Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11
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TUESDAY, jan. 4
IN SENATE.

Inc following resolution, submitted
Mr. Livingston, was considered '""S W
Resofred. tt at nothing con aimed 1, an, ,,,
Tor conducting impe achmeuts made on The Iih .u
may, 1851 snail be 80 Construed as 70 pr-xsn, -,
81 a,;,,, when ne shall give his vote or the
suy Ut NOT guilty, on aty article In aa INN .acb
men, from assigning his reasons Tor said vote
mr; Livingston observed, that this resolution hal
-, - nuoauced oy him because he found that varis
VI oP,ntons were entertained In relation 10 the sub.
ee,. RE was not, he confessed, very auxioo, for i
passage gu. its adoption rejection would .eul. IN.
ques"oa' ihere were incsnve nieuces on beth .iJ..
onder the present practice. L. in 70 numerous conr,
consisting OF foryeisht me nhers every ,oemh.r IN
scoru'ng DIS vee should give his opinion. 10 .upnor,
OF H. would necessarily occasion great con.u,npfon
OF une, and lead to pro racted debate. for mn. rhr
would naturally epdeavor to conrovert m. srswms,
al ,,a NOSE who had preceded them in voting and who
uueIeu WIN 'h-m In opinion. On the other hand In a
question OF such magnitude as a case of imo.acbm.n,
seemed out proper privilege, that every member
nave me rsht on giving his vote, TO assign his
,auet oPinios and II fer this reason h. had in
'dmng MS resolution, given 1t affirmative shape
MT. f9rsyh then moved that the resolution he laid
." "e 'auieS winch motion decided In the sf; rua
tive. =" '"o ""rns'
PASSPORTS, CLEARANCES, AND SPICES.
ne Dill TO repeal tho charges imposed on passport.
ana ciearances, and The duties on spices was Then
up as Committee Of he whole. 1
Mr Smith OF Md. ssii this bill was predested On H.
eer from The Secretary OF the Treasury
oppression Of our commerce in quence of the en-
.tence OF the obstacles enumer rated 10 IN. hill w.
me present regulations established the
ne" was heepy involved, and curaed in fs re
Inc charges were fixed at ten dollars for passnort
aud four dollars for clearance. These ch,rg.s an
reared 70 be n, longer necessary. They
Year, Slt,ooO, and the tax had become some ,yb,,
onerous TO the merchants without beuy es.en,,II,,
bench ial 10 the government '
ne second section, Mr. Smith said was pre y,c,,.d
On .ne report OF the Secretary OF the Treasury by
which IL appeared that The drawback ON the ,r,ci..
enumerated. exceeded The amount of duty imposed.
80 he operation resulted In actual loss 10 the
besides these were articles which entered into
ami
the rich. IL Senators were curious 10 krow III
amount OF this duty, he wouli state that II last wear
the bill should not pass. wy
a third time. ~ 'eA1
On motion Of Mr. Woodbury., the Senate then went
into the consideration OF Executive bus nj L.
sem time spent therein.
The Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MF B'u'dn, Of rsnia. appeared, and took his
seat ~ WV" "'s
THE CENSUS.
Il, ms' e'orr', oil New York, from the Committee o.
se Crn-us reported bill TO amend an act for takin
ne mn census OF the inhabitants Of the United Ststes
ne bill having beef read twice,
MT Storrs proceeded to explain its objects Thers
vas nothing in the bill, he observed which rsoni,a,
me particular action of the House. There were oniv
three cases 10 which as it appeared from letter from
the Secretary Of state, that delay had occurred Tbav
cases occurred in Tennessee in Indiana and in t,vo
wards OF the city OF New York. Thts-, he reps,t.s
we're me only causes OF the necessity Of bringing in
The object Of the bill was TO extend the tim. for p.
ceving the returns Of the census.l
Nir. beIi snid ne was DESTROYS Of knowing from the
Committee on the Census, the biIr
PROVISIONS respecting The apporenment Of the DOB uls-
uon 10 the number OF representatives. in tina, Hons.
re was peculiarly Interested in this question In som
vi 'ne o'aes and among others in that OF Tennessee
the Legislature meton in two years If the re,urn
oil the popua ion therefore, were to be DELAYED 40
Propos 81 oy ths pre'eR BILL it would be productive OF
great inconvenience and expense to those States They
would have to hold extra essens their lie
or the purpose OF eec'ng their additional re presenta.
lives. He wished to know Also why the ma rsbaIs a -
he' 's'tans could not have furnished full returns by
the proper day. -
MIR. orrs OF Nsw-York, said that he would briefly
state why tbs bill went to extend the time to the lat
June The hill of last session limited be pe,o fo an
exerce, by the marshsls, the du'y of collecting IN
returns TO the first OF December last The marshals
we're Informed, by commune alton from the 9 ate
Department, that their remuneration wouid ceass a,
the expiration Of that time. He certainly conceived
suca communication to have been injudcious il not
improper; Tor there was surely necessity to
the proceedings OF the marshas 10 such a mannsr
They ceased in New York, aud from the sickness of
one oil the assistants the delay in the returns of the
wards mad arisen; and the marshal had not The powe
to employ another in his stead.
There was no probability that the return, from Ten.
nessee and india could arrive this session. In an
swer 10 the other question Of the gentleman from Tenn
(Mr Bell he would observe that the COMMITTEE
hey had no right TO interfere in tn bill with the hin
aPp'r ioning The ratio OF represent In 1922 the re.
turns OF the State oil Alabama not having been comuIe
ted, IN the preceding census, supplementary bill
was passed which reReded the inconye nience His
intention was TO move in few days 10 proceed in III
manner for II was important that the State should moi
suher from the delay in the apportionmeni o. IN FIR re-
preventative.
! Mr. Bell ssid he would not then submit a motiop
which he had intended make, since it appeared thar
the Inconvenience TO which he had alluded that Tn
Dessese might be subjected TO, could be avoided
Mr. Whittlesey moved to amend the bill by erssinS
n e words,
"Unle's their returns shall be made by the time spe
elf. d." p
Alter some conversation between Messrs. Storrs and
Whitiesey in which the former stated that the anne nd
ment would lie unjust, "a the assistant marshal in N
York bad been sick; IN Tennessee, the blank returns
had not been received In sufficient tme and in Indiana
the population was so sparse, that the marshal really
could not do IT,
The Clerk. at the request of Mr.. Sorrs read the let
tere OF the marshals Of Indiana Tennessee and the South
etn District OF New York, to the Secretary Of State
assigning the causes OF the delay Of their returns
| Mr.. Whituesey's amendment was Then ne alived
! MIR. Bailey offered a further amendment, providing
that per3Ons should be enumerated by the marshns
in their population returns, unless they bad resided in
tbs district when the enumeration was made 90 the Ia
| OF JVoe, 1880.
| Mr. Bailey explained bis views 10 Offering ,he a.
mendment, which that the cid act was vague
and indefinite that point HI did not Tecolet the
were not sufficiently explicit His amsndment could
do harm; a0d he trusted Their that IL would be
| adopted.
The question heing put on the amsnImen', IL was
carried IN the affirmative.
The bill, az amended, was then ordered 10 bs en-
crossed f,r third reading.
WBDNEsDAY, January 3.
MAIL ROAD.
The bill 10 improve the mail road from Iouisve 40