The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-10

power 90 pnH- laws necessary iur fhr prItHr.
lion of slave property which WIS rejected.
Sir liuak moved ~ Day lhc b,II ou thr Ca
blo-lusi, go tu 80.
~ Tho question being tllru taken ou order
ing the blil a. bc cugr0ssci. IL was agreed lo.
Yeas 32, Nay l7.
No lhr bill pas passed., reduced down lpthr
uuimpnHaut aud siullo measure Of providing
a Territorial ti0ygrumnnt lor lul
WAsuAGTos, Aug. J.
NryATr Mr. Douglas after consulting
Nc Benton, moved 10 take up thc California
hill, aud tO mako ID thr sprrinl- urrr Nh
Mason supported Alr fuura' Amendment. re-
FtrirlnG the southern boundary a. 700 E 800.
Hul opposed tho bin -rrcuu0usly MrWifEr
ryprr--rd similar Niuws, aud replied io Nr
Clay with much warmth. Mrfhy rrio.url.
periodically warning lcAHs aud iIr south of
lhr iatal doom which awaited amy milimr,
stand against thr Union. II they expected
tho cooperation Of the army aud navy, it vii.
o great mistake. The whole military force
wouli stand hl the Union, Mr. l'porr- au.
rwcrcl Ny Bulor onrrmHlly llr ndculrd
the 'himlry of South Carolina disuui,hiist-.
90 the very great murrimrut OF S,uaiOrs, and
thr spectator, in lho rulry, 4 mutual 'p-
juludrr followed, Mr. Hale Thoughts here
wa not much lrlt for Cungrr-s TODD accord
ing to The Southern views. Fifteen Southern
sntoa according a. Alr Mason were going a.
declare theusoycs sovereign aud separate,
and do ns thcA please. Nothing Was lrt for
Northorncrs hut togo home, A. th; srggos-
ton of Mr. Douglas, the omnibus hll finally
passed, the tile having hvcn amended to"A
bil Ia provide TOR the government OF Utah"
aiind niucil laughter,
WAsHNGToN, Aug ?.
SENArE.--1hc California lill was takcu
mp ~ ~ o'clu"k, the question being on NJ
Footr's amendment restricting the Southern
boundary Of California a. o. 30 Amer
much debate, the question was taken on Mr.
FnotcH amendment, which was rejected 20
Ia ~, Mr. fpoto then moved to strike out
all after the cnactiug clause, aud insert from
The Omnibus bll provisions for government
Ia New McNico, and the settlement of the
IcNw boundary by Commissioners,
WAAHISnFaN, Au4, .,
SINArE-Mr Douglass called ior the spc-
cihl of,ler, the California Bill, hut waircdLia
motion, "a allow Mr. poarcr "a introduce his
bill, previously notified, for the settlement
Of dic disputed boundary between TcNn- and
New ArAiru.
MIR t'vrrrr rvViuiurf tho Vruviviuuy NJ hiv
bill, which WIS rrad twice aud orlcryd "a be-
printed.
Tho special order coming zap, Mr. Yulcc
moved is postponcmcut until tomorrow
Lost.
The California Bill was then reported 10
the Senate and agreed Ia.
The question On the cngrussmgnt recurring
It was postponed I'LL tomorrow,
NAsutNGToN, Aug. &.
MIR Tmrncy ollrrrd- AN amendment 10 iii.
vide California upon the line of 80 9 so aud
remand bark the state constitution. In the
meanwhile lac would allow her unc Repre-,
sentative in the House, as n delegate, but no
senator
WANuNGroN, Wednesday, Aug. T..
SrNArE.-A0or the morning business Wa
disposed Of, at n quarter a. ~ O'Clock, MIR
Irarrc's Till, for settling the boundary %.
Texas, was called up.
Mr. Underwood proceeded 10 mako sct
speech against H. lie confessed himself in
some measure responsible Tor the defeat Of
the Omnibus liil and tn1k TINS n'TGrtunifv
To define the ground which be- occupied in III,
action upon that measure. He then gave the
reasons which would govern hi, future action
As to this bill
The agitation of the subject of slavery. ~
a moral question, would meyer De- ended until
the tongue Of mon we're -ilcu,,l, and their
mind, pardyzcd. Congress could not pui
an end Ia the agitation The proposition wa,
So purcha,c tho territory of rcS,.. II che
owned The tcrctory IN unc.inu. hc did rot
want thV government 100 Lgs ii "prlfllrd
tha' Texas should keep IL. On the other
hand. itit did not belong 20 Texas, She had
nn right sell it peitl-.,, bed the Init,.l
state. amy right 10 hu, Il.
NtihI, point in hi rvmarl,s, Mr. I'udgr-
wood Yielded 10 Mr. DOUGLASS. upon whose
motion the hin was laid over. and the Cali
Mr. Rrrricn and others. wishing to speak
upon the BILL an adjournment was finally a.
greed to.
lIou~r-- Stanton, Of Tennessee. dcnnuuc-
cd Mr. Nyh.t.r's letter TO Gov. Bell, OF FcN-
A.. The letter Por- Cor rrntcrtii,S NCw-NrN-
lru nruuSt the agrro,slous az fvNus. The
l!9n5e tn R24gd the Post oairc aprrorrio-
- Rorcnt accounts FROM Oregon received
Mt Washington state that the gold fever has
broken out among the people in consequence
of some discoveries made 10y the Indians. and
that many have gone oil in pursuit Of the
precious metal.
Fmr.-The dwelling house Of Mrs Pc.
qucttc, Of lrasbur1h, was burned on the l.;
inst, together with portion of the furniture.
Insurance $3.50, ia the Vermont Aetti.tl
fTII CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The "frcc Democratic" alias "eN-frcc soil"
Convention, met at Danvillc ON the lst Os-
tcn0biy the candidates for the nomination for
Congressman were Mr. BARrIErr(C ass mani
of Caledonia County, aud Mr. RowELL date
Liberty MANI of Orleans Canntv.--i being
understood before hand that Mr. Rowclls
name should be considered, If he would a
gree To abide by the decision of the Convcn
ton Rlnllg- however, it turned out that Ar
BARTLETT was tho min NH, thnt cnrlh l..