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l ' "I J i.t . I .... - I - - jc (Oregon CVrgus, OREGON CITY I SATl'CrtAV, MAV 8, 1850. fr We lm'o yielded up nearly all of our editorial h;)c to interesting Slate no w and Cmiynwiutml iioccdiig. Arrival of Ik ,.TUa Columbia, lUi'i. Dali, reached X'uriLuiJ l:it Sunday eieniug. Through Ilia puliimc of Wills I'rf.'0 ",,J J. W. Sullivan we received excellent file of iho laUt papers. . I ron Ihe Hnutk. Noihingnew fioin the South lhi week. On. Lain crick's force It-ft fur tho M' all ows on Royuo River on die 13th April. Hince llmt tl' report of rannon livo been heard in tlml direction, by those lit I-''. In land. It la ihoiuvht llmt bsttlo hu been fought. We hull not brog any on it till wo hear further, a to tlie result. from Ue Vnb. Gov. Curry has Ordered the dibaliding of tlio northern regiment. Two new coin, panies are lo bo furmcd out of tlio old regi ment, lo remain for 00 dirt in tlio WuIIh AVullu country. OT The r-porl liai b"cn tehgrnphed to this city, tliut tbreo buielrvd horse were stolen from tlio IMIos a few days ago by tlio Indians. ' OntioAiloNf). Wc ti ceived this week nrk of flour from ilm mill of I.f.B it Tuckkii at Milwnukie. We consider it a lilllu in ndvuneo of any specimen of flour we Irivo seen in Oregon yet. If any mill fn Oregon can bent it, we will llinnk them to shell out. OCT Tlio Sluhnnan, w hich originated the plan for removing all men from office in tlio niiliiia department subject to the (ioveruor'ii control, who voted against l.ano is now blubbering bccau.no tlio subordinates in Hi o Surgical department sou ill have ull rciucd, in consequence of not being will lug to f-rvo under Rurkwcll whom they consider incompetent to fill even a subor dinate nflico. The cliquo by linn appoint ment have driven every decent man from iho nu'tlicul department, and now the "Or gan" It slobbering becauso "these Know Aothingv won't nerve." I hey liave no parly tool capable of filling llieso offices and iince they have found it out, they are representing the merciless ''Know Noth ing" who liuvo resigned as a desperate set of hard hearted men. - 1,1 ' Ni-w AilYrrlisrmrnU. , Mr. Bacon ti'f vi-ri iscfs a publio louso in this city. From hi reputation for urbanity mid politeness, and from tlio fact of hi ad vertising, w u bespeak for him a good pa tronage. II U house i conducted on lent poruiico principles. Mr. Wiiiti.ock adver tises a tuck factory. l!o sure lo go there to buy your sacks. Senator Douglas has reported a bill per mitting Kansas to organize a Stale govern ment whenever It shall appear that alio ha n population of niuoly.ihree thousand four hundred and twenty inhabitant)), (tlmt bo. ing tlio number required by the present ra tio of representation for a member of Con gross.) The passage of this bill will be looked upon as a notice to tlio pcoplo of Kansas that the present existing free Stale organization Is nut recognized by tho U. S. tienutfl.1 Kansas has at present soma twen ty odd thousand inhabitants. If tho Sen nto passes this bill, Kansas will ba kepi nut of the Union till her population Is aug inenlod by sumo seventy thousand people. Tho jmssago of such an net will crento tin inciting siimlihtu between thu North nnd South, to see which shall furiibh tho largest Huota of settlers. Vrnnclro Mirkcl. Oregon Flour has slightly declined sineo our last quotations all hough tho market was not us dull ut the time the steaimr lull, s it had been a fi w Jays pluvious. Oro 0 Hour is quoted nt fioiu itlO to (11 por bbl. , liiiiler le. Dried Apples 10c. G4r Mr. Tinker, of the firm of Lee A Tucker was the tlmr inspector of San Fran cisco, iustoad of I.ee, as we published lust week. .', , ' OCT Tho "ol Ut settler" so far hack that "the memory of man runneth not," is not oblo to call to mind eactly such a week of storm and hail lut wolmvejuatLJ, 03" Correspondents attended to next week. 'Tho Dewrat sugijesis that tho editor of tlio NeW Albany 7Viw b used as ' manure. V,. iliink the editor of the lK m orriit liimst If would mower that purpo0 bellor. 