Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-10

Phehs, OF "a, Pheips, Ashnun, Llttlefed Nc
Gaughey.
Patents. Walden, Otis, Hamilton, Watkins,
Harlan.
Public Buildings and Grounds. Bowdeu, Ed.
mundson, Houston, Young, Reynolds.
Reused and Unfinished Business. Cobb of Ala, |
Ogle, AverII, Julian, Jackson
accounts. King, Massey, Mason, Mcdonald,
Clarke, Day.
Mileage. Fitch, Duncan, Howard, Raymond,
Sweetser
Engraving. Hammond Dimmck, Fowler.
LibDuy. Horace Mann OF Massachusetts,
Gilmore
Expenditures in State Department. Bingham,
Reid, Orr Gorham.
Expenditures m Treasury Department. Cad.
well of KY, Schernerhorn, Ash, Dixon, Dun
ham.
Expenditures in Var Dsp1 tnent Dimmick,
SchooIcraft, Harris OF Illinois, McMiIlen, Hun.
ter.
Expenditures in Many Department. Holiday,
Thurman, Carter Pitmar, Harris of Tennes.
see.
Expenditures in Post OGce Department. Thomp
son Of Iowa, Melville, Holloway, Robbins, Col
Inns.
Expenditures on Public Buildings Beal, Cole,
Ross Burrows, Hoagland.
Enrolled Bills. Wildrick Dickey.
Wings in Italics, Democrats in Roman, Free
SolIers in SMALL CAPS. These distinctions are
only ma lie TN the most important Committees
"Signers Of the Southern Address.
There are NJ doubt many mistakes in the a.
Rove which we cannot correcttlll the mail reach.
o. rs Mr.. Massey, who figures on the Com MT
tee on Accounts, is not down in our list Of mem
bers
On motloa of Mr.. Thompson Ct Pa d, resolved,
hat the election tor the remaining officers ofihe
House take place VI Thursday. On motion of
| he slne gentleman, 1t was resolved that when
he House adjourn, it be to Thursday,
The States were called in order for petit
ions
large number of petitions were presented,
'kns 70 reduction on po-tage-for the re-
n'vd Of ob ,ructlons at iIurlgate; for indernn
! y Tor French spolatlons; to abolish spirits and
logging IN the Navy; fora Railroad to the Pa
c,lic, &c
Mr.. Stanton Of Ky, presented a memorial
from Covngon. III that State, protesting against
! Government for Deseret, and charging treas
enable designs against tlFA United States. Re
terrcd to Committee on Territories.
Dir Stanton of Tenn and others, presented
memorials against the employment Of Chaplans
IN the Army and Navy, and Congress. Referred
TO the Judiciary Committee.
message from the President, calling atten
ton to the act which Provides that after the 1st
January, the annual expenses Of collecting the
| revenue, shalt be one million six hundred and
! lty thousand dollars thus sum not beng con
sldcrGd enough. Referred to Committee on WAYS
and Means
Mr.. Venable offered resolution calling on
me President to communicate, whether he had
since the last session, appointed civil or mill
tary Governor of New Mexico or California if
SO, who they are. and what the amount of saia
y and whether an agent has been seht to su-
perIntend the affairs OF California, in forming
Stale Constitution, controlling the elections in
said terrones--and that he communicate all
prncanalions, instructions and correspondence:
and whether any census has been made Of the
inhabitants.
Nj. Stanly said he saw similar resolution of
tered in the Senate. This was so much Ike lis
| phraseongy, tina, he wished to know whether
this was MIR. Vcnab cs thunder, or somebody's
else?
Mr., Venabe replied that somebody elsa had
stolen his thunder! (Laugher.)
