Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-08-16

transacted by either House during the present
sion, is the bill introduced by Mr. PEARcE of Mary
land for the settlement of the Texas boundary This
BILL which we publish in full, was introduced by MIR.
PEARcE on Monday, the 5th instant, and was passed
Friday, the 9th, by vote of 80 ayes to 20 nays
The line proposed by this bill leaves to Texas about
10000 square miles more territory than she would
have possessed had Mr.. CLAY's compromise bill pass
ed; and So considered as bargain, it is much
better than that bill. During the progress of the
bill, several attempts made to strike out the
proposed boundary and insert Mr.. Glars. The final
vote upon this proposed modification stood follows
YEAs-NTessrs Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase Clarke, Coop
Davis of Massachusetts, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of
Iowa. Ewing, Felch, Greene, Hamln, Norris Phelps Sew
ard Shields Smith, Spruance Underwood, Upham Wales
Walker, and Wnthrop-23
NAYs-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Barnwe Bell, Benton,
Berrien, Bright Butler Cass Clemens Davis of Mississippi
Dawson, Dickinson Douglas, Foote Houston Hunter King,
Mason Norton Pearce Rusk Sebastian, Soule Sturgeon
Turney, Whitcomb, and Yulee-2S.
The following arc the yeas and nays on the final
passage of the bill
YEAs.-Messrs BADGER Bell Berrien, Bradbury, Bright,
Cass Clarke, Clemens, Cooper, Davis of Massachusetts,
Dawson Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa. Douglas, Felch Fooe,
Greene, Houston, King Norris, Pearce, Phelps Rusk,
Shields, Smith, Spruance Sturgeon Wales, Whtcomb and
Winthrop-30.
NAYs-Messrs., Atchfson, Baldwin, Barnwcll, Benton,
Butler Chase Mississippi Dodge of Wisconsin,
ng Hale Hunter Mason, Morton, Seward SOue Turney,
Underwood Upham, Walker, and Yulee-2O.
| On Monday the 18th instant, the bill for the ad-
mission of California was ordered be engrossed for
third reading, by vote of % ayes to Is nays In
connection with this we may remark that it sta
ted in the Senate, upon apparently good authority,
that many of the citizens of California desire terri
torial government, being convinced that transient
population like that of California cannot support a
State government at the prices which rule there
1t is also said that the people of South California will
apply for territorial government and that the peo-
pie of California will assent to it, 1t is even said
that the constitution of the State will be altered in
regard to slavery, when convenience may dictate.
We can hardly say what these rumors amount to
time only can tell
In the House, Tuesday, the 9th inst, the Presi-
dents message the Texas boundary was received,
read, and ordered to be printed. We should have
before stated in sketch of the Senate that it
also received in that body on Tuesday, and disposed
of in similar manner. On Wednesday, the House
passed the post Office appropriation BILL and Thurs
day bill appropriating thirteen millions acres of
the public lands for the benefit of INDECENT insane,
to be distributed among the States in proportion to
their representation in Congress under the of
1850 With the exception of these two bills no bu-
siness was done in the House. During the week a
warm discussion carried in regard to the Pres
idents Texas message, which was warmly attacked
by Mr.. Holmes of South Carolina, Mr.. Brown of
Mississippi, and Mr. STEPHENS of Georgia, and de-
Tended by Mr.. AsHMUN of Massachusetts,, and Mr.
billiard of Alabama. 1t did not seem to meet the
views of the majority of the members.
On Tuesday, the California Bill passed the Senate
by a vote of "a ayes to Is nays as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Baldwin, Bell Benton, Bradbury Bright,
Cass Chase Cooper Davis of Mass, Dickinson Dodge of
Wis, Dodge, of Iowa. Douglas Ewing, Fech Greene Hale
amln Houston, Jones. Miller, Norris, Phelps, Seward,
Shields, Smith, Spruance Sturgeon, Underwood. Upham
Wales, Walker Winthrop, Whitcomb-sl
Nays-Messrs Atchison, Barnwe Berren Butler Glenn
Davis of Miss Dawson Foote. Hunter King Morton,
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, Yulee-lS
Mr.. Butler, from portion of the minority, asked
leave to offer protest. to be entered upon the Jour
nails. The bill for establishing territorial govern
ment in New Mexico taken up and read a So
cond time.