1 luvin passed successively thruuh tho boivel.sof tliive or lour pvdiiical parlies and as niiny religious denominations, he must bo the intense essence of guaiifi." Loi)fiUt Jvuruul, Your Kentucky loo'foeos ar mors imle. cent llisu Oreson ones, fur while the Dtmo- rmt Jeiioiliinatett the refractory members m "manure,M the Ulattiukiit use the mild er appell ttion of ujh:arinrtum pvlillcal '"Joseidi Ait.tms. lilt i.f ' Yt., ws ettaeke'l by si sleer and thrown lo tLeRnuiwl in which powiion ho thrust hi. finjf r imo 'lie b ast'e ojstrils, aud wills Lis . jack luiil'x cut i s throat." fx. We re gl.id U I trU ll.tt ' l'ncle J" j, still ''lc lu manage liiu ' i.ir,riu." Tlu r.ttclU U Jlssv Bsssfsfclrs, The election returneof this Bute were neaily ail in. The result is m follows: Jletcalf, Am. Rep.31,033; Wells, Pierce Dem., 81,053; Goodwin, Whig, 2,401 Scstterlnp, 141. The Mil-Administration men have majority in loth branches of tho Legisla ture. It is said that the Administration spenl thousands of dollars In oiling the wheels, and decorating the cir of Douglas demo crney besides sending Orr of 8. Carolina, and Jo Lane of Oregon, on mission of mercy to try to bring back the President's native slato lo the fold of DouglasUm Lut ii wo no go. The N. Y. Trilunr, in paking of the election, soys: "The Pierce pari is beaten Ly 2500 majority nftorall iheirwasle of effort in the shape of hard cash, fsir promises, bad rum, and S. Carolina eloquence." We understand perfectly well what the Tribune moans by an "effort in the shiij e of South Carolina eloquence." Orr recieve the whole brunt of the How, but we are at a lov to know what lie mean by an "ef fort iu tbo shape of bad rum," unlets Le im. it nt Jo Lane. The Tribuni is cer tainly "getting a'ong" when it speaks of him "wlio passes laws and represents our great Territory, as being in the "ihttpc" of a keg of liquor, and "bad rum at tiiai. Wa ihink the Tribune could have meant nothing more thun appearance, instead of "shape." Uuw la lis Btsullful. Tlx fiilluiriiig pasmjrs Is from on of FrofcaMir t'lmm' h-lirnilo Ilia Congievitioiialnt. lie i iwukiug of Hie euplaio of the alvaincr io nhu.ll lit ailril liuni Stvt York I "As wa wore shout lo start, I saw him move lo ail elavulcd posiuun alxiva III wheal, and it wn iiilurrsting lo sae how quickly and complclely Ilia inwunl lliujht or purpoaa alien the outward man. Ila eaal hi eye over the mullituds oomiug on board I lie ship, among whom waa Ilia American Ambas sador to Knelnml, who may be said lo emlxdy iu hi official capacity t nalisn's righu and honors. He saw th husbsnds and wiv. the molhars and children, entrusted lo Ilia care, and his slender tarni, as he gave the order lor our departure, warned at once Iu grow areel and linn ; Hie muscle of hi face swelled ; his dark eye glowed with a new fire ; and hi whole person espandsd and beaulilied itself by the power of inward eiiiution. We saw all these emotions, and more too, depicted on the face of dipt. Jamison the other day, ns with a box of butter un der ono arm, we stepped aboard the II no sier nl Lafayette, just in time to henr the orders given, "Jfeave off the line ! Stand by tht jxjle ! ! Hang to thu w'dlmet I ! ! " which orders were immediately obeyed by us and tho fireman, (tho only living souls on board except the captain.) He used the pole iu getting her nose out into the current, whilst the li reman ran aft and held the slcrn steady by means of a willow bu-.li, till sho drifted round, nnd was soon plowing the wolors of tho Yamhill. XiT We see that some of the PtEHCE papers iu the States nro in a terrible flutter because tho Washington Union, or some oiher "organ," thinks the Fij-lmokb ticket will ta made out thus : For President, Mii.usn riLLHORC Vnr V H.I' ANDREW JACKS0NDm. This ''trick," lliey sny, xvill be the means of cheating the ''doniocrncy" out of some seventy-fivo thousand voters, who tliiul; lliey are still volmg for "Sltincral Shaxon." What a compliment to tho intelligence of their party I From the Sandwich Islands T'a hookohora e ko Kinainn o Onhti, J. Kaona. i Lunaknnawai no ka Annna o Iunin mn knhi o J. Kaackai, kn men i make iho nci. Honolulu (6'. .) Polynesian. " his important announcement is strictly confidential, and while we give our subscri bers tho benefit of it, wo hope they won't sny anything about it to thoso who don't tuko the pnjier. Convention. Tho ollicinl returns ere not all in, Lut enough havo come in to decide Iho matter against those who favored a Stalo organiza tion. The Statesman enya tho following are ollicinl returns, but we are disposed to doubt the correctness of tho figures : Counties For. Ahainst. 