Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1850-02-02
FRnN WASHINGTON.

We have been favored with the Alabama Plant 2
Of the 25'h at which gives us bret e graphic d.
patches from Washington as ATE A. The 22nd Ill.,
On the Ilth Saturday. the Senate I'D not sin and
ia the House or that day and ihe l''h nothing Of in-
'an.j y@ Gone Oh ha li.h ihe Senate was en-
eFel 70 n debate fro relation 20 iae prop "a redsc-
fln l1 tho cost O. c..s'ag ne revenue a i- coln-
ty Mr. Douglass o1.5el q resolution thar tire com
m,,ee ri the District OF Columbia be instructed 10 en-.
qg.fe into the expeteney oi refreshing - tie state
Of Maryland Ell that portion Of said Dis.re, which g
not embraced ia ire corporate limits o. the city of
Washington. and that tha charter Of the sand city be
50 amended as % authorize The corporation thereof 70
exercise the power Of Deg. aton usually exercised
by the regularly oselazi territories a. Tie L 5.
under their re- 5eo,ye lass Mr Houston offered a
resolution declaring tlai a. Congress has no power
either 10 abolish or establish slavery IN The States
such esaLl shmeui or prohibition OF negro slavery IA
the State governments formed BY he people OF the
territories shall be- deemed 70 objection 10 their al.
mission a. a State or States nto the Union, IN accor-
dance with the Constitutions the United States.-
The papers called for by the senate in relation 10
the Rey abduction case were transmitted to that DO
d. on the Ii,h They are said 10 be very ,olumi-
nous and to show that 'the President toos the high
est and most decided tone in relation 10 the Rcy case
Gu the 10th, Mr. Benton introduced INFO the Sens
ate b'l to purchase OF Texas that portion OF her
western border claimed by New Mexico for $4,000,
i L..
Mr. Foote introduced bis bin for the organization OF
territorial governments, in Deseret & New Mexico &
the admission Of California and San Jacnto, IN Tex.
as into The Onion Mr. Foote spoke at length on
the suJect-rcterrcd tothc committee on the Iudic j.
airy. Mir, Batter rom the committee Oh the judicial
ry reported the bin to provide ior the arrest and de-
livery Of fugitive slaves.
0n,he 10Th Mr. Clemens resolutions calling on
tie President for information touching the instruc-
tons gwen By the administration in relation to Cali
'jn,a, was taken up. Arcra warm and spicy de-
bate, The resolution, with an amendment adding q
further call for information, was adopted bya vote %
IS to 3 Oathe 2lst Gen Cass defined his position
On the question 81 sayery--ho pronounced the VIII
mot prosso unconstitutional and declared thar he
woud resign his scat in the Senate sooner than obey
instructions to vote for il, lie closed his speech the
mex: day
The same day (2ls) the President sent MESSAGE
to Congress in reference 70 California. Tic denies
having eSered any authority in framing STATE Con-
stimtion for that country But it is said there j, no
doubt that be prompted the adoption Of a State Con.
stitulion as a mean, OF adjusting Or rather grading
the question as to the power OF Congress to prohibit
slavery in a territory.
In the House the 18th, l7th, AMI 18Th, were spent
in Intellectual attempts 10 eject a door keeper. No
thing OF general interest had transpred in that body
up 10 our latest date.
Mr. Calhoun had been exceedingly III, hui was not
considered IN danger.
Gen Taylor ID his repyto the Hungarian depula-
ton that recently arrived in Washington 'ron New
York. stated that lac had long since instructed the U
y Minister at Consianunppc tuintercede with th'
Sultan for the liberty o, kossuth aud his companions
that they might come to America.