Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-01-14

the donation made them on the evening of the 9Th.
p. s. The |. o. o. F. will be remembered with
greatfu emotions for their liberal donation.
CONGRESS-. last advces from this body
are UP 10 January Cd. To that date lis business
had been entirely confined to debates the Ma
uralization laws and Oregon.
The amount of attention bestowed on the for.
mer question, notwithstanding the small number
of petitions on the subject. and the limited present
importance ofihe "Native" party, marks II as like
y TO become prominent topic at no distant day.
Much. however. Of the time consumed on this SUBJ
iect may fairly BE- laid to the account Of the soil
Crude felt by zach party to escape the odIum o.
sympathy for the natives, GGinm which neither
would feel nor fear. if they were not deeply con-
scious of The overPowering strength Of the foreign
vote in the United States.
Much of The time Of Congress is also taken up
by the reprehenslbe practice Of" suspendlug the
rules" The process is thus described by Mr..
Mckay. The moment The chair ann"unced
nounced the orders, leave was asked To Introduce
something out of order, aud if objec,Ion was rails
ed, leave was asked to suspend the rnles, ard the
yeas and nays being taken. much of The most va
liable lime al the House was taken up Ia this Ir-
regular mode Of doing business"
The Oregon debate has taken turn which,we
are sure, will surprise manv of all parties. The
warlike electricity, with winch the ID, mpcracy
was charged has disappeared, and instead of stri'
wing to prevent the country from ben,g drawn i'll
to a causeless war, the Wings are necessiaed To
spur up the tagging vaoI of these beligerenis, to
prevent the shameful surrender of rights, aud
the violation Of our undisputed territory
We give a short passage between Mr.. Adams
and others, which occurred in debate bill
reported by Mr.. HARRISON, for raising two addi-
tiona regiments of r6emcn &c. in view o.! the Or
egon question, while at the same time the notice
to terminate the JOINT occupancy is most seduious.
ly avoided.
In the course nf his remarks Mr.. ADAMS
said Exclusive occupation cannot be assumed
by either without notice. Of all The measures
for occupancy aud f"r assuming Jurisdiction rvrI
Citizens of the United States whu have gone INTO
Oregon, and are h, actual possession. Ho ice
is the first thing. Twelve mpuths after that no
tice shall b. give the right will accrue To the
United States TO occupy any part OF The territory
they may think proper
in the bill which passed al the last session my
self moved, as first section The bill, that such
notice should be gwen. The Hause did not think
proper TO agree to il, aud passed the bull wEhou,
any notice.
Mr.. G.. J. Ingersol No; II was pu: into the
bill at The last moment.
Mr.. Adams. But the bill did rot pass The SEN
ate and so the insertion was immaterIaI. But Il
is material fact to me. because proPosed It as
constituting the first section of The bill. de-
clared myself ready then. and am ready now, to
give such notice. (Great sensation.) | hope
will be given, aud that we shall do II the first
measure to be taken---to be followed afierward by
real occupation of the ,cholc territory. But is
indispensable that we shall first give uoiice
The gentleman from Illinois (Dougass) says
that it appears to hun there game playing here
"a remark which is quite incomprehensbe 10 me.
shall no enquire TO what he alluded, but con-
TESS was very much surprised to hear that the
Committee on Foreign affairs will moi report 10 The
House such nutice.
Mr.. lngersol!. know Of no member of that
committee who has said so.
Mr.. Douglass. said so because | heard such
was their determination.
Mr.. Adams resumed have heard il from va
rious sources; and if the report is delayed much
longer shall tegin to believe it. Ii 1t is SO
shall deplrore it shall deeply regret IT major
ivy of that committee shall uot be ready TO give
that notice. All the other measures must depend
on that. While we sit talking here regiments OF
rlfenen, and regiments of infantry, and siockade
forts, and sappers aud miners. and pontoniers, u.
Britain is armlng her seam-vessels, eqnippng
her frigates and Iine-ofb aale ships, and sending
tIoods over here TO be ready. | trould press
resolution gtuing notice THIS DAY. i'll hoped that
minority Of The House could Obtained 10 effect
The meas ure.
LEGIsLLrIvE.-Sn much of our paper being
taken up with the Governo's Message, we only
add to what our correspondent, from Detroit has
written The list of the officers aud committees of
the present Legislature. Our readers will not
fail to perceive that Senators Allen and Denton
are any where except where we might expect TO
find them.
The proceedings thus far, convince US that yet
more Wings are needed in our Legislature, and
we greatly err fanothsr winter does not find them
here. Ia the face Of a tax 10 pay the interest on