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: ~ gountry, and people, all insulted, and especially the ad- ‘ WHOLE NO. 642 MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1854. HIGHLY INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON, “The Cutting and Breckenridge Difficulty. Latest Reports Respecting the Emente ‘PROCEEDINGS CONTROVERSY RELATIVE TO PRINTING IN THE SENATE Debate in the Howse on the Bill to Build Six Steam Frigates, &e., &e., Our Washington Correspondence. WaAsHInGTon, Murch 25, 1804. Exceedingly: Important Inteltigence—The Cuba Question— | War!—Koesuth’s Doctrine of Intervention Threatened by our Government Organ—Grand Plan of Operations. The Union blows usa powerful blast of war on the Cuba question. It says that thare is danger of war with Spain, and that we might as woll begin to buckle up for it as not. It throws out some strong hints on intervention, according to the programme of Kossuth, Mazsini and Ledro Rollin. And this is, perhaps, the plan | of operations.of the administration in reference to Cuba _ and the European war. George Sanders, in behalf of the red republicans, has bought up all the old muskets of George Law, at four or five dollars apiece. Now, mark you, dur admipistra- tion is advised of all this; but not wishing to appear to havoa hand in the game, Sgnders, as Consul to London was rejected by the Senate, though he will probably re- main in his office for several months yet to come. Well, England and France send their fleéts to the Baltic and the Black Sea, and their armies to the Danube and across the Alps and the Rhine. In the meantime Mr. Soulé kicks up a row with the Spanish Cabinet, gets himself turned adrift, and our fag, and our government, and &e. ministration. He comes home blazing for war. ‘The gov- ernment fires up, the country fires up—war is declared, and the filibusters, and ‘all the dogs of war,’ including the Japan expedition, which is to..be recalled, are let slip upon the island of Cuba, And to prevent England and France from giving any aid to Spain, the whole lot of the two hundred thousand second-hand flint Jock muskets of George Law are to be shipped for the west coast of Ireland, and for those ports in France most convenient to the city of Paris, with the exception of fifty thousand muskets for ‘Italy, and twenty-five thoueand for Hungary, together with the cavalry sad- | dies ordered by Kossuth in Cincinnati before he left the | United States. As nearly as we can get at the distribu. | a of the two hundred thqusand muskets, it is to be as | LOWS — Muskets. For the scuthwest const of Ircland,..... 100,000 For France.....s0+.. § For Italy. 50,000 For Hungary . 25,000 Total muskets. niedtocsccsseciecsess SURG80 With the arrival of these muskets at thcir destinations, the republicans of Ireland, France, Italy and Hungary are to spring up to the bloody work of revolution. -Irc- land, with volunteer aid of John Mitchel and liquid + vitriol, will be liberated—Louis Napoleon will be put down—lItaly will be made free, including the re-establish- ment of the Roman republic; and the independence of Hungary will be made good. IN CONGRESS. | bill to the imprisonment of the Carumittee of the Whale on the State of the Union—the eatrsordinary earnest | ness of that assault upon Cutting, we say—may appear very mysterious to plain thinking people, not accustom. | ed to carry their serutiny behind the reavrd. But there ‘isa sclution to this mystery which is very simple, and only be reaohed by going behind the recor? | The Senate Nebraska bill was upon the Speaker's table | 1t was the plan of the administration party to keep it | there till called for, which could be done at any time by | 4 bare majority in commitiee. Failing in keeping the | bill on the Speaker's tabjo, it was nox! the policy of Mr. | Richardson, Mr, Breckenridge and Company, to have it | referred to the Committee on Territories, and to debate | the Nebraska question upon the stalking horse of a du- | Plicate b 11 got up in the House for that purpose. The ad- vantoge of this plon is manifest. At any moment when j | the friends of.the bill might discover that they had a majority in the House, Mr. Richardson could report the Senate Nebraska bill to the House, move for its im- mediate gonsideration, and, calling for the previous | question, could push it throngh before the enemies of the measure could drum up their forces ; and thus make short work of the job by a parliamentary coxp d'état. But the motion of Mr. Cutting to refer to the Commit- tee of the Whole, and his call for the previous question on that motion, turned the tables completely on Richard- son and Breckenridge, and put the bill in regiilar order at least three months behind on the catendar.. Thus was the programme on both plans of operation of the a- ministration party, Gefeated by the successful and sim- ple motion of ir. Cutting, and the united and immoyeable coalition which carried it through. Woas this enough, however, for the mortification, indig- nation, chagrin und wrath of the Cabinet party? Not st all. What, then, is tho solution of the late combined agcault of the Cabinet organ in the House, and the Cabinet newspapers, here and elsewhere, upon Cut- ting for his motion, which “killed the bill,” as they say? Simply this—the ‘Cabinet party wish to save their Northern friends in the House by getting the bill through before the subjeet goes home with the members to their constituents. That's it. And this reason has a speciai application to the two New Hampshire Senntors to be elected. The present Senators—Norris and Wil liamg—voted for the Dill. Their allegiance to the admi nistration forced them todo so. The election to fill th: vacancies which will cceur from the expiration of the | terms of Messrs. Norris and Williams respectively, is to come off in the New Hampshire Legislature in June. Pass this Senate Nebraska bill in the interval, and the ques- tion before the said Legislature will be, shall we adhere tothe law? And as they must agree to adhere to the lnw, why not re-elect the two Senators who voted for it? ‘The act is done—thero is, nothing left but loyalty tothe Jaw. It is therefore of the highest importance to the administration and its two Senators that this bill should bo pussed before June. ‘The reason is obvious. If the bill is not passed, it may be necessary to elect two anti-Nebraska Senators from New Hampshire, as an expression of public opinion for the benefit of Congress generally, but particularly to meet such amendments as the House may make to the Senate bill; fora billis often defeated upon the amend- ments between the two houses. The fact, therefore, that the motion of Mr. Cutting will almost cerfainly delay any action upon the Senate bill till the month of June, throw: the issue of the election of the two New Hampshire Se- nators directly upon the Nebraska bill as a measure still pending before Congress; and the probability that by Cut- ting’s motion the Senate bill cannot be acted upon at this session in any decisive shape, runs ua into the con- tingoney of carrying every Northern member of the House back to his constituents before he can give his final yote upon the measure. ‘The result is the wrath which has been poured out upon the head of Cutting by Breckenridge, the Union, and other organs of the administration. They are afraid that the motion of Mr. Cutting is equivalent to the loas of two administration Nebraska Senators in New Hamp- But the most important feature in this grand pro- imme is not George Law’s muskets, but Kossuth’s po- xy of intervention, which is threatened by our govern ‘ent organ. interference of France and England in will