CONGRESS.
ON Monday, January 23d, in the Senate, after the adoption of a resolution, offered by Senator Hale (N. H.), calling for the names and salaries of the persons employed in the Treasury Department whose appointments have not been confirmed by the Senate, Senator Douglas’s (Ill.) resolution, directing a bill to be framed to protect States of the Union from external invasion, was taken up, and Senator Douglas proceeded to sustain the resolution. He charged the Republican party with the responsibility of the John Brown invasion. Senator Fessenden (Me.) replied in defense of that party, and Senator Douglas retorted, when the Senate adjourned.—In the House, speeches on the ruling topic and on the organization of the House were made by Messrs. Barksdale (Miss.) and Corwin (Ohio).
Harper’s Weekly, February 4, 1860