Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-01-21

the gov ernrueut Il may be asked why Penn
| syvania could not take the stock which yet re-
manned of the canals Pennsy wanna had already
| expended heavy sum on internal improvement.
She had made a vast extent of turnpike, and IT
wa, not to be expected that she could go beyond
| the line she had marked ont. He concluded his
! remarks (which were delivered in such :, low
tone, that we could only catch them imperfect
lly) With calling on the House to suffer vote To
be taken on tins bill TODAY. He repealed the
idea that II was not vet time to commence works
ot this character, as inspplicable IN "a country
whose population exceeds ten millions. He
hoped She general government word act in
un,son with the spirit of tue nation and make :,
commencement OF n system which must be so
emlnently of advantage to the whole country.
| No amendment being offered, the committee
rose and reported the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Cooke, the question on the
engrossment of the bill, was ordered to be taken
by ayes and NOES.
| The roll was then called and there appeared
ayes 30, noes 81.
The bill was then ordered to be read Il third
! time.
MIR. SroRRs offered the following resolution
which lies one day on the table:
| Resoiced, That the President of the United
States be requested to communicate TO this House
such parts of the correspondence between the
governments of the United States aud Spain, re
iat've To the piracies committed in the vicinity of
the dominions of Spain, i'll and near the Guph
ct Mexico, as 1t may not, in his opinion, be i'm
! proper To communicate.
The House then adjourned till Monday.
| Monday, Jan. IL.
IN SENATE.
| MIR. Tazcwcll presented the petition of The
mas Gatewood, Naval Officer for the District,
and the petition of Copeland Parker, Surr eyor
of the Customs for the Port of Norfolk, praying
an increase of their salaries Referred.
The President communicated a report shoy-
ing the amount of duties that have accrued on
importatons into the u. States, for the three
hist quarters OF the year ending June 30th, 1924.
Also, The amount of duties which have accrued
on the same mportationS nj the rates of duty
imposed by the act Of the last session.
IMPRISONMENT ron DEBT.
The eusrossed bill ''to abolish imprisonment
for Debt" was again read and, on the question
So Shall this bill pass,n debate arose, a sketch
OF which is reluctantly deferred. In the end,
20, Nays 23.
| COLUMBIAN COLLEGE.
The senate then proceeded to consider as in
committee of the whole, the bill "ior the relief
OF the Columbian College, III the District of
Columbia"
Mr.. Lloyd of Maryland in few remarks,
stated his objections tn this bill. a statement
ol the facts by which the college had become
debtor TO the government for the amount % 900
dol!ars) proposed To be RENTED by tins bill had
been made. by this il appeared, that the mama
! gers OF tins institution, for purposes not con-
nectei with the advancement of literature, en-
tered into a speculation in which they wore
disappointed, and by which they incurred this
debt. He, for one, would not make the go
Verntnent underwriters for any spectators; and
| he therefore could not consent to release the
institution, however friendly he was to it. and
to the cause of education generally; nor did lie
think the government could reasonably be asked
for this donation in favor of an institution over
which IT had no control whatever, except the
power of abrogating the charter, should the liz
aitution fasl, 10 be managed fer tue objects of
{ ats Incorporation 40
Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, defended, at con-
siderable length, and with much carnestncss, the
RESPONSIVENESS and expectancy of the remission
proposed by the BILL to shew that the purchase
OF the property aoas for the early operations of
the institution, before IFS Incorporation, &c. He,
however, to satisfy the objections of Others NOV.
ed sd To modify the bill that the Government
should retain the property for which the Cosico.e
incurred 1900 dollars of the debt. remit that
amount and leave the remainder of the %, 900
dollars to be recovered from Thomas l..
hckenny whose debt the College had assumed
! Mr.. Holmes, of Maine, intimated some
amendments which he wished to propose to the
bill, and moved its postponement until to-mor
! row.
! Mr., Lloyd of Mary land, indicated the course
lie had pursued IN relation to this bill, in answer
To MIR. Johnson'S remarks.
! Mr.. Lowrie SAID the session had now half ex-
pircd, and the Senate went on every day post,
unImDOrtant IL
come to those which must be acted on. lie
hoped, therefore as every.menber's mind was
no doubt made up on this bill, which had been
before the Senate now about ten times, that il
would be finally acted on without further DELAY
As TO the BILL he had been in fayer of il; but.
after the exposition of the facts which had been
reported BY the committee, his opinion had
changed, and he must vote against it. At the
same time, however, he avowed that if the ius;i-
tution were to come forward with a simple re-
quest for assistance, he would grant it, as he
thought hdescryed aia, aud could look for it no
where but to Congress.
The question being put, the bill was post
poncd until To morrow; aud
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Mr.. Webster laid OH the table the following
resolutions
Rcsoircd, That the President of the United
States be requested to communicate TO this House
any correspondence which may have taken place
between the United States, or their agents,
and the Government oftbe Netherlands, relative
to tiIe claims ef cItIzeIIE of the United States on
that Government, so far as such communication
may be deemed by bin not injurious to the pub
lie interests.
On motion of Livingston, it was
Rcsotccd, That the Committee on Roads and
Canals be instructed to inquire into the expedi-