Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1850.

The fugitive slave bill being again under consideration
Mr. MASON. move to amend the amendment Of the
Senator from Maryland in such way to provide that the
jury who try these issues shall try the issue whether
not there has been collision the part Of the claimant
have submitted the amendment to the Senator from Mary
land, and he is willing 10 accept it modification.
The PRESIDENT. It further proposed to amend the
amendment by inserting after the word "cour, where it
first in the tenth line Of the section that in the
opinion Of the jury there was no such collusion."
Mr. PRATT. accept that modification also.
The PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment
Of the Senator from Maryland, as modified. 4.
The debate then resumed and continued great length
when, without taking the question the Senate adjourned
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1850.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the bill to provide
for the eciua execution the third clause Of the second
section of the fourth article Of the Constitution Of the United
States.
The question pending the amendment offered by
Mr.. Pratt.
Mr.. PRATT moved to amend bis amendment by adding
thereto the following:
find be further enacted That it. any time after any fu
gves from service labor shall be paid for herenbeore
authorized and required shall be the power of the officers
named in this apprehend such ugves that shall be the
duty of said officers apprehend hem and thereafter
be deliver them to their owners their
ves whom such payment have been made and
such delivery it shall be the duty of the said officers to notify
the district attorney for the time being, of the district in
which the may reside of such delivery whereupon the
shall become liable the United States for the value
of such ngves the time of such delivery be recovered
by the said district attorney OF the master by suit in the said
circuit COURT
The amendment the amendment agreed to- and the
question being taken by yeas and nays the amendment
as amended they were as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Badger, Downs, Foote Houston Man.
gum, Mason, Pearce, Pratt, and Rusk-l0
NAYS-Messrs Baldwin, Barnwell, BeAton, Berrien,
Bradbury, Bright Butler, Cass Chase, Clarke Davis, Of
Massachusetts, Davis of Mississippi Dawson, Dayton Greene,
Hamlin, jones' King, Phelps Smith, Sturgeon, Turney,
Underwood Upham, Wales, Whitcomb, Winthrop, and
Yulee-2z.
So the amendment was rejected # t
Mr.. UNDERWOOD moved to amend the bill by striking
all after the enacing clause and inserting substitute
The PRESIDENT stated that the amendment not in
order, but that would be when the bill before the
Senate
The bill then reported to the Senate, and Mr.. UN
DERWOOD renewed his amendment, upon which a long
debate ensued in which Messrs UNDERWOOD, MASON,
FOOTE, DAVIS, Of mississippi, and TURNEY parc
pated
The Senate then adjourned.
On the next day friday the bill was ordered to be en-
crossed for third reading by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Badger Barnwell, Bell Ber-
rien Butler Davis Of Mississippi Dawson Dodge OF Iowa,
Downs Foote Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum,
Mason Pearce Rusk Sebastian Soue Spruance, Sturgeon,
Turney, Underwood, Wales, Yulee-27.
NAYS-Messrs Baldwin, Bradbury Chase Cooper, Davis,
Of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Greene,
Smith, Upham, Walker, Winthrop-l2.