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T. crv,rv ,e-dsy. petitions were presented
arsiass the repeal of The Bankrupt Law by MessFs,
TALIMADor, NRleHr, and CRirrEspES, and IN
favor of it by Mr. BxsreS-all from the Ci'y and
State of New-YorS.


Mr.. SMITH Of Gem, presented resolutions OF
the Legislature of Connecticut in favor OF the pas
sage of an act refrud;rg to General Jackson, WITH
interest, the fine imposed upon him by Judge ball.
requesting Congress 20 pass law for more etiec-
rive establishment of the army of the United States
and DENYING to Congress the right to dictate to the
Safes ,6e manner In which they shall elect their
representatives.
d;c;arv reported bill TO revive and continue IN


orre the several acts for the reiiet OF lnseivens
| debtors.


Several private bills fros, the House were twice
read and appropriately referred.
| The bill Of MIR. LINN, TO authorize measures TOR
tho occupation and settlement OF the territory OF
Orseon, was taken sp, the question pending on the
motion 70 strike out the preamble declaring thas


the title of the United States to Oregon Is certaln
and will not be abandoned:


Messrs Linn. Archer, Fulton, Smith OF Indiana,
Sewer and others participated IN the discussion,
| all coucur,;ng as to the validity o! the claim OF
the United States to this territory, but some hold
| ing that this preamble was unnecessary NC.


The preamble was stricken out, and alter the
adoption of several amendments the bill 'cas or
Jered enerossed. Its main provisions are, It's au-
,bor;sine the President to cause to be erected ut
Suitable distances and locations line OF military
no.t. on the Missouri and Arkansas rivers into the
hest psss TO the valley Of the Oregon and to the


mouth Of the Columbia river; its granting to every
male iuhabi,aur and cultvator ot the SOIL Tor hys
consecutive years GAO acres OF land, and to MS @ie
and children under 18y years of age lou acres each;
;s providing for the appointment OF two additional
Indian agents west of any existing agencies &c


The Senate adjourned.


MIR. ElLLMoRs, from the Conmitteo OF ways


and Means, reported Con Saturday, notice OF WHICH,


by oversight, was omitted IN my ias!'l 'ne seesau


General appropriation bill of the Session. providing
for the civil and diplomatic expenses OF Govern


rent for the wear ending 30th June. 1874.
Mr.. c.. J. sINGERsoLL, on leave, introduced


resolution directing the Committee on the Judiciary


to inquire into the expediency OF abolishng capital
, punishment in public; adopted.
The States were called in order for resolutions
during the morning hour.


Mr.. SLApE offered resolution, (preiaced oya
preamble stating that the law OF lS2o declared


the foreign slave trade to be piracy and punishable


with death that traffic in slaves Is and has long


been carried on in the District OF Columbia, IN the


very heart Of the Nation, within sight ot the pres.
[ dents House and the Capitol, involving all the
principles repugnant TO human rights, which char


acter;ze the foreign slave trade and that the Con-
stituson provided for the cession of Seat OF Gov
crnnent over which Congress should exercise ex-


elusive Jurisdiction, that the Representatives OF all


the States might meet common ground, where
laws involving the peculiar principles OF any OF the
States should not oPerae,) declaring tnat all laws


authorizing the slave trade in this District ought
, | ..na. lad ,nd tha Committee
q the District to report bill therefor
6 Mr.. S. moved 70 suspend the 2lst rule Tor the
;, reception of the resolution; negatice9. Yeas
" 73, Nays Ill.
Mr. ROOSEVELT presented petition from New
n York, for the repeal of the Bankrupt Law.
i Mr. MORGAN offered resolution directing the


Committee on Territories TO inquire into the ex.


pediency of passing a law to repeal much Of


the act of the Territorial Legislature of Florida OF
1892 to prevent tho immigration OF free negroes
t and mulattoes into this Territory as imposes
captuton tax on said persons and authorises them
d to he sold in case of non-payment, &c &c.
fI Mr.. WELLER moved To lay the resolution on tho


table; Carried, Yeas LIB, Nays go.


Mr. BowEE offered resolution ns;ructing the
Committee on the Judiciary to report on Thursday
next, bill TO refund the fine General Jackson,
n and moved the previous question:; refused Ayes


Sc, Nuys 93 Thus the resolution lies over.
i ne Dill 10 fcp peal tHe Dankrupt Law was hSalH
| taken up.


, Mr., MARSHALL, of KY. who was entitled to the
floor, and in anticipation of hearing whom large


audience, comprising many Of the fair women Of
the Metropolis, had assembled, said he had been
exceedingly anxious to speak the repeal and on


the other topics of debate particularly those start
E ed by MIR. Gushing, but indsposition prevented,


and he yielded the floor.


Mr.. MILTON BRowa of Tennessee made per-


tnent and forclbe speech against the repeal. He


said that perhaps there never had been law pass


ed which had been moro misrePrcscntcd than the


Bankrupt Law, and against which the objections


had in greater degree been founded, not on the


merits Of the law ITSELF but on its details and
c extraneous considerations. This was a law, the


constitutionaity and necessity Of which mad been
+ admitted and maintained, not only by the framers


of the Constitution, butby distinguished men Of all


parties ever since that time.


Il not until since the last Pres idential Elec-
ton that tho self:styied Democratic (Loce) party


had opposed it. Mr.. B. referred to the bill in
e 1896, reported by Mr.. Wall in the Senate, (being
i counter report TO the Simultaneous bill of Mr..
Clayton,) which was understood to eubody the
!, views of the Loco-Foco party, in proof of which
quoted from Mr.. Benton's speech of that time and
n showed that The bill of Mr. Wall (the features CT


which he examined) contained the retrospective,
the voluntary without limited minimum and all
those provisions objected TO in the present law.
). He briefly pointed cut the beneficial results yet
n TO be effected by the law in its protective opera
. tons by restricting excessive credits, preventing
/ fraudulent conveyances and preferences, and se-