The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-02-06

WASHINGTON, Jan. "A, Ia47.

day and called the Senate to order
A communication was received from the
War Department, transmitting a list Of the
the Clerks and their salaries in the Indian Bu-
reau.
Mr.. Fairfield, from Committee on Naval
Affairs reported a bill authorizing the appoint
Of additional Assistant Surgeons in the
Navy. Also a bill repeating the limit in the
Act Of 1912, fixing the number Of men that
may BE employed in the Navy service.
Mr. Cameron, from the same committee,
reported bill for the relief ofthe heirs Of
JOHN Paul Jones, a bill for erection Of dry
dock Philadelphia and Portsmouth,
Mr.. Benton FROM the committee on militia.
ry affairs, reported the bill frOmathe House to
raise ten additional regiments fat the regular
army with an amendement which provides
that one or more of said regiments may be
equipped as voltigueres and foot rifemen, and
be provided with rocket and mountain how
itzer batteries. This amendment was agreed
to.
Mr.. Cameron offered an amendment to the
bill granting a quarter-section Of public land
to each non-commissioned officer, musician
and private of the regular army and the vol
%unteers who may serve outthe war and re-
ceive an honorable discharge.
Upon this amendment an interesting de-
bate sprung up in which Messrs j M. Clay
ton, Badger, Corwin and Crittenden participa-
ted.
The bill and amendments were informally
laid aside until tomorrow.
The Senate then took up the bill to author
ize the appointment ola Lieutenant Gener-
al.
Mr.. Dix explained the object Of the bill
and defined the duties Of the new Office which
the bill proposed to create. The amount Of
t his argument was, in brief, that the President
wanted the office to be created. The bill
! provides that the pay and emoluments of the
Lieutenant General shall be the same as those
/ of an officer Of the highest grade 10 the ARMY
Mr.. Badger has the floor; on the bill, 70
tomorrow. 0nsmotion the Senate adjourned
d HoUsE.-The bill to change the place o
2 holding the United States Circuit Court il
d Alabama, with the Legislature of that State
d from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery, passed. =
y Yeas Id nays so.
vi On motion the House now resolved itsel
4 into committee of the Who'll, Mr.. Hepkin
d ia the Chair, and took up the Oregon Territorial
s. bill, and the amendment thereto respectinI
slavery and the Missouri Compromise.
d Mr.. Burt took the floor and spoke with grea
n animation and earnestness against any intel
n Herence Of the North with the domestic inst
tutions of the South. He deprecated the er
eroachments which he had all a long bee
seeing, were making upon the rights of tn
South.-IIe went into a history of the abol
r ton mania, and declared for the South th'
,e it must and would be met.
I'd Mr.. Petit followed and spoke in an animI
" ted manner against the introduction Of SLAYER
re in any territory we may acquire which is no
free from slavery, He gave a history of VIII
ID had been done in the Northwestern Territ
~ ries on this subject. He deprecated abolitiot
II ism and had no sympathies in particular +
III the negroes. He believed them far inferior
10 white people-more criminal and less mentl
At O'Clock the hour for stopping the d
bate agreeably to a resolution previously
- dopted having arrived Mr., Petit was cutshc
be in his speech.
on The Committee then rose and the House q
e- %journed.
ne January I5.-In the Senate after the reu
ing Of the Journal and some business of
on importance, Mr. Benton, from the Commit
on Military Affairs, reported a bill granti
.ea to all regulars and volunteers engaged in 7
on war a section of the public lands.
IN. The bill was strenuously opposed by N
ng Cameron, who feared it would kill his amen
ne ment to the House bill for adding the rel
ct, ments to the force Of the army.
en- The bill was ultimately laid aside. T
bill Clearing the Office Of Lieuteuant-Geno
was then take en- u2, and Mr.. G. Badger, of
Ut. G., led off with an eloquent and beautii
ed speech in opposition tOthe bill. The galleri
re- Of the Senate were crowded with membt
from the other House with ladies and.visitc
,h TO the Capitol-It was an able effort.
ed When Mr.. Badger had concluded his spec
i'd Mr.. Mangum moved that the bill be laid l
I've on the table. This was considered a test gu
a's ton.
les The Senate proceeded to vote on this mott
be and it was carried BY ayote Of % yeas to
les nays 12aaea Y
ed Messrs. Calhoun and Butler, of S. G., a
u Yuleet Of Florida, Ioeos, voted with the Whi'
on Thus the Senate as we'll as the House ha
iui defeated this measure Of the Administrative
on M Niles from the Commute on Post Ofit
me and Poet Roadsreported a bill making prov
IN ion for carrying a mail to Oregon.
he The bill for increasing the army was tn
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