American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-04-23
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
FRIDAY, aprit l6.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House a memorial o
John Ross, George Lowrey, Major Ridge, and Eli
jah Hicks, Delegates from the Cherokee Nation o
Indians, Representing the unwilingness Of the Che
rokees to abandon the territory upon which they re
sde declaring their determination to pursue, peace
ably, agriculture, manufactures, and the mechanic
arts, and praying that the General Government will
protect their rights; which was received, and or
dered 10 be printed
The Speaker also laid before the House memo
rial signed by Thomas Law, Walter Jones, and Eli
las Is. Caldwell, committee appointed at publ
meeting Of the citizens OF Washington, praying tn
attention Of Congress TO the pecunary embarras
ment OF the country; and the establishment OF ma
,ional paper currency, as best calculated to remed
the evil which was motion of Mr.. Trimbte, re
ierred to the committee OF Ways and Means, an,
ordered to be printed.
MIR. Conan, from the Committee on the sublec
OF the Slave Trade, reported bill respecting tn
Slave Trade y which was twice read, and commit
ted.
The following are the Yeas and Nays on the pas
sage of the Tariff bill:
YEAS Messrs. Adams, Alexander, Tenn. AL
|lison. Barber, Conn. Barley. Beecher, Bradley
Brown, Buchanan, Buck, Buckner, Cady, Campbell
Ohio, Cassidy, Clark, Collins Condct, Cook, Crafts
Craig, Durfee, Dwight, Eaton, Eddy, Edwards, o
Pa Fills Farrelly, Finday, Forward, Garrison
Gazlay. Harris, Hayden, Hemphill, Henry, Herki
mer, Holcombe, Houston, Jenkins, Johnson, Va. ]
L. Johnson, F Johnson, Kidder, Kremer, Lawrence
I.etcher, Little, Macarthur, Mexican, McKim, Nc
Lane. Del. Mclean, Ohio NlalIary, Msrkley
MatindaIe, Marvin, Matack, Matson, Metcalfe
Miller, Mitchell, Pen. Mitchell, Md. Moore, Ken
Morgan Patterson, Penn. Patterson, Ohio, Plumer
Penn. Prince, Richards, Rich, Rogers, Rose, Ross
Scott, Sharpe. Sloane, Sterling, Stewart, Stoddard
Storrs, Strong Swan, Taylor, Ten Eyck, Test
Thompson, Ken Tod, Tomlnson, Tracy, Trimble
Tyson, Udree, Vance, Ohio, Van Rensselaer,, Vat
Wyck, Vinton, Wayne, Whitman, Whittlesey
White, Wcklitfe, James Wilson, Henry Wilson
Wilson, Ohio Wood, Woods, Wright 10Y.
NAYS-Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, of Virg. AL
len, Mass. Allen, Tenn. Archer, Bayes, P. P. Bar
bour, ]. S. Barbour, Bartlett Bassett Blair, Breck
Brent, Burleigh, Burton, Cambreleng, Campbell, S
lC. Carter, Cary, Cobb, Cooke, Conner, Crownin
shield, Cupeper, Cusbman Cuthbert, Day, Dwinell
Edwards, N. c. Floyd, Foot, Con. Foote, of N. Y
Forsyth Frost, Fuller, Garnett, Gatlin, Gist Govan
Gurley, Hall, Hamilton, Harvey, Hayward, Her
rick, Hobart, Hogeboom, Hooks, Isacks, Kent La
throp, Lee, Lettwch, Lincoln, I.tchfeld, Liver
more, Livingston, Locke, Long, Longfellow, Nc
Coy, McDuffie, Mckee, Mangum, Mercer, Moore
Aab. Neale, Nelson, Newton, O'Brien, Owen
Plumer, N. H. Poinsett, Randolph, Rankin, Reed
KeYnOiuS, hives, OauHueFS, ohnuOTuI OlOlSys AT
thur Smith, Alex. Smyth, VIM. Smith, Spaigh
Spence, Standefer, A. Stevenson, J. Stephenson
Taliaferro, Tattnall, Thompson, Geo. Tucker Va
!, Tucker S c.. Vance N. c. WarfeId, Webster
Whipple, Williams, N. Y. Williams, Va. William
N. C. Wilson, S. C.-lo2.
Washington .apriI 90.
III the Senate the Tariff Bill, which has .passe
the House Of Representatives, received its first read
ling. Mr.. DickerSon moved its second reading, bal
that being objected to, its second reading will tax
place, in regular course, to day.
The resolution, for fixing day for the ad iourn
ment of Congress, was taken up, the blank for tn
day filled 25 votes to 81 with the l5ih day of May
and, thus amended, the resolve was ordered to b
engrossed for third reading.
Il The bill Sin addition to the acts relative to tn
election Of President and Vice President of the U
rInited States" read the third time, passed, ant
Isent to the House for concurrence.
! In the House Of Representatives, among othe
petitions and memorials presented, was an address
{ presented by the Speaker, from Ntnian Ea,Cards
late Senator of the United States, and recently ap
pointed Minister to Mexico, defending himself from
certain imputatons on his character, made, as be
alleges, in late communication from the Secreta
ny of the. Treasury to Congress. The reading o
this memorial, and the circumstances attending it
produced considerable excitement in the House
Some severe things were said upon the subject o.
the memorial. which was, finally, on motion of Mr.