The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-16
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In ths House, the amendments Of The commit.
lee Of the whole on the Census bin wsEs taken
IN. Tue amendment o; Mr.. stanton, for eont'n-
ung the law in force Tor taking the census, xas
concurred in. Mr.. vinton's second Amendment
va, then read, when Mr.. Thompson, Of Pa,
moved 10 limi, the number Of members Of the
House u Representatives 10 233. The question
was taken and the amendment agreed to--syes
%, nays 20. The question was then taken on
Nj. vinton's motion, - amended BY Mr. Ihonp-
son, and agreed to-ayes lis, nays %. The bill
was then engrossse and passed yeas lis' nays
81. Mr.. Thompson, Of Pa, moved . con''defa-
ton Of the vote, and the motion was laid on The
table.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole on the California Message. Mr.. winthrop
having the door, said they had the right 70 Apply
the Proviso, and that Northern men had no r'g"1
to complain. Reproaches ought TO Be Tor 'nose
among themselves and their allies 1t the North,
who insisted on bringing territoriesintot the Union,
and which they .oreknew would produce domes-
tic strife. Mr.. Orr, followed, when the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned
In the Senate, Jefferson Davis offered seIies
OF resolutions Of the Mississippi Legislature, in
defence OF the proceedings in that State in rela-
ton 10 holding Southern Convention, which
resolutions were laid on the table and ordered to
be printed. The same gentleman read At great
length from the address Of the State Convention,
TO show, that all efforts TO charge that i orgna
I. d in any desire for dissolution Of the Ution,
were either malicously false 81 i.norantly con-
triyed. lie con,las'ed the Mississippi proceed.
ings 81 various Fies Soil conventions, north and
west, which were allowed 10 pass without re-
buke, and which had, in fact, led to the present
state Of things
The Compromise Committee Of Thirteen then
made their Report, which M. Clay is now read
ing, and Of which the following is an abstract:
The Committee are unanimously Of opinion,
that new States may be formed out Of Texas, un-
der terms Of the compact entered into by the
United States, in the resolutions Of annexation,
and when they are so formed, they have clear
and undonbtcd right 10 be admitted into the
Union as equal States, but the committee DO not
think that any plan Tor the formation Of new
States, should be originated BY Congress, but
should be ief. TO the people Of Texas; also, that
such new States should be admitted without any
objection on account OF the exclusion Or IArine
sion Of slavery.
Second. In considering the question OF the
admission Of California, majority Of the COM
mitee are of the opinion, that every irresularity
in the proceedings antecedent 10 her application
for admission into the Union, should, in cohsid
Grafton Of many circumstances Of her position,
be overlooked, and recommend TIE passage Of a
bill accordingly.
loving to interruption at Washington, thi.
report was not finished when the office closed
Bosrox, May 9th
The damasc BY the flood, 81 F.tchburgh, j,
estimated q, 100000. 90 mills and fae,ofic,
were either swep. off or badly injured. TIE
Reservoir b1rsling, caused the accident, and CO.
vered an area OF so acre..
| Toe big B,s,on hos arrived, here with date,
10 die in grea, numbers, from want Of fodder
Accounts from newfoundland to the las: Of April
represent tint q scyerc snow storm occurred there
Tie S.,eatcr q tho House, travellingn sleigh,
60. embedded in the snow, and was obliged to
abandon the horse which persisted. The steam.
CT Messenger arrived a. Halfat from Boston in
90 hourr, the shortest passage on record. M.
Mich went out as bearer Of dispatches. She
carried $l2, SOC in specic. The Commercial
.4drertiser has some intelligence through letters
from James King, dated SIN Francisco, April Is.
Of which, the following are extracts: ''Busnes.
Of every description has been very dull this
month. The long talked Of crisis seems to have
arrived. M rchandise ofevery kind, is un.alea-
bic at any thing Like fare rates al suction.
i En,rmous sacrifices have been made in Linn
Der which three months ago, brought $3.50, has
been sold ashore q. $40.
be qao.ed at 90 per cent. Money, however, i.
heavy. A lot Of limitation gold daa was received
from Sacramento, by one Of our commission
houses. The Jumps very closely resemble those
taken from tie dieging.."
i Buffalo, May Z.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT DisAsrss-Tn sr
LIVES Losr Tive learn from passenger on the
steamer Despatch, tina, las, Oh, abou, o'clock
as that vessel wasof Grand River, Canada shore
she unfortunately ran into the steamer Com
merce, by which SO men out Of a,de,achmen, OF
$50 British troops were lost,
The Commerce was owned by NJ Phcrson &
Crane OF Kingston, and is total loss.
We acknowledee The receipt Of beautifully
printed end neatly gotten up cory Of Hon. DAN
/ lei WEnSrER,s great sneecl on iha gl.u..u 80.