be the ‘for our quarrel with Spain sbout Cuba, armed co-operation, therefore, with the third party in the European war—the revolutionary elements—who are “rd to rise up and make the contest a id Fea ane fight. And these are to.be the three parties in the struggle— Ist. Russia and her allics; 2d. Turkey, France and England, &e.; 3d. The revolutionary elements of Ireland and the Con- tinent. In taking sides with the revolutionary socivties, we shall be able, in the transportation by the Collin’ _ ers of arms and munitions of war, to say nothing of vit- riol, to accomplish the overthrow of all the monarchies of the Continent, ¢: Russia, and her alliance is to en- able us the more effectually introduce our muskets, ~ grtillery and munitiong into Ireland, Italy and Hungary. Our government says— It ia Svidently our duty to bogin to prepare for the worst ‘We must demonstrate to the good of every land—those en- tertaining sentiments kindred to our own—in an unmistaka- ~Blo ntanner, that, we have not only n good cause, but that Wi liberty. oe AG thls oracle simply comprehends the plan of opera- ‘tions we have laid down. Is not Gi Sanders in the se- cret ser vice of our government? Rely upon it, we are to ~ bave a hand in the European war. MARS. ‘aSHINGTON, March 25, 1854. ‘The New York: Hardshells, the Administration, and the Ne- braska Question—Effects of Southern Treachery War to ~~ the Knife. Since the burial of the Nebraska bill in the House, the New York hards have been approached by friends of the administration with a view to treaty of peace anda + reconciliation upon this Nebraska question, as a question of principle, and of constitutional justice upon which all sections of the democracy ought to unite. _ To these approaches and overtures the hards have an- swered as the Revolutionary Assembly at Paris answered the application of his mother to make the young Count de Paris Prince of France: “‘ It is too late,” said the re- publicans; and the New York hards answer, ‘It is too late."’ To a messenger of peace from the Cabinet, one of these “hards” replied: “No, sir; you must help your- selves. We owe you nothing—we owe the administration nothing. We accept the alternative of excommunication from the Cabinet party. We cannot think of acceding to the modest demand of sacrificing ourselves to fave an administration which has scouted our claims in the division of the spoils. Let the Dixes, the Cochranes and Van Burens relieve you. We refuse the naked hook of conciliation upon the ‘principle’ of democratic non- intervention involved in this Nebraska bill. We can’t help you. Call upon Dean, of Buffalo, and that set.”” ‘A Southern gentleman, in behalf of the South and the | democratic nationality of the doctrine of non-interven- tion, next called upon one of these New York hards, and ‘urged upon him a cohesion upon Nebraska with the Cabi- net party as amatter of principle; but the appeal was a dead failure. Hear what the hard said.— “Principle! Exeuse me, but it is late in the season to talk to us of principle. When the champions of the * Buffalo platform and the Buffalo ticket were promoted to the highest offices of trust and emolumont, by an ad- ministration clected upon principles, and we made an issue with the President between the claims of the Buf- ~ falo free soilers and abolitionists and the national demo- crats of New York, you, gentlemen of the South, laughed ‘at our pretensions, and joined in the hne and cry to si- lence us by coercion. It was decreed that we must sub- mit, or be ruled ont of the party. You, gentlemen of the South, agreed to this. Now you call upon us for ~ help in support of the great principle involved in the Ne- biaska bill. But it won't do. fe have accepted the alternative laid down. We are not of the administration party. We have aided in burying the Nebraska bill, ause the only necessity for the moasure is to bolster up the administration, And if the * ‘out of its place, is Hfted from commlitee, it shall not be with the help of the New York bards. It cannot be. Outside of the administration, you of the South ask too much. You for the first time, + that all aliens in the Territories be excluded from the right of a voice in the laws bmg pe ee them- pkg We cannot concede this. It mi pee ‘the Contes ia the Boe et eee, 5 8 barn fhe! enous destroy us al , even - Tareeatioasly ane to this unprecedented and eed exclusion of forelgn born settlers, from a voice in their own local laws. Upon that principle, we shall prefer to hold the bill where it is. The country will not suffer, if qwefail to pass this unjust experiment; and as for the y in the democratic party, that is the concern of administration. Our position is defined. We have - 4 the bill in limbo, and there we intend to keep it. Get it out if youcan, Let the South and the Cabinet callu Dean, Rowe, John Van Buren and other favorites of that set. Tlie Me has repudiated us, and old birds are not to be caught with chaff, . You understand. The dodge of catching us upon “principle” is no go. It is a naked hook for but not be igeons, we can’t ells, iat oes for the war. Ne- shire, and the probable desertion of many Northern friends of the bill. The very fact that the administra- tion party are in such a devil of » hurry to push through the Dill, is proof of their feats of de- lay. Yes, sir, delay weakens the bill every day among its Northern supporters; and Mr. Cutting is as weil aware of this fact as Mr. Breckenridge. Kverybody sees itis so, Cutting might have made a powerful argument upon this point—that it is unjust and cowardly to force a snap judgment upon any measure from a baso fear that it cannot withstand the pressure of public opinion. He might have urged his faith in the public judgment, even asa friend of the bill, as the very reason for a motion which promises to cairy the issue directly before the ple of every Congressional district in the United Riates, If the measure is right, just and constitutional there is no doubt in the world tiat the people will ap proveit. Why, then, this feur of the Cabinet party in submitting their bontling to the verdict of the people: ‘That was the eue for Mr, Catting. Ina few days, but perhaps not till next week, (for the old campaigner is busy finishing up his book of thirty ears in the Senate, writing much of it at his desk in the louse, in the very focus of all the noise and confusion of that body—next week, porhaps, we may expect Col. Ben- | + of sinoke. bama, some nine or ten years ago: ‘They # in getting to the “bloody ground’? of Bladensburg. They | exchanged shots, Clingman’s ball sixiking the ground Washington plications in the ) was) a del between two members of th Howse, . Mr. Graves, of Kentucky, and Mr. Cilley, of Munie, at Bia densburg. Tisey fought with rifes, and Cilley was killey': Grea penal offence in this Distri that nohody has been killed, tween Gew. James Watson Webb, of New York, and My in 1841, aad a duehoomewhere noar New Yorb, itt whith Webb way weunded ia the leg, and that, wo think, its the bloodiest Cengressional afluir that has come off since the fatal Cilley duel. Shortly after thers wats mortal offence gives inde bate in the Semmte by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, to'Mr. King, of Alabaname nd paren challenged Clay, but the warlike misstve passed from the one to the other on’ the floor of ths Senate, aud thes the police wind: of it, both partias were arrested on the adjournmentof the Body, taken tos magistrate’s office, and bound over to keep the peace, And there was aw affair o& war between Wise, of Vir ginia, and Stanley, of Nortly Carolina, of the House. High words had passed between in debate, and Wise