Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-05-25

The House then took upseverai bills concer nino
the district of Columbia in1commttec of the whole.
which not being of general interest, we need not
notice more particularly.
On Friday, Mr. MDufie, from the Committee o.
Ways and Means, reported the following bill:
A bill to reduce The duty on Molasses, and to al
low drawback spirits, distilled from foreign ma
terials
Be it enacted &c. That from and AFTER the 3O,b da,
of September $50, the duty Molasses shall be five
cents per gallon, and more, and from and after tina,
time, there shall be allowed drawback of four cents
upon every gallon of spirits distilled in the United
States the territories thereof form foreign molas
ses the eNpor; ton thereof any foreign port on
place, other than the dom'nons of any foreign State
ely adjoining the United States in the same
manner. and on the same conditions, as before the
arlif of May the 10Th, 828
The bill being read the first and second time
Mr. M'Duie moved that the bill be engrossed for
third reading.
A call of the House was moved and ordered. but
suspended before the Clerk got through the roll
Mr. Wickife moved to lay the bill on the table,
and asked for the yeas and nays on the notion which
being ordered
The question was taken, and the motion decided in
the negative Ayes SIS. noes 100; and
Fhe bill was ordered To be read third time by
large majority.
The House resumed the consideration of the reso
luton reported by Mr. Spencer of New York, a week
or two ago for printing 10000 copies of Mr. Rush's re-
port on the culture of silk
Mr. Spencer replied to the objections which had
neen urged on former occasion to this propositior
conendlng Tor ths established value of the
contained In the report-the great Importance of diff
iusng 1t through the country, nasmuch as silk mpbt
oe successfully cultivated IN every part of the Union
-Ne great value to the country of that culture aud
the lmporance OF encouraging it by the distribution
Oh IN the various processes of The art; to
shew all which, he adduced various facts and argu-
ments, and number of respectable authorities Mr.
3 concluded by offering modification the resou-
ton' by order OF the Committee Agriculture pro-
posing TO print --- thousand copies of the report,
Mr. Haynes of Geo moved that the resolution and
the amendment be laid he table; and the que,
Noes e2 -
Mr. Polk then rose to speak on the subject, but the
expiration OF the hour cut off further debate.
SUSPENSION Rules.
Tins being of the days allotted bv rule of Tho
House for the consideration of private bills
Mr.. Bell moved that the rule be suspended Tor
The purpose of resuming the consideration Of the IN
dian bill.
This notion as usual, produced good deal of dis
cusson-t being opposed the ground that the
rules Of the House orgh not to be suspended without
the most urgent reasons, that there was the strono
est obligation the House to pass on the ,nrivaie
cia1ms especially those reported favor of by the
committee; that delay runous individuals and
ought to be avoided, &c. The notion was advoca
ted, on the grounds, that many private bills had
been sent to the Senate already as would there be
acted "n that by leaving the remainder on the cale
dar, they would be In order session. that as he
Inie hScu LOT Inc close OF the precuded ac-
ton on more than small portion of the bills now be.
fore Congress, those OF he most Importance ought to
have the preference and therefore the consideration
OF the Indian bill should not be interrupted by an at
tentlon to minor subjects, &c The motion was op-
posed by Messss. Burgess, Pettis, Whittlesey, and
was supported by Messrs Bell, Johnson of Eentuc-
ky Trezyant, and Thompson of Georgia. The de-
bate having continued some tme to put end to it,
Mr. fearce demanded the previous question: which
was seconded-yeas 81, nays 40.
Mr.. Taylor demanded the yeas and nays on the pre-
vlous question, and being taken the previous question
was carried 1913 to 3D. and the main question thereby
ordered 10 be put
On the main question, Mr.. Storrs of N. York, de-
manded he yeas and nays, and being so taken,
The motion to suspend the rule vas negatived Fit
requiring two birds of the votes to carry til the yeas
being OF. the nays Sc
So the House refused to suspend the rule and pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of private bills, and 50
continued till past o'clock; and then
Adjourned:
[Several matters of a minor character, belonging
to the proceedings ofthe day, for which we have not
room now will be noticed in our next paper
Mat INT.