The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-13
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
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IMPORTANT FROM WARRINGTON.
Passage Of the Fugitive Slave Bill
in tho House.
sEwARDIsM KILLED IN THE SENATE.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR APPOINTED,
20. &C.. NC.
EHlR CONG II z So
yIRsT SESSION.
Senate.
BY MoRsE's MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON Sent IL 1885

By hoRsE's MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
H WASHINGTON, Sept IL. 1850.
A MEMORIAL FROM NEW MEXICO, ASKING Foa ADsiIssro,
The President laid before the Senate q memorial o
the Legislature Of New Mexico asking her admission
a. State into the Union.
Mr.. SEWARD moved reference to the Committee oil
Territories
Mr. MAssr moved to lay the memorial upon tn.
table which lost-Yeas 10 nays 10
Mr.. DIokIssor moved that the molten to refer be
laid on the table, which was agreed to-Yeas, 2T
YEAs-NsssTs A,shisCn Barnwsl Bell, Berren; Butler
Jsns kq
Hsasr~dca xhsssnS s%d TSse Shields '0ai' Sturgeon
NAyshsssrs Baldwin Benton, Bright, Davis Of Mass.
sss smith, sis ..S %nh GTssn' H'nn
After the consideration Of morning business the bill
to suppress the slave trade was taken up.
Mr. oLAr appealed to Senators to allow the vote to
be taken, without further debate
Mr. SouLE spoke at ssme length to show that Cap
tain Ranletts letter. which read in the Senate
ss refers to the laws Of Louisiana in relation to
Mr.. BranIrr followed, with similar remarks on be-
MT wrrrHsor replied, and the debate was continued
BY Messrs Berrien, Butler, Davis of Mass Winthrop,
and Douglas after which the question WAS taken upon
Mr.. Stewards amendment, and it was rejected
Yeas, B; nays, As, as follows:
YsAs-hessrs. Chase, Dodge Of Wisconsin, Hale Seward
N.IsIEes,r. Atehison; Badger, Paldrin Bayrye Bell
Wis., Of Miss DAYTON Dickinson Dodge Of Iowa DougIss
Downs Eying. felch, Fremont, G! eene, Bamln, Gwin
Pierce, Prats Rush sebastian Shields Smith, soaIs
sgruance sturgeon Turney Underwood. Wales whiteomb
The bill then reported to the Senate.
Mr.. CLAY expressed the hope that the amer aments
made by the Senate in committee would be rejected
and that the bill would be passed exactly originally
reported He feared that II the dmspts per-
Sisted in, the bill would not pass; while IL they we're
rejected, the bill would receive the uHtsd Northern
and majority Of the Southern vote
On motion of Mr. DIcASsos, the bill was tenn rary
laid upon the table and the senate took up House
bin to supply deficiencies In
MILEAGE MEMBERS, Erc.
The pay and mileage Of members WAS taken up, aud
several amendments reported by the Finance Com
mittee. were agreed to.
Mr. BEsros moved amendment, providing that
the mileage of he Senators and Representatives from
California aud the delegate from OregoH shall be
puted by the nearest usually travelled route within
the United States, which he designated that from
missouri across the country and by the South Pass.
y Mr. GwIr appealed to Gel. Fremont to say whether
the route designated could be used in travelling from
California to the seat OF government
Mr.. Fremont acQuiesced
Dir. GwIS then opposed the anne DIN ent proposed.
IL made unjust discrimination He con tended that
the members referred to entitled to mileage
puted by the mail reuie across the Isthmus.
After further debate, the amendment agreed to-
and the bill reported to the Senate, and the
amendme nts Of the Senate concurred In.
Mr. HASILIN proposed sn amendment providing that
in future, neither house OF Congress shall purchase
books except BY authority OF law which rejected
Yeas, 20; nayssT.
Mr.. DopoE OF Iowa moved to strike cut sn appro-
Iration for books for Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, which after debate was rejected
Mr.. DovGLss moved an smendmsnt, allowing the
CALIFORNIA; Senators and Representatives their per
diem compensation, from the date Of the constitution
Of California, which was agreed 20
The bill then ordered To b. engrossed and passed
After executive business, che Senate adjourned.