The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-06

sources of our county building up "a commerce which
eclipse that of all Europe, and enjoying state oil pros
perity such the world has never before witnessed.
This brief tribute make 10 a setting and not rising
sun May rising sum- brilliant and dazzling it is now
looming up the horizon, with equal spiendor is our
ardent and sincere wish.
The closing hours of tho House or Representatives
OF the 30th Congress.
So great had been the rush OF business and confusion
in the House of Representatives from the Sat
urday afternoon until the Union went press that
was utterly impossible that hour to present the
most imperfect summary OF what had been done up 10
that period of the last nights session. The reader will
find in regular congressional columns CONDENSED
synopsis of the action of the House Saturday up to
the hour for the But embarrassing has been
the confusion and excitement in and about the Capitol
since the termination OF the session. that it has been i'm
possible to obtain the journal BY which to prepare
curate of the hurried transaction OF the great
amount of business perfected between p m OF Satur-
day and a. IN of Sunday, at which hour the session
closed
We may say however that all the general appropriation
bills were passed The bill establishing board Of
superintendent, consisting of the Secretaries of State and
the Home Department and other ocers of the government
and appropratng ten thousand dollars for preliminary
printing, also passed, with multitude of other pub
lie and private bills of less general interest Mr. John
son of Tennessee offered amendment to the resou-
tons of thanks to the Speaker--to strike out the word
Sc imparal"-to which he spoke for nearly hour
viewing Mr. Speaker Wnthrop's selection of standing
committees and other points OF his administration Of the
Office with great severity. Upon the question OF agree
n- to his amendment, the stool-ayes 10. noes 1907
forty three members sitting in their seat-, and refusing or
declining to vote either way.
The matter in the proceedings of the night, of sufficient
interest to oveshadow everything else, the contest
over the Senate's amendment to the civil and diplomatic
appropriation BILL providing temporary government for
California and New Mexico. The public are familiar
with this (Mr Senator WalkerS proposition, which has
been extensively published the newspapers After the
report of the board OF couierees upon this BILL stating
their disagreement, the House voted to recede from its
previous rejection Of the proposition Ill, 1o5
The subject thus coming before the House, on motion
of Mr. Moreheal il was resolved that nothing in the
action of Congress upon the subject should be taken
an expression OF opinion upon the merits OF the dis
puted Texas boundary question. Little opposition
made TO this amendment,
Mr. r. w. Thompson OF Indiana next proposed,
substitute for the Senate amendment, project which. in
all its essentials substantially that previously intro
duced into the Senate by Mr. Webster and rejected AT
the suggestion OF Mr. Dunn, from the State, this
was modified not TO coRfrm any Mexican law or
laws legalizng Imprisonment for debt that may have
formed part of the Mexican code in force when the
territories became In other words, this sug-
pestion of Mr. Dunn's intended at once to abolish
the peonage system As thus amended. had the propo
sition OF Mr.. Thompson finally triumphed, it would
have confirmed, by legislation of the Congress OF the
United States all the laws OF Mexico preferrng the
Church of that republic TO all others. Mr. Thompson
and the handful of northern wings who. by voting with
the friends of the enaes amendment had carried the
resolution for recsdlg then voted with the provsoists
for this substitute, which passed by some six
eight majority But the Senate subsequently rejected
| il, and the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
then passed. diyestei OF everything touching the SUBJ
ect of government for the newly acquired territories
Nearly two hours were occupied by te peculiar adhe
rents OF Mr. Giddings in moving adjournments, calls Of
the House. calls for the yeas and nays starting Questions
of order, and all other movements calculated 10 ef
feet their avowed purpose of Shaving off the main
question until, by limitation. the last hour in which
this Cong could legisae should expire, il that device
might be necessary prevent the passage of law for
the government OF California and New Mexico, not
embracing the Provso. This purpose freely
ed by many OF these gentlemen The few hours of the
session, remaining after the enactment OF this bill,
devoted closing up the general business of the session
which was yet unfinished In these, many bills, joint
resolutions &c., put through their last stage They
will of course be enumerated in regular report of
the House proceedings for that night.
The report of last evening is. that Mr. Hudson men,
Der from Massachusetts, the late Congress, 10 be
nominated as Secretary OF the Home Department. Mr..
Hudson is the author of the tariff report which sub
ned to the House of Representatives few days past
| We confess view with jealousy the possible
tendency OF such department towards Capitalization
The States and the people should watch with sleepess
vigilance every movement, by which such department
nav be calculated to draw new, and larger, and more