Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-08-18

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Inc oregon territorial bill. with tho
nents OF the Senate, was then taken ne amend.
the question being on concurrino :" p and
mIendments, the question was taken \" sa sneSe a.
ly on each. e" separate.
That giving the veto power to ,h.
was non-concurred in, 90, to los governor
That inserting the Missouri comm.
non. concurred in, 81 to 121. F'0nllseWas
That IN regard to the mileage Of u.
gates, was also non-concurred in vie Dele
LSo the Senate must recede. or o
OF conference must be appointed Or ttHbmnrlltee
A message was received from,b.p
communicating the information caH. fesldent,
resolution OF the House, in regard NJ ior bya
pay OF Gems Taylor and Cass ,Ut sne extra
laid on the table and ordered 70 h. inch was
Mr.. Stephens moved to recons;d! p', nv
ordering inc message 10 be printed, with woe tOle
to refer the same TO the Committee on EnIe@
Expenditures. 0n Public
The vote was reconsidered, 81 TO o.
on the question OF reference, withon, n,;,. and
Mr.. McLane said he should vote in tTb,, n
native, and he was grat6ed to have tH. Snf'
Portunlty to extrlcate himself from all no.' W
patton in movement so disgracefnl t -
House, by leaving the whole affair Inc
hands of those on the other side, !" As
The reference was SO ordered acco,d.,.
The River and Harbor Bill was then ,sG
up, the question being on its pas.aos " %teH
was, by yeas and nays, decided in the ,f Sn'ca
tive, 1l8 to e.. Nrna'
A resolution was adopted, re,tr;c,;,. j,
speeches Of all members 10 ten minn,o" !ae
the remainder of the session, 80 to ~ uu''hs
The House then took I'D the ANN
priation bill and passed with some ameDd Hppso'
The House was then engaged for .a"a"S;
hours in debate on the bill from the S aaasI
granting alternate sections of the public laaS.
to aid in the constructing of The KaIama1 oo
(Michigan) Railroad, in the course Of wh;oT
the subject of internal Improvements and ok
er questions connected with the next preside
cy, were again discussed, and the claims snj
qualifications of the candidates for that h;sb
Office now in the field, Were canvassed WIKI
considerable ability, and no little acerbitv y;
feeling. The bill was passed, but the vote 70
considered, and after several motions was {.
nally laid on the table, sc 10 II.
At about 10 o'clock adjourned.
SATURDAY, Aug IL
The Senate was in session con,nuon.,,
from o o'clock, A. NJ, to-day, SATURDAY
to 10 A. NJ, on Sunday-24 hours! II va.
engaged during the whole OF this long session
in the discussion OF the slavery question. as
connected with the organization Of territorial
government in Oregon. On Friday the House
refused 10 concur in the amendmen, of the s..
nate incorporating the Missouri compromise in.
to the bill, & it was returned on this day TO ,be
Senate, with the Wilmot Proviso, and with.
out the Missouri compromise. The whole
debate turned upon whether the Senate wout
recede from its amendments and pass the bin
as it came originally from the House. nun.
Der of the Southern Senators determined 10
talk the bill to death-that is. TO talk until tn,
session would expire on Monday at ~ O'Clock
They were persuaded from this, however, snc
after stormy session of "a hours, as state
above, the bill was finally passedsas.it cam
from the House, at 10 O'Clock, on Sunda
morning, with the " Wilmot Proviso' in
and without the Missouri Compromise" y
The test vote was on receding from the amend
ment by which the Missouri Compromise ha
been inserted, and was as follows:
! Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Baldwin, Benton
Bradbury, Breeze, Bright, Cameron, Clarke
Corwin, Davis, OF Massachusetts, Daytor
Dickinson, Dix, Douglass, Dodge, Fetch, Fitz
gerald, Green. Hale, Hamln, Hannegan, Hous
ton, Miller, Niles, Phelps, Spruance, UPhar
Walker, Webster-29.
Nays-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Ber
rien, Borland, Butler, Calhoun, Davis Of Mis-
sisslppi, Downs, Foote Hunter. johnson o
Md, johnson of La, johnson of Ga, Lewis
Margum, Mason, Metcafe, Pearce, Rusk, Sc
bastian, Turney, Underwood, Westcou, Yu
.ee-25.
In the House, Mr. C ]. Inger<oI moved
joint resolution, upon which he said he wouI
not ask for action AT present, but simply NOV
its reference 10 the committee on foreign reIa
tons, preparatory TO acting on il early nel
session, rendering the congratulations OF Con
gress 10 the German Confederation, lately four
ded on the great principles of the sovereign
OF the people. 1t was so referrcGs
MIR. Fries presented communication fror
Medille, commissioner of Indian affairs, in re
ply to speech of Mr.. Clingman. chargn
. corruption on the bureau of which Mr.. NJ
the head, the character of which was Tegarde
by portion of the members as dsrespectfu
, 1t was finally Withdrawn by Mr.. F.
Some general business was transacted-nC
important-and the reports of two or thre
committees of conference were made and con
CURED in, as noticed in the proceedings Of th
Senate.
Mr.. McLane moved TO reconsider the vol
D by which the Senate bill was rejected, gram
ing the right of way and donations OF land
the State of Illinois for a rail road from Cali
to Chicago. Mr.. Mel. supported this motto
e in series of remarks. The motion was II
8 jected.
The bill from the Senate, acted upon la
night, to carry into effect certain stipulation
s of the treaty with Mexico, Chose in reaho
4 to the claims of American citizens,) was take
y up, and after several motor was referred
the committee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Cobb moved an adjournment, as
. much confusion prevailed that it was mposs
BILE to do any business Lost.
On motion of Mr.. Rockwell, OF Conn, III
House went into committee of the whole, an
D took up Senate bills on the private calenda
9 number of which were considered, repO'te
. to the House, and passed among them 10
r bill to pay Richard NJ Johnson for the buIl
ings erected for the Choctaw Academy :,
| A resolution was introduced to make VII
the Union" and InteIligencer" the San
arrangement in regard to reporting which d d
already been agreed TO by the Senate-bul. in
House refused to suspend the rules 10 cOnsIue
the same.
The report of the conference committee; {
the army appropriation bill was cOncurTea j
! and then the House, at about o'clock, a.
adjourned to 10, a. M, on Monday morning
MONDAY, Aug. a.
LAST DAY!
! The Senate met this morning at 9 O'CLOCK
, and an attempt was made by the SoutheI
. sS5...a.a To defeat the 0reron hill Roth Hol