The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-07
cONGREs SIGNAL
IN SENATE.
TUESDAY, Aud

following resolution, which was CONSIDERED anu
agreed to.
Resolred, That the Secretary Of the Treasury
be directed to communicate TO the Senate at the
has or may obtain, respecting the trade and COM
merce Of British American colonies with the Uni
ted States and other places, since 1929.
The resolution submitted by Mr.. CLEMENS,
July %, was taken up for consideration, and
agreed to.
Mr.. MANGUM submitted the following reso-
luton for consideration:
Resolved, That Mr. Palmer have leave to with
draw, take out a copyright for, and print his
own acc ount, the documents entitled " A compre-
hensive view of the principal independent Mari
time Counties Of the East, Illustrated by Chart, :
which accompanied the report OF the Secretary or
State to the Senate, under date Of the 23d April
last, and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations; and that the Secretary Of the Senate
be, and he is hereby authorized to subscribe for
five thousand copies Of the work, together with
the Chart under the above title for the of the
Senate Provided, That the same shall be dev-
cred by Mr.. Palmer, at price not exceeding two
dollars per copy, of not less than i've hundred
pages octave. printed on hne paper, ana neatly
bound in muslin.
On motion by Mr.. PEARcE, the billinroduced
by him yesterday to limit the northern and west
ern boundary of Texas, was taken up and made
the special order for tomorrow at III o'clock.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the
bill for the admission of California.
Mr.. YULEE gave notice of an amendment,
which, without being read, was ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. TURNEY moved to amend the bill, by
striking out all after the enactng clause, and in
sorting as follows:
When it shall be made to appear to the Presi-
dent of the United States, by satisfactory evil
dence, that the people inhabting the Territory of
California, Tor so much of said territory as is
comprised within the limits proposed by this bill,
as the boundaries Of the State of California;
sembled in Convention have agreed to establish
as the Southern boundary of said State, line not
further South than the parallel Of $50 80 North
latitude as the Southern boundary of said State,
and limited the representation of said State to one
Representative, until after the next Of the
inhabitants of the United Staes the said State Of
California may be admitted into the Union upon
the proclamation Of the President, upon an equal
footing with the original States.
SEC A. find be it further enacted, That the line
' of 36o 80 Of north latitude, known as the Mis-
souri, Compromise line, as defined by the eighth
section Of an act entitled act to authorize the
people Of the Missouri Territory to form con-
stitution and State government, and for the admis
sion of such State into the Union equal foot
ing with the original States, and to prohibit
slavery in certain Territories approved March
the 9th, 1920, be and the same is hereby declared
to extend TO the Pacific ocean, and the said eighth
section, together with the Compromise therein
effected, is hereby revived, and declared to be in
full force and binding for the future organization
Of the Territories Of the United States in the same
sense and with the same understanding, with
which twas originally adopted.
A q 49, 49, H. al
nays "a, nays %, as follows:
Messrs Atkinson, Badger, Barnwell, Bell,
Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Davis, OF Mississippi,
Dawson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King,
Mangum, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian,
Soule, Turney, Yuee.
Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Bright,
Cass, Clarke, Cooper. Davis, of Massachusetts,
Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge, of Wisconsin, Dodge,
Of Iowa, Douglass Ewing Felch, Greene, Hale,
Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham,
Wales, Walker, Whitecomb, Winthrop
A message from the President respecting the diff
Guilty between New Mexico and Texas, was re-
eeived and read, copy of which will be found
in another column of this paper.
Mr.. FOOTE submitted an amendment, giving
he people Of California the privilege Of deciding
upon what line the State should be divided [The
amendment the reporter has been unable to obtain
10 publish.l
After debate by Messrs, YuLEE, DouGLAs, Sc
BAsrIAN, PRATr, and FooTE, Mr.. FoorE, with
drew his amendment, and Mr.. YuLEE presented
whole bill, containing forty sections, providing
hat California should be divided into States
he line of $50 3O' passing through the middle
State
The amendment having been read Mr.. YULEE
commenced speech; but was interrupted by
motions to adjourn, which were decided by yeas
and nays in the negative.
A debate then ensued upon the courtesy due to
The minority, who desired time to discuss and ex-
Senate; and again motion to adjourn was lost.
Finally, the friends of the bill finding no quo
rum present, gave way to motion to adj
ourn, satisfied nothing would be gained by a
onger session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, August 9th, 1850.
After prayer, the journal of the previous day Is
proceedings was read. When
The SPEAKER remarked that the first bust
hess in order was the question on the amendment
bf Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, to the resolution
bf Mr.. BAYLY, to close the debate on the Post Of
ice appropriation bill, in fifteen minutes after the
House should again go into Commute of the
Whole on the state of the Union, on that measure;
which proposition to amend, proposed to strike
but "fffeen minutes, and insert in lieu thereof,
stwo hours
Mr.. FEATHERSTON moved that the whole
ubject be laid on the table which motion was
pot agreed to.
The question next being on agreeing to the
amendment,
Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, demanded the
Feas and nays, which were not ordered ; and then
he House refused to agree to the said amend.
nent.
Mr.. FEATHERSTON again moved to lay the
ubject on the table; not agreed to.
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