The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-02-14
TWENTY"NINTH CONGRESS-

SENATE. MONDAY, Feb. .. B,,a.,.
were presented from the Rhode Isn5Ii,.o.
lature, in favor oftho cheap postage Ns.r
and the tariff, ''''|
a bill HiaHing provision for the sct,lprsr
Of certain Texas claims, including paur,'
of fifty thousand dollars Tor certain pct
stolen from she Custom House. Also Z.
arms taken from Texas volunteers The ir
! 600, after debate, was reduced 10 500.
and the bill laid upon the table, 90 to 10 ~
be called up bye and bye,
An Executive session closed the lusps,,
of the day.
HOUSE. Four additional Oregon rc.o',
tons were offered in the IIonse this norm,
the first was offered by Mr. Dargip. an A.,
miuistration member of Alabama. who nv,
poses that rs compromise is honorable. iba
negotiations shall he rcuewcd and in ods,
20 make the question more practical he M.
poses that the iorty-ninth degree otNorb'b,.
itudc shall he the basis of this conruDi,o
England to receive the whole Of yarcor.
er's island, and the United States an cs.
Souih OF it, and all elsewhere South ofl4
Various other resolutions were offered q
midst confusion worse northumberland
one being objected to,--aud tie rules hayIH,
been suspended 10 receive them.
The noise at one time was so great, ths
speaker declared that il was impossible to
lCgislatc amidst such confusion.
Mr. Winthrop Observation-Disclosures
TO present memorial from Martha Gray,h
widow of Captain Gray, who asks Congress
10 grant her Pension, giving MS II reasoHiio'
her husband WAS the discoverer of he Col.
umbia Riyer,and this was the discorcr which
made the strong point Of our claim viii
England. She says also, that Ter husband
served in The Revolutionary war; 0E4Nislshe
would have been entitled 10 Pension, under
the general laws, had she married one month
later. The memorial was ordered to be
printed and referred 10 the Commlltee On
Revolutionary Pensions.
Mr. Bayly DIVA, and Sir johnson of Tenn
addressed the House for over IN hour inlG.
sonal explanations Both gentlemen are Of
the dominant party, and hold each the ollg
In the worst possible estimation. Mr. Ba5
declared, that NE had been most shamciul3
u.isreprescutcd from beginning 10 end, and
Mr. Johnson said That lac had not been MS
represented at all, There were mutual Grim
nations and rccrimiuatious, until the House
became Disguised with them.
SENATE. TUESDAY, Feb g. Mr. Brgh
of Indiana, moved the reconsideration OF The
vote taken Yesterday, reducing the amount
the Texas claim from S55,COO 10 SlHV@
The vote was reconsidcrCd by vote OF 3Io
-. The Vice President voted in the AFFIRM
alive.
The Senate at early hour, went into Exec
uive session.
HOUSE. Mr. Ashmun Of Mass, ottereda
resolution which was objected TO, calling ]"
information from the orders sent to Mexico,
and to the Army in Texas, witha view q
making an attack upon Mexico, if any suCl
may have been designed,and also all MORN MORN
alton upon the subject ofor relations WIN
Mexico, ifnot incompatible with pubic iN''''
est. n
The Oregon debate was resumed W vi
Leakc, of Va, who addressed the OG'lI'lMv
in yindcation ofthe Virginian memOeMwy1
had been assailcd by Mr. Ilogc,oi llllhoSuu
by Mr. johnson of Tenn. The Tani was
bitterly ossailed by this gentleman se'''"
other Oregon speeches were made .,,;r
MIR Collamcr, of VT, offered IcSo' a ".
calling for the additional correspondent a Wy
on the subject of our Oregon relations An
incompatible with the public mter'sl hD
attempt was made by the majority s'5 los
inquiry, but the House suspended uN 'O %c
TO receive It, and refused TO lay " upO"
table. Ayes 90, noes "a. oon,or
SEN ATE. WEDNESDAY, Feb Il WI l pd
from the Committee on Finance 'v .lo An.
without amendment, bill to aboIS" NV
tv on Salt, and for other purposes D.,,Ot
Mr. Niles, from the Committee on l",' OIL.
fees and Post Roads, reported p'l, ,or INTO
thorise the Postmaster-Gencrai 10 cn'C'
contracts for the mail service IN ! eN. .s then
On motion ofMr Sewer, the seI"' oaor !
went into Executive Session, all" "'
short time adjourned. .orortet
HOUSE. Mr. Mckay, of n: C' i'I In,
a bin TO meet deficiencies in bills Whlc. aoaSl
been before reported. Also, a bill 10 r' from
the President TO receive certain proPerHl "J 70
Texas. Both bills were twice read anu
ferred to the Committee ofthe Who!e;N C.
ORFGoN DEBATE. Mr. Mckay OF . ~ ot
moved that the House go into CollI!:iiJ 10
the Whole. The motion pre'""'''
voting in the affirmative. o,m;
Mr. Bell from KY, addressed the Coa,,I Il,
tee in speech which commanded a'' TJc dc
attention of the House ~ nm
Tended the notice in a qualliled po, ,Icasal
commented intelligently and with y ,he o,Ic
voice and agreeable manner upon o'I was %
tons involved in the controversy. r.om III
greed that there would be no, war ll1 w
giving ofthe notice, and that it was ho Lime
measure. The whole ofOregon was '''''
in the course of the argument o dehat,
Mr. Chase ofTenn,. continued the