Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-04-30

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consequences Of the divided allegiance Of is
! American and British population, and OF the
confusion and conflict Of national Jurisdictions,
4 dangerous TO the cherished peace and good I'M
I derstandinQ of the two countries With view
therefore. that steps be taken for the abroga-
tionof the said convention OF the 9TH OF August,
+ 1927. in the mode prescribed in its I'd article,
and that the attention OF the governments o.
( both countries may be more earnestly directed
I to the adoption ofall proper measures Tor the
speedy and amicabe adjustment Of the diiiicul-
I ties and disputes in relation to said territory:
I Resolred, &c That the President ofthe Unit
ted States be and he is hereby authorized at his
I discretion to give to the British government
/ the notice required by its said second article
I for the abrogation Of the convention OF the 9TH
4 Of August, 1897.
/ Mr.. ALLEN said ii he understood the mean
! ing of the resolution now proposed by the Com
mittee of Conference. the part of il authorizing
the giving of the notice is the same as that pas
/ sed by the Senate and sent to the House OF Rep
resentatives.
! Mr.. BERRrEr said the Senator was correct
/ The resolution was the same which had pas
+ sed the Senate
Mr. ALLEN then said that the whole. result
I Of the labors of the Committee was to restore,
/ in substance, though with slight variation IN
/ phraseology. the preamble and resolution as
4 they originally passed the Senate. Therefore.
/ for reasons which he had heretofore given, he
should have TO record his vote against the adop-
( ton Of the report Of the Committee.
4 After some conversation, in consequence OF
/ the thnness of the Senate, the consideration oil
the report was postponed until one o'clock.
The Senate, after the reception of petitions,
Sc, took up the bill for the relief Of John p.
! Skinner and others
The bill was debated by Messrs. SEVER.
4 BERRIEs, and NILES, until one O'Clock, when
twas laid aside TO take up the report of the
/ Committee Of Conference
OREGON RESOLUTION.
/ The question being on concurring in the Re-
port of the Committee
Mr.. CAMERON explained the grounds upon
which he would vote in favor of it. His pre-
ference was for the naked notice, but he believ
ed that the notice was more important than
the form, and would take ii in its present shape
rather than risk its loss He expressed him
self TO be $40 40' man, out and out.
The vote being taken resulted as follows;
.aues-Mess. Archer, Ashley, Anterior,
1 Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Calhoun,
Cameron, T. Clayton, J. M. Clayton, Colquitt,
Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dix, Evans,
/ Greene, Haywood Houston, Huntington, Jar
nagin, Johnson, La, Johnson, Md, Lewis,
McDuffie, Mangum, Miller. Morehead Niles,
Pearce, Pennybacker, Phelps, Rusk. Sewer,
Simmons, Speight, Turney. Upham, Webster,
| Woodbridge, and Yulee--42.
.Noes-Messrs Allen, Atchson, Breese,
Bright, Cass, Dickinson, Fairfield, Jenness,
Semple and Westcott--l0.
Annexed are the Ayes and Noes in the
House of Representatives by which the above
report OF the Committee of Conference was
adopted:
YEAs-Messrs. John Quincy Adams, Ste
phen Adams, Arnold, Ashmun, Atkinson,
Barringer, Bayly, Bedinger, Bell, Biggs, JAS
A. Black, Bowlin, Boyd, Brockenbrough,
Brodhead. Milton Brown, Burlington, Burt
William w. Campbell, John II. Campbell
Carroll, John G. Chapman, Augustus A
Chapman, Reuben Chapman, Chase, Clarke.
Cooke, Collamer, Collin, Constable, Cranston.
Crozier, Cuilom. Daniel, Dargan, Garrett Da-
Wis, Jefferson Davis, Delano, Dillingham;
Dixon. Dobbin, Dockery, Dunlap, Erdman,
John H. Ewing, Edwin II. Ewing, Foot, Eos
ter, Garvin, Gentry, Giles, Goodyear, Ora
Hampton, HARRISON, Harper. Herrick, Hilliard
Z. B. Holmes, Isaac +. Holmes, Hopkins,
! Hough, Edmund w. Hubbard, Samuel d.
Hubbard, Hudson. Hungerford, Washington
Hunt, Hunter, Charles J. lngersoll, Joseph
r. lngersoll, Joseph Johnson. George w
Jones, Seaborn Jones, Daniel p. King, Thorn
as Butler King, Lawrence, Leake, Lewis
Levin, Ligon, Lumpkin, Mcconnell. McCrate
James Mcdowell. McGaughey, McIIenry
Mcllvaine, Mckay, Marsh. John p. Martin
Barclay Martin, Miller, Morse, Moseley, Ow-
en-, Payne, Pendleton, Phelps, Pollock, Price,
Ritter, Roberts, julius Rockwell, John A
Rockwell, Root Runk, Sawtelle, Schenck,
Seaman, Seldom Severance, Simpson. Tru-
man Smith, Albert Smith, Caleb b. Smith,
Stanton, Stephens, Stewart, Strohm, Strong,
Sykes, Thomasson, Benjamin Thompson, ia
cob Thompson, Tilden, Trumbo, Vance, Vim
ton, White, Williams, Wood, Woodruff,
Woodward. Wright, Yancy, Yell, and Yost
-I4l.
NAYs-Messrs. Anderson, William G.
Brown, Cathcart Chapman, Cobb, Cummins,
! Cunningham, De Mott, Douglass. Farm,
! Ficklin, Fries, Gordon, Harmanson, Henley
Hoge, George s. Houston, James B. Hunt,
Jas. II. johnson. Andrew Johnson, Kennedy
Preston King, Leib, McCleland, McClernard,
McClay, Morris. Moulton, Norris, Parish,
PERIL. Petit, Rathbun, Reid, Relic, Sawyer,
Scammon, Leonard II. Sims, Thomas Smith,
Robert Smith, Starkweather, ST. John, Thur
man, Tibbatts, Wentworth, Whea on, and
Wick-45.
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