Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-02-19
Correspondence of The Charleston Courier.
WasuISGToS. Feb. 10.


A new proposition for the admission OF
Texas into the Union is 10 he offered TO-
morrow, from the whig side of The Senate.
1t is said that bill will be introduced. or
offered as a substitute 10 MIR. Benton's for
The adjustment of boundaries with Mexico.
,he payment 10 Mexico Of fair compen-
salon for the territory .ceded tous. sc.
It seems certain, indeed, thatsome mea
sure looking TO annexation will pass the
Senate. MIR. Bcnton's bill, and, indeed,
any bill short of The measure which the
House passed, will probably be disappro.
vad Of bv the South Carolina Delegates.
The Senate to-day took up the bill for
the payment Of the claims of American
citizens on France for spoliations, prior TO
1900, and after worry elol ;spsslch + in
third reading-yeas 26, nays Is.
The probability of the passage OF the
bill is The subject Of much interesting spec
ula,ioa. Many Of the claimants have
made up their minds tha, if the bill does
mol pass this year. it never will. After The
lapse Of nearly half century, the patience
and hopes of The surviving claimants are
quite exhausted.
Mr.. Huger presented a memorial from
the Charleston Rail Road Company, ask
ing Congress to encourage the importation
machinery lor.propellins rail road cars
By air pressure.
This was The day assigned in the House
for considering the territorial bills.
The most important bill was that for the
admission of Iowa and Florha into the
Union. -
Florida comes in as one Slaleat present,
but it is ultimately 10 constructive.
Feb. IL.
Itis now ascertained that MI. Benlon's
bill will he acceptable 10 at leas portion
of The ultra friends Of annexalioI, provided
i, be so ameaded as TO fix the line Of the
Misseuricompromise as 10 the ine beyond
which slavery may moi exist. They deem
it necessary that this matter slpuld be uu'
Gerstood and settled, in order tc avoid any
future difficulty with Congress On The sub
jecl.
There is nothing in the pariIlel Of 1a1l-
lude 36n 40 that is desirable 10 any body
nothing bu, some indifferent rairie land,
and very little Of that, so The concession is
decidedly y on the part Of the antl-slaVery
saen.
The Texas debate was 10 have taken
place in the Senate 10 day, butt was post
poned till Thursday, when Mr Morellead
is 10 open the discussion in o speech in
support of the report from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
The bill providing for The payment OF
lile claims Of American citizens on account
of French spoliations prior to lSoo, was
taken up, and was about 10 he passed,
when Mir. McDutfie asked forfurlher time
10 consider the subject. A bill involving
so large an appropriation. and which rela-
ted to transactions which took place forty
wears ago, ought not TO be suffered 10 pass
without some mature deliberation. The
subject was accordingly postponed.
The House was chiefly engaged IN the
consideration Of lhe bill for the admission
of Iowa and Florida into the Union. There
was much opposition to the extensive 7er-
ritory of Iowa, and it was finally some
what limited. Objections wero made TO
The provision for the ultimate creation OF
East Florida into State. These obJec.
lions come from the West. The Atlantic
States will find j, 10 be their policy 10 bring
in as many States OH the seaboard OF The
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico as possible
in order 10 coun,enance as far as possible
the Ultimate and inevitable prepondeTance
of The States in the great valley oil The
Mississippi. The bill was not finally dis
posed Of
The Secretary of the State Of Ohio, ir
the absence of full retorns, estimates tha