The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-04
THE DAILY UNION
HOUSE, OF RRpREssNTArIvEs ELS.

| M, L. II. tOBMES asked leave 10 make re-
port from the Committee on Naval Affairs
Mr.. BoWLlN made similar request from the
COMMITTEES on Private Land Claims.
II Objection was made in both instances.
i Mr.. q. 5. HOUSTON called for the order Of Blu.
II aisea .. ". 49,
INTO COMMITTEE Of the Whole on the state Of the
Uni0n, With view 10 resume the consideration Of
Il Territorial business
Mr.. HARRISON moved that the said order of
business be postponed for rhe purpose Of taking
final actian 90 the bill reported Yesterday from the
Commits Of the whole on the state of the Union:
f. = the supplemental war bill
ar u. DAVIS moved a suspension Of the rules
iof ~ha purpose the reporter could not ascertain
bat the motion not now IN order
And the question being taken on the motion OF
NJ. HkAALsoS, and decided in the Affirmative,
| Tbs consideration d the special order was post
Il pnnfd accordingly
NJ PETIT asked leave to make a report
\ ot5sltsd 70.
| THE NENIeAS WAR.
TIE H1sss fysaa,si the consideration Of the bill
sHui'si, "AE ~, supplemental TO an Get entitled an
49, Pfsf'ding ioI tHs prosecution OF the existing
war bstssra ne tniird States aud the republic Of
MsKloa, saa isr other purposes"
The psudIng question: being 90 cOncurring IN the
| aFssadnifnts ftpaftei yesterday IN the Committee
a ne Nhals ne STATE " the Unlon, and on or
dsung ls hill - bs sngrbssed foF a third reading
iady referred "a. wtU dispossd Of without divis-
ios o. toord vote
4 he hfsi amendment on which a separate ques-
l0n asksd ~as that Shich, % the hrst section,
iHaitsd - namhsf VI rev MAJOR generals To be
/ apgdsntsd % sas asstsad Of tro-and OF bnEadisr
rsnsrahs, ~ i<s instead Il lSH.
Ne "a 8 HOUSTON sAid that he desired a
suts taksn 90 safh hem u this amendment, a., IA
soainiiiss che TO- had bssn subaiiGIed separate
pFuposiiions.
| Ordered scunfdtnriy.
No BRINkERl0FF asked the yeas and nays
90 M frst tiytsiun, Shich were ordered
Inc asssiioa 'ksn taken on striking out
| tee major gsnoFals," and Inserting lone maj
genera, - and rosllisd a. follows
TEAs-Aiss.f, Asbsu, A.hmaR, Bsrinssr Bell Ben
bro~b Wiiiam " tsnPbsn loan q. chapman, Rsu
tsa ,hspmaa ,lsfss oots, oilamsr, Canstoh, Gro
tTinan IalB o. IsBg firklin loot tar "a Oidiinss
/ taiss Urshsm UHdsT. GnhHrn Grover Hsmlin Hah,
bad Hsi,sn iGtistisri wsshitg,on Hon, lanes "'
Hast, lsBAIns Iswss u Johnsou. AnifsS Johnson, q
Tong Lamrkin NsClsas. NsCisIisnA, JSsspL J. Mellow
"a, heGsgghsy, MshsRy Moti,aiBs Mafsh, Mailer. Nor
Fhslp, PolrscE il1ihbaH, Relic Ritter Julius Rockwell
yehh 4 hOckWrn, kaHk, hHssei saNyeT scbenck
suth siark wrathrT ste Thrus John srohm strong
rhiboissus. BrggaHin Thompson. James ThOmPsoH, ia
cob Thompson Tldsu Towus, Trumho Vance Vinton
Wentworth, whssi0h Williams, winthrop. wood Wright
ard Yo.t-Iod
Bnukrrhoh BrockrnbtOugh. Bart A. \ Chapman chase
Chapman, Cobh Culiom, Cummtns, Cunningham, Daniel
tls sOhr FarUn Furs, GCntry, Gordon Hards0n, Hogr
.aac D. Holmes. Hopkins, Hough ucorgs :. Houston
Jones kaufman kennedy L,sks Lsih. la sere Lyon
Nlaclay, Nc, ornand, James Mcdowell Mckay, John
Red Rhett Roberts Root srSRmon, Lcouar1 II suns
simpson, Robert smith, stanton, ThomsssOn Tredway
WIck, and WO0dWaTd-65.
So the amendment was eoncurr,d in
On concuuIng N the second division, striking out
-four" and inserting 1.-TWO brigadler generals"
MIR. JACOB THOMPSON asked the yeas and
nays which were ordered and being taken, resulted
as follows
YEAs-MsssE Abbott, AsLmun Barrnger Bell Ben
ton James BLACK blanchard, BTodhssd, Milton Brown
W. q Brown. Burlington W W. Campbell Caihcar
JohR q. Chapman h chapman Clarke, Cooke. Colsmcr
Collin, Cahston, COteE Culver Darragh, Garrett DNV.