210 231 Jackson, I'miniua, o:i 114 10 Coos, 03 Curry, Douglas, Lane, 495 Linn, 703 333 273 23J 309 4'Ji 300 303 319 68 61 Heivon. 2SA Polk. 3(111 Tillamook. Yamhill, S2 Marion, r.nM Clackamas. . 204 Multnomah, - 150 Washington, ion Columbia, IS I'lntsop, 42 asco. Josephine, (held no election 1st kee-imcntof Yolnntcors. 27 166 330 4 4234 3083 .209 2d " ' 296 Companies in W. T. 27 Tot si, 8035 Ii.umoii Ss.natokial Cask disposed or. 1 In Senate ha confirmed Lyman Trum bull, or llliuois, in bis m for six years from March 4th last, by the following ote, aye 33, nays 8. Mlcaratwa. Cen. WiLlca had declared war against Costa Kica. The advance guard of his army Lad met with a repulse. The Gner aJ himself was about taking the CilJ in per too. siur.HioML rotir.Mitt SESATK. . . WAsniKOToM, March IS, 1830. Mr. Seward, of X. Y, presented rolu iionaoflheLgiItureof New York, In favor ofa modification of the laws granting pensions and bounty lands to Pvolutionary soldier. Mr. JJ!glcr's resolution for the purchase of copies of Vr. Kane'n narrative of the Arctic epdilion was discusacd, Lut no ac tion taken, Mr. Hunter presented resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, In favor of a law giv ing retirtd and diVrotcd navul officers op portunity to vindicate their larnUhcd honor, Mr. Urown concluded his sjieech com. munccd on Tuesday, in vindication of the conduct of the administration relative to the Clayton Bulwer treaty and tho enliat mcnt question, beuiing severely on the waul of faith of the Briti.h governnionl, Mr. Multory areed with tho view, ex pressed by Mr. Brown. Ho did not bo lievo there would be war. There ought to be none; but, if war should ariso, there would be no limit to our resources. He referred to the action of Spain in 1818, when tho English Minister was ordursd to quit the capital within forty .eight hours, or sooner if possible. Ho could see no un propriety in pursuing a similar course here with regard lo Mr. Crauptn. The Senate passed the bill to amend tho act est a1'.!' long iho Court of Claims j also, the lillS'io authorize two Judge to bold court as a quorum, and providing for tbo appointment of au Assistant Solicitor and a clcik fur thu Solicitor. Adjourned. March 14, 1950. Fetilions were presented from merchant and importer of Boston, New York nnd 1'biladf Inliis, a-iking for a revision of the tariff. A rVMGE.tr DKBATI. Mr. Johnson, (dem.) of Ark., reported in favor of printing thirty-one thousand copioe of the majority and minority report of the Territorial Committee on Kansas afiairs being five hundred copies for each member Mr. Trumbull, of 111., opposed the motion; ho thought the minority report presented tho slavery question in a masterly man ner, its portions being unanswerable ; but it was not written as a reply lo tho details of the majority report, and he was nnwill- Inz to send out, w ith tho endorsement of tho Senute a document containing so many unwarrantable assumptions, erroneous de ductions and inconsistencies. Mr. Wade, of Ohio, nked Mr. Trumbull to yield the floor for adjournment. Mr. Douglas, (dem.) of III. I hope not; tho courtesies of Iho Senate have been taken advnntsgoof, on account of my known ab sence, to make an assault on me. Mr. Trumbull No, sir ; I knew not whether you wore present or absent when I was commenting on the report. I did not introduce the subject, nor did I know it would come up to-day. Mr. Douglas My oollcague dares to say iu the face of the fact, that ho did not know I was absent, lie acted with unfair. nessin attacking the report when I was do lainod fr in tho Scnnte by ill health. I would ask him, within what reasonable time his spoech will bo printed ? Mr. Trumbull I think it will bo pub lished by Monday. Mr. Douglas If I can ask n postpone ment of tho queBliou till Monday, I will ro- ply to Mr. Trumbull's speech on Tuesday. Mr. Soward Take your own timo. . Mr. Douglas (quickly) I understand that game, "take your own timo." Tho Senator from Massachusetts took his own timo to writo and circulnto a libel on mo when iho Nebraska bill was reported. 