The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-29

| for its continuance, prevailed. Before IN,
! House could act on these bills, a motion o
adjournment prevailed.
Wednesday. May 81
In Senate, Three thousand copies Of III,
two reports Of the Committee on retrench
ment, were, after some debate, ordered u
be printed. The bill authorizing a sub
scription by the United States to the Stool
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany was taken up, and after long debate
and many abortve attempts by the oppo
nents of Internal Improvements to amend
IT, passed to third reading in the Senate
by-a majority as unexpected as was tha
which 1t received in the same stage Of III
progress in the House OF Representatives.
In the House of Represe entatives, Mr.
Ward moved that the Committee OF The
Whole be discharged from the further con
slderation ofthe bill concerning free peo
pie of color i'll the Dist: Of Colombia" The
motion was lost.
A great deal of important business was
transacted in the House Of Representa-.
tlves, preparatory to the close Of the ses.
sion.
Thursday, May 90.
In the Senate, the bill authorizing the
subscription Of stock to the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal was read a third time and
passed. Some bills were received from
the other House, which were read and re-
ferred. About three hours were spent in
the consideration of Executive business.
The House Of Representatives were
occupied in the passage of the various bills
which were acted on in Committee OH the
preceding day. No new business was Ia
ken up Mr.. Hamilton, from the Select
Committee Oh Retrenchmcnt, reported n
resolution on the subject of the printing OF
the House.
Friday, Nay 90.
In the Senate, on Friday, the bill for
confirming the subscriptions Of the several
Corporations of this District to the Stock
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany, was passed, (the third section being
previously stricken OUT without serious or.
position, and, the amendment having been
subsequently agreed to by the House of
Representatives. the bill now wants only
the signature Of the President to become
a law. The vino duties bill, which origi.
mated In the Senate, was ordered to a
third reading by strong vote. The bill
from the House, abolishing the Office OF
Major General ofthe army was lost.
In the House of Representatives, mr.
McDuffie gave notice that he would, TO-
morrow, move the consideration of the re.
solution reported by him from tho Seec,
Committee on the subject of an assault
committed by Russell Jarvis on the person
of the Presidents private Secretary.
Whereupon, Mr.. Gorham gave notice
that he should move, by way of amend.
ment to that report, the following:
Resolved, That Russell Jarvis, having
been guilty OF a breach Of the privileges
of this House, the Speaker do forthwith
issue his warrant, directed to the Sergeant
at Arms, to take said Jarvis into custody.
and bring him to the bar Of the House a nd
that said Jarvis be there reprimanded BY
the Speaker, for said offence, and be then
discharged.
Resolved, That the Speaker be request
ed TO withhold from said Jarvis, during this
and the next session Of Congress, the
courtesy usually extended to Editors of
newspapers, of all admission to the floor
of this House.
After long, and, at times, warm de-
cate, the House agreed To receive and
PRINT this amendment The leading op.
POSITION members endeavored to prevent
both the reception and printing of the re-
solutions.
ASSAULT IN THE CAPIToL.-The report,
OF the select committee of the House, rnr y.
McDutfie chairman, and the additional pa
per submitted by mr.. p. p. Barbour, on The
subject OF the late outrage in the Capitol,
are published at length in the Intelligenccr
and Journal Of the 18th inst.
After some preliminary remarks and re
captivating tho occurrences connected
with the assault by mr.. Jarvis on mr.. John
Adams, as before published, the report BY
mr.. McDuttie proceeds
Upon view of all the circumstances
the committee are Of opinion that the as
sault committed by mr.. Jarvis upon the PrI.
vate Secretary of the President, whateye
may have been the causes of provocation,
was an act done in contempt Of the au.
thorlty and dignity of this House, involv.
ing not only violation Of its own pecu.
liar privilege, but of the immunity which it
Is bound, upon every principle, to guaran.
ty to the person selected BY the President
as the organ Of his official commune atons
to Congress. 1t is Of the utmost impor.
tance that the official intercourse between
the Prcsl ent and the Legislative Depart.
mcnt should not be liable to interruption.
The proceedings of Congress could not be
more effectually arrested by preventing
the members of either House from going
to the Half their deliberations, than they
might be by preventing the President from
making official communications essential.
ly connected with the Legislation of the
country.
ain the case under consideration, the
Private Secretary, after having delivered
m ,nasso0o from, ,ho Dros;Jo,, ,,.as a., a. N