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bers, nor could sufficient quantity be printed be-
fore Monday next.
The amendment was lost by the casting vote Of
the Chairman.
The resolution was then adopted
Mr. BOOTH presented resolutions Of the State
of Connecticut upon the subject Of slavery, which
were laid upon the table aud ordered to be printed
! Mr.. seldom, by unanimous consent, intro.
duced the following resolution, which was agreed
Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the propriety of re.
ehacung by permanent law, the provision con.
tained IN the 9th section ofthe act ofthe I'D March
| lo49' by which reasonable compensation is made,
temporarily, 10 the deposltaries Of public money,
and to report by BILL or otherwise, in relation
thereto.
Mr.. BOYD introduced the following resolution
Resolred, That the first Tuesday, "Wednesday
Thursday and Friday of February next, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be set apart
for the transaction of the business Of the territories
of Minnesota, Oregon, Utah and New Mexico.
Mr. CARTIER Directing to the reception OF
the resolution,
Mr. BOYD moved the suspension Of the rules
Carried. The resolution was til en- agreed to.
MIR. ANDERSON, by unanimous consent, in
troduced resolution lnstructlng the Committee
on Military Affairs to inquire into the propriety
ana eXpediency of reporting a bill extending the
provisions of the act Of August 7, lS4S, to paw
certain Tennessee volunteers, to the field officers
of the regiment embraced by said act. Carried.
Mr. DISNEY moved suspension OF the rules
to enable HIM to introduce resolution nstructing
the Committee on Public Buildings to inquire into
the expedency of employing Hiram Powers to ex-
ecue some appropriate statuary for the ornament
of the public grounds or buildings. The motion
did not prevail.
Mr.. McCLERNAND asked unanimous con-
sent to Introduce bill granting Illinois, Ohio,
and Indiana public lands for Il right of way, and
for other purposes. Consent not granted
Mr.. Holmes introduced the following resolution
which was adopted
Resolved, That 1t be referred to the Judiciary
Committee to report upon the proprety Of giving
the same salary to the marshal of South Carolina
as IS allowed to the murshals Of other districts.
Mr. BURT, by unanimous consent, introduced
JOINT resolution for the termination of the eighth
article of the treaty between the United States and
Great Britain, concluded at Washington, the
ninth day of August, 1912, which was read and
referred To the Committee on Naval Affairs.
MIR. HENCk moved that the Committee of
the Whole be discharged from the further consid-
Grafton Of the bill of the House. promoting the ef
hclency of the naval establishment, y providing
for retired list for disabled officers and reducing
their number, ana that the bill be referred TO the
Committee on Naval Affairs Carried.
Mr.. BURT moved that the Committee of the
Whole be discharged from the consideration of
the bill to regulate brevet rank, and to retired dis
ubled officers Of the Army, and that it he referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs. Carried.
Mr.. HAMILTON was given leave to withdraw
the petition of John Harrgan from the files Of the
House.
MIR. McLANE moved to 60 into Committee of
the Whole on the State of the onion.
In Committee of the Whole,
Mr.. STRONG in the Chair,
Mr.. McLANE moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the river and harbor bill.
The CHAIRMAN ruled the motion out of or
der, stating that the bills on the calendar must
be acted upon in their order.
Mr.. McLANE appealed.
After debate upon the point Of order between
Messrs. BAyLy, VlNroN, McLANE and BURT, the
vote WIS put and the Chair sustained Ayes, IS;
noes, II.
Several bills were laid aside.
The committee proceeded to the consideration Of
the bill authorizing certain persons entitled to
bounty land to dispose Of the same.
After debate between Messrs. MORSE and WENT
WORTH in favor Of the bill, and Messrs. ScHENcK,
SwEETZER and GoRMAN IN opposltlon,
Mr. CALDWELL proposed an amendment
making the assignment Of bounty land warrants
under the act Of Congress 1850, legal.
After further debate,
Mr.. BISSELL moved that the Committee rise.
Carried.
The CHAIRMAN reported that the Committee
had had House bill No. LIS under consideration,
and had come to no conclusion thereon
Mr.. SCtlENCk moved all adjournment. Car
ried
NORTH Commissioners RfGuTs MEET
ING.-At a meeting Of the citizens OF Chowan
county, in the town Of Edenton, on Saturday the
7th inst, the following resolutions were reported
by II committee appointed for the purpose, and
were unanimously adopted. They breathe the
right spirit and to the point. We noticed,
with pride, the names of some of the most lnhu
entail and conservative citizens of Eastern Carroll
ma taking prominent part IN the deliberations of
the meeting. Indeed, the "OId North State
seems to he fully alive to the dangers Of the crisis,
and we calculate much good TO result from the de-
termlned action she is now assuming. She is
slow to anger, but powerful when her wrath is
once aroused
Whereas, the efforts Of the non-slave holling
States have for some years past been Increasingly
directed to the restriction of slavery, aud to the
destruction Of slave labor-to the exclusion Of
Southern men from the en- oyment Of territory &C
quired by the common blood and treasure OF the
whole nation, and which belongs equally to the
citizens Of all the States, TO the abuse of Southern
men, and Southern institutions.
Therefore Rcsoired, That, depIorng the unhappy
controversy now pending between the Northern
and Southern Statcs-unXiDUs that that ContrUy el-
sy should he brought to speedy and al amicable
adjustment, and believing that union and concert
on the part Of the South, and full and fair en-
preston of their rights, and Of the wrongs which
they suffer, constitute at tins crS.s, the best, not
the only means OF awakening our Northern hreth-
rem to sense Of staying their honds-we, Wings
and Democrats assembled, approve ofevery means
Of collecting the general sense of the Southern
States upon the subject and giving it full expires
sion
81. Resolved, That, looking with pride to the
fact that the original Southern S ates made "tlr |
cause of Boston, the cause Of all, and that III all
our wars with foreign powers, the South has stood
by our whole country in the hour Of her utmost |
need, we deem it beneath the fame of her sons to
make verbal protestauons Of patriotism, and
.'love of unuu," and regard with contempt all
charges Of dIsunon designs as intended merely to
deter the Southern States from assembling, MS our
fathers Of the Revolution assembled, to express
their grievances.
3d. Reso,red, That the Constitution provides
that persons "hed to service or labor in one State
under the laws thereof, escaping int" another,
shall he delivered up on claim of the party to
whom such service or labor may be due;' that il
is the duty Of Congress to provide means whereby
this constitutional provision may he carried INTO
effect; that this duty has been discharged in con-
formity to fundamental law, and that the provi-
sions Of said law obligatory upon, and should
receive the support Of the whole nation