The southern press., 1850-10-02

approved BY the President of the United States
Provided That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to impair or qualify anything
contained in the tlird article Of the second sets-
tion OF the 'Joint resolution for nnnexing Texas
To the United States approved March first,
eighteen hundred and forty-fiye, either as re-,
CARDS the number of States that may hereafter
be formed out of the State of Texas or other
wise.
The bill was read the first time by its title;
And the Clerk was proceedi to read it the
second time; when
MIR. INGE rose to question Of order. He
asked that the bill be subjected to the test pre-
scribed by the 10th rule 4t8e
The SPEAKER Does the gentleman refer
to the rule which requires that if after the first
reading opposition be made, the question shall
be "Shal this bill be rejectedw
Mr.. INGE replied in the affirmative
NoTE.--The rule referred to is as follows:
sTne first reading of bill shall be for infor-
nation, and if opposition be made to it, the ques-
ton shall be, .Shall this bill be rejeetelr' If
no opposition be made or if the question TO re-
ject be negatived, the bill shall go to its second
reading without question"
The question will be then, Shall this bill be-
rejected!
The question, "Shal the bill berejected p was
taken, and decided in the negative--yeas SO, nays
l68, ms follow:
YEAS-Messrs Ayerett, A. G Brown, Burt,
Joseph Cable, Campbell, Clarke, Colcock, Cole,
Doty, Durkee, Giddings Hammond, S. w. Har-
ris, Hebard, Howe, Hubbard, Hunter, Inge, Ro-
bert w. Johnson, Jnlin Preston King Matte
son, NIcQueen, Meade Orr, Powell, Root, Sackett
-Schoolcraft Seddon, Spauld.pg, Wallace, Will
mot, and Woodward-36
NAfS-1iessrs. Albertson, Alexander Allen,
Aston, Anderson, Ashe, Ashmun, Bay, Bayly,
Beale, Bingham, Bissel Bokee, Booth, Bowie,
Bowlin, Boyd, Breck, Briggs, Brooks, w. J.
Brown, Buel, Burrows, Chester Butler, 4. b.
Butler, f. C.. Cabell, G. A. Caldwell, J. p. Cald-
well, Calvin, Cartier, Casey, Chandler, Clingman,
w r. w. Cobb, Corwin, CroweIl, Deberry,
Dimmck, Disney Dixon, Durcr, Duncan, Ed
Eliot, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans,
Ewing, Featherston, Fitch, Fowler, Freedley,
Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, German, Gott,
Gould, Green, Grinnell, Hall, Holloway, Hamil-
ton, Hampton, Haralson, Harlan, lsham G. Har-
rs, Hay, Raymond, Henry, Hubbard, Hilliard,
IIoagland, Houston, Howard, ]. w. Jackson,
w. r. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, James L.
Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, George G. King,
James e. King, John A. King, La Sere, Leffler,
Mason, McCernand, Mcdonald, Mcdowell, Me-
Gaughcy, McKissock, McLanahan, Robert M
McLane, Finis E. Mclean, McMullen, McWil-
lie, Meacham, Millson, Moore, Morehead, Morris,
Morse, Morton, Nelson, Newell, Ogle, Olds, Otis,
Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Peasee, Peck, Phelps,
Phoenix, Pitman, Potter, Putnam, REYNOLDS,
Robbins, Robinson, Rockwell, Rose Ross, Rum
sey, Savage, Sawtelle, Schenk, Schemerhorn,
Sheppard, Sylvester, Spraguc, Stanly, F. p Stan
ton, X. II. Stanton, Stetson, Strong, Sweetser,
Taylor, Thomas, jacob Thompson, Jas. Thomp-
son, John b. Thompson, Thurman, Toombs,
Tuck, Underhill, Van Dyke, Venable, Vinton,
Walden, Waldo, Watkins, Wellborn, Wentworth
White, Whittlesey, Wildrck, Williams, Wilson,
Wood, and Young
So the House refused to reject the bill
The SPEAKER. The second reading of Il
Senate bill.
Mr.. THOMPSON. Does that take place as
a matter of course
The SPEAKER stated that the question:
''Shal the bill be rejected 2" having been de-
cided in the negative, the ruled required that
the bill should go to its second reading without
n question.
The bill was then read second time by its
title.
And the question being on the third reading
Mr.. BOYD With the hope Of seeing this
bill acted upon, without reference to any com
inittec and without delay, propose to offer the
following amendment:
Be IL further enacted, dc, That all that por-
ton of the territory Of the United States bounded
as follows beginning at point in the Colorado
river where the boundary line with the Repub-
lie of Mexico crosses the same; thence east
wardly with the said boundary line to the Rio
Grande; thence, following the main channel of
said river, to the parallel OF the 32d degree of
north latitude; thence east with said degree to
its intersection with the l03d degree of longi-
tude west of Greenwich; thence north with said
degree of longitude to the parallel of 3Sth de-
gree of north latitude; thence west with said
parallel to the summit of the Sierra Madre !;
thence south with the crest of said mountains
to the 37th parallel of north latitude thence
west with said parallel to its intersection with
the boundary line of the State of California; !;
thence with said boundary line to the place of
and the same is hereby erected
into a temporary government, by the name of
the Territory of New Mexico: Prorided, That
nothing in this act contained shall be construed
to inhibit the Government of the United States
from dividing said Territory into two or more
Territories, in such manner and at such times as
from attaching any portion thereof to any other
Territory or State: And prouided, further, That
when admitted as Il State, the said Territory, or
any portion of the same, shall be received into
the Union with or without slavery, as their con-
stitution may prescribe at the time Of their adj
mission.
SEC. 2. And be Il further enacted, That the
Executive power and authority in and over the
said Territory Of New Mexico, shall be vested
in a Governor, who shall hold his office for four
years, and until his successor shalt be appointed
and qualified, unless sooner removed by the
President Of the United States. The Governor
shall reside within said Territory, shall be com
mander-in-chcf of the militia thereof, shall per-
form the duties and receive the emoluments Of
superintendent of Indian affairs, and shall APP
prove of all laws passed by the Legislative assem-
bly, before they shall take effect: he may grant
pardons for offences against the laws of said
Territory, and repreves for offences against the
laws Of the United States, until the decision of
the President can be made known thereon; he
shall commission all officers who shall be ap
pointed TO office under the laws of the said