New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-18

tees 10 inquire INTO the state OF cur Nst!oha4 Oe
fences. They passed, unanimously as follows
YEAs-Mes=!s Allen Archer Ashley Atchison a'nerton
R.gby. Barrow Benton BsTTen Breese Cameron Ass
Chalmers Thomas Clayton j. NJ Clayton Solqitt' Coi-
WIZ Cr.tencen, Davis Dayton, Dickinson DIX aifae.u
Greene. Hanneg4n Haywood Huntington JarnaGin Ien-
ness Johnson of Louisiana Levy. Lewis. Mansunl Mil
Ter. Niles Pearce Penny5acker, Pncps esnpie sewer
Simmons, >peisht Surgeon Iurney. Lpharn W Neosiel
Wcs;co,;- and WOodbridgc-4-
During the morning hour Mr. ALLEN gave notice
of blfor organizing al United States Government
over Oregon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The reading OF the journal was dispensed with.
The Speaker said the special order OF the day was
the Resolutions on the Admission OF Texas
Mir. MCCoNSELL asked the reading OF the Reso
latons, which was complied with, As follows
Resolutions for the admission qf:te STATE Of Teas into
tie Union.
Wtsreds the Congress oflhc United States, by .jotHt
resolution approved March the lst, loi5 did consent
that the territory properly included within and rghuy
belonging 10 the republic o: Texas mignt De erected
into State, be called the STATE OF Texas, with
Republican form Of Government, be adopted by the
people OF said Republic by deputies IN Convention as
scmbed wiki the consent OF toe existing Government
in order ;kat the might be admitted as one OF
the States OF the Union which consent OF Congress
! given upon certain conditions speclnrd IN the
! st and ~ sections OF said Joint Resolution and
:, hereas the people OF the said Republic OF Texas
by deputies in Convention assembled with iae con-
OF the existing Government, did adopt Con-
fOrm-of government and in the name OF the people Of
Texas, and by their authority, did ordain and declare
that they asscnted to and accepted the proposals c0nd
tiOns, snd guarantees contained in said st bnd "a sec
tOns of said resolution aud whereas the sa! Constitu
ton with the proper evidence OF its adoption by me pco
pie of the Republic OF Texas has been transmitted 10
the President OF the United States and laid before Con
cress, in conformity 10 the provisions o said JOINT reso
luton Therefore
Be rsoiecd By the Senate and House Of Representatives
0f the United States of Americd j Congress dSsen6iG
..- - do
carei be one OF the United States OF America and
admitted into the Union equal footing with the
oris44l States in all respects Whatever.
Be IL farther resolred That until the Representatives
in Congress sha! be appointed according 10 an actual
enumeration of the inhabitants OF the United states the
state Texas shall be entitled to choose TWO KcpFe5en
taves.
Mr. McCoYSELL then moved the previous question
Mr. DOUGLASS of ILL., asked the gentleman from
Alabama 10 Withdraw his call for the previous ques
ton Cries OF No No.
The Speaker said that the resolutions on Texas
had been read twice, and the question now would
be on their engrossment 1t was moved TO lay the
resolutions on the table. Yeas and Nays ordered
Yeas - Nays l42.
Mr.. PETIT moved to correct the Journal pc
tition he had presented was not mentioned in the
papers nor In the Journal While the Journal
being examined. Mr.. Petit said that lie was opposed
TO dispensing with the reading OF the journal. He
remarked. in an under tone. that ne would move TO
was read and found correct.
The vote on ordering the previous question on
the Texas Resolutions was then taken by Tellcrs
and carried
The question was then, shall the main question be
now put Yeas and Nays were called by Mr.
Schenck OF Ohio. and ordered. Yeas los, Nays 90
Mr.. HUNT of y. y. moved 10 be excused, and
gave his reasons. Excuse granted.
The question was then on the cngrossment and
third reading of the resolutlons-yeas and nays or
dered. Yeas lii nays -.
