Indiana American, Volume 11, Number 7, Brookville, Franklin County, 10 February 1843 — Page 1

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BY C. F. CLARKSON.

LEGISLATIVE. SENATE. Friday, January 27, 1843. AFTERNOON SESSION. Mr. Parker reported back the bill providing that the two eldest justices in each township shall perform the duties of overseers of the poor therein, and recommended its passage. The bill passed. Mr. Mount reported back the House bill repealing the dog law in Franklin county, with two amendments; the first altering the title so that they shall read "amending" instead of "repealing," and the second giving the county board in Franklin county the authority of suspending the lawjfor a year, and annually thereafter if they choose. The amendments were concurred in and the bill passed. Mr. Defrees, from the select committee, to whom was referred the relief bill from the House, report ed it back with sundry amend ments. On motion of Mr! Gregory, the bill was made the special order of the day for to-morrow at -2 P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, January 27, 1843. AFTERNOON SESSION. Mr. Marvin introduced a bill declaring persons who should falsely swear in criminal ca. ses, as guilty of felony, and punishable with death, &-.; read twice and referred to committee on revision. A message from the Senate was rparl an nouncing the passage of several engrossed bills tu me iiouse wunout amendment. An act to amend thp 17th providing fop ihe election of county assessors; itaa auu passes 10 a reading. BILLS ON THIRD REAnivn The bill providing for the reduction of State and individual stock in the Bank; A bill making general appropriations forthe year IS 13; A bill relating to taxation for State pur poses, ana tor tne redemption of Treasury notes; were severally read a third time and passed. SENATE. Saturday Jan. 28th, 1843. The Senate assembled. . BILLS. By Mr. Bright, authorizing the State Agent 10 assent on me pari oi me stale to YYoram and Haushmeet to take the Bank runt T.ar? read twice, and referred to judiciary commit tee. Mr. Harris moved that the mmmiiiop hp in structed to authorize theState agent to apply on belialt of tne state for the benefit of the Bankrupt act. Mr. President decided it to be out of order as the State was notoriously insolvent REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. W Y. C . Jir. raving irom same committee, made a majority report in favor of Cost Johnson's plan of relief to the States and reported the following resolution: Resolved, that 590 copies of the petition to Congress alluded to in the foreroinr remark be printed on writing paper in suitable form to oe aisiriouteo inrougnout the different counties by Senators for the consideration and signature of all our citizens who may approve thereof, and that the same be again collected by each Senator when signed and by him Uansmittftil to his representation in Congress. Upon the question of concurrence Vuth the report a debate sprung up, which closed with a motion by Mr. Parks to lay Jthe whole matter on the table (ostensibly for examination on account of Jits importance.) which motion prevailed 25 to 24. Mr. Harris from same committee reported that they sympathise with Mr. Chamberlain who had his boat stove on the Wahnch by running against a stump, but declined any icuci tor reasons set lortn. Concurred in after some conversation. ORDERS OF THE DAT. The relief bill of the House was according u orucr oi me senate now taxen up, and Mr Walpole moved that il be made the der for .Uonday next at 10 o'clock, A. .V. which motion prevailed aves 33. noes 2fV The President tMr. Bright 1 l.ii.t hpfarp h Senate a communication from the Treasurer of state relative to the amount of scrip received at his office. (Of $500 scrip of different date. iAlo bills, of 50, 4.179 bills. Total $393,265 exclusive of interest.) REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES. Mr. Ewing reported back a letter form ExGovernor J3S. B. Ray to John Ewing on State Policy, and stated although they do not concur in all of the views expressed therein, they re--er it again to the Senate with a recommendation on the part of the minority to priui 500 pres of the letter. Laid on the table and the majority by 21 to 15 refused to print. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday Jan. 28, 1843. The Iiouse met pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from Samuel Merrill, President of the State Bank in answer to resolutions of the 23d, as to the sources from which the estimated losses in the annual report were derived whether notes have been received without the Payment of interest; as to the estimate of the losses to the citizens by the suspension of spec payment, &c. &c. The President gives, as a reason for not issuing a greater amount of Bank Scrip the opmon of Chancellor. Kent. Slates that thp ninn of the Bank examiner are erroneous as to ses, denies that a svstem of favoritism has pursued, unchecked, that the Examiner gamed much of his information from the Jjemies of the Bank, rather than from its "oks, and displays, throughout his report, a ai!POsition to PTatrtrpi-.to lh j ta e ...v. cum cimZ. . aenies mat Mr. ntcn is a se en. o awu,kan the Cashier of the Lafaye Branch; says that the alleged political in. thn . wum Dtnu urancn was a Ihtless and imprudent act of its Teller, for

