Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-08-13
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
Monday, August 3.


the House TO protect the rights Of American citi-
zens in OREGON, with amendment The amend.
ment of the House 10 the title OF the Warehousng
Bill was agreed TO- The amendment OF the House
TO the bill for payment Of stolen Treasury notes
was disagreed to, on the ground that it would open
the door to frauds.
A new Committee OF Conference was ordered on
the army appropriation bill. The bill to reduce
and graduate the price Of public lands then Ia
ken up, and after some discussion the amendment
Of the House was amended and then agreed to.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was
then taken up, and large number Of amendments
reported from the Finance committee were consd-
cred aud adopted, several amendments from other
sources remaining to be acted upon
The Senate at o'clock went into Executive
Session, and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.-Mr Hunt moved TO suspend the rules
TO offer a resolution to amend the Constitution
as to make the President ineligible to reelection
and that no member of Congress shall be appointed
to office during the term for which he elected
Rules not suspended
The Presidents veto message on the River and
Harbor bill was received aud read His predeces-
sors had vetoed similar bills-they had given sufi
cient reasons for doing so. lie would add but
few.
He saws the power to make such appropriations
as are contained in the River and Harbor bill, is
both unconstitutional and inexpedenL He argues
tne question: az ItCOuutS tc cNhs AHdt Noulu
follow the carrying out Of the principles Of the bill,
and from constitutional objections there others;
the bill appropriated between one and two millions
Of money vdnted 10 carry on the pdr.
The Speaker now put the question, Shall this
bill become a law, the Presidents objections to the
contrary notwithstanding
Mr. Boyd moved the previous question. Not sus.
tanned yeas &C. nays l05.
Mr. Dromgoole cited precedents, and moved to
proceed by n motion RECONSIDER the bill
MIR Douglass discussed the bill, aud approved Of
most that the President had laid down, but not the
Presidents distinction between salt and fresh wa.
ter.
Mr. Thompson of Penn. disapproved and de-.
nounced the veto and its doctrines. He asked
Messrs Mcclellan and Constable if they had not
conversed with President Polk on the items of the
BILL and if he did not give them to understand BE-
fore the Tariff Bill pds passed, that he would sign
it, Why did he and his Secretary recommend all
these improvements and veto them For one,
he (Mr Thompson) condemned this duplicity Of the
Executive.
Mr. Waimot sustained The President and con.
demned the bill as a log rolling concern.
Mr. Brodhead would sustain the yeto not for the
reasons il contained, but because there
ey in the Treasury to make internal Improvements,
and there would be none, now that the tariff had
been repealed.
Mr. Holmes made speech in support of the
u, HOHCdlll CIeu tlc SOH'eHtlOn
in support of his creed on this subject.
Mr. Tibbats condemned the veto, and cited the
Executives annual message proof of his inconsis.
tency in this matter.
Mr. Brnkerhoff opposed the veto in some ener-
getlc remarks and said that if his advice had been
followed the Tariff bill, the veto could not have
come. He described the works commenced in The
West which this veto would cause TO wash and
tumble away.
Mr. Rhett followed and sustained the veto and
the principles upon which it was based AT the
conclusion of his speech Mr. Bailey got the floor
when, on motion, the House adjourned.
Tuesday, August 4.
SENATE bill 10 repeal the duty on Rail-
road iron, in certain cases, was debated, several
amendments adopted and then it was passed to be
engrossed, yeas a. nays 81.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was
taken up. Mr. Benton moved an amendment to
pay claimants the TWO instruments of Mexican idem.
nifty, due in April and July, lS44. and alleged to
have been paid to the American Agent. Mr. Ben
ton defended it, and explained the speculation en-
tered into by the American agent in reference to
the instament, by which he and his associates, one
Of whom is suspected to be his brothernaw-Se-
nor Trlgoures, Secretary OF the Mexican Treasury
were to pocket 100000.
Mr. Evans did not consider the amendment nee.
essary If the Mexican government had paid the
money to our agent, there was now law author.
zing the President to pay it over il Mexico had
not paid it, there was obligation on the part Of
our government to pay it,
The amendment was rejected.
Other slight amendments agreed to- and the
bill postponed until tomorrow.
HOUSE.-The Veto on the River and Harbor
Bill was further considered, and after Mr. Bayly OF
Vr. had made a labored defence of the President,
the question was put shall the bill pass by a two
thirds vote, in spite Of the Vetol 1t was decided,
yeas 95, nays 9l-and so the bill was finally, and
forever lost
The bill from the Senate to pay the claimants
for loss by French Spoliatons was discussed farther
and then passed, without alteration, yeas "a, nays
g.
Wednesday, August 5
SENATE.-A bill to remit the duties on rail-
road iron in certain cases, was read a third time
and passed-yeas 26, nays 90
Bill for the admission of Wisconsin into the
Union was taken up and passed.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill
was then taken up, and large number Of amend.
ments were adopted. The bill was then passed.
The West Point Appropriation bill was then ia.
ken up and passed.
The Senate then went into executive session and
afterwards adjourned
HOUSE.-Mr Mckay reported the Navy Bill
mittee of the Whole
The Land Graduation bill, with amendments Of
the Senate was next taken up.
Mr. Smith, of ILL.,, moved that the Senate amend
menis be concurred in, and called the previous
question.
A call Of the House was moved and rejected by
large majority