1 understood my colleague to say ho camo hero as ademoorat. That will be news to the democracy of Illinois, and is a libel on tho democracy of that Stalo. Mr. Crittenden, (K. N.) of Kentucky, interposed, saying the debate had transcen ded tho rules cf decorum. Tho Senator had charged a libel on Mr. Trumbull. (.Sensation.) Mr. Douglas I should have been better satisfied if the Senator from Kentucky had, when black republicans denounced us in coarse terms, rebuked them for want of courtesy. Mr. Crittenden To w hat do you alludo? Mr, Douglas When they mado coarse and vulgar partisan assaults on the demo cratic side of the Senate. Crittenden It was no more my busi ness than that of others to call Senators to order for personalities. This is not the placo for vituperation. Such matters should be settled elsewhere. Mr. Douglas I do not regard the Sena- lor as good authority in Illinois politics I was speakiag of event of which I am better capable of judging than he. After further colloquy, the Chair deci ded that Mr. Douglas' remark was not per sonal. Mr. Douglas So far as I am advised. and as I believe, my colleague was the can didate of a miserable sect of abolitionists and Know Nothings, whioh are one and the same thing. Mr. Crittenden I wish the Senator to understand that I oo-operate with the Amer ican party, and, standing herei as gentle man nd Sonaior, and claiming nil the aspect due to my bonev.y ns , fretm( t repel with scorn every imputation of that kind, as intended to embrace, me and my political associates. Mr. Douglas erlainJI 7"k(ofwLal .1 .'. 1 ings from all parn of Slate I Mr. Trumbull I tell him no, to his teeth. I never was a candidate of the abo lition or Know Nothing party. I have been voted for by mem bcrs of the A me r ica n party , and it was so with tho gentleman ; but that I wiu) their candidate is not true. Tho colloquy was continued further, when Mr. Sumner replied to the remarks of Mr. Douglas, that he (Sumner) had ob tained n week's delay of tho Nebraska bill Iu order to circulate a libel on him (Doug Ins). Mr. Sumner said that it was untrue thai ha had united with other members of the Senate in sending an address to tho people ottho United States, expressing tho truo character of tho bill, and predicting many of the evils which have since ensued. Mr. Douglas said that both Messrs. Chase and Sumner, on iho occasion referred lo, came tc his seat and ashed him to postpone the Nebraska bill ono week, in order to give them time to examine it. I lo did so but tho day after ho discovered they had written an exposition of that measure, and scattered it broadcast. It was tho lulsc statement that they had not had timo to examine ihe bill of which ho (Douglas) complained. That address attributed to him a base purposo, self-aggrandisement, nnd not a proper sense of public duty. Tho Senator from Massachusetts did not con sider that libelous oh, no. This might accord with his ideas of a gentleman and a Senator. Mr. Sumner I shall enter into uo con test hero or elsewhere as to the character of a gentleman. This Seiinto shall decide whether tho Senator from Illinois is the proper judge of tho matter. It is nol true that I went to the Senator's seat to make the request to which ho alludes. Mr. Douglas repeated that Mr. Sumner, while pretending he wanted timo to rend tho Nebraska bill, had previously franked a grossly libellous pamphlet on that sub ject. Mr. Sumner said the address was pre dicted on the first bill and not on the last. Mr. Douglas remarked that the reasons assigned by Mr. Sumner for the postpone ment of the Nebraska bill, were not true in fact. Mr. Johnson's motion was then adopted, and the Senate adjourned lo Monday,' Wasaixgton, MaroS n jSj8 A STATE GOVERSNE.N-. FOR. KANSAS. Mr. Douglas, (dcr,.) cf , ( wm Committee on Territories, reported a bill authorizing the people of Kansas to form a constitut-on ad State government prepar atory to her admission into the Union, when 0 s'.u,l have a requisite population. "K CLAYTOX-BFLWRR TREATY A TVIT FOR TUB ADMINISTRATION THE ACCESSORY TRANSIT COMPANY GEN. WALKER. Mr. Clayton, (K, N.) of Del., spoke in relation to the construction of the Clay ion Dulwer treaty and Central