Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-04-29
CONGRESSIONAL EPITOME.
FRIDAY, MARCH 81.

Senate. Mr.. Barton, from the COM
miltee on Public Lands, reported the
| bill which had been referred, to author
Use the President TO cause reserved Lead
Mines to be exposed to sale, without
/ amendment, but with an expression oil
the opinion that it ought not 10 pass. He
also reported the bill from the House oil
Representatives, Tor the relief OF pur-
chasers of Public Lands, with amend
menls. MIR. Hendricks offered another
amendment TO the bill, which, with those
reported by The committee, was ordered
to be printed. MIR. Benton submitted
the following resolution for consideration:
RESOLVED, That the President be re-
quested to cause report from the Ge-
neral Land Office to be laid before the
Senate al the commencement OF the next
stated Session OF Congress, showing, as
nearly as can be ascerlalned ifom sur
veys heretofore made, and from other
Information, the quantities and locations
OF SO much OF the public lands OF the
United States, OF Missouri and Illinois,
as may be unfit Tor cultivation Oh ac-
count ot being wet and marshy, or sub
ject to inundation from The overfiowing
OF the rIVers,.or covered With standing
water in ponds or lakes.
The Senate went into executive busl-
ness, and when the doors were opened,
took up the proposed anendmen' to the
constitution limiting the term OF The Pie
sdent-which gave way for an adjourn.
meni to Monday.
House of Rehresentatives. After
some private and loca matters had been
attended to, a communication was re-
ceived from the Secretary Of the Navy
10 favor OF the establishment Of Docks
for the repair OF public vessels. Two
commune atoms were received from the
President; one stating that the Unned
STATES had been placed BY the Colombo
an Government on an equal footing with
Great Britain in respect to commerce
and navigation, and recommending re-
ciprocaI arrangement; the other accom-
panyiDg a report OF the Secretary OF
War relating to the improvement in the
navigation OF the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. The House went into commit
tee on Mr.. M'Dutie's resolutions, and
that gentleman spike nearly four hours
in reply to the arguments which had
been advanced against the amendments.
SATURDAY, APRIL /.
The Senate did not Sill
House Of Representatives. Some To-
cal matters swere attended to, and the
House wei into Committee ON Mr..
M'Duffie's resolutions. Considerable
warth appears to have been manifested
in the closing scope; and at length the
Committee rose on the motion OF Mr..
Webster; the House then, on his mo-
ton, discharged The Committee from the
further consideration vt the resolutions.
MIR. M'Duffie moved to modify his
original resolutions as he had previously
done in the Committee. The resolu-
tons were accordingly modified.
Mr.. Cook, OF Illinois, moved the a.
mendment which he had previously
moved in the Commitiec.
Mr.. Wickliffe, Of Kentucky. moved
Ito amend the resolutions, by striking out
the words, providing FOR convention.
Mr.. Saunders, OF n. &. then moved
the previous question This question
entirely excludes all the propositions to
amend The motion preyailed.-Ayes
Sc, Noes 60.
The question now being, "Shall the
main question be now putt"
Mr.. Powell, Of Virginia, wishing to
give an opportunity Tor the sense Of the
House to be taken on the amendment Of
Mr.. Cook, asked for The ayes and noes
on The question. The motion was sus.
famed by one.fifth Of the members pre-
,ent.-Ayes 40.
| The question was then taken by ayes
and noes--Ayes 1913, Mays 81.