Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-27

oh cune>uay, Slr. SlsDee, from tue Commit
tee on Commerce, reported bill Tor the consruc
ton of breakwater at the harbor of Nantucket;
which was read, and ordered TO third reading.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.. Everett, from the Library Committee report
cd the following joint resolution:
Be AZ rcsofrcd, &c. That the Commissioner Of
the Public buildings be, and hs$eby is, authorized
To cause proper to be taken to secure the
paintings in the Rotundo from the effects of damp
ness, under the direction OF John Trumbull, and to
allow the said John Trumbull reasonable COM
pensation for the same.
This resolution was read; when dispute arose
as to point OF order, which ended in appeal by
Mr.. Taylor from the decision OF the Chair. The
question being taken, the decision sustained.
and the resolution ordered to be cngrossed for a
third reading.
An attempt by Mr.. Barney to discharge the
Committee oil the Whole from the further conside-
ration oil the bill RENTING the duty iron i'm
ported for railroads. being made before the reports
oil Select Committees had been received, was pro-
nounced out OF order. Ii was afterwards renewed,
and gave rise to a conversation between Messrs.
Barney, Drayton, Dwight Ramsay and Sprague.-
But, before any decision was had upon the motion,
the hour for morning business expired.
Mr. Hamilton from the Committee on Retrench-
ment, reported resolution the subject OF the
Public Printing, "a follows:
6 ReSoired, That the Clerk of this House, i'm :
mediately after the adjournment Of Congress, cause
to be made out, the accounts Of Messrs. Gales &
Seaon. as public printers, since they were appoint
cd public printers, as the same have been settled
at the Treasury, for all the printing done by them
Tor both Houses of Congress, classed and arranged
as follows
:" First. All the printing of each year, of plain
letter press; small plea type, octave page.
"Second, the rule and figure work in each year;
stating, also, the number fpages which each doc
ument contains and the number of each document
ordered TO be printed by either House.
" ReSofred, That, SO soon as the Clerk shall have
thus stated the accounts of Messrs. Gales & Sea-
ton, that he notify Mr.. Samuel Shepherd of Rich
mond, Virginia, and Mr.. George +. Hopkins, OF
New York, 20 meet in the City of Washington, to
whom the Clerk shall submit the whole accounts
OF Messrs. Gales s. Seaton, together with full
and entire set OF all the printing, whether of docu
ments or otherwise, upon small plea type, and fl
CURE and rule work, done by Gales s. Seaton And
the said Shepherd and Hopkins, after carefully ex
aiming the said documents, and amount charged
and paid Tor the same, shall ascertain the difte-
renee in the size OF the page Of the said documents
and other printing, when compared with the
standard fixed by the joint resolution, and the diff
ference iii the costs to the w. States upon each and
every document, Journal, and all other printing
performed by said Gales and Seaton for Congress.
For which purpose, the Clerk of this House is re-
CURED TO render them every assistance and facility.
Ii shall, moreover, he the duty of the said Shep
herd and Hopkins to ascertain in what instances of
rule or Inquire work the said Gale, s. Seaton have
departed from the standard ike. by the resolution
oil eighteen hundred and nineteen, tor that descrp-
uon OF work; giving TO the said resolution its full
effect in letter and spirit noting when, by such de-
parture, the u. States have sustained loss, and
also, wherein they have saved in the expense
winch report and statement, thus made out by the
SAID Shepherd and Hopkins, shall be submitted by
them to the next session of Congress, accompanied
by such explanatory remarks as they may deem
necessary; and that the Clerk of this House allow
ana pay. out OF the contingent fund, to the said
Shepherd and Hopkins, compensation of -
dollars per day for the time which they may be en-
gagged in this business"
MIR. II. gave notice that he should call up this
resolution Tomorrow.
The resolution moved by Mr.. WickIiffe, yester-
day, coming up for consideration, short, but ami
mated, debate arose-in which il advocated by
Alessrs. "iCklife, Hamilton, Strong, Sutherland,
and opposed by Messrs. Allen of Mass. Little, Ser
gcan, and Burgess. Mr.. Everett expressed his ap-
probation OF every part OF it except that which
requires the use OF different type in printing the
yeas and nays from that used in the residue Of the
page.
The resolution was advocated on grounds of e.
economy and greater convenience; and resisted as a
mounting TO violation of the contract with the
public Printers.
L The debate was terminated by Mr.. Hamilton
who called for the previous question.
The call was sustained. Ayes IL, Noes A.
Mr.. Burgess moved to lay the resolution upon
the table, on which question Mr.. Hamilton de-
handed the yeas and nays. They were taken,
accordingly, and stood as folows:-Yeas 10, Nays
AZ.
So the House refused to lay the resolution upon
the table. The question being then put, the reso-
intion was adopted.
On motion ofMr. Barney, it was
ReSoiUed uHdnimousty, That the Speaker OF the
House OF Representatives be requested TO trans
NIT TO Charles Carroll of Carroll,on Esq the Joint
resolution oil extending 10 him the same franking
privilege enjoyed by the EXPresidents OF the u.
States.
The wine bill having been read third time
and the question being on its passage, Mr. earn
sey demanded that the question be taken by yeas
and nays.
The debate which had occurred on the two pre-
ccding days, was now renewed. The bill was op
posed by. Mr.. Condic., who moved to lay il upon
the table, but consented for time to Withdraw
the motion. The bill was then warmly advocated
by hiessrs. CaInbreleng, Barney and Sprague.-
The debate was closed by Mr.. Moore of Alabama
who demanded the previous question. The de-
mand was sustained, the previous question put and
carried ane the main question the passage ofthe
bill decided by yeas and nays as follows-yeas -,
nays 10
The bill making an appropriation to enable the
Executive 10 aid the removal of the Choctaws and
other Indians West ofthe Mississippi, having been
rea third time, its passage was warmly opposed
by Messrs, Strong and Marvin. MIR. Strong NOV
ed the indefinite postponemant OF the bill; when,
MIR. Nickiliie, believing that il was too late TO en-
ter on full discussion of this subject, moved the
previous question. The motion was sustained
ayes 7S noes 10.
Mr.. Vinton then moved TO lay the bill upon the
table, and asked the yeas and nays, which were ia
ken accordingly, as iolows-yeas 81, nays 81.
So the House refused TO lay the bill upon the
table.
The previous question was then put and carried,
by yeas and nays, as fOllows-yeas 80, nays 5S.
Mr.. Marvin NOW moved a call of the House
bnt it was negatively and the main question on the