had inflicted a blow ox two with a whip upon the shoul- Gers of Stanley, ax Both were riding ont on horseback to see a horse race of three miles and repeat, pony purse of 3600. The affair ended, however, without bloodshed, though the preliminary steps were taken for “pistols and coffee, ‘The next affair wag detween Garrett Davis, of Kon- tucky. and Gen. Bayly of Vingi ‘Bais arose from the + “lie direct” in the Hovse: ‘The arrangements were per- fected fora beautiful fight. Davis escaped from the city and got off into Marylhud, where he waited a day or two for the benefit of a shot se two at nia friend Bayly. But Bayly had been arrested and boun@over before he got cut of town, some of hiv friends baving witnessed the scene in the House, and having given instsat infor- mation to the police. Explanations followed'on the floor of the House, and the trouble thus passed off ia a whiff ‘There was next a more lively and turions affair Between Mr. Clingman, of North Carolinn, and Y near Yancey’s feet, and Yanoey’® ball passing con- siderably over the’ head of Clingusan, among: the the logic of Sir John Falstaff, that satisfied honor will ndt cnre a ruptored windpipe, avr ra store the brains to a mon who has bad them blowa out, is beginning to hold a good footing even among wember¢ Of Congress at A good many years ago, growing ont of em “tainoffensive w York Courier and Km, wirer, there wa,¥ the excitement that ensued. Congress waa a hocked, and passed a atringent law against dueling, oala 3g it Since that time, ough there have been many affairs of honor hers, we fa lieve There was s'quars) be- Thomas ¥, Marshall, of Kentucky, on the Borkrupt fa ¥ —S Wastuxorox, March 3010 P. M. We understand from the very best authority that an Breckenridge difficulty Lad been adjusted to the satisfac- tion of the friends of both gentlemen, was premature. Up to nine o'clock this evening the affair remained open; but the frieDds of the gentlemen felt sanguine the diffi- culty would be amicably settled, and that no meeting would take place, punctillio remains, One of Mr. Cutting’s brothers and his son arrived here in the cars this evening. The Pay of Postmasters—Trial of Captain Schaumburg, &e. Wasurnatoy, March 30, 1854. Tho Stay'says that the House Committee on Post Of- fa *s has agreed to report a bill increasing the compen- vet 12 Of postmasters ten per cent on the commissio: new, received, thé’ Postmaster General being given dil cretia Ty power for increasing compensation at distri- buting and deparating offices. ‘The ‘a mount now in the United States treasury ia 928,800,0, %0- ‘The ease Of Capt. Schaumburg was given to the jury this aflevue 2M, anda verdict is expected to-morrow. Mr. Joe ‘ochrane is in town, and go is Mr. Clemens, it snowed @ here quite heavily to-day. gwQ tTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate, Wasaincton, March 30, 1854, im, SLLANEORS PETITIONS. Mx iveeere prese ¢ & memorial from the American Society for the seta “ment of Science, praying the es- tablishatnt of w gow “pbical depariment connected with the Congress Libr "7: Mr. Few presentedra\ memorial {som the owners of of 1850, vegulating voscoty, Propelled by steam, and ask- Chinquapin bushes in which they lad taken’ their stand for thelr murderous work. Bist the constabulary force had followed out close upon tie heels of the belli- gerents, and being informed of their whereabouts made a descent apon the scene, and dispersed the parties from the ground—principals, ‘seconds, and surgeon. Yancey fled in one direction and Clingman iu another, over the the cornfields contignous to Bladensburg, the police after them, but the honorable gentlemen wore uot captured; for i was said at the time that never was there such ranning seen any where near Bladensburg since the un- fortunate battle with the British, of Augnat 25, 1814. Mesars. Clingman and Yancey returned to: the Hong, where business was reconciled by mutual explanations im their behulf; and, according to our recollection, by am tupple and satiefetory apology to the House, ne next declaration of war between members of the House was, we think, the affair between Mr. Duer, of New York, and Mr. Meade, of Virginia, the former hav- ing in debate given the latier the lie direct. This rupture, however, was settled quietly through the intervention of friends, and mutual retractions and explanations, all. of which were duly communicated to the House. ‘This, ex- cepting a number of knock downs and fisticufiings in the House, genorally in the midst of the excitementa of the Jast night or two of the ression, is, acconting to our me- mory, the last regular affair of honor of the House down. to this one between Messrs, Cutting and Breckenridge. The lastaffair of this. code of honor in. the Senate was that interesting one between Judge Butler, of South Cerolina, and Col. Benton, of Mixtouri. One Saturday night, the very last of the long session of 1848, in the consideration of the Oregon Territorial bill, the debate became violent, from the efforts of Southern Senators to tire out the bill, because it embodied, in a House amend- ment, the Wilmot proviso. A few days before; Col. Ben- ton hud given to a correspondent of the New York Hera, and had authorized him to publish, certain reso- lutions against Gen. Kearney, which Col. B: lad submit- ted in executive session. The resolutions were published in the Hanarp accordingly, Col. Benton standing respon+ sible for the violation of the sccresy of tho Senate. On the Saturday night aforesaid, Jndge Butler, with a view to stave off the Oregon bill, ‘holding the Hsran ia his hand, called the attention of the Senate to the publica- tion, saying that it reflected upon the honor of a member of the Senate, and moved an executive session to inquire into the matier. Col. Benton fired up, and said that if ber charged him with dishonor he would get the “1 will cram it down his throat, sir. Tem a peaceable man, sir; but when I fight, I fight for a funeral, six’? his was near midnight, and the Herarp's coreespond- nt, judging from the movements of Judge Butler, that a duel was hatebing, began to think of the agency which he lad bad in bringing about this fearfal ultimatam. During the Sabbath many rumors were in circulation, and on ton toopen on the Nebraska question. All sides are looking to the day when he shall take up the gloves, | fof ull sides expect a tremendous speech. ‘The old oan | promises that he will not chop logic, nor mince matters, | but blaze away, without regard to the politicians that | may fall or be crippled from his broadsides. And he | says that as for thirty odd years he has been accustomed | to make a speech to the end of his argument, whether it has been to the extent of three hours or three days, he | willnot, in this instance, be curtailed by the one hour | role of the House, ‘They may insist upon stopping inim | in the House at the end of his hour; but if they do, he | will walk out into the Rotunda, and there finish his _ speech; and we doubt, noi that the entire House and the fenate, and the galleries, if it comes to this, will join his in the Rotunda to hear him out. For the novelty of the ; thing, therefore, we think that the House, in this case, | ought to adhere to the one hour rule. But this we hardly | expect. The House will doubtless grant hima whole day | it he desires it; ond that he will make terrible work of the | incongruities of theNenate bill all hands fully believe. The | old man is strong and lusty, and full of fight as ever, and | the youngsters of the House are really anxious to hear | Old ‘Bullion’s thunder among them. | ‘There was a very funny debate in the Senate to-day | upon the