De Nett D9ffhsfy DT9nsoo!s dunlap Grdnan John \
0royer Hamiin, Hampton Harpsr Henley ierrek tlias
b Iolmos samuel o. Hubbard, HungeHord, Washing
ARdrew Johnson, George W. Jones, Daniel P King
Iho%I; Butler King Lewis, Levin Long MCLEAN
MeIvans Marsh. Miller, Morris, Nioselsy. MouOn Norris
osen, Parish Psndrton, rerr, Phelps, Pollock, Reie
sell, sawtse sawyer sehsnok. seaman Severance Tnl
man smith. Albert smith, Thomas smith, STARK weather
Thompson, lanes Thompson TilIsn Toomhs TrImbo
Vance yn,on, Wentworth Wheaton. williams Winthrop
NAYs-Messrs. John q Adams, stephen Adams. Bigss
Bowlin, Boyd Brinksrhof Bfoekenbrough Burt Angus
Minis Cunningham Daniel, Dargan jefferson Davis, Dil.
bingham, Dobhin Ellsworth FaTan Foster Fries Gentry
Hopkins, HousG George $, Houston. Edmund " HnSari
Hunter, Charles J. IngenO Joseph r Ingerso sosborn
Msclsy, McClernand, Mcdonnell James Mcdowell, Nc.
Kay, JohnP Martin, Martin Niven Payne, Perry, Reid
Robert Smith. stanton. Thomasson. Jacob Thompson
Towns Tredway, Wick, and woodward-6s.
So the amendment was eonetuTed in.
The next question concurring in the fol-
lowing provIso TO the first section:
"Prorided, That when the with Mexico shall teri
nate the number OF major generals in the army shall be re-
dused to one and the lumber Of bIgader generals shall be
authorized and directed to select from the whole
which may be then in Office without regard the date Of
their the number retained and cause
the remainder to be discharged from the service OF the Uni
| ted States"
Mr. WINTHROP, as a question of order in
quIred whether the amendment could be divided
The SPEAKER said il could not because IT had
been reported from the Committee Of the Whole on
the state Of the Union as one amendment, and the
House had on former occasion, settled the prnci-
pie IN such cases.
Mr.. ASHMUN asked the yeas and nays on con-
curing in the amendment, which were ordered and
being taken, resulted follows:
YEas-Messrs. stephen Adams Benton. Biggs, Jane,
Black, Boyd, Brodhead, Cethcar Reuben Chapman
ham. Daniel De Mott Dillingham;, Dobhin Dunlap. Ella
worth Erdman Fann Ficklin Foster, Fries, Garvin,
Hopkins Hough, George =. Hoaston Edmund w Hub.
ard. HungeTiord, James D. Hunt, Joseph Il lbgeno
jenkins James w. Johnson, Andrew Johnson George "
Jones, Preston King, Leakc Levin Lumpkn MCLEAN
McCelland McClernand, Mcdonnell, Joseph } Mellow.
ell. Mckay, John r. Martin Barclay Martin Morris Mou
ton, Norris, Owen Parish Payne Perri Phelps Rath
bun Reid Rclfc, Ritter, Roberts, RUSSELL sawtellt
Sawyer schmmon Leonard n sims simpson Thomas
Smith, Robert smith stsrkweather, NJ John, Strong
Ihbodeaux, James Thompson Jacob Thompson, Towns
Tredwsy Wentworth, Wheaton, Wick, Williams Wood
Wooiw ORTIZ and Yost.--p2
NAYs-sisssrs. Abbott, John Quincy ADAM. Arneld
Ashmun Barringer Bell BLANCHARD Brinksrhoa Broken
brough Milton Brown Burlington Burt, W W Campbell
John O. Chapman Chapman tOks, Collamtr, CTpnst0n
CroLier. Culver Dargan Dsrragh Garrett Davis Letter
son Davis, Dromgoole. John Ewing Edwin W. Ew
ing, Foot, Gentry Gddings, Bilss, Graham, Order
Grnnel, Hampton, HaTalSon Harper Hsrrick. Elas d
Holmes, Isaac y. Holmes samuel o Hubbard, Hudson
Washington Hunt, Charles J. lhgerso kauiman DAME
King, Thomas Bstisr kaR Lcih l.. ssrs Lewis L,ron
Long MsClsy, James Mcdowell, AciiuaEhny, Mttirsy
McllVaine Marsh Miller NiFen fen1ri9n Ferry Pollock
Rhett, Julius Rockwell John A. Rockwell Root RUM
schenck, seaman Severance, Truman smith. Albert
smith, Caleb b Smith stanton stephens Stroh Thpu
aSon, benjamin Thompson, Tlden, TruBho Naacs
Finon, Winthrop, Wright, and Young -