Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-19

oil having. deCiueu inc queStion ycstoiu'y
and gave directly contrary decision TO-
day, Than an appeal on point of order IS
not privileged question, and is subject TO
n motion 10 lay ii on the table, which must
he decided without debate. Mr.. Calhoun
then appealed from tina, decision, and III
n burs, of indignant eloqucnce exposed the
insidious attempt by this collateral move
ment to introduce the gag law into The
Senate. The morning hour having exp'-
red, the debate was interrupted, and The
Senate took up tho Naval Pension bill,
and all attempts nt repeating the law ol
1887 having failed. Mr.. Calhoun moved
an amendment that no new names should
be put OH The Pension roll under the act.
of 1889. This was voted down by the
casrius vote Of Mr.. Southard. Mr.. Man
gum, at first, stood up in lis favor, but at
The instance of Mr.. Preston, set down and
voted asainsli!. A Limitation OF The law
10 The eni Of the next session of Congress
was then proposed by Mr.. Buchanan which
was carried against the arnestremonstran-
ces Of Mr.. Huntington. Mr.. Choate and
some others, who there is much reason 10
suspect have deep interest in th, perpet-
ualion of the abuses of The law Of lS3I.-
The bill was then passed. The bill for
the Distribution Of the proceeds ofthe Pub
lie Lands was then taken up, and Mr.
Smith of Indiana, addressed the Senale at
srca, length in favor oflhc bill. The Sen
ate then went into executive session, and
in abou, two hours after adjourned. ]
learn there was an attempt 10 confirm
nomination of an Aboltionist, (and have
reason to suppose it was Mr.. Everct')
but findinc il too hazardous To put 10 the
vote, il was hung upon the same peg us
those Of Bella Badger, Pcnrosc and me
Others.
In the House the Bank bill was passed
-aycs l2S, navs y. Every amendment
was promptly voted down, in pursuance OF
n previous decision in caucus, aud tho bill
was passed precisely in the shape u came
! from the ScuaIc.
WAsuINGToS, Aug. u,
The Bank Bill is passed 10y Il vote Of
les to 81. exactly in the shape it camc
from the Senate. \ motion in Committee,
was made by Mr.. Adams. To strike out he
compromise section Introduced by Mr.
J Clay in the Scnae-somc five or six Wings
only voted with him, aud some forty Dem
ocrals. The truth is. the Wings were
afraid To send the bill back again to the
Senate by adding any amendment 10 II,
for fear il should then fail; and the Demo
crars were equally aversc TO any amend
mcnls-wi,hins the bill To sol 10 the exc
culivc, and not be stopped in the Senate.
So both sides were eralifcd in the Bill
passing exactly as il came from the Scna;e.
All now look to The veto. The Wings
fear it, but do not believe that Tyler has
nerve enough To exercise il. The Demo-
crats except il, but have also their fears OF
the Presidents lrmncss. The Virginians
who are in his confidence, have no doubt
| oflhe Bill bciug vetoed. have no doubt
myself, the veto will be put, and that the
dissolution Of the Wing Parry is at hand
"a week willteil
WAsuiseToy, Aug. z.
The Senate were occupied during neur-
ly tho whole Of ID days sitting ins discus.
sing ,he appeal takenby Mr., Calhoun from
s.he decision af The Chair Nots;theA4s,zsS.
fail The decision, which, no doubt, was
made az his bidding. for the purpose Of in
Producing the gag into the Senate, Is was
SO palpably erroneous that but nlne Sens
tors had the hardilooi TO record ilieiFHanes
in its favor. The vote on the question
shall the decision of the Chair be sustain
cd!" was ayes 9, noes 30-cight of7the
Wing, voting in The negative, while Mr..
Preston and some others "dodged." The
| question was then taken on the appeal
from the decision Of the Chair, by Mr..
Beulon. aud after The decision was mate
rally modified, il was sustained by n party
vote. The Senate then adjourned.
In the House motion was made TO
take up he bill for the repeal of the lnde
pendent Treasury. This mas rejected
ayes 81, noes 50. The Baukrup, bill was
then taken up, and read through, when
a motion was male TO lay il aside aud take
up the Repeal bill, this and Two or three
Others ola similar tendency were defeated,
when n motion was made for the Com
mllec TO rise which was carried. A mo-
ton was then made TO discharge The Com
mit:ce of the Whole from the further con-
sidcraion of The Repeal bill, and this was
carried-aycs lu3. noes l02. Several
questions of order were made, but were
promptly overrulcd b, The Chair, and the
bill was brought into the House. BY this
time however, the Senate had adjourned.
and il was found that the purpose of all this
.hot aud indecent haste" could not be ac-
cUmpIishcd. This was TO send the Bank
hill aud The Repeal bill together 10 The
President, for Which purpose the former
had been kept back several hours. The
bill was then suffered 10 he debated, aud
The House adjourned about four o'clock
Mr.. Pickcns having the floor for Monday.
The Bank bill is now before The Pres-
dent, aud the Wings confidently assert tha,
he will sign it. They will be Mistaken
There is some doubt, however, whether
he will place himself on The high ground
occupied by him in former days OH this
question, or whether the veto will be quail
field by recommendation Of "thc thing"
which you call 1.-THE otter" ], is also
thought by many that even if The Presi-
dcul's veto is au unqualified one, the pre-