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which the Branch should not be held fPcnnnoi. ble, considers the publication of the tndebtediiessonne omcers ot the JJank as right and proper, inasmuch as the Agent has recommenuea amendments to tne charter to guard against the abuse, but obiects to the m,wi,i;n., of individual Bank debtors, as many of them 1 . . nave since paid up tneir indebtedness. Main tains mat it is wronff to Dublish the nnm nr those who have endorsed for their friends, or wno nave sustained losses in business, and that istory, in all its detail of follv and r in I h" .

. . , , - . "";ct:iiicu iu ue ma; u would oe useless then as never offered a rtarallpl. TWio, 1I..1 -n a: i. t.: ... U'C1C,S men, as

r . ... . uii; di rector has .borrowed for shavi nc YMirnnspc Some of the long and large loans were made tor me purpose ot building the Washington 1T.1l . 1 . 0 nan, 10 aia inmanutacturing purposes at Sa

IwbaUt!! Bend' .Eva"sville5 but H Mr.McGaugheyat this stage of Mr. Gre-o-there has been a rpfnrm in thic moi .,...! , , .... .. c . ''""o"

iwn,., .' , , v.l. that the rlnceifiralmn , 1oUo ; B;V.t 1 - - v. u 1 its v It; ill ill ,111--'i a euuu. otc. Lien es mat inp iianir o guilty of corruption or favoritism in anv nr. ticular or instance; and that the stockholders oeing wary of the calumny and abuse heaped upon them for cartizan mirooses. thpv nr. nr. pared to make sacrifice of their stock, by sle. ii omers can De tound who can manage the in ... .... . . stitution better, or more to the satisfaction of; the people. The communication was referred to the splect committee of which Mr. Marvin is chairman and 500 copies ordered to be printed. Mr. Kobmson, from select committee, to whom the resolution Dronosins- to nrint 2i.D0 . o I copies of the laws in the German language was reierreo, reporiea a diu tor that purpose. air. snoup moved to amend, by striking out from the enacting clause, and inserting a new bill. Authorizes the Secretary of State to contract for the nrintins of 1000 copies of so much of the laws as relates to the jurisdiction of! justices of the peace, to common schools, roads, highways, and laws of naturalization. &c Messrs. Edmonson and Hillis ormosed the amendment on the ground that, as the Germans were bound by all our laws, they should be all printed. Mr. Hillis advocated the . i ting of the revised code entire, as due to the character, respectabilitv and number of our German population. Mr. W llson moved to amend the bill, by ad ding the words "French and" preceding ; the word German, wherever it occurs. 8 Mr. Mathenv said the whnlp nrnppHintr wnc evidently designed for Buncombe, and he hoped a direct vote would beat once had, for, if referred, as proposed to the committee on revision, every one knew there would be no re port made. Mr. Logan moved to lav the bill and amendments on the table; lost ayes 14, noes 75. The question was then taken on Mr. Wilon'a amendment which was lost. The bill was then (the previeus question hav ing been called and sustained.) passed aves 64, noes 31. BILLS INTRODUCED. Bv Mr. Campbell, a ioint tesnlutinn fnr iIip benefit of the Representatives of the people of inutaua. fProposes to hold nest legislature in T.afavette, where members can discharge their legislative duties free from wilful misrepresentation, and uninsulted by the disappointed and desperate political partizans of a certain school, which linger around the Capitol and?infct this city, whose only light is the rays of Executive sunsnine, andwnose only oread are the crums which fall from the legislative table. Mr. Tevis moved to strike out Lafayette, and insert "Jeffersonville." Mr. Wilson moved to strike out all that relhtes to "moonshine." The bill was then engrossed; but there was so much confusion, and so many motions made at Pthe same time, it is impossible for the Reporter to give any adequate idea of the scene. Mr. Henley finally moved to lay the joint resolution on the table carried ayes 59, noes 20. Mr. Moore of O., on leave, introduced a resolution respecting the expediency of allowing orphan children the same dower that is now allowed to widows, &c, adopted. SENATE. Monday, Jan. 30, 1843. The followinir u-prp rpn.t and nnlprpd to BILLS SC., OP THEHOCSE 0 SPOnit PA4ilinit n-1iAn nlltatwioA iwitn.l v - . i v . UUIIlgj - , V V. ituctl V-'lllV. 1 1. It IIUI V u T" 1 ... - dj r Pf)!ltivil InlnTiniV fur Clt A nnrnneM fn flidl

