Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-04

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having approved this BILL with the unders,and;ny Tia,
The road authorized by this section is not to be extend
ell beyond The limits Of the said Territory.
| ,,. 900 A%DREw JACKSON
The business Of the Session being finished the Hou,,
at 10 clock, adjourned sine die.
| wAsHrNoroN. May si-Saiurday wa. the las, bu
sness-dsy OF the present Session Of Congress. that /.
the las, day which any bill could pass either House
Ana on no day, probably, in the History Of Congress.
nave SO many questions Of interest [whose fate was
doubtful up to the moment Of their passage1 been de-
c'ced The Previous Question was freely need and
both Houses sat. with little Interruption from ten o..
clock in the morning Of Saturday, to four or 1--WE o'clock
III me morning OF Sunday.
We shall. for the more direct information Of our rea
'he most important dec.ions in lew par.
'sr'pns; (.Nat. Int
when passed the House OF Representatives on Thurs
ray passed the Senate by large majority Taiter some
ns spent; as was in the other House, in secret Ses-
SON. and has hsen approved and signed by the Presi.
dent OF the U : and become law.
q Duty on Nf0idsses The bill to reduce the duv
on Noiasses anu enlarge the drawback Rum, which
passed me House OF Representatives some DAYS ago,
pissed the Senate by vote OF 80 10 has the
signature OF the President, ard become law
"a, D" ,, on odtIThe hill to reduce the duty
he Senate by vote of 81 votes to l5
.. Sofiefo, ~ the Treasury. bill which orgi.
mated in the Senate to establish the Office of Solicitor of
"e treasury ssed the House OF Representatives and
has become law. -
o The Cumberland Road The bill which provides
| Cumberland anil of
surveys Tor objects Of Internal improvements passed
| ne House Of Representatives. An amendment was
made mere striking out the appropriation for connu-
| ing the Road from ST. Louis TO Jefferson Citv on
the ground that il was road of the descrinon n,on
which ie President Ct the w. s. recently nut his veto
me bill not known TO have be signed by the Presi-
g. Rirers and Harbors-The bill, embracing num-
DER OF provisions Tor lighthouses bucys piers. and i'm
o, nar6ors and embracing al-o appropri-
a"on OF Sto,OOO Tor deepening Back Creek IA, The
head oil Chesapeake Bay and forming the mouth NJ
| the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal which was con
ssea IN van, and 'ome smaller items of like charac.
vet, Pas'eu nom Houses. ard IL before the President,
T. louisville and Portland Canal-The bill au
"ofizlng an additional Subscription the Stock Of the
.on"a VINE, ana Portland Canal which passed tho Senate
ohe ue ago. passed the House of Represe ntatiye by
voc OF 20 TO 3d. and is before the President,
o. ffederic6 q Rockville Road.-The bin author;z.
ing subscription the Stock of the Wa.hng,on ana
Frederick Turnpik. Road Company fine only de6cian,
INK in The road from Washing to the waters of The
n,,ii"lppi,l passed the House of Representatives
having already passed the Senate by vote of II IN
81, and is now before the President
" 1he Massachusetts (Iaim-The bill providing
Tor me in part of the long contested claim Of
me STATE OF Massachusetts, for services rendered bv the
Militia during the war of lsl2-'I5. which p,ssed the
senate some time ago, passed the House of Represen
''Nes by vote OF SO to 81, and is before the President,
10 Public Lands.-The bill, which had passed ,be
senate Tor graduating the price of the Public Land,
poned TO the next Session.
IL will be seen by the above statement that eever,l
oi's are in the hands e the President Of the United
States Tor his APPRECIATION involving the priucipe Of
lhernaI Improvement. Great interest il felt in the
9uesuon whether or not he will approve these highly
important bills, which question will be determined to.
Day we presume, az soon as the House meets that is
at sic O'Clock this morning
IL was doubted for some time yyheber IN. pr,,;,,,
would Sign the Joint Resolution explanatory nj the ACT
concerning the pay of the officers Of the Marine Corps
The doubt was ended by the bill being returned with
his signature Saturday. but accompanied by Me-
sage stating in substances that the estimates for the
naval service had been founded upon the ne W consruc
nj Iha Ia Z.
ed necessary to carry the Joint Resolution into effect
a bill making surh appropriation was accordingly
reported by the committee of Ways and Means but in
inc hurry and rush Of business impossible to pc
considered; and is late to act upon IT,
that until the next session. either the Department or
the officers must go upon tick.
FirgH M%xcy OF Maryland. nominated bv the
Pfe'ident OF the u States, Saturday 10 he office Of
solicitor OF the Treasury, which has Just been creaed
and The nomination was confirmed without Opposition
we congratulate MIR. Maxcy his appoint m MT and
especially that he comes to il the ruin of no man.
family by removal We Congratulate the pubIc aJso
on the selection Of gentleman Of Mr. Maxcy person
al worth and character for this office.
Much business Of an executive nature was transact.
eu on Saturday. part OF il was the raifica ion of
treaty recently concluded with Denmark; and another
part OF was the rejection of the nomnaon Of Whar
ton Rector to the office of Indian Agent; for which he
was nominated, unnecessarily, few dav. he FORE and
Tho confirmation OF nomination of Mr. BrodbeaJ (son
OF The Representative from New Hamp hire of The
same name) to he Navy Agent at Boston, in the place
OF Mr.. Harris, reformed. m
June Lit will be ssen that the Pre- cid mt has de
tanned tie act in relation 10 the subscription for stock in
m Louisville and Portland Canal and the act in rela
ron 10 certain light houses ani harbors for further con-
sheraton Remaining uron these acts. the Inellgen.
Ger says, we have locked into the Constituiion and
suppose that, from iis p'raseoogy If the President
hall, at any time hereafter, during his Presideucy
sign these bills they will become laws"
The words of the Constitution are:
" III any bill shall not he returned by the beside
within tel days Sundays excppief) after il shall have
oeen presented To him the same shall he a law in Iks
manner as he had signed it, unless Congress hy the
adjournment prevents its RETURN in which case il shal
rot be a iaw.''
Such ! cling the wordt sf the Consu,jon tba nues
ZION remains WHEELER the President has power now 10
sign these bii's IN the recess, whether if renrned 10
me next congress with hs approval, they will then
become lave. The In'eiigencer also saws that iwen
ty Of the States of thi. Union beside. the territories
are interested in OF these blls. Thi, is we h.
liev" true hut does the fac that the bill was g, ,rr,ng
ed az 10 enlist the cupity Of twenty States vio
laion of the Constitution? - not that fact argua
that required the comhined interests OF tDenfy States
TO carry through bill which had been most srrnousl
opposed on constitutional grounds. TIL, lutte lligpncer
says IT wac general bill for light houses, buoys har
hors &c but takes peca not TO inform s re-
that aIo contained numerous appropriations for dig
gng out little brdnchCs Z" Mouse Creek" &C. &c &c
1t is known that Cen Hayne and other friend, Of the
President erdsavored 90 separate the appropriaions FIR
lighthouses from those intended for deepening creek,
branches, &c. and that the latter were opposed on ron
situtional grounds The suspsnon of the rules o the
House, the com naon f,rnpd Ivy the mum ,rons inter.
eats involved in the bills which passed the House NJ,
sunday morning. present striking illustration of the
dangerous tendency OF The measures contemplated by
hem. The officers Of the House. worn down by The