Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-15

attack which had been made upon him BY H..
Senator and his too sceonds-( alIudiug 10 -.
two Senators who had seconded his mo,o,
He required indemnify.
Mr.. Mason ieIt bound to appeal from the d..
cision of the Chair, and the question on So.
tanning that decision was decided in The afFrma
tive-36lo III.
The consideration of the Oregon bill wa,
then resumed, and
The debate was continued by Messrs. Hou,
ton, Foote, Butler, Breese, Benton, Bell Bad.
ger, Metcalfe, Atchson, Wescott and Others
Mr.. Westcott had the floor at 6 o'clock, A. n
on Sunday, when this report was sent 10 The
post office.
SUNDAY, August 18th, CA. NJ.
Mr. Westcott proceeded. and gave way 10
motion by Mr.. Lewis 10 adjourn. Lost--9 10
81.
Mr.. Westcott therefore continued his Re.
marks. lfthis bill were passed 10 day, with lie
restriction of Slavery in il, he said it would no,
be met with the Executive Veto.
Mr.. Foote moved an adjournment, 100 mi.
nutes past g. but the motion was decided mite
negative-l0 to &c.
Mr.. Yulee suggested that they might nov IS
well proceed to vote on the subject.
Mr.. Underwood concurred in the suggestion.
They had done all in their power l.. hal
sat up some eight or ten nights during thes;r,e
he was member of the House, but never hid
he seen such scene as he had witnessed i. =
during the past night. He hoped TIE pr,c,,ce
would be abandoned, as nogcod had ever come
from it, and that they would amend their rule.
so as 10 put it out of the power of any member
TO defeat or delay the wishes Of the majority.
The debate was further continnet hy Mtss,s
A'chison, Dickinson, Fitzgerald, Calhoun. Man.
gum,i Douglass, Downs, Butler, Jefferson DAYS
Miles,, Fooie, Wes'cou and Walker IA ui!
sketch CT he remarks OF each Of the speak /,
has oeen furnished US by our reporter, bu, re
crowded stale Of our columns compe,s Us 10 on,
them
The question was then taken on recelne f,pn
the several amendments, and il was decided in the
Affirmative. So The bill has passed both House,
without the "Missouri Compromis.," and mi
the "Wmot Ployiso."
The test vote was on receding irCm The amepi
ment by which the Missouri Compromise had
been inserted, and was as follows:
AYEs-Mess. Allen, Baldwin, Benton, BFadba.
ry, BIeese, Bright Cameron, Clarke, corVn,
Davis, OF Massachusetts, DAYTON, Dickinson
Dix, Douglass, Dodge, FeIch, fitzgerald, Gipen
Hale, Hamin, flanagan, Houston, Miller
Niles, Phelps, sPruance, Upham, Walker, W..
S,er-29.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell Berr.
en-, Borland, Butler, Calhoun, Davis of Mis>i,.
sipp Downs, Fooie, Hunter, Johnson oil Nc
Johnson OF La, Johnson OF Ga, Lewis, Mangun
Mason, MeIcalfe, Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, TuE
ney Underwood, Wescolt, fulee-25
On motion of Mr.. Dickinson, bill granting
pension TO Richard Reynolds, poor blind man
who had lost his eyes in the service of his c,ug.
Dor IN Oil sem in
an opportunity to do some good on The Sabbah
day, and passed unanimously.
So the Bill stands passed in the exact form IN
which il came from the House. Mes>rs. Alher.
ton and King did not vote, they having paired II.
Then, al 20 minutes 10 10, the Senate adjourn.
ed 10 9 o'clock Tomorrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. G. J. Ingersoll moved Joint Resolu;ior,
upon which he said he would not ask Tor actin
al present, but simply move its reference 10 he
Committee on Foreign Relations, preparatory
acting on il early next session, rendering he tca.
gralulations OF Congress TO the German Conf
dera'on, lately founded on the great principes
OF The sovereignty OF the people. II was 50 <.
ferred
The House took a recess 10 halfpast 5.
HALF PAST 5, P. NJ.
MIR. McLane moved to reconsider the voc by
which the Senate bill was rejected, granting
the right Of way and donations of land to lie
State Of Illinois for railroad from Cairo 10
Chicago. Mr.. Mel. supported this motion IN
q series Of remarks. The motion was rejected
The bill from the Senate, acted upon last
night to carry into effect certain stipulaons Of
the treaty with Mexico, Chose in relation 10
the claims of American citizens,) was taken
up, and, after several motions, was referred 10
the committee on Foreign Relations
Mr.. Cobb moved an adjournment, as SO much
confusion prevailed, that it was impossible 10 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.
= number Of which were considered, repor,et 10
the House, and passed-among them the billslo
pay Richard NJ. johnson for the buildings
erected for the Choctaw Academy.
A resolution was introduced TO make with
the '.Union" and "Intelligencer'' the same ar.
rangement in regard to reporting, which has al
ready been agreed TO by the Senate but tic
House refused TO suspend the rules 10 consider
the same.
The Report Of the Conference Committee on
the Army Appropriation Bill was concurred 10,
and then the House, at about o'clock, P. VI
adjourned to 10. A. NJ, on Monday morning
THE NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS FOR
CASS.-Some of the Wing papers having re.
ported that "lhe brave New York volunteers were
all Tor Taylor" one OF them gives The following
statement OF their political sentiments TO The Penn.
Sylyanian: