The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-02-21
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Aafels hai. .aaEr Srnsspfs pFelrHirg
h4ar ihe suilssl prrss nird il Exsruiis
Srssiul,. II did ~, pfrss il.
/ The pssl-ss u VAS Ten taken VI
and sisi,asr look Plsre besssen Messl'
.slies al.d Alien.
On Tuesday. Mr.. MsHgnm's resolu
lion Ealing "a The I're.idrnl inr iniorma
lion rrsptrsing me Nrxicsn Protocol. NJ
adopted aiilaoul opposition. a.ler iep
rmsrks by Mr.. hing ~ Ala.
!. A nuinbe. a. private bills were passed
alter Nhirh The Panama Rail Road "a
delssied Il gIral length.
/ I'm "Wednesday. Mr.. Benton introduced
BAL providing lor he loraiion and ron.
sisocllon 81 central national road from
-. Louis 10 San Francisco. with branch
e 10 The Columbia riser. lie spoke ii
great iength upan lie suhleci. The bill
Was linen rsieIred 10 lie military rnmmii-
Tee.
Dir. Berien gave nalice 81 bill fOr The
relirf Of lie widows and orphans d OH.
GERS and soldlrr. killed IN service.
Mr.. Di1. from lie committee On com.
mene. made repoll, accompanied By =
number II bills for Tie improvement oi ilar-
bors, 6e.: among them,
4 bill making an appropriation 10 open
arommanicslionbe iMernAlbemarle sound
snd The Atlantic ocean, and lie improve
ment Of harbor II or near old Roanoke
inlet. IN The stale Of North Carolina.
A bill making an appropriation of NOM
ey FOR the Improvement IL Derae0ke inlet.
IN The slate Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Mangum presented lie petition 81
A. Rencllrr. late charge De Aifaires Of The
uniied States n Portugal, asking for re
Enumeration for loss nf time and expenses
incurred hy his detention abroad IN cnnse-
quence Of HE failure of The Government
10 relieve him II lie lime when lie Solicit
ed his recall: which VAS referred 10 The
committee on foreign affairs.
Several Appropriation and other bills
were acted on. and an Executive Session
held.
On Thursday. no,ling Of importance.
un Friday. Mr.. Badger offered resu-
luton Tor desising some plan for improve
ing The con,l,iinn of the various lndian
tribes. Referred 10 The committee on In
dian Aiiai ].
4 long Executive Session was held.
On Sainriay, lie Char laid heIore lie
Senate messag. from Tie President. com.
lhc information called for rela-
tive u The protocol Of he Mexican treaty.
Mr.. Mangum moved reference 10 the
on foreign relations.
Nh. Fooie moved that twenty thousand
copies be prinlrd; and addressed The Sc
nale 10 support Of his motion.
Mr.. Foolr said The movement, about The
Protocol did not originate with the Wings.
A democratic member Of The Senate oh
tanned il from The Mexican Minister and
carried il 10 The Senator from Delaware
in his seat, and that they examined il 10.
getheI.
Mr.. CLAYTON said lhatihe Protocol was
shown 10 him, but neither privately nor
secretly. Il was =, the same Time exhi-
bitcd 10 various other members Of roth
parties; aud various Senators made re-
marks about The mode in which The Pro-
Iocnl had hecn made pnhlic--lrom which
/ appeared llia. lis existence WAS general
n knusn before The resolution was offer
II in the Senate.
On Monday. l2.h Of February, on mo-
ion Of Mr.. Alher on. The Senate proceed
Il 10 The consideration of the Civil and
Diplomatic Appropriation Bill - Mr.
3uller giving notice that when il should
ave bten disposed Of, he would press
lie passage of the bill 10 provide for the
more eileclual execution uf The third clause
1 The second section Of The fourth article
{ tie Constitution, relating 10 The snrren.
er Of fugitive slaves.
Mr.. Alherion proposed number Of
mrndmenls from The Finance Committee,
II &c which were agreed to. including one
ltiking out The proviso in The bill, as j,
anne from the House, abolishing The pun
'hment Of flopging in the Navy, which
le Committee lid mol consider as proper
i belonging To this bill.
A debate took place on this proviso, in
,hich Messrs. Hale. Badger. Butler. Yu.
e, Niles. Benton. Breese, Clayton,
helps, Calhoun, Dickinson. and others,
and which occupied nearly
lie entire session.
The proviso having been stricken ou,,
ir. Hale moved 10 amend by inserting
ause repeating all laws and parts Of laws
ermitling whipping punishment in the
iasy. and upon this The yeas and nays
ere ordered. and il was decided in The
egative, IL 10 -.
Tn Tuesday the animal Ratification bill
ON The House was read twice and refer. ,
ii Ia the committee on finance. |;
A few unimporianl resolutions and me- ,
lorials were presented. and several pri-
ale bills reported from committees. X
On motion Of Mr.. Breese, the bill ito !;
rant The right Of way across the public /
lnds, and 10 dispose Of said land in aid Of !
lie several States, in the construction Of
threads aud canals" was taken up and {