Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-11
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.

the Committee on Commerce, to equalize the
duties on vessels of the Republic OF Colombia,
and their cargoes, agreeably to the recommen'
dation of the President in his message to both
Houses on that subject.
The Judiciary Bill was then taken up, the
motion by MIR. Rowan of Kentucky, pending,
which provides that the Supreme Court shall,
in no instance, decide that the Constitution OF
any State, or any provision thereof, or the law
of any State, or any law of Congress, or any
part thereof, is invalid or void, unless seven
of the Justices of said Court shall concur in
that decision, and that hereafter, such kind of
proof only shall be issued, and in such order
only, upon the Judgment or DEGREES OF any of
the Courts Of the United States, as are autho-
rized and permitted by the laws of the State,
and the Marshal, in his execution of the said
process, shall conform to the laws Of the said
States.
MIR. Rowan addressed the Senate in speech
of considerable length and great ability, in sup
port of the amendment, contending that the
that required an efficient remedy.
Mr.. Holmes spoke against the amendment,
and was followed by Mr.. White on the same
side, both gentlemen being apprehensive the a
dopton Of it would endanger the bill in the
House of Representatives. NJ. Van Beuren
made few observations against the amend
ment, no, on the ground of the principles in
VOWED, but because he believed it ought not to
be connected with this bill.-He expressed his
readiness to support any bill that might be in
PRODUCED with similar provisions
Mr. Mills, Mr.. Tazewell, M. Johnson Of Ken
lucky, and Mr.. Dckerson, -made some further
remarks, when the question was taken on the
amendment, and it was rejecled-ayes 90, noes
81.
In THE House OF REPREsENTAr1vEs-As is
the custom. on Mondays, a number of petitions
and memorials, from every State in the Union,
was presented and referred. Very few reports
were made BY the Standing Committees; and
what were made related exclusively to private
claims.
Mr.. Stewart Of Pennsylv ania, on Saturday
last, laid resolution on the table for considera
ION, inslructing the Secretary of War to COM
muncate To the House the report Of the Engi-
Deer, recently employed in exploring The conn-
Try between Bedford and Cumberland, with a
view 10 ascertain the practicability Of uniting
the Pennsylvania with the Chesapeake and O.
hio Canal, by the route Of the Juniata and Wells
Creek-Il was taken up and agreed to.
MIR. Thompson Of Georgia, submitted reso
luton, which was laid on the table, requesting
the President OF the United States TO inform the
House (if withip his power) whether any Co
vern.Afn,, except the Government Of the United
States, has been invited to send Ministers to the
Congress at Panama and, also, whether he has
any reason to expect that any other Govern
ment, or Governments, in addition to the In
depenAcn, Governments of Spanish America,
ana the Government, Of The United States of
North america, (and if any, what other Go
vernmen, or Governments will be represented
in or at the Congress Of Panama.
Mr. Bartlett, of New Hampshire, submitted
the following resolution, which was read and
laid on the table:
Reso'oea That the Committee of the Whole
House be discharged from the further conside
ration of the claims Of the State of Massachu-
sets. for militia services rendered during the
late war--that the same be referred TO the Sec
rotary of War; and that he be instructed to re-
port to this House, VIVA, items, and what mount
of said claims are within the principles and
rules, which have been applied to the adjustment
of claims of Other States for similar services
On motion Of MIR. White, of Florida, the
House resolved itself into Committee Of the
Whole, on the bill for the relief of the Florida
Indians, and to defray the expense of their re
moval to the west Of the Mississippi. After
some dircussion, the bill was amended by strik-
inp out the words "and in aiding them TO remote
,cest of the Mississippi river, to lands Which shall
be assigned them By the PrssidenP'-and subse-
ouen,ly il was laid on the table, and the Com
mttee rose.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole, on the State of the Union, MI {.
Stevenson, Of Virginia, in the Chair, and re-