Mobile register and journal., 1845-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

A message was received from the President re la. tive to the present condition of the Mint. Alter the presentation of numerous petitions, Mr Huntington, from tho committee on commerce., re. ported back the bill prescribing the duties of Col. ectors of the Customs.
 Mir Evans, from the finance committee, reported back the post office, fort6cation and pension a ,p 1 pration blll
 presented at an early period of the session. and sub stituted the lollowing:-
 bill to provide for the anne xation of Texas to the United States.
 Be u enactsd ac. Tint lhe State to be formed out of the present Republic of Texas with suitable ex tent and boundaries, and with two Represenvati lives ! in Congress until the apportionment of repre- sentaion shall be admitted into the Union by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the existing States as soon as the terms and conditions of such admissions, and the cession of the remaining Texan Territory the United States shall be agreed upon by the Governments of Texas and the Unified Siaes. 1 SEc.i2 2. That the sun of $10000O be and are hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of nis sions and negotiations, etc., to agree upon the terms of said admission and cession either by treaty. 10 he submitted 10 ile Senate, or by articles to be snbui ted to the two Houses of Congress as the Preside u mey direct
 He supported the bill by speech, and hoped Il would be suffered 10 lie on the table until the whole | subIect of Texas should come up. Mir. Berrien moved the reference of the bill to the | committee on Texas relations, and gave his reasons thereiur.
 Mir. Benton observed that the committee had had the whole subj ec before them for two months, with. out reporting in favor of any plan of annexation b against all Hence would be obvious no good could | result from the reference of his proposition
 MT. Berrien reoIned. and spoke in favor of the re. | ference 0- .7H Mr. Morehead supported the motion. He spoke of MT. Bentons bill as the feasible propustion vel introduced. and hoped it would be referred Mr. Allen opposed the motion. He said that afier the report of yesterday against all annexaiion there was no hope ofauy favorable action on ,his new bill
 Mir. Merrick spoke in favor ofa reference, as did Mr. Barrow.
 After further discussion, the motion ,o refer was rejected, yeas 22, nays 23.
 The bill was then laid on the table for the present
 Owing to the indispOsition of Mir. Archer, it is thought the Texas report will not be considered be fore Tuesday.
 The consideration of Mir. Merrick' Post Office bl was then resumed It was discussed at great length
 HOUSE OF FREPREsENTArIvEs.
 The bill to reduce the price of the public lands was debated til one o'clock, when by vote of I03 70 95 |! was ad the table. This is the last of it.
 The Indian appropriation bill was then considered in committee of the whole, without any de6nnIve acton thereon.
 SENATE-WAsHINGToN, Feb. 6
 Mr. Choate presented petition usly sign ed, from Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas.
 Mir. Dayton, from the judiciary committee, report. ed bill providing for the purchase aud distribution among the States, of the decisions of the Supreme Court.
 resolution offered by Mr. Barrow for the pur- chase of charts of the soundings of the Gulf of Mexi co. was taken up and adopted.
 The joint resolution, offered on former day by Mir. Foster, to amend joint resolution oi l6I1 so as to enable the works at the Memphis Depot 10 be commenced previous to Ibe next session oI the Ten nessee Legislature was read third time and passed
 mi b.ysn han sad oi' the consideration of the Post Office bill was re- s"med' The debate was again continued 10 very laie hour.
 HOUSE or FREPREsENTATIyEs. .
 ne co's,uefa''on of the Indian adprop alion bill was agaln resumed in committee of ihe whole.
 Alter long, unnIerestiue discussion. ihe amend- men allowing the interest on certain .Arkansas bonds, in winch annulies were invested. as agreed to-
 Several other proposed amendments were discuss ed. during winch Mr. Giddings repeated hi. slavery speech, in reference to the negroes of Florida
 Mir. Black, of Georgia, took exception ,, ii. and said some very hard things in reply. He mtima,eJ that MT, Giddings was worthy to take place by the side of his worthy coadjutor, Torrey, in the M,rv land Pen,entiary. He also charged that Mr. Cid. dngs did on one occasion frank calico frork, aul sent il of as ''No public document" MT Gifidings rejoined in very strong language and repeied the charges. He said if Sou,hern mem- bers imagined that he came here to represent his constituents wiha craven heart they were Di-iken. He was proceeding with remarks of A simar ,har- acer when Mr. Black, who stood near him, lut out side ih. bar, said, eff you will repeat Iha of d,ors. wi'i kn ok ypu d1wn;" Mr. F. tlsn a, anc- | ed To strike MT G. with a stick l,ut Mr. U,mnet | neld him hack. 1 When hr GIddlnss concluded, Mr. Black ad-
 dressed the omniltee In reference to ,be affair." but in go low a tone, owing 10 excitenani That he was | inaudible. f.. -t16l \ V. The committee then rose aud repored inc b,ll ,o lthe House. The am, ndinents of the committee were coucurrs1 in, when lhe bill was read a third time and passed. motion to adjourn was then carried.