rutes of tha t body; but as the question involved | a trial of strength between the Gadsden treaty and the | Homestead bill, it was a trifle of some little importance. | The Gadsden treaty carried the day, Mr. Mason suggest- ing that it depended upon time, and that no time was to | ve lost. The treaty will probably be ratified. The pros- pect of a rupture with Spain about Cuba is w as a powerful reason for making a strong alliance with Santa | Anna while he is inthe humor. Otherwise England ant | France may cut ws outof Mexico. So says ALMONTE. Wasmnotoy, March 29, 1804. Ihe Affair of Honor between Messrs. Cutting and Brecken ridge—Rumors of the Day—List and History of olher Congressional Duels, Great and Small, since the fatal | Cilley affair— Account of the “Dari: and Bloody Ground” of Bladensburg, de., de. At ten o'clock this morning the startling rumor that Catling, of New York, and Breckenridge, of Kentuesy. | had met upon the “dark and bloody ground” of Bladens burg, and that Cutting had puta ball into the neck of Breckenridge, inflicting a mortal wound, was the absorl« ing, engrossing and universal topic of conversation, spe culation, expectation and apprehension. The ladies, who | are mostly in the interest of Mr. Breckenridge, wore in | great tribulation—thelr sympathies were excited almost | to the interesting crisis of a good ery about it. Why did , not the friends of those men interfere f—why did not the | authorities interfere ’—why did not the Marshal of the District ‘put a stop to this bloody business {"'—why did | they all look on and permit these distinguished members | to shoot at cach other like Turks and Russians? But all these sympathies were wesied; all these feminine appre- hensions and objurgetions were expended wpon « false | report. The cheering news that there had been no fight, | and that it was Ukely there would be no fight, followed | close wpon the heels of the alleged Uloody meeting: and then the ladies, dear souls, retorted that it was just an they expected; for that all the Congressional duels of tie last ton years in this neighborhood had ended respective ly iua miserable farce—that all this fuss about Northern | honor and Southern chivalry, was all hambug and moon shine. Jn a day or two we shall probably have an official ex- | planation on the floor of the House, perfectly satisfactory | to the honor of both parties, and perfectly satisfactory, likewise, to the offended dignity of the House. There appears, in this case, to have been an original diMieulty to get over of considerable embarrassment to loth sides; | and this was to determine which of the two gentlemen | had been insulted, and upon which devolved the respon- | sibility of making the challenge. The interpretation of the thirty-nine articles of the fighting cove admits of dis- tinetions as nice as those of the Virginia resolutions of 198 and 99, every bit. that Breckenridge bad, upon the Nebraska questiot skulked behind the Senate bill. Breckenridge had ¢ manded a retraction. The charge was offensive, or, at { | | bite. We are hard ~ braska is crucified, and we can’t help it.” This is the ultimatum of the New ‘Tuesday next you will probably hear something from the debates in the House in confirmation of it. Ax Richard- son and Breckenridge have confessed, the Senate bill is substantially defunct. ORA PRO NOBIS. ‘Wasninctoy, March 27, 1864. Cutting and Breclenvidge—Explanation of the Riddle— Nebraska a Deadfall on the New Hampshire Senators to be Elected—Benton Coming Out—Funny Doings in the f “Senate. The violence of the attack of Mr, Breckenridge, of Ken- tucky, upon Mr. Cutting, the other day, in the House; for daring, against the wishes of the godfathers of the Nebraska bill, to make the motion whigh carried that > York hards, and by | least, he chose to make it so. Cutting refused to retract, | and the offence remained against Mr. B. And being thus | insulted, the question arises, could Mr. B, throw | the onus upon My. C. by accusing him of a falue- | hood’ No, sir. The code requires that when a man | ja insulted, and demands a retraction, which is refused, he shall demand that extreme satisfaction Gen Be fined as ‘pistols and coffee for two.” It is w bs however, That in this case, betwoon the friends of the parties yesterday, it was decided that the | properly bel to Mr. Cutting, although Brecken- Hdge is ald to have soa that belong to himself. Je telegray ive you, evening, @ pa- fie solution of the misuotersta , perfectly ‘a to both sides, to the House, ‘to the outaidors, Indies and all. Whena thi of this sort here stands unliquidated for twenty-four bonrs, the chances are as | ten to one that there will be mo blood apiit—not a bit, | burg bas been exacted. | perhaps, he may tal | dueling | warrant for his arrest. | My. Maurice, } on Monday most pers: | In this case, Cutting had said | } Menday morning, the Hiren's correspondent, havi oor ieason to believe that a challefye had passed be- ‘ron the parties, prozceded to # magistrate, made his fidavits, and had the two venerable gentlemén arrested 4 contemplating a breachof the perce, Col. Benton was | found at his house, and broaght over to the magistrato’s | office; but protesting thet he contemplated no breach of | the peace, he appeaicd from the magistrate to the Court | then in session at the City Hall. ‘The case was carried up | there, but the testimony of your correspondent being in- | suicient to convict him of any design to break the peace, | Col. Penton was discharged, Judge Butler, on the other | hand, boing captured, admitted the charge against him and gave bonds, as required, in $6,000 to keep the peace. ‘The fact is, that on Sunday night Gen. Foote had taken a challenge (o Benton: but the latter had sent it indignant- ly back, because the beaxér of it was extremely repuspant to Col. Benton as an agent in any way in the businers. Congress dispersed, and it was not until the meeting | in the following December that there was a reconcilia- | tion between Benton and Butler. And on account of his respect for both parties, and from some responsibility in the subject matter of their quarrel, the Hnap’s cor- respondent, from all that I canlearn, has never'had oc- casion to regret his interposition to prevent them frour attempting to shoot each other at Bladensburg. | Apropos of Col. Benion, It ia rumured this morning | that the friends of Cutting and Breckenridge have selectesl him as arbitrator en those gentlemen, with what correctness we kuow not. If such be the case, however, we have no doubt there will be prompt and pacific set: tlement of the ridiculous mieunderstanding between the : inpetuous Kentuckian and the inexorable New Yorker. ‘rom the catalogue of the cases which we have thus recited, it willappear that the field of honor at Bladens burg has fallen into disrepute since the fatal Cilley | duel; and from the common sense principlos which lave ever since been overiding the thirty-nine articles, only worthy of Don Quixotte, and from the fact that most men at this day desire to ce ae much of the progress of the age as posible, we are quite inclined to think that the last blood of Con- gress for the ‘dark ani bloody ground’? of Bladens- Jobn ©. Rives, the popular publisher of the Congressional Globe, has his country seat near the duelling ground, and he has seyer# good | Kentucky rifles in his honse there; and he says that, ashot at the duellists himself il he ever eatches any of them within rifle range of his premives indulging in their ridfeulous folly of vindi- cating their honor by shooting at cach other. He can’t allow any tar ctice near his premises without a hand init; and, bei crack shot with his