The southern press., 1852-03-02
VOL. III
Nj excuse was offered for the Following:

No excuse was offered for the folowing
Messrs Babcoce, Bowie, Cottman, Durham,
Gilmore, Ives, Marshall, Of California and Riddle.
All further proceedings underline call were then
dispensed with.
On the question of suspendng the rules, the
yeas and nays being called, it was decided in the
negative--two-thirds not voting, as required by
the rule, in the affrmative-yeas 1l9, nays "A, as
follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Abercrombie, Allen of Illinois,
Appleton Of Maine, Appleton Of Massachusetts,
Ashe, Averett, Bailey, Bayly, Beale, Bissel,
Bragg, Briggs, Brooks, Brown Of Mssis-
sippi, Burrows, Busby, Cabell, Caslie, Chas-
tain, Churchwell, Clark, Cobb, Curtis, Davis OF
Indiana Dawson, Disney, Dockery, Edmundson,
Evans, Ewing, Faulkner, Ficklin, Fitch, Flor
ence, Freeman, Fuller Of Pennsy lvania, Fuller Of
Maine, Gamble, Gentry, Giddngs, Gilmore,
German, Grey, Hall, Hammond, Harris Of Ten
nessee, Harris Of Alabama, Hart, Haws, Haven,
Hendricks, Hem, Hubbard, Howard. John W.
Howe, Ingersol, Jackson, Johnson of Tennessee,
Johnson Of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas. Jones
Of Tennessee, Jones Of Pennsylvania, Kuhns,
Kurtz, Landry, Letcher, Lockhart, Mace, Mar
shall of Kentucky, Mason, McCorkle, MELON
add McLanahan, McMullen, McNar, Meade,
Miller, Moore Of Louisiana, Morehead, Morri-
son, Murphy, Nabers, Olds, Outlaw, Parker OF
Pennsylvania, Parker Of Indiana, Peaslee, Penn,
Phelps, Polk, Porter, Powell, Richardson, Rob
bins, Savage, Schermerhorn, Scurry, Seymour of
Connecticut, Shelton, Smith, Stanly, Stanton of
Tennessee. Stanton of Kentucky, Stephens,
Stone, st. Martin, Strother, Stuart, Sutherland,
Taylor, Thompson of Massachusetts, Thompson
ofVirginia, Venable, Ward, Watkins, White Of
Kentucky, White Of Alabama, wilcox, and
WilIiams-119.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allison, Andrews, Bah
cock, Barrere, Bartlett, Bell, Bennett, Bovine,
Boyd, Brenton, Gable. Campbell of Ohio, Camp
bell Of Illinois, Cartier, Chandler, Chapman,
Clingman, Conger, Daniel, Davis of Massachu-
sets, Dean, Doty, Duncan, Durkee, Eastman,
Edgerton, Fowler, Gaylord, Goodenow, Green,
Grow, Harper, Hascall, Hebard, Horsford, How
Of New York, jenkins, Johnson Of Ohio, Jones
of New York, King OF Rhode Island, King of
New York, Mcqueen, Meacham, Molony, Moore
Of Pennsylvania, Murray, Newton, Orr, Pennl-
man, Perkins, Price, Rantou, Robbie, Ross,
Sackett, Schoolcraft, Schoonmaker, Seymour of
New York, Smart, Snow, Stanton of Ohio,
bridge, Wallace, Washburn, WEIGH, Wells, Will
drick, Woodward, and Yates-74.
CASE OF LIEUT.. COL. MITCHELL.
Mr.. PHELPS, of Missouri, moved to suspend
the rules, so as to enable him to submit motion
TO discharge the Committee of the Whole from
the further consideration Of the Senate bill for the
relief of Lieut.. Col. David ID. Mitchell, of Mis-
souri,, in order that the case might now be
brought before the House and considered.
On the motion to suspend, Mr.. p. called for the
yeas and nays, which were ordered and resulted
yeas 100, nays A.
So the motion was agreed to.
Mr.. PHELPS motion to discharge the com :
mittee as proposed, was then agreed 10 SO to 40.
The bill was then taken up and passed TO third
reading.
Mr.. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, moved to re-
consider the vote passing the bill to third read
ing, and opposed its passage in its present form.
Messrs. PHELPs, VEsABLE, HAVEN, and DISNEY,
spoke in explanation of the bill.
MIR. DISNEY moved to postpone its further
consideration until to morrow.
Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, moved that
when the House adjourns, il be until Wednesday
This motion, as understood, was to enable men,
bers to visit the steamship Baltic, now lying in
the Potomac river, three miles below the city,.
The motion was decided in the Affirmative
yeas 81, nays "a.
The further consideration of the ball for the re-
lief of Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell was then post
poned until Monday next.
On motion Of Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas,
the bill providing for Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs in California was taken up, read three
ines and passed. This bill allows the Supper
intendent salary Of $4,000, and clerk with one
Mr.. STANTON, of Kentucky, submitted a
resolution making the subjects OF employing la
borers on the new wings Of the Capitol, and the
repair Of the Library, in order for Wednesday the
10th inst. The resolution was agreed To.
At 20 minutes before o'clock the House adj
journed until Wednesday next.