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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