Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-09-17
UNITED STATES SENATE.
I,nnnrtnnL Measures.


ion of the Land Bill was passed to third
reading, and final passage by the follow
ing vote:
Yeas.--Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bayard,
Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Critten-
den, Dayton, Evans, Graham, Huntington,
Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter,
Simmons, Smith of Ind, Sprague, Tall
madge, White and Woodbrid ge-23.
Nays--Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton,
Buchanan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton, Hen
derson, King, Linn, Preston, Rives, Sewer,
Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Woodbury.,
Wright, Young-19.
The Contested Election Bill
The vote upon this Bill, by which it was
recommitted on Saturday, was reconsider
ed and the Bill passed, with the amendment
already published.
Adjournment of Congress.
| The Senate took up the House Resolu-
ton fixing upon this day for an adjourn
ment. After brief debate the Resolution
was amended by naming Wednesday at
two o'clock, and in this form it passed and
was sent to the House of Representatives.
The Per Diem.
The Resolution upon this subject was re-
| v,
to die of course.
Executive Business.
| The Senate went into Executive Bust
ness at an early hour, and devoted the day
to the nominations and other matters.
Aug. 80.
On the 3Oth, the fertilization bill from
the House was taken up in the Senate,
amended, and sent back to the House.
The bill regulating the taking of testi-
| mony in cases of contested elections" was
taken up. The Senate agreed to insist on
their amendment, and appointed commit
tee of conference to act with a similar
committee on the part of the House
Several bills of a private and local char
acter, were passed.
The joint committee of conference on
the election bill, made report, which was
agreed to by the Senate, and a message
sent to the House to apprise it of the fact
In the House message was received
from the President, stating that he had
signed the tariff bill. Another message
was also received, which proved to be his
protest against Mr.. Adams report. The
protest will be found in another column.
The following are the resolutions offered
by Mr.. Bolts upon the reception of the
Presidents protest:
Resolved, That while this House is and
ever will be ready to receive from the
President all such messages and communi-
cations as the Constitution and Laws and
the usual course Of public business author
ICES him to transmit to it, yet it cannot re-
cognise any right in him to make a formal
protest against votes and proceedings OF
this House, declaring such votes and pro-
ceedings to be illegal and unconstitutional,
and requesting the House to enter such
protest on its Journal.
Adopted by vote of 81 yeas to 46nays'
RESOLVED, That the aforesaid protest is a
breach of the privileges of this House,
and that it be not entered on the Journal.
Adopted-yeas SO; nays 4s.
RESOLVED, That the President of the U.
States has no right to send protest to
this House, against any of its proceedings.
Adopted-yeas Sc; nays So.
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of this House
be directed to return the message and pro-
test to its author.
I.ost-yeas 90; nays SO.
The Wheeling Times which has the la
test news from Washington that we have
seen, says:
"We are informed that Mr. Webster will
leave Washington for his farm in New
Hampshire on Tuesday next, will hold his
Office until the treaty with England re-
ceives the sanction of that Government,
and then resign"
We learn from the Times that Congress
finished its business on Tuesday night
about midnight, and adjourned on Wednes-
day morning. The editor says he saw sew
eral members who left after the adjourn
ment. He adds: "They inform us that
there were strong manifestation of plea
sure with all that Mr.. Tyler had signed
the tariff bill for the relief of the country.
OTIt seems that President Tyler applied
the pocket veto not only to the land dis
tribution bill, but also to the Contested
election bill. The Madisonan says that
he had not time to examine them.
"The Philadelphia Evening Journal,
edited by Reuben M. Whitney, predicts
that either Governor Cass or Commodore
Stewart will be the Loco Foco candidate
for the Presidency. 1t says that "Mr. Van
Buren, will be opposed because he has
already been once beaten, Mr.. Calhoun be-
cause he ia mt a sSontherp man with