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might not get off so easily. Go before you get so battered and altered that your wife won't let you in-keep your tongue to yourself, and hurry!”

There was no need to repeat the exhortation. Though Schrowder's breast was boiling over with pungent reflections, his desire to give them vent, only supplied wings to the speed with which he removed himself and his oratory to a safer locality.

The commotion however, which his imprudence had excited, by no means terminated with the cessation of its cause. The vague prejudices previously felt against the northern settlers, were not only con

services ?" The New Yorker, much relieved, beck-firmed, but seemed about to be resolved oned with his hand, and said, " that's it, come quick!"

into a determined and lasting hostility. Somers observed this state of the public mind with great concern. For Schrowder, indeed, he entertained little sympathy, but Ralph Dubosk was really a worthy man; and, as to the Newloves, they had won his The more

The person invoked advanced, and stepping upon the horse-block, stood by his side. "You want my help, do you?" said he, "well of course I can only give it as I know how-you say that we are good-hearty and unreserved interest. for-nothing constables, and are only fit to pull people's noses, so don't be astonnished."

But Caleb Schrowder was astonished, and in leaning back to avoid the significantly adjusted fore-finger and thumb, forgot the limited dimensions of the block, and ere he could well exclaim "Bimer Zouterdout!" had measured his length on the gravel.

The ridiculousness of his appearance as he lay with sprawling arms may have saved him from more serious mishaps. The large good-natured man, who had before interposed, was too zealous a peace-maker not to avail himself of the present favorable opportunity. "Let's let him go boys, he's not worth more than to be laughed at. And you friend," he added, addressing the discomfited northerner, who had now recovered his feet, though not his courage, "make tracks as fast as you can, don't stop in Daylsborough. Remember we haven't had our dram yet; after that you

he investigated the matter, the greater apprehension he felt that they would fail to receive justice at the hands of a jury. Everlyn's efforts, he found, to secure his three thousand acres were less than those which Astiville put forth for the sake of the remaining one thousand of the contested tract. Every means that cunning could devise had been employed to bring about the defeat of the New Yorkers, and the painful conviction forced itself upon Somers that if he withdrew them, their cause would be nearly hopeless. Emma Newlove's confiding appeal was not forgotten. Ardent as was his attachment to Miss Everlyn, he felt that the sight of her success could not compensate him for the reflection that her gentle and equally innocent opponent had been a loser by his desertion. He was too much accustomed to search the consciences of others to misinterpret the dictates of his own. The way of duty was plain, and he determined to pursue it.

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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

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Jeremiah Clemens*....1853 Lewis Cass...........1851
Alpheus Felch........1853
MISSOURI.
Thomas H. Benton....1851
David R. Atchison.....1855
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
JOHN P. HALE.. ..1853
Moses Noris, Jr.......1855
NEW YORK.
Daniel S. Dickinson... 1851
William H. Seward....1855

William K. Sebastian..1853
Solon Borland........ 1855
CONNECTICUT.
Roger S. Baldwin......1851
Truman Smith........1855
DELAWARE.
John Wales.........
Presley Spruance......1853
FLORIDA.

.1851

David L. Yulee........1851 Jackson Morton.......1855

GEORGIA.

John M. Berrien.......1853 William C. Dawson....1855 INDIANA.

Jesse D. Bright........1851

NEW JERSEY.

William L. Dayton....1851 Jacob W. Miller.......1853 NORTH CAROLINA. Willie P. Mangum....1853 George E. Badger... .....1855

OHIO.

Thomas Corwin.......1851

James Whitcomb.....1855 SALMON P. CHASE.....1855

ILLINOIS.

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PENNSYLVANIA.

Daniel Sturgeon.......1851 James Cooper.

....1855

RHODE ISLAND. Albert C. Greene.......1851 John H. Clarke.. ....1853 SOUTH CAROLINA. John C. Calhoun.. ..1853 Arthur P. Butler.......1855 TENNESSEE. Hopkins L. Turney...1851 John Bell... ..1853

TEXAS.

Hannibal Hamlin......1851 Thomas J. Rusk.......1851 James W. Bradbury...1853 Samuel Houston.......1853

.....1851

VERMONT. Samuel S. Phelps......1851

John Davis.......1853 William Upham........1853

James A. Pearce.......1850

VIRGINIA.

James M. Mason......1851 Robert M. T. Hunter..1853 WISCONSIN.

