Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-18

1.-THE presiding officers of The two Houses im
medaely signed The bill, and II received also inc
signature of The President In returning II TO the
House where il originated, with his signature
his nriyaie Secretary delivered also message in
wiring. understood 10 be PROBES! against tha
clause in the till which contains The Wilmo
Proyiso and al a subsequent stage OF the proceed
ings, The Speaker OF the House stated 10 tha
body thai an important message from the Pfesi
dent was lying on The table, but the House Woulc
not suspend The business then Immediately unoel
consideration being then 90 minutes 10 IL
to receive the same. And so this message Wa'
moi read in the House, though as TO lis character
what have stated, have no doubt may be Ieliet
upon.l
Mr.. Davis, OF Massachusetts, from the Com
mtlee on Commerce, reported the River ana hat
Dor bill from the House, and that Committee wa'
discharged from the further consideration Of o'he
business before il. =.
Saver,i olher committees were also SO dis
charged. ,,,.,..r Y. .t,
r.,ist NJ william de la Francia-tor the relief o
WIN Triplel-relative to location OF military
land warrants,-ior The relief Of J. f. DeGrassy
were passed.
The Joint resolution from the House, providing
for The taking up Of The business al The next ses'
sion in the order in which il has been left unfin'
ished, was taken up, on motion oil Mr.. Webster
aud agreed 10.
A resolution from The House Tor the appoint
menl OF committee TO wal, on the President
was concurred in.
Amendments OF The House 10 several bills, moi
yet finally acled on by the Senate, were CONQUERED
in.
On motion of Mr.. Mangur, the resolution &c
pay the Secretary of The Senate $500 extra com
pensation, was taken up, and after amendment, by
Messrs Cameron, Benton, Hale, flanagan, and
Yulee, So as to include several other persons
connected with the capitol, Tor various sums, Wa;
agreed 10.
Mr.. BulIer-it now being about halfpast l.
moved 10 go into Executive session, and Mr.
flanagan offered resolution providing tor the
sitting Of The Joint Committee on Printing and
other matters connected there with, which he said
il was important to have acted upon, if they de.
sired anything TO be done in that line during the
recess-whith last, by consent, The Senate pro-
ceeded to consider while The Sergeant at-Arms
was clearing the galleries for an executive ses-
sion, Mr.. Buffers motion having been agreed 10.
Mr.. Benton moved to lay Mr.. Hannegan's re-
solution On the table, but The question had mol
been taken, when The galleries, al 20 minutes 10
IL, had been cleared, and the doors closed for an
When doors were again opened, the Senate ad.
iourned sine dc.
RI understand that, among the nominations con.
firmed, is ina, OF General Shields as Governor Of
Oregon.
The House met al 10 o'clock, as usual, but no
business OF any importance was transacted, the
two remaining hours OF The present session OF
Congress having been chiefly occupied in the
signing Of bills By The Speaker receiving MESA.
ges from The Senate, and in voting on suspending
The rules 10 receive sundry resoulions-these mo.
lions being in almost every case determined in
The negative.
Among these was resolution 10 pay the Ma
lional lnlelligencer "for its reports during The
present session." which the House refused 10 sus-
pend The rules 10 receive.
The committee on public expenditures made a
report on the message OF the President commu-
nicaling The Information called for by The resolu-
lion in reference TO extra pay 10 Gems Cass and
Taylor.
A resolution, authorizing The committee on
printing to sill in the recess, similar 10 that offered
10 the Senate, was offered, and The rules suspend
ed 10 consider the same The question then be-
inc on adopting The resolution The yeas aud nays
were ordered.
(The speaker said that there was an important
message from The President lying on The table,
oul The reading Of il was objected lo.)
The Clerk then commenced calling the roll on
he question OF agreeing 10 The resolution relative
o printing-not fifteen minutes OF the session re-
and before he had concluded, The
Speaker rose and said that the two Houses hay-
ns passed join. resolution directing the PIesi
lent of The Senate and Speaker oil the House 10
adjourn their respective Houses al 10 o'clock
meridian on This day, in pursuance Of that reso.
Adjourned sine dir.
mo public measure which had passed both
Houses, butte which amendments had been made
md were pending before Conference Committees,
" Otherwise, has been losi, | believe. The re-
ports OF all Conference Committees have been
,oncurrcd in, or where there had been none ap..
pine ed, enc the other house, as The case might
&c, lad reccded. A large amount OF business,
however, remains unfinished, 10 be taken in or
Ter al The next session.