Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-01-11

Congress.
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tei ~ e6nensins = u date ~ y
wkleh ~ repests q last week : Gsxette
were given. Several important moves, il
will be seen, have already been made, Lal
without definite action g yet,
: Dec. 2O.--M NE House, the ssbill to pro-
y;le fof de oolseetien, sa6 keeping, Trans
fer and disbursemelk q ~ pAblic seve-
nue." better known = The Sub Treasur,
bill, was taken Up and debated II much
length. Messrs, Dromgoole. G. J. Inger-
coll, Douglass, and others, advocated the
bill. and Me,srs. Adams, J. h. Ingersoll
Barnard and G. B. Smith, opposed !. Be.
fore taking the question, and without the
debate being ielosed, the House adjourned
/ h he Ssssts, no sitting took place.
Dsr., 2l.-h Ae House. the considera.
ton Is the bill for the revival Of the indie
pendent Treasury systesn IVES resumed ~
Afef' several Intellectual sitcmpsp to post
pcne, recommit, Sc. he bill was final,
pa..1d--yeas l2s-nays s. The ~ote
was strictlya party one, from which il is
reasonable to infer that the bill cannot pass
the Senate, where the majority against The
democrats IL eight or ten. Some, ;,owev-
er. anticipate . different result. snpp~ine
that the necessity Of imposing some legal
restraint upon the control Of the Txecmive
over the finances Of The naiion may induce
wings enough to vote for The measure "a
carry it. We shall soon see.
4 The Senate did not sit. W
DE- 23.-M The House, Mr.. A. v
Brown, from the committee on Territories,
reported bill TO orgsnize the Territcria!
government Of Oregon. The bill estab-
fishes q government over all The country
lying west Of the summit Of the Rocky
Mountains, and bounded on the south ly
latitude ~, and on the north BY lat. 81 de-
grees and 20 minutes Of north latitude. It
provides for the appointment Of 4 Cover
nor, to reside in said Territory, and also
ct a. Indian Agent; ono Judge, Secretary,
Marshal, Attorney, &c. "A Legislative de-
partment, TO consist of Council Of FIVE,
and an Assembly moi 70 : coed Fly, is also
authorized. The details Of the bill arc
pretty much the same a. are found in the
law organizing our own Territory, from
which,hey would seem to have been copied.
Mr.. Cobb, from the committee on Mileage,
reported bill regulating the mileage Of
members Of Congress, which was ordered
to third reading BY q vote I'll to8. The
bill consists Of . single section, and simply
requires the mileage to be calculated by
the nearest and most direct mail route.-
Mr.. c. J. Ingersoll presented . petition
praying that the public lands may be set
apart for the gradual abolition of slavery il
the United States--the intention being to
purchase the slaves from their owners with
the proceedsof such lands. Mr.. Douglass,
to notice given, introduced joint
resolution for the annexation Of Texas 10
The United States. This, we believe, is
the fourth proposition now pending before
Congress in relation to Te az. Which, or
any Of them will be adopted, even
by the House, at the present session. is er
tirely problematical. It seems 10 be well
understood, however, that no measure look
ing towards anne sation can pass the Sem
ate. The House adjourned over to the
Goth. s..
n tie Nmats, Mr.. Semple reported 1
bill to extend the National Road 70 the city
Of Alton. A communication was received
from the President, transmitting copies Of >
portion Of the correspondence held with
Mr.. King, the American Minister At Paris,
toucsirg the annexaion Of Texas. 4s
Drc. 26.-fn Tie House, an Intellectual
attempt was made to 60 into committee Of
tie whole on the Texas question. Mr..
Levy offered resolution, which was adop-
ted, insiructing the committee Of Ways and
Means TO inquire into the evpediency Of
making an appropria.ionfor the payment Of
arresrages due for legislative and executive
expenditures in the several Territories.
Mr.. A. G. DODGE offered the follow
ing resolution: E3 9is
I Resolve That the committee on Enyra-
wing be, and is hereby, directed to furnish,
for the use ofthis House, 500 copies Of
the map, and report in reference to the
ssme, Of The country west of the Missis.
sippi. made BY D.. N. Nicolett, esq. under