Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-18


The Compromise Bill before The Senate.
The deliberations of the Senate, during the last
week, reached only very definite result, which
was, that the provisions of the Compromise bill
concerning the boundary of Texas shall not be
stricken out, or modified according to any PROPOSE
ton vet introduced For the convenience of our
readers, we recapitulate the questions and votes
of the week.
On Monday, Mr.. Benton made his motion to
postpone the bill indefinitely. No question was
taken before Wednesday, when he withdrew the
notion in order, as he said, that the bill might re-
ceve such amendments as its friends desired
The question then in order on Mr.. Dou-
glass amendment, which was as follows:
The Northern boundary ofhe State Of Texas shall be
n line drawn due East from the Rio Grande at the
Southern end of the tornado del Muerto, Journey OF
the Dead to the Red river and thence down the
of said river and the Eastern boundary Of the Terri
tory OF New Mexico shall be the range OF mountains
dividing ridge separating the waters flowing into the
Rio Grande from the waters flowing into the Arkansas
and Red river.
Mr. Shields stated that his colleague who was
absent being unwell had become satisfied that his
amendment mpracticable, and desired it to
be withdrawn. This was not done, however, and,
on MIR. Downs motion, the latter clause was
stricken out, and the first amended so to carry
the line to the point of Red river where tine Tooth
degree of West longitude crosses it, or the South
Western corner of the Indian Territory
Mr. Shields then moved to amend by carrying
the line from Ell Paso, to the same point on Red
river
Three lines were thus proposed to the Senate
all ending at the same Eastern terminus lst. the
committees line, beginning twenty miles above
Ell Paso; 3D. Mr.. Shields line, beginning at Ell
Paso; and 3d. Mr.. Douglass Cor Mr.. DownsO
line, beginning at the Southern end of the "Joar-
ney of DEATH" about sixty miles above Ell Paso.
Mr.. Shields amendment was rejected
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Chase Clarke, Cor
WIN, Days OF Mass, Dayton, Dodge OF Wisconsin,
Dodge Of Iowa, Greene, Hale, Jones, Miller, Norris
Wales, Walker, Webster, Whtcomb-24.
NAYs-Messrs Atchison Bell, Berren, Borland
Bright, Butler Cass, Clay, Clemens, Cooper Davis OF
Miss Dawson, Dickinson, Downs, Foote, Houston,
Hunter. King, Mangum, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk,
Sebastian, Soue, Stur geon-26.
Mr. Douglass amendment, as amended on mo-
ton of Mr.. Downs, was then rejected.
YEAs-Messrs. Atchison. Bell, Berrien, Clemens,
Dawson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King, Ma
son, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sturgeon-15.
NAYsc Me Baldwin Benton Bright Cas-, Chase,
Wis, OF Mississippi, Dayton, Dickinson Dodge Of Wis
consn. Dodge, of Iowa, Greene, Hale, Jones, Man
gum, Miller, Norris Seward. Shields, s, Smith Snue,
ster, Whtcomb-32.
Thursday was occupied with discussion, the
question being on the motion of Mr.. Clemens to
fill the blank in the sum to be paid to Texas, with
million of dollars.
On FRIDAY Mr. Vuloo ,noyod IN ordor that
when the Senate adjourn on Monday, it will ad-
journ to meet again on Thursday followng-the
object being to prepare the hall for the summer
Mr.. Clay earnestly resisted the motion, and
warmly urged that the bill should be proceeded
with. The motion was rejected Yeas II, nays
%.
The Compromise bill being taken up, Mr.. Clay
urged that the blank should not be filled until the
bill had been perfected, so that the amount of ter
ritory to be ceded by Texas might be known. Mr..
Clemens motion was rejected by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs Benton, Clemens, Davis of Mssissip-
pi, Hale, Hunter, Pearce, Soule and Yulee-o.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison Badger, Baldwin, Bell,
Berren, Bright, Cas- Clay Cooper Dawson Dickinson,
Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge Of Iowa, Downs, Hous-
ton Jones, King, Norris Pratt, Rusk Seward, Shields
Smith, Spruance Sturgeon, Underwood, Wales Walk
er, Webster and Whitcomb-3O.
The question was next on Mr.. Turney's motion
to strike out the whole of the Both section, ok
ing the Texas boundary.) The vote was as fol-
lows (Mr. Douglas and Mr.. Clemens having pair
ed OFF,
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Butler Chase
Clarke, Corwin Davis of Massachusetts, Davis of Mis-
sissipp, Dayton, Dodge Of Wisconsin, Greene Hale,
Hamlin, Hunter, Mason, Miller, Seward, Smith, Soue,
Spruance. Iurney, Upham, Wales aud Yulee-24.
NAys-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berren,
Bright, Cass Clay, Cooper Dawson, d cknson, Dodge
Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk Shields, Sturgeon Under
wood. Walker, Webster, and Whitcomb-27
On Saturday, Mr.. Yulee modified his motion for
arecess, so as to order that when the Senate ad-
journs on THURSDAY next, it will adjourn to meet
again on the following Monday. Mr.. Clay, Mr.,
Foote and Mr.. Berren acquiesced in this, and the
motion was adopted, yeas "a, nays 10.
An amendment was moved by Mr.. Hale, having
the effect OF conforming the Compromise bill to the
Clayton bill, in respect to cases involving the
question OF slavery. The former allowed ap-
peals from the Territorial Courts of Utah and
New Mexico to the U. S. Supreme Court, in gen.
eral terms, where the value of the property in
question exceeds $1,000. The Clayton bill grant
ed appeals also in all cases involving the title to
slaves. Mr.. Clay and other friends of the present
bill acquiesced in the amendment, and it was
adopted.
Mr. Soule next moved an amendment, providing
that hereafter all States formed out of Territories
shall be admitted into the Union with or withou
slavery as the people OF such Territories shall de-
eide; and the question pending yesterday was OF
this amendment.
Independent of the North American, who
has confidently predicted the defeat of the Com.
promise Bill in the Senate, wavers in his faith, be-