American af. fairs generally. He was gratified at the extraordinary degree of nnanmity shown during tho discussion in the Senate with regard to tho construction of that treatv. All gentlemen 1J srced in renal;:;!,'.' Know Nothinguw i in Illinois, nun n might be otherwue in the South, Every Know Nothing lodge In Illlnoli ha. adopt ed an abolition creed ; and that U lb mis erable fiction which sent my celhaguo li ro. The Senator from Kontucky mUunderstood me, els he would not linvo conceived my remark as personal to him. Mr. CrilndenTho gentleman did wot make the qualification ho now doc. Mr. louglas livery gentleman mint have understood me as making a distinction. I said nothing about Southern Know Noth ing. Mr. Trumbull-I shall not permit such remark a tho from my colleague to pass unanswered. I shall ulF..r no man here or fUowhcro to state of mo thln which nro absolutely and totally unfounded. If he mean to say I am, or ever have boen, a Know Nothing, or connected withnnyso ere! political organization, tho charge is Lastlj I will not violate iho rules of the Senate, but sny, untrue. I Jo proceeded to speak of tho politic of Illinois, saying she was and had always been a democratic State. In the Kighlli Congressional district, which gave Fierce nearly 8,000 majority, Lo (Trumbull) was elected a member of iho I louso by more than 2,600 mnjority. Ho ran a the anti-Nebraska candidate, Mow did his colleague know ho received every Know Nothing and Abolition vole I Ho (Trumbull) did not know it. Mr. Douglas My colleague said ihe rea son why ho did not accept at Sal, in my proposition to reign our seats lasl year lo test, by ro elcc'.ion, whether he or I repre sented Illinois, was, thai Gov. Muttison would appoint mc and another democrat to fill the vacancies. I tell him I w ill sign a resignation now to tko e fleet at the next meeting of tho Legislature. Mr. Brown, (Jem ) of Miss. Tbnl' right. Mr. Douglas I'll give him till Monday morning to think of it. Mr. Wcllor, (dem.) of Cul. That's bel ter. Mr. Douglas. I said my colleague re ceived every abolition and Know Nothing voto in the Legislature. He dure nol deny that statement. Why cquivocato ? After some further remarks, Mr. Douglas said that his colleague had become a chief of the black republicans. Mr. Trumbull I nsk my collenguo to explain. Mr. DoOglas Was not iho gentleman voted fur by nholitionitts nnd Know Noth ulteilv unworthy their regard, tho new .,ki,u..inii civ. n by tho Ilriti.h govern. j ment-namely, that it was only lw ' prospective operation, thus leaving Cr.al I Briliiu iu undi.tuibed po.es.iou of tlml I country and all iho right luwl prior lo j HA0, whilo it debarred ll.o United S'ntes ' fioin any right potion whatever. Such a construction wa on iifie'lhouglil ami an ' attempt to evade treaty stipulation. Mr ' Chiylou alluded to ihe preal importance f ! .... ;..tr oceanic canal. II" liadlnokedal ihe reports of explorations for the Pacific Knilroad, nnd whilo ho was sorry to di'l1' ' an illusion so pleasant ho believed no rail- ! road to the Piicifio will bo built fr ninny year to emir-. If audi a read should It made it would not give tho facilitin which we desire, and w hich we should obtain by a passage through the Isthmus. L'ulew thi country be blessed moro than any oilier, wo hall, before ihi road could bo built, be in volved iu a war with somo of ihe greatest Power of tho enrth. Ilo approved the whole conduct of tho administration rein live to the difficullic with England, nnd highly eulogized tho Stale papers of Messrs. M,ircy and Hucluinan. Uo was also grati fied nt ihe energy with which tho adminis tration had put down filibustering schemes; and ho donouno -d Ceil, Walker as a ruffian, buccaneer nnd pirate. Mr. Clayton was uo partisan of tho President, but when our foreign relations nro conducted with signal ability Im whs willing to give Iho ndiiiiui 1 I. 1 ttaiioti uuccrcuii. Mr. Clayton having alluded to General Walker' seizure of iho vessels of iho Trim sil Company. Mr. Seward, of X. Y., inquired whether thai company had not connived nt Wal kers' proceedings in Central America. .Vr. Clayton said ho had seen such a statement, bill did not know whether it was truo or not. If it was true, though, oven handed Justice was likely to restoro the poisoned chalice to iheii own lips. Jr. Wcllor, (dem.) of Cal., gave notice that he should have something to say, for ho d'.fl'ered very widely from tho Senator from Del., relative to tho character of Jr. Walker. