The southern press., 1850-09-09
CONGRESS Al.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SAruRnAY, september I. la50

that he desired to throw himself upon the indul-
gence of the House, to ask, as a special favor, the
privilege Of having his vote placed on the record
among the nays on the final passage of the bill
proposing settlement OF the bounda Of Texns
and providing government for the Territory Of
New Mexico. He wass necessarily absent from
the House at the moment his name was called,
but was in his seat before his friend, fDr. Az
ERErrl whose name was next to his in alphabet
cai order, had voted. And as his opposition to
the bill was well known, and his vote could rot
I change the result in one way or the other he
hoped the House would yield its assent.
/ Objection made
Mr.. BOOTH, of Connecticut, asked the consent
of the House TO present some resolutions from
the Legislature Of Connecticut. Objected 10.
Mr.. BURT, of South Carolina, called for the
regular order of business. ~. TT
REPORT OF TUE EWING INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
The SPEAKER, stated that the first business
in order was the report from the select committee.
appointed on the 22l of April last. =.
MIR. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, being entitled
to the floor, resumed his speech in support of the
report and the resolutions.
! Mr. VlNTON, of Ohio, a member of the mi
nority of the Committee, called for the reading Of
the orig ginal resolutions under which the Commit
tee was appointed. They read as follows:
Resoired, That select committee Of nine he
appointed, with power to send for persons and
papers, to inquire md report to the House
whether Thomas Ewing, Secretary Of the Ints-
rior, reopened and paid To G. w. and w. q.
Ewing, n claim against the United States of sew
enty-seven thousand dollars, after the same had
been adiudicated and rejected by the proper officer
of the government, before said Ewing was ID
! Quoted into the said Office of the Interior; who
we're the agents and attorneys for said clai,n;
what clerk in the Office of said Department of the
Interior bad interest in said claim, and how said
interest, It any, was acquired.
3D. Whether said Ewing reopened and paid in
erest to the amount Of thirty zone thousand dol
lars on the pension granted to Commodore James
Barron, for services rendered in the Virginia navy
ndurng the revolutionary war, after the principal
had been fully paid and discharged; and, if sad
interest was pld was it simple or compound;
who was the agent or attorney for said claim; and
the authority of law for such payment, if any.
Sd. Whether said Ewing reopened and paid
claim to person or persons, on behalf Of the
| Chickasaw Indians, of one hundred and eight
Thousand dollars, after the same had been adjud-
Gated and elected by the proper officer of the GOV
ernment, before said Ewing was inducted mo
| the office Of the Interior; who the agent or
! agents, attorney or attorneys. and who was the
party or parties In interest; aud whether either Of
said agents, attorneys, parties in int crest, held.
at the time OF such payment, any office under tbs
government, or now holds such office; and, if ST..
what office
4th. Whether said Ewing exercised the power
| ofappolntment in the Pension and General Land
Offices; whether the was in violation Of
law; also, whether any clerk of said Ewinr's ar-
pointment reviews the opinions and decisions f
the Commissioners Of Pensions, by order and d.
rection Of said Ewing, and if so the authority
for such order and direction.
5th. Whether any person or persons in off, q
by appointment from said Ewing are correspont.
ents or editors OF newspapers, and what papers
they edit or write for. and what their salaries
He also called for the reading of the resolutions
reported ny the committee, as follows:
l. Resolved, That the payment hy the Secretar,y
Of the Interior Of So, ,3S2 cents to the admins
tratI0n Of Commodore James Barron, as commr.
tation pay for the naval services of said Barron
during the revolutionary war, was made in rioIs-
ton Of law.
2. Resolred, That officers of the Virginia navy,
during the war of the revolution, are not entitleI
to communication pay.
3. Re,olred, That the payment Of compound in
terest IN the case Of Commodore James Barron,
was made IN violation of law.
4. Resotred, That the sum Of S56. .O2l 40 cents
paid to Messrs. Corcoran e. Riggs, as assignee.
of William VI. Gwinn, was justly due the Chick.
asaw indians, and was improperly paid to Cor
coran & Riggs.
He then moved the following substitute:
Resolved, I" That inasmuch IA the lst, I'd and 81
Of the resolutions adopted by the House on the,
22d day Of April last, on motion of Mr.. RICHARp-
SON, Of ILL.,. do not charge the Secretary Of the In
terror, the foundation Of the inquiries thereu
directed to be made, with any crime or msde-
meanor, and do not propose any change of the ex-
listing ws,they are hereby rescnded and that th.
report of the select committee presented on Wed
nesday last be recommit,ed to said Committee,
with instructions t" report on the 4th and 5.h
solutions only"
Mr.. VINTON, supported the substitute pre-
sented by him and replied to the remarks of the.
gentleman from Illinois until the expiration Of th,
morning hour, when,
MIR. ROBINSON df Ia, moved that the House
proceed to the business the Speakers table.
The military academy appropriation bill, with
the amendments as returned from the Senate, be-
ing first IN order, was, on motion Of Mr.. BAvLy,
taken uH, the amendments concurred in, and th.
bill was read a third time and passed
FIVE ADMISSION BILL FOR CALIFORNIA WITH Gov
ERNMENT FOR UTAH HUNG TO 1T.
Il BILL for the admission fthe Sta'c Of California
into The Union.
Whereas the people Of California have presented
a constitution and asked admission into the Uno,,
which constitution was submitted to Congress bT
the President OF the United States by message,
dated February thirteenth, eighteen hundred AMI
fifty, and which, on due examination, is found to
be republican in it's form of government
BE enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentaires Gf the United States Of .4nerica in Con-
greSS assembled, That the State Of California sbal
be one, and is hereby declared to be Of the
United States Of America, and admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original States
IN all respects whatever.
See. .. find be IL further enacted, That until the
representatives in Congress shall be apportioned
according to an actual enumeration of the inhali-
ants of the United States, the State Of Califor-
MIA shall be entitled to two representatives IN
Congress.
The Senate bill for the admission Of California
into the Union Of States was rext declared to he
in order by the SPEAKER, and among a bevy Of
competitors,
Mr.. BOYD ofKy., was again successful in OF
tanning the floor, and moved to attach to the bill,
provisions for government for the Inhabitants Of;
the Territory Of Utah, precisely, as he said, like
that which he had moved to the Texas bill for the
government Of New Mexico
Mr.. VlNTON, Of Ohio, objected on the ground
that the amendment was incongruous and not ger
name the bill
The SPEAKER ruled the amendment to be in
order on the same ground on which he entertained
the provisions for New Mexico to the Texas bill,
VIZ: that 1t related to territory acquired from Mex
leo.
Thus, provisions governing the inhabitants of