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Show COKGnESSIOAli; " - W'Ja.'7(h.Sena ifaniii-resTgnatfpn ifaniii-resTgnatfpn was rrcclrcd "and rCaa , " pctlHon Ofcitizcnspr Ncw.JericyrequrtS ng Congress t8passrfrj act to authorial'?, tho people to elect delegates on the 22d '?a.7, t0 a convebtion to be held "at Phlladetphid-'bii the 4th of .March next to consider thb welfare of the nttioa, K,l" fcrred to Ihc committee on Judieisry. ' Senator Tqdmus expressed wBhv'yjewi-rfclativq wBhv'yjewi-rfclativq fa the, action; of thq select 'toss'-'' -roitteb bf I3j! JTe began, by saylng. tb' Success of tbq abolitionists and- their ajW, unddr:tho fjjaid6.ojtiecpdblican pitfy." hai; produced its, Ibgicbl'; result already" They liave, . for lopg years, beott sdwia 'dragon's 'teeth, anil thcyhay6..rjnttHy got a crop of armed jnch.,- Tiio Uiiioiilsdisi solved' llo, concluded, tbusi Wb hate appealed from jtimb.tq Ume tb yoa to give us qr CWiMilntional rights, and yon hart refused them. . Wo-appeal to ypu agtl to, rcstorp. those .rights,"' Iteitore thtat, and;restorb,peaec; fraternity, add anity to oi' of. os,", Kcfuse thtsci and, we will ssk. joa t.OY.let us d.epdHi' f" peace. Riruw 'Jiaf nn d tben J;ou present nMsyoo fnoit, with war. We ncoiptaluit, We. will Jtalj. ourcdlorso. tte,niast;,iiiscrihed upon them 4,Llb(;riy bud Equality," tbndtwp will trust." to; the sjyufti and ihe Qoi.of battles for.secnrity; triiiflujity;nptae'e. Tiro.dcpurib.,throiigbquwas bo)d,-'Joed, deliiint, .leciuting-' for' revqlutidn andre; bcllion and lu.jiting war It was not very long, but so 1 earj(Cstl'or,ecessioaiss, to eljcH prprbundattcntidii and extended .comment ).',) " -5.. A,kS Th(Senatb' yycntfiitct executive-SMsioD, after tvhlch ' U adjburucd tlHlheth.t 7 Uqu8e,.Jan.;,ltli.-Mn Sherman ppJt frpm' the cbiatptttc oirWbys'nnd, Means, repotted the iiaval npprtiiriatlon bill. vv, Mrr Bibgb'd'tu bf..0.r.from tlio Judiciary , co(Amttteej reported thoafjil.tO amcnd'tlia.' -patcntoffico'iaw;.;itefbrrcd' to the con - mittte 011 1'atouts. " " " Tlic llouso wentjntb Committee of tht. Whole ou the stitdl of 'tlio Union on tlie eXfttjitive, legislative,- ondiudicUB appropriation appro-priation bill,, which 'passed.-; -1. v , Mr-. Adbjft'askeleavo tO offer tho fqllq;jipg5';"i '- --V;A.;-j nlltcsqIvodTiiatiTtci fully; pprovo,tlio buld and patriotic. bttbf Major .Aiider spa hi, withdrawlug ifrpni , Fort.-Moukrio fo'Eort-Sumtcrndthbdelrinnitiaiionldf tho president tp;' jhaibtaln thatfesriess pfliccr in, li(s;' prpiient i;cbudltiPii,-and !e yilliq))pprtfthp, Pircsldct'iur&ll constita-tipnnl constita-tipnnl uieasurea, to,f enforce,, tho. laws, aad preserve th'o Unlbn, ' ' ) ' 5 Thp. rcsotntion; ipftcr-ituuch -debate, passfd; yeits I2fl, nnyB50. i e , Adjourned . till thq,.9tb, - je, SsNitE, Jan. Otli. The massage frost the President 011 tho stntcrof .'the Union wasiread. Sovcral"- bills ,hti(t 'desolation's wcro introdticed with a'vlew tbtbe sd--justtaent.of prcseut difficulties. Tho cbrrcspondcncb botween the Presr-deut Presr-deut and tho South Carolina commission'-ers commission'-ers was read. Tho Pacific R. R. bill was taken np hot no action taken npdit it. ' ' Iloi-st, Jan. Oth. The Speaker Wd before tho House the message'of the President, Pre-sident, It 'was received and tlisposed of rery calmly, and' submitted' to"' select committee of Bve. I Tho'IIoUsc wept into committce'dFthi whole on'thc state bf the" Union ;dn, the civil dnd'rotscellanepns apprbpriattbq bill, but ro6o-wUnouli coming no: a'.cdnclailoa ontho.bill. ' ' SfcjfATtf, Jan. 10tji.