Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-06-18
CONGRESS-.
SENATE, Tuesday. June I6

SENATE, Tuesday, June I6.
The Post Office appropriation bill was read third time
and passed.
The Joint resolution relative to the Houm.s land claim,
came up us third reading.
Mr. McDuiie said he desired reply the remarks of
tae senator from LOUISIANA and there other
ness before the Senate he moved postpone the
until TO morrow, which agreed 20.
message received the President of the d. s
IN relation To the Finances, which read.
recommends reduction Of duties on such articles a.,
highly taxed and imposition OF duties on ,bos.
notes or contract loan 10 the extent Of thirteen millions
dollars, which Is the estimated deficiency.
The message and documents ordered 10 be printed
and we're referred to tho Committee a Finance.
Several other messages received from the
OF the u S(among them that looked very much like
the TkkArY, which was signed last night which being
OF an Executive character, were, Of course not read
The Senate then proct eded ballot for Chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
First Ballot-Archer 81, Sewer L. Benton ., Crtten
den j, flanagan l, Webster l. Niles 1, Bagby l. West
s'u The Senate then continued TO ballot and there were
Elk ballots in all taken, with very nearly the sam. result
Mr. Areher's highest vote being 22-and Mr.. Sewers %
and There being no election, notion the election
postponed until Tomorrow o'clock and the Senate
went into Executive Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Dir. Mcdowell of Ohio, asked leave TO offer resolution
designed TO put of decision upon tho Oregon aue,
ton, until it should be acted upon by the people The
resolution was preceded by a seres of preamblos de-
claring that the question should be settled by Else
cret conelave in the Senate by Executive supreme.
The resolution objected TO, and Mr. Mcdowell
called for the yeas and nsys.
Mr. Jones, Of Tenn, called for the orders Of the day.
which the Speaker said was Of order
Mr.. Droomgooe, moved to lay the resolution upon the
table # II had been received. The Speaker said il had
not, and the yeas and ordered upon the motion
suspend.
The yeas only 81, nays u.s. and some of the Yves
tern Wing members voted in the affirmative for the pur
pose OF bringing forward the proposition for debate.
The House then tinto Committee Of the Whole up-
the OF the Union, and took up the Indian appro
priaton Bill
Tbs debate foreign TO the merits OF the Bill.
MI Pilsbury, OF Texas, opened the debate in reply to
Mr. Culver, OF New York, who had opposed the Admins
aton the Mexican war; and for the OF Tex
as Mr. r. made defence Of Texas, and the now 60
ing ON in tho neighborhood OF Texas.
MIR. Stephens, Of Ga, made able speech upon the
merits OF the Mexican lie argued that the cause of
the removal Of the Army from Corpus Christi TO
the Rio Grande and that the Executive who ordered the
removal responsible for all the growing
OF the
The discussion further continued by Messrs
Leake, of Va, and McClernand, of ILL.,. in reply.
Mr.. Graham, of N. c., and Mr.. Thompson, of Miss ,
spoke briefly upon the merits OF the BILL when the hour
arrived for closing the debate mud acting upon the
pending amendments. The Committee at "a and re-
ported the bill to the House, where, after further debate
II was passed.