Congressional: Rejection Of The Treaty

Mr. Benton's Annezati.n Bill - Harbor and Riber Bill Vctosd. The Sennte of :he United Stntes, at 9 o'clock on Saturday evenintj, carne to a voie on the Texas treaty, and the question of ratificación was decided in thc negative, ns foüows: Yeas - Messrs. Alchinson, Bagby, Bréese, Buchañan, Colquit, Fulton, Haywood". Heríderson, Huger, Lewis, McDuflSe, ÍSÍemple, Sevier, Sturgeoii, WalKer anJ Woodfoury - 18. Nays - Messra-. AJlen, Archer, Atherton, Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Bentpn, Berrien, Choate, Crittenden, Dayton, Evens, Füirfield. Foster, Francis, Huntington, Jarnogin, Johnson, Mungum, Merricit, Miller. Morehead, Niles. Pearce, Phelp8, Porter, Rives, Simmons, Talmadge, Tappan, Upham, White, Woodbridge and Wright -35. Mr. Hannegan, of Ia. was absent. So that insiead of procuring the assent oí two-thirds, the treaty ia rejected by a two ihird vote.Mr. Benton immediately introducen a bilí for the annexatiorr oí Texas, whfich wus reod ihe first time. Its p-rovimons aro in substance theee. Ii fixes the boundaries of Texas ard annexes it. on certain conditions, one is the assent of Mexico. Annexation without ihe payment of the public debt which has now gone up to twenty-two millions oí dollars. The settlëment of the H.nirs of élAvery. It is not probable that ir wíll pass at ibis session though a different opinión is expressed in an anide which oppeared in Fridny's Globe, and which was generally attributed to Mr. Benton. - Frce Pnss. In the Señale, Mr. McDuffie's joint resolution, for the anneXatíon of Texas, on Monday, by a vote of 27 to 19, was laid on the table. whcreit icifl sleep. The. motion was made by Gov. Woodbridge oftlns State. ín the House, a message was received from the President, urging the iminediate annexation ol Texas, by Legislation. Mr. Kennedy. vWhig) moved to lay it on the table. Lóst, yea8, 66. nays ]18. It was tben referted fo the conim ttee on foreigu aíFairs.and ordered to be printed Mr. Adams offered two resol uions. 1. Thai the power to declare war was exclusivoly vesied in C'ongie68. 2. That nny attempt by the Presi dent. with or without i he assent oí' the Senate. to exercise that was an invasión oftht' right8 of the House of Representaiives, and ought io be resisted. The House refused to re ccive the resoluiiona, by a ,party vote, yeas, 78. nnys, 108 - Ado.Onlynne Whi, Henderson, voted for the rat ification of ihe Texas treaty: and the only votefrom New England n its favor wns that of Woodbury. cf New Hampshire. Illinois and Fennsylvania were the only fice States that gave n unanimous vjte for the ireaty. As soon as the ireaiy was disposcd of, Mr. Benton gave notice ih;i on Monday he would in troduce a bilí to annex Teas lo ihe Union. The correspondent of the New York Kxpre68 saj'8, - A bilí, to pass, would have to obtain jhe followjng provÍ8Íons: - The assent of Mexico. A determined boundary between the two countries. Annexation without the fjayment of the public debt, which has now growr: up to twxnt-two OULLIOJfS 01' DOLLARS. The settlement of the limita of slavery. There are members of Congress from the South who will warmly oppose the annexation of Texae, until this last question is settled. They remember the Missouri question, and prefer the Union as it is 10 the consequences of the change proposed. Recent investigation of the land owned by Texas and the debt of Texas, clearly prove thai the debt very far exceeds the valüe of the lande. Tho public domain of Texas indeed is covcred with incutnbrances. and it would pariake equally of inaaiiuy and fblly to agrec to the payment of this debt, in consideration of the unappropriated portion of the Texas domain, if indeed there is any unapproprioted.The Adverteer saya: 4The Ea8tern Harborand River bilí, was vetoed by Mr. Tyler, on Monday last. The bilí immediately taken up in the Houso, where it orig inated, and the vote on its6nal passage, notwitlistanding the veto, tood, veas 103, nays 84 - not two-thirds. And so lliat bilí was lost. Mr. 1 yr.ER has signed the Western Harbor ind River bilí. The reason given for making this distinction between the two bilis, ís that he 3 not particularly acquainted with Western localiiies and so Iets it pass. Lucky ignorance!" Petiiions have been presented in both Houses of Congress for such an altcration of the naturalization law as will require 21 years residenco to entitle an alien to nmuralization. There are now over tbirty six hundred railes of railroad in operation in the United States. ín 1829 an enSerprising gentlemen of Bouton, Hon. Wm. Foster, invited several capitalists to meet at his office, to take nto considerntion the exdediency of constructing a railroad from that city to Providence- a distance of fortytwo miles. Only one per6on attended as de sired. and he deemed tle project a wíld one.- At this moment, seven hundred and twenty miles of railro-d termínate in the 'city of notiona;' and there will sliortly be many miles more. What a mighty chance in fifteen yeare! - Cin. Eiiq.