Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-18

III.
II was rejected, Yeas Is, Nays ST.
Mt Eat"a then moved 10 amend the bill by
inserting the following:
On cotton, picked or ginned, six cents per
pound;
On cotton, not picked or ginned, one and an
hall cents per pound"
This amendment was opposed by Mpssrs.
Hayne, Branch, Elliot, and Johnson, of Ken
lucky; and supported by the mover, and by
'iessrs Brown, D'Wolf, and Smith. 1t was
subsequently, Withdrawn by the mover
The bill, with the several amendments was
then reported from the committee of the
whole, to the Senate. On motion of Mr..
LLOYD, OF Mass. the bill was ordered to lie on
the table, and the amendments 10 be printed
Tor the Use OF the Senate.
The bill relative tn the Patent Office, and
10 tue salary of the Superintendent thereof"
was next taken up, in Committee of the
Mole. Tins bill provides that the Patent
Omce snail remain, as now, attached to the
department OF State and that the Snperin-
tehdent snail receive salary Of 8 1000 per
annum, as CONDENSATION for his services
Inc passage of thu bill was advocated bv
Siessrs. johnson ofKen. Talbot, and Smith
and opposed by Messrs. Lowrie, Chandler.
and Taylor of Virginia. The bill was rcport
ed to the Senate, and passed TO be engrossed.
and read the third time.
HOUSE OF PERSONALITIES.
Mr.. Webster, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported bill from the Senate in
aud',ion To me acts relative to the election q E
President and Vice Prrsiden: of the United
States" without amendment and il was re-
ierred to a committee ofthe whole.
| NAviGATIoN OF WESTERN wATERs
On motion OF Mr. Buc hanan Of PrnusyIya-
MIA, The House took up the hill "for the i'm
provement OF the Ohiu and Mississippi ri
vers."
| Mr.. Buchanan offered as an amendment, to
the bill. the following:
+" That the President of the United States
ne, ano ne Is hereby, authorized To cause the
Navigation OF the Ohin river to he improved
over the following sand bars, or either OF them,
at his discretion, to wit the sand-bar which
crosses s'ud river one mile and quarter be-
low Flint Island the sand-har two miles
above French island the bar lust below
Henderson the bar below Straight Island
The har below Willow island, in the Mississippi
pi bend and the bar opposite To Lowe:
Switzerland, below Cumberland island /: and.
Tor the purpose of ascertaining and directing
me best method OF carrying the provisions OF
'h's ac' INTO tnPct, he may employ any of
the engineers IN the public service which IN.
may deem proper: Prorided, nerer;beLess.
one OF the sand-bars, and, if, in his Judgment,
II snail be- successful, then, aud not otherwise,
he IS hereby authorized to cause experiments
TO be made upon the remaining bars"
Ar Stewart OF Pennsylvania was opposed
10 TINS amendment ofihe BILL as beng caIcu-
ia'ed to embarrass il, and. n Effect. To defeat
IL. de objected especially to the proviso,
when requires previous experiment before
Inc appropriation is TO be applied The oh
sacies' IN the Western rivers are, he said, so
various in their kind, that no experiment on
one could apply to the rest of lhrm-and the
PRESIDENT must depend on the opinions of oi h
ers as tn the success Of the experiment when
made, &c. He preferred direct legislation On
me SUBJECT to any contingent provision. Mr..
D. went on nj considerable length To- shew the
prepriety of the amendment adopted in Com
mI'tee, making Brownsville the poin, of COM
neHccment where the proposed improvement
mrt the national road, and rendered complete
ana entire th" chain Of communication between
the East and West, &c. stating variety of
iac's 10 shsw the great advantages to the
west which would result from this measure.
Mr. Henry of Kentucky replied, and advo-
Gated the amendmeni on the ground. that if
was OF paramount importance 10 obtain re-
cogntIon OF the principle embraced IN the bill.
ana that the particular modification IF il was
moi OF SO great Importance. For the sake of
conc'llaiing the opinions Of all who were
friendly To the principle Of the bill, be was
willing TO yield his own opinion as To the de-
tails of 1t; and, with that view, he was in favor
of the amendment.
| Mr. MalIary of Vermont moved 10 amend
the proposed ameDdmrnt SD as TO cause fro
experiments To be made, instead of one. Stc
Mr.. Buchanan acknowledgement his re-
greet that The debate should be renewed-..the
committees report was confined To certain
bars IN The river which were not of different
kinds, but of one kind-and all he wished was.
tnat trial should be made on one Of these
before money should be expended on the rest,
! Mr.. Irimble advocated the amendment. He
was w iHvor ~ an experiment, and thought il
ought first to be attempted on the lower mart
Of the river.
! Mr.. Macarthur was Indifferent NJ neither one
or TWO experiments were made in the NIissis-
sIppi, but advocated the proprpIy of extend
ing the experiment Ia the Ohio river .Iso
the distractions in which were quite as dan
geTous to property as those in The Mississippi
Mr.. Stewart suggested to Mr. Malary a.
modify his motion SD as TO require two SCR
more" experiments
Mr.. MaIlary did not accept Of the susges
| ton.
Mr.. hrcmer advocated the amendment oil
hIr. Buchanan. He had some experipnce ia
attempts l0 remsve sand hsrsia the Susque
hannah, The result OF whirh had been very
unhVorahle. lie therefore wished an expeGi |
| ment made on one ofthosc il The Ohio.
Mr.. Hogeboom Of New York took s.rjIar
ground, and statrd the difficulties winch had
been experienced IN tbe IIadsoo, where vast
sums had been thrown away in attempts tp
remove sand bars, Without any permanent