The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
ERIDA.

FRIDAY, July IA.
In the Senate, the bill to establish brancl
mint in the city of New York, after mucf
debate, amendments, &c., was lost, 21 to 81.
The House disagreed to portion of the
amendments of the Senate to the Military
Bill, and Committee of Conference was APP
pointed.
SATURDAY, July IS.
In the Senate, several unimportant private
bills were passed. No other decisive action
upon any subject
In the House, ten thousand copies of the
proceedings Of the Chicago Convention and
the Report of the Committee on Commerce
were ordered printed. After an hour spent
in Committee, on the Civil and Diplomatic
bill, the House adjourned.
MONDAY July II.
In the Senate the Whitney RAILROAD bill
was taken up, but passed over until to.mor-
row. The Naval appropriation bill was then
taken up, and after many amendments had
been offered was laid aside.
A bill for the regulation of Pilots was re-
ported, and then the Senate went into Exec
utvc session, and soon after adjourned.
In the House resolution was adopted
calling on the President for information as to
how much money has been paid by Govern
ment to Gen. Cass and Gen. Taylor discrim-
mating between sums paid regularly and
those paid for extra services. Resolutions
were adopted giving to the State of Missouri
the cannon captured by Col Doniphan, and
instructng the Naval Committee to report a
plan for reducing the navy to the peace es-
tablishment.
Tuesday, July IS.
The Senate, last evening, as at first antici-
ratcd confirmed the nominations of Generals
Pillow, Quitman, Cushing and Price. So
they are Only commissioned as officers of the
u. S. Army for this day, the 18th of July,
and for Tomorrow the 10Th of July, and on
the goth, their commissions expire by virtue
of law, and they 90 out of service and cease
to draw pay, and even drop their epauletts
and uniforms.
The Committee of Conference on the disa |
grccing votes between the two Houses on the
bill for the retention of certain generals and |
other officers in the army, made q report to-
day, which met with the immediate approba-
ton of the House, and which will Of course
be concurrcd in by the Senate. They report
a bill which absolutely repeats all provisions
of law by which any of the Major Generals
or Bricadier Generals of the regular army,
or any of the additional majors quartcrmas-
tiers, surgeons, adjutant generals and assistants
of the regular army, were to 90 out Of the
service at the expiration of the war; but with
provso that no vacancies happening in any
of these offices shall be filled without the all-
thority of the law. So this matter is put at
rest.
WEDNESDAY,, July 10.
In the Senate yesterday, Jefferson Davis,
from the Committee Of Conference, reported
in favor of repeating the law Of 1S43, reduc-
ing the number of Generals in the army
The Senate agreed to the amendment to the
bill granting half pay to the widows and or
phans of soldiers killed in Me&ico.
After an extra session Mr.. CLAYTON from
the select committee, reported bill to cstab-
fish territorial Government in Oregon, New
Mexico, and California;, which was read twice
and mode the order Of the day for Friday
next. The bill leaves out the slave territory
question altogether. Mr.. Clayton said that
the committee adopted the bill with great una
nimity. Only two members dissenting, which
we're Mr. Clark, of Rhode Island and Mr..
Underwood, of Ky.
In the House the Conference Committee
reported in favor of repeating the law for the
reduction of the number of Generals, and IN
favor of allowing three months extra pay to
the officers.
The Speaker presented to the House pa
pcr, from the Commissioner of Patents, in
which he pronounced the charges preferred
against himself as false, and asked that his
communication might be referred to the Com
mittee on patents, and before which he might
be allowed to have hearing, &c. The whole
! oil 10 +ho Cow of n+optc !
who were authorised TO send for persons and
papers. The House then resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole on the state Of the
Union, and took up the civil and diplomatic
appropriation BILL Mr. Root of Ohio in the
Chair After an hours consideration of the
bill, the Committee arose, and the Chairman
announced the bill as amended and ready for
the action of the House. The House then
proceeded to the consideration of the bill as
amended, and without concluding the debate,
adjourned.
THURSDAY, July 20.
In the Senate, resolution providing that
the rules should be SO amended that the bust
ness left at each session should be taken up
in order at the next session, was laid over
The naval appropriation bill was taken up,
and an amendment authorizing the Secretary
to make advances to the mail steamers, was
discussed by Messrs. Niles, Anterior and
Yulee.
After further and lengthy debate by
Alessrs. Allen, Douglas, Calhoun, Hale, and
others, respecting the contracts to be made
with the steamers, and the merits of the sys-
TEN of union, the amendment was adopted.
The House of Representatives spent an
hour in deciding the question of order raised
yesterday by Mr.. Stewart of Michigan, with
regard to a vote of Mr.. Stephens, which re-
suited in the rejcction-by the casting vote
of the Speakcr-'of the item in the Civil APP