| Show from the sac enlen C pacific railroad in the senate JA JAN x 38 28 h b mr gwin rising to a privileged quest questin question ln said t that bathe be ought not riot yesterday to have expressed tile the opinion that the legislation in relation to the pacific railroad billias bril wab was a farce for or which he be wab waa then called to order by mr nel belt whose remarks he had misapprehended apprehended mis he was betrayed into an asperity for foi which I 1 I 1 the floor flour or of the senate vas was not th the proper theater lie ile now gave notice of his intention to offer a motion for a reconsideration of the he subject which be hoped to revive with such modification as would meet the views of all the friend friends of the measure SATURDAY jah jah jab the session today to day was set apart for the tha consideration of business relating especially to the district of columbia previously however mr sir gwin gw in made a motion to reconsider the vote on the pacific railroad bill antl ami elb eis refaced it with a few remarks stating that is object was to make the estimates to be advertised ve verti r I 1 sed for more specific to prevent bids by men of straw and include in the invitations for estimates proposals for a branch road to oregon mr bell of tennessee said afew few words to show that the bill aspa as passed bied sied is adequate for the purpose lir clr davi s of mississippi spoke in support of mr gwins G wins views mr nir stuart of michigan moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table but the vote thereon war was postponed till Al HOUSE oa jan there was a hot debate on the slave trade brought up by the appropriation to pay the colonization company for taking charge of the echols slaves jn in consequence coy cop sequence the general diplomatic appropriation pria tion bill was defeated but the next day the vote was reconsidered and the jih jin passed oa on the three territorial bills for arizona dacotah Daco tati tali and jefferson were here introduced nothing I 1 hag has been done or is likely to bs be b s done with ith the tariff A democratic senatorial caucus have by a large majority resolved that it is expedient inexpedient in to change 0 the j favi fasi aw at tha iba present session n the president pres i t will send in a message abon ing I 1 a deficiency of twenty millions the caucus agreed to support an increase of letter postage to five caits I 1 mr bigler said unless inar increased aas by june 1860 the national debt would W one hundred millions mr air douglas was desirous that the democratic party should declare whether bether A specific or ad valoree valorem dut duties 1 e 8 w were C re to be its policy an effort I 1 is being made by the ae post poet osice otice committee of the house to abolish t the e over land california mails |