Henry Dodge..

....1851

Henry S. Foote.......1855 Isaac P. Walker.......1855

Total-Democrats, 34; Whigs, 24; Free Soil, 2.

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1. William H. Bissell,
2. John A. McClernand,
3. Thomas R. Young,
4. John Wentworth,
5. William A. Richardson,
6. Edward D. Baker,
7. Thomas L. Harris.
IOWA.

1. William Thompson,
2, Shepherd Leffler.
INDIANA.

1. Nathaniel Albertson, 2. Cyrus L. Dunham, 3. John L. Robinson, 4. GEORGE W. JULIAN, 5. William J. Brown, 6. Willis A. Gorman, 7. Edward M McGaughey, 8. Joseph E. McDonald, 9. Graham N. Fitch, 10. Andrew J. Harlan, KENTUCKY.

1. Linn Boyd,
2. James L. Johnson,
3 Finis E. McLean,
4. George A Caldwell,
5. John B. Thompson,
6. Daniel Breck,
7. Humphrey Marshall,
8. Charles S. Morehead,
9. John C. Mason,
10. Richard H. Stanton.
LOUISIANA.

1. Emile La Sere,
2. Charles M. Conrad,
3. John H. Harmanson,
4. Isaac E. Morse.

Dist.

MAINE.

1. Elbridge Gerry,
2. Nathaniel S. Littlefield,
3. John Otis,

4 Rufus K. Goodenow,
5. Cullen Sawtelle,
6. Charles Stetson,
7. Thomas J. D. Fuller.
MARYLAND.

1. Richard I. Bowie,
2. William T. Hamilton,
3. Edward Hammond,
4. Robert M. McLane,
5. Alexander Evans,
6. John Bozman Ker.

MASSACHUSETTS.
1, Robert C. Winthrop,
2. Daniel P. King,
3. James H. Duncan,
4. Vacancy,

5. CHARLES ALLEN,
6. George Ashmun,
7. Julius Rockwell,
8. Horace Mann,
9. Orin Fowler,
10. Joseph Grinnel.
MICHIGAN.

1. Alexander W. Buel,
2. William Sprague,
3. Kinsley S. Bingham.
MISSOURI.

1. James B. Bowlin,
2. William V. N. Bay,
4. Willard P. Hall,
3. James S. Green,
5. John S. Phelps.
MISSISSIPPI.

1. Jacob Thompson,
2. Win'd S. Featherston,
3. William McWillie,
4. Albert G. Brown.

NEW JERSEY.

1. Andrew K. Hay,
2. William A Newell,
3. Isaac Wildrick,
4. John Van Dyke,
5. James G. King.

RHODE ISLAND.
1. George G. King,
2. Nathan F. Dizon.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1. Daniel Wallace,
2. James L. Orr,

3. Joseph A. Woodward,
4. James McQueen,

5. Armistead Burt,

6. Isaac E. Holmes,
7. William F. Colcock.
WISCONSIN.

1. CHARLES DURKEE,
2. Orasmus Cole,
3. James Duane Doty.

TEXAS.

1. David S. Kaufman, 2. Volney E. Howard.

Dist.

VIRGINIA.

1. John S. Millson, 2. Richard K. Meade, 3. Thomas H. Averett, 4. Thomas S. Bocock, 5. Paulus Powell,

6. James A. Seddon, 7. Thomas H. Bayly,

Dist.

STATES. Whig. Loco. STATES. Whig. Loco. 3 Tennessee....... 5 Texas...........................

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1

4

14. Charles W. Pitman, 15. Henry Nes,

16. James X. McLanahan, 17. Samuel Calvin, 18. Andrew Jackson Ogle, 19. Job Mann,

20. Robert R. Reed, 21. Moses Hampton,

8. Alexander R. Holladay, 22. JOHN W. HOWE,

9. Jeremiah Morton, 10. Richard Parker, 11. James McDowell, 12. H. A. Edmondson, 13. Fayette M'Mullin, 14. James M. H. Beale, 15. Thomas S. Haymond. NEW YORK.

