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Show LATEST S'ATCllES. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. se: 1 1:. 1 Washington, 10. During tho i morning hour the resolution reported , by Dorsey instructing the committee on District of Columbia to inquire r and report by bill or otherwise, a ' proper form of government f r the 1 district was agreed to. 3 A number ot bills were introduced ; and referred, among them one by Plumb, to declare certain lauds here-5 here-5 tofore granted to railroad companies - forfeited, and to open tho same for settlement. By Johnston, amendatory of and supplementary to the act to incorpo-' incorpo-' rate the Texua Pacific railroad, and " to aid in its construction, g At the expiration of the morning hour Wadleigh, chairman ol the t. committee on privileges and elections, elec-tions, called up the resolution re-n re-n ported Irom that committee last le week, declaring Eustis entitled to his a seat as senator from Louisiana, aud n Ingalls, who Bignod the minority re- . port, spoke in opposition to the reso-lutiou, reso-lutiou, claiming that the papers pre-10 pre-10 Bented by Eustis were defective, ie Alter Eustis' admission he waE , escorted to the desk of the vice president by Tnurman and tho oath was administered. McDonald said it bad been bia intention in-tention to offer resolutions in respect to the memory and public services of his Ute cslleaeuo, Morton, before the Christmas holidays, but upon consultation consul-tation with other senators and various members of the other house, he had cono'uded nor to present such resolutions resolu-tions until alter the recess. He therefore there-fore gave notice that he would aubmit them on the 17th of January next. The vice president announced Anthony, 8argent and White aa rrem'iersof the joint committee on piiat ng on part ol the senate. He aho named Cameron, Pennsylvania, and Bayard as members of the board of visitors on the part of the senate to attend tho next annual examination of the West Point military academy. Cockrell, from the select committee on Mississippi leveea, leported with amendments, the house joint resolution resolu-tion relating to reservoirs to promote navigation on the Mississippi river. Placed on the calender. Christiancy introduced a bill to provide pro-vide for challenges to jurors in trials for bigamy and polygamy in the tern-1 tory ol Utah and to amend section' lour of the act of June 24, 1874, in relation to courts and judicial officers in the territory of Utah. Referred. Teller called up the resolution submitted by him last week, oalling upon the secretary of the interior in-terior for information regarding the landi ceded to the United States by a confederated band of Ute Indiana in Colorado, and whetber the payments are made to such Indians in pursuance pursu-ance of the agreement made with them. Agreed to. After a brief discussion the resolu tion of Wadleigh was agreed to, yeas 49, nays 8. MacDonald was excused from the territorial committee and Jones from the public buildings committee and Eustis was appointed on those committees. com-mittees. Tho vice-president presented as the special order the bill enabling Indians to become citizens, which. at the suggestion of Ingalls, was made the special order for Jacuary 15th. Matthews called up the concurrent con-current resolution declaring the right of government to pay tho principal und interest of the bonds in 412 grain silver dollars and explained its provision. Pending the discussion which followed, fol-lowed, the senate at 5 o'clock, adjourned by a vote of yeas oO, yeas 2S, not a teat vote, as many senators, known to be in favor ol the resolution, voted for adjournment on account of the lateness late-ness of the hour. HOL SR: ! Under the call of iitates the following follow-ing bills were introduced and referred re-ferred : By Joyce, adjusting the salaries of postmasters on the basis of the number num-ber of b tamps cancelled instead of the number sold. Also a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing pro-viding that the term ol office ot the president be six years. xVlso a joiut rtsolution in relation to the contest beween Spain and Cuba. By Willis, for securing and extending extend-ing the export trade of the United Stales; also simpliiyiug ibe export law?, empowering aud collecting duties on imports, removing all ombi-guilies, ombi-guilies, reducing rates on imported merchandise, restoring the duty on! tea and collee, and enlarging the tree list. By Thompson, directing tho secretary secre-tary of the interior to ioslitute proceedings pro-ceedings to test and perlect certain land claims alleged to have been conditionally granted to the Northern Pacific railroad. By Giddings, for the construction of a railroad along the Rio Grande for the purpose of establishing a military and commercial highway. By Luttrell, relative to Chinese immigration. im-migration. It recites the evils consequent conse-quent upon Chinese immigration and requests a treaty making power to negotiate a treaty absolutely prohibiting prohibit-ing the introduction of Chinese. By Page, constituting Oakland a port ot delivery. By Jacobs, enabling Washington territory to form a stale government. By Turner, for income tax, regulating regu-lating whisky distillations from apples, reducing the salaries of public pub-lic officials receiving over $1,800 by , 25 per cent. ' By Rea, a constitutional amend-j ment making the direct vote ol the people elect senators. ' Wood, chairman of the waya and moans committee, reported the usual resolutions lor the distribution of the president's message among the cumuli cum-uli tinea. To the foreign committee com-mittee