-Sena'torSum'n(ii-, (rcpOr bf Mass., presented" d'memorial.'of tho Synod ' of ''the "Presbyterlab ebufth, now holding nt AUcglmny .Cj.ty, Pa., k-ii"g k-ii"g Congress; that provisions bd-made for tho'" express acknowledgment of.th'eibeiDg rod! Authority of Gbd.'j Seb'pridlytbr. tho acknowledgment, of the' anthprqf Obd and Christ, Third', fprtherecpgnibon or thb fini bbligution' t.bbcy.Qoii's jr. Fpurth, that t)ip! rVriifclpfcsiqf.O od'.! are;dc'ariy''odv'erse to slavery;' Beftrrfi. to- tbb jn'diclary conimlttebj I'l '. Senatbr Davis; of Mississippi," deli rred; a spccclr denying' thb right of the gff.erfj menf to coerce u seceuMng 'sttcC -5 House, Jniu l$jUTh'o'"Spcsk befprq'tbd "House a bbmiquiiicfttfonpip tlie Postmasterftcuora't rominclidiBg,- reduction of tlio present' .existipg.. .w1)1 Cob tract's, Labi on the; table. Ilote!lers'ddrt.Mc.dXVeD;p,tt?..W prcseut state oTufluirs. ' ' ..o Sexaie, Jan. Uth.-fiyeral eBoril and resolutions of minor Import we presented, Senator Hunter. (VS.) btwftbut forcibk.8pech-adyocatcd.'a dil-soluUoo dil-soluUoo and jccoustruotion.of the S01 mcnt ba Mr. Calhoun's plan of dr"1 executive, rllis speech Ucwonstratcd toe fomosiiIity pf vonipromisoj as.cleatly ' did thb carefully prewred,rtinarfcs.: Bepator Harlan, who stated that iesT" pnblicahaBrerq nokdispOstd to. yJel4Tf' ineh befopj tho inaugurotion-.of- Mrv W cpln, . ; , -a : .Uorsor-.ThQ pr.bceedings wcreunioter cstltig. . ih k - , .h, ScwTsJanoiattusAt JeiwtiUhP; saud lidlci and twelve hundred gentlemen j...-. Mj-jtjjsitiBstsBsWsisMtsssM ftfor iiij ffior o obtain ftdm.hjstpa. c.B16r Seward delivered A, speech fo iAii which orpopied mco thaothrco, olgHtroiwrly apply to fCeld fMo of mountain In labpr, f .l it not JtIiT"y di?c!os ? eI.ihfD mow formidable thaii n mouse. ,l lHiNftn(tlkf professions of 1 nrbittis wo apprehend that .this . doses tho door of rcconfciliatloo', t SMSoKlon-Ml th deliberately oesWu 3cl)tfrr Vut- nobtaftuw transacted., ' ' ,,' Stsxxti jan.il.&nator Dlglcwp , irS V- Wit providing lot, Mncrmrf , ffifor,rStton or approval by tha , Son iV.;i2tIi. No action taken. , , Polk delivered a'spcechoa the r ,7he WflnrVy, batno business dope, . , takcnOr. postponing Iudcun.tcly.lM t fteifie llaiiroad bill, waiting ,nycs 12r - s0c3a' . . t &Ur, Harris, (qlO . M P."--S fflaraemorlat signed, hrWWaH- ; tinaforthdtidontiohtor tho Crittcu- " fe&e tV tranqoilize the. public ufnd it, . Snot W. dona mow effectually tunny , hrtkriorA Pt thnt; measure, taid , citblaWe:( i Hi House Wnt i Into committee on the fj watnMd a 'rtjeisage answering the Senate, , nsetitlon'rclatio'g to the. appointment , or 0 Joseph irott to;tcrform; thaXlntles.or the Cl We of Secretary ofAVar, miido vacant d iT-tb(t;icstgn6tlonVof.Secrott-y -Tloydi u U foHyseU fortU the legal reason f or. "t TflW owt ofHho dafvwas .occupied by 0 ilaaiidtration bfbp , Crftuadcnj rca ?j tlbaC" '',', '-S' ' b jrirra'ifnetf (llrcrtd I font SvHtfiR I.' A modern, trnrtcated Mflttgonal (ortb'dlopon. nn urtifidal 5 tfimt at tner WdutirClinrlcif Oil ,IIrVpr, c j6we nd threc-f ightsmile!!, from-jliis city r.CI"IP?tOii, ,.'fli6lslaiid,ha3 ror it,bitfo o iijindndraud bailk,'witli u Snpcrstmc- V tretK. ne, niay.jfo terraity.of thjefuso o thipifraip'screfal nor,th?ru granite qtmr- .ti m, These rocks are Bryiljr cnibcddcxl tu u tl(taiiilttti)d upon thorn the present forti' 0 