Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-28
CONGRESS.

from me O""ed @afes Telegraph, .7Ddls
In the Senate, yesterday, the bill for .
viding for an exchange of lands with tba We We
and their removal beyond the Mis,;s.Hn,,:e a'T
read the third time and PASSED. Tho ' Fp y
the House. making appropriations for t J.'
ing of light houses and beacons. plac;r m'e l %
erecting of piers, and improvement a. 'a'1
harbors, was taken up on motion Of Mr. m SeTS
ry, and the amendments reported hv IL, n0c %
mIttee on Commerce having been eyDl I;e We
MIR. Woodbury., the Chairman of thar T r,a.Dec
and agreed to as in Committee of the WI Ia1
bill was reported to the Senate. when NUE.
ton, after some remarks, moved to lay tho ' In Dc
the table, for the purpose of obtainin3 f Ss O
formation as to its details. On th, 'n msefa
debate ensued, in which 1t was s,oO ~.u %
Messrs. Benton, Forsyth, Bernard rI T.
and Sanford, and opposed by Messrs T S;,gs
ry, Holmes, Clayton, and SilsJee. Tbsh SGNs
finally laid on the table, with the con.as. VII Ts
Chairman of the Committee on Comma sa' u !, n
Woodbury., and with the underestimate ~ NJ.
to be taken up to-day. Messrs Buci. ~a' Nt
&orrs, members of the House of p .,.. and
tives, appeared at the bar of the Semi. , =;
message from that House, and in then,n, s ~ Il
House Of Representatives, and of all ,Ia " " Ge
of the United States, impeached Jane. II 'eS' D
Judge of the United States Court for ,t H. o. ~
trict of Missouri, of high misdemeanor, IN "a ~
whereupon MIR. IazeweR moved thai )" S S',.'
Committee be appointed to consider ard r r',o
on the subject; when, on ballo;ing. i, ,nnai W.
that Messrs. TaseueH, Bel, and UsJ,,es5I , r.'
chosen. The Senate took up the resolution
Mr.. Barton, calling upon the President e. T.
removing James Carson from the Office Of R.
glster Of the Land Office in Missouri NJ
ter some remarks from Messrs. .NE.i
Knight, Barton, and Kaae. the resoluton ny
on motion of Mr.. Kane, laid on the table,
%, nays ID.
After the usual presentation of petitions, g
eral bills, of both local and general import,n,.
were reported, or taken into consderaim
The House of Representatives. Mr. Por,r
from the Committee on the District Of COlunIo
reported bill for the election of Delicate
the House from the District, which wa, ,y
twice, and committed to committe of the Whd, |
Mr.. Semmes, from the same Committee, reuOrT
a bill on the subject of the Orphans CourtiD r.
District, which was similarly disposed Of The \,
solution introduced by Mr.. Desha, from the Nj.
itary Committee. on the subject of reducin. Ii.
number of officers of the army of the Unite;
States, was taken up and passed, after modf
cation made on motion of Mr.. UiHe drec,i,
the Secretary of War to report upon the exp.
diency of the proposed reduction. On motto.
of Mr.. Pehis, Judge Peck obtained leave u
withdraw the documents and papers present..
by him to the House, in relation to the charges
against him reported by the Committee on Ii,
Judiciary. The bill for the appointment Of 4.
Marshal for the Northern District Of Alabama
was read a third time and passed: and the Bill
from the Senate, for the removal of certain Indl
ans West of the Mississippi, was read twice and
appropriately referred. The Committee cOnsi,.
ing Of MesSrs. Buchanan and Storrs, of Nes
York, appointed for that purpose, reported t4
they had in pursuance of the resolution Of the
House, impeached Judge Peck before the Senate
After the transaction of some further business
the bill reported by Mr.. MaAtuy from the Con-
mittee on Manufactures on the subject of duia
on imports was taken up in Committee fine
Whole on the State of the Union, Mr.. POkn
in the Char. Mr.. IMD'lfe addressed the Con-
mittee, in opposition to the measure. and mO's
to strike out the whole Of the bill after the frs
section, which provided for the verihcation Ofii
voices of wooden goods imported into the unia
States in order for the more efectual prevents
of frauds upon the revenue. He had not cOncd
ed his remarks upon the subject, when the Coz
miltee proceeded to the consideration Of the N-
for subscription of stock on the part Of t'
United States, to the Maysville Canal, Kenuc
ky.) and afterwards took up the bill fixing he
compensation of certain United States Dst1ci
Judges. After some further discussion the Com
mittee rose, and the House, at five o'clock aG
journed.