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS. The Senate considered and pasted bills for tho improvement of the St. Clair and St. Jiry rivers, iu Jichignn ; for tho rcmov. id of obstructions at tho mouth of the jVih sbsippi, and for the improvement of the harbor of Sail Diego, California. Adjourn ed. 1 JViirch 13, 1830. INCRKASK OF TH E PAY OF C0.NORESSMKN. Mr. Iversoli, (dem.) of Ga , gnvo notice of his intention lo introduce a bill lo in creaso tho comptnsaiion of member of Congress, und to fix tho time for the an nual meeting. API ItAISMENTOF IMPOIiTS. Mr. llainlin, (dem.) of Mi'., introduced a bill to regulate the appraisement of import ed merchandise. TUB NAVAL RETIRING BOARD SPEECH OF GEN. HOUSTON. Afr. Houston, (K. N.) of Texas, present ed n memorial signed by members of the Legislature of iluryland, endorsing the res olutions of tho Virginia Legisl a Hi ro con demnatory of tho action of ihe Naval Hoard. Mr. Houston rejoiced that the Old Domin ion hud spoken on this subject, as her po sition in tho confederacy gave great weight to her utterance After alluding to the unjust iiiniiiierin which Lieut. Maury hud been treated by the Hoard, ha said it was not because of inefficiency thai officers, had been stricken down ; it was a system of espionage, nnd, ns said by a victim of the Hoard, black conspiracy crushing gnllunt men nnd giving positson and promotion to ihosa who, grasping the sceptro, wiulded il with despotic sway. Mir. Houston's re marks nbounded in personalities, The character of Captains Stribling and Du ponl were freely commented on, as were also thoie of other members of the Retir ing Hoard. Mr. Clayton, (K. N.) of Del., inquired on what authority the statements regarding Captain Dupont were made. Mr. Houston replied he had not read tho entire document lo tho Senate, but had obtained his information from it. : Mr. Clayton You know nothing about it. Mr. Houston alluded to the observation of Mr. Mu lory, tlmt there are causes of hardship, nnd said that some of the "hard est cases" remained in the nary. (Lau"h tcr.) I assail no man's cha.Vftctel. . j 0ny read from documents. ; .lot.'t say they nre not gentlemen, V.;i may have my private opinion. (P.cnewed lUgiltor.) -r. Tiayard, (dem.) of Del., in reply to ""Oilier remark mado by Mr. Houston, said if the latter could sustain his asser tious by the documents adduced he possess ed a power of perversion even greater than he had exhibited in the Senate to day. Afr. Houston, resuming, charged the Naval Doard with cutting o.T heads by hecatombs, and said thai instead of the navy being improved tho country has now but one proactive arm-the volunteer force, of tho nation ; and he (Mr. Houston) w as for wiping out tho wrong by repealing the act under which the Board acted, , parti. ality and selfishness were the only thinm. for which the Board could bo commenced. Ho spoke more than three bonis. The galleries were densely filled. Mr. Butler, (dem.) of S-C, vindicated Comi .odoreShubrLk.of the Naval Retir ing Board, eulogizing the brilliant achieve, ments of that nTio.p t. , - mic wine coist - auJcLtwhere, Mr. Bayard spoke chiefly in' defence of Cupluiu Dupont, mid said that on somo future ocrnwioii ho would express his views nt length of tho Navel Hoard. In hlsopin. ion tho altac k of the Senator pon Captain Jiiint was wtiulon iu iho extreme. Mr. Houston rejoined, saying h9 ia(j made no Assertions lhat were not sustained by official documents. Ilo should wait for iho printed speech of Mr. Bayard, and r. ply n It might deserve. , . . . Mr MMnry, (dem.) of Fin., defended tho Natal Hoard individually and collective. Mr. Clayton gave notice tlmt ho would reply ioMr. Houston to -morrow. Adjourn, cd. March 10, 18jfl. The Senate pned the Military Academy appropriation bill, CENTRAL AMKIIICAN AFFAIRS. Mr. Clayton, (K. N.) of Del., concluded his remark on Cent ml American affairs, Ho stated, on llio authority of Mr. Vandor. bill, iho President of tho Transit Compa. ny, that thero never was any act