1. John A. King, 2. David A. Bokee,

3. Jonas Phillips Phanix,

4. Walter Underhill,

5. George Briggs,

6. James Brooks,

7. William Nelson,

8. Ransom Halloway,
9. Thomas McKissock,
10. Herman D. Gould,
11. Peter H. Silvester,
12. Gideon O. Reynolds,
13. John L. Schoolcraft,
14. George R. Andrews,
15. John R. Thurman,
16. Hugh White,
17. Henry P. Alexander,
18. PRESTON KING,
19. Charles E. Clarke,
20. Orsemus B. Matteson,
Hiram Walden,
21.
22. Henry Bennett,
23. William Duer,
24. Daniel Gott,

25. Harman S. Conger,
26. William T. Jackson,
27. William A. Sackett,
28. Ab. M. Schermerhorn,
29. Robert L. Rose,
30. David Rumsey,
31. Elijah Risley,

32. Elbridge G. Spalding,
33. Harvey Putnam,
34. Lorenzo Burrows.

23. James Thompson, 24. Alfred Gilmore. OHIO.

PENNSYLVANIA. 1. Lewis C. Levin, (Native.) 2. Joseph R. Chandler, 3. Henry D. Moore, 4. John Robins, jr. 5. John Freedley, 6. Thomas Ross, 7. Jesse C. Dickey, 8. Thaddeus Stevens, 9. William Strong, 10. Milo M. Dimmick, 11. Chester Butler, 12. DAVID WILMOT, 13. Joseph Casey,

1. David T. Disney, 2. Lewis D. Campbell, 3. Robert C. Schenck, 4. Moses B. Corwin, 5. Emery D. Porter, 6. Amos E. Wood, 7. Jonathan D. Morris, 8. John L. Taylor, 9. Edson B. Olds, 10. Charles Sweetzer, 11. John K. Miller, 12. Samuel F. Vinton, 13. William A. Whittlesey, 14. Nathan Evans, 15. Wm. F. Hunter, 16. Moses Hoagland 17. Joseph Cable, 18. David K. Carter, 19. John Crowell, 20. JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, 21. JOSEPH M. ROOT.

TENNESSEE.

1. Andrew Johnson, 2. Albert G. Watson, 3. Josiah M. Anderson. 4. John H. Savage, 5. George W. Jones, 6. James H. Thomas, 7. Meredith P. Gentry, 8. Andrew Ewing, 9. Isham G. Harris, 10. Frederic P. Stanton, 11. Christopher H. Williams, VERMONT.

1. William Henry,
2, William Hebard,
3. James Meacham,
4. Lucius B. Peck.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1. AMOS TUCK,
2. Charles H. Peaslee,
3. James Wilson,
4. Harry Hibbard.

NORTH CAROLINA. 1. Thomas L. Clingman, 2. Joseph P. Caldwell, 3. Edmund Deberry, 4. Augustus H. Sheppard, 5, Abraham W. Venable, 6. William S. A she, 7. John R. J. Daniel, 8. Edward Stanly, 9. David Outlaw.

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Maine....................... 2
Maryland.
3
Massachusetts.... 8
Michigan

7

2

1

3 Vermont...... 3 Virginia. 2 Wisconsin

1

2

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The Senate organized on Monday, the 3d of December, conformably to the Constitution of the United States. There being a quorum, it was resolved that the House of Representatives be informed that they were ready to proceed to business. On the 6th, a resolution was adopted, authorizing the Vice President, in consequence of an affection of his eyes, to employ a clerk who might assist him in his correspondence. It was stated by Mr. MANGUM, that it was the practice, during the Vice Presidency of Col. JOHNSON, to allow a Secretary to the President of the Senate. There being no organization of the House of Representatives, the Senate merely met and adjourned, from day to day, without transacting any business of an important character, until

Saturday Dec. 15. Mr. BERRIEN after a few introductory remarks offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That a Committee to consist of three Senators, be appointed to wait on the President of the United States, to notify him that the Senate is now organized and ready to receive any communication which he may think proper to make to them, in relation to matters which are within the sphere of their separate constitutional action.

Mr. CLAY said, that in resuming the seat which he occupied in that body, it had been his desire to take the lead on no subject and of no party, but to perform in the best manner he could the duties of his position. When the same state of things existed a few years ago in the House, the Senate proceeded in the discharge of its executive duties. The only difficulty which had occurred to his mind, related to the deference and respect due to the other House. The Senate occupies two relations to the House of Representatives-both a legislative and a judicial one-it has also a relation to the executive department of the government. Although we might not be able to cooperate with the House, we could, nevertheless, perform our duties as a component part of the Executive of the country. He could perceive no reason why any member of the other House could take umbrage for proceeding with business of this nature, and he did not think any one would doubt the propriety of the course which the Senator of Georgia had seen fit to adopt.