. ,u.x..g iui .v iir--! " icuuisianiiai evidence are more strict at tne redemption ot Treasury Notes, (the revenue present time, so that it is almost a moral imbill.1 L.c.,i.;Kir i

Relative to the jurisdiction of justices of the - i peace in crawiord, si. Joseph, franklin and Laporte counties, (extending their jurisdiction to the whole county. Aiithorizinir thp nrintinir nf twn thousand copies of the Revisiou in the German lauguage: reau nrsi ume. TThe bill provides that thev shall be distrib uted in the several counties in propurtion as nearac nncciW trt Ihp nnnihpr nf Rprman nor. r-i-ulation in each, to be ascertained by the State secreiary; to oe sold oy tne county cierns ana the proceeds to be paid into the State Treas ury.; Mr. McGauehev said he could not sanction the printing of the laws in a foreign tongue. uur taws were American and in mat language ehnnld Ihp latr. ho nrintfvl Whpn pmiornnts come hither, they come here to be Americans, i .i - . aim mey snouia not insist upon loisung meir language upon us; and if they are to be printed in German, with equal propriety could the Irish, the French and the Swiss require and demand that the laws shonld also be printed in their languages for their benefit But if this be passed, the State will have to purchase German type, and there is not money enough in the Treasuay to do that, and to hire a set of German printers, for the American ones now in th State printer's establishment could not

