The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-06-27
CONGRESS.

lntelligencer of Monday, the nth. We haves
little TO add to what will be found below I'M
regard to the proceedings at Washington
We learn by Senators, who left that city on
Tuesday, that the Memphis depot billI
become a law by the signature ofthe Pres !
ident on Monday. We also learn that the
President proffered a seat on the Supreme
bench to MIR. Buchanan, by whom it was de-
clined:
The House OF Representatives was in al
storm of confusion and uproar during the
whole night, without e%ffecting anything what
ever after the hour Of nine O'Clock in theI
evening, the whole time being spent in inef
fectual struggles between the friends and
opponents of the Cumberland road ~appropri-I
alton bill and the district bank bill 10 obtain
a direct vote upon either of those meas
ures. During this contest the yeas and
nays were called more than twenty times'
on questions raised to defeat those bills, uni
til the House, fairly tired out, "a quorum be-
ing present to the last9 adjourned at nearly
4 O'Clock.
The mass of Senate bills lying on the
Speakers table were of course all cut off, and
are finally lost unless the House may posi-
bly, this morning make some exceptions TO
their general fate.
The Senate rejected Unanimously the.
nomination of James S. Green TO be Secfeta-
ny of the Treasury.
The President Of the United States having
| ill.,, on1,r,4oJ Coorro NJ DibIN &c Ron4,,
ky, to be Secretary ofthe Treasury, the Sen
ate confirmed the appointment.
The Senate also rejected the nomination
Of Judge Christian to be district Judge for
the district of Virginia, and confirmed the
subsequent nomination Of Halliburton to
that office.
The nomination OLA. B. Mead to be APP
praiser of New York was rejected.
No nomination for the Collector Of the
port of New York was sent in by the Pfesi-
dent.
N" P. TalImadge, of New York, was
nominated, and unanimously confirmed by
the Senate, to be Governor of the Territory
ofWisconsin, at the expiration of Governor
Doty's unexpired term of four years.
Besides these a number of nominations
of collectors, postmasters, &C., were. act
edupon, and some confirmed and some re-
jected.
The following proceedings of the House of
Representatives on Saturda y night we find
in the Baltimore papers,:
The Louisiana land bill was taken up,
and after some rather noisy proceedings re-
committed to the committee OIL private land
claims.
About a score o~fmembers rose and wanted
each to take up a separate bill. The uproaI
was SO great thati it was almost impossible to
hear the speaks. The latter Numbered with
the mace, aud declared he would call gentle
men by their names if they did not come to
order.
A motion was then made to suspend the
rules in order to enable land committee to re-
port back the Louisiana land bill. Afersome
explosions Of warm words, the motion was
; Withdrawn.
The Senate bill to establish a navy yard
and depot at Memphis, Tenn, was then Ia.
ken up and debated at some length.
After The rejection of some amendments.
the bill was read a third time and passed
6 yeas ll9, nays 4S.
Mr.. Campbell here had another loud talk
about taking up the district bank bill, Blu
: without success.
A motion was then made to suspend the
rules, 10 give the clerks, messengers, and
pages Of the House a little extra cempensa-
z ton, more especially as members had receiv-
ed extras of $500 each for books.
A division being had, the House refused
to receive the resolution. Economy is made
like the SPIDERS web, for little flies only
the big ones get through.
The House then went into committee, anC
for a few minutes considered the Cumberland
road bill. Itwas then reported without any
definite action.
The amendments, ofthe Senate to a mum.
Der ofterritorial bills, were taken up and con.
t cured in.
, AT half past ten. members being very
1 tired and sleepy, a motion was made TO adj
l%iourn.
The yeas and nays were taken, but II
} only voted in the affirmative.
? A call of the House was moved. 1t was
: negatived by a large vote.
The motion to adjourn was then renewed.
and again reiected-yeas "a, nays IA.
The object of these motions appeared to be
to stave off the District bank bill.
: 1t was now ten minutes to twelve, and
, motions. TO adjourn were made every five
5 minutes.
Mr.. Mckay here came in from the COM
mittee on conference on the general appro-
: priation bill, and said they could not agree
fl On his motion anOther committee was an