Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-02-28
CONGRESS-.

IN TIE SENATE, the memorial of H.. A.
phis Convention has been referred u = wa,
committee consisting Of Messrs. f.'Saee'
Ather:on, Semple, Barrow and ch,lusoon'
MI. Hannegan, from the Committee On p
ana Canals. has reported bill for thu ;m ,,oao'
ment OF Western waters. The hin a f'v y.
Fairfield, providing for the increase Of ~. w
W, is under consideration. The lin. "r "a'
Senate has been chiefly occupied in the .H'
ton and reference of,pe,i,ions. repo,ts os sep'
mttees, and butlitsle business has ,raosn ev'
Of general interest. 's"ea
In The House., the memorial Of III. u.,
ph's Convention has been presented bv Al,
Holmes. Mr.. Dodge presented two pei;,;a W..
from the citizens Of Iowa urging the jmprox"
ment of the navigation Of the Des Moiuas ,ra
asking an appropriation to defray the exn.ns.
OF survey Of that river, which wa. r.f.,'ss
10 the COMMITTEES on Roads and Canals .
bill has been passed making an app.op,ia,io"
OF $4,000 to enable the Presden, 10 r,co;s.
from Texas certain public property, a. so,,,
ships, arms, arsenals, &C., &c.
The Oregon debate was brough. to , e.o,.
on the 9th inst, after between seyan,, 80
eighty speeches had been delivered. ~,
Adams made an excellent speech, in spnna,,
OF the notice, just al the close Of The deh,,.
lie declared that s'every thing in the nature of
argument-everythiag in the nature Of fac,"~
had been brought to bear upon the question
The following Resolutions were adop;ed h,
vote Of l63 to 50:
JOINT RESOLUTION of notice to c,.,,
Britain to "annul and abrogate" the Conveo.
ton between Grea. Britain and the United
States Of the sixth Of August, eighteen hun.
dTed and twenty-seven, relative 10 the couu.
try con the north. west coas, Of Amsriea
westward Of the Stony Mountains" Gem.
monty called Oregon.
Resolued by the Senate and Hous. of Renrs,,,,.
afires efhe United States in Congress assembled
'Iha, the President Of the United States cause
notice TO be given TO the Government. Of Grea,
Britain, that the Convention between the Uni.
ted States Of America and G,ea, Britain, con-
corning the territory on the ncrsh, ives, coas,
of America, wee. Of the Stony @, Rocky
Mountains. Of the sixth day Of August, eish.
teen hundred and twenfy-seven, signed a,
London, shall be snnul'ed and abropa,ed
twelve months after giving said notice.
Resolved, Tha, nothing herein contained !.
intended TO interfere with the right ard dis.
S'choH VI "O outuUlttcU Vi U6 Two
contracting parties TO renew or pursue neeoi.
atoms for an amicab,e settlement Of The con-
troversy respecting the Oregon Territory.
The following gentlemen voted in the neg.
alive:
Messrs. Abbnu. Ashmun. Dayly, BeJiasu,
Milton Brown, Burt, John G. Chapman. An.
gus,us A. Chapman, Cooke, Colalner. Gran.
s'on. Crozier. Dargan. Garreu Dasja, h;sea.
Dockery. Edwin II. Ewing. Foot. Comfy.
Grionel. He,ric!, Isaac + Holmes. John ".
Houston. Ecu,und W. Hubbard, Samuel D.
Hubbard, Hudson, flun,er. Joseph r lnge,.
coll, Daniel P. King. Leske, Long, Marsh,
Miller Moseley. Pendlslon, Rhel, Julius
Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Seldom, A.,.
asjer D Simms. Simpson, Truman Smith,
Caleb B. Smith, Stephens, Suohm. 'ihibo.
deaux. Benjamin Thompson, Toombs, Tied.
way. Vinton, Winthrop, woodward, Wright
and Yancey-5i.