The southern press., 1850-09-02
HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SATURDAY, August 81, 1856

SATURDAY, August 81, 1850,
Mr. SYLVESTER, of New York, asked the
consent of the House to receive u resolution call
ing upon the President to communicate report
of Rev. Mr..Gurey, on the results of a mission to
Liberia. Objected to. .F..., ...
Mr.. BAYLY, of Virginia, asked consent of
the House to take up the Indian appropriation
bill Objected to. r....
Mr.. DANIEL, of North Carolina, asked con
sent of the House TO report resolution from the
Committee on Claims, providing for more
speedy completion of digest of the past action
of the House upon claims, which had for
time been in the course of preparation. Objected
to. s..area.t Z s...E e sgss ). gf. .aus .-....
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Mississippi, renewed the
motion to take up the Indian appropriation bill
Consent being given, it was read third time
and, under the previous question:, was finally
passed. asai. gsn "a. e.aa.i, ,
The regular order of business having been
called for, the Speaker stated that first in order
was the unfinished business of yesterday morn
ing, to witt the report of the select committee for
inquirng into the political acts Of ofice-hoders
under the late Administration, setting forth the
conduct of two recusant witnesses---Messrs. Rit-
chic and Sengstack--together with Mr.. STANLY's
resolution to bring them to the bar of the House
to answer or be punished for contempt
! This resolution, it will be recollected, Mr..
ScHENcK moved to amend SO as to make these
| witnesses returnable next December, while Mr..
CARTIER proposed to recommt, with instructions
for the committee to proceed in the ordinary way
in the discharge of their 'important" " duty.
MIR. STANI.Y, of North Carolina, having the
floor, took his stand in defence Of the committee,
and replied to the speeches Of Messrs. EITcH and
MEADE. His speech was in his peculiar vein.
twas replete with sarcastic reflections upon Mr..
fStche and the Democratic ofice-holders, and
was delivered with an apparent splenetic JUNCTION.
| The interference Of the latter in elections he
illustrated in various ways. Their modes of cir
minuteiy depicted Mr.. FITcn's ardor in the de-
fence of Mr. Richie, he inferred was intended to
enlist the veteran editors pen in strengthening
| his popularity IN Indiana, on the principle that
/" one good turn deserves another" He replied
to the assertions that this trivial and undg-
nified business for committee to be engaged In,
by saying that if the action of the committee was
trivial, it was trivial in the House in raising
committee for such purpose. g.. =. a..
Mr.. lNGE, OF Alabama, moved to lay the
whole subject ON the table. Lost. Ayes 81,
nays 96.
go into Committee Of the Whole, or to the busi-
ness on the Speakers table,
The previous question having been ordered and
put, Mr.. ScHENcK's amendment was negatived.
Ayes "a, nays l03.
The question then recurring on Mr., CARTIER
motion 10 recommit with instructions--after sew
eral abortive attempts to proceed to other busl-
ness-t was negatived Ayes 46, nays 108.
The previous question then exhausted itself on
the original resolution offered by Mr.. SrANLY,
which was lost. Ayes 40, nays 1872.
5YEAs--Messrs Alexander, Aston, Andrews,
Ashmun, Bennett, Bokee, Breck, Briggs, Bur-
rows, Thomas b. Butler, Campbell, Chandler,
Clarke, Corwin, Crowell, Dickey, Gou, Gould,
Holloway, Hay, Howe, William T. Jackson,
James G. King, John A.. King, Marshall, Moore,
Meacbam, Nelson, ogle, Otis, Pitman, Putnam,
Reynolds, Rockwell, Rose, Rumsey, Sackett,
S.l,.
Sprague, Stanly, Thaddeus Stevens, Taylor,
Thurman, Underhil, Van Dyke, and White-49.
NArs--Messrs. Albertson, Allen, Anderson,
Ashe, Ayerett, Baker, Bay, Bayly, Beale, Bissell,
Booth, Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd, Buel, Burt, Ches-
ter Butler, Joseph Gable, George A. Caldwell,
w. X. w. Cobb, Conger, Daniel, Deberry, DIM
mick, Doty, Duer, Duncan, Durkee, Edmundson,
Featherston, Fitch Fowler, Fuller, Gentry, Gid
dings, Gerry, Green, Grinnell, Hall, Hamilton,
Haralson, Harlan, /. G.. Harris, S. w. Harris,
Raymond, Hebard, Hubbard, Hnrd, Hoagland,
E1olladay, Holmes, Houston, Howard, Hunter,
Joseph w. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, James L..
Johnson, Robert w. Johnson, Jones, Julian,
Kerr, George c.. King, Preston King, La Sere,
Lefiler, Littlefeld, Job Mann, Mason, Matteson,
Mcdowell, McKssock, Robert M.
McLone, Fins Z. Mclean, McMuen, McQueen,
Millson, Morehead, Morris, Morton,
Newell, olds, Orr, Outlaw, Parker, Peaslee, Peck,
Potter, Powell, Richardson, Robbins, Root, Ross,
Savage, Sawtelle, Sehoolcrafi, Seldom, Sheppard,
p. Stanton, Richard III. Stanton, Set-a
son, Strong, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, James
Thompson, Venable, Vinton, Walden, Waldo,
Wallace, Watkins, Wellborn, Whittlesey, Wild
rick, Williams, Woodward, and IouDg--l32.
MIR. HIBBARD, of New Hampshire, moved to
lay the report on the table. Carried without a
division, un r,e f3 eN5 io
Here nearly hour was spent in attempts to
20 into Committee of the Whole on the Private
Caender--to take up the appropriation bills---to
,djour1 &C., &c, when, finally, the House ad-
ourned at 2. p. Nj. l'py iith