rifle, we are quite sure he can wing his gawe at every clip. Bladensburg is a seattoring village of about five hun dred inhabitants, and is situated five miles enet of Wash- ington. The country around is poor—but, abounding as it does in small thickets of underbrush and littl copses of small timber, the neighborhood is just the place for a offer no obstructions to running, when necessary, from the police. We are inclined to think that, as the present care may be the last one Justifying any acconnt of the Congressional duelling grownd for a long time to come. we may be excused by your renlers in thie lengthened deseriptiqn. F RANDOLPH. TE PAT ILC The Affair Between Messrs, Cutting ana Breckenridge. Wasmiveton, Moreh 90, 1854 Mr. Catting, who was in Alexandria all day yesterday: returned to the city last evening, and thus aveided being avrested, the outhoritics of, Virginia having issued 0 Late at night he again left the city. Both he and Mr. Breckenridge are now absent, but their where- abouts is kept secret. The friends of the gentlemen are atill engaged in trying to effect a reconciliation, and we reaffirm our belief that no hostile meeting will take place. ‘The editor of the Union, Forney and Nicholson, their acoustomed decency, publish, with editorial com- mendation, that por f Mr. Breckenridge’ remarks So Ninel Me. Cutting. Consider- col the ailaix, the copduet of the iio ble ing the peculiar posi Union is wholly unjv Wasmnoton, March, 30-21, o'clock The difficulty between Messrs. Cutting and Brecken ridge remains in the same unsatisfactpry state as last evening Matters have been *o consummuately arranged that nothing hes leaked out beyoudk the fact that most atren uous efforts are being made to prevent the duel. Both parties remain comceated; hence it i presumed { that the diMeulty is not settled. Tho report of the ami cable adjustment needs confirmation. WastixcTox, March 80—6 P. M. Nobody can to anything certain about the Cutting and Breckenridgo affair, and various contradictory ro ports are in circulation. ‘The difficulty had not, however, been adjusted at four clock this afternoon, and apprehension is consequently | pense of printing. but toa eum nothing ond, while the high roads and open tields , He repaired to the lodgings of | ing that ees raeherg ‘ng passengers, be ey fitch bh vege trap rey ee pen Rein one onectarat Ss tro Beaptitta obtenioe: Provided fox two printers was that it was suppored there | ree, infavoret scouring roi, °U8 froodom to Auoeicans | Mie © pagsbility Uust. the two houses might at some tine in foreign Ca aa thew morial, (to which he re. | {&m@platedsthes same person would be chosen ‘by both Pct pe - yeas oh at fi izens of North Carolina houses. . The law-was-good, sound and economical, and nst the Ofthe Nobra Ska bill. He said that of 10 41 signatures, seventcen sor ° the name of White, and he was antafied they were m embers of the highly respectable Sogjety of Fricnds, ‘T \€ Memorialists oppose the Dill on position that th %¢ is some provision in it involving breach of mtiona ' faith. He belioved that the memofialists were sll ream able and just men, and he had noqoubt but that they y ‘cre all at ‘this timo perfectly satisfled that they waze wr Ong in their opinion of the bill. REMEF DLT. ‘The bill for thie zetiof of JobuGurma 2 was reported and. passed. ; ‘The Senate then took. up TE, DAEIOLENCY BILL. The question pending was on Mr. Bad, 7¢r’s amcndmemt to repeal a ‘ofthe printing law w, hich directs thats any-pi fered by both houses shal ' be executed ky the printer t house which first order, 3it; and rove ing that ter such printer shall do ti ‘ie printing or- dered by hinwewn house, and that the print ing of the de- partments shgll be equally divided between the two em.) of Del., moved ar, amendment, er the 4th of Mareh next the printing saled, He-said he was in faver of a gov- often) of Al d Mr. Badger’ a., 0} ei t "5 was cttcely out tee im this sea d moreover increase the annual cost . He wos free to admit that under printers. , but not by in- creasing th ofthe publfe printing. The Iaw pro- vided for t tion of a printer hy each house; sill, it was foundr he hypothesis that shme person was to be + ‘both houses. The law provided that. by whenever | Mh fouses should onler the printing of the seine doc u was to be executed by the printer to that house !.> -prdering the same. case of much dimi- culty had «) cost arisen. The first or mechanical part of the Patent 2 report had’ been first ordered to be printec by te, ot had’ been tent, to the, Senate printer: oy agricultural ad Bah tiene 4 ceived dnd Slered to be printed BF ite ligase, and the question had arisen whether beth parts were not one Roth parties claimed the werk, That was a judi- ciebinquiry, and had not yet boen determined. Tho mat- ter was not and ought not to be decided in this way. He would fuver, perhaps, any amendment which would not involve increased expense to government. Mr. Wetier, (dem.) of Cal., thought this amendment wee nothing more than that each house shall have con- trol! of its own printing; that the Senate printer shall ex eoute the Sexnie’s printing; and the House printer the House printing. Under the law the Senate ostensibly had printer, but under certain circumstances, by trickery or might be the case that all the Senate print- ing wer om the control of the Senate and of its printer into other hands. So long as the Senate had the right to elect its own printer, it ought to have the right of directing what printing he shallexeente. How could the Senate concede the right to the House or to any others to decide what printing shall be done, and how much of it shall be executed by the Senate printer? There was no propriety in uniting the twooffices. ‘The House mi well assume to contro) the Senate's sergeant-at arms. ‘bere ought not to be, as it was proven there had been, any contest between the two houses or its officers, as to who should first order the printing to be done. Mr. Bayanp withdrew his amendment. He advoeated y it were adopted, there would be lscramble as to which house should give tle most printing to its officer. He was op- It was corrupt‘and corrupt rrapting to bestow this patronage on politi- He was in favor of having a government . wholly disconnected from the newspaper printing off rees. Mr. Hier omend nt. , (dem.) of Va.. said he would vote for the lc bed no doubt it would add to the ex like what had been supposed. Unless this amendment be adopted, the ate would lave to engage in a scramble in rele Gisposing of the printing. Under the present law it is i the power of the department to say who shall have the printing of Congress—whether it slall be given to th | Senate or the House printer; and it ought to have the right (o send fis own printing to its own officer. How lud it been with (wo important documents? A Senator | from Pennsylvania moved to print some copies of an ab- stractof the census. The motion was referred to the Committee on Printing. That committee reported ad- versely upon that motion, but together with the Honse Committee ayreed upon printing another abstract of the census. That report of the joint committee was made to the Honse on the 12th of January, and the printing of 100,000 copies was ordered. The report was not made to the Senate until the 16th, when the House had already ordered the printing. “4 Mr. Hamiix, (@enm.) Me., thought the Senator was mistaken. Mr. Heaven read extracts from the journals of both houses to sustain him. In that ense the Senate had bad no ehance to give that printing to ils officer, but war com led to give it to the House printer. ‘It was pretty wise with the Patent Office report. That nt to