Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-09

men IN committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Philip p Bar-
hour IN the Chair resumed the consideration Of tn
contested election case between Mr.. Loyal aud Mr.
Newton Of Virginia. The former gentle an cencIul.
ed hi. speech in support Of his claim reeor nzed by
The Committee Elections, TO his seat in he
Heuse; and was follow ell by Mr.. Newton i'm reply
uhu' the Committee rose, aud the House adjourned
i no
i MARcH s-In the Senate, Yesterday petition. anil
men las wer" presented bv Me.sr.. Noble, Cham
ber', ia nard Grundy and Ruygles; the latter on
the su, ct oil Sunday MALL. Mr.. Benton, from The
oomn''ttr to which TIE subject bad been referred.
repor ell bill providing for the equipment of . mount
ed force for the protection Of the inland trade Mex
ic".-Mr Hayne. from the Committee on Naval AZ
fsrs To which had been referred much OF the Prrs
dents Message as relates 10 the Navy reported bin
providing Tor reorganizng the Navy. The principal
patei the day was occupied In the discussion Of The
ny the Committee on Finance for striking out the pro
viso In the hill which drec. that no part of the ann o.
priaon shall be applied for the payment any printing
oher than the ordinary work executed nv the Public
Printer, une'. sanctioned by specific act for that pur
pose On this question. which debated at erea,
length. Me 'srs Chambers. Foot, johnson, Livngsto
anu Smith OF South Carolina. supported, and Mes.r.
White and Woodbury. opposed the amendment The
question on striking out was divided. on the motion Of
Mr. Bernard, and the amendment lost by yeas and
nays " yeas and % nays.
IN the House of Representatives. the revolution Of
MT Chii'cn Tor the piining OF thousand cspir. of
the report presented by Colonel johnson the Com.
mttee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the cub
lecto u Sunday msis, was, after seine observation.
from Mr. Mallary in support Of the proposition and
can nom Mr. Wickl'fe Tor the previon. ques on car.
ried in the affirmative, by a vote of o. 10 CT Mr.
McCreery presented an adverse report on IN. ,ame
subject which read, and on motion of Mr. CHILEAN
an equal number OF copies ordered to he printed
upon The suggestion Of Mr. Mage, the latter reror,
was ordered 10 re appended to the former one Tn.
subject OF the Indians then taken up the ouestion
being upon the motion Of Mr.. Gooderow to Law upon
me table the proposition 10 sonm the re.olu,ion
with instructions, 10 the Committee on Indian Affair.
The yeas and nays being called for by Mr.. Hunting.
ton, upon this, they were ordered and taken; and the
| VE np0 alspa.t BE-
wilde arose TO address the House, but the hour bavns
expires, the dscusson po.tuoned. The further
con'i' ration OF The bill for the relief of Mrs Decaur
was, upon motion OF Mr.. Aston, deferred until th.
day; and the House went into Committee of IN.
whsi- Mr. Philip p. Barbour in the Chair on the con-
tested Virginia election. Mr.. Newton cone iuded hi,
remarks ~ win ication Of his right seat in the
II jnse Alter further and pr olonged discussion Mr.
i.oyaI spoke IN reply. until alter four O'Clock Mr.
Pearce made an unsuccessful motion that the Commit
zee Hse report progress and sit ain; hut after som.
observations from MIR. Alison 10 the effect that in the
even OF me sitting neioher wishing reoin the
%ak' ot Mr. Loyal, he should he the last person 10
ohJec' To - the motion renewed and carried The
COMMITTEE then rose and reported Mr. Spencer of New
o,S' owed that the laws of Vi GINA, applicable to the
"o.e OF eonuucnng elections as bcarng uron he re
sent case, be printed; which proportions after som. di.
cn'sion, was adopted by the Honsc by vote OF so 10
90 upon The sugge,tion Of Mr.. Buchanan, the
SUING AMI the pe'itionng member should, ,cgcther
seiect ana arrange the laws TO be printed In compl
anee with the vote Of the House. TB
iiS Senate, On motion of Mr.. Benton proceeded to
Ne urher consideration OF the BILL Introduce by him
SELL Tor the abolition of sixteen millions duties SC &C.
when this subject was last under considerations a
question OF ord'r was raised by Mr. Foot of Connecti-
cut, whether, of section of H. which pro
poses 10 RAISE the duty on certain articles this bill be
within the constitutional power of tho Senate to originate
1t; which question: the Vice President not choosing to
exercise ms prerogave OF deciding had submitted
Mr. Benton declined saying any thing on thi. quc.-
uon' ms only object being to have decision way or
the othcr that his bill might be advanced so as to take
the usual course OF bills thus inrOduccd
The yeas & nays having been required and ordered
to be TAKEN ON the question OF order
Mr.. Webster suggested, that il could hardly be c <
Pectcd, that if question of this Importance in con-
'utiona view, to be gravely decided upon point
OF Order 1t could be done without discussion 1h.
discussion he thought might well be avoided at
by the gentlcmans wing his BILL or modifying il
so as to take out the feature excepted to-
no vice President said, that the bill might be
Withdrawn by the gentleman who introduced it, with
the unanimous consent of the Senate, but other
wise.
Mr.. Benton then asked leave to withdraw the BILL
NO objection being made. the bill was withdrawn by
Mr.. Benton from the table of the Senate
The bill entitled can to provide for taking the
NTH census, enumeration Of the inhabitants Of the
passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Smith of Md, the Senate resumed
In ommttcc Of the Whole, the bill entitled can act
making appropriations for the support of Government for
the year $780," and
On the question TO agree To the amendment reported
by the Committee Finance, viz strike out the words
indt part oil tnS appropriation shall he
applied to any printing, other than of ,uch documents or
papers as are connected with the ordinary proceed
ings OF either of the sal Houses during its session.
and executed by the public printer, agreeaby TO their
contracts unless authorized by an act or Joint rcsou
tom"
division called for by Mr.. Barnard and the
question taken the first me nlber of the sentence
VIZ TO strike out the words Prorided That no part of
nus dppTop idfton shall be applied to any printing
Other than OF such documents papers are connect
ed,ch The ordinary proceedings Of either Of the said
Houses during the nd cd in
gavc follows:
fEAS-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Burnc, Chambers
Chase Clayton, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Holiness Johnston
Knight, Livingston, Marks, Naudiin Robbins Rugeles
Seymour Silsbee Smith Of Md, Smith Of S. c., Web
scr, Willey-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Barnard Benton Bibb
Brown, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis. FORSYTH, Gr,indy
IIayne, Hendricks, Kane, King, Mckinley, Mclean,
Rowan, Sanford, farewell Troup Tyler, White, Wood
bury-23.
On the question to strike the residue of tbc SEN
cnce, viz: and erecaed by The public printers agree
ably to h'ir contracts unless authorised by or
a joint resolution; il determined in tile negative
as follows
YEAS--Mcssrs. Barnard, Barton, Bell Burn.t
Chambers Chase. Clayton, Foot, Freling' uyscr
Home', Johnston, Knight, Livingston, Marks Naudain
Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Silsbee, Smith Of s. c.,
Webster, WiIley-22.
erson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy, Haync Hen
bricks, Kane, King Mckinley, Mclean, Rowan, San
ford, Smith OF Md TazcweII, Troup, Tyler, White
Woodbury-23.
long aHd animated debate took place on these
questions, in which several members participated
So the amendment Of the Committee on Finance
was rejected in Committee Of the Whole, and about o.