Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-26
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a 1917.
SENATE.

sentatIol oil ptllllOns anu tHe iePoiiHS " WV -
;hy.e private bills from committees.
several amen!menl, 10 the bill, which had
been reported iIom inc eo'''ih'ee y" h'""'''
were agreed 10.
Nt Evans offered an amendment, which he
+ observed was At he request OF The Secretary oil
Inc Treasury. allowing the assistant treasurer al
New York ID employ Chief clerk al salary oil
- 900 a year, and authorizing such clerk 10 per-
7 lo,,n IN, functions uilhe assistant treasurer III his
absence.
salary from Two thousand I" iii'cen hundred dc'-
/ lars. which was agreed 10.
/ MIR. Huntington moved 10 amend ~ s'IIsiHs
oai ihe authority given 10 the Chief clerk 70 pei
fa.Yo The functions OF the treasurer when was
acrced Ia. and the amendment as amended was
then adopted.
pending an amendment making an appfopua-
nan Ion the completion oi The Marine t1osptdi
and The erection II new custom mouse d. 4>e"
I q, cans, the bill wa postponed unl' 70, morrow.
Mr. clilenden gave notice nal he Should III
I ,rodnCe a bill making Contribution 'oi 'he IT,
lief Of Ireland to-Eloifow
Mr. Ca haun and Mr. Webster sevctaIly gave
,oice ina. hey should call M Their resolutions
| 10 morrow .,.....,,..,,.
4 committee on finance
'rhe ,hr.e million bin was then taken up. and
RrI.
l.norb He commenced al once BY charging that
Mr. Calhoun was responsible for The war and its
'.anseonences. II was The solemn duty OF that
c.na,ar il he believed that The march OF The ar
mo ~ fhe Rio Grande would produce hoslililies
.nowing that such march been ordered, 10
h,ye Ia ID his views before The President, and al
,emn,ed 10 have arrested il. How such course
couId hav. lesstned the Senator'S influence with
he President on The Oregon question, was beyond
II. IL tk,..t ,Irp N
Calhoun signed the treaty Of annexation he
stoned an acceptance VI The war with Mex
CO. Tor She had previously declared that she
wnud consider such anne1a ion as declaration
ui war on our part.
Mr. B entered into 4 verv elaborate review OF
Nh The circumstances attending the annexation
and the Conspicuous part taken ~ II " MI. Cal
houn ,o prove tina; he then advocated The very
mowers which he now condemns the President Tor
having used-lha he Then maintained principles
which Le nov dcnnuEcrs as Unconstitutional
The Senator IRON South Carolina made The var
!i,s!o,y would 81 wfi- ii in her books-il would
be written with penoi iron uron tablets of brass
and The children oi all generations 10 come
would learn il in their lessons.
Mr.. Calhoun replied, and said there was one
hing OF importance 10 b. inferred from the speech
q. The Senator from Missouri, which was ihallhe
war was unpopular, and being unpopular, il
would soon b. brought IL termination. The
Senator from :.lisSoui had said that he (Mr. CO
vas The sole author OF annexation. lie took IL
ana claimed il but il was no. long since that the
organ Of The administration claimed the honor Tor
Mr.. Polk himself.
Mr. Calhoun had expected he attack vi The
Senator item Misscn'i He hal been warned 10
beware OF annihiiation, and really supposed there
won'd have been some force in the assault Bui
At all u oak =. Sialp he had
ever listened IL, l,i, @as the weakest. lie was
really surprise. Ia; = man Il the talents ui the
senator nm Missouri Should nul have made oui
a..ipr.ei cc.,. iir tit infinitely obliged IL him
III IL. attach III :, could d. iiim 10 ham aud
might benci !tim by placi"g him III a Fishl po-
,gon b-ioie ne people.
Mr. C. then gave a history oi his course in
reference 10 the :nn"saian Of Texas, and after
hrici rcloindet hy Mr.. Benton, the Senate went
inio Executive session.
Mr.. Davis has lhr loo, Tor tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
>. a ~ Il. ~, pursuan. 10 The resolution
Yesterday adopted. NJ quorum present. Call
o ihc House uldsrc,, and ST members answered
u their names. Proceeded TO call names oi alb
>cnlees when i. appeared liz members were
present. Sill no quorum. Speaker ordered inc
loors 10 be osed when motion To susp'nu lui
th.r proceedings under the rule, prevailed ioo !"
