The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-09-27
From tie N. o. Pica1
THE TEXAS BILL,

We have received at last tie full details of the
proceedings nf Congress on the 9th ms, a day
rendered memorable by the passage of a bill
which will in all probability restore peace to
our distracted country, and calm the furious tenn
pest which has ragged SO long. As the proceed
ings Of Congress reported in the usual style are
generally dull and unatractive, brief expiana-
ton of the manner in which the bill was carried
NAV not be unineresting.
II will be recoected that on the 9Th the bill
was rejected at its third reading BY a small ma
iority, when Mr. Voney e. Howard, OF Texas,
moved a reconsideration. This the Speaker
objected to as out of order, on the ground that
the bill had ouce before been reconsidered. The
friends Of the measuse urged that it was not the
same bill, nasmuch as New Mexico had been
added as an amendment on motion of Mr.. Boyd.
The Speaker, however persisted, and the House
adjourned.
The next day, when the special order (the
Texas and New Mexico bD came up, the
Speaker gave bis reasons for adhearing TO his
previous decision Mr. Howard then appealed
from the decision Of the chair, and moved the
previous question on the appeal. r.Duer, Of
New York, moved to lay the appeal on the ta-
be The effect Of this, if carried, would have
been to defeat the bill, and place it beyond hope
Of resuscitation; the motion, however, failed by
II to I23.
The question then recurring on seconding the
demand for the previous question on the appeal
from the chair, the House granted second by
a vote of 102 to ST. The question then was.
"shall the decision Of the chair stand as the judg
ment of the House?" This was decided in the
negative, thus overrulfng the decision of the
Speaker by a vote of 83 to l23.
On the question to reconsider, which then
came up, the vote stood 100 to "a, thus bringing
the bill once more before the House. the pre-
vous question then moved by Mr.. Howard, was
seconded BY 102 to 81, and the main question
was ordered to be put by 10 to 81. The main
question, "shall the bill be ordered to third
readng?" received vote of los to 50. The
previous question on the passage ofthe bill being
seconded, Mr.. Burt as last effort of its enemies.
moved to lay it on the table, which was rejected
-97 to lO8. At last the question REQUIRED on
the final passage of the bill, and its friends tri-
umphed by l07 to 81
The names of the members as they voted yea
or nay, we have already given, but. without max
ing any distinction showing the manner in which
Northern and Southern men respectively voted.
As 1t is claimed on the part of those persons
who oppose settlement of the agitating question
recently before the country, that members of
Congress reflect invariably the feelings OF the
States which they represent. we will be wiling
in this instance to accept the test as far con-
Germs North and South. The ulfras have ap-
pealed 10 this kind Of testimony, and if they are
convicted by it, they alene are to blame. We
will now proceed to give the vote.
The Northern members voting aye were:
Messrs. Albertson, Andrews, Bokee, Briggs,
Brooks, VIM. j. Brown, Buel. Chester Butler,
Casey. Chandler, Dimmck, Disney, Duer, Dun
can, DuDham, Eliot, Fitch, Fuller, Gerry, Gil
more, German, Grinneli, Thomas l.. Harris,
Hibbard, Hoagland, Geo, G. King, Letter, Le-
win, Lttlefeld, Job Mann, McClernand, McDon:
maid, McKissock, McLanahan, Nelson, peaslee,