By unanimous consent, the resolution was adopted. The Vice President appointed Messrs. BERRIEN, MASON, and FELCH to form the Committee. After an absence of thirty minutes the Committee returned and reported that it had performed its duty, and that the President had stated that he would communicate to the Senate on Monday.

Mr. DICKINSON gave notice that on Monday next he would move that the Senate proceed to the election of the Standing Committees of that body.

On Tuesday, the 18th of December, on motion of Mr. MANGUM, the Senate proceeded to fill the Standing Committees. No objection being made, the following named gentlemen were elected to fill the respective Committees, viva voce:

Foreign Relations.-Messrs. Foote, Webster, Benton, and Mangum.

Finance-Messrs. Hunter, Phelps, Douglass, and Pearce.

Commerce-Messrs. Soule, Davis of Mass., Dodge of Wis., and Bell.

Manufactures-Messrs. Butler, Clark, Jones and Upham.

Agriculture-Messrs. Turney, Spruance, Walker and Corwin.

Military Affairs-Borland, Green, Shields

and Dawson.

Militia-Messrs. Dodge of Wis., Morton, Clement and Spruance.

Naval Affairs-Messrs. Mason, Badger, Bright and Miller.

Public Lands-Messrs. Borland, Underwood, Shields and Smith.

Private Land Claims-Messrs. Whitcomb, Davis of Mass., Clemens, and Badger of North Carolina.

Indian Affairs-Messrs. Sebastian, Bell, Rush and Wales.

Claims--Messrs. Whitcomb, Underwood, Stewart and Baldwin.

Revolutionary Claims-Messrs. Norris, Upham, Dodge of Iowa, and Cooper.

Post Office-Messrs. Upham and Soule. Roads and Canals-Messrs. Atchison, Greene, Foote and Spruance.

Pensions---Messrs. Jones, Phelps, Stewart and Dayton.

Patents---Messrs. Norris, Wales, Whitcomb and Dawson.

Retrenchment---Messrs. Houston, Mangum, Felch and Clark.

Library---Messrs. Mason and Davis of Mississippi.

Public Buildings---Messrs. Davis of Miss.,

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Objection being made by Messrs. HALE and CHASE to the election of the following Committees, by motion, they were filled by ballot as follows:--

Judiciary---Messrs. Downs, Berrien, Bradbury and Dayton.

District of Columbia---Messrs. Yulee, Miller, Shields and Berrien.

Territories---Messrs. Butler, Underwood, Houston and Cooper.

On motion of Mr. MANGUM, the Senate proceeded to Executive business, and subsequently adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

As a preliminary proceeding to the business of the session, the two great political divisions of the Members of the House of Representatives respectively met in Caucus, on Saturday evening, the 1st of December, to select persons whom each party would sustain for the Speakership. The Democrats, by a majority of votes, agreed upon HowELL COBB, of Georgia. The Whigs, unfortunately, were disturbed by the following Resolution, which was offered by Mr. TоOMBS, of Georgia :

Resolved, That we will discountenance and oppose all legislation by Congress on the subject of slavery in the Territories or in the District of Columbia.

The resolution was chiefly opposed by Whigs of the South, and it was finally laid over, to avoid all pretext for a rupture. Six Southern members thereupon retired, and took no further part in the proceedings. The seceders were Messrs. TOOMBS, STEPHENS, and OWEN, of Georgia; Mr. CABELL, of Florida, and Mr. HILLIARD, of Alabama. The caucus then nominated Mr. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts.

Monday Dec. 3. At 12 o'clock, Thomas J. Campbell, the Clerk of the last House called to order, and proceeded to read from an informal list the names of the members elect. All except seven answered.

Mr. LYNN BOYD, of Kentucky, moved that the House now elect, viva voce, a Speaker. The Clerk appointed Messrs. DUER, of New York, STRONG, of Penn., HILLIARD, of Alabama, and MILLER, of Ohio, as Tellers.

The Roll was then called, and each member, as named, voted for Speaker, with the following result:

For HOWELL COоBB, of Georgia, (Democrat) 103; ROBERT C. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts, (Whig) 96; DAVID WILMOT, of Pennsylvania, (Free Soil) 8; M. P. GENTRY, of Tennessee, (Southern Whig) 6; and there were six scattering votes. There was no choice. A second vote resulted precisely as the first. On the third vote CоBB and WILMOT each lost one vote, but the general re

and that I could not do so without impairing the best chances of their final success.

