The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-30

lief OF William De Buys late postmaster at New Orleans
reported back the same without amendment and with
recommendation that the bill do not pass
| Mr.. fULEE from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to
whom was referred the memorial OF Priscilla Decatur
wggs helr OF Stephen Decatur asked to be discharged
from the further consideration of the same which was
! agreed 10.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
message received from the President of the Uni
ted States, with a report OF the Secretary of State in
laon to the conduct of Commodore Storer commander.
in chef of the United States naval forces off the of
Brazil which referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs.
Also announcing that he had approved and signed the
authorizing the payment to the State of Alabama
Of interest upon moneys advanced by SAID Stale to the
United States.
RESOLUTION FROM
The joint resolution (from the House of Representa-
ves) authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury to can
while ia pc store ws oy
read first and second time by its title, and referred TO
tbs Commissee On Commerce. sss.s.-gsss
ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEyICo STATES
Mr. DOUGLAS, from the select committee to whom
referred the bill for the admission of California into
the Union as State, reported the following amendment
thereto, VIZ
Strike all after the enactng clause and insert the
following
That Congress doth conse ut that the portion of the terri
tory OF the United States which included within the fol-
lowing limits beginning in the Pacific ocean on The
parallel foy-two deg1ees of north latitude thence
on said parallel to the dividing ridge which separates
flow Great Bas n, thence along said dividing ridge
70 the point where was crossed by Lieutenant Colonel
on the of his exploration, thence southwestwardly
along the line of said exploration shown the map
said Femonts surveys published by order OF the Senate
in eighteen hundred and ortyeight to its intersection
with the hundred and seventeenth meridian
of we longitude thence in direct line the
oil the Sierra Nevada mountains with those of the
range then due the Pacific oceans along
the coast including the adjacent islands the place OF
beginning shall he the territory of States
and upon the idIment olhe conditions
ed The same Is hereby declared to be OF the States OF
this Union. by the and style of the State OF California
equal footing with the original States in all
sPects whatsoever with the unconditional reservation to
the United States Of all right of properly in the public do
MAN, and other property coded to the United States by the
treaty OF peace concluded with the republic of Mexico Feb
ruary second, eighteen hundred and ortyeigh,, free from
taxes or OF any kind by said State and also
adjusting all claims and titles lands derived from foreign
SEC And be it further enacted, That the acting gov
OF the Territory of California he shall be
may opportunity of establishing for themselves
stltuton nd republican form OF government Tor said
btaeed xn ne limits Of The PROPOSED safe mo COVE
nient districts Tor the election of delegates
designate the time aud place of holding The election in
each district ;appon tho officers conduct the and
apporion the de!eg fly in ALL the several dis
trcts, may be, according the number OF legal
place assembling of said Every white
citizen OF the Uned Stat including those who shall
have become SUCH under the provisions of the said
with Mexico being actual residents OF the proposed state
and having attained the of tvenyone shall be
SEC. Ind be Il further enacted, That said
eohs,uon ana STATE govenen, s nave been esao
tilted thereof he shall issue his proclamation declaring the
upon equal footing with the original States in all
SEC 4 And be it further enacted That the laws OF the
Uned States, far they locally inapplicable
hereby extended and declared be in force said
State and general the said shall
be entitled to one representative IN the Congress OF the
United States
that the OF the OF the United
which is bounded follows to wit: On the north by the
forty second parallel north latitude, the by the
summit OF the Rocky and the State of Texas
the south by the republic of Mexico, and the we by
proposed State California and the Pacific in
Guiding the islands adjacent the shore, shall become
Of the States Of this unon by the name and style OF the
STATE OF New Mexico snoh other nane as tie people
thereof shall, N their constitution, adopt upon an equal
footing with the original Safes IN all respects what
50 as shall the proper number of inh abit
ants aud they shall establish for themselves constitu
ton republican form of State government, the United
States eservng themselves all rights OF property the
public domain, and other property ceded 10 the United
Sare by the concluded with the republic OF Mexico
the second day OF February eighteen hundred and forty
eight free from taxes and assessment OF any kind by aid
ing the right OF adudcatng all claims and titles bonds
derived from any foreign government in such manner as
SEC And be il further enacted That the laws of the
United STATES SO far as they are not locally nappieaDe,
country embraced within The limits OF the said State OF
SEC And be il further enacted, That the of one
hundred thousand dollars, of any moneys in the
Otherwise Appropriated, be, aud the is hereby,
| visions OF this act.
! RESOLUTION.
| Mr. SEBASTIAN submitted the following resolution
| for consideration:
ResoiDd That the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed to into tue cXPedeucy oil ex-
tending the Napoleon aud RocksoO mail ne, by steamers,
Bassvc, on White rlver in the State of Arkansas
RAILROAD OREGON.
Mr. NIiES. desire call the attention of the Senate
! to subject which | think one of the most important
that could be presented for their consideration aude
the bill reported last session. for constructing rail
road to the Pacific ocean, That bill laid upon the
table, and move to take 1t up. will not, upon
that motion, say anything further than that this is
question of interest TO the whole country and that be-
Ieve there great proprety in Congress taking some ac
ton in relation to it, Many other plans, senators are
aware besides the treated of in The BILL have been pre-
scented for consideration; and Il this is Ia ken up, 1t VIII
bring up the whole subject What the Senate is to de-
eide is whether they disposed to enter into the dis
cussion not O It's importance II is not necessary to
speak This question involves immense considerations II
relation to the people oil Oregon Their interest and ours
must be connected If they not, it hardly be ex
pected that they will take much interest in government
having no communication with them.
THE remainder OF the gen,leman's remarks were los
| in The confusion.
/ Mr. BORLAND | understood the senator to wish tc
take up the bill in relation to Mr. Whitneys plan of con-
structlng railroad TO the Pacific He took occa
by the Committee Public Lands 10 make report
memorial OF similar character, and TO urge the passage
OF ont resolution which Is adverse 10 the bill and me
moral of Mr. Whitney and simply requires the Secre
ary of War, as preliminary measure, to cause surveys
OF the various routes suggested for the road from the Mis-
med the subject carefully at the last session and the pres
ent, and have to the conclusion that it is lnexpe
dent for the government to undertake, either by itself
by means of companies individuals, under charter