Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-14

Mr.. Huntington protested against the veto
IN behalf otlhe claimants, and hoped the bill
would pass n spite Of it.
MIR. J. NJ Clayton again said a few words
as To the na,urc ol the claim. aud took the oc-
casion To date that %ueitiier he, nor any rela
tive, nor asy one in amy way connected with
hun, had Giy interest, direct or indirect, to
the amoun.ol q single cent ia them.
The question WAS then put, "Shall this bill
pass. the objections of the President To the
contrary Notwithstanding and, the yeas aud
nays being otlercd. resulted yeas "a. nays 10.
80 two-thirls not voting ia the affirmative,
the bill was lost.
Tn report OF the Committee of Conference
on the Ndry Appropriation bill was agreed
TO.
A number OF private bills, as well as suG
dry appropriation bills, were agreed to.
On motion OF Nc. Lewis the bill from the
House phcipg s., 600, 900 at the disposal of
the Executive for the purPos, ul negotiating
d treaty OF reaCe With Mexico was taken NJ.
Ihe bill having been read, MIR. Lewis moved
TO strike out the proviso TO the first section
respecting slavery.
The second reading OF the bill was called for,
and ordered
The bill hlving been read a second time, Mr..
Evans moved AN amendment To the preamble.
MIR. Lewis insisted that his amendment
was first la orler.
Mr.. Evans said his was first. as Mr.. Lewis
had offered his before the bill had been read
a second time, and consequently il was not in
order at the time he Offered it.
MIR. Lewis said that it would not be in or
der TO ameIl the preamble of the bill until the
sections had first been acted upon, and the
Chair So ruled.
Mr.. Davis then took the floor, and said il
was too lnfo IN tho s.sstnn ~ .sonSil.r thi.
bill. What did we want with too millions
to make a treaty with Mexico2 We owed
nothing To her, aud she was largely indebted
to us. The object is TO purchase, not a peace
with Mexico, but a pant OF her territory. Ii
was u proposition TO acquire territory aud no
more and we had no object in extending our
limits. Twas not long since we had annex
e ! a large territory-an extensive acquisition
on the South West, and another on the Pacific
Ocean. The House bill provides that il we
have more territory il shall be free. Is any
one here willing TO state that Mexico would
conccde California 10 u>l No onc But there
was d ~strougdesign on the part of Mexico to
preserve The integrity OF her territory. Yu-
catm had already refused our overtures.
Mr.. Lewis said there were but twenty min
utes left of the session. As the gentleman
was anxious tn discuss this bill, would he
yield the foOr 10 enable him TO prolong the
session?
Mr. Davis was opposed to this, and went
on TO say that IL we had more territory we
ought To have no more slavery in IL. The in
tercsts of the old States were destroyed by The
Introduction ol so many new onss. IL we
passed this bill il was an instruction 60 the
IN protraot tie war until he could
the Caliiornids.
The hour OF twelve havingarrived, the pub.
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10 the consideration of Executive business,
md in ten minutes adjourned. Nothing was
lone in Executive session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at s O'Clock this morning,
a quorum OF members present.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole on the State of the Umiom-Mr. Cobb
Ga. in she chair.
Mr Mshay moved that the House'disacree
o the amendment OF the Senate adding $4,000
or the payment of Invalid Pensioners which.
to 1871, had been paid from the
P~rivatecr Pension fund.
The ious, Committee disagreed TO the a.
mendmcnt, but before the decision was an
nounccd, Mr.. Davis of Ky. called Tor a di,is-
lon of The House.
The Chair (Mr. Cobb r,fused to entertain
tn motion.
W ~ - NIIN hAt uul Alit 0iidlI ItlUNfH
10 entertain tins motion. 4
The Committee rose wiibou; a quorum,
a point OF order was raised in regard IN
the extraordinary proceeding in Committee,
but the Speaker said that under the rules he
could not take coSuizance of what had occur
red in Committee.
The yeas and nays were called upon the
question OF %concuuiug in the Repor, of the
Committee in not giving $1,000 for invalid
pensioners. The House and the Committee
OF the Whole both disagreed to this amend
mcnt.
WILD INDIANS.
Mr.. Thompson of Miss. offered a Resolution
upon the Secretary OF War TO report
at the next session OF Congress the report
made fy the Indian Agents attending the
wild Indians lrom Texas to Washington.
REVENUES.
Mr.. Mckay moved to suspend the Rules i'm
order TO offer a resolution iron the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means calling for all the re-
turns from tn Collection districts OF the T..
States, and in the form OF Districts.
The rules were suspended, % to 30, (about
the usual %uttcndance) and the resolution u
greed to.
Several Senate bills were passed which
were upon the Speakers table and not objcc-
ted to.
The Committee Of the Whole were dischar-
ged from all unfinished business, after sub
hitting a large number of reports.
Scores OF motions were made To- take up
private bills in Committee aud in the House.
One third OF the members had power to OBJ
ject 10 any bill whatsoever, and they did 80
accordingly.
The Civil and Diplomatic bill was agreed
to upon the report OF tn contcTces, aud upon
the terms OF which ] wrote you hast evening.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole upon the Bill from tho Senate for
The relief OF Elijah White of Oregon.
MI. Boyd was Ia the Chair, and the Bill
gave use to debate. The Bill was finally re-
ported to the House, amended. passed and
sent to the Senate.