Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-06
CONGRESS.
From the United States Telegraph, .4pra ..


On Saturday the Senate did not sit:
In the House of Representatives, leave OF alb
sence for the remainder of the session, was, on
motion of Mr.. ruin of Ohio, granted to the Hon.
John ~ Gooae,,ow. Mr.. W,ckliDe, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, presented report
upon the proposed impeachment OF Judge Sonk-
lin. United States District Judge for the North-
ern District of New York, accompanied by re-
solution requesting to be discharged from the iur-
ther consideration of the subject The report
and resolution were laid upon the table. Mr.
Cau,byelene, from the Committee on Commerce,
reported two bills. one of which was to extend
the privilege of debenture to merchandise trans
ported by land and water; the other was TO au-
thorize the transportation of merchandise, with
the benefit of drawback, between the Atlantic
Ocean and Northern Lakes They were seve-.
rally read twice and referred to Committee OF
the Whole on the State of the Union. Mr.. YER
planck. from the Committee of Ways and Means,
reported bill making an appropriation TO carry
into effect certain treaties with the Cherokee In
dams, west of the Mississippi; which was SINH
larly disposed of. The following resolution sub
mitted on the 9Th of January, by Mr.. Bates, was
then taken up. ~
Mr.. Bates. from the Committee on Military
Pensions, to which was referred so much OF the
Presidents Message as relates to revision OF
the pension laws of the United States. submitted
the following resolutions:
Resolred. That the Committee on Military
Pensions be instructed, agreeably to the Presl-
dents recommendation in his Message of the 9th
December last, to review the pension law, for the
mrnose of extending its benefits to every SOL
dier who aided in establishing our Liberties, and
who is unable to maintain himself in comfort, and
TO report to the House bill for that purpose; and
also. that said Committee be further instructed,
apreeablv to said recommendation, to report
hill for the relief of all those who were during the
last war. disabled from supporting themselves by
manual labor.
Mr.. Bates argued at some length in favor OF
the adoption of the resolution; and was followed
bv Mr.. Uilliums. in opposition to the latter part
of it. respecting the soldiers of the late war, mas
much as they had not had to suffer the privatlons
or undergo the risks of the warriors of the revo'
luton. The hour having expired, the House then
proceeded to the consideration of private bills.
The bill from the Senate, increasing the terms OF
the Judicial Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York, and for adding to
the COMPENSATION of several District Judges of the
United States, was, on motion of Mr.. Hickite.
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The
bill also from the Senate, to enable the President
to extinpuish Indian titles within the State of In
diana. was. upon motion of Mr.. Bell, committed
to the Committee on Indian Affairs. MIR. Ster'-
gere opposed the bill confirming the claim OF
James PorIier and others, and moved to strike
out the enacting clause. Mr.. Hunt explained
the motives of the Committee in reporting the
bill, which he contended ought to be passed by
the House. Mr.. BiRdle, Mr.. Baacks, Mr.. Me-
Du6fe, Mr.. Tinton, Mr.. Mccoy, Mr.. Lrrin of
Ohio, and Mr.. Buchanan, subsequently address
ed the House. The motion 70 strike out the en-
acting clause prevailed; and the bill was, there
\ fore, lost The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr.. anderson in the Chair,
and took up number of other private bills. The
remainder of the day was occupied in their con-
sderation.