The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-23


American citizens was taken up and after several
motions was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Mr.. Cobb moved an adjournment, as so much
confusion prevailed that it was Impossible TO DO any
business Lost.
On motion of Mr.. Rockwell, of Connecticut, the
House went into committee of the whole, and TOOK
up Senate bills on the private calendar, ngihDer
oil which were considered, reported to the HOUSE,
anc passed; among them the bill to pay hCilaru
NJ johnson for the buildings erected for the Choc-
taw Academ
A resolution was introduced to make with the
Union and lntelligencer the same arrangement IN
regard TO reporting, which has already been agreed
to by the Senate-but the House refused to suspend
the rules TO consider the same
The report of the Conference Committee on the
Army Appropriation Bill concurred in, and
then the House. at about O'Clock, A. M adjourned
| TO 10, A NJ, on Monday morning.
SUNDAY, Aug. 1876 A. M.-SenGte.-Mr. West
| colt proceeded, and gave way to a motion by Mr.
| Lewis to adjourn. LOST to u.
| Mr. Westcott therefore continued his remarks.
If this bill passed to-day, with the restriction
of slavery in it, he said, it would not be met with
| the Executive veto.
| Mr. Foote moved an adjournment, twenty min
| utes past g. but the motion was decided III the
! negative-l0 to 26.
Mr. Yulee suggested that they might now as we'll
| proceed to vote on the subject
! The debate was further continued by Messrs.
| Atchison, Dickinson, Fitzgerald, Calhoun, Man
| gum Douglas, Downs, Butler, Jefferson Davis,
| Miles, Foote, WestcOtt and Walker.
The question was then taken on receding from
! the several amendments, and 1t was decided IN the
Affirmative So the bill has passed both Houses,
without the Missouri Compromise, and Nth the
! ''WilmOt ProvsO
The test vote was on receding from the amend
| ment by which the Missouri Compromise had been
| inserted and was as follows:
| AYEs.-Messrs. Allen, Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury.
BreeSe, Bright Cameron, Clarke Gown Days OF Massa-
Ghuet Dayton Dickinson Dix Douglass Dodge o FsGR'
Miller Miles, Phelps Spruance' Upham' Walker ana "eO-
| NAYs-AIessrs Achson Badger, Bell Berren, Borand,
Butler Calhoun Davis Of Mississippi Downs FOote Hun
| OF Georgia, Lewis Mangum. Mason Metcalfe; Pearce'
Rusk Sebastian, Turney, Underwood WestcOtt uee-z0'
| On motion of Mr.. Dickinson bill granting a.
pension to Richard Reynolds, poor blind man,
who had lost his eyes in the service OF his country
| was taken up, as MIR. d. said, TO give Senators an
| opportunity to do some good on the Sabbath day,
| and passed unanimously.
| Then at twenty minutes to 10, the Senate ad-
| iourned to o'clock tomorrow morning.
Passage of the Oregon Bill with the Wilmot Pro-
| viso and Adjournment of the Senate sine die.
WASHINGTON, Aug 4.-Senate.LMr Benton
called for the consideration fthe resolution, which
suspends for to-day the rule which prevents bills,
passed during the last three days of the. session.
from being sent to the President on the last day
| thereof-a resolution which presented by Mr.
Mr.. Westcott offered amendment to strike out
| all after the word "That," and insert a resolution
resembling the joint resolution providing for an adj
jOurnment to-day at II o'clock.
The amendment of Mr.. Westcott was declared
TO be out of order, as not german to the suDJecG
matter of the original resolution
Mr.. Turney obtained the floor and was proceed
ing to refer, at some length, and somewhat IN de-
tail, to the events of last night, and the acuoh Oh
the two Houses on the slavery question: when he
was called TO order by Mr. Benton, as not speaking
to the resolution.
The Chair decided Mr.. Turney to be in order,
and he proceeded.
| Mr. Calhoun, after recapitulatng the events Of
the night, and the action Of the two Houses on
this measure and on the Compromise bill, declared
that he conceived it be his duty TO resist to the
last moment. The South had never hall done It's
duty. This was the first time that the WIlmot
ProvsO had ever been attempted to be carried INTO
effect and il was their duty resist at the thresh-
hold He moved to ercept from the operation OF
the resolution the Oregon Bill and on this mo-
ton demanded the yeas and nays.
| Mr.. Benton here moved to lay the Senate resOlu-
ton on the table, and take up one from the House,
TO The same effect which had been passed this morn
ing and had Just been received by the Senate.
The motion prevailed, and Mr. Calhoun then
moved his amendment also to this resolution, and
| demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered,
and resulted ayes 20, nays 81. So the amendment
was rejected
Mr. Foote rose, with a view simply to state that
though it had been supposed that it was the object,
| of Southern Senators to defeat the measure, by
holding out till the hour Of adjournment, this was
a mistake and he was authorized in behalf OF
Southern Senators, to say that they were ready to
yield and take the vote. This was about IL
O'clock
The question was then taken on concurring in
the resolution of the House, and decided in the al
iirmative, without division
8 T'The presiding officers of the two Houses mme~
diaeIy signed the BILL and it received also the sig
nature OF the President In returning 1t to the
House where it originated with his signature, MS
$ private Secretary delivered also his message IN
- writing understood to be a protest against the
2 clause in the bill which contains the Wllmot pro-
visO, and At a subsequent stage OF the proceedings,
the Speaker Of the House stated to that body that
an important message from the fresideht was iyllS
on the table but the House would not suspend the
business then Immediately under considerations
4 being then 20 minutes TO Ito receive the same
: And so this message was not read in the House,
though as TO its character, what have stated, L
e have no doubt may be relied upon.l
Mr. Davis of Massachusetts, from the Committee
e on Commerce, reported the River and HarbOr bill
e from the House, and that committee was discharged
from the further consideration of other business be-
l. fore it.
r Several other committees were also so discharged
Bills for the relief of William Hogan-for the re-
lief of William de la Francia-fOr the relief Of
VIM TAYLOR relative TO location of military land
warrants-for the relief of J. E. Degrassy-were
passed
! The Joint resolution from the House, providing
for the taking up of the business at the next session
in the order in which it has been left unfinished,
] was taken up, on motion of Mr.. Webster, and
agreed to.
A resolution from the House for the appointment
of committee to wait on the President, was con-
! CURED in.
Amendments of the House to several bills, not yet
finally acted on by the Senate, were concurred in.
, On motion of Mr.. Mangum, the resolution to pay
q the Secretary of the Senate $500 extra cOmpensa-
ton, was taken up, and after amendment by Messrs
Cameron, Benton, Hale, Hannegan and Iulee, so
as to include several other persons, connected with
the capitol, for various sums was agreed 10.
Mr. Butler-it being now about half-past Il
4 moved to go into Executive session, and Mr.. Hap
negan offered resolution providing for the sitting
, of the Joint COMMITTEES on Printing and other mat
:. lers conneced lhereMIlh Mhch be said u was I'M