The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-09

Mr-Thomas Of Tennessee introduced ! nm Z,
extend the iranking privileges 20 SaiaE Polk, rslcf
OF ex-Presdent Polk and there being nosobistf;cn
twas Immediately carried throagh he several pre-.
h9inayy forms and passed
numefoee memorials were presented, and he
Speaker laid before the House several cons,u.,;ez
tons from the President
Mr. Mahn offered resoIdiion in.tr,iet;no tks
Camlgitsee On Naval Affairs . bring in bill abaI-
ishing hoggiag inthe Navy. ~
ss.ts- caAfwnsa--T Tfgrs .Isza,sd, st8 ss,s
Mr.. Venable offered a resolation calling uporth
tfes.dent Of stheU nited States % commas6czse 70
tne House Whether he has, sincsst last session.
sPpointed say petson either as civil or nilitsSy
1cvernotcf New Mexico or California: and sel,ett-
:. any agent was directed or Instructed 70 preside
= g aid the people in fofming dpns4
,bis Co.,, sr sno nat a s0rresPendenes held By
and New Meyeo rsiatve o. te erui;on u es
eminent for said Territories Be eers5nnl,css.a w.
IA message was reeeived from he Senate. mr.
noanc.ng tlss passage y that body ef he biIi en-
tenalng the tfanksng privilege 70 Mrs polk1
Ms Stephens Of Georgia sugres,e,s a,s s,.,s,s-
nleIt 70 the resolution, which Mr. Ven.ble ,1crrsf-
ed IN substance, and that the President eos.r1rs
nleate all similar instructions which were gwen e
similar officers OF agents BY the late Exscaiive, md
all similar Information which may BE- On rscord NJ
to the close of Mr.. Polk's seSm Of ofiics.5
MI Sts1ty did not mean to object to the fssoId-
1on, ,sbuf having seen one offered elsewhere In III.
Ssnatel 50 much in the phraseoogy Of his, Re was
lncnced TO ask skwhether this was his colleague =
thunder, or that of somebody else
Mr.. Venable said that sonebolir q sT.e;vba.<ss
had stolen his thunder. [Laughter.l This was his
own, resolution and his own sugvession He ar
stsred the question merely as matter Of ceuztssv
/. Mr. Stanly Thought that the resolutions osrht Is
Pc quailhe9; the information. to be farnIsEed,s1
not lne0inpatble with sle public interests Such
!. The resolutioh as afnendsd was agreed 10.
NJ. Savage snbmItteda RESOLUTION, calling on the
Resident Of the United States IL not incompafibs
with the public interests, ofurnish The House with
the knowledge IN bis possesslon relative to th
extraordinary proceedings attending the seizure of
llgre island and fe Occupation or attstnpt at sei-
zuie Of any part Of Central America by the British
and that he also furnish the House with copies Of
an Jrsa.ies not heretofore published, which may
have beea negotiated with the States of Central
A1seTica, under the auspices Of This GoSernmeht
y Ihe resolution, giving nse to debate, lies over
Mr.. Garter offered resolution that the Coinuif-
zee Of Ways and Means report bill Eepeslihg the
act establishing the Home Department, and 1roti-
.dlng for the appointment Of an Secretzrv
OF the Treasury and Commissioned OF Customs.
The resolution lies over.
Mr. Root offered resolution that the Conmtftes
on Territories be instructed to report q the House.
with asttle delay as practicable Ill or bills pro-
vdIng territorial government or eove7nfnests for
ar that part Of the territory ceded 10 the United
States by the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, living
eastward of the Sierra Nevada mounisihs. and
prohibiting slavery therein. He denanded ths
previous. question.
Mr.. Stephens moved to lay the resolution On thg
table, 49, = =
Mr. Wentworth asked fof the yeas and nays and
the question being taken, il was decided in the
negahye-yeas S3, nays 101 z
Ihe question then REQUIRED ON secdndinn the d.
ma9d man Tor the Preyons question: whea Mr.. HlIiazd
sand he asked 70 debate tine resolution. Itwentoyef
And the House adjourned until Thursday next