The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-24


Mr.. FILLMoRE-I move, sir, that the Committee
rise and report the Bill TO the House.
A MEMBER-Mr. Chairman, wish to be allowed
10 explain-why-
Several VOICES No explanation Question,
MEMBER-li's very hard In a free country that l.
VoicEs-Oh oh oh! alb gag! Question.
The question was put, and the Committee rose and
reported the bill with amendments to the House.
The SPEAKER resumed the chair
Mr.. WISE demanded the ayes and noes to be Ia
ken on the appropriation tor the Coast Survey. This
was done and resulted as follows:
Ayes. ll9
Noes. ''..''... o.
That the country may know who are opposed to
this valuable measure you had better give the ayes
YEAs.-Messrs. Landau w. Andrews, sherlock J. An.
Beeson. Bdlack, Black Boardman, Bolts, Boyd, Brew
ster, Bronson Aaron v. Brown, Milton Brown Charles
W. Caldwell, Patrick c. Caldwell William B. Campbell,
Thomas Campbell, Caruhers Casey Chapman Chitten-
den, Clifford James Cooper Mark A. Cooper Cowen, Ora
vens Cross Garrett Richard Davis Dean Deberry
Doan, Doig Eastman Egbert, Fessenden John G Floyd
Charles Floyd, A. L. Foster Gamble, Gentry, Gerry,
Glmer, oGggin, VIM. O. Goade. Graham Green, Cuisine,
Gwin, Harris, Hays, Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Hunter
Jack Andrew Kennedy, Lewis Littlefed. A. Mcclellan
Mckay, Msrchand, Thomas F. Marshall Mathiot, Mat
tocks Maxwell, Maynard, Medill, Merwether Mitchell
Moore Morgan Morris, New hard Osborne, Owsey Par.
fridge, Payne, Pumer Ramsey. Read Reding Rencher,
Riggs. Rogers william Russell shaw. shep.
stokeley, stratton, Alexander H. H. Stuart, John T..
stuart John B. Thompson, Jacob Thompson. Triplett,
Trotti Turney. Ward Watters0n, Weller, westbrook,
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Allen Baker, Barton, Birdseye,
Blair, Borden, BOVINE Briggs, Burnel Calhoun, John
Clinton Coles Cranston Cushing Daniel Dawson Eve,
rett Ferris, Fillmore Torrance, Gates Gddings Patrick
G Goode, Gordon, Granger, Hastings, Henry Howard,
Irwin W. C. Johnson, j. w. Jones, l. d. Jones, Keim
Jonn ?. Kennedy King; Linn Lowell Robert Mcclellan,
McReon Alfred Marshall, Miller, Nor
Randall Ridgway, Rodney, Roosevelt, James NJ RUSSELL
saltonstall Sanford Truman Smith. stanly, Summers
Toland, Trumbull, Underwood, Van Buren, Wallace,
Warren, Washington, T. w. Williams. Joseph l. Viii.
lams. Winthrop, Wise, Wood, Aug. Young, John Young
"a.
The bill was then read third time and passed.
Some communications were received, and the
House then adjourned
In SENATE.-Nothing very important was done
here to-day. Mr.. ALIENS resolution for the Senate
70 sit with open doors always except when discus
sing treaties, was made the order of the day for
Tuesday. The papers relative to the Coast Survey
were ordered to be printed. Mr.. LTNN's resolution
calling on the President TO know why the Oregon
Boundary was not settled IN the late Treaty was
carried. Mr.. BENToN's resolution calling on the
President to know whether Lord Ashburton made
any proposition about the assumption of State debts
came up. Mr.. ARCHER said he was authorised by
never even alluded to the subject whilst he was
mere. He hoped that was sufficient. Mr.. BENTON
'aid, that was not enough; he wanted the denial to
come direct from the President, and to be put on
ution relative to the water roted hemp OF kentucky
which was referred. Mr.. LINN moved the third
eadng OF the Bill renting Gen. Jackson's tne.-.
Mr. Critenden moved its reference TO the Judiciary
Committee. il was carried; and after some other
business the Senate adjourned
consultation Ia now going on here between
Mr. Wickife and the Postmasiers OF New York
md Philadelphia, to see whether the present rate
If postage cannot be reduced twO-thirds.
The Bankrupt Law Repeal Bill had the go-by to-
lay
In the North Carolina Legislature, both
General Saunders and Bedford Brown have been
hayward or Haywood, a supposed Van Buren, man,
and elected him TO the United States Senate for
Tx years, to succeed MIR. Graham.
On some resolution day before the holidays, as
oon as the State of Virginia is called am told that
MIR. Bolts meansto bring up the resolutions impeach
ng the President. They will probably be con-
signed to the "Tomb Of all the Capulets''
The weather here is sadly changeable; the Their
nometer fell % degrees In ten hours.
Mr.. Lane, wife OF the Hon. member for Indiana,
who escaped without injury when the stage was
overturned, is now lying dangerously i'll, supposed
% be at the point of death. 1t is her first winter in
W Washington.
The nominations of Thomas H. Smith and Judge
now before the Senate. The former will be re.
eced but it is thought that the latter may be con-
irmed from the fact that he served as a member Of
he House with much ability for manv years, and
turing that time with many members of the present
Senate who were then in the House, and who
hink highly of his business talents.
You see TIE running fight has commenced in the
Senate on the Treaty. There will be hot work
about it by ndby.
The season is not expected to be very brilliant
L is very doubtful whether the Presidents house
will be thrown open, from the melancholy circum-
stance of the death of his estlmable lady. And the
ecent affection in the family OF the Hon. the Secre.
airy at War will throw a gloom over all the inten-
led official parties. The Count de Bodsco, the
highly estimabe, and immensely popular penipo-
entiary here WILL as he alwaysha done, contribute
than his share to the festivities OF the
His charming and accomplished lady promenaded
he Avenue this week, and looked remarkably well,
ALPHA.
The BANKRUPT LAW Is safe for the residue of this
veek-the bill to repeal it having been laid aside in
he House of Representatives Yesterday In order to
20 on with the Appropriation Bill, the immediate
lassage OF w .ch was almost matter OF necessity.
The Bankrupt Repeal bill cannot now be resumed
n that body before Monday next. Let not the
rlends OF the law, however, deceive themselves
With false hopes as to It's fate in Congress. bill
Will certainly pass for the repeal of the Bankrupt
Act, in part If not IN whole. before many weeks
Whether it will be repealed modified from the
irs day of this session, from the date OF the
'ealing or modifying act, is not SO certain. -Nat Int.
U. S. SENATOR FROM NORTH CARoLINA.-Wiliiam
j. Haywood was, on Tuesday last elected United
Al. IS