Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-02-21

Resolutions OF the legislatures of Name, ! liz
nols, and Indiana, were presented on variou.
topics and also OF the legis stature of the Terri
tory OF Florida, on the subject of its admission
into the Union. Many territorial bills, which
were yesterday acted upon in Committee of tho
Whole, were passed through their final stages
and one which was designed to pay the low
militia for their services when called out during
the dispute between hat Territory and Nilsson
RI, IN 1889, was laid on the table by large ma
iority. The bill for the admission of Iowa ant
Florida into the Union as States occupied the
residue of the day to late hour. 1t was dcba
ted by Messrs Nlnton, Bsser Levy, Aaron V
Brown, and some Others The proviso to The
second section. which was intended TO make
provision for the erection Of a second State II
East Florida, when that portion OF the Terrific
ry should have a population Of 1000, was strck
en- out by a majority of Sc TO 81. And motor
made by Mr. Morse for the addition of provisc
to prescribe certain terms which should be com
piled with before this bill, when passed. should
50 operate as to admit Florida into the Union
gave rise 10 warm discussion. The terms
were, that the people Of Florida should hold q
convention and erase from the constitution o
the proposed State certain sections in relation
TO negroes and negro slavery
WEDNESDAY, Feb. II.
Tho Senate ,o.d,v was enr,ood nrpcir,1l,
in ,ho House nf ELECTROMAGNETIC. in cyecntiny
of the Joint order for counting the electoral votes
for President an, Vice President.
The remarks OF Mr. Fairfield in the Senate
Yesterday. nm nrcsnn,ior a pe,i,inn aJver.o r.
the annexation Of Texas, were incorrectly given
BY our reporter. Mr. +. did not profess to be ac.
quain'ed with the petitioners; but said that a
gen leman VINO was we'll acquainted with them
had informed him that. with two or three cycen-
tons, they were all aboi,ionis,s and whys.
IL the HYuse, a number of communications
from the executive deparimen,s wcrc reo1 and
appropriately referred. Several bills from 10
Senate were passed through their first and Sc.
cond readings, and referred to the prnDcr cons
mitees. THIS being the day set apart bv the
joint resolution of the two Houses for counting
the votes of the electors for President and Vice
President. at II o'clock (ihe hour desipna,od\
Mr. Brodhcad submitted a resolution that mes.
sage be sent to the Senate informing them tina.
the House was ready to receive them. The
resolution having been adopted, and the mes
sage delivered. the Senate, headed bv their
President pro tempore, and preceded bv their
sergcant-at-arms, entered the hail of the House.
and we're conducted 10 the seats prepared for
them Immediately in front of the Speakers chair.
the members Of the House rising on their en-
trace, and remaining standing until they we're
seated. The Hon. W.p. Manyum. prnsilon.
pro tenn of the Senate, was conducted ia -, sea,
on the rirbt hand of the Suoaker. and tho ,ol-
lers Che Honorable Robert J. Walker on the
part of the Scra'e. and the Honorable Edmund
Burke and the Honorable Jnnn p. Kennedy on
the part OF the House took seats at the clerks
table, Immediately bef,ro tho S,naror,s cLair
The presrdnn, nf The Senate thor ro,o o,l ,n.
nounc,d ,h,, ,ho ,,,., II ,,,', l,i -, H. u"
,..t Wv Wv W. ,I'c' ""u "s'9"'o.eu TO-
Sc'"er !" pursuance ol 'he constitution, Tor the
purpose OF counting the VOTES OF the electors for
a President and Vice President 10 servo f,r
four wears from the ith nC n ,rch nov, ,,J ,,r,
cooI,1 =, honi =, ,t ,,I.a LOO u"' P''-
$3.50, w. manu- ~ ''c 'c''.'S ','e 'o'es III inc
several . ates ID lholr regular orGer, (hHTnulng
with the State of M!ne,) naming the votes of
each State as he han1cJ them Tho ,nllers -,
rercivinr tho yo,cs of zach S,,,o o,,n,,,,,o,,
''''"s ,"' WIGS VI cat" ''d'c, d"houhrcu
thein 10 the two Houses. The votes having
Oeeh IN ms manner counted through, the te 'lers
summed up and reported the result to the Pres.
dent of tho Seun,o ,,bn .rp,uncoJ ,ho,, -,
f,Ilo,.,. WI, ,,,'.,i,,,. - ,I..,t '''' "
" ""'N "'''O~' w. c!'I'uh ~ '"tcs -l' :
en- go necessary 10 c'ioce l3S; OF which
james Knox Polk, Of Tennessee, received 40
for President. AID GEORGE NJ. Dll!as. of Penn
sylr,r;. IN c,r v,o p.a,,l,,, II. Ci
II t-..L - ,n- ~ gu!
-" ~, he"'u'H,y' rece''cu W., ,nr ires'uehl, ana
he"lpre frcllnghuVscn, OF New York, 100 for
ice President and mat no other persons were
4,ei f,r He thrrrtnrc declared that J,mos
Knov Polk. of 'ronoes.oe was d,Iv eloc,oJ
D.a.;,,,,, r,i If.'.,i 6, 10y I
'oS'"V'' " t'' o"''eu ,'"'cs, 10 SerNe Iur Iour
years rom me an Oh hafcl next; ana lhat
George NJ. Dallas, Of Pennsylvania, was in like
manner duiy elected Wee President Of the Uni
ted States IN eorvn for tho s,no rorind Nr
80 =, ~ .'''
, ''"c' "o'l' ','c JUN ''""'.,'te U, thc Two
Houses, IN lutther execution o. the duties lni-
posed on them, submitted Dnt resolution for
the anDointtneu, Of a committee CONSISTING of two
mnu,hars nm H., MORT -, ,L, II,r.o ~, ;;