the House, and he happened to be nt when it was ordered to be printed by that Lody, on inquiry of the Secretary of the Senate, he ae rt ed thet the document had not then been sent into the Senate. ‘ihat document. therefore, also was sent to the House printer. If the Senate was entitled to elect its own printer, it ought to have a right to give its print ing to the printer @f its own choice. A had always been | averse to giving the public printing to editors, or. to « newspaper press. He was in favor of giving it ou | contract, or establishing @ government printing office: | and when the Senator from Delawaro brought forward « proposition of that character, be would give is his sup | port. He was informed that the iuereaved cos’s for exira | composition under this amendrwat would aot exceed | $2,500." { Mr. Haman was opposed to the omendmant becance it | added largely to the cost of ppinting, in consequen the allowance to each priater for composition, which, under the present law, was paid to but ome. He had no announcement made this afternoon, that the Cutting and |) We apprehend a mere question of steamboxt9 on the Hudsos, iver, complaining of the act in fact, despite the bloody dernana’’ of the code of honor, | felt that a hostile meeting will take place to-morrow | iftustration of itscontents, he said it entirely omitted ali morning. The police are on tee look out for the parties.*| statistics of the number of acres of Iamd under cultiva- tion in several States, but had full tables of lunatics, *panpers, idiots, -colleges, and newspapers, information which could.be easily,obtained by State returns, without apy recourse to the census. , If the Senate Lad been con- suited he would have left out idiots aud pauper» and put » iy cultivatedland.! The: had ‘ordered ite print Z d the Senate was cor dto have it printed aw the use determined. If! nate was to edit book pub- lished’ By the House, hé ited an opportnnity for the Senate to write one page in it!” For this reason he had arrested the motion gome time since for printing fifty thousand copies of that book. He was for changing the law so that the Senate could order its own printing, and if it published books it should buve a voice in saying what Rey should contain. ir. PEARCE, ad Md., said the only plausible ar gument against the amendment was that it would add to ‘the expense of printing. But even if it added an ex- pense equal to what nad been stated, that was no reason it should not be adopted. Me thought it was highly id proper that the Se.nte should have the control of itwown printing. 1t ought to see that its own printer, wom it had elected, shoul inves enough of the wrork.or: dered by it to maintain his establishment. This item of expense should not appal the Senatc—ft should remem- ber that some few years ago the Senate voted the public printer a gratuity of sixty thousand dollars. The Sena- tors who voted for that ought not to object to an amount not one-fourth of that. ‘Mr. Houston (dem.) of Texas, said the additional ex pense would not be over five thousand dollars. ‘Mr. Pearce said that only strengthened the argument. But even if it were fifteon thousand dollars it would be better to pay it than that the Honse, either by accident & digg, shguidasdystiesaalan ant disect yho-ahonla execute fhe Senate printing. Tf the House was to order all the Senate printi ni it would be as well to provi ence that that body clect the Senate printer. cught to have control over the person runting. It has no control over the Hou oat The Seaate <ecutin prints zit had over its own, and could fer failure of duty dismiss h The Senate had a constitutional right to regulate ond controbite own officers, and their printer. BAYARD aid it*was well known there was 2 scram- goingion for this patronage. He thought that fifteen ihousand dollars was not too much to prevent the state of fecling which would spring up between the two houses if this contest was continued. Mr. Frrapaterorargued ‘to show that the smendment would incur an additional expense of fifteen thousand. - Mr, BapGee replied Mr. Starr, (dem.) of Mich., opposed the amendment. Ko regarded it as nothing moro nor less than a proposi- tion to give the Senate printer fitben thousand. lellars more than he was entitled to by law. Tt increases the all the difficulty arising in ita operation grew out of the “Aection of printer by the Senate. Shall the ernment of the United States be subjected to this additional ex- pense, that the Senate may sustain an organ; while the argument in favor of this proposition was nothing more than that, the Senate having elected a printer, was bound to sustain him. If any scramble was going on he desired to leave it where it was. He did not desire, nor did he expect, to seo the otter house, as a body, enzage in it. He oared little for the parties interested: He had to confess that his estimation of the two organ’ in this city was not a very high one. Mr. Pratt, (whig) of Md., said that he could not see that there was any scramb!e’in this matter; it wos all ore Way. Tho Senate Committee on Printing was not over favorable to the Senate printer. The House com- mittee was cormaosed of the friends of the House printer, and naturally inclined to give him all the work they could. As the Senate committee was indifferent, the House commitiee-probably had the matter nearly all its ‘own way. The amendment was then 18, a8 follows :— agreed te, by yeas 24, nays Yeas—Mosers. Al‘en, Atchisow, Badgw, Bayard, Brod head, Drown, DutlerClayton, Douglas, Byorett, Fish, Foot, Geyer, Hunter, Mason, Morton, Poarca, Pettit, Pratt, sey ay Rank, Sumner, Thom aon of Ky.."Weller, and’ Wricht. NAte—Mosars. Holt, Dodge of hs, Dodge of Iowa, Fos- famn| |.sendem, Fitzpatrick, wi dell’ Spuare, Wade, sad Willlnmes nr OW™ Nereis, My, THompson, (whi g) of Ky., offered am amendment for iting the’ sustom houses at the Faeroe ahes : |. Louis, $100,000; Mobile, $65,080: Cinsianati b seciene: wineries, Suis seater, sananny Bay wir. Humax, (dem.) (Pie., movedto add te the amend. mont for a new site for a custom house at ‘Sem-Franaisco, $250,000, gad for rebuilding the custom heuwo at ort: rs. n, Gwia, Harlin, ' Bell sdvocated the ame-wwmont, an@Monate: Sentesent | Mie Whensn aid Franeise AWAMER said the castom house “J Would not cost over half a million, et tee omnis was now paying $130,000 a ye aor rent. No building eould be re: in San Francisc>for less tam three yer cent a ¥ x The governmen: was now os Hatton’ the cesumntan iat an 0] tt] ‘The.Sewate then adjourned House of Representatines.. VeASMINGTON, MareliO®, 1354, Mr. Nathaniel G. Taylor, elected. from Tennessee in | place of Mr. Brookins Campvéll,xlocenvad, appeared, and was queiified. ANTI NEBRASKA PETTITON. Mr. Banserr said that he liad, recived » petition, nu- | meronsly signed, from his calleague’s,(Taylor’s) district, against thé passage of the Nevraska bill, accompanied by a letter saying that Mr. Taylor had assorted at a public meeting there that he would votey against the bill or re- sign his seat, Did his colloague kay 60, oF was the state- ment in the Union saying that ae would vote for it, pub- lished by his authority? Mr. Taytor replied he had nothing to remark on the Nebraska bill, or on what opintons he had elsewhere ex- pressed. He did not know, nar did he believe, it was a proper subject on which to fosad an explanation with re gord to the. petition which his colleague has. He way willing that he (Bennett,) chowld present it. If itha’y been sent-tohim, he shonld have presented it, althoug’» 4 it was opposrd to his views. It made no difference to him, whether he (Bennett,) preeented it or not. (Laugh ter) The House went into