The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-08


| Collins, New York; Fries, ohioi Blanchard, Penn
sylvana; Long, Maryland; Moulton, New Hamp
shire.
On Expenditures on Public Buildings. Messrs
Garvin, Pennsylvania; Jenkins, New York; Leake
Virginia; McHenry, New York; J, A, Rockwell
| Connecticut
Mr.. WENTWORTH asked leave to give notic
/ of a bill.
The SPEAKER announced the business in orde
to be on the resolution Of Mr.. GILEs, and the amend
ments thereto, relative 10 the printing OF portion
the copies ordered of the Presidents message, AM
to the printing OF the report of the Secretary OF tn
| Treasury.
/ MIR. BRoDHEAD Would not resolutio,
relative to the organization of the House take pre-
| cedencei
The SPEAKER. This resolution is the business
before the House, and would be the proper bust
| Mr.. WENTWORTH persisted in his request
and, on leave gave notice that he would tomorrow
ask leave to bring in bill to establish port of en-
try at the city of Chicago
| THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. q
| Mr. BRODHEAD again brought forward hi
resolution, which was read for information, as fol
lows:
OF three members Of each House be appointed to drec
superinend the expenditure Of all moneys appropri
for the purchase Of books for the library OF Congress
all other matters pertaining to the said library,
otherwise provided for by law.
| Mr. PAYNE objected, and desired that tn,
proposition pending at their last adjournment b.
| taken up.
The SPEAKER accordingly announced tn.
question before the House.
| Mr.. BRODHEAD moved to postpone the previ
GUS order of the days. in order take into consider
alton the resolution he wished to offer.
The question being taken, the motion to postpone
! was rejected.
| The resolution regularly in order then came up
The state of the question was as follows:
| Mr.. GILEs had moved a resolution that of the
90 600 copies of the Presidents message ordered Il
be printed, 5000, with the accompanying docu.
ments relating to Texas and Mexico, be printed
/ as soon as possible for the of this House; and
also that the usual number of extra copies (viz
100000 Of the report Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury be printed. To this
| Mr.. PAYNE had moved an amendment to strike
out ''the usual number of extra copes," and insert
20 900 extra copies. To this
| Mr.. HoPKiNs had moved an amendment tc
strike out, as proposed, and insert 10000 extra
copies.
| This latter amendment, being in substance the
same the original proposition, though differing in
| form, was not pressed; but the original resolution,
| by general consent was modified to conform to it,
| On the amendment, the SPEAKER stated thai
the yeas and nays had been demanded, and tellers
had been called for on the yeas and nays; which lat
ter was the immediate question before the House.
Mr.. STEWART, of Pa, was proceeding to ap-
peal to his friends, and especially to the friends Of
the tariff to sustain the demand for the yeas and
| nays, when
| Objections were made on the ground that the pre-
vous question had been moved and seconded
The SPEAKER stated his impression that the
previous question had not been demanded, and
| therefore debate was in order.
As the result, however, of some further conyersa-
| ton on the question of fact,
| The journal was brought forward; and this silent
witness gave testimony that the previous question
had been demanded by Mr.. BRoDHEAp on Thursday
and that the demand had been seconded.
| Thus debate not being in order
The question taken on the demand for tel.
lers and they were ordered.
| Pending this vote, Messrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS and
ROBERT McRoBERrs, members from the State OF
Mississippi, appeared, were sworn, and took their
| seats.
seconded; and the question being taken, the amend
mend of Mr.. PAYNE, providing for the printing Of
10000 copies of the report Of the Secretary of the
Treasury, was rejected--yeas 81, nays los, as fol
/ lows:
YEAs-Mcssrs. stephen Adams, Atkinson, Bayiy, JAS
A. Black Bowlin, Boyd VIM O Brown, Burt Cahell Cath
cart r. Chapman Chase. Chapman. Clarke Cobb, Consta
ferson Davis. DeMo Dobbin. Douglass. Faran Ficklin
Fries, Garvin Hamn. HARRISON Henley, Hoge Isaac Z
drew Johnson, George W. Jones. seaborn Jones. Law
c aa Mccraie, John r Martin, barclay Martin
Morris. Niven Norris Owen, Parish Payne. Perrill,
sell sawteile Sawyer A. D. sims, Leonard H. simms simp
Thomas Smith Robert Smith Stanton ST. john Strong
Tibbatts, Wentworth, Wick Williams, Wiimot, Wood
| ward Woodwork, Yanc ey; and Yel-si,
Baker Barripger, Bednger Bell Benton, Bggs, Jane,
| Black Blanchard, Brnkerhof, Brodhead, Milton Brown
Cooke Coamer Cranston crolier Culver Garrett Davis
Deano, Dillingham;, Dixon, Dockery Dunlap, Edsall Ellis
Ges Goodyear Gordon Ora Grsha~ Order drnne Gro
yeT Ha%pton haITans9n Harper Herek isrd Eli
Hu nj d Washington Hunt, James b Hunt. Jo
seph r. Ingersoll, Jenkins, Kennedy, Daniel P. King
ling e MINI Isw esS
Marsh. Miller Mossley Moulton, Pendleon Pollock Ram
Ritter s oSus ss T. a. ra RG sm
bert Smith, Caleb B. Smith stephens, Stewart strohm
Thomasson; BENJAMIN Thompson. Tilaen Trsmso. Vance
Wheaton, White, Winthrop, Wood, Woodruff Young, and
Yost-l05.
The question recurring on the original motion Of
| Mr.. GILES,
Mr.. BRODHEAD moved an amendment; but
withdrew it, when the following notices of bills
made.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Mr.. WENTWORTH gave notice of motion to
introduce bill to establish port Of entry at the CT
Mr.. q. s. Houston gave notice of a motion to
| introduce bills of the following titles viz:
"A bill to establish permanent prospective pro-
empton system in favor Of settlers public
lands;
bill to cede to the State of Alabama the public
| lands within the limits of said State.
| Mr.. HOGE gave notice of motion for leave TO
introduce bill to sell the reserved mineral lands in
the States of Illinois and Michigan, and the Terrific
| ry Of Iowa.
OREGON.
| Mr.. BOWLIN gave notice of a motion to intro
duce bill organizing Territorial government in
Oregon Territory, and for other purposes.
Various commu nications from the departments
were presented to the House, and disposed of by
reference to the appropriate committees.
| Mr. PRESTON KING moved that one hundred
copies Of the treasurcrs report be printed for the
| of the department
| Mr. McCLERNAND moved that 10000 extra
copies of the treasurers communication be printed
! for the use fthe House.
| The SPEAKER reminded gentleman that all
motions Of that kind must lie one day on the table,
at least
Mr.. McCLELLAND objected to the motion Of