Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-23
TWENTY.NINTH CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY, FEsauARY leTn, lS4b.
SENATE

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o,onled by the Legislature Of Tennessee, IN
struggling her Senators upon the subject CT .ns
rariT Distribution and Oregon, and TOOK ocea-
si,n 10 define his position and 10 express n.S ~
,ep,ion 10 obey the instructions 70 inc ie"el.
Mr. EVANS submitted resolution Gazing
a. ;nforma,;on from the Secretary oil STATE re-
- ~, - he stems which have been taken, il
a. t,r cutting a canal across the lsthmus OF
Darien l.. o,;o, &c
l,sl week for the printing OF $4,000 copies OF lhe
rscen, correspondence relative 10 Oregon.
The consideration ot the oregon nouce fesoiu-
Mons was then resumed.
MIR. DIX, who was entitled 10 The floor, yielded
!; .empo,ari 10 Mr.. flanagan for The purpose OF
making personal explanation.
Mr.. HANNEGAN then referred 10 a remark
made Yesterday BY the Senator from Georgia
iMr. Coani,i) that his (Mr. Hannegan's) cool.
ness 10 The annexation Of Texas was anterior 10
Inc Baltimore Convention. MIR. h. said ne was
sincere advocate Of The immediate annexation
j, Texas up TO the period OF the Baltimore Co
y.n,on, bu, he dreaded, after that Convention,
iar reasons which ii was unnecessary 10 give 10
ii. Senate, tina, il Texas was annexed fest, the
resolutions OF that Convention would be con-
>tru-d bv some gcmi!t a,sn 10 mean the nh0ie oil
Texas and the aGlf OF Oregon" and subsequent
founded.
He appealed 10 his honorable friend from Mis-
souri, Mr. a ichispn) and his honorable TREND iron,
Arkansas MIR. SEWER 10 sustain the truth OF
what he had asserted.
Mr.. SEWER and MIR. ATCHISON respec,
lively testified to the correctness oil Mi. Hanne-
CANS statement
Mr.. DIX differed from former speakers in their
assertions that il was improper or unnecessary
10 enter into The question OF our tile to The whole
of Oregon. He proposed 10 look at The lille
oregon was discovered fity-one years AFTER the
discovery of America. Ii was then concluded
AZ worthless when compared 10 the golden re-
eons further South, for over $50 years. bui
Soain certainly asserted her dominion over 1t
Twas visited BY ships Of various ralions, anu
here arose divers and diverse claims. Russia
an England had settled theirs; also The United
SI,es and Russia; and Great Britain and our
selves are now the only claimants. One i'm
n,u n, point was, that while Meares was Tree
hoorins on the Western coast OF North America,
snd publicly charged as pirate, while ne sailed
asa Portuguese captain, when smuggling from
Inc coas, into China, for the benefit of British
subjects. as a Lieutenant OF the British navy,
vce pundeIing Spanish possessions in Oregon
-, England does no. scruple TO avail herself OF
HI, preended discoveries. He showed the titles
derived by means 0! Meares and The Noolka
Sound convention, TO be entirely nugatory TO
roo,and. and he demolished also that derived
ron Vaacouver's voyages
Whou, concluding, be gave way 10 motion
Marty all The foreign ministers, including Mr.
Paksnham, were on the hJor, and the galleries
were as usual crowded 10 excess.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Select Committee appointed on Monday,
i, ION. on retrenchmen, in The expenditures in
n. War Department and the pay OF the army,
consists OF Messs Black of South Carolina CUT
lon. Mcdowell, Barrlnger, Hungerford, ';aieb
8 Smith White, Jefferson, DAVIS ana oeauon
Tn, Select Committee ordered yesterday, the
I'm 10 investigate the legality OF contracts now
in force for furnishing The Post Ofice Depart
n.n, with blanks, Irvine, SC, and 70 enquire
whether frauds nave no, been perperated 10 the
sonnly OF banks Tor ina. Department consists
!, Messrs. Bowlia, Henley Carroll, Atkinson and
La Sere
The House reconsidered the vote BY which The
resolution was adopted yesterday, giving 10 tne
Reporters copy of,he public documents and bills
as lad upon The desks OF members Inc CleIN
was then iasiIuctedto report W he r1ou9e TUG g
p.nse OF he same
Mr.. seldom, from The Committee on Invalid
Pensions. reported bill for The relief John Pat
len. Read and committed
Mr.. seldom also made adverse reports on
in. cases OF Benjamin Kerin, John l.. Watson,
Sasannah Lany.een, and James Campbell. Laid
/ % The table.
A resolution proposing 10 grant the use OF The
Hail 70 the Congressional Temperance Society
| On Thursday evening next was offered and OBJ
iecei 10. A motion TO suspend the rules in or
c-r 10 receive il, was negatived.
A bill 10 regulate the pay and mileage OF men,
bsrs vas reported, read twice, and, BY vote Of
s. 10 Il. referred 10 a committee Of The whole. II
.ro.ite, as follows: sht dollars for every lwen-
lynies 10 be computed BY the nearest mail route
,or The distance OF 1900 miles. Members living
beyond hi. distance 10 receive ten dollars for
each additional 100 miles travelled.
The bill proposed that The reduction or eliera-
ion should take eiiec; after The 2ath Congress.
Several uni,nporant matters wing been dis
- q. me House went again into com'nlttee
u U,;Ss w.l.e anu resumed the consideration OF The
bi'. 7,Ur:iing .er The payment OF Indian annui-
y ties
IA MsCUlvER m,vedto strike out that portion
k3 q tie bill WHICH relates 10 the Creeks and Semi
u noss, OH he ground that the money is intended
for he satisfaction Of claims tor fugitive slaves.
Mr. GlDOlNGS advocated the amendment,
an! made real abo!i,onist speech.
the debale was continued by Messrs. Wick Of
Indiana, Sawyer Of Ohio, Culver Of New York,
sai Bfocksnbroush Of Florida
III. Cuver'> amendment was rejected, 81 10 10.
Diner amendments were proposed, and The me-
ris 81 The bill! were generally debated IN speech
rom Mr.. THOMPSON OF Miss. The items in
Ii. bin amounted TO about 81 300. 600. The Mi
ans received $50 900, and they were not more
han 900 il number.