Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-27
CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on Monday, Feb. IS, Mr.. Ridgely
submitted the following resolution
Resofved, That the Secretary, under the direction
Of the President Of the Senate cause to be printed,
six hundred copies Of the Rules and Regulations OF
the Senate, and the joint Rules and Orders Of the
two Houses, with the Constitution Of the United
States, and Jsforson's Manual And that hs cause
. good index to be made aud printed (or the same,
and have them bound for the use Of the Senate.
Mr.. Eaton submitted the following resolution
Resoived, That the Committee on Finance be in
sructed to inquire if any, and what, alterations and
changes can be made, advantageous W the Govern.
nent, in the collection Of impost and whetbsr soma
moro safe and equabe plan for cofpcpsaing t- Gus
tom house officers cannot be devised and, likewise,
whether there be any useless and unnecessary officers
employed in the collection of the eusions thst might
be safely dispensed with.
DUTY ON TEAS.
In the House, Mr.. Nc Dufs, from the Committee
Of Ways and Means, made report, accompanied by
the following bill
"A bill to equazs and Ice the duties on i'm.
ported Teas.
Be t enacted, &c. That, from and aftsr the LIST
day of January, 1929, the duties heretofore laid on
imported Teas shall cease, and the following duties
be levied and collected in lieu thereof that is to say
Teas from China, and in ships or vessels from the
United States, as follows On Imperial, Gsnpow-
der, and Gomez. forty cents per pound On Hysou
and Hyson Chuan, thirty cents per pound; on Young
Tyson. .weHtyseven cents per pound on Hyson
Skin, and other Green, eighteen cents por pound |;
on souchong, and other Black, (excepting I3ohes)
eighteen cents per pound on Bohea, eight cents
per pound. On Teas from any other place, In any
other than ships vessels of the United States a.
follows, viz On Imperial, Gunpowder, and Gomez,
fifty -four cents per pound on Hyson, and Hyson
Chulan, forty cents per pound young Hyson,
thrty-six cents per pound Hyson Skin, and
other Green, twenty-five cents per pound on Sou
ty-hve cents per pound; and on Bohea, ten cents
per pound"
On motion of Mr.. Ramsay, it was
Resofped, That the Committee on Foreign A fairs
be instructed 10 inquire into the expedcncy OF pro-
vidng, by law, for the purchase otherwise acqur-
ing tract oi country island, to which all persons
convicted of criminal offences (not capitaD against
the laws Of the United States, may be transported,
as a substitute for Peneniiary punishment.
MIR. Wing moved the following resolution, which,
under the rule, lies the able one day:
Resoired, That the Secretary Of State be direct
ed to report to this House copy OF the maps, and
70 much Of the reports Of the Commissioners appoint
ed under the Treaty Of Client, for ascertainng tho
Northern and Northwestern boundary between the
United States and Great Britain, as will exhibit
those parts OF said boundary which are already de-
cded upon.
The Speaker laid before the House the following
letter from the Secretary Of War which was read,
and laid on the table.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR. FEE. IA, 1928.
Sir In obedience to a resolution of the House OF
Representatives Of the 9Th instant have the honor
Of submitting, herewith, copies of sl the letters sgd
correspondence between the Secretary Of War and
General Andrew Jackson, from the CONNIE ncemen.
Of the Creek War, until the lst Of March, 1915, n
which reference is made to the subject of the draft,
service, and discharge, Of the several corps Of the
Tennessee militia
The correspondence transmitted is embraced in
two packages the first containing the letters from
the Secretary Of War to General Jackson, and num-
bered from to the second, from General Jack
to the Secretary of War, and numbered from
to IL. The duty OF arranging the papers prepared
in obedience to calls from Congress, has been long
performed by an inferior Clerk in the Department,
and, by reference to former answers to calls OF a
similar kind it will be found this mode Of arrange
ment has been pursued.
have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
JAMES BARBOUR.
The Speaker of the House Of Representatives
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the bill to establish
judicial process in the States admitted into the Union
since 1889, was taken up; Mr. Webster addressed
the Senate at great length.
In the House, Mr.. Barney gave notice, that when
the bill reported yesterday by the Chairman of
the Committee Of Ways and Means, proposing to re-
ducc the duty Teas, should be under cons idsra-
ton, he would move 10 embrace within its provisions
all Teas that may be in bond in the Custom House
Stores the ls January, 1929, whom it is designed
that the bill shall take effect.
On motion Of Mr.. Davis, it was
Resoiued, That the Committee Military PEN
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change modify the rules OF evidence, now en-
forced in the Department Of War. that Revolutionary
soldiers applying for pensions under the act of 1875
and the subsequent acts in amendment thereof may
prove all contracts by the Same kind Of testimony
that would be received in proof Of such contracts in
the Judicial tribunals Of the State STATES, where
such contracts were respectively made.
On motion Of Mr.. Orr, il was
Res0iced, That the Committee on Military PEN
sions be instructed inquire into the erpedency Of
reporting a bl to provide for granting pensions for
liie to the officers and soldiers Of the Revolutionary
war, accordingto their several grades, where such
officers or soldiers served either in the naval or regu-
lar Continental military establishments or as State
troops in the militia flying camp volunteers for
period Of nine months; whether the service for that
period was performed at any one continued timo, or
at different periods making up such time; and whose
reduced circumstances would bring them within the
provisions OF the existing pension laws.
Resoiped, further, That the same committee bo
instructed to inquire in the expediency OF granting
toned, who have served for a less period than nine
MONTHS fixing the rate Of pension, in proportion to
the length ofservice so performed
In Committee Of the whole, the House resumed the
consider alton Of the bill making appropriations for
the Indian Department. the question being to amend
Mr.. McDutfe's amendment, by striking out from it
these words; and for aiding the said Cherokees, and
such other Indians may bo so disposed to omigrate
to places West Of Mississippi"
Mr. Weems made short speech, with the bible in
his hand, from which quoted the birth and history
Of lshmael, whom he viewed the ancestor OF our
Indians. Hc opposed to the amendment, and
IN favor Of their removal