The southern press., 1850-09-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, 5th September, 1s!

1I1OnoDAl otn september, lSoU
The SPEAKER stated that the first business
| in order, was the report made by the Chairman of
the Select Committee, (Mr. RIcHARpsoN, Of Ill. }
appointed on the 22d April last, to investigate
certain official acts Of the late Secretary Of the IN
terror, (Mr. Ewing,) in re-openng and paying
| certain accounts and claims, and improperly pay
! ing interest upon others.
[Fhe resolutions with which the report concIu-
ded, were published with the House proceedings
| of yesterday. There were two minority reports.
The chairman, yesterday, moved to postpone the
consideration of the several reports two weeks,
and that they be printed Upon division of the
question, the House refused TO postpone, and pro-
ceeded to other business before taking the ques-
ton on printing.
Mr.. RICHARDSON called for the reading of the
report.
The reading ordered and proceeded with,
| but, before concluding, the hour for the special
order-the consideration of the
| TEXAS BOUNDARY BILL
arrived
| Mr.. BOYD, of Kentucky, being entitled to the
| floor, on the motion to reconsider the vote, by
which the bill had been refused a third reading
rose and said, that his object in making the mo-
ton, to obtain, if possible, another vote upon
his amendment to provide in the bill for terrific
rial government for New Mexico, which had been
defeated yesterday, and he hoped thus to see the
| bill amended and passed He therefore moved
| the previous question.
|
to inquire if it was the object Of the gentleman
| from Kentucky, to prevent any other amendment
Question objected to.
Mr.. INGE, of Alabama, moved to lay the mo-
ton to reconsider on the table. Lost. Ayes Il
nays 1876.
YEAs.-Messrs Alexander, Allen, Ashe, Ave
rett, Baker, Bennett, Bingham, Booth, Brown, of
| Miss, Burt, Gable, Campbell, Clark, Cobb, of
Ala, Colcock, Cole, Corwin, Crowell, Dan
iel, Dckey, Doty, Durkee, Featherston, Fow-
Ter, Giddings, Cot, aralson, Harlan, Har-
rs, of Ala, Hebard, Holiday, Holmes, Howe,
Hubbard, Hunter, Inge, Jackson, of Ga, Jack
son, Of N. Y, Johnson, Of Ark, Julian, Preston
King, La Sere, Matterson, McGaughey, Nc
Queen, Melville, Meade, MiIlson, Morris,
Morse, Olds, Orr, Otis, Phelps, Powell, Root,
sackett, sawtelIe, schoolcraft, Seldom, Stanton,
Of Tenn, Stanton, Of Kentucky, Stevens, Stet-
son, Thomas, Thompson, of Miss. Tuck Venable,
Waldo, Wallace, Woodward-7l.
NAYs.-Alberston, Aston, Anderson, Andrews,
Bay, Baylcy, Beale, Bokee, Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd,
Breck, Briggs, Brooks, Brown, of Indiana,
of Connecticut, Cabell, Caldwell, of Kentucky,
Caldwell, of N. c., Calvin, Cartier, Casey,
Chandler, Clingman, Conger, Dmmick, Disney,
Deberry, Dixon, Duer, Duncan, Durham, Ed
mondston, Elliott, Evans, Of Ohio, Ewing, Fitch,
Freddy, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, Cor
Hammond, Harris, Raymond, Hlbbard, Hiiard,
Hoagland, Houston. Howard, Johnson, of Tenn,
johnson, Of Ky, Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, King,
or X. l., King, of N, J., John A. King, Leffler,
Levin. Littlefeld, Mann, of Pa, Marshall, Mason,
McClernand, Mcdonald, Mcdowell McKissock
McLannahan, McLane, of Md, Mclean, Of KY,
McMullen, Meacham Moore, Morehead, Morton,
Nelson, Newell, ,Oge, Outlaw, Owen, Parker,
Peasee, Peck, Phoenix, Pitman, Potter Putnam,
Reed, Reynolds, Richardson, Robbins, jr., Robin
son, Rockwell, Rose, Ross, Rum y, jr., Savage,
Schenck, Schermerhorn, Shepherd, Sylvester,
Sprague, Stanley, Strong, Sweeser, Taylor,
Thompson, Of Penn, Thompson, of Ky, Thur
man, loombs, Underhill, Vandyke, Vinton, Wal
den Watkins, Welborn, Wentworth, White,
Whittlesey, Wildrick, Williams, Wilson, Young
lbs.
The question then being, shall the vote on the
engrossment Of the bill be reconsideredi il was
decided in the affirmative. Ayes 13l-nays IS.
The question then recurring on the engrossment
Of the bin,
Mr.. GRINNELL, of Mass, moved that the
vote by which the amendment of the gentleman
from Kentucky was rejected yesterday, be recon-
sidered. .-.r
Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, moved to Law the
motion to reconsider on the table. Lost--Ayes
sc, rays 1903. '@.f.'3
The question to reconsider was then put and
decided in the affirmative Ayes 106, nays 80.
The vote by which Mr.. BoYD's amendment to
the bill, providing for Territorial Government
for New Mexico having been reconsdered,
The SPEAKER assigned the floor to Mr.. Borp