sissippi and Grant rivers;' which were disagreed to by this house.

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"The Council have disagreed to all the amendments made by this house to bill No. 43, entitled A bill to license and regulate taverns,' except to strike out the 11th section, in which they have concurred.

"The Council have adopted the report of the committee of conference on the part of the Council relating to the disagreeing vote of the two houses to a bill, entitled

"A bill concerning grand and petit jurors,' to wit:

"To retain in the first section the words 'officers of colleges, not including trustees or directors thereof, and preceptors and teachers of incorporated academies or universities, and one teacher in each common school, practising physicians, and surgeons regularly licensed;' and

"To strike out regularly licensed ferryman, supervisors of public highways, attenders of grist mills, attenders of toll bridges and turnpike gates.'

"The Council have amended the amendment of this house to bill

"No. 65, entitled A bill to amend an act concerning the supreme and district courts, and defining their jurisdiction and powers,' so as to make it necessary that the writ shall have been issued five months before the first day of the term at which a trial is to be had, in place of sixty days.

"The governor has notified the Council that he did appróve on yesterday

"An act for opening and repairing, or vacating public roads and highways:""

And then he withdrew.

Mr. Parkinson, according to previous notice, introduced bill No. 144, entitled "A bill to authorize the county commis-sioners of Iowa county to levy a poll tax to build bridges ;" and

Bill No. 145, entitled "A bill to authorize the appointment of public administrators in the several counties in this territory, and for other purposes;"

Which were severally read the first and second times.

Mr. Quigley, from the joint committee, appointed to select

such of the laws of Michigan as might be thought proper, for the purpose of having them printed in the pamphlet laws of the present session, reported

Bill No. 146, entitled "A bill supplementary to an act, entitled An act to regulate the mode of petitioning the legislative assembly in certain cases;'"

Which was read the first and second times, and laid on the table.

Mr. Sholes, from the select committee appointed in the matter of Alexander W. M'Gregor, Esq., and to which had been referred by a resolution of yesterday, the deposition of William H. Eades, together with the statement of said M'Gregor, reported,

"That they have taken testimony upon the matters referred to them, which is herewith submitted. It will be seen, that an unsuccessful attempt was made to impeach the character of William H. Eades, for veracity; and that no evidence was adduced calculated to render the authenticity of the deposition, purporting to be that of Eades, doubtful. In regard to the statement of Mr. M'Gregor, referred to the committee, some testimony was adduced, designed to impeach its credibility. How far the testimony has this effect the committee will leave to the house to determine, after merely referring to one discrepancy which appears between a part of M'Gregor's statement, and the deposition of Mr. Clark, in regard to the time when the copy of the note (marked K,) was given by M'Gregor to Wilson.

"The committee, after much consideration, must express the decided opinion, that the deposition of William H. Eades is. calculated to throw much doubt upon the subject-a doubt which cannot be satisfactorily removed, but by the personal appearance and examination of Eades himself; and, under this view of the case, believing that the house is not in possession of facts sufficient to dispel the mystery and doubt, which must necessarily exist, and to enable it safely and justly to proceed to a final decision; the committee cannot but recommend that the decisive action of the house be stayed, until there will be some possibility of arriving at truth-until the party accused

has time to substantiate the truth of his statement, and the authenticity of the deposition obtained, or the party accusing an opportunity to disprove them, no injury can result from delay -justice to both parties appears to demand it, and humanity as far, at least, as the accused party is concerned, would certainly sanction it."

The report was laid on the table.

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The following resolution from the Council was taken up, Resolved, By the Council and House of Representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the report of the commissioners appointed to agree upon a plan of the public buildings, and to superintend the erection of the same at Madison, dated at Mineral Point, Nov. 29th, 1837, be approved.

"That said commissioners be required to advertise for propo sals, and contract for the completion of said buildings on the plan submitted, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish the seat of government of the territory of Wisconsin, and to provide for the erection of public buildings;" approved Dec. 3, 1836, and that the treasurer of said board of commissioners be required to pay to Augustus A. Bird, acting commissioner, five hundred dollars, out of the money on hand, in part pay for his services rendered: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall go to excuse the commissioners for any misconduct, or for acting contrary to the provisions of the act above recited."

