Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-02

accounting oiItCcI Ck tiic fcdSufN
ehe settlement of three months extra
pay, arising out OF the Mexican war.
The bill from the Senate 10 cstab-
lished branch mmts in New York
and Sau Francisco, was referred 10
the committee OF the Whole on the
state of the Union.
The House adjourned.
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In the Senate, on Tuesday, esd
inst, the presiding officer laid before
the Senate communication from
The Hon. lfr. CorWin, enclosing a
copy of letter addressed by him 20
the Governor OF Ohio, stating that
re had hccn appointed Secretary OF
the Treasury OF thc United States,
and that his seat III the Senate will
be vacant from this date.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis offered q res
olutlon calling for instructions given
in the Round Island affair; agreed to-.
Mr. Gay called up tie Compro-
mise bill. Nir. Foote offered his
ann, ndment limiting the jurisdiction
of ofCalifornia 10 the southern boun-
day Of 35 deg. 80 min.
Mr.. Turncy offered an amend
mont providing that California form
a State constitution anew. This
was rejected, as follows:
Ieas-Mcssrs. Atchison, Barnwell
Borgicn, Butler, Chase, Clemens,
Davis of Miss, Dawson, Houston
Hunter, King, Mason, Morton,
Pearcc, Rusk, Sebastian. Sou!e, l'ur
nev, and YuIee-l9.
Nays-1Iessrs. Badger, Baldwin,
Bell, Ben OH, Bradbury, Bright, Cass,
Clark, Clay, Cooper, Davis of Mas
sachusotts, Dayton, Dickinson, Dod-
&c Of Wisconsin, Dodge Of Iowa,
f,clch, Foote, Green, Hale, Jones,
Margum, Miller, Norris, Pratt, Sc
ward, Shields, Smith, Spruancc. Stur
geon, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
" aEkeI, and Whltcomb-3i.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, moved
to amend the amendment by adding
thereto the following:
And that all laws and uSagcs eX-
lstingin said Territory at the date of
its acquisition by the United States,
which deny or obstruct the right of
any Citizen Of the United States to
remove 10 and reside in said Terri.
tory, with any species Of property
legally held in any of the States OF
this Union, be, and are hereby de-
clared null and void.
a discussion cnsued upon the true
construction of the doctrine ofnon-
intervention, and the question wheth-
er the Mexican laws abolish;ng s,a-
Very We're now in force in the terri
tories; also, as to the true consiruc-
ton of Mr.. Cahoun's speeches and
writings on thc subject--in which
Messrs, Davis, Foote, Bcrrlcn, I'M
derwood, and lu!ee participated.
The presiding officer stated the
question TO be on the amendment,
and 10 That question debate mus be
confined.
Mr.. Hale said that he was some
what surprised at the point of order.
He expected that it would have been
that he had no righ to aIlude to
southern chivalrv, because that was
dead and gone LaugntelL He again
repeated his desire that The question
should he taken.
The question was also taken on
Mr.. Dayis's amendment TO the a.
mcndment, and it was rejected, as
follows:
leas--Mossrs. Atchison, Barn
well, Bell, Berricn, Butler, Clemens.
Davis of Miss, Dawson, Downs,
Houston, Hunter, King, Mangum,
Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastion,
Soulc, Turney, Underwood, and
Yulec-22.
Naps-Messrs. BADGER, Baldwin
Benton, Bradbury. Bright, Cass Case
Clark, Clay, Cooper. Davis ofMas.
Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of Wis
consm, Dodge of Iowa, Felch, Footc,
Greene, Hale, Iiamlin, Jones, Miller,
Norris, Pearce, Seward, Shields,
Smith, Spruance. Sturgeon, Upham,
Wales. Walker, and Whitcomb-333.
Mr.. Foote moved 10 postpone the
bill until tomorrow.
This was decided in the affirma-
tive-yeas 81, nays lS.
Mr.. Bradbury gave notice that he
would move to amend the collpro-
mise bill as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting
clause, in section 80, to line 40. and
insert in lieu thereof, as follows:
That the President of the United
States be and is hereby authorised,
bv and with the advice and consent
ofthe Senate, to appoint two COM