Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-11
Congress.--Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, August 80.

In the House, Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, obtained
unanimous consent to report, by direction of the
Committee of Ways and Means, a bill making
appropriations for the army. He said it was the
old army bill, with the following proviso: That
no part of the military force of the United States,
for the support of which appropriations are made
by this act, shall be employed in aid of the en-
foreement Of any enactment heretofore passed in
the bodies claiming to be the Territorial Legisla.
ture of Kansas.
Mr. Campbell demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia, appealed to Mr.. Camp.
bell to allow him to make motion to strike out
the proviso, in order that the sense of the House
be taken on that question; and then act on the
rassage of the bill, whether the motion be sue.
cessful or not.
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, desired test vote on
q proposition he wished to offer.
Mr. Campbell refused to withdraw his demand
for the previous question.
Mr. Stephens, Of Georgia, after saying that
there were gentlemen absent who did not expect
that vote would be taken so soon, moved call
of the House.
Motion agreed to. One hundred and ninety
eight members answered to their names.
The doors were then closed to hear excuses for
absentees.
The bill then passed, as originally reported, by
o vote of 80 against 79.
On motion of Mr. Benson, of Me-, the House
took up and passed the Senate joint resolution
authorizing the acceptance of gold medals by
Surgeons Williams and Harrison, from the Empe-
ror of France; by Lieut.. Maury, from Prussia,
Holland and Bremen and by Prof Bache, from
Sweden; also permitting DR.. Kane and the officers
connected with him in the Arctic expedition to
accept testimonials Of respect from the British
government.
message was then received from the Senate
returning the Army bill, with On amendment stri-
king out the proriso.
The House, under the operation Of the preyi-
Gus question, then concurred in the Senate's a.
mendment striking out the proviso, by yeas lOl,
nays SO, as follows:
YEAS. .-Messrs Aiken, Akers, Barkesdale,
Bell, Bennett of Mo-, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
Branch, Burnett, Caiwallader, Campbell of Ky,
Carlile, Caskie Clingman, Cobb, of Ca, Cobb Of
Ala, Cox, Craige, Crawford, Cullum, Davidson,
Davis of Md, Denver, Dowdell, Edmonson Elliot,
Etleridge, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner, Florence,
Fuller of Me-, Good, Greenwood, Hall of Iowa,
Harris of Md, Harris of Ala, Harris of Ill.,. Har
rison, Haven, Hickman, Hoffman, Houston, :. ew-
ct, Jones of Teun., Jones of Pa, Keitt, Kelly,
Kennett, Kidwell, Lake, Letcher, Lumpkin Of
Ark, A. H. Marshall of KY, Humphrey Marshall
of KY, Marshall of ILL.,, MAXWELL McMulen,
Mcqueen, Miller of To-, Mllson, Oliver of Mo-,
Orr, Packer, Peck, Phelps, Porter, Power, Pur-
year, Quitman, Ricaud, Rivers, Ruffn, Rust, San
dage, Savage, Seward, Shorter, Smith of Tenn,
Smith of Va, Smith of Ala, Sneed, Stevens,
Steward, Swope, Talbot, Taylor, Tyson, Under
wood, Vail, Walker, Warner, Wells, Wheeler,
Whitney, Williams, Winslow, Wright of Mo-,
Wright, of Tenn, and Zoicoffer.
NAYs.-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Barbour,
Barclay, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bingham, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton, Buff
fington of Pennsylvania, Campbell of Ohio, Chat
fee, Clark, Clawson, ColfaI, Comins, Covode,
Craige, Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Massachu-
setts, Dean, Dewitt, Dick, Dickson; Dodd, Dunn,
Durfee, Edie, Edwards, Emrie, Flagler, Galloway,
Gitldings, Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Harlan, Hal
loway, Horton, Howard, Hughston, Kelsey, King,
Knapp, Knight, Knowton, Knox, Kunkel Lester,
Mace, Matterson, McCarty, Morrill,, Mott MUIR
ray, Norton, Oliver of New York, Parker Pelton,
Pennington, Petit Pike, Pringle, Purviance,
Ritchie, Roberts, Robbins, Robinson, Sabin, Sage,
Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, STAN
ton, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorrington, Thurston,
Todd Trafton, Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge, Wal
dron, Washburna, of Illinois, Washburne Of Wis
consn Washburne of Maine, Welch, Woodruff
and Woodwork.
The Senate bill fixing the time for the election
in Delaware, of Representative to Congress, was
passed.
Mr. Whitney, Of New York, asked but did not
obtain leave to introduce bill to repeal certain
enactments of the Kansas Legislature, and to de-
fine and secure the rights of the people in that
Territory.
A message was here received from the Presi-
dent, that he had signed the Army bill.
of po,lyo n
ton that the President be respectfully requested
to direct the District Attorney for the Territory
of Kansas to apply to the proper court for leave
to enter nous prOsque on oil the indictments now
pending for treason, on any other political onence
alleged to have been committed in that Territory.
The question on this resolution was defeated by
calling the yess and nays on a motion to adjourn
until the time concurrently fixed for the termina-
ton of the session, half-past o'clock, when the
Speaker declared the House adjourned sine de-.
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