New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-06
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
-. ,,,t Night Of the Sess!on-The Terrific
rial struggle.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WAsHiSGroS. Sunday, March 4.

4 los which should leave them open - the IN
| IA. NJ Slavery is signsily deieated-the Senate
| Ia. been fairly driven from its unconsttuiionsl
,,,sod Of dctation so haughtily sssOmed-and at
! ? o'clock this morning the XXI Congress dis
.oyed. having failed 20 pass any bill for the organ
,x.,ion OF the New Territories, and having passed
the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill en-
,;,ely clean Of any provision on the subject The
go..e bill extending the T. s. Revenue Laws to
California " as finally passed by the Senate and
with the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bil)
.yped BY the President, that all necessity Of
an Extra Session is II trust happily averted. The
ooestion Of Slavery in the Territories goes over
&. adjourned but not, like this Congress, without
l., Il will come up among the first and most
:. ortant business Of the next Congress at It's
80. 'sssion. and am confident will then be salts
t,e,orh adjusted. Slavery can never again be so
tn, a. it was last week, in the eddy between
=, sxp;rir & and sn incoming Administration. On
,hc "a hole. then, considering how much worse we
LIT have done-wefe almost sure 10 do when
,he pouse me last evening" think we have had
=. GOOD deliver ance. ] would not for much have
,bs question back where II stood one day since
Tho chances wore az least ten 10 one last evening
,hs, the Walker amendment OF the Senate would
10 this hour be 'he law ofthc land, aud our escape
from II is almost IN rsculousa striking instance OF
the truth that strength and skill aud wisdom may
al no counteryailed and cOniounded IN moment
\. chance or more correctly Providence. Let
-. ondesvor 10 sketch as accurately as my aching
he.a and weary frame will permit the scenes and
incidents Of last night in the House Will speak
Ill, q, the Great Question leaving all beside for
a future letter
Tho Uoose met after recesx at -the seats soon
sllsd the lobbes and galleries denscy crowded.
II was soon known that the Joint Committee o.
Conference on the Civil and Diplomatic APpro-
uristion Bill had failed to agree and as soon as
the other important bills hnd been disposed OF,
report y as made to that effect. In point OF fact
the Committee had compromised all the numerous
engagements Of the two Houses except that on
the Senate $ interpolation OF the Walker organ
cation of Calilornia--that was insisted on by the
Senate $ Committee and repudlated by that OF the
House and all attempts TO find some medium
cround were ffuitless. II regret To say that, by
the course things finally took, ibe House was
broaeh, 10 recede from all its anne ndDents except
that rejecting the Walker addition 10 the bill, so
the Senate. aud not as the Joint COMMITTEE agreed
10 modify them-which throws several heavy and
in the House judgment needless and prodisal
items of extra expenditure upon the Treasury
This should have been otherwise, but believe
the rules made 10 imperative. The technical
shape being that the Senate insisted while the
House receded. the effect was above stated
The subject being thus before the House, the
motion first in order of the multitude made by the
Members all at ouce struggling IN wild tomult Tor
the floor was that proposing that the House recedc
f,oo, ;,s d;sa,reement with the Senate, lopenng
the question TO farther amendment j and this mo
ton prevailed by Yeas III, Nays LOG. Pennsyl-
yania and Maine voted strongly in the majority, as
the Yeas and Nays will show. Mr. Murphy OF n
Y. and las UNDERSTOOD Mr.. CidPP oil Name
changed from the negative to the affirm alive alter
the vote had been taken, that the vote originally
stood-Yeas 100, Nays 1888 the House decided
to recede, aud the proposition was now open 10
amendment
A vehement yell of "Mr. Speaker rose from
the scores who jumped on the instant Tor the hoof
The Speaker gave it to Mr.. MoREHEAD OF ny who
briefly spoke of the absolute necessity OF some al
iustment of this difference, and his anxious desire
IN settle il ON terms honorable aud Just to all par
ties. He trusted he should be able to propose an
amendment, to the Senate proposition which would
render it acceptable to the majority OF the House.
and tha, direct vote would be taken thereon
He moved that the words "West oil ''e mo
Grande" should be stricken out OF the Senate $
amendment and proviso added to 1t that nothing
herein contained should be construed as affecting
in any way the question OF the Boundary oil Iexas'
The effect of this was to organize all the Terri
tory ACQUIRED from Mexico, be the same more or
less. and leave all questions OF Boundary 10 DC aa'
iusted hereafter1 He concluded by moving the
Previous Question The question on seoondins
was taken by Tellers. and 1t was carried (the
South again triumphanp by l05 to lO'
And now the question was raised on the eiect
of the Previous Question Mr. CoBB OF Ga and
bis side contended tina, il applied TO agreeing T'th
ne Senate as well as to the amendment proposed
bv Mr.. NoRypE.D. The Chair ruled Otherwise
that IL was competent for Mr.. NJ to have moved
10 amend sud agree to the Senate $ proposition as
amended and to call the Previous Question on
the double motion, but in point OF TACT he hau NOT
done So, aud the simple Previous Question spphe"
only TO the amendment Mr.. CoRs appealed but
the appeal vas not pressed to vo'e-Mr' Moih'
HEAD, on being appealed TO- stating that he Ger
tainly .ateaded his motion to have the elect oil
ordering the Main Question on agreeing with the
senate's proposition amended, hut he would
not Tor did notl say that he had made the motion
in that form. So the appeal from the Speaker
though good deal talked about, was not pressed
The question on ordering. the Maia Question
was taken by Yeas aud Nays, and the Ayes had
m-Yeas 10, Nays l0i-the South sun conquer
ing The question was now taken on Mr. More
had. amendment. which was earried-less lso
Nays 90
Here the effect Of the Previous Question was
exhausted, and the Wild rush OF hall The Rouse
for the noor-,he universal yell Of" Mr.. Speaker
was renewed The Chair gave the floor to MI
r. w. THOMPSON OF la. (who had voted win inc
South thus far,) and who, cvincing much emotion
proceeded to make speech much like Mr. More
head $, and To move an amendment, which ~s'
Substantially Mr.. Websters submitted to and neg