Mr.. Stephens suggested the anendme mt that
similar orders of the last administration be asked
for. agreed to-
On motion of Mr.. Holmes, the committee on
Commerce was instructed to inquire into the
proprlcty IF restoring the officers Of the Revenue
Marine, dismissed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Savage of
Tenn, calling tor all knowledge in the possess
ion of the Ext cutive, realng to the extraordina
ry proceedings attending the Seizure of Tigrc
Island by the British; It's occupation, or attempts
at SEIZURE Of any port OF Central America by the
British and copies OF all treaties negotiated with
Central America under the auspices of this gov
ernncn'. Laid over.
Mr. Root offered resolution that the commit.
tee on Territories be instructed to report to the
House bill or bills providing territorial Gov
crnments for all that part of the territory, coded
to the United States by the treaty with Mexico,
! lying eastward of the S ezra Neveda Mountains,
and prohibiting slavery therein. He demanded
the previous question.
Mr.. Stephens moved to lay the resolution on
the table.
Mr.. Wentworth asked Tor the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Houston moved the House adjourn.
The question was then taken on laying it on
the table, and decided in the negative, as fol
lows =
.4ycs-Alson, Anderson. Ash, Averett, Bay,
Blyly, Beal, BiSscH, Bocock, Dowdon Bowln
Boyd, Breck, Brooks, Burt, Caldwell Of KY, Cald
well OF N c., Clark, Cngman, Cobb of Ala,
Colcock, Conrad De Berry Duer, Edmonson
Ewing, S. Featherston, Gilmore Gorham, Green
lluCkelt p. Hall, WIN. Il. Hamilton, Hammond,
IIaralson llarmanson, E. Harris. S. Harris Hay
mond billiard, Holmes, Houston, Hubbard, Inge,
Johnson of Tenn. johnson of KY, Johnson of
Ark, Jones' Kaufman, Lasere, Mann OF Penn,
Marshall, Mason, HcCYanqnd Mcdowell, Nc.
Lean Of Md, McLane OF Ky, McMuen, Nc
Queen Miller, Miison Morse, Orr, Owen,
Phelps, Richardson, Savage, Stanley, Stanton of
Tenn, Stanton of Ky Stephenson of Georgia,
Thomas, Thompson oil Miss, Thompson oil Ky,
! Toombs, Venable, Wallace, Watkins, WeIlborn,
Williams. Woodward, Young-82 Members
from Northern States in Italics
.NaB -AIbertson, Alexander, Allen, Ash.
nun, B ker Bennett, Bingham, Booth, Briggs,
Buell.. Burrows, Cable, Calvin, Campbell, Cur
ter, Cleveland, Cole, Conser Colwn, CroweIl.
Dimmck, Disney Dolly, Duncan, Du' ham, Ev
ans of Ohio, Fitch, Fowler Fuller, Gerry, Gid
dings, Goodenow, Gott, Grinne, Holloway,
Hampton, Harlan, Hebard, Henry, Hubbard,
II lagand, Howe, Hunter, Jackson, Julian of
Mass, King of R. l., King oil n. J., J. A. King
OF N. Y, Preston King of N. y, Letter, Little
field, Mann of Mass, Mottison, McGaughey, Nc
Kissock, Meacham, Morris, Ogle, Odds, Otis
Peasee, Peck, Pitmar, Potter Putnam, Rey.
nolds, RIsey, Robinson, Rockwell. Root Rose,
Rumsey, Jr., Sackett, SawteIIe, Schcnck, Scher
rerborn, Schoocraft, Sylvester, Spaulding,
Sprague, Steson, Sweetser, Taylor, Thompson
of Pa, Thompson of Iowa, Thurman Tuck, Tn
derhiIl, Vandyke Vinton, Walden, Waldo,
Wentworth, White Whittlesey Wildrlck WI.
mot Wilson, Winthrop, Wood-l0l.
Adjourned 10 Thursday.
THURSDAY, Jan. 3, 1850
SEN ATE.
Tho Chair announced the committees on the
Census as iolIows
Messrs Davis OF Mass. Butler of S. c.; Sur
geon of Pa. Underwood Of KY; Shields Of Ill.,;
| Dickinson ofN Y.
A resolution was offered calling for informa