FOR RELEASE OF BONDSMEN.
Mr. Mason's bill [H. R. 221] for the relief of Messrs. Wade, Smith, Kell and others, was read the second time.
Mr. MASON spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. CAUTHORNE thought the bill should pass as the judgment against these parties, by decision of a similar nature, have since been reversed. The bill does not release the defaulter, but simply security.
The bill passed--yeas, 70; nays, 0.