The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-02-20

aylor was passed oy informally.
The army bill was then taken up, the ques.
ton being on its passage.
The bill was passed, yeas 80, NAYS 3, Cor
win, Davis and CilleyO and returned to the
House.
In the House of Representatives, the unfn-
ished business of Saturday evening wascailed
for, being the call for such parts Of ths "
pondence of General Taylor 4 49,
,ration should not deem dstflusntai 70 the
public interest. An amendment was pending
calling for the correspondence, when Mr..
Burt moved to lay the whole subject upon the
table, which motion was lost by yeas and nays,
1875 to %.
| Mr.. Ashman's amendment calling for all the
correspondence in relation to the admission oil
Santa Anna, and the reported or written con.
ferences of the President with Government
agents employed to hold communication with
Santa Anna, was then rejected by a party vote
yeas rs, nays SO.
! So the House perseveringly refuse to lay be.
| fore thelPublic the facts connected with the
admission of Santa Anna.
The next vote was upon the resolution Of
Mr.. Thompson, and it was agreed to-yeas l0l
nays r.
The special order sof this day was the bill
appropriating three millions of dollars for set
Ting our grievances with Mexico.
Mr.. Mckay asked that the special order
should be postponed until next Monday.
The motion to postpone the special order
was agreed 10 by vote of 81 to SO
Mr.. Chapman, of Alabama, offered two re-
solutions, the one complaining that the Alaba-
ma regiment was kept upon the Rio Grande
and not permitted to participate with the other
troops in the fight.
The second resolution was complaint a
gainst General Shields for deposing Lieut..
Duff of the Illinois regiment.
Mr.. Chapman urged the passage Of the reso-
lutions, and Mr.. Douglass objected to them
They were finally passed, but subsequently re-
considered and laid on the table.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2.
In the Senate, the Secretary of War sent in
a communication containing returns of the
number of militia IN the several States, with
other matters relating to the States military
establishments. 1t was ordered to be printed
On motion, the resolution of thanks to Gen
! Taylor, HE officers end men, was taken up,
read once and laid over.
The 100000 bill being in order, was taken
up and debated. Mr.. Sewer led off in a
speech in favor of the bill - he thought it
should be passed at once ana incidentally took
occasion to defend the A administration and its
policy.
Mr.. Miller continued the debate on he other
side of the house, and replied at length to the
points of Mr.. SIS speech.
When Mr., Miller had concluded, the floor
was successfully taken by several Senators,
who made speeches, and before the debate
closed the Senate adjourned.
The debate was suspended on this bill, and
the West Point Military cademy bill from the
other House was taken up and considered, but
finally laid aside without any action upon it,
The House of Representatives went into
Committee of the Whole on the civil and d.
plomatic appropriation bill
Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois, took the floor,
and made an energetic speech. He defended
his vote on the proposition to tax tea and cof-
fee, when it was previously before the House.
He read the Democracy a severe lecture on
their inconsistency IN always preaching against
such odious taxes, and now proposing to lay
them. He went into the lives of some of the
leaders, and accused them of having changed.
He brought similar charge against the party.
To entertain so monstrous proposition at this
or any other time, was, in his opinion, evidence
Of their changing. In short, Mr.. w. denounc-
ed the proposal as Wing measure out and
out. and insisted that the Democracy should
reject it at once as totally at variance with
their principles to tax the necessaries or luxu-
ries of the poor.
Mr.. A ndrew Johnson, of Tennessee, follow
ed, and made a speech pretty much in the
Wentworth strain.
Mr.. Dclano, of Ohio, took the floor and de-
the Administration in unmeasured
terms. He conceded with the gentleman who
had preceded him, in their views OF the course
Of the administration, and spoke of the glazing
between the past professions OF
It's members, and their present course of con-
1uct, in RELATION to taxing Tea and Coffee.
The Tennessee stump speeches of Mr.. Polk
we're not forgotten, in these ordinations OF
he administration, by members Of its own
party in the House.
The Diplomatic Bill was then laid aside.
The West Point Bill was taken up as engros-
Ied, reed third time and passed.
INSANE ASsYLUN.-Tae Senate Of Lou siana
las passed to its third reading bill TO establish