Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-10-04

eha;r \ and resumed the consideration Of the army
appropriation bill
A long discussion took place in regard to the es-
tablishment of an armory west OF the AIleghany
mountains Finally the item appropnatng S2o;OVO
to commence the construction OF an armofy at Fort
Massac was stricken from the bill.
The bill was reported to the House, and under the
operation of the previous question, finally passed.
The House again went into committee OF the
whole, and took up the civil and diplomatic Dill
which had been returned from the Senate with amend
ments After spending some time therein the com
mittee rose and the House at four o'clock adjourned
FRIDAY, Sept. 27.-SENArE.
After some ordinary business was transacted, the
Indian appropriation bill was taken up and many
amendments were offered and debated and agreed to.
The bill was then ordered to a third reading.
A message was received from the President of the
United States, with correspondence between the U.
S. Government and that of Turkey, in regard to the
Hungarian eXiles.
The California bills were taken up.
The bill to ascertain and settle the validity of pri
vate land claims in California, was taken up and de-
bated by Mr.. Fremont and MIR. Ewing.
At four o'clock the Senate took recess to meet at
seven.
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House went into committee, at an early hour,
on the amendments of the Senate to the civil and di
plomatfc bill.
The committee concurred in the appropriation OF
$4,000 for the expenses of the agent of the Sublime
rotary of State
The amendment of the Senate appropriating $780,
900 to commence the addition to the Capitol, was
rejected.
The committee, after passing upon numerous
amendments Of the Senate, the most OF which
were rejected, and the House agreed to take
recess to-day, and adjourned from 4 to o'clock.
The Late Texas Lesislature-The Governors Veto.
It has already been stated by telegraph that the
LEGISLATION of the extra session of the Texas Legsa
ture proved a nullity that body adjourning on the
9Th of September to meet again on the Sd Monday
in November. after laying the bill upon the ia
bic, and the Gov. vetoing the bill directing him to
submit to the people any proposition from the U.
States to the boundary question. What were the
particular indications of this veto, whether favora
bic unfavorable to peace and final settlement, 1t
has been difficult here to divine Galveston papers
Of the 18th, which have now come to hand with
Austin advices to the 8th explain the whole matter
The following summary states the whole case =
The Legislature had passed very important bills 8
one authorizing the Governor to call into service
three thousands volunteers, and also organize the
militia. for the purpose of asserting the rights by
force necessary, of Texas to the territory of San
ia Fe in case Congress failed, by the 4th day of
March next, to make any proposition to Texas Tor
the purchase of that country, which should prove
acceptable to the people. The other was bill
making it the duty of the Governor to submit to the
people whatever propositions to purchase the coun-
try, or settle the question: Congress should make,
and restrained him from any action under the first
bill until after the people had taken action for or
against the propositions.
The first bill passed the House of Represen tatives
by large maiority but was finally lost in the Sc
nate by a vote of ten to nine. The second bill was
passed in the Senate, and also in the House, with an
amendment. The House amendment simply altered
the language of the bill, to request the Govern
to submit propositions to the people, instead of
making it his absolute duty to do When the
bill returned to the Senate: that body refused to
concur in the House amendment. The House then
receded from their amendment, and passed the bill
as it came from the Senate.
Gov Bell refused to sign it. and returned it to the
Senate with his objections His first objection is, that
the Legislature has no right to command him to sub
NIT the matter to the people he should have beer
left free to exercise his discretion. The second
objection is that the constitution of the State gives
! to the Governor alone, the power to convene the
Legislature extraordinary occasions, and OF decid
| ing when such occasion exists: whereas the bill
takes that power of judging from him, and without
permitting him to exercise any discretion the
subject, it requires him mperatiyely to convene the
Legislature, in the event Of the happening of con
tingency; and if the Legislature do this he con
tends shat it can wholly subvert and put at nough
the constitutional provision which limits their as
sembling to biennial sessions.
The Senate passed the bill over the veto. The
House sustained the Governor by large majority
and the bill was lost.
The House sustained the Governor in his veto for
the contained in his second objection to the
bill, and not because they opposed to submit
! ting the whole matter to the people On the con-
trary large majority Of the members entirely
| favorable to that measure.
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