are referred the Ruoeo Turkish war; the renewal of the American Italian treaty; the naturalisation and commercial relations with Germnny; the French exposition; tho Krmliah- American extradition treaty of 1S42; tho recognition recog-nition of Diaz and Mexico; the troubles of the Cuban msurrection the American rights there and other unsettled questions with Spain; the Venezuelan, Central and South American claims, and the recognition of the SiQionii islands. Hewitt, No York, moved to amend tho resolution in reference to the committee on foreign affairs, by adding to it these worda: "and that the committee on foreign aflairs take into immediate consideration the best means of romoviog tho existing and impending cauaes of difficulty between Mexico and the United States and ol confirming and enlarging the commercial com-mercial relations between the two countries by treaty or otherwise, and have leave to report the result of its deliberations by resolution or otherwise other-wise to the house at the earliest practicable day." He said: 'The peculiar language employed by the president in speaking of this matter attracted my attention when the mes sage was read. I venture to call the attention of tho house to the peculiarl phraseology employed. It is as tollows: 'While I do not anticipate ! an interruption of friendly relations with Mexico, yet I cannot but look with some solicitude upon a continuance con-tinuance ol the border disorders aa exposing the two counlriea to irrita lions of popular feeling and mischan-cea mischan-cea of action ore naturally unfavorable to complete amity, etc., etc.,'" Hewitt continued: "Tnis passage, Janus liko, looked toward peace or war, and congress would be held responsible for any possible hostilities I with Mexico." He had therefore examined the message carefully and a perusal ol the documents ao companying would Bhow that this country's relations with Mexico were very critical. Already several detachments detach-ments of troops, acting under orders of the president, bad invaded Mexican territory against the protest of the de jacto government, which, although longer in power than the present administration, ad-ministration, had not yet been recognized. recog-nized. American troops are to-day on Mexioan soil, and if it should turn out that they have been captured or I hat a conflict lias taken place between be-tween them and the Mexican troops, whereby blood has been Bbed, it must be acknowledged that the danger ol war will be very imminent, if no' unavoidable. We oannot shut oui i eyes to these dangers. The county doea not want war; it deBiree a time o rest 10 recover iruiu .uooeo ui nm, i-desire i-desire an opportunity to strengthen itself, in order to meet the obligations which it has incurred during tho long and destructive atBUggle. A new war will add to these obligations and make the burthen ul the debt and tho pressure pres-sure of taxation intolerable. What the country desires is to make them less, aud there is no method of reducing these burthens &o elleotually as to enlarge en-large our trade with the neighboring countries. Mexico offers the most in viting field, aa well as the nearest avenue of such extension of trade Our people desire to cultivate peace ful relatione with a customer so near and valuable and all will agree that the establishment of better commer cial relations will be surest guarantee of peace. If a system ot peaceful exchange ex-change of commodities upon terms of reciprocity could be established along the borders of the Rio Grande, instead in-stead of the present system of raids and reprisals, hostile collisions would soon be replaced by friendly competi tion, and angry recriminations by kindly greetings. This Mexican question ques-tion must be met and solved in aome way, euuer uy war, wuiuu uu una uo- aires, or by a protectorate, which has been discussed and condemned by the general judgment of the country, or by closer commercial relations, enlarging en-larging the ties of mutual interest and cementing the harmony which 8heuld exist between nations, producing products so dissimilar as to invite and compel exchanges favorable to both. We have no right to take the risks of war when the paths of peace are open to us, at least. Aa the stronger and older nation we are bound by the obvious ob-vious considerations of magnanimity to exhaust every effort towards a peaceful solution of the exiatmu troubles and theHunstilution, through treaties of reciprocity, of mutual interests in-terests for antagonism. The danger ia, that if this congress ahould adjourn ad-journ without devising some peaceful solution, we may find ourselves, when we come back again, compelled to vole upon questions of supply for military operations, which we cannot reluse to make without imputation upon our " patriotism and public spirit." Hale I hope the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Hewitt) will be adopted. The debate was participated in by Hale, 8tevena, Garfield, Cox of New York. Potter, Wood, White, llur-chard llur-chard of Illinois, Reagan and Mills. The tone of the speeches was uniformly, except that of Mills, peaceful, and finally Hewitt's amendment amend-ment was modified and adopted. Conger oflered the amendment, referring re-ferring to the committee on commerce com-merce so much of the president's message as relates to the commerce of the United States and its shipping interests, which according to the original resolution were referred to the committeo on waya and means, as well as that portion which reforB to tho improvement of rivers and harbofs. The amendment was agreed to and the resolutions forthediatribu tion of the message wag adopted. Adjourned. |