The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-02-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, FEB, 9.

70 0un~---
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MoNDAT, FEB. 9.
Unfavorable reports were made Oh the pc.
dions of Mary Sullivan, and Thomas Mills.
Ordered % lie on the table.
Dahes and Imhorss on Tonnage.
Mr.. Ne~lon, fom the committee Of Com
merce and Man ufaeturers, reported bill to
continue in force, from and after the. 3oth OF
June, 1919, until the 3o,h of June, 1875, The
fourth paragraph'of tho fist section of the
act "to regulate the duties On imports and
tonnage !" which was twice read and commit
ted.
Iasressc o/ buti<s.
Mr.. Newton also reported q bin 60 In
crease the doties on iron in bars and bolts,
iron in pigs, castings. osiIs anc alum; end TO
disaliow the drawbae,. Of duties on tho ex.
porlstion OF gunpowder. The duties to be
substituted for those now existing are, on iron
pigs, Fifty cents per hundred weight, on iron
castings seventy hve cents per hundred
weigh, on nails four cents per pound, on iron
in bars aud bolts excepting iron manufactur.
ed by rolling, one dollar per hundrsd weight
md on allam, two dollars per hundre ed
weight. the bill was twice read and commil.
ted.
Sinking Fund. ..n.t
: The Speaker laid before tbe House the
annual Report Of the Com missiooers of the
oi,king Faod (the President OF the Senate,
,ne Chiet Justice Of the y. States, the Sec
lay OF lhe Treasury and the Attorney
Gens.a) irhe amouBt Of the deb, on the
frs, day OF tae pressnt year stands at dollars
90 oo4 800 si-ioo.l
Ep ebSion Of Credii.
On moi,ou of M. P,kio, il was
Resolved Khat ths COMMITTEES OF. was and
Means be nsti icted to inqu.re into the pedency
of making provision by law, for the extending tile
term Of credit fo- duties ON articles imported fron
the West Indies . -
SaIories Of Judges. q. g.
Oo mooon M. H6pk,nson, il wa,
Rssolred, That the comrniItce or the Judiciary be
directed TO inquire. into the expcdiency oi itcreas
ins the salaries Of 'he Judges ofth supre me Court
of the United States.
Pension 20 Soldiers HrdoSvs.
The bill on this subject was taken up de-
boted al a considerable length, and varIpusly
amended; when the commitlee rose Snd re.
ported the samO to The House.
wEDN4spAYt PED. II.
Several Resolutions, on puva,e land
Claims; and other local subjects, we,s varl-
ousy disposed Of.
Sedan Sumae and Afeyino Uool
On motion OF Mr.. Mills, the com mittee cf
ways and means were instructed to inquire
into the oxpediency Of exemp,in8 from duty
the articles Of 'Sicilian Sumsc end userino
Wool, imported in,o the Y. $.
Contracts for .fyc .AyMs.
A report was received fom The Wa, De
partment, stating The Contracts which mad
been made for the supply Of 6-e aras, &c.
Pension 10 Soldiers Widou's.
This bill was again tsk en- mp, and discus.
SD, under various notifications, whom the
Question on passing il TO third reading was
iseided in the negative, by the following vote. |
Fot tho bill, IS
Against il, =. 20
SO ne, BILL was negati7cd.
Nj Stotrs moved reconsideration but !
aiter some discvss,on, this motion was also
negstivcd, yfyes, s3--Noys,'s6
So Jhe cold suojce. 10 dead AMI buried
lThc Intelligence 10 noticing this occur.
'once, thus feeiingly expresses itself g..
" Another bill is rejected in The House of |
Representatives, aite- Two days cousidera.
ion, aWd interesting, but brief. debate. The
bill, we are sorry to say, was enc providing
still further, not only io' the widows and or.
phans sod ipdtgent nothe,s OF those who
fell IN the service Of theie country during tho
iate war, b,~ elso Of the surviving widows in
those who fell in battle or died in .srycice !
during the revolution. The gtea, object of,
to Tho bill was, that. il threw opeo too wide
the doors OF the Treasury. Perhaps II did;
but, il % to whom; 10 the bsresf,, to the |
fos ssken, to the wretched. We regret the |
fate OF the bill, the operation Of which il pas.
sed, In the present state Of our finances he I
Tressury would not have felt. We hope
,ha, some Of the proportions contained in
the reiectsd bill, will in ono shape or other,
be yet revived duiing ,h' session.
TRuRspAv gEs. IL,
Settlement ef old aeesanrs.
4 tctter was received from the comp,tol.
Ter Of tho Treasury, frsnsmiuiec n p.rti,l