Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-18

as his passport. At this moment DR.. Fort OF
the Senate, rose and said many things Of DR.. Ba.
ker-that he had known him from his Childhood;
he was we'll qualified, honest, religious and
good democrat; that his father, and grand fathers
had always been good and true democrats, since
Gen. Jackson first came on the stage OF parties
He also stated, as bit at Mr.. Jasper, who is al
ready an applicant to Mr.. Polk for the federal
land office in the Platte country, that Dr.. Ba
ker had not applied for any other office. That
be, DR.. Fort, had, since he came here, signed
recommendation Of that gentleman for one OF the
United States land Offices in the Platte country;
and that he could not see why the citizens OF
Platte should want all the public Offices. DR..
Fort said much more and in such manner that
the friends Of Dr.. Baker attributed his defeat to
what DR.. Fort said OF him.
After the Doctor, Mr.. McTIenry endorsed at
some length the pretensions Of Mr.. Jasper spoke
Of him as an old and consistent democrat; one
who had many times gone to the legislature Of
Kentucky in the advocacy OF his democratio
principles--said that through the Kindness OF his
easy circumstances, and that he was now aged,
infrm and in much need OF the office. Mr..
Jasper was elected, receiving 70 votes-Dr.
Baker received 80.
Upon the nomination Of Mr.. Johnson OF Lv.
ingston, Mr.. Tarr was elected Register, and Mr.
Graves Receiver, Of the State Land Office at
Chillicothe.
The resolution adopted by the House on Sstur
day last, requiring the mother bank to furnish the
branch at Fsyette with an increased circulation,
was this day in the Senate committed to a CON-
mttec Of the whole, where it is said it will meet
with spirited opposition and lengthy discussion.
Not much except the elections before men.
toned, elections to fill the other State Land Off.
dent OF the Capitol, in the way Of business was
done in either House.
This evening, however, Mr.. James Of Greene,
called up again his avorite subject in the House,
resolutions declaring in substance that no member
OF the General Assembly should take pay for the
time he may have been absent at Christmas or
upon his own private business. These resolu.
tons were introduced on the 2lst December and
on that day laid on the table till the 9th day OF
January, inst. On that day they were again
called up by him and on motion OF member
they were again laid on The table till the 20lh
inst And he again to day, by stratagem, in his
eagerness to have the subject acted upon by
the House, introduced new resolutions in sub.
stance the same, and after several motions, pro
and con, upon motion Of Mr.. Chinault, they
were indefinitely postponed. This was truly an
interesting farce.
The Veto OF the Governor upon the law to SET
tie the Northern Boundary between this State
and Iowa, was communicated to and read in the
the Legislature pass another, they will make the
calls designated in the constitution as our bounda.
ry line the positive guides for the action OF the
Commissioners, and in terms which they cannot
misunderstood. X.
Our dates from Washington, are up 10 Saur
day, January 4th. The Senate had adjourned
over to Monday. There is nothing Of import
ance going forward in that body
In the House, on the 3rd, all business was
laid aside by the commanding party, as agreed
upon in caucus, the evening previous, for the
purpose of taking up the subject Of the annexa-
ton of Texas Several propositions were before
the House, and debate on the subject opened by
Mr. c. j. Ingersoll of Pennsylvania, Chairman
OF the Committee on Foreign Relations, in favor
OF the measure. He was followed by MIR. Bel
ser, Of Alabama, when the House adjourned.
In noticing the speech OF Mr. Ingersoll, the Ma
tional lntelligencer says
| In the course of Mr.. INGERsoLL's speech, he
made two statements sufficiently remarkable to be
recled in advance of the report of his speech. He
said, in the first place. that he authorized by
those who. he was well assured. had not deceived
him--and he could assure the House and the coun-
try that in making the statement he was not de-
ceiving Ihem-to say, and he did here take the
responsibility of stating that whatever angry feel
ing might now prevail between us and Mexico
there was no reason to believe that any rupture
with Mexico would be the consequence of san.
nexation." He had asked for information where
he ought not TO be. and where he believed he had
not been, deceived; there was sinew of war, the
best of all its sinews, namely, money which would
heal all our breaches with that power. In the
next lace, he said possibly some would be sur
prised 10 hear him state, further, that, in regard
10 Great Britain, there Just little reason 70
believe that the measure would produce any rup-
ture in that quarter. A voice here inquired:
"And Oregon, too?" Mr.. |. said that, as to Ore.
gon, that subject was under negotiation. and he
did not know what the state of the question might
be- But, in regard to Texas. he was authorized to
state that, however Great Britain might desire TO
have more intimate connection with that country,