The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-06

me Charteoe0u euo ne'satAso s-,'~%:y ~St.p~"{s
asking for donation ~ lamds u ~ Of that OBJ
ject. MIR. C.. asked that the pstition sho?Id De
printed and referred tp rhs Coumittse on Fub'ic
Lands. Objections were mpde. 81.
Mr.. BURT suggested tina. unanimc9s epcssnt
be given for the reception. I6r one hohfH r. re-
ports from committees. Objseticts go 49,.
7 Mr.. BAYLY moved call Of the Houss, wuDtn
motion bsing disagreed 10,
The question REQUIRED upon aeqondin< the De-
mand for the previous question uponr Ma msnt
bill, and there was second. The lnain qutsstpD
was then ordered. which was upou ags6ejg{ X
the amendment proposed ny the Contnje!Ae efehs
Whole, which was the substituts of NJ. AAvAy.
il authorized the issue At the assayss'e e95cA
in California, Of bars and ingOts Of gold " th6
value of fifty, one hundred, and one thousand
dollars. IL provided for their receipt for Gov
srnment dues, also penalties for CONTEMPLATING.
The SPEAKER, referring 70 an inquiry OF
yesterday, stated that the sdsct OF ordering the
previous question would be 10 bring the House to
a vote upon the amendment proposed by the Com.
mttee Of the Whole; then upon ordering the bill
70 a third reading.
Mr.. BURT stated that a. he understood i. the
tn bring the House 70 q vote on the substitute.
II that was dissgreed TO, the question would be
upon the original bill ~ committed to the Com
mittee Of the Whole.
The SPEAKER said that the gentleman from
South Carolina had stated the matter correctly.
the substitute, it was disagreed to-yeas 90, nays
l03 500
The question REQUIRED upon the third reading Of
the original bill, which provided for branch mnts
at New York and California.
Mr.. STRONG moved that it lie upon the table.
Carred--ayes 1O1, nays 50.
AYEs-Messrs AIbertson, Ashe, Averett, Bay
", Beae, Bell Bingham. Bocock, Bowie, Boyd.
Breck, Brisbn, Brown Of Mississippi, Burt, Ca
bic, Caldwell Of Kentucky, Calvin, Campbell,
Cartier, Casey, Chandler, CIingmsn, Colcock,
Corw'n. Daniel. Dannsr, Deberry, Dickey, Dim
Evans Of Maryland, Evans Of Ohio, Fitch, Fow-
Ter, Freddy, Fuller, Gddings, Goodenow. Cor
man. Hamilton, Hammond HaraIson, Harlan,
Harris Of Tennessee, Harris Of Alabama, Harris
OF Illinois, Hebard, Hubbard. Hoagand. Hous-
ton, Howe, Inge, jackson Of Georgia, Johnson Of
Tennessee, johnson Of Kentucky, J,nss, Julian,
Kerr, Letter, Levin, LittleReii, Mann Of Alassa-
chusetts, Mann of Pennsylvania, McDonald, Nc
Lanahan, McLnne, Mclean, McMullen, Nc
Queen, Melville, Meade, Miller Of Ohio, Mill
son, Moore, Ogle, Orr, Otis, Outlaw, Parker,
Peasee, Peck, Pitman, Reed, Robbins, Root,
son, Strong. Thomas, Thompson Of Missi.a!ppi,
Thompson. Of Pennsyvsnis, Toomhs, Tuck,
Venable, Wallace, Weborn, Whittlessy, VIII
drick, Willams and WiImot-l07.
NArs-Measrs. Alexander, Allen, Anderson.
Andrews, Ashmun, Bay, Bennett, Bokee, Booth,
lard, Burrows, Butler, Caldwell Of North Caro-
lima, Clarke, Cobb Of Alabama, Cole. Conger,
Crowell, Dixon, Doty, Duer, Eliot, Ewing, Gen.
try, Gerry, Gilbert. Colt, Gould. Green, Grinnsf.
