Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-28
TUESDAY. JuSE %, 1850

Mr. Davis of Massachusetts, presented memorials from c
items the United States stating that the cation ana
y,oen and calico printing establishments have suspended
or are running without profit; ALSO that the iron establish
ncns o United STATE, much depressed VI are Nc
aiy stopped. lie enlarged upon The fact that large imp"
Ions n railroad iron in and the price would
rise as would with competition here The United
states lost twice much by the substitution OF foreign
IRON for American on the actual value Of the amount
imported
ii Pennsyl vana lost million Of dollars BY the destrnc
lion "n works, il followed that the nmount oi home
productive industry be paid for in exchange of
commodities. The result would soon be-and hid already
happencdtai the country would be drained OF specie To
pay for mporiaons The necessary consequence Of per
ssng in this policy would bc universal poverty ana DIS
tre~s III would pursue this subject nj niurc time
After other memorials had been presented,
Mr. Jefferson Davis reported bill 10 provide for The elias
sca,ion Of clerks in the military bureaus and The equal
izltlon ol their salaries.
Mr.. Kusk introduced bill for raising two additional res
mcnis Of cavalry; referred the committee on military
Affairs.
The adjustment bill taken mp.
Mr.. Soule's amendment pending
Nj Soule pursued his argument in regard 10 the public
doln oil California, showing that while all foreign nations
would have the riches of California the United
would alone be deprived OF them lie referred to the
Spanish laws az existing in Mexico, in order show a;
the mines would bc open to all nations, IL those laws were
not repealed
He commended in the second branch of his argument in
favor of dividing California into parts that the limits
assumed were eXtraragant To the States that had
come average of $1,000 square mles had been allotted
and three times t'at arca VAS gwen 10 California He
showed also that III representation the Convention
skliu conrycd 10 rive the -slavchoding policy a
predoninance Utah therefore excluded from the
Convention.
He argued that the whole OF California equal 10 the
support . population Of nearly twenty millions
In years-sUme ten twentv-Catornl would
possss IN overpowcring Influence in the other Housewife
her forty Of fifty Representatives,.
Mr. Douglas took III, ioor and after spending short
tine in Executive session
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. Cobb of Ala, moved thn the House resolve itself in
to committee e whole the Stale of the Union, the
Bounty Land bill
Mr. Bart said this day had been assigned ior the consde
ration the report of the select committee oi The House IN
the matter in which the Secretary al War connected
commonly known the tiaphn claim. He was very IN
willing interfere with Of the business before The com
moe OF the whole the State OF the Union, but he felt
that il act of justice 10 high Gnconary oi the
Government that The which the special order O
the day. before the House. should be disposed Of instead Of
going into committee on the bounty land bill.
The Chair stated that the motion To go into Committee o
the Whole the of The lnon would take precedence
ba, should the House refuse 10 20 into committee the Gal
pn would take precedence over all oiher business u
! Ill disposed OF.
The question put the motion OF Mr.. Cobb OF Ala.
and il was carried in the affmave-yeas lis, nays 16-an'
the House resolved itself into Comme of the Whole, (ar
Richardson in the Char and resumed the consideration
the Bounty Land bill.
After much discussion the committee voted down the pro
position Of Mr.. Mc.ane amendment TO the amendmen
! Of Mr.. Hubbard.
| Mr. AIbertson Withdrew his resolution and Mr. Miller o
Ohio proposed substitute which had been adopted
| the caucus, for the original bill.
| The bill provides 40 for 3 months SO for
months and leo for Il months service and upwards
The committee after voting down the numerous amend