The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-24
LATEST INTELLIGENCE,
BY the Mails.

In senate.


TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
In senate.
WAsHisGroS, Friday Nav ~ is.s
rals weather-9ppressi's crowd Of pecple-mostly
Prayer BY the Rev. Mr.. Tustin Journal Of yesterday.
few petitions were presented.
= RIVERS AND HARBoRs
Mr DIX reported from committee the House bill APP
Propriang several millions to rivers and harbors with
sundry amendments
WAR sTgAMERs
r M f =; reported back this ball. giving the dis
the exigencies Of the service may require.
MT FAInrIELp said this discretion proper in ordsr
in the increase Of tho army.
STATE
Mr.. WOODBRIDGE moved a resolution of inquiry rc.
speeding the State sovereignty of Michigan along her
northern boundary lne-Adopted
mSuLrY
Mr. AsHLEr reported back the bill supposed to reats
TO the certified vouchers of MNultys accounts Of the
contingent fund Of the House.
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.
Mr ALLEN moved an inquiry upon the President for
copies OF all official papers in his possession relating to
he interference OF France and Great Britain the ar
resting Of the annexation of Texas-Agreed to.
FLORIDA
ME WEsTcorT moved a resolution of inquiry, which
was adopted calling upon the Secretary tho Treasury
In respect Of the destruction Of property in Florida by the
United States forces during the late Seminole war.
THE OREGON OccuPArIos BrLL FROM THE HousE-TNs
Committee Degeneration its further Considerotion-
Mofionfo make Tie Bill the speeiai Order for nest
week.
Nr. ALLEN inquired IL thore q motion before tho
Senate to postpone the Oregon bill Of tho House. to the
first Monday in December next.
The VIcE PREslpESr said there such motion
pending
Mr. ALLEN then said il was in order no would move
to make that bill the special order for Monday next
up under appointment till one o'clock.
MIR. ALLEN then waived his motion till that hour.
AN INTERLupE.
Mr. JOHNSON. Of La, offered a resolution instructing
the Attorney General inquire into the validity of
tain patents issued under the old Spanish title TO the Hoo.
nah lands in Louisiana The resolution discussed
by siessrs johnson and McDufie, and then laid
DRAwBAcKs.
The House BILL giving drawbacks upon certain goods
imported from British North American provinces for ex
portation, read and referred to tho Committee
Commerce.
AGAIN THE cARrEr
The resolution of the Territorial Committee asking
that they be discharged from the further consideration
OF the House bill for the occupation and extension Of
Mr. moved that the whole subec, be post
poncd till the first Monday in December next He said
no e be- Of on hs the al hat
present session OF Congress- II deemed totally in
compatible and inexpodent under the existing state Of
defined and the bill was unsatisfactory in leaving to tho
jurisdiction proposed how far such Jurisdiction was a
plcable napplcablc Besides the people Of Oregon
had established organic law, government Of their
own, and i We did any thing, the best that could BE-
that any specific Legislation now mPracticabe and
incxpedient, he would that the whole subject be
Mr. ALLEN said that according to promise he would
now meet that motion by moving that the bill from the
citizens in Oregon be made the special order for Monday
next He should say for the present but word sPon tho
put endt legislation for Oregon for the pre-
sent session Congress present the citizens Of Ore
land which ' was the treaty Of joint occupation between
the United States and Great Britain but that law would
event takes place there win be law Of protection
to our citizens except British awthe whole OF our ci
iects to British law and British law alone This
ton law expires whether there another treaty or mott
and other law will supcrsede it, in default Of our
ton but the laws Of Great Britain He would this
subject upon the attention Of the Senate and especially
upon the Territorial Committee whether 1t is designed,
the expiration Of the existing convention leave the
American settlers in Oregon subject to British law and
MIR. Wrsrcorr proceeded to reply CA little louder'9
He said that the Territorial Committee did not intend to
leave the in Oregon 20
ment for Themselves Govcmor-Lcgislature, Judges
%ou % iii the
Of Congress- and that denve Legislation on the part
Of Congress would be more practicable and exPedent at
the next, than during the present session Meantime,
under their own laws our citizens in Oregon were am
W aS Of the whether
was the design Of the commttee on Territories ,hat the
Local authorities Of shall become subject
Mr.. WEsrcoTT said that member Of tho Territorial
committee he was in favor Of adopting the local govern
would be expcden to acknowledge the local laws
established by the people themselves. :,
Mr. ALLAN thanked the Senator for having thus candid
ly expressed his views and would not himself dotan tho
Senate by any remarks for the present.
The Territorial Committee were discharged from tho
further consideration Of the subject
Oregon The Funeral Discourse Of 81 40 Deliberate On
slaught Of Col Benton upon Messrs Polk, Buchanan,
Greenhou, .3Hn Cas-, Hannegdn, .adams, Giddtass
aud Co.-No such line as 81 40.
Co.. BENTON to address the Senate. and there
to hear him lie said that Tie bill before the Senate was
proposition to extend laws oyer the territory west
W was the extent Of our Limits. This was wrong
proceeding He did not think that this the way to
the occupation Of the territory He thought it tho busi
Of negotiation and not Of Legislation to settle the
had waited and declined any expression Of his views at
length upon the subject But now, while negotiations
ton over an underlined of errory-a proceeding
which would at forcsta all ncgotiationit altered
pose to establish Jurisdiction territory 5000 miles
of-a power the extent of which we cannot determine
and IN this condition 2, 'nngs nc wsulS loresO Al con
view OF this question Of the boundary. He proposed to
do upon the G noSs s I'M
dctaking this ungracious task, his attention would hrs
be directed to the exposure Of several great in
the origin Of all late dculties AT the head Of these
errors was The assumption BY the treaty with Russia Of
up to that line on the one Sidc, and AZ the
territory Of Russia down to that line on the other This
was the great error There such line established
in the world There such line established
between the United States and Russia None sir 30
ar as line established II was made as the North
crn line not the United States but for Great Britain
He repeated the declaration that far such boun-
dairy was proposed it done to make II the Northern
boundary Great Britain and not of the United States
Col Benton then commenced his researches into the
cords establish this point He went back to the time
Of Peter the Great referred to the growing power Of
Russia and the jealousy Of England and the United
States against the extension of such power on the North
west coast He cited the efforts OF Great Britain and
the United states triple arrangement between them
selves and the Emperor Alexander in respect to Joint
occupation of territory But Alexander like wise
man acting upon the principle that short settlements
make long friends" refused the copstnership and de-
sired only TO have his Col Benton then read from
the treaties between Russia and Great Bri.
he nil Russia both