Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-03-23

q Outstanding that the bill should be the first
thing taken up i'll the morning.
sae WEDNESDAY, March 3-6 o'clock.
In SENATE.-The Oregon Territorial
bill was taken up, and after discussion,
was laid OF the cable, d toI l..
The RIVER AND HARB3R BILL, pass.
edsas. il came from the House.
The resolution providing for the EN-.
Ployment of DR.. Houston as Senate Re.
!. porter, was passed.
The bill to establish the territory of
Minnesota was laid on the table.
In THE HoUsE.-The Irish Relief bill
was lost, 53 TO H.
Mr.. Mckay reported the Naval Pen.
sion !si4, with the 100000 bill as an
ameHdRsent thereto. But it was decided
out OF 'erder. The amendments ofthc
Senate on the Naval Pension bill were
then agreed to.
The House then went into committee
OfIhe whole, Mr.. Cobb into the chair,
and took up the 3,0OO,OOU bill from the
Senate.
Mr.. Wilmoi moved mis- proviso, pro.
hibiting the extension of Slavery in new
territory.
Mr. Graham, Of N. c., moved to n.
mend this, by providing that the Missouri
. Compromise line shall be extended to the
Pacific, and slavery permitted south aud
prohibited north Oflhat line. This was
rejected SO to 81, and the Wilmot Pro.
Viso was then rejected, 81 to LIZ.
Mr.. Wilmot then moved to lay the bill
on The table, which was rejected, 81 to
, 1I2.
The bill was then passed, ll5 to SO.
The House, by majority Of 20, refused
10 agree 10 the amendment Of the Senate
striking out the clause introduced by the
House in'the supplemental Army hill pro.
viding foT'the appointment off General
in Chief
EVENING SESSION.
The SENATE non concurred IN the
report OF the committee of conference in
relation to the Appointment ofa General
in.Chief and agreed to the report on the
civil and diplomat bill.
The bill from the House, amcndatory
&c the Sub.;reasury act, was sent in, but
ise Senate refused to suspend the rule,
in order TO receive it, and in this manner
.itSwas defeated.
a new conference committee submitted
q report on the Military bill, leaving our
.Ae Lieutenant General provision, whichi
was agreed TO by both Houses, and the
bill passed.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropria-.
ton bill was also passed.
The bill TO provil lie for the construction.
OF naval steam ships, as amended by thu.
House, was passed.
The Senate then went into Executive
session at past 8 o'clock.
HOUse.-fEke House bill amendatory
to:the Sdbstreasuhy passed. The House.
agreed To the report OF Boar.Of Conference.
ON Lieut.. General. The bill was passed
providing for limited time on addhionai
military force and for other purposes.
Also, the bill to refund to tbs State III
expense incurred for the Volunteers pre-
Vi"uS to their being mustered into service.
The report of the Committee of Con.
ference OH the Civil and Diplomatic Ap
preparation bill was agreed to.
The joint resolution for despatching
the Macedonian and James,oyn to re.
land with supplies ofprovfsions, was
passed.
The b II was passed for the construc.
lion OF four war steamers for the trans
'PortatIon of the mail from New York to
Liverpool.
The bill, as passed, providing for the
construction of four war steamers. appro
Eriates s 100000 for building four of
Inst clsss, and provides for the cOnstrl,c
zion OF twelve additional steamers, by in
dyidaal enterprise, for the transportation
-Ot the United States mail between New
York and Liverpool, New York and New
Orleans, Havana and Chagres, Panama
and Oregon.
TUu1zDAv March I NJ