Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-04

hnuf made \ strong pff,.rt T., oct nm bI, hIII
tor the relief OF Iceland hut ths House r.
fused .'-tPspe 5ll.1
Thus. after a iornjgh,'s begging. befrre a
Loco Foco House Of R-np.eItsiiyes. which
a.w ys"r. fuse" m tst4ns tbe It'll. bile The
Moor victims Of famine were diving by ihou
sands the friends al Inc n-s.ur. turet their
eyes 10 the senate. Accordingly tie next
dsv. Feb. 26. le47. Mr.. C@1urnIrn. INhEl
ut Kentucky 'ntrndur,d tbr following bui.
which viii answer yUur second inquiry IN
tut.
- BILL 20 provide SOME relief for the suffer-
ing People of ir land aul So. land
BE il enGcttd. DC. Th4t thr President OF
tn United STATE, IT,. ami b. hereby j.. slth
orr Il to eausr ~ b. ur-Ha,-d such trVi-io1>
" he may deem suitable aul pro r-r. aut taI
tsuse the sam 70 oe transported anl tsuirfrd.
in tie name of H. Govern ueut ul ths Ualtri
States u that ot G ftat Britain Or tAs relief
OF the People Of lf isnd and Scotland. suiirr
ing from the great CALAMITY OF s%-drcl y and
famine.
See. 2. AUd 0cH further enacted. That The
sun OF tive hundred hcu-ui dollars To-, aud
the same l., h-rrbg appropriated out of any
money ia The Treasury mol otherwise oPPro-
pultcd to carry iu,a effect this act.
SEC. 3. AHd BIZ Il further enacted, That
the President ct The United States By. aud he
hereby is. authorized. al his discretion. 10 eul-
piay any Of ihe ships OF the United States t9r
the transportation OF provisions 10 be pur-
chased a. aforesaid"
Thi bill j. nearly wori Cor word the same
as the bill passed in 1912 Tor the relief at he
people # Caaccas. and signed, a. last aud
constitutional. by he Pnsid .nt.J1MEs Mani
,os. Nh. Crittrnden advocated itiu an able
speech. ss did Mr.. J. NJ. CLAYTON Wing ot
Delaware. II was supported also b. Alr.
Cas-, in q speech OF some irngth. promising It
his hrarty support. Mr.. Niles Loco Futrl
aud Mr.. Bagby loco Flca NOW mi1Istrr Ia
Russia both opposed IL. Congressional Giobt'
Pr. alp, 5l3. 5i4 The BIZ Was read d first
aud seconi time, ard then Iail aside to be
taken up The next day. Was very much IN
terested IN the tate OIL the bill, anI Wds glad
to nove Mr.. Coss supper, it,. as | supposed j.
would s cure Is passage through the HOUSE,
where his %politicI, friends bal d large MAORI
ty.
Saturday ttb. 27.-Early in the day, Mr.
C,ittenden moved 10 take up lhe IRISH K iri
bill. This was considered. as il was alter
wards proved To be, the taming puiat in the
destiny uf the bill. Congress Vas to adjourn
on the Wrdn-s lay following. We iclt that
it we C ,uid only get II through he S Hate AMI
/ DCibTt tiIt IL iliSr OH y ilNIttdN. WI SlDll ! car
rs il through. II Il was not brought before
the House i'll Monday. wr irlt IN II the enc
mics OF he bill would succrti IN rutliag #
oil ACTON ali lht adjournment, and thus Xii
It By trick ~.
MIR. Sewer. (Loc1.) of Arkansas. called for
thr Yeas a.l Neys Oh Mr.. Crtlruipn's M.
ton T. take up the Irish R.lirl bill, ana the
votes thereon were as iosIons:
i.As--Mrs,rs. Badger. Bruien. Thomas
Clayton, }. NJ. Clayton, Criite ndrn, E,aus.
Greene, Huntingdon, JdrnaAin. J lh1s ~. ut
Maryland. johnson, ct L0ui,iani, Maugan.
Miller, Summons, Uphan, Webster. Nest-
colt, aud Wooabrldse-lS, {Aii Wing, bai
Westcott.)
NAys-Aessrs. Ashley, Atehi,oa, b gb,.
Breese, Benton, Bu5it. B Tier, Calhoun
Cameron. Chalmers, Dnlon, Dickinson. DIX.
Fortified, Hlaslua, Mason. NiieS. 4 ISIS.
Sewer, S'uie, Stur-epn. Tuu-3 ant Yalre-
70. Every ode o. them Lncutacos bat Day
ton) (Cougressi nal dt5pe, pay $50
Tue lrl>h bill thus LATED, aut hr S-uale
proceeded Ia the eonsid ration Of The Thee
Million Bill Thu three mi lions. NJ uuier
stand, were 10 hnbe StIto Anna. iar IRISH
Reliei Bill Was oal. latl a %aliiiol. aui to
save thousands from grases Of laminr. The
'iehds OF Ireland eou>tlr ed the R4lei Bill
The more Important one l. cotpcaisin thought
dliicrrnilt. The lrlsl btt, II Is thu, Was
taken np late that evening and pa 5 dali
The hlgs Bat Archer voting tor it. osuij Mr..
Cass also; twelve ct has political friends vot-
lag against Il. Its passage, however. 80 lale
ia the evening, kept II iron any action ia thr
II us uutl NJ uday. March /. cam. and Tie
friends OF thu lash blt were on hand, deter
mined 10 Struggle Tor IL to Tire last. II was
Understood thdt'Mr. Polk had threatened To
vetolt. 4 passed. 4 lcadin- D.morret OF TIE
House told me that h. htaut he President
declare 50. 1t WAS SAID. TOO. that the pliiti-
cal ilends OF Mir. Cas- held d caucus oc con-
suitdtlon needing on Sunday To- see what
means could BE- taken TO prevent this bill pas
sing to save Irish lneu from starvation. As
soon ss al opportunity Offered on Monday.
Mir. Washington Hunt asked Tor he iinnedi-
ate consideration of the bill. One OF Ms.
Cas,'s political friends, &. W. Jones'. o.. Ten
ncssre, moveu To 10y il on thu Ia bic. This
WAS understood to b. what the Laculoco anti
Irish relief caucus. on SUNDAY. had delernin-
ed on. THIS was he trs, vote ol the House.
II was lost-ieds IS To Navs 10. The WhiAs
generally voting to save the bili-,he Loco
locos to Kill il. 1t was thegeupon referred Ia |
the Con mitlee OF Ways aud Means. and Was
n yer seen aftrrward. Thtt committee was
13titpbsrU Oi ciA UlrlNs bl zen. IdSs, anu Z
three Whiss. as follow:
Uhigs-J. K. lnger.oll, K. c. Winthrop.
J. F. Viaton
Locos-Mckay, Dromgoole. Hungerlord.
c. s. Huston. Norris ami Sab IN Jones.
The three Wings urged. bath ia The HOUSE
andin Committee. thai The bill should b. tax.
en- up, and they pr1tes 81 against ne unnan.
" act OF smothtring it in Cummiuee. The
SIX friends OF Geu. Cas-. however. refused 10