The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-08-07
TmIRTY-FIIssT CONGRESs.
WASHINGTON, July 81

striking Out nllin relation 10 New Mexico
His reason for the motion was that the Sem
aIe yesterday crippled the provision for the
establishment OF territorial government in
New Mexico by adopting an amendment pro
eidiug that gOEemmeni shall rot go into
operation on The east side of The RIO Grande
pending the action the Board of Commission
ers on the Texas boundary,
Me. Clay appealed to MIR. Pearee to with
draw bis amendment for the present Ii was
designed 10 otfeE amendments which would
relieve the bill Of difficult es which the Sena
,aT bad alluded to.
Mr.. Pearee said he had no desire to defeat
the bin or proviso for The settlement of the
Texas boundary. lie designed, if his mo-
tion shauld be agreed to, to follow il by a
motion 10 rssiore that which was striken ont
yesterday, on motion Of the Senator from
Georgia and move an amendment providing
fhat ierIftsral government Of New Mexico
go into operation before The 4Ih of March,
1851.
MIR. Douglass amendment to Penrce's n
mendment was rejected yeas q, nays 33.
Mr.. Dawson then moved 20 amend The
amendment by striking ont the proyso or
new motion inrodaced by Pearce.
Mr.. Underwood's motion to amend Mr..
Pearee's amendment vas then rejected %
to 80.
MIR. Yulee's move to amend Pearee's
amendment by striking out all that related TO
Texas, was agreed 20 ln %
Mr. Chase moved an indefinite posIponeN
meEt OF the bill, which was osi-29 to 29.
Mr.. Sebastian moved an adjournment, lost
I'D 10 AZ.
The question being taken on Mr. Pcarce' 5
amendment as amended, il was rejecied-2j
io2s.
Mr. Walker moved to strike out from the
bill, all except thai which related to Calilor,
MIA; rejecte,l--2l to 33.
Mr. Atchson moved TO strike out all which
related TO California; rejected % to 20.
The bill now contained nothing but The
admission Of California and the territorial
government Of Utah.
Mr.. Douglass now made several Intellectual
attempts TO amend the boundary OF Utah.
Motions to adjourn and postpone were also
made and rejected.
MIR. Berrien moved TO strike out the pro-
vision in the bill giving California two RepIe
sentatiyes: lost-2l to 36.
Mr., Winthrop, after few remarks, ex-
pressed his desire to have m unmixed vote
upon every question, and moved la recousd,
GRAFTON Of the vote by which the Senate re-
fused to strike Out from the bill relating TO
California, agreed lo-34 10 25.
Messrs. Berrien, Foole and Dawson made
unsuccessful attempts 10 secure an adjourne
ment.
After various unsuccessful efforts to fix the
southern boundary Of Utah at 36 deg. 80
min. and 35 deg. IS min., ii was fully carried
nj 81 deg
Mr.. Rusk moved 10 lay the bill on The ia
bic; losl-20 to 90.
The question being taken on ordering The
bill to be engrcssed, ii was agreed IO-32 t'
IS.
The Compromise received its death, blow
in the Senate today-lt is completely killed
The vote iH ordering it to be engrossed is as
follows:
Yeas-Atchison, Badger, Benton, Berien,
Bradbury, Bright, Butler, Cass, Davis Of
Miss, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa,
Douglass, Downs, Fitch, Houston, Hunter,
Jones', King, Mason, Sebastian, Shields,
Soule, Spruancc, Sturgeon, Turney, Under
wood, Wales, Yulee.
Nays Baldwin, Chase, Clarke, Davis of
Mass. Dayton, Dodge Of Wis, Ewing, Green,
Hall, Hunter, Pearce, Seward, Smith, Upham
Walker, Whitcomb, Winthrop.
Thus it win be seen that all The Compro>
mise Bill has been rejected, except the part
relative to Utah, which is engToSsed for a
third reading.
IiousE --Mr. Ltllefeld, from committee
on agriculture, to which was referred the
memorial Of the State legislatures and agrl-
cultural societies and vcrious petitions asking
sar the establishment Of an Agricultural Bu
gsau in connection with The Department Of
he Interior, asked TO be discharged from
further consideration of the same, and asked
thai tho report be laid on the table.
Mr.. Crowei, from committee on Indian
affairs, reported the Senate bill TO enable the
President 10 negotate treaties of friendship
and boundaries with The Indians south and
west of the Missouri river, and north of the
leo. lie said these tribes numbered 10000
warriors. We have already, during the
pIesent session, in consequence Of hostile
demonstrations of Indians on our Western
frontiers, and in New Mexico and Texas,
authorized additional expenditures TO two or
three millions of dollars. The Government
is satisfied that if the treaty can be entered
infn with those trihna II yyn,,id he attended
with Q sulutary effect. There are now captive
women and children among them, taken from
Western settlements, and il is our duty TO
resort 10 every legitimate means TO rescue
them. This only can DO dnne by entering
into tteaies with tribes. The expense will
be $2GG,000. He moved that The bill be
pot On lis passage.
Asit contained nn appropriation, II was
referred 10 Committee Of the Whole.
The Senate Bill on the Speakers desk
was appropriately referred.
y, The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the Fonifcation question.
The pending motion was 10 strike out the
appropriation oi $4,000 for defensive works
near Detroit.
Mr. Bissell replied TO the charge Of Mr..
Carter, made yesterday, that Detroit was a
Gommon receptacle Of plander, and that a
portion Of the people paupors. lie culo
gized that section Of Couuiry and opposed the
amendment
MIR. Carrier responded, when Committee
Tose and House ldjourned.