icitloij is reared, The island, itself cost' o Itlf'a'mjllionof'dujl'iri'j and wua ten years I to construction. T lie forliticulidii cot nbo- n therhsif a miilldn dollars, niiilat tlie tfme a iU occupancy by Jjajor Anderson was p lohwrly cpmplftcd'ns.tortdniit'the intro' n ijctloa er itt 'enuiment'TJie trails :pe ,i Stolid brick' and-'epnerct'o matoiiry,'b?illt o doseitoAho "edgeontha water and with- d ejta befm Tfrcy are pixty feet lilgli and. p from eight lo. Jwcjte feet 5n (hickiless, and t ifipHjccd-.rpr'.threCfnk ontthc k Mrtn,'eaf, BnUtpeftt exterjor sides,,. Its" 't jukest polat Is on the south Vfdc, of il witch She, masonry 4s.not only vcaker t, to tbit oC ttic otberridbs, b'at it fa not v jfofet'el lw any Hunk. firp4 WcY vrpijhi t wecpihe-vyharf, Ohce.landedjan.entmitco ,t Dy, Vtho;pres'ciitstato of.tho construe-, 1; tiou;'l)4iaify.raade; (Or;'the'blind of the r ioTtr-cmbratbrci; tbouglrjts inches-'in t 'thieknes.V,pay'"rct VbtS -cftslly" I)l0wti rtwny, MiLtrcn if this'.wns imposiblo, scaling Udders can reach .those of the second tier, hreW;.aro not protected ii'i "this man- i "f- " " ' : ; , . .The wort f8l5csigric4fdi an nrmaincnt I (I one .hundred and fprty picces or ord- j nee of, all, calibres. Two tiers of the c wnj are nhder bombproof case'raenty, and 1 tt,lthird;or"npptr Uc open, or.Jn mill- s tiry'parlancc, a Urldtr, the' lower tier t forfortj-two pounder ruUban gons; the leeond Ucfror eight and tciwuchColnm' i llads, .for 'throwing solid or hollow sho(, I jnd tho npper tier for mortars and twenty- H pouna gaas. Tho fulUnrmament or t the fort . howour, had npt ftrrrlvcd there C wca Major Anderson, took nossessipn; tl bat since its occupancy by the present I M gtrwoo no efforts have been f pared to place the work in an efficient state of dc- v fenee, by jaqaitting all tho, ayallabla gona c M ud placing thwn In salient points. An p S "Wore remarked, the full armament of y fort Is no'tln position; as only seventy w we of the one hnndred and forty guns re h fl wed for It ore 'now; mounted. Ureeit b Ptijhin guns ire among that number! i M ' totnoranfanaiag Eort Mbnltrie, w m tlichij within easy faogernd the other Ji '" pointing toward Uastla Piilckncy, is M lSchtu, ,renniof range: Some of the p m wiumViads, the mostHlTcctivi Weapon for m Wier ihifeiisWe opcra'tioi)S, jare not t I f''oor.of the.tlilrtytwo jiouuder u -wv snAs nt. on P't carriages, t M 8e them tlie entire, rarigo bf tho f wnwnnd others Iibto a horizontal n 9 "f f firojUSO degree?. In addition J M TLjL&sil&titi p?eparatious rprde- t m J2j ,,-jWft,,s'- are pleri:ed ewynhcre i H 7 ftVof'' which there are- endless i M fflWri'reaair"'ftdd 0mleil , U l S'J5tiu nU,'l ''W' hundred i I tf4iTi BttnPwder and anomple supply i ' Powacr.niid.iihelUfQr one year fl ."dajargenmoontof nitscelUntous 1 I toS f"- The garrison I uoiply I rtk w,t.h fro, nrtifici.il wells, I M tf aS0PP,'eJbytliefcnt showers I I J. efntt"or struUgetical pointy I H ill ,i .rtSuniterradiatcsJis fire through t m Ck,i . ,n,,el rr0M tho approicli to i H isT. wi Wl sweep bf range tUil or ci'y sWe- 'r,' fott I w10'1' ' i4tt'0ator ''So from a land artillery i II taJki Wn i'"' al1 apprehensions for it'W'.frpm tlwt ourco',ujtty bejijjt i feiiaft. P'.jmaximuio range of tic gnus ??mlcr-'-threo miles;' but, Toroccu- I iiL.nn',E,blGeIei,t 10 hifll o vessel, the 1 toUr1t!ro"M rc'lu,r ti),bo rwliml dm.-I dm.-I tl L ,lS',r' - The war garrbpn of . I hum . l3C Pnaed men, bnt only i wmIv |