The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-02-17

be ,sreiyed sod laid on The table. The res.
oIulion w., received afisr further converse.
Ton, b,h the printing refused.
Mr. Brcssc Introduced hill for tho I'm
prov.meni Of the Upper Mississippi
IN the House (Jsn. ~ Mr. q. Davis, d
K,, made minority rpor IN relation 10
n. claim 10 seal. Of he general ticket mem.
h.,. O., motion Of Mr.. J. Campbell,
10000 copies Of DO b reports were ordered
10 be printed.
Tho report adverse to giving notice 10
Great Britain o. tho termination Of The J""m
occupancy Of Oregon, came up in Comm'"
tee Of The Whole Mr. Owen, in conclus'"n
Of his rcma rk., despaired Of successful
ne rotation respecting this territory, and
urged the necessity of immediate Legislation
asserting our title ,oi'. MIR Tnomas'on OF
XIV. concurr,d wi h Mr. o As to the valid
Nv Of our ,i,e to The territory in question,
bu, deprecated legislative ACTON on The eva
Of the arrival Of a special Ambassador in
relation TO the mater. Mr.. Wentworth
warml, advocated the vindication and en-.
forcemen, Of our exclusive right to The
country. The su! ject was then laid over.
In the Senate (Jnn 25) Mr. Barrow, from
tie Committee on Military Aff,ir, reported
a bill to remoun. the 2 regiment Of D'a-
soon'
Mr. Semple's resolution, requesting the
Preside ut to take steps for the termination
Of the Joint occupancy Of Oregon, was unde'
consideration. Mr. Archer was opposed to
action on the suffice, a, present Me''"
Semple and Buchanan thought tile "o''"e'"
lion could do no harm.
In The House, Mr. Elmer, Chairman OF
Of the Committee on Elections, reported In
favor of tho claim Of Mr. G,lmer Of VI,
whose scat was contested by Mr.. Oesn,
The report, together with the arg 'men's o.
+ Mr. G. DAVIS were directed to be printed.
J., Mr.. Wise (Jan 27) from the c0"~'''fs
On Rules, made a mlnorl,y report. u was
!. similar to that made by Mr.. Adams, except
i, .ha, i, favors the 10 adopt N Of the the 2ls'"
$ rue. In case os the future Of this, hs
& recommends the southern members to ,sks
no further put in voting upon questions
e connected but To use these efforts at home L..
IS re, up a convention from all The s'aFys to-
e determine the extern, OF the powers al The
j. Federal Government over slavery.
N Mr. Hlrral.on, from the Military Com.
D. mitlee, reported bill to repeal the scs
% dismoun,in. he = regiment Of Dragooo'.
In the Ssn,te, (Jan 29) Mr. Foster pre-
!, sented resolutions Of the Tennessee Legis-
he latuye for the establishment Of Nava Depot
10 on the Western waters.
y, NJ. Mckay offered j,int resolution f"r
J.. he future reduction Of Is per cent, in tbs
% pay Of printers Of DO h houses, from he ratss
fixed by the resolution Of 1919, with a pIo-
$ viso excepting The present, (democratcl
printers of the House from this measure o.
}. retrencbment Adopted Yeas l3l, Nays
Y, ~.
to Mr.. Buchanan presented petition frur
n citizens of Philadelphia for the paymen, OF
il, Treasury notes ('aken in the ordinary
y, course of busines.) refused by the Secrsts>
ry Of the Treasury as having been stolen
by tne conn cced with the N. y. Custom
House. Mr. B. hoped, as there were oihs'
y cases, that general bill for their payment
- would DO reported. Referred to the Judrs
50 cary Committee.
" Mr.. Berren, from The same Con. mittee.
reported back the House bill 10 refund Gea.
: Jackson's fine, with an amendment freeing
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