The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-07-10
TnIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Pr ST $ sEss SION.

WASHINGTON, July 7-SeRGte--Mr. Yu-
lee appointed joint resolution, which pass
ed, appropriating $4,000 for the continu-
ance Of the mail service between Charles
ton, s. c., and Havana, during the months
of August and September, for which the
present contract does not provide.
Senate resumed the consideration Of the
bill for the improvement Of the navigation
of the mouth Of the Mississippi, which was
vetoed by the President. Slidell spoke in
favor of the bill, showing it to be an import
ant work, and answering the Presidents OBJ.
jections.
Mr. Cass said that in the remarks he pro.
posed to make on the occasion, he should
not so much as advert to the particular i'm.
provement provided for in the bill before the
Senate. the importance Of which had been so
ubly and eloquently set forth by the Sena-
tors from Louisiana. As to the improve
ments at st. Mary's river, and st. Clair
Flats, in which his own constituents were
more Immediately interested, and which had
also been vetoed by the President, no man
could fail to perceive that the views OF the
| President had undergone radical change
relative to this subject, since he sent in the
vetoe message on the River and Harbor bill,
two years ago. On that occasion the Presi-
dent directed, while he could not sustain q
general bill, because it contained some OBJ
[ jectionabe items. and if separate Bulls ma
king appropriations, were sent to him, he
would approve and sign them. This was
precisely the course the Senate had pursued.
If there were any objects, national and con-
stitutional, certainly those in the bill which
the President had recently vetoed, would
come under that head. Mr.. Cass argued in
favor OF the constitutionaEty of these i'm
provements. quoting the views Of Gen. Jack
son and ]. C. Calhoun to sustain him in his
position.
On the question being taken, shall the
bill pass, the objections of the Presd ent tt
the contrary notwithstanding, the vote re
suited yeas 81, nays u. Yeas--AIlen
Bayard, Bell. (of N. H.0 Bell, (of Tenn,
Benjamin. Bright, Brown, Cass, Collamer
Crittendon, Dodge. Douglas, Durkee, Fes
scndcn, Foote, Foster, Gcyer, Hale, James
, Johnston, Jones, (of Iowa) Pearce, Pugh
Sebastian. Seward, Slidcl. Stuart, .Thomp
son. (o( Ky.,) Trumbull, Wade, Weller
Nays--Biggs, Brcdhead, Butler, Clay Ev
ans, Fitzpatrick, Hunter, Reid, .Toombs
, Ioucey.
The Chair announced that two-thirds o
those present having voted for the bill,
was passed.
Mr.. Mason thought it required two, third
, of oil the members Of the Senate, and ap
u pcaled from the decision Of the Chair.
{ A discussion ensucd, in which Messrs
Seward, Benjamin, Thompson, (of Ky.
!. Crittenden, SlideIl, and others, sustalne
), the Chair, and Messrs. Hunter, Clay. Ma
u u son, Toombs, and others, opposed the deci'
! ion, which, on vote being taken, was sus
- tanned by "a against 7.
u The Senate then passed the st. Mary
T. River and st. Clair Flats Improvement bill
= = over the Presidents veto; the former by 2
u u against 0, and the latter by % against
. The House bill for the admission OF Kar
sas into the Union was referred to the Con
- mttee on Territories, after which the Sci
\ ate adjourned.