The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-01-31

less of tha, formaly than set and premeditated
debates generally have; and more Of the deep
earnestness and feeling which manifest them.
selves when men are in earnest, and feel on the
subject they are discussing.
There were also some interesting questions
in the House today.
First. 4 Resolution offered by Mr.. Preston, of
VIRGINIA, to make the California and New
Mexico Territorial Bills the special order of
the day for Tuesday, the 3Oth instant, was pass.
ed, the rules being suspended to allow its intro.
ducton, almost without dissent. can hardly
imagine what this portends.
Second. Mr.. Hilliard asked leave 10 intro.
duce two bills, of which he had given previous
notice; one to aulhorise the people of Upper
California to form a Constitution and organise
a State Government, prepai atory 10 admission
Into the Union. the boundaries 10 be from "a.
80 ON the South. to Al. 80 on the North, and be-
tween the Pacific OH the West, and the Sierra
Nevada OH the East; and the other bill beingto
define the Northern boundary of'rexas. as com.
urncing where the parallel of SO. 80 intersccts
thu. Eastern boundary. running along that par
a!el West, to the Sierra Nevada, along the
then West along that parallel I" the Pacific
Ocean. The question Oh s,,spendins The rules
was taken with reference 10 this latter bill first,
and it resulted ayes 60, noes IL, there being
nearly iwo.,hirds against the suspension instead
oftwo thirds in its favor, which is requi.e ed To
suspend the rules. The vote was strictly &c.
ographical one, the Southern members for, aud
the Northern against, the motion, except the
following: Messrs. X. w. Thompson, and w.
w. Wick. of Indiana, MIR. Ficklin, Of Illinois,
and Nj. II. Williams. of Maine, voted for the
motion, and the following four Southern men,
bers sainxt it: Messrs. Mckay and Fenable,
of North Carolina, Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri, and
Mr.. Crisfeld, Of MARYLAND.
Subsequently to this Mr.. Flournoy, OF Vir
einia, moved to suspend the rules to allow him
10 Introduce bill, of which he had given notice,
to reirocede the the District of Columbia TO
MARYLAND The vote on this motion, was
-ayes IT, noes ia. This vote was more
chequered. There were 60 Sou,herners and
II Northern men in the affirmative, and lOl
NortherneIs and l3 Soul heners in the negative.
The Northern men and who voted aye, are:
Fl. Bclcher, of Maine; ID. p. King. OF Mas
sachusetts; Wm. Ducr and Fl. G. Murphy, of
Ne~ Yoik; Charles Brown, Of Pennsylvania;
J. d. Cumtni,s, r. Dickinson, WIN. krnnon,
jr. and VIM. Sawyer, of Ohio; &. G. Dunn and
II. W. Thompson, Of Indiana; K. S. Bingham,
of Michigan; o. B. Tickling. J. 4. McClrr.
nand, Wm. 4. Richardsan, and John Went
worth, # iiiiaois; aad Shepherd Leiiier, Of
lsua.
.isl' The Ssu,hcrners who voted in the negative,
are: J. &. Chapman, J. W. C1sheld, i W.
Lyon, Z. II. McLane, J. D. Roa.an, Of Mary
land; Uhe whole delegation except Mr.. Evans,
who was no, present J. W. Houston, Of Della
ware; B. l.. Clark, 4. French, and J. B.
Thompson, Of Kentucky; +. =. Staun,on, of
Tennessee; w. F. feathers,on and J. Thomp
son, of Mississippi; and ]. A. Woodward, OF
South Carolina.
With the excepiiom ot hill to provide ior
settlement between the United States aud Ala.
hama in reference Ia interest on some advances
made by the latter during the Creek war, and
a bill for the reliefof Captain Henry, which
gives him two thousand dollars and two sections
Of land, for his gallan!ry in escaping from the
Mexicans, and giving notice to General Taylor
ofSan,a Annals approach previous to the battle
of Buena Vista, and which Major Gaines, OF
Kentucky, characterized as the achievement OF
the iwar b1;h Of which bills were passed. No
other business was done in the House, the re-
mainder of,he session heing spent in committee
al the Whole on the General Appropriation bI!,
In which it would seem every member has some
one, or from one to a dozen, darling appropria.
tan he wants inserted.