22-a quorum voting.
On motion Of Mr.. Charles J. lnsersoll the ou-
sinc.s in progress was suspended Tor one ho'i' :"
receive reports from colnmiecs. .;.,,.
A o,ra, number Of reports were acc"iu'nsp
,,,,,e nam committees, many oi them Senate o'ls'
and chiefly 81 Il private or nnimloi am eh"' "e'e''
which wrrc twice read ana Tciefieu. >,
pulv ,vcrc read The third time ana pdsseu--o
c,.,,. /, my collection district IN lexas, 70 ~
c,,'.. M.,arorda. Corpus Christi, &c, ana 10
o,,abl;.h oor of entry at SAUNA, IN said uis-
,rirr increasing The licensing oi pleasure yden's'
and for olher purposes; anlhoTislng .ne 'e1on-
srucrion and registering oil the orieindi 'sa
h"id,,o NJ term OF The U. States Circuit and
n;e,,;r, courts al Chicago 10 extend the acl pro-
,;n;rg ,or payment tor horses lost III Inc r!orina
'nar. r. rbangc The time Of holding the United
,a,es courts al lbauy, IN the northern disIici oi
Nau, York 10 fix The time when The ACT regulating
carriage Of passengers in merchant vessels snail
20 into effect granting pre-emplion rights IN MN
eral lands 10 certain persons,
Mr.. billiard reported a bull 70 regulate 'he up
!oma,ic intercourse Of The unlled States, wh'ch
was read twice aud relerrso " '''e co'n'i'"ee WI
| Mr. Seaman reported bill 10 satisfy claims ior
bounty lands Tor military services during The la'e
war with Great Britain Read second lime
! Bills from Senate To exempt from duties Ger.
lain articles imported by literary institutions 70
organize The ten new regiments into b'lgades an1
divisions, and Tor the appointment oi MAJOR ana
Brigadier Generals. Read twice AMI referred.
Bill twice read and Ieierred,i providing ior The
| e-eclini If iferrool building lof Custom
House and Post.office al Nantucket.
| Mr. c. J. Insetsol offered re ,olutoni proyi-
ding for The fitting out Of The ship Pennsylvania,
To cary provisions 10 The starving Irish popula-
lion, bnt the House refused 10 suspend The rules
10 receive the same
The Joint resolution providing Tor The purchase
OF additional land for The use OF The Unied States
armory al Iarpers Ferry, was read twice and re.
Tered
The Joint resolution relative 10 maps and
charts OF surveys or boundary lines between The
u States and foreign States, was passed.
A resolution authorizing the purchase Of 500
copies Of DslerneIl's map Of Mexico and 2000
copies Of The topugra phical map OF the route 10
Oregon, and providing that each member shall
furnished with fire copies ol The former and wilh
eighty ol The later, was passed; when, Al The
suggestion OF Mr.. Rueben Chapman, who had not
voted on The resolution, Mi. Preston King mo.
we'd reconsideration. The motion prevailed,
and an amendment was proposed, increasing The
number 10 be purchased al The map Of Mexico,
10 200, as il was discovered that 10 furnish each
member (22S) with fpe copies from The 800 now
ordered by The resolution, would be rather diih-
cul, uperation The amendment was agreed 10,
and The resolution as amended was Then reject q
I'll 10 IS.
The House, then, in committee Of the whole on
slate Of the Union, MIR. Bowlin in the chair, took
up the bin 'lu establish certain post rou;es' in
The different States and Territories, reported az
The Isl inst. By Mr.. Hopkins, from The commits
lee on The post Office ard post roads. number
Of amendments were adopted. and The bill then re
ported TO The House and passed
Among the amendments proposed was one by
Mr.. Hamlin, 10 abolish The ranking privilege
straightforward another giving The Postmaster
The right TO select The newspapers in wh'ch Inc
list Of letters shall be published-'o provide To-
The election Of Pos,mastersb by The people (which
were seveTally rejected
} An additional bill was introduced, adopted by
the committee, reported 10 The House, and alst