Commitise on ‘THE BML FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX SIRAM PRIGATES—OC® 4 POS:TION OF Cols RENTON, ETC. Mr. Kerrr, gem.) of S. C., suklressed the committee for an hour, insisting that tho Missouri restriction has been a source of unnumbered woes, and in alluding to the or dinance of 1787, said it was unconstitutional and a myast graccless act. He defined and argued the powers of the government according ta the principles of strict con- struction, defending the institution of slavery, and claiming protection for itas for other property m the Territories. Mr. Benton, (dem.) of Wa, said that, from the war of 1812, the question of a nary has occupied the constant attention of statesmen. If seems to be admitiak on all ands that we must have one. How much? is the question, A navy for defence is granted—a. navy for the protection of commerce is granted; but when we come toa navy for conquest. and a navy to coutend with the navies of the world, that is another question, which waa not granted’ by the early founders of the republic. This is @ continent, not ar jstand. Our policy is peace, nob aggression—it ia defence, not con- Guest. This is our poliey—theso were thy doctrines of carlice times, A standing army has alvpys been con- demaed by the American people, and a standing navy—. navy in thne of peace—wan, long ago, rejected by the Awerican people. The war of 1912 chs. god our policy — we ere fo have # standing navy in time peace. man (Jefferson) im conversation, stated, thirty years ago, that the great error was in establikhing a navy board. ‘Yhot navy board being composed of saval officers, would, | from their knowledge of details, govern the Secretary of | the Navy, who mast always be a political man; and these naval men, taking professional views, and being fight- tng men, would procure ships Sr men, and men for | the ships, always having in view the contending powers of the world. We have thus been going on ever since, laying the broad foundation of a navy He be feeling of choice or favor between individuals. The law now allowed for composition but to one printer, and that was allowed to the printur of the House, they first order- img the work to be done. This smendment aired double composition, for exch printer was to print all the documents ordered by both houses, and consequently it would allow double eomposition for all the Seuate print- ing. Wtrh respect to the Census Abstract, the Commit- {ce ov 1 rinting regorted against Mr. Brodhead’s motion to print some theusands of a very imperfect and unreli- able abstract of the Census, and in making that report were done with the matter. But the House passed a re- solution respecting the printing of another and more perfect abstract of the Census, and the joint gemmittee reported in favor | of printing it ‘That was a proposition originating in the House and according to all rulo was matter properly velonging to the House, and it was therefore first reported there, Had it been a Senate proposition it woul! have been first reported in the Senate. As regards the Pa- tent Office report, he knew nothing. He rend ealeula- tions to show that the Senate printer having the me- chanical part and the House printer the other part, the two had relatively a fair division of the humber of pages of the report. He thought that, comparing the relative cost of printing for the Honse and Senate for the last Congress, with the probable relative cost of the same for this Congress, the work was pretty fairly divided between the Senate and House printer. He also read calculations showing that the lowest estimate of inereas- | ed expenditures under this amendment, for composition, | Would not fall short of $15,000. Mr. Burren referred to the census abstract prepared by the House, and of which that body had ordered a hun- dred thousard copies to be printed without giving the Senate any opportunity to have any voice as to what it ‘ should contain oc what it should aot contain, Aa a lieved we have seven navy yarus; the British have but two; and yet this bill provides that the Secretary of the Navy may haye the vessels. bnilt by private contract. ‘This looks discouraging. Waet would ehought of a man with seven mills seading his corn in a tub tohe | ground by a neighbor? (Laughter.) He wished to reeall the early wisdom of graat men on this subject. Ho thought there was a radical ervor in undertaking to build a navy to contend with se world for the dominion of the seas. He thought our policy of stationary squadrons a mistaken policy. It w ® British poucy. Tha’ goyern- ment has squadrons for its islands a& home, and for its islands and poseessians in the four quarters of the world. We have no inducement to follow their plan of stationary | squadrons, and ke could s€e no adequate reason for keep- ing up our five stationary squadrons. He enumerated the guns, and tho expense of them, and said in early times {he reacone were always given for sending out a «quad je wos for ernisers and against squadrons, and in | connection spoke of Commodore Portor’s gallant | in capturing all the British vessels whieh reat in sight during the last war with Britain. He referred to tho messages of Adams and Jockson against standing navies, adopting the views as bis own, and read from resolves of the Legislature of Virginia of 1800 on the same subject, During the last sixty years the contests on the ocean bave ended in i exactly where ae oe at the beginning. He looked on nations bui ps in time of peaco as building them to rot down. He saw no probability of war, and we have n to do with foreign conquests. | Ho believed the of navies in Europe was bat a contest of ship bui and ship carpentery; and when the vessels are built, having no other uae for them, the parties engage in the game of cannon balls directed at the arma, legs, and heads of one another—ond when this is dove it has no more effect oa THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. pations'than if two private citizens & > uel. Jefferson’ slanguage was—‘That the ma” oes torth carries the sovereignty of Fr) im. He gets into some scrape, and ts that the poole blag pateitle Rare as that—the peo, , have up, and @ war ia the congequence.” . Bat ant ships for the protection of commerce, but not for , conquest and the dominion of the seas. If we sre tohave ®naval policy, he wanted to know it, We should vo back the wage m of our fathers. ‘ ten: . Cuxemax, (dem.) of N.C., snidIn 1812 our, DAge Was one Tita cde: a) it is four milffon tona, weak now. At that i st icnca aeRT as Commodore Porter commanded, could He remembered | but one that was éaptiire ent, Com. Decatur, The reason why our committed auch havoc waa they were able to ae British vessels and get out of the way if necessary; but since then there has been an entire change in the arma- ment—the introduction of steam power, not_ depending. on the winds. Assteamboat with one paddle wheel, or = vessel of George Law's, or the Collins line, with avent armament, could. compre nest veasel atloat, - Mr. Bocock, (dem.): of Va., replied to Mr. Bentem, showing that England has eleven places where vessels are built;but this. bil “has nothing to do with navy yards, He would here say, the Naval Committes have before them a proposition to some of our You might aa well talk about fight ek hoa Versels as going into a battle fleld w: ‘ and spear, and contending against the lery of the present day. It was necessary vessels; commerce required it. Nobody contends that they are for aggressive purposes. An efficient navy is to prevent other nations from attacking our The off adage is, ‘ prevention ia better cure,’? cietates of common prudence require that we