| Show DOINGS IN CONGRESS washington april 5 in the thel senate enite lq mr foster presented nineteen memorials from citizens zens of connecticut praying for the abolishment of spirit rations in the navy mr davis territorial resolutions were agreed to the bill for the relief captain shubrick was waa passed on motion of mr mason the resolution providing for the reception of the japan embassy was taken up and passed oil on motion of mr green the bill concerning the courts iu in the territories was taken up and passed T it provides that the jurisdiction of the probate court shall not be less than 2000 with the right to appeal in all cases the indian appropriation bill then came up mr latham moved an amendment the effect of which was to allow california to take care of the indians within her borders pending the question the homestead bill was taken up mr pitcha amendment that the land granted for homesteads shall be entered in alternate quarter sections and those remaining to the united states shall not be sold for tor less than double the minimum price of lands when sold and that the provisions of the act shall only be bi applicable to lands subject to private entry at the date of the passing of the bilex bill was not agreed to in the house after the passage of the bill that enlightened ened and moral body 1 according to their ethics went into committee cittee e of the whole on the state of the union and among other matters the twin relics came up for discussion mr lovejoy said the house has been occupied for fon several days in the discussion of polygamy the republican party of which I 1 am a member stands pledged ever since 1854 so far as congress has the power to exterminate the twin relics of barbarism slaver blaver slavery and polygamy in the territories of the united states now sir bir as we have administered a deathblow death blow to one of those twins I 1 propose to pay in my respects to the other twin I 1 want to see boti both strangled and go down together as they heartily deserve ile he became very furious in his remarks and leaving his seat he advanced toward the democratic side of 0 the hall gesticulating g vehemently which BO so alarmed some of the southern bloods that he was called to order and required to keep on his own side and to stop atop shaking his fists andy and upon his refusing to comply a general row ensued in which canes and fists were flourished scientifically and many brave threats were made but no one was particularly hurt one of the most pro prominent in actors in the scene was mr barksdale of mississippi who got scalped scalded in the melee between grow and keitt a few years since in this last rencontre he was fortunate enough not to lose his wig april oth in the senate the house resolution providing for expending the balance of the ampro appropriation for improving piers and to secure ani ann and preserve the lighthouse at chicago was passed kassed nearly the etire entire session was occupied in passing private bills in the house after passing a number of private bill the house went into a committee of the whole and mr wells rep N Y spoke against the institution of slavery april ath in the senate mr hale called the attention of the chairman of the committee on the district of columbia to the condition of the jail of washington city which would disgrace a tribe of savages mr brown said a new jail was about being erected by the general government after some conversation the subject was dropped A number of bills of a private character were considered A bill for the relief of settlers on lands in kansas was taken up and passed april loth in the house mr thayer introduced trod a bill constituting dacotah a land district and providing for the admission to the house of a delegate mr scott introduced a bill to authorize the president in conjunction with california to run and mark the boundary between the territories ri of the united states and california after a call of the roll during which there was much confusion the report was becom bitted on motion of mr stevens by against 80 april ll 11 in the senate the bill to amend the patent laws was taken up and rejected by yeas 19 nays 19 the president voting nay mr hale introduced a bill for the protection of witnesses in criminal cases in the district of columbia mr pugh from the judiciary committee asked to be discharged from further consideration of the memorial of hon ilon daniel S dickinson of new york relative to the establishment of a U S district court at binghamton bing Eing hamton new york mr gwin moved to take up the bill for the transportation of mails overland to the pacific mr green opposed the motion had to go away and had desired to express himself on the bill mr rice moved to commit recommit re the bill to the committee on post offices and post roads mr hale thought the butterfield route stood in the way of a satisfactory arranged arran arrangement mem gem ent of the mail service to the pacific chere there was however little difference of opinion as to the salt lake route he thought 0 it ought to be considered at once after further debate the subject was passed over mr mason offered a resolution which be he would call up to morrow forthe ad adjournment ourn ment of both houses of bf congress from I 1 te the to the both of april the homestead bill was taken up and after some discussion was re committed with instructions to be reported back tuesday and with the understanding that it shall be passed to a final law adjourned the house resumed the consideration of oi the bill for the admission of kansas kanbas into the union A motion was made to recommit commit re which was disagreed to and the bill passed by ayes nays days 73 the bill declared that the state of kansas kansas shall be admitted into the union under the wyandotte constitution on equal footing with the orl ori original inal inai states in all respects whatsoever the boundaries toun boundaries daries darles begin at the point on the western wester n boundary of missouri where the thirty first parallel of north latitude crosses the same thence west on the said parallel to the twenty fifth meridian of longitude west of washington thence north on that meridian to the fourth parallel of latitude thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of missouri thence south with the western boundary of that state to the place of beginning april in the senate mr masons masoni resolutions resolution sp to take a recess from the to the of april was taken up mr mason advocated it on the ground that the business could not be done in that period and that it was better so to adjourn instead of adjourning over every three days M yulee saw no propriety in adopting the resolution the chair called up the special order it being business which related to the district of columbia Columb lay lap with which the senate was occupied the remainder of the day the house passed the senate bill to settle the title titie to the lands along the boundary of georgia and florida t r the speaker laid before the house an executive communication in compliance with a resolution transmitting a result of the coast survey showing the practicability of making harlem river navigable mr gilmer from the committee on expeditions dit ions reported the following b whereas it is claimed that a portion of the territory of minnesota not included in the state of minnesota still remains an unorganized territory and the residents thereof anti tied to have a delegate in congress therefore resolved that the president communicate if not incompatible with the public interests ell such information as he may have in his possession as to the existence of any such terri territory toft toFy the preamble was rejected and tha the resolution adopted copies of the presidents protest and replies of the committee on the judiciary on th the e subject were ordered to be printed the I 1 he e senate bill for a telegraph to the pacific came up mr colfax explained the amendments proposed by the committee on post roads and post offices as reducing the amount annually to be paid by the government to if the message exceed the amount the government is to pay the additional rates the price prica i tio words is to be reduced to three dollars ve inthe age ate contractors refuse to accept this bill the secretary of the treasury is to advertise for proposals roro ropo sais to give the contract to the lowest bidder he spoke of the necessity of such euch means of communication especially in case cabe of war and said that this was wag the most economical measure yet produced mr stanton requested that the committee had thought it necessary to reduce the amount from that proposed by the senate he ile hoped however that the bill would be passed as it was of incalculable importance to the pacific and would facilitate the opening of a great thoroughfare to that coast mr burnett opposed the bill there was no power under the constitution authorizing the government to engage in building telegraph lines it created a monopoly for 10 logeais lOy year ears eais 3 at an expense of four hundred thousand do dollars I 1 lars besides giving advantages as to the lands the names of the corp orators should be stricken out and the contracts made with the lowest responsible bidders mr conkling said he would gladly have voted for the bill as it came from the senate believing that the rates therein were vere cheaper and more moderate than the tariff existing on any telegraph line on this or any other continent the corporation have all the skill and character necessary to this enterprise and opening to competition would damage if not defeat the ob object act in view lie he expressed surprise at mr burners ur constitutional objection considering that this bill had received the th sanction of a very large majority of the senate in which there are sixty presidential can di dates |
