Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-28
SCENES OF THE NIGHT

siness at O'Clock. ne lnulan hppIopila.IVu
Rl was sent to the Senate. The Navy Bill
uas brought before the House upon the amend
ment of the Senate to restore the esprit ma
tion,n which the House had abolished Inc
amendment Of the Senate was agreed to.
Corporal Punishment.
The amendment Of the Senate in relation TO
corporeaI punishment was disagreed 10: Ayes
Sd, Noes 81.
The bill then passed from the Senate TO the
House.
Sd. Motion to go into Committee of the
Whole TO take up the Cumberland Road DILL
lost.
Bill to establish Naval Depot at Memphis,
under consideration at O'Clock.
O'Clock. Mr. Thompson of Miss. opposing
the bill. Wants Naval Depot at Vieksburg
on the Mississippi.
"a o'cIock.-Mr Hammet Of Miss. is work
ing hard to kill the Memphis bill. The appro-
priation asked is 100000. DeclHes u Will
cost S5, 900, 900, and that Memphis is fifteen
feet under water. Natchez, ST. Louis, any
where but Memphis. Cave johnson ridiculed
for taking books and refusing to give them to
Others for receiving money readily for Tenn,
and declining to give to any other point.
u o'clock-Cave johnson upon the iloor-
thermometer at fever heat, ard Cave as mad
as a maniac. He vindicates himself zealously,
and declares himself all injured man, &c. Has
been here l6 years and always gone for the
souatters. Goes against the books and always
has since 1892. Takes the books, however,
because he receives them under an order oil the
House.
The bill was then passed by vote Of ll9 to
4S.
The last hour was one of great confusion,
and half OF it was then used up in calling 10
order.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole upon the Cumberland road bill,
which gave rise TO a brief, but animated dis.
CUSTOM Mr. Dromgoole Of Va. opposed the
bill warmly, which brought down Ticklin OF
Illinois upon him like ga thousand of brick"
Mr. Duncan, of Ohio, moved that the COM
mittee rise.
The Committee rose and reported progress
at IA past 9.
Mr. White moved TO postpone the previous
orders with the view of taking up the District
Bank Bill This motion met with a shower of
opposition from the more ultra LocolOco mem
bers, and was withdrawn to enable amendments
upon the Senate Territorial Bills TO be acted
upon. All the amendments were concurred in,
when motion was made TO ego into Commit
tee of the Whole upon the Cumberland Road
Bill, and terminate the debate in FIVE minutes"
The previous question was moved, pending
which a motion was made to lay upon the la
bic, and rejected by the close vote Of 50 in the
affirmative TO So in the negative. The ques-
ton then required upon adopting the resou-
ton, and in order to consume time sorthat the
bill to re-charter the District Banks could not
be reached, a motion was made for the yeas
and navs The vote was 81 10 65, and the
resolution was adopted.
motion was made TO adjourn at 90 minutes
to IL. The yeas and nays were called and the
~ o'cIocKi worse and worse-A motion
is made for a call of the House, ana The yeas
and nays are asked in order to kill time and de-
feat the Bank Bill
10 minutes past H. Yeas and NAYS ordered
upon the question ''sha there be call upon
the House"-Preston King the mover in this
The call was refused. Ayes ls, noes 1877.
l / O'Clock 40 minutes.-Mr Burke of n. H.,
has moved to adjourn in order to consume
more time. The House is but little better than
riot. All business is sacrificed for the sake
of sacrificing this il-treated District of Colum-
bia. Would that the people could look down
upon their representatives.. Bedlam appears
to have been let loose in earnest, while the
place of rendezvous is the Representatives
Chamber. The noise is stunning, nearly all
are talking, scolding laughing and some are
smoking upon the floor of the House. Though
midnight, all the galleries are full, and many of
the crowd are ladies' II justice is done the
majority of the members in the House not
twenty will ever be returned
~ o'cock-MF Burke's motion to adjourn
lost. Ayes "a, noes "a.
n nOllOn was made again Tor call OF the
House.
Mr. Mcconnell Of Ala, called for the yeas
and nays, and Mr. Mcconnell was just the man
for such row as this. He was aided by the
Carey's Of Maine, the Rathbuns and Rnssells
at New York, and the most rowdy members
of the House
lie was now past midnight, and Sabbath mot
ming, and such a Sabbath morning with such
scene has rarely been. The sofas that line the
Hall were full and some of them were more
than full The pages were under the tables
and about them and the clerks and Messengers
entirely worn down with fatigue. Up to this
hour three hours and thirty minutes mad been
occupied IN calling the yeas and nays!
Conferences.
The Committee of Conferences had now met
in their respective Houses and reported upon
all of the conflicting amendments, disposine of
most of them by compromises
The ''grog" and "llogging" were left as in
present laws, and Jack will have his allowance
il he prefers il to the silver and his whipping
j he deserves it, whether he prefers it or not.
The House were for abolshing Capital pun
ishment and insisted upon it up to l O'Clock in
the morning. The U. S. banking building it
was agreed should be bought $225, 900 to be
paid in cash, and the proceeds Of the present
Custom House, the whole not to cost more
than $275, 900.
The other amendments were less important.
All the appropriation bills having been acted
upon,-the last between one and two in the
morning-the majority of the House. as ga
dog returns TO his vomit," returned to their
mischief
New motions were now made to adjourn.
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