The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-02-03
DEFEAT AND SMASH UPoF THE ON
NIBUS Bill.

DEFEAT AND SMASH UP Or HE OAl
NIBUS BILL
By the proceedings below which We cop
from the Nashville Banner, of the Got
nit, il will be seen that the Omnibus Bill
was rejected on lis last reading in the Hous
on the 25tk.
THE OMNIBUS Bill being the special or
der, was then taken up, and having beel
read,
Mr.. Bailey Offered an amendment adding
the title of the bill-adopted.
Also: an amendment adding in the sixtl
section, after the word endorse the wOrdi
and guaranty" adopted.
4, Also: an amendment inserting in the SAINT
aection 18th Feb for 10th Feb.-adopted.
| Mr.. Temple: an amendment giving the
/ true title of the Cumberland Gap, Cincinnati
and Charleston Railroad Company-adcpt.
/ cd. ..
/ Mr.. Harris: an amendment for the benefit
of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
4 Company, which was amended on motion OF
Nj Buford, and adopted.
Mr.. Stewart moved to amend the 9th sec
ton by striking out S65U,oOO the maximum
| amount of bonds TO be endorsed for the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Compa.
ny, and inserting 100000. Laid on the Ia
bic.
Mr.. Hubbard: an amendment providing
State aid for building bridges across the Hoi.
ston, Clinch and big Iiatchie River; which
the Speaker ruled out of order.
Mr.. Hubbard appealed from the decision
OF the chair; and the question being put to
the House the decision was sustained.
Mr. Morris of Cooke moved to strike out
that part of the Cd section of the bill that
relates TO bridges. Laid on the table
Mr.. Baford: an amendment providing
that the bonds issued under the act shall, in
no ease, be sold below par-adopted.
MIR Stewart: All amendment striking out
S550C00 in second section and inserting
$4,000.
Mr.. Cooke called for division of the
question:; and
Mr.. Cheatham demanded the Previous
Question, which was ordered, and the cues
ton was then put and the bill was rejected
AYES %, noes 4S. So smashed up" the
Omnibus for the present.
A motion to reconsider the vote rejecting
the "Omnibus" was then made, but the
House refused TO take it up
p. S. Since the above was in type we have
received the Banner of the 2Sih, which con-
tans the following Legislative result:
The vote rejecting the Omnibus Internal
Improvement Bill was reconsidered, and, I'M
der the operation of the Previous Question,
the bill passed on third readng--ycas SO,
nays 35-as follows
V,,e AT,eg,, - NJ
Brown, of McNairy, Buford, Cavitt, Cham.
berain, Cheatham, ChOwning, Cooke, Cowart,
Cummins, Dortch, Easterly, Ellis, Greer,
Harris, Hawkins, Herd, House, Hubbard,
Hyder, Lane LIard, Lucas, Mabry, of Knox,
Mabry of Warren, Odell, Patton, Pope,
Smith Of Davidson, Tharpc, Tibbs, Wallace,
Wheeler, Wood Of Fentrcss, Wood Of H.r.
deman-36.
NOes-McSsrs. Arnold, Broyles, Bullen,
Carroll, Chambliss, Clements, Clemens, Coop
er, Erwin, harrington, Hall, Hchb, Lamb,
Martin, Mathis, Maxwell, Mcknight, Morris
of Cooke, Morris of Wayne, Mum, Overall,
Phillips, Richardson, Smith of HAYWOOD,
Steele, Stovall, Sykes, Temple, Thompson,
Travis, White, Winchester, Wood of Cannon,
Wynns, Mr.. Speaker Wisencr-35.
Subsequently Mr.. Holmes, who was neces-
sariy out OF his seat at the moment the vote
was taken, asked leave to record his vote in
the negative, but was denied as it would
have changed the result, and killed the bill
by tie vote. Of the other absentees, Mrssrs.
Hart, Stewart and Williams, the two latter
voted against the bill on its second reading.
Mr. Hart was absent from sickness.
The bill was transmitted to the Senate for
concurrence, and was made the special order
81 the day for Tuesday last. Up to going to
press on yesterday evening we had not learn-
ed the result in that body.