Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-12-23
XXXIst Congressional session.
WAsHINGToN,D Dec. IL.

" "AbHINGION,D DeC. l.
SENATE.-Mr. Hale presented petit
ton 10 abolish tho ssual punishment in the
Army, and moved vtae printing OF the re-
cent trinIand sentence Of q private soldier.
Referred to the censmitiee on military af:
fairs. = E NF
tlousE.- -On the assembling ef the
H,A,se this morning, Mr.. Potter announ
ced the deoth of his colleague, Amos E.
Wood, who died on the l9,h of November
last, al his residence in Ohio. Mr.. Wood
was n native of New Y ork, and had been
a resident Of The Stale he repses esen,ed for
the last 25 years.
Aher passing an eulogy on the life and
character OF the deceased, and adopting the
customary resolutions Of coincidence. The
House adjourned. ''
WAsilSeroN, December II.
Cass' resolution OF the
last session, suspending diplomatic rela
',ions with Austria, was taken up and laid
Of the table.
: NJ. bradbury IS resolutions Of last session,
about removals from office, was taken up.
Mr. Bradbury modified il SO as to call for
the names of those removed and for those
whose appointments were to be confirm ed
by the Senate. THIS and number OF
other resolutions as msdlied gave rise to
lengthy debate,. during which removals
and their causes since the administration
Of J @ Adams to the present we're alluded
to. The debate finally took tarp on the
removal of Lane and Weller, during which
~ Sopota p6innrpnH
- ee.4.. < W AsHINGroN, Dec. l6.
HOUSE, The New York Branch Mint
was made the order Of the day fer the sec
ond Tuesday in January. s---.. .:.....
The Speaker laid before the House q
message from the President, announcing
the Texas acceptance Of Mr.. Pearce's
boundary bill. The President says that
great unanimity prevails in Texas, and he
cong,atulates the country on its improved
prospects from the settlement of this meas
ure. The message was laid on the table,
and ordered to be printed. .s
The cheap postage bill was made the Or
der for w ednesday. ~....s.. ... ...
The first Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday in February were set apart for
the Territorial business of Oregon, Min
nesota and New Mexico. s-. .z.z... ....
SENATE: -Messrs. Clay, Doug lass and
Acheson appeared in their serts. ...
The chair laid before the Senate stnte-
ment from the Treasury relative 10 the
Post Office receipts mud expenditures.
NJ, Benton introduced and explained his
bill for the railroad and highway from St.
Louis TO SanFrancisco. The railway is
TO be 1900 miles long. The whole grant
Of lnno will be about l50 .000, 600 acres.
@- WAsnINGToN, December Is.
SESArE.-Sena,ors Bright, of la, and
soule, Of La, appeared and took their
seats. -.... f.
Mr.. Pearce presented the resolutions
Of the Maryland Constitutional Conven
ton, sustaining the comp romise measures,
They were considered and ordered 10 be
printed. e a. s.s a-~-ia
The chair laid on the table report Of
the Superintendent of The Coast Survey,
which was ordered To- be printed. . ss.
The Cass resolution calling for the cor
respondence of the Austrian Charge with
the American Government, was taken up.
Mr. Cass said he understood the President
had stopped diplomatic relations with Aus
lria, and therefore laid the resolution over.
Mr. Bradbury's resolution concerning
the removals from office was taken up.
AIR. .Whi,combe further defended Gen.
Lane, who was removed from the Office of
Governor Of Oregon. -tz. -. ... --..
Mr.Mangur, said that Lane had publish
cd an impeachment ofG en-. 7 Tayl lor's verac-
i,y, and was justly removed.
Messrs. .Cuss and Gwinn continu ed the
debate, defending Col. Weller from the
charges made on Thursday last by Ew-
ing. N- - Ers 4 ,rf
Adjourned. a-s ara.
HOUSE. Gilbert introduced a bill to
create The Office ofSarveyor ofPublicLands
in California. Itwas referred 10 the COM
mltee on public lands. e0s-.z.a7 ~z =.
Mr,Phenix introduced bill to make
w i,ite Hall, New York, a port oil entry.
Referred to the committee on commerce.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on tho state of the Union, and
took up bill for the reduction Of postage.
The original bill proposed and s cent
TutGS On OuHSC lCt.ViSs iHo iSooShESa va
newspapers. 5471-a1...-'
Mr.Potter moved 10 amend, by imposing
the rute Of cents, and nude a speech.
Carter and Venable advocated Cts,
and were willing 10 go lower in the fu-
lure. si -.'t
Mr.Ashmun offered an amendment of 5
cents on letters. 1t was debated until ad.
journmenl.
WAsH1HGroN, Dec. II.
SESATE.-Mr. .Foote presented the res
olutions passed by the Legislature OF Mis-
sissippi, censureing him for his course on
the compromise bill. He said the Legis-
lalure had mistaken the public sentiment
in The States and the next fail election
wonld show ii.
Mr.Jelferson Davis moved that the reso-
lulions be read, and their printing was or.
dered.
The printing Of 10000 extra copies of
the Secretary of.he Treasury's report was
then ordered.
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