Hall, Holloway, Henry, Holmes. Howard. Jack
son Of New York, johnson Of Arkansas. King
Mason. Matteson, McClernsnd, McGaughey,
McKissock, Msacham, Moorehead, Morris,
Morse, Morton, Nelson, Newell. Oids, Penn,
Phelps, Phoenix, Potter, Putnam, Reynolds,
Richardson, RisIey, Robinson, Rockwell. Rum
sey, Sackett, Sehermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Silyes-
ter, Spadng, Sprague, Stanly Stanton Of Ten
nessee, Stanton Of Kentucky, Sweetzer, Taylor,
Thurman, Und,rhiIl, Van Dyke, Yinton, Walden.
Waldo, Watkins, Wentworth, White. Wright
,, and Young-92.
Mr.. STRONG moved reconsideration OF the
foregoing vote, and also moved ,oay that motion
| upon the table.
Mr.. WENTWORTH demanded the yens and
nays, which were ordered. Mr.. SrRoNes mo-
ton rrevailed-ayes lO9, nays "a.
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS.
| Mr.. BOYD proposed that unanimous consent
be given for postroning the special order, which
the bill establishing board Of accounts, to
Friday, and for assigning to-day and tomorrow
| for territorial business. #v
| Mr.. AStiMUN saw no objection to the propo-
stion, the Judiciary Committee would soon re-
port bill materially modify ing the Senate bill es-
| tablishng board OF accounts. q u "a
Mr.. DANIEL wished to modify the PROPOSE
ton Of Mr.. BofD, to insert Monday instead
Of Friday. Objected to. tf in.IA
Mr.. WENTWORTH asking how the PROPOSE
ton would affect private bills, was answered by
the SrEAKER, that the bill establishing board Of
accounts would take precedence thereof.
Unanimous consent was finally given to Mr..
BoYp's proposition, whereupon
MIR. BOYD from the Committee on Territories,
reported sundry bills, which were referred to the
Committee cfths Whole.
N 4 -.
hitting A. w. Rabbit us a delegate from the ter
ritory of Utah. Az
Mr. STRONG raised point of order, which
that tie resolution did not come within the
scope Of the vote ofthe House, assigning days
for the consideration OF territorial business. }
The SPEAKER overruled the point Of order.
Mr.. BOYD called for the reading Of the petition
and memorial accompanying the report Of the
committee, and went on to say that he intended to
submit argument upon this subject. Az Con-
gress had the power to establish the territory it
also had power tc admit delegate. Congress
established the territory in September 1850, and
provided for the election Of delegate. On the
9Th Of October, the people elected MIR. BAsBIrr,
not under the law Of Congress, of which they had
not been informed, but under their independent
organization. The people, nov Abandoning all
idea Of Mr.. BAsBsrr's admission az a representa-
tive, desire that he be received as delegate. II
| the question Of power is undoab ed, ii follows that
Congress- has equal power to admit Mr.. BAssIrr.
Mr.. BURT asking the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Public Lands, if Mr.. Babbit was
elected under the provisional government of
Deseret, was answerei in the affirmative.
Mr. BURT asked If there was anything IN the
case different from whnt il when the House,
on a former occasion, refused to admit him..
Mr. BOYD said that the propositions then was
TO admit him as a Representative from State. To
he sure there was the alternative of admitting him
az delegate, if a territorial government should
be formed. The proposition now il TO admit him
under existing laws. II was joint resolutionle-
gallzing the admission.
MIR. BURT made few remarks, resisting the
proposition that Congress has the right TO admit
IN the manner proposed, because having the
general right to admit delegates. II was equ'vn-
lent to making an eleoion. MIR. B. moved the
reference Of the resolution to the Committee on
Elections.
Mr. G. W. JONES moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Negstved-yeas 81, nays VI
Mr.. BURT'S motion was then agreed to.
Several reports were made from the Committee