The question was then on the passage of the res
outons
Mr. ROCKWELL Of Mass asked whether this was
debatable
The Speaker having answered in the affirmative
Mir ROCKWELL proceeded in very able and elo
Qucul speech pointing out the objections TO the res
outons The conclusion OF his speech was very
fine. His vindicaton OF Massachusetts and his trb
uIe 10 John Quincy Adams were beautiful ana pow
erful. He showed that the Constitution OF Texas
nov before the House in direc; violation OF the
JON, Resolution for the Annexation OF Texas.
The Annexation Resolutions provided that in a
certain part OF Texas Slavery should not be permit
ted. The Constitution OF TIE State OF Texas snaran
tied Slavery in the whole OF Texas He concluded
by moving that the Constitution OF Texas be re COM
mitted 10 the Committee on Territories With lnstruc
tons introduce proviso that Slavery except Tor
| crime be excluded from the new State
Here scene of confusion which Is totally unde-
scrbabie followed The majority refused 10 let any
I one proceed. They vigorously applied the gag. On
the decision they voted to sustain the Chair by
90 to =. and Immediately afterwards voted not 10
sustain by OF 90 %. The Yeas and Nays
we-e called on the final passage OF the Resolutions
and resulted IN eas H. Nays DO. as follows:
lEAS-Messrs. Stephen Adams, Anderson Atkinson,
Baker, Barringer, Bay Bedingcr, Bsrs, James Black
James \. Black, Bowlu Boyd, brlnssrhOr, Brodnehn
Milton Brown, William q Brown Burt, Csbcl- :. Il.
Campbell, Cathcart. Augustus 4. Chapman, Reuben
{ uasg
lin Constable, Crozier, Cu,cm, Cummins Cunningham
Daniel. Jefferson Davis De Mott; Dillingham;, Doo5in
pocAery, Douglass. Drom gooe Dunlap, Ellsworth, Ed
man, Farau Fckn, Foster Fries. Garyn' Gentry Giles
Goodyear, Gordon, Graham Order, Grover. HainLn
HaralsoD, Henley. billiard, Hoee, Hopkins heush'
George :. Houston, Z. W. HUBBARD Hungeriord James
B. Hunt, Hunter Charles j. lngerso. jenkins James H.
Johnson, Joseph Johnson Andrew Johnson George w
Jones. SeRborn Jones' Thomas b. hlng Lawrence,
Leake, Leib. Ligon, Lumpkin, Maclay, AcC!ean Nc
Cie!and McClernand Mcconnell. McCraie, McDo"sll,
McHenry. NcCay, John p Martin, Barclay Martin Nor.
rs Morse Mou!ton Nvcn. Norris Owen. Parish Payne,
Pend!eton- Perrll Perry, Petit Price khihoun te!a
Relie, Ritter Roberts. Russell Sawie!ic, seldom A ~
Sims, l.. II. Smms. Simpson. Thomas smith, hooeIt
smith Stanton stephens -, John strong sykes mi
bodeAux, Tnomasson, James Thompson JACOB lhoUlp-
son, Thurman. TIooatts. Toomos Treadway' !rumbo,
Wentworth, Wick. Williams Wimot Woodward Wood
worth iancey. Yell Young-lil
NAYs--Messrs Abbott John O. Adams arnold Ash
nun. Blanchard, Burlington. W. W. Csnpoe L. John u
Chapman Coiamer, CEanston Culver. Darrash Delano
Dixon Ewing. Foot. Gidings Grinne!! Hampton. Har-
per- Herrick. Elias B Holmes. John W. Houston. Samu-
e D. Hubbard Hudson, Washington Hunt Joseph In
cersol. Daniel p. King Preston King Lewis. Levin Nc
Gauchey. Mcvsne Marsh Miller. Pollock. Ramsey, Ju-
lius Rockwell, John A Rockwell, Root, Runs >chenck
Seaman. Severance Truman Smith. Albert Smith Caleb
B, Smith, Stewart Srrohm Benjamin Thompson !ilden
Vance. vnion Wheaton White, Winthrop Wood W GOD
ruf-56.
OF the yeas I2o are Loco ocos, 20 Wings, and
Naive. Nays 3 Locos is Wings, and Natives.
The House then adjourned. AS II was late when
thew adjourned. | have buf few minutes 10 make
this note.
SEIPwRECK AND Loss OF LIVES We leUrn, by
Slip from the OLd Colony Namora! Office that the aae