The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-16

Brown. Tenn; JOS. Burlington, Pa Wm.w Campbell, N.
no,si John H. campbell Pa John ., Chapman; Md
Y. Cranston, r l.; John IL Crozer, Tenn; Erastus Is.
Culver. NY, Cornelius Darrogh Pa Garrett Davis.
James D.xon. Ct Alfred DOekery, y. G. Joseph Z
Edsall j.; Samuel s Ellsworth, NY Jacob Erdman
Pa; John II Ewing, Pa; Edwin II. Ewing Tenn Solo
mon Foot Vt; Henry D. Foster, Pa William s. Gar.
VIM Pa; Meredith P. Gepry Tenn; Joshua r. Giddings
James Graham, North Carolina; Henry Order KY
Joseph Grinnei massachusetts; Martin Grover N T.;
James q !, Hampton j. alexander Harper Ohio;
D. Hubbard, CT; Charles Hudson, Mass; Timothy Jen-
kins, Y; Daniel p King, Mass; Preston King, NY;
Thomas Butler King, Ga Owen d. Leib, Ps.; Abner
Lewis X; Lewis &. Levin, Pa; Edward Long. Md;
Moses McClean, Pa; John II. McHenry, KY; Abraham
Miller, NY; William A. Moseley, NY; Archibald c.
Niyen. n. John $. Pendleton, Va George Rathbun,
NY, Julius Rockwell. Mass; John A. Rockwell, Ct;
Joseph N. Root Ohio; Robert C. Schenck Ohio Henry
Seaman. NY; Luther Severance, Me; Truman Smith,
art, Pa; John Strohm, PA George Sykes, NJ; Bannon
g. Thibodeaux, La; Ja-.es Thompson, Pa; Daniel r..
Tilden, Ohio; Andrew Trumbo, Ky; Joseph Vance.
Hugh White, W David Wimot Pa Robert C.
Winthrop, Mass; Thomas NJ Woodruff, NY; William
Nays 90
Tho amendment was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
THE WESTERN RIVERS.
The Senate BILL making appropriations for the improve
ment oil the Mississippi Missouri, Arkansas, and Ohio
rivers and the survey Of the Mississippi and its prnc
pal tributaries was taken up.
Mr. HAmLiN objected to the reading and the question
therefore occurred-Shall the bill be rejected
The yeas and nays were TAKEN and the question was
decided in the afirmaive-yeas, 100 nays, 4s
Mr. McCLELLaSD moved reconsideration of the vote,
and asked for the previous question.
Mr.. RArHBus moved to lay the motion the table !;
but the motion not pressed.
The House refused to reconsider The bill therefore,
is killed.
TUE TREASURY NOTE AND LAND BILL.
Tho House resolved itself into a committee of the
whole on the state OF the union (Mr Gordon in the
char and took up the bill authorizing the issue of trea
suy notes and loan
he bill authorizes the notes to be issued the oxi
gencies OF the government may require and, in place
issued but not exceeding thesum of millions of dol
larso such emis.ion outstanding at any time and
to be issued under the Limitation and contain
ed in the act OF 1897 except that the authority given by
this bill to issue treasury notes, shall expire the end
his opinion may be for tho nere Of the United States
to do instead Of issuing the whole amount treasury
nses IL authorized to borrow such amount money as
he may deem proper and issue therefor the Uni
ted States Tor the sum borrowed, under the mita-
tons and provisions contained in the Of Con.
OF 1872 provided that the borrowed together
with the treasury notes. shall not exceed ten millions
and provided further that commission shall be al.
lowed paid for the negotiation of the loan and also
the stock shall be redeemabe period not longer
ten from the issue thereof shall they bear
higher tate OF interest than six per centum per annum
and sold at nothing less than par.