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read German. Mr. McG. alluded to the cost of u-aiiaiaiing tne impractibility of finding out how many Germans there were in each county and concluded by declaring that he cared not whether it was popular or not, that he should do iustice. and called nn id si-.- - wioic iu reject the bill at once if they did not favor its pruvisions. Mr. Gregory supported the bill. He said that last winter when a similar proposition was pending before the Legislature, the only objection "1 mw.e. Uie on'y obi mis winter we would have a revision, and that it had better be postponed till thi session. It was so done. He contended that the bill n3 it came from the House was reasonable and iust rys remarks, withdrew his mot on, and the n -M . . . IM 1 1 .ga nrnavml trt 1 1 1 THE HOUSE RELIEF BILL. The Senate then took up the relief bill, Mr. Morgan in the chair. The amendments proposed by the select committee were on the 2nd section: 1st that when a defendant electsto have his rpal nr nor I . . r- ; sonal property appraised, he shall not be ollow piuciij uuiiraiseu, lie snau not De ouowed to waive that appraisment" which was concurred in. 2nd: That forfeited delivery bonds shall be returned together with the execution to theofficers issuing the same; concurred in. 3rd: To the 6th section.( which provides that when the officer is about to levy on personal property, if the defendant does not turnout property, then the plaintiff may select such as he chooses, reserving to the defendant the exemption of 0150, if he has a family, and that property selected by defendant shall bring two thirds its appraisment.) to which the committee propose to add "real or" before personal; which was concurred in. 4th: To the same section to strike out "if said defendant or defendants have a (amily,"so that S150 shall be exampt for all defendants; which was concurred in. Mr. Gregory moved to indefinitely postpone the bill and pending amendments. nc niLiiuii iu niutriii jected. aves 18. noes 29 Ihe motion to indefinitely postpone was reThe Senate then took ud the other amen d ments recommended by the committee. U:, V i fS? ir0" 1J . , VtST' That when both plaintiff and defendant fail to turn out nronertv. after notice so to do thp nf. 1 ml I J "-w wficer shall levy on such property as he pleases which is not exempt, and in such cases it shall not sell for less than two thirds its appraised value; and in order to ascertain the amount of property claimed as exempt under this section, it shall be the duty of the officer holding such execution to have said property so selected appraised in the same manner as other propetty is. The proviso recommended bv the commit tee, was negatived,rayes IS, noes 30. 6th: The committee recommended that the 13th section hp stnirl; nut nnit to nrnviile in , ... lieu of the original provisions that this law shall oe puDiistied in tne Indianapolis papers, and shall be in force in each county on filing a certified COPV therpnf in thp rlprV'a nfRrp TIip SecretatV nf Statp shall fnrwnril n nt'mtorl rnnv of the law to the clerk, and he (the clerk,) shall note the date or its receipt in the Order Book of the court; and nothing in the revision shall interfere with this law: which was concurred in. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Senate assembled. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Fixing the lien of the State for taxes on prop erty on January 1st, instead of March 1st; pas sed. Abolishing punishment by death for offences now capuai, and suosiiiuiing solitary connnemt' in. Mr. Mount thought the mob spirit that now pervades the land would have to be enlirelv broken upbefore this law could go into successiui operation, lie icared mat it it was passed, mobs Would take the hnsinps in Ihpir nn-n hands and thus defeat its object, by increasing viiuic niMfau oi restraining it. Mr. Parker moved to amend the bill by proiaing mat a murderer shall be hung or impris oned lor lite in the States Prison according to the iurv trvins'the case mav dirprt. Mr. Parker said in modern times there could j nui "c urcu a sin-jit case oy any oenaior in al,il.;l. ;.. .4 t rr:. not tie cited a single case by any Senator in nuii.ii on iiiuuvuni man iiau ueeu mm". 4 ue I 1 f ; , ... ... ... - a ltt'a nf n.tijt a aj. nl 1A . I . : l. . c mno vi niucutc ifiiiinc iu iuenri"ui ui tiri , 1 , I yyjwiwwy iura man now 10 ue convicieu unI justly. Mr. P. cited cases within his own knowl edge showing that in cases of horrible murders the community unanimously approved of the verdict,notvithstanding what their formeropinions were and also another case to show the good effects that would arise from the amendments, tending as it would to remove the sensibility of juries which gentlemen spoke of, and the more certainly to ensure the conviction nf thp ITlliltv lip nntpritp1 that it ivniili! . - " V- ... . - -' W . be (00 sudden a chanse to alter the criminal code as is now proposed and he could never consent to piace the punishment of murder so nearly of parallel with burglary, and other crimes, &c. Mr. McGai?trhpV unid that Ihp rnmmillM nf o j v. the judiciary who reported this bill were by no means unanimous; a majority oniy 01 mem nad been in favor of it, and he was opposed to it himself. He. believed that it was necessary to protect the rights of our citizens and to prevent crime that it should be punished as it is now. Crimp will hp rnmmittpft irnrriincr to thp in ducements to favor it, and not governed by the punishment that the law awards to it; andijj hence he could not five anv credence to the statistics advanced by Mr. Read. If the argument that he laid down that reducing the pun ishment reduces the number of crimes is correct, with equal propriety might he urge that if the crime of murder wg only hereafter to

be considered as a petty misdemeanor it would prevent it almost altogether. If lenient laws would prevent crime, he would most cheerfully go for them, but as it is, he believed that rigorous criminal laws, corresponding in their seventy with the enormity of the crime, should be enacted. He alsoopposed Mr. Parker's amendtnent. He could not give discretionary p ower to a jury who may be governed (if aentlemenoii the other side rightly argup,) bv'the excitement of the moment; but would rather leave it to the Executive who was removed from all the excitement of the place where the crime was committed and who could exercise the power impartially. As to the barbaritv of the two species of punishment he contended that it was just as barbarous to imprison a man for life in a solitary cell us to hang' him on the scaffold. The question being on indefinite postponement resulted in ayes 17, noes 30. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ... Monday. Jan. 30. The bill subieclinsr eauitable impact.

