Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-09-10

will be severely cramped in their business
by the necessity which the House has i'm
posed on the Executive branch Of the Gov
ernment in this matter. Washington Star.
C0NGRESS.-EXTRA SESSl0N.-ARNfY BILL
PASSED.
WASHINGTON, August 3O--SENA7E--On
motion OF Mr.. Clay, resolution was adop.
ted requiring The Secretary of the interior
to report next session the amount required
to pay the allowances proposed by the House
bill, providing for the settlement of the claims
OF the officers of the Revolutionary army,
and of the widows and children of those
who died in the service.
Mr.. Crittenden's bill, to alter and amend
the Kansas Nebraska act, was then tabled
by % against ii.
A message was here received from the
House, informing the Sci ate Of the passage
of the Army bill, which, having been taken
up, on motion of Mr.. Hunter the Senate
struck out the proviso attacked 10 it by yeas
26, nays Z.
The bill was then passed.
A vote of thanks to the President pro
tempore was then unanimously y adopted, and
the usual committee appointed to wait on
form him that Congress was ready to ad-
journ.
The committee subsequently, reported that
the President had no further communication
to make, when the Senate adj djourned sine die.
HOUSE OF FREPREsENTATIvEs.-.M Camp.
bell of Ohio obtained unanimous consent ~
report by direction of the Committee OF
Ways and Means, bill making appropria.
tions 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 appropria-
tions are made by this act. shall be employed
in aid OF the enforcement of any enactment
heretofore passed in the bodies claiming 10
be the Territorial Legislature of Kansas. Mr..
Campbell demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Cobb appealed to Mr.. Campbell to
allow him to make motion to strike out the
provso, in order that the sense OF the Hous,
be taken on that question; and then act OF,
the passage Of the bill, whether the motion
be successful or not.
Cries Of" hats rightr'-" That's rightw
Mr. Davis desired a test vote on propu-
slion be wished to offer.
Mr. Campbell refused 10 withdraw his de.
mand for the previous question.
MIR. Stephens, after saying that there were
gentlemen absent who did not expect that
vote would be taken so soon, moved a call
Of the House.
Motion agreed to. One hundred and
ninety. .eight members answered to the'
names.
The duors were then closed to hear excu.
ses tor absentees.
The bill then passed, as originally report.
ed, by a vote of 80 against 7s.
On motion of Mr.. Benson, the House took
up and passed the Senate Joint Resolution
authorizing the acceptance of gold medals
by Surgeons William and Harrison, from
the Emperor Of France; by Lieut.. Maury,
from Prussia, Holland and Bremen and b.
Prof Bachr from Sweden; also, permitting
Dr.. Kane and the officers connected with
nim in the Arctic Expedition to accept les
limonials OF respect from tho British Gov
rrnment.
A message was then received from The
Senate, returning the Army bill, with al
amendment striking out the Proviso.
The House, under the operation Of the
previous questions then coucurred in the
Senate amendment striking out the Provso
by Yeas lOl, Nays SO, as follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Aiken, Akers, Barkside.
Bell, Bennett, OF Missouri, Bocock, Bowie,
Boyce, Branch, Burnett, Cadwalader, Camp
bell Of KY, Carlile, Caskie, Cliugman, Cob"
Of Ga, Cobb of Ala, Cox, Craige, Craw
fore, Cullen. Davidson, Davis Of Nd, Den.
yer, Dowdel, Edmundson, Elliott, Etheridge.
Enslis, Evans, Faulkner, Florence, Fuller OF
Me-, Guode, Greenwood, Hall of Iowa.
Harris of Md, Harris of Ala, Harris of ILL.,,
Harrison, Haven, Hickman, Houston, Jew.
EFT, Jones of Tenn, Jones of Pa, Keill,
Kelly, Kennett, Kidwell, Lake, Letche",
Lumpkin, A. K. Marshall of KY, H. Mar
shall of KY, Marshall of Ill.,, Mexwell, Me-
Mullen, Mcqueen, Miller OF Ind, MlIson,
Oliver OF Mo-, Orr, Packer, Peck, Phelps,
Porter, Powell, Pnryear, Quitman. Ricaud.
Rivers, Rutfin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage,
Seward, Shorter, Smith Of Tenn, Smith OF
Va, Smith of Ala, Sneed, Stephens, Stew.
art, Swope, TalLot, Taylor, Tyson, Under
wood, Vail, Walker, Wells, Wheeler, Whit.
new, Williams, Wiuslow, Wright of Miss,
Wright of Tenn, and ZolIicoffer.
Nays. Messrs. Albright, Allison, Barbour,
Barclay, Bennett, of N. Y, Benson. Billing
hurst, bingham, Bliss. Bradshaw, Brenton,
Burlington, Campbell of Pa, Campbell OF
Ohio, Chaffee, Clark, Clawson, Colfax, Co.
minis, Covode, Craige, Cumpback, Damrell,
Davis of Mass, Dean, De "tt, Dick, Dick
sou, Dodd, Dunn, Durlee, Edie, Edwards,
Emie, Fagler, Galloway, Giddings, Gilbert,
Granger, Grow, Harlan, Halloway, Horton,
Howard, Hughston, Kelsey, King, Knapp.
Knight, KnowIton, Knnkul, Letter, Mace,
Matleson, McCarty, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott,
Murray, Norton, Oliver Of N. Y, Parker,
Peton, Pennington, Petit, Pike, Pringle,
Purviance, Ri,chie, Roberts, Robbins, Robi.
son, sabin, Sage, sapp, Scott, Sherman
Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan, Tap
pan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd, Trafton,
Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge. Waldron.
Wasbburne of ILL.,, Washburne of Wis,
Washburne of Me-, Welch, Woodruff and
Woodworth.
The Senate bill fixing the time for the