on the part of lhat company which in any manner encouraged Wulkor'' invasion of Nicaragua. Ilo referred to Walker' seizure of the company' property, amount, ing to nearly 11 million of dollars, nnd read letters fioin Viimli ibilt 10 .Secretary Mnrcy, ii. which thu former n-.ks for tho interposi tion of tho United States government fur redress. Tho seizure was mado on tho. ground that the company was indebted to Nicaragua. Ilo (Vandeibili) denied such indebtedness, and refused to submit to lliu award of in hitnitors, as tlio charges were nferly fulse. Willi regard to tho settle innit of our differences with Knglnnd three propositions hud been made. Arbitration could not bo countenanced because the passage of the Isthmus was Dec. essnry for us and not for Great Britain, aud because, with an impartial umpire, our case would be cl 'nr. Abrogation of the treaty would give a chance lo Great Britain to get posscs'-ioni where sho could annoy us, and ns to giving notice to Great Britain to va cate iho premise, it was not proper to do so nt present. H" proposed to continun tho ncgoiiution with tho hopo of bringing Great Britain lo reason by argument. Meanwhile, we should arm in our own de fense, protect our coast, build fortifications, and increase our navy j not, however, to niako our country rival Great Britain. We should tako lime to d this. It is our right to do so, war or uo w ar. This is the worst timo we could engage in a war with Greut Biiinin. She is armed cap-ajiie, capable of throwing 40,000 troops from tho Crimen on our const, and with the greatest naval equipment ever known jn ihe history ofilio world, whilo we area), most defenseless. ' If Great Britain shonlJ see we nro resolved to en force our right by pursuing tho doctrine laid down by Washington "in lime of pence' prepare for war" should see we aro building up our fortifications and navul powor, the peo ple of England will compel their govern ment to yield its positions. Since the pub lication of the correspondence ...between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan, public opinion in England has been rapidly tend ing towards an acknowledgment of the justico of our construction of tho treaty. He (Clayton) had received on' this point such information as left no doubt of tho fai t thnt our appeal must be from the Brit ish ministry to the British people, who wish to engage in no unjust w ar with us. At any rate, be tho consequences what they may, if wo are driven to the nlternative , disgraceful submission or war we must fight. Ho could nol, however, believe there w as any real danger of wnr. If Sen ators and representatives stand firm and present an-undivided front if wo all agree on our rights nnd manifest a doiermination to enforce them they will' be respected. The British peoplo will turn any ministry out rather than fight with such a nation as ours. THE DEFICIENCY BILL.' The Deficiency Appropriation bill wa then considered. Three hundred thousand dollars were appropriated to continuo the Washington aqueduct. :,- ;. . Mr. Hamlin, of Me.,'made an ineffectual effort for an appropriation to ihe 'various Custom Houses and marine hospitals. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. March 13, 1856. Dl'TlES ON? RAILROAD IRON. Mr. Ready introduced a bill to remit nnd refund duties on railroad iron. Referred, lo Committee of Ways and Meuus, ' KANSAS AFFAIRS. Mr. Purv!ance spoko in favor of granting Committee on Electious power to end for persons aud papers in the Kansas contested election ease, arguing that the House has the constitutional right to go behind the record in order to procure information to properly determine the quesiiou. ' Mr. Taylor, of La., argued that in the proper sense of ihe term this is noelettton contest ; therefore Mr. Ret.W Las no right to be heard. Mr. Todd, of P.t insisted that the valid. ity of the laws of the Kansas Legislature' should be investigated in the manner pro posed ihe allegations being utterdisregard of law and order in tlw Territory, nnd the substitution of ilm Lr.;. l..:r..'i.:ii-f.. t'ie ballot-liox, ihus striking a vital stab at free government. Mr. Washburn, nf Me, (Chairman of Committee on I-;ic-ctions.)gave notice of hi intention i prC!fi, a voU QJ UC rtSt)uljon