Mr. DAVIS, OF Kentucky, moved an amendment, the
object of which make loan bill to raise the
amount to do away with treasury notes He said
that in the present condition OF country W it'll a war
with Mexico and other measures requiring argeexdendi
lures OF money the proposition clear and ndisputabe
that we should raise as much money We possibly can
without rcsorng to direct taxation The financial mea.
recomme pded not such should be adopted
in tho present exigency they not properly
shaped produce the necessary amount of revenue
They were vicious and Objectionable. II was the
duty Of the Committee Of Ways and Means so TO reform
the system to produce equal the demands
ton m the form OF treasury notes! He opposed
the bill for this and because the would be
I NO, the Country IS and because he
stock lie thought that there great inconsistency
manifested on the part of the friends of the Admnistra-
ton who had passed the subtreasury BILL recognizing
nothing hut gold and silver. and who proposed q
resort to treasury notes which direct opposition
to one OF the cardinal which had boen forced
on the country
Mr. G'ppIses, Of Ohio, and alluded to what he
conceived to be attempted Executive influence brought
to bear the deliberations of this House They had
seen the menbers of the Cabinet here exertny their
powers TO influence members
Mr.. TIBBArIs called the gentleman to order on the
ground that he was charging members to be under Ex
ecuiivc influence.
MIR. GIDniNGs said no spoke Of attempts He was
speaking. when interrupted, OF Executive efforts
and he hoped gentlemen would keep cool this hot
err He repeated that the Cabinet ministers were within
the last few days minglng with members during
the tendency of interesting aud exciting questions As an
American citizen. in an American Congress, he protested
against it. igeneu had consulted the history of the
past, they might have seen what would take place on
would be settled by the southeI portion Of the Union
because wsr with England, they thought would over
throw slavery He had believed that the dispute would
he strictly settled by the parallel Of 40 but he
taken Instead Of the Senate, his wing friends being
entitled TO the credit OF settling the question
il must be attributed to southern cowardce and Exect.
tive cowardice lie also had warned gentlemen to be.
ware OF the annexation of them the con-
seq iencesand that of the effects would be to de-
stroy tho free labor Of the North and open for
the planters Of the South the detrment Of free men,
Yes had the votes of foreigners who only six months
ago supporters of a foreign Government
lie declared to the free States that the time maintain
ing their right is passed Gentlemen from the south
might laugh but it solemn reflection for him. The
object Ct the war was territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The whisperinRs of the Executive organ show
And from tpI
from what they all heard, Mexico was to be dis
membered OF an extent Of country, embracing twcn
~ degrees OF Latitude leaving to Mexico but fifteen Mr..
Clay told what would cnsue-if annexed Texas, we
would have to take the existing between her and
Mexico This war was TO be continued for ,nde finite
length OF tine, at the pleasure of the executive Tor he
had declared he would wait for profers of peace So
he may carry on the war as long he may choose
he commenced it without consulting Congress lie al
iudeh to the action of the Legislature oil Ohio on the
men in that State, that the question party
and denying that this possessed the power
TO annex foreign governments.
Mr. TLprN, of Ohio, spoke on the subject of the
Mexican and in defence Of the which he gave
one of the fourteen, against the declaration The war
win Great Britain was one Of principle, forced by
series of unparalleled insults national flag II
was as had been often repeated, second war Of inde
pendence But what was the cause OF this Terri
torial sggrandsement, which, at public meeting in
New YORK twhere the democratic editor of the Evening
Post particpaed) was discountenanced and which, it
there expressed, would be condemned by the una
nimous voice of the civilized and christian world We
had better title infinitely to the Columbia river than
had TO the RIO Grande He believed that the coun
try had been forced into the against it's consent and
nothing gave him SO much pleasure as his vote 10
discountenance II, and for which, in this House. he and
others had been condemned He replied to the remarks
OF Mr. Douglass delivered on a former occasion.
Mr. DorsL.ss responded, recapulating much of what
he said nearly two months ago, our right to the
boundary Of the Rio Grande the history Of Texas, etc
and accused the gentleman of having Joined the enemy
Tho Committee rose, and
Mr.. Mckay asked leave to introduce resolution, to
terminate the debate tomorrow at IL o'clock Voices
Oh, no. and " there's not quorum present.
MIR. MCKAY said that gentlemen who wished to speak
on the subject OF the Mexican could SO on some
other bill
A motion was made and carried that the House
adjourn
BALTIMORE, July Is, 1876.
Commencement Of st. Marys CoAegs-Mwders-
Arrival Of Steamer Massachusetts at Point Isa-