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The Omnibus BIl!--I1radbur, y Amendment

The Omnibus BIi!-I3radbur, ,, Amendment.
We are glad, right glad, of the defeat Of
Bradburys amen1m.nt to the Omnibus II,
because it was currently believed that ,oith this
amendment, the Bill would pass the Senate. 1t
was evidently a stratagem to win votes for the
fruitess schemes OF Foote g. Co.
The BOSton Atlas gives the following syn
opsis Of the proceedings on this in-dious amend
ment and on Mr. Day ms proposed amend
ment Of it,
YEAS RyD NAYS IS THE SEsArE.-The fol.
lowing are tne Yeas and Nays upon the motion
of Mr.. Bradbury, of Mane, so as to leave to
the Supreme Court of the United States tl.e
settlement of the Texan boundary.
YEAs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Chase,
Clark, Davis Of Mass, Dayton, Dodge OF Wis
Ewing, Green, Hale, lIamlin, Miller, Phelps,
Seward, Smith, Turney, Upham, Walker.
NAys.-Messrs. Atchison Badger, Btrnwell,
Bel, Berren, Bradbury, Bright, Butler, Cass,
Clay, Clemens, Cooper, Davis of Miss, Diw-
son, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Downs, Felch,
Foole, Houston, Hunter, Jones, Mangum Ma
son, Morton, Morris. pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Se-
baatan, Shields, Soule, Spruance, Sturgeon,
Underwood Wales, Whilcomb, Yulee.
So the motion was lost-Yeas Is, Nays 80
The question being then taken upon Mr..
Bradbury's Amendment, it was rejected: Yeas
2S, Nays 2S, as follows
YEAs,-Messrs. Atchison, Badge, Bell, Ber.
ren, bradbury, Bright, Clark, Cass, Clay,
Cooper, Dawson. Dickinson. d Idge of Iowa.
Downs, Felch, F"ote, jones, King, Mingum.
Norris. Pearce, Pratt, Shields, Spruance, Stul-
geon, Underwood, Wales. Whilcomb.
NAYS -lles>rs. Badgwn, Barnwe., Benton
Batter, Chase, Clemens, Davis Of Mass DaW-
son, ID dye Of Wis, Ewing, Greene, Hale, Ham.
lin, Houston. Hunter, NJ ,son. Miller, Morton,
Phelps, Rnsk. Sebastian, Seward, Smith, Soue
Vurney, Uphan Yulee.
Mr.. Bradbury's amendment proposed to leave
the question 10 six Commissioners three to b.
appointed by Teas and three by the President
! by and with the consent Of the Senate.
The vote will be very close, but we hope and
believe that every days delay increases the
chances that this Bill will be doomed to death
in the Senate The N. Y. TriJamc Of Tues
day says!-
In Congress yesterday.
The great event of the day in the Senate was
the decisive failure of the Brad lurv amrndmrnt
by vote of - to 2S, which amounts to IA re-
j"ctioh, there being now no President of tie
Senate with il Casting vote To give the victory
To one Of the parties in case Of tie. THIS NAV
be considered as deciding the fate of the Com
promise for we presume that lis authors and
friends would never have consented to so essen
rial "a departure from itS fundamental design
that amendment contemplated, had they thought
It possible to carry the bill without il. The ii
nal vote on the question will now probably suf-
Ter no longer decay; we see no reason why the
bill should not BE- disposed Of i'll the session oi
single day.
The House by pretty close, though sham
fully meag"r vote of sc TO 49, (absent or not
voting 81 decided to take up the California
before the Appropriation Bill, and then wen
into Committee and attem, tied to get ahead
But ali efforts in that direction were truiress
whenever the Committee was called on To vote
there would be no quorum then i. would rls
aud on "A call Of the House a q iorum would ap-
) pear, Tins process, was repeated again and
gain throughout the day, and was found per
ieclly etitctual, I'LL at last The House adjourned
1t Is remarkable, however, that the vute abnvr
given, small as It was, was the .hrge>t recorded
, during the session !; the Yeas and Nay. on the
l adjournment were only 90 to 55 MAXIM in all
Ia votes. Where were honorable gentlemen
who should have been there 10 preyen; sucl
y subsection Of the majority 10 the minority "a
i; this indicates? There is no doubt that ma
! lor:ty will be found in favor of admitting Cal.
lorna whenever that question shall fairly be Ia
ken. Why then is there this Sinking, lhl'
treason To freedom, duty, the Cunsr tnIon All,
common sense What are the Inducements
winch produce 80 unJusuiaUle n state OF thing!
II Is pretended lndt Wenoers are waiting Ia
see what becomes nf the COMPROMISE in The
Senate? II so, why not say so and let tht
question lie over e! Or if there is a patty q
Northern men in the House disposed to belra!
the cause of Freedom and violate the will (,
their constituents Let the recent vote on III,
N'w-Mrxlcan question answer. But such mel
would do well IN remember ths, the People
cannot ttely thus be defrauded, and that
stern reckoning awaits them ii; the ballot box
9th coTespu ldllng editor OF the Bran