Mr. Quigley moved to postpone the resolution for an indefinite time, and on this question the yeas and nays being called for, were as follow:

Yeas:-Messrs. Box, Chance, Engle, Jenkins, Nowlin, Quigley, and Wheeler-7.

Nays:-Messrs. Boyls, Brunson, Brunet, Childs, Cornwall, Cox, M'Knight, Parkinson, Reynolds, Sheldon, Smith, Shanley, Sholes, Teas, and Leffler, speaker-15.

So the house refused to postpone the resolution.

Mr. Engle then moved to lay the resolution on the table for the present.

The yeas and nays being called for, were as follow:

Yeas:-Messrs. Box, Chance, Engle, Jenkins, Nowlin, Quigley, and Wheeler-7.

Nays:-Messrs. Blair, Boyls, Brunson, Brunet, Childs, Cornwall, Cox, M'Knight, M Williams, Parkinson, Reynolds, Sheldon, Smith, Shanley, Sholes, Teas, and Leffler, speaker-17. So the house refused to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Engle offered the following resolutions as substitutes for the resolutions from the Council:

Resolved, By the Council and House of Representatives of Wisconsin territory, that there shall be appointed by the executive of the territory, three disinterested and competent persons to audit, settle and adjust the accounts of the commissioners of the public buildings, and the treasurer thereof, and that they have full power on the part of the legislative assembly for that purpose.

Resolved, That any future appropriation made by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of completing the capitol at Madison, be drawn from the treasury of the United States by the secretary of the territory, and be paid by him upon the drafts of the Commissioners of public buildings, or a majority of them, countersigned by the persons so to be appointed by the governor, or a majority of them.

The previous question was called for by Mr. Cornwall, and The yeas and nays being called for, were as follow:

Yeas:-Messrs. Blair, Box, Boyls, Brunet, Childs, Cornwall, Cox, McKnight, M'Williams, Parkinson, Reynolds, Sheldon, Smith, Shanley, Sholes, Teas, and Leffler—17.

Nays:-Messrs. Chance, Engle, Jenkins, Nowlin, Quigley, and Wheeler-7.

So the main question was ordered to be put.

The hour having arrived, to which the special order of the day was assigned,—

The house proceeded to take it up, being the report of a committee in relation to the charges preferred against Alexander W. McGregor, Esq., a member of this house.

A communication was received from James W. Grimes and William Henry Starr, Esqrs., asking to be admitted as counsel for Mr. Wilson, in relation to the case of Mr. M'Gregor.

On motion of Mr. Chance,

Messrs. Grimes and Starr were admitted as counsel for Mr. Wilson, within the bar of the house.

On motion of Mr. Engle,

The following resolution was first considered, being a part of the report of the committee in relation to the case of Mr. M'Gregor :

Resolved, That the conduct of John Wilson, in offering to a member of this house a bribe for the performance of certain legislative services, is highly reprehensible, and that the said John Wilson be brought before the bar of this house to be reprimanded by the speaker.

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On motion of Mr. Engle,

The said resolution was amended by striking out the word offering," in the first line, and inserting "giving," in lieu thereof, and by inserting after the word "bribe,” in the same line, the words “according to his own statement on oath.”

Mr. Chance then called for the previous question, and the yeas and nays being called for, were as follow:

Yeas:-Messrs. Childs, Chance, Cox, Jenkins, M'Knight, Nowlin, Parkinson, Reynolds, and Leffler, speaker—9.

Nays:-Messrs. Blair, Box, Boyls, Brunson, Brunet, Cornwall, Engle, M Williams, Quigley, Sheldon, Smith, Shanley, Sholes, Teas, and Wheeler-15.

So the house refused to put the main question.

On motion of Mr. Engle,

Resolved, That the order of debate in case of the charges against John Wilson be as follows:

The counsel for the accused shall be heard first:

After the counsel for the accused have finished, any member may reply.

Mr. Grimes was heard for some time in behalf of Mr. Wilson, when

The house adjourned till 3 o'clock, P. M.