bi tye ate wn r. SraNToN, \.) of Tenn., agreed wit twas said by Mr. Denton ve to squadcons, aud the. of our naval affairs. He, however, did not our naval large. He would vote for the bill, because he thought our navy should have the proper kind of vessels and be renovated in this way. Bir. Davis, (dem ) of R. L., offered an amendment that three ofste vessels shall be built by private contragt;n0 One contractor to build more than one hull and engine, All vessels, he said, built at our navy yarde cost twice as much’as vessels can he built for by pri contract.» He with Mr. Benton that wesho, not build shi juest.. He did not navy, descent on Cm, ng eavoedted te ote da ree descent on Cuba, as ar e other: tleman of New York, oe a pach ‘ * Mr. Cumong, (dem.] of Ne ¥., opposed the amendment. He knew by. personal followed the sea. for six years, that the vessels built by contract are ta— juriour, not only to the navy, but'to the He « therefore belicved these thoald be put out it would bo unwise in the extreme degree. a iment was be built at the ‘government yards. The amen rejected. Mr. Puiups, (dem.) of Als., offered one to build, Wke- /° wise two sloups-of-war. He said Mr. Benton's scheme would shut up our commerce within ourselves, Mr. Bocock opposed the amendment. He was fearful of embarrassing the bill by adopting it, and would nob te aah ¥. y eae Ir. Lyon, (dem.) of N. ¥., moved to amend by 6 opposing the proposition to bnild sloops-of-war.”) There wat more patriotism in this House than the Cone irtagined—men of large heartvand just syntpathies, whe > wl be glad of the opportunity torgive o just increase t thynavy. Expediency applies to: the school of politios fe ee yo tO f ple Ragped et him for build- ing his ark, which was the means of saving a small por- fone et iat whom wos ng Pie juge. Laughter. @ very air is igerent » whers and it would ee if here, during the debate on the Nebraska bill, Bellona was in our mi (Laugh ter.) then showed what sloops-sf-war have done— and in vaply to a question as to Capt. Ingraham’s vessel, toads ‘resident! Sta the, sunlit 8 Sires oes Carolin id ais message. ughter, and ¢1 “ good."*| The great en of vhow the gentlowan-rom hind here the Capitol; but de spoken, ave paste ving thet - gem would revaind him that we now live in | veawels. ores as promiaent as one of the pillars of Mr, CuAxstxn, (whiz) of Pa., had intended az ccpetibent See Babale sloops-ef-war, but now thonght tit if gentlemen attempt to hiteh more on te ae th sy would not be able to get it owt of a channe® s kind. Mr. Lyon’» emendmeut was rejected. Mr. Stantw, (dem.)'of Ky., offered an amendment, that two of the fr shalt. be constructed or. the Mississippi siver, and spoke of the abundance of material there. Mr. Fouris/(@em.) of Me., opposed it, eying the mew. oan the nevy came from the schools ci the Northerm cnd-gemt was rejasted. . Grow, (dom.) of Pa., spoke abort government contracting veith Mesere. Collins ‘and Sioo & Cor for ear~ Tying the E> evi their veasels to be turnod into mea- Secon of-war, if . He was opposed (6 tore money until the six montha’ nctlee shall” Bo i en for terrahatiog these contracts. Let there be @ nasal reform. Many of the officers who go sbroad im cuz vessels do-aothing but drink toasts to The rulers of alBthe world, % ing their own country. We should have such memas ba, national in their ideas, mot old: fogies, frightoned at the ven breeze. you fur- nish such materiad to man your navy, we wik Daild year Mr. Bocock replied, asking; because of the wrong done by a former Congress, woule the gentleman refuse an te eranse in the aavy? Is this the policy of a statesman? A aumber of officers have long becn waiting orders be- canse there are not ships for them; but: when was it known that aay one of themuhas over proved false to bis the rt of the money to be Mr. CrivGwan offered an amendment av Seerctary of tho Navy to oxpend pu: appropriated Uy this bill to offer higher pay to seamen. He said he atood the scarcity of seamen was the enue of several vessels in part not being sent out. Mr. Bococs auid the Secretary of the Navy alreadg nd that power, but the only difficulty is that the Com- tee of Waxa and Means area little too tight in the purse strings. Pending the consideration of the amendagnt, the com- mittee rose, and the House adjourned. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Funeral of Jonathan Harr Laxiycron, Mass., Mar: The funaral solemnities of Jonathan Harrington, the last survivor of the battle of Lexington, were celebrated to-day, and were very imposing. The Covernor, Lieut. Governor, Executive Council, and many members of botle branches of the Legislature, were present. Eighteen mi- litary corapanies and several Masonic orders were in the processing; and it is estimated that some 6,000 stra ‘The ceremonies were. generall; were in the town. Masonic character, the deceased having been a % Rev. George M. Randall, Grand Master of the Lodge of Massacusetts, preacked the fancral serman, Fire In Cléveland, CievELanD, Ohio, March 30, 1854. Triaity Church in. this city was destroyed by fire-about one o’elock this mozning, together with a large boa hoursadjoining. The loss, which is heavy, has not beer ascertained. . Fires in Massachusetts, Boston, March 30, 1854. ‘Tpe steam plening mill, bedstead manufactory, &., oeonpied by Huff & Collins and 8. P. Goodrich, in Mil ford, Mass., was, destroyed by fire last night. Fames, a fireman, was Killed. The ropewal of James Ackerman, in Cambridgeport, - “nas burnt las‘caight, together with an adjoining dwelling boure. ‘The Atlanate and Pacific Telogray i ae ae oman, Sees 30, teens ll to incorpe- The Maing Legislature bas a bil rate the Atlantic and Pacific relay Company. Messrs. Hiram: A teeny Jemge BAY) ot ee Pg are. the nta for the cha: wi ‘coma: pany ail the power requisite to ‘enable Shem to proceed _ onee in the construction of the pi subtarranean, line to che Pacific, for the furtherance of which 4 bill has been tavownbly reported upon in Congress. Rat. \d Codision and Delay—Navigation of mere the Tadson. ALBANY, Maroh 30, 1854. ‘The express train which left here at five o'clock terday) P. M., ran into an engine on the track near Hud- son, causing considerable dolay. The express due here at ten o'clock last evening arrived hore at four o’clock, this morning. ‘The ice in the river is so strong sa to prevent steam~ boat navigation. No Dons left bere last night, on account of the ice. ama low water, and probably none will leave to-night. ‘The Oregon is still aground, Appleton Marine Disaster. a: Bavtiworn, March 30, 1854. schooner Moro, arrived at Norfolk, reports five miles off Cape Henry, fell in with a hermay brig abandoned and mainmast gone. She longs to peegeriom and the first two letters of her name were U. ‘e hare no wall this morning south of Wiesinge, ‘The weather here ia cold, and a snow starm is pre- vailing. a United States Cireutt Court, New Jersey. t here N, March 90, 1864. in the case of Joh In the United Cirenit Court to-day, in the United Chren! 0-day, D. Hagar against Thomson and oni as ed yester~ day, A was decided Seat | Hagar a ee his bill « it ment 8. the | ks of acesunt waa denied until an ame bill im before the court at the next term, ‘The Court adjourned. New ORLEANS, March 29, 1856. ‘The Africa’s news had no effect on our market ton. "The sales to-day were $2,500 bales: middling ‘at 9c, Flour is dull and declining; Ohio $6 26. i. dull, at 550. 9 60c. for Western mi ixed.. Whiskey i. 200. Molasses, 16c. Lard is lower: barrels are at G%Ko. Moss pork is quoted at $12 50. Sales of coffee at LOi0.—~ he ‘tock on amougts to to 63,090 bags, ‘s! ae from the de-.: * oe ba * * Li