choses in actions to the payment of debts, was icpuuru uacK. irom me judiciary committee with a recommedation that it be laid nn h t,' ble; which was accordingly done. me diu providing suitable punishment for defaulting public officers was reported back by Mr. Claypool, with an amendment, and a recommendation for its passage. (Ill tHf nnoci inn of concurrence was decided in the affima live n ..,-. U , Jit ' a; cs to noes 4U. The bill was then laid on the tahlp vp ao does 38. The Speaker laid before the House the report of Mr. Palmei,in answer to certain resolutions of the House relative to the State Bank, which was read and 300 copies ordered to be printed The House adjourned. AFTER NOON SESSION. Mr. Roberson moved to take from the table "a bill relating to fees and salaries;" and the House resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. Marvin in the chair, on the subject. The House having exhibited rather a tumultuous spirit, the chair informed members it they did'nt keep order, he would fling the mal'.et at some of their heads! The ayes and noes and the previous question having been called and moved, the chair, after due deliberation, decided that they were not in order. The chair appointed tellers, but members were like the negroe's speckled pig.which kept such a wriggling and running about, that they could'nt be counted. There were about 20 motions made in as many minutes, all of which the chair decided to have been carried. The committee having rose, the chairman reported that the bill had been stricken out from the enacting clause; but it was not concurred in by the House ayes 12 noes 68. The Iiouse adjourned. SENATE. Tuesday, Jan. 31. The Senate assembled. THE DISTRICTING. Mr. Parker, from the majority of the select committee to whom was referred the House districting bill reported it back with the following amendments, 1st. Strike Franklin from the 3rd, and add it to the 4th, 2d. Strike out Madison from the 4th, and add it to the 5th. 3d. Strike Morgan and Brown from the 5th and add them to the 6th. 4th. Strike Hendricks from the 7th, and add it to the 8th. 5th. Strike Fountain from the 8th, and add II ID WIS i III. Thus leaving the 1st, 2d, 9th, and 10th, dis tricts unmolested. The following are the provisions of the bill dividing the State into Congressional Districts as it passed tne House oi Kepresentatives, towit: 1. Posey, Vanderburgh, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Orange, and Harrison. 2. Clark, Washington, Scott, Jackson, Jefferson. Jennings, and Floyd. 3- Dearborn, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland. Decatur and Franklin. 4. Fayette, Union, Wayne, Henry, and Madison. 5. Hamilton, Marion, Hancock, Shelby. Johnson, Bartholomew, Brown, and Morgan! 6. Monroe, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess, Knox, Owen., Greene and Sullivan. 7. Vigo, Clay, Putnam, Parke, Vermillion, and Hendricks. 8. Montgomery, Fountain. Warren. Tinnpcanoe, Clinton, Boon and Cairoll. 9. Jasper. White. Cass. Mi ami. Fulton Pu laski, Kosciusko, Marshall, Stark, Elkhart, St. joscpn, i,aporie, rorter, i.ake, Wabash, and Benton. 10. Randolph. Delaware. Grant niarkfarit Jay. Adams. Wells. Huntington. Allpn Whit' ley, Noble, De Kalb, Steuben, and Lagrange. a lie question was men taken on concurring separately, the 1st amendment was concurred in ayes 27, noes S3. The 2d amendment was concurred in vpac 27, nays 23. The 3d amendment of the committpp was then concurred in by yeas 27, nays 23. ' tne 4tn amendment was then concurred in, yeas 26, nays 23. (Mr. Read asked leave of abscence for an hour to get his dinner. Messrs. Ritchey and Herriman called the ayes and noes on it, but Afr. Read was by that time off and the question I was noi pui.j The motion to adjourn was negatived: ayes S WV noes 30. The next question beinc on concurring with the 5th amendment, Mr. Ritchey said it wns outrageous that ibe Whigs were not only going to gerrymander the State, but to starve the minority too. Why Mr. President, my dinner is getting cold abso