I know not how far this opinion may still be entertained; but an occasion seems now to have arisen when it is due to myself as well as to others that I should say publicly what I have so often said privately on this subject. I desire to assure every member of the House that nothing would give me greater pain than to have my name stand, for an instant, in the way of a satisfactory organization of this body. The highest interests of the country demand that an organization of some sort should be effected, and the personal pretensions of no man should be allowed to prevent such a result.

I am most deeply sensible of the honor which has been done me by my friends during the past week. In the record of their devoted and unwavering support, I shall always find a subject for the proudest, as well as the most grateful, recollection.

And I have only to assure them, in conclusion, that if it shall now be found consistent with their views and feelings to change their candidate, I shall most cheerfully acquiesce and co-operate in any nomination which they may make with better prospects of suc

cess."

Mr. WINTHROP having concluded his remarks---the question was taken on the motion to adjourn, and lost. After two or three other fruitless motions, the House adjourned at half past four o'clock.

Wednesday, Dec. 12. Mr. COBB, of Alabama, made a personal explanation, in which he thought it necessary to defend himself from a charge made in the Union that he was a disorganizer.

Mr. WILMOT, of Pennsylvania, rose and thanked those who had so long sustained him. Both of the candidates of the two prominent parties having been withdrawn, he thought the object for which he and those who had acted with him contended, had, in a great measure, been attained, and he therefore declined being any longer considered as as a candidate. He trusted his friends would now concentrate their votes on some other gentleman, so that an organization of the House might be effected without longer delay.

After this, the House proceeded to vote for the fortieth time. The whole number of votes cast was 226; necessary to a choice 114. For WILLIAM J. BROWN, 112; DUER, 26; MOREHEAD, 17; STANLY, 18; MCGAUGHEY, 13; WINTHROP, 17; T. STEVENS, 2; ROCKWELL, 1; OUTLAW, 1; H. MANN, 5; VINTON, 2; BOYD, 3; JULIAN, 3, and a few scattering. The free soilers, as a distinct party, had now broken up, and some voted for Mr. BROWN, while Howe, Root, and Tuck voted for Mr. JULIAN, who was dangerously ill at his home in Indiana.

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Mr. STANLY then offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the members of the Democratic party be requested to appoint three members, to confer with three members of the Whig party, relative to the choice of proper officers of the House of Representatives.

This resolution, said Mr. S. had not originated with himself, but with a member of the opposite party of high character and great experience. He ridiculed the idea that there was any danger of the total disorganization of the government from the present condition of the House. No person or parties could bring it about with Mr. CLAY in the other wing of the Capitol, and Gen. TAYLOR in the White House. He desired to give the democrats the choice of a speaker, but he wished that they should choose a gentleman in all respects satisfactory, and who was known by the whole House to be thoroughly competent to a proper discharge of the duties of his position. For himself, having received a number of votes, he begged to decline the honor, both because he was too young, and because his temper was too irascible.

Mr. BAYLY of Virginia, replied at considerable length. The present posture of the House he attributed to the equivocal principles of the President on the subject of slavery. It was a state of affairs that he had predicted. The gentleman, said Mr. Bayly, insinuated that something improper had taken place between the Democratic party and Free Soilers. He protested against such insinuations being lightly made. He flattered himself that the gentlemen on his side of the house would be as little likely as any others to enter into an arrangement with the party referred to. But the gentleman had enabled him to brand the rumor as it deserves. It was hardly necessary for him to say that it had no foundation in truth.

Mr. ASHмUN interrupted him to inquire if a correspondence had not taken place between the member from Indiana [Mr. Brown] and some members of the Free-Soil party, in which he has pledged himself to constitute certain committees in a manner satisfactory to them. Mr. BAYLY knew of no such correspondence. He inquired if the gentleman had authority for saying that such was the case. Mr. ASHMUN gave common rumor as his authority. Common Rumor is a common liar, responded Mr. BAYLY. He appealed to Mr. BROWN, who shook his head. Mr. BAYLY then continued and said he was authorized to say that no such correspondence had taken place. If gentlemen of the free-soil party chose to vote for the democratic candidate, it did not contaminate either him or the party supporting him.

Mr. Roor rose to comment on Mr. STANLY'S resolution. There were others in the House

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