The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-02-13

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The motion was agreed TO BY a vote'of 80 I,
8, aud The section was struckout,
The House o. Representativeswen into Com
mittee Of the whole on the navalap Appropriated
bill. M 49,
/ Mr., Sims made speech analysing and
commenting upon the provisions ofthe bill.
The discussion made no progress. The
House was nothing but state Of turmoil and
confusion, the entire day. Members at logger
heads dispunng about matters having no refer.
ence to the bill and lnterrspling each other on
the floor. Some short words passed.
At8 O'Clock, the House was still sitting and
doing nothing but deciding points Of order,
The prospect Of an. extra session is pretty fair
WAsHINeroN, Jan 20, l847.
SEKArE.-Mr. nj ,orehead presented memo
rial from an editor in Cincinnati, asking Con-
gress to invest him with power-we suppose in
The way of money, to nakea Telegraph across
the A tlan tic Ocean. The project, he says, i
practicable and at no greater expense than its
cost for having line on land. ME
I. Mr,Atherton from the Printing Committee,
reported agai.st printing the memorial of the
friends in favor Of peace.
The ten regiment bill was then taken up. N
Mr. Benton spoke upon the subject q the
land bountles, and is very pompous and very
threatening against Spectators in land boun-
ties.
Mr.. Corwin addressed the Senate in reply to
Mr.. Benton and 10 defence of the amendment
to the ten regiment bill, making land bounty
grants TO the privates in the army.
He was very able, eloquent and courteously
sarcastic. |
Mr. Benton followed by way Of rejoinder, and
reiterated his former objections to the amend
ment.
A general colloquial discussion followed in
which many Senators participated. after which
an amendment offered by Mr. Simmons to Mr..
Corwin's amendment, leaving It optional with
the soldiers to take 800 in money in lieu Of
the 100 acres Of land, and $50 in lieu Of their
80 acres, was adopted.
At half past 4o'clock without Fl nishing the
bill, the Senate adjourned
HousE-Mr Seaborn Jones Withdrew the mo-
ton he had made to reconsider the vote on
resolution to stop the debate on the Naval APP
propriationtBilI.
The House then WENT into Committed. Of the
whole the Navy Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Sims, Of South Caroline, made speech.
Mr.. Payne, Of Ala, followed and offered an
amendment for taxing all free articles Gnclud-
ing tea and coffee,) thirty per cent.
After sometime spent thereat the Committee
rose, and the House adopted snndry amend
ments to the bill-one appropriating $4,000
for commencing Dry Dock at Kittery. Me-.
$4,000 for commencing one at Philadelphia, and
S25O,OOO for the Dry Dock at Pensacola.
And then the bill passed
Mr.. Cooke Of Tennessee, offered jsint reso-
luti6ns expressing the thanks Of Congress to
Gen. Taylor and.his army, for their brilliant
aehiesement IN styrming and capturing the
city ~ NIdnfefey m Msxicos and dlrsctng sbel
President to have Gold Medal struck, cons
memoratlve Of thesevenf, andpresentedto Gen.
Taylor. He asked for asuspension OF the rules
that the resolution might be Considered, and OF
that motion he called far the yeas and nays, but
before any action was had, on motion the house
adjourned,