. RUSK.
Hou. John B. Weller.
"La Belle Doraieuae."
The special Paris correspondent of the New
York Times tells the following curious story:
A young and frail Scotch girl, scarcely more
than a child, aud beautiful as any of waiter
Scott's heroines, has lately attracted the public
attention in Paris by sleeping wherever she
goes. Her name is Krina Walton, and her
mother has brought her to Paris to try by
travel to cure ber of Iter singular malady. At
the opera she no snooner takes her seat in a
box than she falls to sleep, and thus remains
- until she is awakened, and it is whilst in this
position that she has gained the title of "La
Belle Dormeuse." While she sleeps she is
said to enjoy dreams so lovely and so attractive
that the awakening into the common place
surroundings of this world displeases her, and
she hastens back again into aream-land. At
home, in a carriage, at the theatre, wherever
she is left alone for a moment, she settles into
a calm and sweet sleep; and with a lovely and
child-like face, and dreams such as she enjoy,
one can readily imagine that her face in sleep
is the centre of attraction for all eyes, and that
she well merits the title of "The Beautiful
Sleeper." The symptoms of this case betray
one of the curious forms of hysterics, and, no
doubt, after time has cured her of the abomin
able condition in which she now finds herself,
she will look back upon that period with as
much fear as she now does with delight.
Aside from the diseased condition of this
child's nervous system, it woald be curious to
know how much there is of materiality, how
much of immateriality In this Swedenborgian
like communion with the land of dreams.
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The Voyage* and Adventures of Sir Amgas
Leigh, Knight ol Hurrough, in the rounty of De
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A Treatise on Punctuation, designed for letter
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' Hewitt's^ Boy's Advmtures in the Wilds of Aus
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An Essay on the Tides: Theory ef the Two
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Patent Office and Patent Lews, O' a guide to
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yer*, msgistratea, and others, with Appendices,
by J. O. Moore, price SI 25.
The Altar at Home, Prayers for the Family and
the Closet, by Clergymen in and near Boston,
second edition.
Just published, and for sale at
TAYLOR St MAURY'8 Bookstore,
?? KA RBW AHD.?Lunton Saturday ?*??
tJ^Ovr ing, between 5th street and the Theatre,
or at the latter place, a small memorandum book,
containing $140 in $5'a and $10 a of the Patriotic
Bank chiefly,one Corporation $5, inclusive. There
were also some loose papers in the book ol no
Cssible use to any but the owner. If the same
s fallen into houest hands, I will give Filly Dol
Isrs reward lor the return thereof; if in the hauds
of a thief, it is hoped be will return the book and
papers. W. HOWE,
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Dec 11?3t
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IN
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AND
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, Fire and Marine, and Life Insurance Compani
of Philadelphia, fof. Ae ports and towns ol Alex
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Oct 20?ly
J1 OHN H. BUTHMANN, Importer and
Dealer in Wine, Brandy, Cigars, 5cc., Penn
I sylvania avenue, s<*ulh side, between 44 and 6th
?treeta, has reeeived a part of hia fall supplies :
Madeira, Sherry, Port, of various grades aud
prices. . ...
Coguac Brandy, pale and dark, Irom a very high
order to a fair article.
Scotch Whisky, Sehiendam Gin, of superior
quality.
Jamaica Rum, Monongahela Whisky, extra
finCaracoa, red and white, (Anisette of Dussel
| dorf on the Rhine,) Maraschino.
London Brown Stout.
Edinburgh Scotch Ale.
Champagne of Mumm'i and Moet's it Chan*
don's Imperial, Heidsieck 6c Co., Mumm's, and
Moet & Chandon'a Verzenay and de Rougemenl.
Also sparkling St. Peray,j>ink and white.
With an assortment of Havana Cigars.
Regalia El Ca?, Regalia la Villanueva.
Es la Chay, Veneaulauo.
Villanueva, Londrea, Humoa, &o.
AUo, a large assortment of Rhine Wine, (some
sparkling) and French Wine, red and white, from
the highest price to a fine Bordeaux table Wine.
Dec 6 ?.
BMBfiRh OF CONGRESS and Vlal
tom to Wnxhiiigton are respectfully informed
that at TAYLOR Js MAURYS Book and Sta
tionery Store, near Ninth street, they will meet
all their requireinenta. Their extensive stock, in
addition to the following important works, com
prises every department of Literature, Science,
and Art.
New books received immediately on publica
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Weekly importations from England.
Calhoun's Works, 6 vol*.
Jrfleraon'it Works, 9 vols.
Webster'!? Works, 6 vol*., autograph edition.
Everett'a Orations and Speeches, 2 vols.
Clay's Private Correspondence, 1 vol.
S. S. Prentiss's Memoirs, 2 vols.
Bancroft's History of the United States,? vols.
Statesman's Manual, 4 vols.
Hickey'a Constitution, 1 vol.
Jeflerson's Manual, 1 vol.
The ConsMtution of the United State*. 1 vol.
Elliot's Debates and Madison Papers, 5 vols.
Marsh's Orators and Statesmen, 1 vol
Story's Works, 3 vols.
Lives of Chief Justices of the United Slates,
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Lieber's Civil Liberty aud Self Government,
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Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry, 1 vol.
Kennedy's Life of Wirt. 2 vola.
Garland's Lil'e of John Randolph, 1 vol.
Party Leader's, by liHldwio. 1 vol.
De Tocqueville's Democracy in America, 1
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The Fedei alist, I vol
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Carey'a Paat, Present, and Future, 1 vol.
Seaman's Progress of Nations, 1 vol.
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Future Wealth of America, 1 vol. ,
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Visiting Cards engraved and printed with the
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GAUTIKit's*?Just received a large as
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bu.jf 111 ? ??;'>! nd larre jar*.
it c gautier.
rospectus of i>e bows rb
VIEW, volumea XIV. and XV., adapted pri
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11HIH CEMETERY la laid out on the plan
of the celebrated Greenwood of New York,
and situated on the high ground, distant one and
a quarter miles north of the Capitol, North Capi
tol street, leading directly to the Gateway. This
company have received a charter from Con
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purposes, making a fee title to the purchaser, and
prohibiting all encroachmenta from legislation or
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the ground.
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interesting snecdotes and remarkable con
versations of the Emperor during the ive and a
ball'yeara of hi* captivity. collected from the me
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Cesar's Commentaries; literally translated notes,
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avenue. t*?? ?
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK
Pianos and Melodeena for Cash.
HORACE WA1ER8, the great Music snd
Piano Forte dealer, 333 Broadway, New
York, prefering to ah%re a large per cent, with hia
customers, rather thsn pay it to the shsrpers ol
Wall street, to raise available means to enable him
to stem the present tight times,offers his immense
assortment ot elegant and warranted Pianoa and
Melodeotia at a large discount from factory pricea,
for caeh. His assortment comprises Piano* Ironi
three of the largest and moat celebrated Boston
msnutsctorie*; alio those of aeversl of the best
New York makers, including the beautiful and
much admired Horace Waters Piano* from his
own factory, and Melodeona of the best Boatop.
New Haven, New York, and Buffalo makes ; at
fording an opportunity for aelectioaa not to be hail
elsewhere. Each inatrument warranted. Second*
hand Pianoa at great bargains?prices from $60 to
to $160. Music and musical instruments of sll
kinds. Dealers, leachera, and heada of school*
? upplied on the beet term*. Mn*ic *ent by mail,
pom paid. General and aelect catalogue* of mu
*ic and achedule of factory pricea of Piano*, Melo
deon* and muaical inatrument* forwarded to any
addreas, free af postage.
Sept 21?d3m