The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-21
Congressional.

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In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. CLAY presented
resolutions passed by the Constitutional Conven-
don Of Kentucky, in favor Of the "plan Of adj
justment, - now before the Senate, and addressed
to the Senate few remarks explanatory Of the
state of public sentiment in Kentucky relative to
his plan.
Mr.. King reported Joint Resolution directing
the presentation of gold medal to Captain Cook,
of the British barque Sarah, in token Of appre
citation Of his services " rescuing the passengers
and crew of the American ship Caleb Grimshaw,
destroyed by fire at sea; which was considered
and passed.
The g adjustment" bill was taken up at one
o'clock, the question pending being upon Mr..
UNDERwooD's amendment, providing for the trial of
the title of Texas to New Mexico, in the Supreme
Court in the event of the failure by Texas to ac-
cept the propositions made in the bill for the set
Element Of her boundaries.
After debate between Senator'S CLAY, BADGER,
BRRRIEN, FooTE, and ArcmsoN--the latter gen
teman expressing himself in favor of settling the
question by arbitrament, if not disposed of by
the operation of the pending bll-the amend
ment was rejected by Yeas Is, Nays "a.
Mr.. BERRIEN then moved to amend the bill,
gress from California and to direct that her Sena-
tors and Representatives shall be chosen after the
passage of this act.
Mr. B. addressed the Senate at length in sup
port Of his amendment.
Mr.. DOUGLASS followed on the other side,
and after some additional debate between Senators
DorGLAss and BERREN, the amendment was
rejected by vote Of Yeas IL, Nays 81.
The Senate then adjourned over until Monday
next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House, on coming together yesterday, the
motion was to stop debate on the bill providing for
soldiers Of the war of 1912, 10, IA and Is, with
Great Britain, the Indian wars of l8ll the Flor
ida) Semnolean war of 1895 and 1886, &c., and
the war known as Gen. Wayne's war Of 1892 to
1895, that have not been provided for at O'Clock,
p M, and then going into Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union, Mr.. RICH
ARDsoN in the Chair; the said bill wasdebated
at length, Messrs. HARALsoN, WATKINS, and
Com making speeches in its favor, and Mr..
vINToN addressing to the Committee a few re-
marks against it.
After the speech of Mr.. Corr, the Committee
went on to listen to five minute speeches, which
were made by Messrs. MEADE, VENABLE, Nc
LEAN, Of Kentucky, GIDpINcs, VNToN, STANTON,
of Kentucky, and McMuLLEN, the question offici-
ally under consideration being the proposition of
Mr.. MEADE, so to amend the bill as to include the
donation of bounty lands to all the militia serving
tho rod To n the
This amendment being temporarily Withdrawn,
Mr. MARSHALL moved another-to extend
the provisions of the bill to all who served in these
wars sixty days, to the satisfaction of their supe-
riors, to which the mover thereof addressed the
Committee.
Mr.. KERR proposed to amend that amendment
by extending the benefit of the measure to all min
ute men, sailors, persons serving in. hotillas all
who were actually engaged, on the American side,
in any battle or skirmish in either Of these wars,
&C., without question as to the actual time of
service of the recipient thereof; and to this pro-
position Mr.K. addressed the Committee.
Whereupon it became the question for FIVE min
utes speeches from Messrs. FEATnERsroN, Dun
HAM, and TAYLOR.
Mr.. HUBBARD then proposed an amendment
(dr. Marshall 5 having been withdrawn to alter
the bill 30 as to graduate the bounty to be given,
awarding forty acres to such as served from two
to six months, eighty to those serving from
six to twelve months, and one hundred and sixty
acres to those serving more than one year. To
this proposition, Mr.. HuBBARD having addressed
the Chair upon his proposition for FIVE minutes,
Mr.. JONES raised point Of order against 1t,
viz: that being i'm effect substitute for the origi-
nal bill, it was not in order; another substitute,
previously offered, not having yet been voted
on.
Pending the question on the point Of order, the
Committee rose and the House adjourned.
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THE INsuRREcTIoN OF THE BLACKS AT MARTi-
MOE. A telegraphic dispatch from New York IN
yesterdays Sun, gave intelligence from the French
Island Of Martinique, one of the Windward Is
lands Of the West Indies that formidable insur-
recton Of the negroes had broken out there, on the
10th Of May, which attended by the burning
Of large part of the town of St. Pierre. This
outbreak is consequent upon the new state OF
things there between the white and black races
The French Assembly, after the late revolution,
among its first acts declared slavery at an end IN
Martinique and all the Islands belonging to France
where it still existed. This sudden accession to
the rights of free citizens gaveto the bac KS
the political preponderance, and they returned to
the Assembly two black representatives. The
elections have caused several disturbances, and
the recent instruction doubtless finds in some po-
ltical cause pretext for the manifestation of the
hatred Of one against the other. St. Pierre is
town with population Of about forty thousand
inhabitants, the whole Island having population
Of nearly one hundred thousand, eight-tenths Of
which are blacks.
report in the Journal of Commerce makes
the instruction at Point Petre on the Island Of
Guadalupe. We cannot say which is true or
whether either is. We had some ntimaton Of
this affair some time since, by way Of New Or
leans, in private letters. --Baif. sun