Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-13

IN sENATE...,Apri 9, 1924.


| PROTECTION OF THE FUR TRADE.
| Ybe unfinished business Of Wednes.
day last, being the further consldera.
ton of the bill 'to enable the PresIden'
to carry into effect the treaty made at
Client, the Gath December, 1914, ex.
Guiding foreigners from the trade and
intercourse with the Indian tribes with
| in the United States, and to preserve
the fur trade within the limits OF the
| said United States to American citl-
zens," was then taken up, Mr.. knight
in the chair.
The question was upon the adoption
of new section. proposed by Mr.. Bar
ton, as a substitute tor the third section
of the bill. The amendment provides,
that the office of superintendent OF In
dian affairs, at st. Louis, shall be a.
polished. and authorises the President
to appoint o certain number of Indian
agents, TO be stationed among the In
dian tribes on the waters of the Upper
Missouri. 1t mskes 1t the duty opthe
superintendent and gents o! Indian at.
fairs, to prevent all citizens of the U.
nited States from hunting and trapping
on any Indian lands, and TO enforce the
laws against all such persons as shall
be guily of those offences; for which
purpose, the So perintepdents and agents
are to be authorised to call upon the
nearest military posts OF the U. States
for aid.
On the SUI gestion Of Mr., Benton, the
motion was divided, and the question
put upon striking out the third section
| of the bill, which authorises the ap.
poin,ment Of TWO sub -agenis, TO be EN-.
! ployed among the Indian tribes ON the
waters of the Upper Missouri with an
nual salaries Of $500 each. Some re-
marks were made by Messrs. Benton
and Barton: and the question being put,
the Senate refused to strike out the
third section.
Mr.. Louvre moved to strike out the 9Th
section of the bill. 1t provides an appro-
priation of l3, 100 dollars Ito enable the
| President TO cause competent military
force to be transported TO, and stationed
at. such point on the Upper Missouri. as
he shall deem best calculated 10 effect the
objects of his bill" MIR. l.. said, be
! thought it would be quite time enough tor
us to take measures for the protection OF
, our iur trade, when we had succeeded IN
preventing our own citizens from hunting
and trapping on the Indian territories.
, After some discussion, the question on
he N q
then pnt, and carried in the afiirnatIve.-
Yeays 3U-Noes l2.
! Mr.. J. S. Johnston proposed new sec"
ton, by way OF amendment; which was the
same as the fifth section Just stricken out
except thai the consent OF the lndlaDtrlbes
shall be obtained, previous TO the estab-
lshment of the contemplated military post.
Alter some opposition, by MIR. Mills,
and Holmes o! Name,
On motion OF Nj Eaton, the bill was or.
dered TO lie on the table, aud the amend.
ment, TO be printed.
| IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT,
The bill "to abolish Imprisonment for
debt" was read the third time. Ob]ec-
tons were then made to certain parts OF
tue biiI by MessTs. Lanman, Mills, van
Dyke, and Hayne-whicn were replied
10 by Messrs Talbot, Van Buren,, and
Johnson of Kentucky. One or two in
material amendments were made, by &c.
neral consent. An amendment proposed
by Mr.. Johnson, Of NY. was objected 10
| by Hayne-aHd one submitted by Mr.,
Van Buren, was objected TO by Mr.. Low
rie: they could not, therefore, be received;
as no ame dnent can be considered, alter
The third reading OF bill, except by ge-
neral consent.
The question was then taken, on the n
nal passag. OF the bill, and carried IN the
affirmative ga, Nays IS.
So the rllI passed the Senate,
The usual question on the title being put,
MIR. M Is moved that II be stricken out:
| He lhousb the provisions OF the bill dld
not concur with rs tItle-and that 1t was
holding out an appearance OF a general
abolition of imprisonment Tor debt, when
such a thing was not to be elected by The
bill. ne proposed to substitute the loi-
low ing: "a bin 10 regulate The processes
of the Courts OF the United States, IN GER
tain cases" This was objected 10 by
Messrs. johnson, oil Ken. Talbot, and
! Holmes O, Name twas commended, by
the friends of the bill, that they ought. al
least. to have The privilege OF naming their
own ch,ld--lhat there could be no harm
| in leading the people TO The sweet belief,
for few weeks, a, least, that imprIson.
| ment ter debt was 10 be abollshed--snd
that, as so many amendments had been
! made IN the bill, the Title, being the best
re naming part Of il, ought not TO be lost.
| The question was then put put upon slrIk
ing GU, the little OF The bill, and decided
| in the negative.
Mr.. Chandler moved TO amend the title,
by adding 10 il the words, "in certain ca
ses;" SO as to read, "A bill to abolish im'
prisonmenl tor debt, 10 certain Cases. =
This amendment was not agreed TO. The
original title was approved; and the bill