The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-10-03

The Chair decided that the vote could not be
recorded, except with unanimous consent
| Objections were made
Mr. Hunter, TO Obviste all difficulty moved,
and the vote was recOnsdered
The question was again taken on striking out
the proViso, ana the motion was rejected-yeas
| "a, nays &C. as follows
| YEAs-Messrs Atchison Badger Bell Per.
rien, Butler, Davis of Mississippi Dawson. Dsy
ton, Downs, Houston, Hunter King, ManVnm
! Mason, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk Sebastian
Smith, Spruance, Turney, Wales, and Yulee-
-.
! NAYs-Messrs Baldwin, Benton, Bright, Cass.
Chase, Clarke, Cooper, Davis Of Massachusetts,,
Dickinson, Dodge Of Wisconsin, Dodge Of Iowa,
! Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Greene, Gwin, Hale,
! Hsmlin, Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields Sturgeon,
Underwood, Walker, and Winthrop-26.
So the Senate refused TO strike out the proviso,
abolishipg the practice Of fogging in the navy
and on board vessels Of commerce
The sectional aspect Of this vote is remark
able. MIR. Dayton of New Jersey was the only
Senator from free State who voted in the affirm
alive and Messrs Benton and Underwood were
the only Senators from slave States who voted in
the negative, except SOule, who on the first vote
recorded his name in the negative, but on the
second, his name is not found among either the
nays or yeas
A Committee of Conference was appointed on
the amendments to the Civil and Diplomatic bill
The Senate resolved to insist on it, 9s7ea2-
| ments to the Indian bill.
with its amendments to the Senate, aud passed
The Senate resolved to insist upon its amend
ments to the Bounty Land bill.
The Army bill was finally reported to the Sen.
ate with its amendments, and passed.
Committees Of Conference were appointed on
| the Indian and Bounty Lsnd bill
| The Civil and Diplomatic bill was then taken
up, when
Mr. Dickinson from the Committee Of Confer
ence, reported that the joint conferees had agreed
upon all the disagreed votes, with three excep-
tions) and. on motion, the report was concurred
| in.
The votes on which the committees could not
agree were these
LIST The amendment of the Senate striking out
the House provisions regulating mileage
| I'd The Senate amendment increasing the sal
airy Of the chief of the bureau of medicine and
surgery to $1,000 and
Sd. The Senate amendment respecting an alb
rogation of the contract for printing
Mr.. Dickinson moved and the Senate again
insisted on these amendments.
The House insisting on its disagreement to
them, new committees were sppoiuted to confer
| The bills creating collection districts in Calf
fornia, and extending TO that State the Judiciary
and laws of the United States, returned from the
House with amendments, were passed rs amended
"A message was reviewed from the ijonses papSs
ing that the amendments Of the Senate TO the
Naval bill had been agreed to with one exception
Mr. Hunter moved that the Senate recede from
the amendment, and the motion was agreed to-
Mr.. Shields, from the Committee of Confer
ence on the Bounty Land bill, made report that
the Senate recede from its amendment, and the
report was concurred in.
The House disagreed to the Senate amendments
on the Army bill, The Senate insisted and the
House did likewise Committees Of COnferenc,
were appointed, and the House receded from it,
} disagreement
At nine o'clock the Senate went into Executive
session. and from that time till one o'clock, A. M
Sunday remained in such session; the doors be
ing occasionally opened to receive messages frou
the House and the President Of the United States
and from the various Committees Of Conference
Mr. Pearce, from the Committee Of Conferenc
on the Indian bill, made report, which, havin
been concurred in by the House, was concurre
in by the Senate.
The doors were again closed.
Thyee-aad-a-haD o'clock-The doors were open
A message WAS received from the House, stat
ing that they had feceded from their disagree
ment to the first aud second amendments of tn
Senate TO the Civil and Diplomatic bill, and ha
adhered to their disagreement to the third
printing!
Mr. Underwood moved that the Seuate reoed
: from their amendment
Messrs Dickinson, Soule and Foote addressed
the Senate in favor of insisting on the amend
: ment and Mr.. Badger urged the Senate to re
. ! oede
!. The question being taken, the Senate, by
n vote of yeas 81 nays IS, receded from the amend
ment
!. The doors were then, at twenty minutes pa,
. four, again closed for Executive business, and
y five o'clock the Senate adjourned to meet ON MOI
!. day, at nine O'clock A. NJ