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lutely, but if this outrage is remmitted I can talk from "now till night. "Hear himP "go ahead," from all parts of the Senate. Mr. Dobson suggested that the President should allow the balance f the members to go after their dinners while Mr. Ritchey was speaking. Mr. RitcheV Proceeded, dprlarinir that th God of nature bad placed Fouutain'coun ty in .ucoiiiuismci.aiiumnthe wanted his dinner ufter which, by general consent, The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON 8E3SION. THE DISTRICTING. Mr. Miller moved ih at lh rillpa ho .r.on ded, and the bill districting the State be taken up; carried ayes 46, noes 14. I he senate then concurred in th pnmmit. tee's amendment by ayes, 27 noes 23. Mr. Bright moved ns the title should be so changed as to call it a bill for gerrymandering the Stale and disfranchising a portion of her citizens. Mr. Ualnole said that had hpttr tw v.m back until Mr. Bright's districting bill came up, to which it would be Bll annrnnrintp ant mrcellent title. The bill was then read a third time, and th question then being "shall the bill pass?" it resulted in ayes, 27 noes 21. so the bill passed. Mr. Herriman moved to amend the titl hv lamiigua oui providing tor gerrymandering the State and disconnecting the interests of the people. Mr. Walpole moved to amend the amendment by adding the Senator from Noble Mr. Herriman who moves the amendment to the title above, thinks himself more competent to district the State than the General Assembly.' Mr. McGaughey moved to lay the pending amendments on the table. Carried ayes 28 noes 10. And then the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, January 31, 1843. REPORTS. Mr. Brown of M., reported a bill relative to the property of the Roman Catholic Church, constituting the Bishop of Vincennes and his successors a corporation &c, for the management of church property in Indiana. Mr. Bowers, from the minority ef the committee on corporations, made the following counter report: Mr. Speaker: The undersigned a minority of the committee on corporations, to whom was referred bill of the Iiouse No. 300, entitled a bill relative to the church property of the Roman Calholic Church, dissents from the report of the majority for the following reasons: 1st. Because, in the opinion of the undersigned, the act entitled "an act for the appointment of trustees to receive deeds for krts of land given or purchased for the use of schools, meeting houses masonic lodges, approved February 10, 1831," grants privileges amply sufficient for all religious purposes. 2nd. Because no privileges should be granted to one denomination that are withheld from others. 3d. Because the bill contravenes the established law of the State, that no subject of any othor government shall hold or exercise ownership Over any land in this State, while this bill givea these prvilegcs to the Bishop of Vincennes, who is appointed by the Pope, and wTiohasthe power of removing him at pleasure and appointing another in his place, therebv pivin? the syle control of property to an unlimited amount to the hands of an alien and subject of the Roman Pontiff. The undersigned cannot see any propriety in conferring powers on a subject of the Pope, that are refused to native citizens. Bv the act above rpfprrpd to nn r. ligious society is allowed to hold more than 160 acres of land and five thousand dollars, in personal property, which shall be under the direction of not less than three trustees; but this bill gives the Bishop the sole control of all property belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in the State, thereby concentrating in his hands power to an unlimited extent; as the number of societies is unlimited, they may divide and sub-divide as often as may become necessary to enable the Bishop to hold more property. The undersigned cannot but think, that all the Roman Church can with propriety ask of this government, is to be placed on equal footing with the Protestant Churches, and as this is already done by the act above alluded to, . the undersigned recommends the indefinite postponement of the bill. II. J. BOWERS. The bill was then laid on the table. AFTERNOON SESSfOS. Mr. Simmons moved to commit the bill regulating fees and salaries to the committee of the whole, and to make it the order of the day now, which prevailed, ayes 45, noes 44. Mr. Marvin having been called to the chair, the clerk proceeded to read the bill by sections. The Chair, on this occasion, resisted every attempt to convert the proceedings in committee into a joke, and to use his own emphatic language, was determined to "keep members noses to the grindstone," and make them do the work before the House. He therefore preserved the most impcriurable gravity and dignity, and "assumed the responsibility" of rejecting every amendment of a ludicrous character; and accordingly inevery instance, interdicted their reading by the clerk beyond the mere "title." A call of the Iiouse having been ordered, (a proceeding rather questionable, according to , the legislative rules,) about 20 voicea seemed to answer "here" to each name, so that the wonderful echo of the Lakes of KUlarney which, when the visiter asked, "How do you do, Mr. Murphy?" replied "very well, how are you?" was fairly eclipsed by what the reporter heard on this day in the Hall of Representatives. After an hour's revelry, the committee arose, reported progress through its chairman, and asked the concurrence of the House inTthe amendments, which was refused ayea 22, noes 54.