Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-09-21
The Texas Bill.

which has ragged SO long. As the pro-
ceediugs of Congress reported in usual
style are generally dull and unattractive,
a brief explanation of the manner in
which the bill was carried may not be
undressing.
It will lie recollected that on the 5t1i
the bill was rejected at its third readlng
by a small majority, when MIR. Volney j..
Howard, of Texas, moved a reconsidera-
ton This the Speaker objected to MS out
of order, on the ground that the bill had
once before been reconsidered. The friends
of the measure urged that it was not the
same bill, inasrnuch as New Mexico had
been added as an amendment on motion
of Mr.. Boyd. The Speaker, however,
persisted and the House adjourned.
The next day, when the special order
(the Texas and New Mexico Billy came
up, the Speaker gave his reasons for adj
herring to his previous decision. Mr..
Howard then appealed for the decision Of
of the chair, and moved the previous
question on the appeal. Mr.. Duer, Of
New York, moved to lay the appeal on
the table. The effect of this, if carried,
would have been to defeat the bill, and
place it beyond hope of resuscitation
the motion, however, failed by II to 1873.
The question then recurring on second
ing the demand for the previous question
IN the appeal from the chair, the House
granted Il second by a vote of 102 to 81.
The question then was, "shall the decision
of the chair stand as the judgment Of
the House ?" This was decided in the
negative, thus everything the decision oil
the Speaker by a vote of SO to 1913.
On the question to reconsider, which
then came up, the vote stood 122 to 81,
thus bringing the bill once more before
the House. The previous question then
moved by Mr.. Howard, was seconded by
103 to 81, and the main question was
ordered to be put by 115 to 81. The
main question, "shall the bill be ordered to
a third reading! p received a vote of los
to 90. The previous question on the pas
sage of the bill being seconded, Mr.. Burt,
as a last efiorto : its enemies, moved to
lay it on the taIye, which was rejected
81 to 1Os. AT the last question REQUIRED
on the final ptossage of the bill, aud its
friends trluInphed by t07 to 81.
The names of the members as they
voted yea or nay, we have already given,
but without making any distinction show
ing the manner i'll which Northern and
Southern men respectively voted.
As it is claimed on the part Of those
persons who oppose q settlement of the
agitatlng questions recently before coun-
try, that members of Congress reflect III
v~arially the feelings of the States which
they represent, we will be willing in this
instance to accept the test as far as con-
Germs North and South. The ultras have
appealed to this kind of testimony, and if
they arSconvicted by it, they alone are to
blame. We will now proceed to give the
vote.
The Northern members voting aye
were
Messrs. Albertson, Andrews, Bokee, Briggs,
Brooks, VIM. J. Brown, Buel. Butler, Chester,
Casey. Chandler, Dimmick, Disney, Duer, Dun
can; Durham, Elliott. Fitch, Fuller, Gerry, Gil
more. German, Grinnell, Thomas Z. Harris, Hib-
bard. Hoagland, Geo. G. King, LETTER, Levin,
Llttlefeld, Job Mann, McCiearlland, Mcdonald,
Mlcklssoek, McLanahan, Nelson, 'Peaslee, Pho
nix, Pitrnan, Porter, Richardson, Robbins, Rob-
lnson; Rose, Ross, Schermerhorn, Strong, Taylor.
James Thompson, Thurman, UnIerhill, Walden,
White, Whittlesey, Wildrick. Wilson, Yollng-55.
Southern members voting aye were:
Messrs Aston. Anderson, Bay, Bayly, Beale,
Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd. Breck, Cabell. q A Cald-
well, J 7 Caldwell, W r W Cobb, Deberry, Ed
m,ndson, Ewing, Gentry. Green, Hall, Hammond,
| G Harris, Raymond, billiard, Houston, How
ard, Andrew Johnston, Jas L Johnson, Jones,
Kaufman, Kerr, Marshall, Mason, Mcdowell.
Mclean, McLane, McMullen, Morehead. Morton,
Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Savage, Shepperd, Stanly,
+ P Stanton, Richard H Stanton. Thomas. J b
Thompson, Toombs, Watkins, Wellborn, Will
liams-J2.
Northern men voting nay were:
Messrs Alexander, Allen, Baker. Bennett, Bing-
ham, Booth, Burrows, Thomas B Butler, Gable,
Calvin, Campbell, Carter, Clarke, Cole, Conger,
.orwin, Crowell, Dickey, Doty, Durkee. Dick
son, N Evans, Fowler, Giddings, Could, Colt,
Holloway, Harlan, Hebard, Henry, Howe, Hun
WI Jackson, Julian, J King, J A King,
Preston King, Horace Mann, McGaugbey, Mat
.eson, Meacham, Moore, Morris, Newell, Ogle,
dds, Otis, Peck, Putnam, Reed, Reynolds, Rock
we'll, Root, Rumsey, Sacket, Sawtelie, Schenck.
Schoolcraft, Sylvester, Sprague, Stevens, Stetsop,
'weetser, Tuck, VanDyke, Vinton, Waldo, Went
Horth-6S.
Southern members voting nay were:
Messrs Averett, Bowdon, A G Brown. Burt,
.Iingman, Colcock, Daniel, Featherston, Haral-
on, 5 w Harris, Holiday Holmes, Hubbard.
nge, J w Jackson, r w Johnson, La Sere. Nc
queen, Melville, Meade, Millson. Morse. Orr.
Phelps, Powell, Seldom, Jacob Thompson. Vena-
lie, Wallace, Woodward-29.
1t will be seen that of the Southern
nen So voted for and 20 against the bill,
nd OF the Northern men So voted for
nd 6S against it. Thus it is to be OBJ
that the bill as far as can be indica-
by the votes of members of Congress-
vas a Southern measure. It's friends
mong the Southern men were to it's en-.
mes az nearly two to one. According
hen to the reasoning of the ultras, the
cope Of the South must be divided in
bout the same proportion. This es-
mate gives the s%ectionists rather a poor
low, and when it comes to the test we
link they will make out worse among
re people than they do in Congress-
'icayUae.
HE GREAT NEWPORT BALL.-The
rand fancy dress ball at Newport, took
ace on Wednesday night the 4th inst,
I'd IS described as having been a very
llliant affair. In the list of managers we
the names of John Slidell, L. w.
clean, Samuel Nicholson, Wm. Uurqu-
lrt, Edward Shift, and Col. Winthrop, of {
ouisiana. t
From a description of the ball in the N.
Herald, we make the following selec-
ms s9s 3
Mrs. Slocum, Of New Orleans, appeared
plain costume. Her daughter, Miss 2
lggnsta Slocnm, appeared as La Diablesse y
deep red and black, trimmed with black .
nres, small cap, plume de coque, secured u