Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-09-05
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| ing day Of adjournment of Congress, failed Ia
only voting in favor Of the resolution. Tbs..
seems to be determination on the part of N.
joriiy not to adjourn until the House have se,a5
on the California and Texas BILL
The Fugitive Slave bill was read third lin,
and passed without division.
Mr.. Badger and Mr. Hamblin gave notice ,b.,
they would at one O'Clock tomorrow. move ,h ,'.
the Senate proceed 20 the consideration of 80
vast amount of executive business, and bonad ae
understanding to that effect would be had Tt ~
Senate then adjourned.
House.-On motion Of Mr.. Potter the Hon..
discharged the committee of the Whole ON ,Ie
state of the Union, from the Consideration of ~
bill es'atl .shing post routes.
Several amendments having been made M.
Ashmun moved TO postpone the further consida,.
alton of the bill until Monday next; it benz il,
portant to dispose of the Civil and D,pIo9,,i,
Appropriation bill at once. Decided in the NO."
alive, 81 IN 100.
The consideration of the route bill was rssr.u
ed, and amendments made.
Mr.. Evans Of Maryland offered one to mai.
all public roads and analogous rivers post ror,s.
aud auihorising the Postmaster General 10 con-
tract Tor carrying mails from place to place il
conformity TO law wherever in his Opinion ,,a
public good requires.
After debate it was rejected, and the bill va,
passed.
The House then went into committee Of ,ba
whole, and Immediately Mr.. BayIy moved thai
the committee rise and report the civil and A
plomaric appropriation bill, thus acted upon
Agreed TO.
The Cook amendment was concurred ip-vs,,
SO. nays ~.
The amendment appropriating eighteen ,bou.
sand dollars for outfit Tor Charge de AZ
fairs to Portugal, Ecuador, Guatemala and
New Grenada, was concurred in IO7 yeas, to ~
noes.
Mr. Bayly moved to reconsider the vote bv,
gave way to enable Mr.. Jones TO offer resnl,.
ton gvIrg the Globe reporters seats near tn.
Clerks desk, pending which the House adoarp.
ed.
Senate, TUESDAY, Aug. e.
Afer the consideration of mornings cuisines.
and bill TO refund certain monies to the safe q
Verginia, the Senate, on motion of Mr.. HAM.
I'm, wen, into executive session, and SO confirm.
ed until adjournment
The House resumed voting on the amendment,
10 the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. NJ,
ported from the committee of the whole on the
state of the Union.
An amendment appropriatiDg nire Thousand
dollars for salary AID outfit for Charge de At.
fairs to Nicaragua, was concurIed in-yeas lis.
nays ID.
The proposed amendment for purchase of sta
and erection of Post Office at Bath. Maine. or
repair ofo'd one, $4,000 dollars, was CONQUERED
IN, "a to 81.
The amendment paying Mr.. Riyes fifteen
thousand dollars, for reporting and publishing IN
the Daily Globe two thousand columns Of Dr,-
proceedings, was concurred in; yeas 1903, NAYS
60
The amendment appropriaiing twer,y-three
thousand five hundred dollars for a hunnred ses
each Of the Congressional Close and Appendix
and Register OF debates, for the use Of members,
was Lot concurred In.
he house refused to strike out the item Of
twelve thousand collars TO secure perpetual lease
OF rooms IN the Few hall to be erected at Uties,
for the use of the United States Circuit aud
district Court.
"WEDNESDAY. Aug. Is.
.Senaie.-The Senate took up aud finally Dis
posed Of several resolutions, not of very Impo,-
tant character.
The resolution submitted by Mr. DAVIS, Of
Mass, cnquirIng relative to the manner of pref.
erence of contract io- Mail service by sea steam
ers, was taken up.
Mr. Dickinson Of New York, opposed tie
resolution, on the ground that The intormaiiou
called Tor, would soon be presented in report
by the Post Office committee.
Mr. DAVIS preferred having the information
separately condensed, direct from the P. o. De-
partneat.
The resolution was adopted
After the consideration of additional morning
business, Mr.. Clay moved that the bill abolish
ing slave trade in the District of Columbia be
taken up. Agreed to.
Mr.. Clay moved that it be made the special
order for Monday next.
Mr.. Atchson. OF Missouri, as test question,
moved that the bull be LAID on the table, which
was rejected ny vote of cas- 16,Hays &c, as fol-
lows.
fEAs-Mcssrs. Atchison, Barnwell, Berien,
Butler. Davis, OF Miss, Dawson, Downs, ilous-
ton, Hunter, Mason, Prats Rusk, Sebastian,
Soue, Turney, Yulss
NAfs.-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bel, Ben
ton, Bradbury, Bright, Cas-, Chase, Clark, Clay,
Dodge Of WIS, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglass, E"-
.ng, Fetch, Foote, Green, Hamb.in. Jones, King,
Mangum. Pearce, Phelps, Shields, Smith, SPfG-
ance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
Whitcomb.
The motion to make the special order was
agreed to.
In The House, the Pennsylvania election case
was taken up and postponed until "Wednesday
next
Reports were called from committees, when
Mr. Stany from the Select committee appointed
in May, to inquire what persons holding ONCE
under the Inst administration, were engaged IN
electoneeriag agains, Gen. Taylor, contributing
TO the press, and giving money to carry on the
campaign, made report in part that Mr.. RIich-
lie OF the Union, and Sengstack, late warden oil
the PenltentlaFy, refused to answer as witness
es.
Dir. Richie would not tell who wrote certain
for his paper, and Dir. Sengs-
tack would not inform him what Democrats con-
lribu,ed money unless be was permitted to state
what wings contributed funds tor their own parry
purposes.
The committee, in view of this adopted res
oiu,ion 70 the effect rha; Messrs. Rncble ana
Sengstsck having refused to answer, the House
be asked for their advice and order thereon
MIR. S'anley briefly advocated the Commit
ices report.
Mr.. Hubbard opposed the objects sought !" %
accomplished by the committee, and concluded
MS renarks by moving to lay the report on Inc
able.
The question was decided in the negative oy
s. TO los.
THURSDAY, Aug. W
Senaie.-Mr. Hunter reported the West ro'It
appropriation bill, with an amendment Tor mah-
ng the salaries Of the Professors InifornrI,<VoV