Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-29

nate had by innadyertenee overlooked the rule, and
had adjourned without being aware ut the ef-
feet: therefore. doubtless, something would be
done to remove the difficulty, as there were seye-
raj bills which it was indispensable to pass. ne
hoped. therefore. the House would gJ on with
this bill and pass it. ,u w.,
Mr.. p. p. Barbour thought the bill could be
sent to the Senate, Notwithstanding 1t had ad-
jsurned. Suppose the Senate were not 10 st Two
Of the four last DAYS of the session., couid tnat
deprive the House of the benefit of all the bills
which might be passed by it? Sir, said Mr.. b.
the Clerk of this House can deliver this bill TO-
day, if it pass. to the Secretary of the Senate,
and the Senate can tomorrow take 1t up ana
act on it, although it be notin session to-day "hen
the bill goes there.
Mr.. Vance now moved that the House adjourn,
and the yeas and NAYS being demanded by MIR.
Lamar, they were taken, and the motion was ne
gatived-ayes 81, noes l27..
MIR. Drauton moved to lay the motion for a
call of the House on tn: table; and MIR. ramsay
demanding the yeas and nays on the moton' Mr.
D. withdrew it; but
MIR. Serigere renewed the motion to lay on
the table. which being taken, the motion tor a
call of the House was ordered to lie on the table.
The question was then taken on laying the bill
on the table, and negatived-Ayes "a, Noes -;
The previous question vas then seconded by
a majority of the House; and the previous ques-
ton was carried by yeas and nays, lOs to g.
So that
The main question was at last put on the pas
sage of the bill, and carried in the Affirmative
Ayes los. Noes, 85.
So the bill was passed, and ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
TWhen the roll, on the passage Of the bill was
calling, and the Clerk reached the name Of MIR.
Yancey of Kentucky. Mr.. Y. rose and said, he
knew he was out of order, but still he wished to
state the reason which governed his vote. as he
was going to change the vote he had formerly
given on this bill. We are in possession OF intel
%ligence, said MIR. Y. that the West India trade
will now be opened; and as the West Indies
have salt in abundance, and the Western coun.
try has provisions 10 abundance one beingexchang'
ed for the other. will reduce the price of salt in the
West to the poor man. 1t was that he felt inter.
ested for, and this induced him to change his vote.
Mr.. Y. did not of course make these remarks
without being called to order repeatedly, both
by the House and the Chair, but he persisted in
saving thus much before he voted.
The engrossed bill to reduce the duty on mo-
l~asses. and to allow drawback on rum, distilled
from foreign m~olasses was next read the third
time, and put on its passage.
Mr.. Barringer moved the previous question:
fearing that debate might arise on the bill, and
endanger it by delay.
Mr.. Vance moved to lay the bill on the table
which was negatived; and
The previous question being seconded and a
greed to, the question was put on the passage Of
the bill, and decided in the affirmative, by Yeas,
and Nays, liz TO SO.
So this bill was passed, and ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
Ordered. That the bill TO incorporate an In.
~surance Company in Georgetown, in the District
of Columbia; the bill for the punishment Of
crimes in the District of Columbia; the bill max.
ing appropriations for the completion and sup.
port of the Penitentiary in the Districtof Colum.
bla; the bill authorising the enclosure Of a part
of Lingan street, in Georgetown; do ~severally
lie on the table.
Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz:
An act to authorize the selection of certain
school lands in the Territory Of Arkansas.
An act to protect surveyors of the public lands
of the United States, and to punish persons gull
ty of interrupting and hindering, by force, sur
veyors in the discharge of their duties.
An act to provide for surveying certain lands
iii ue territory OF Arkansas; were seVerally
read a third time and passed, and ordered to be
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The Speaker announced to the House that he
mad received a message IN writing from the Presi-
dent of the United States, of a confidential ma.
ture; whereupon,
II. galleries were cleared, and all but the
members and officers of the House were exclu-
ded. and the doors closed from S o'clock till IA
bout half after 8; when
The doors were opened, and it appeared the
injunction of secrecy having been removed from
the proceedings, though not from the Presidents
message) that the bill I" to amend the acts to reg
ulate the commercial intercourse between the
United States and Great Britain" reported this
morning, had been under consideration, and was
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-
day.
Thisb bill being subsequently, reported correctly
engrossed, it was read a third time.
Mr.. Strong said he did not rise to duscuss the
bill, but wishing the responsibility for it should
rest on those to whom it belonged, he moved the
yeas and NAYS, which were ordered, and the ques-
ton being taken.
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