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Show I CONGRESSIONAL. ! SENATE. ' ; Davis, of Kentucky, obtained leave j to make a personal explanation. He sent to the desk and had read, by the clerk, an extract from a New York ' paper of Friday's date, purporting to 'give an account of a scena in the Sen-; Sen-; ate of the previous day, between him-j him-j self and Representative Butler. Davis j then entered into a lengthy explana-j explana-j tion in vindication of his conduct, i HOUSE. ! Kendall, of Nevada, offered a resolution reso-lution instructing the committee on Judiciary, when appointed, io enquire I what legislation is necessary to prevent damage to public lands of the United I States, by the diversion of the wtnrc of lnko Tabor by a corporation organ-izi'd organ-izi'd unili.T tho lawn of tho Stato of California; tho preamblo setting forth that tho corporation in now making .Hiirvej'H for tlin avowed ptirpuM) of diverting di-verting and draining oft" tho waterH of i ho luke, so an to nupply tho City of Sun Francisco nnd intermedial pluces with water for doiucstio and irrigating purposuH, at prices to be fixed bv the corporation; that tho United States have not parted with thoir titlu to the luko or to tho lands adjoining to the same; and that such diversion would render valueless and practically prevent tbo sale or occupation of a lurgp area of nulilio land, which could be irrigated una rondured available by tho natural How of water from tho luko. I I |