Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-08-16
FR0GLEDINGs OF CONGRESS.

Mr.. Pearce's bill for the settlement OF
the Texas boundary question, passed the
Senate on Friday last BY decisive vote.
II provides that the boundary of Texas
upon the North shall commence al the
point at which the meridian of 100 degrees
West Of Greenwich is intersected by the
parallel of SO degrees and 80 minutes
North latitude, and shall run due West to
the meridian Of l03 degrees West from
Greenwich; thence due south 10 the 32nd
degree of North latitude thence to the
parallel Of 80 degrees of North latitude to
the Rio Bravo Del Norte and thence
with the channel of the river to the Gulf
of Mexico that Texas shall cede TO the
United States all other territory to which
she may have laid claim shall relinquish
all claim upon the United States for her
public debt, or for COM mpensation for what
became the property of the United States
when Texas was annexed that on these
considerations she shall receive ten millions
of dollars in stock bearing five per cent.
interest, redeemable in fourteen years, with
the prOyiso That five millions of said
stock shall not be issued until the creditors
of the said State, holding bonds of Texas,
for which duties on imports were specially
pledged, shall first file at the Treasury of
the United States releases of claims against
the United States for or on account of said
bonds. The vote on its final passage was
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Badger, Bell, Berrien, Brad
bury, Bright, Cass, Clarke, Clemens, Cooper,
Davis of Mass, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of
Iowa Douglas, Felch, Foote, Greene, Houston,
King, Norris, Pearce, Phelps, Rusk Shield,
Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Wales, Whitcomb,
Winthrop-30.
Nays-Messrs Atchison, Baldwin, Barnwell,
Benton, Butler, Chase, Davis of Miss, Dodge
of Wis, Ewing, Hale, Hunter, Mason, Morton,
Seward, Soule, Turney, Underwood, Upham,
Walker, Yulee-l9.
This movement for the settlement Of the
exciting questions at issue, was followed
by the Introduction of bill to admit Cali
fornia. On Tuesday the subject was taken
up, and after considerable discussion the
bill was ordered to be engrossed by the fol-
lowing vote
Yeas-Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury Bright,
Bell, Cass, Chase Cooper, Davis of Mass, Dick
inson, Dodge of Wis, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas,
Ewing, Felch, Hale, Hamlin, Houston, Miller,
Norris, Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spru-
ance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
Walker, Whitcomb, and Winthrop-32.
Nays-Atchison, Barnwell, BerrieD, Butler,
Clemens, Davis of Miss, Dawson, Downs,
Foote, Hunter, King, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sc
bastian, Soule, Turney, and Yulee-ls.
On Tuesday the California bill was
again taken up, and after violent speeches
against it by Davis of Mississippi, Gle
mems, and others, the question was taken
and the bill passed-yeas "a, nays l8-as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. BALDWIN, Bradbury, Bell Ben
ton, Bright, Cass, Chase, Cooper, Davis of Mass,
Dickinson, Dodge of Wis, Dodge of Iowa, Doug
las Ewing, Felch, Greene, Hale Hamln Hous-
ton, Jones, Miller, Norris, Phelps, Seward, Spru-
ance, Shields, Smith, Sturgeon, Underwood, Up
ham, Wales, Walker, Winthrop, Whitcomb
Nays-Messrs Atchison, Barnwell, Butler,
Berrien, Clemens, Davis of Miss, Foote Hun
ter, King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebas-
tian, Soule, Turney, YuIee.
The passage of the bill was greeted with
demonstrations of applause.
Mr.. Butler signiied desire TO enter a
protest to the bill, on the part of the mi
nority.
Mr.. Douglas moved that the bill TO estab-
lish Territorial Government for New
Mexico be made the special order for to-
morrow, twelve o'clock.
Mr.. Butler expressed the desire to have
the fugitive slave bill taken up and acted
upon first.
Mr.. Footc expressed his great surprise
that gentlemen from the South should en-
deayor to delay action upon the Territorial
Bill, and commented with some severity
upon the action of many Southern Senators.
After further debate the motion to make
the bill special order for tomorrow was
agreed to, on divislon-Ayes 25, Nays Ia.
On Wednesday debate sprung up on
motion to enter on the journal the protest
of some southern members against the
passage of the California bill. Mr.. Win
throp stated that the British House of Peers
was the only body in the world where the
right to enter such protests was accorded,
and he, for one, was opposed to ENGRAVING
such an aristocratic feature in the Senate,
The subject was postponed until the next
day.
TeIegraphle Dispatches.