Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-06-25
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS First Sess.
Correspondence Of The American.
WASHINGTON. June 20.
Senate not IN session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

adopted BY the Legislature of Tennessee. in
, reference 10 the military deiences OF the coun.
try.
Mr.. McClelland of Mich. presented the
proceedings Of meeting held at Detroit. in
reference 10 the Mexican war. The proceed
ings were laid upon the table and ordered tu
b. printed.
THE TENTH VOLUME OF u. S. LAWS.
The House OF Representatives of the 27tl
Congress made contract for the distribution
oil the tenth volume of the laws of the United
States. The contract was with MIR. Gideon
who has fulfilled his part of it, and who now
demands payment for the service rendered
Inc question is whether the Government
snail fulfil its contract, at an expense of about
5000, and question like this has been
debated Tor some days in the House. A few
days since the whole question was got rid OF
by laying the resolution upon the table
MIR. Gorion OF n. J. moved the reconsider.
tion OF this vote to-day, and after debate the
vote was reconsidered. spirited debate.
however, arose upon the question, which was
Participated in by MesSrS. Dromgoole, of Va.
Houston OF Ala, and Gordon OF n. Y. aud
Rahbum OF n. Y.
! 1t was upon this Resolution that debate
arose tbs other day. in which some bard words
passed between Messrs. Houston, and Gordon
oil New York. Mr.. Cobb of Ga. afterwards
announced this quarrel as settled amicably.
gbul II broke out alresh this morning.
Mr. Houston charged "rottenness i'm Den
mark IA reference to the proposition in which
Mr.. Gordon took deep interest. II there
was rottonness in Denmark said Mr.. Gordon,
u was because the gentleman from Alabama
lived there.
Mr.. Houston wished the gentleman from y
York to repeat his offensive remarks but MIR.
Gordon only said that he supposed previous
grievances had been settled but they were not,
IL seemed.
There was thorn ranking in The gentle
mans bosom. lie settled grievance which
he afterwards revived. Thegentlcmau might
now take his own course. II there was cor.
upuon II was under the gcnueman's own
nose. In reply 20 MIR. Dromgoolc, MIR. Cor
don told the Virginia member that he must
not talk 10 him as he talked to hs slaves, for
he would not tolerate it.
! MIR. Droomgoole had previously cndeavorcd
To make the contract odious by declaring that
the gentleman Interested in it was o. +. ].
Smilh-a statement which Mr.. Gordon denied
| TO be true.
! The House then adopted the Resolution or
dering the volumes 20 be distributed by a vote
OF two TO one.
! A message was received from the President
announcing his signature TO the Post Office
I appropriation blli.
THETARIFF.
The House went into Committee of the
( Whole on the Tariil--Mr Cobb Of Ga. lead
ing OF the discussion for the day in am able
f. speech, partly upon the Tariff question. lnrc.
ply To Mr. Owen OF la. Some striking facts
were abtuced to show the care aud attention
given To the manufacturing interests of Ene-
( land by the official acts OF the British Parlia-
mcnt,
! Mr.. Sawyer of Ohio obtained the floor.
there being but few competitor, to IT, I,.
said Inc was always ready TO speak. aud would
now make speech upon matters and things in
general
j MIS-. sail when he came here at the com.
m ncemcnt OF the session he read the Prrsi-
ldcnt's Message and the President convinced
him that he was entitled 60 The whole of Ore
gon He was directed To the reuori and lei.
iers OF Mr.. Buchanan, and Nj Buchanan en-.
WINGED him that we were entitl d t. the whole
Of Oregon.
As inc liked To convince his constituents
that we were entitled To 81 10 he set about
tins, and this was doue. Meetings were held
aud llls party was for 5l--1O. Others like
himself had done the same thing but where
werewc nowl IGrcat laugher.afd there were
frequent bursts of laughter at subsequent state
ments IN some illusions TO the Baltimore con.
yeniion resolutions. All the declarations
OF Mr. Polk aud Mr. Buchanan went to show
that The whole OF Oregon was ours. Every.
Democrat bad right to declare that The whole
oil Oregon was ours
Mr. Sawyer said they did so. and now opy
territory bas been basely, cOwanlly. pusil,ui.
mogsly, ignOminiously surupdar.i IT,
fresident, in the langFisge of ihe gentleman
IRON Massachusetts,, ''had hsrkef oat 4
wouldn't have believed IL sal Mr. Sa,yver l,,,
iilat there has been kind ol backing oa,t. slI
mist acknowledge. The great West had been
Disappointed, but the time would come when
the West would occupy an euviable position.
Mr. sawyer went on TO cite the COMPLAINTS
be bad treasured up against senators Tor yo.
I ting Tor The Oregon territory and advising
That treaty. The Texas Senators, he said Ind
deliberately, while sitting in their places yo-
ted to give away one halt Of the OREGON terrific
~, alter themselves had got into the Union
under the Democratic banner. II was tbis
ihat made bin indignant, aud De was indignant
at senators Who spoke lor Jl-iO, and yet so.
tcd for o.
IL England knew The country as il pow
was, said Mr. sawyer, in great wrath. She
could ask What Sac pleascs and get what She
WIcases. The Government acted like whip.
pt0 spanirIs whenever Great Britain was men I
l'itd. w were degenerate sons Of noble size.
and l' Dad d.spl~ed ihe act that had had done
iie feared tIie President had not acted np 10 4
."' profession, and ii Doc bad not, Dee wouldD not
ms supporter of apolo@st
No. johnson of Tenn. was Tor ,yi,bl,oiE,,
~ condemnation OF ihc Executive uaGl DE-
knew whbtdi Executive had dome M IN,
that some OF toe friends of the President co.,
disposed .os.ube i1 lhe DARK. and c.l,r,,'.l