Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-05-31
SENATE.

! The Senate had very protracted sitting Thurs
dai, continuing until after o'clock at night con-
the proposition by Mr.. Pearce, of Nd, to insert
therein the "Clayton amendment" which had for
merly passed the Senate.
Mr.. Bell resumed the debate which was continued
by Messrs. Toombs, Badger, Clayton, Wade, Brown,
Benjamin, Seward, Cass, Mason, Bayard, Jones of
Iowa, Butler, Chase and Sumner.
The debate generally of highly interesting
character, but the friends of the bill had determined
to sit it out, as the phrase is The amendment
of Mr.. Pearce was negatived by vote seven yeas
to forty-one nays. Several Senators, in voting a.
galnst the amendment, expressed their approval OF
its principle, but voted against it rather than eop-
ard the bill by returning it to the House The fol-
lowing is the vote rejecting the amendment:
YEAs-Messrs. Bayard, Bell, Brsdhead Brown,
Clayton, Pearse and Thompson of Kentucky.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Benjamin. Butler,
Cass, Chase, Clay, Dawson, Dodge of Wisconsin,
Douglas, Fish, Fitzpatrick Foot, Gillette, Gwin Hun
ter, James, johnson, Jones of Iowa, Jones of Ten
nessee Mallory Mason Morton, Norris, Petit, Pratt
Rusk, Sebastian Seward, Shields Slidcll, Stuart,
Sumner, Thompson of New Jersey, Toombs, lou
cey, Wade, Walker, Weller, Williams and Wright
The bill was then ordered to third reading by a
vote of 35 to 13, as follows:
YEAs-Mssrs. Atchison, Badger, Benjamin, Brod-
head, Brown, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson, Douglas,
Fitzpatrick, Gwin, Hunter, johnson, Jones Of Iowa.
Jones of Tennessee, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Nor
ris Pearce hettit Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields,
Slidell, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, Tompson of
New Jersey, Toombs, Toucey, Weller, Williams and
Wright-35.
NAYs-Messrs Allen, Bell, Chase, Clayton, Fish,
Foot, Gillette, HamIin, James, Seward, Sumner,
Wade and Walker-13.
The bill was then read third time and passed; ;
and, at 10 minutes past O'clock the Senate adjourn
ed.
The bill now only requires the signature of the
President to become a law.
The Senate not in session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
On motion of Mr.. Washburn, of Illinois, the
House agreed when it adourns to adjourn till Mon
day.
Mr. Drum offered resol lton, that the several
standing committees of the House. who have matur
ed private bills be allowed to report the same by
filing them with the Clerk who shall place them III
order on the calendar.
Mr.. Jones, of Tenn, objected.
Mr.. Drum.-Wc have desks full of bills.
Mr.. Jones.-I am willing to stay here and trans
act business Report one bill at time
Mr.. Houston.-If the House had not agreed to
adjourn over we could tomorrow receive those re-
ports
Mr. Lancaster introduced a bill to establish the
office of Surveyor General for Washington territory
and bill for the construction of military roads there
in-referrcd.
The House proceeded to vote on the amendments
to the deficiency bill
The House rejected ~ against 100, the amend
ment appropriating 100000 for continuing the
works to supply Washington with water, and like
wise rejected the following Senate amendments: TO
repeal that part of the printing act which provides
when any documents shall be ordered to be printed
by both Houses of Congress, the entire printing
shall be lone by the printer of that house which
first ordered the same, and divide the printing of
the Executive Departments equally between the two
printers of Congress; aso rejected 40 against 1O4,
the amendment for Custom houses at st. Louis Mo-
bile, Cincinnati, Louisville, Bangor, Bath, Whining
ton Del) Providence and San Francisco, S771 900;
and for Marine Hospitals at Cleveland, St. Louis,
Chicago Louisville Paducah, Evansville, San Fran
cisco and Burlington, Iowa, S131, 500. Adjourned
till Monday.