Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-07
DOINGs IN, CONGRESS.

Tx THE SENATE, yesterday, after We went t
| press, Mr.. Gillette concluded his remarks upor
the anti-Nebraska resolutions of the Leg;sla.
ture Of Connecticut.
! Mr.. Toucey declining to reply to Mr.. G.
! thanked that gentleman for illustrating Sc
forcibly in his speech the necessity which OK.
listed that he Mr.. IT, should occupy the posi-.
ton he did, on the Nebraska question.
The bill for the establishment of line OF
| telegraph between the Mississippi river and
| San Francisco, was taken up, and after consid
| erlng various amendments thereto, it. was post.
poned until Monday next
The vetoed insane land bill being then in
| order, Mr. Williams delivered speech in sup.
port of the veto. And then, after short speeche.
| upon it from Messrs. Badger and GAGS, The
question was put on the passage of the vetoed
bill; and it was not passed-yeas Il, noes 26-
| as follows viz: -
Yeas-Messrs. Badger, Bell, Benjamin, Brow
Chase, Clayton, Cooper, Dixon, Fessenden, Geyer
Gillette, Gwin, Hamn, Jones of Tennessee, Pratt
pearce, Rockwell, Seward, Stuart, Sumner, and
Wade-2l. co.,
Nays.-Messrs. Adams, Allen, Atchison, Bayard
Bright, Brodhead, Butler, Case, Clay, Dodge f Wis
Hunter, Jones Of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Norris
Petit. Rask Sebastian, sdeli, Toucey, Weller and
Various territorial bills were next passed;
and then after the transaction of unimportani
business, the Senate adjourned. -.
In THE House, yesterday, after we went te
press, the amendment, appropriating for the
| completion of the custom.house at St. Loui,
$1,000, 900, Mobile $65, 900, Cincinnati $40, 600
| Louisville. $4,000, Bangor $4,000, Bath
$40, 900, Wilmington, Delaware, sl2, 900, and
tor the purchase Of custom house site n
Providence, Rhode Island, $4,000, was con.
Cured in-yeas II, nays 70.
The amendment approprfating $50, 900 fol
| the completion of the Richmond, Virginia, !
custom. house, was .ooncurred in-yeas g.
| nays "a. - 't,.-
The amendment appropriatipg for the com
pletion of the marine hospital at Cleveland
Ohio, $4,000, st. Louis. Missouri, 10000,
$4,000, Paducah, Kentucky, $1,000, Evans
Vile, Indiana, $4,000. San Francisco. $44 900,
| was concurred in-yeas II, nays So !; and 70,
| one ut Vicksburg, Mississippi, $55 600.
The House concurred in the amendment ap.
propriatibg $530,00O for the purchase of the
assay Office buildings in the city of New York
The amendment appropriating $4,000 fol
completion Of the bridge at the Little Falls
Of the Potomac was rejscted-yeas 81, nays
The amendment appropriating $500 900 70,
| the continuation of the Washington aoueduct
was likewise rejscsed-yeas go, nays OF.
The amendment requiring the Captain OF
the Auxiliary Guard and lie members to be
| appointed by the President of tho United
States, was rel >cted-yeas 81, nays IS.
The amendment appropriation $4,000 fol
| the Capitol extension was, together with other
| amendments, concurred in.
The question was then taken on the passage
| Of the bill, and decided in the negative-yea:
IS, naysS2
Mr.. Orr moved reconsideration of the vote;
| pending which motion, the House adjourned.
PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY.
In The SENATE, private business only had
| been considered, ere we went to press.
uoUsE.-The House re-considsred the vote
by which they had on the day before refused
to pass the general appropriation bill-aye,
96, noes not counted
Mr.. Orr then moved to Reconsider the yot,
by which they had ordered the aaid bill 10 &
third reading; agreed to--yeas IS, nays 50.
Mr.. Orr next moved to reconsider the vote
by which the custom house amendment had
been agreed to, and the question upon tina
motion was being put by yeas and nays, wher