Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-03-10

relative tn = reelection Of duty on inn
TO, ted iron, presented report " hich
he moved sbssid be printed. The Sc
verai amendments added By the Fl.
nance Committee of the Senate. 10 che
General Appropriation bill. with the
others consequent ON the motion ol
Mr.. Tszeweil, scvcrally adopted bv
The Senate as in Committee OF the
Whole, were again considered by che
Senate. The amentment proposed by
Mr.. w ebster, to substitute a Charge
D'Adsires for a Minister Pienipoten
tisry To thc Sublime Porte. with FUR.
ther amendment Ia the same, proposed
by MIR. Hayne. to strike out the :. stu
dent ct Languages" designed tn &C.
company the mission, was adopted.
La the House ut Representatives. on
Saturday, the confederation Of the reso-
luton offered some weeks since by
Mr. Haynes, concerning reduction
Of the duty on Sugar. was resumed. -
Nr. White Of Louisiana commenced n
very able and interesting speech, in
reply 10 the remarks Of Mr.. Haynes,
Sc. and fixed the attention of the
House for an hour aud hall, having
obtained two successive suspensions
Of the excluding rule for that purpose.
lie il still ent,tled to the floor in cen
tnuation.
Among the bills taken up on the
question of a third reading, was the
bill to authorize the subscription for
$50 copies Of Gales and Seaton's Com
p,la,ion OF the old Documents. A de.
bate arose on the question, which was
cut short by q demand for the pre,i-
Gus question. The House ordered the
main question TO be put by . vote Of
10S Ia %. The question was then
put on the passage Of the bill, and de-
clded in the sifirmative-Ayes %,
Noes 95.
Mr.. M'Duffie moved to suspend the
rules in order to bring up his rrsoiutio
To amend the Constitution. The mo
ton required TO be sustained by two
thirds, and the vote being 81 to &c, it
was uegatived.
MONDAY, FER. %.
o. After the Journal uf the preceding
day was read, Mr.. Test, Of Indiana.
announced TO the House the death of
MIR. Noble, Senator from that State,
and moved the usual resolutions for
attending his funeral. and for wear.
ing Grape one month, as a mark Of re-
speot Toe the memory of the deceased
Senator. The House then, for the
purpose OF attending the funeral, al
Jouned to 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
At O'Clock, the House re. assem
BLEED, and were busily occupied until
half after ten IN acting OH q variety ol
b'lIs-yesterday being the last day on
on which, according To the joint rule,
one House could send bill to the
other Tor concurrence. The follow ing
bills were among those that passed :
The bill declaring the sense of Con.
gress IA tn contempts Of Court the
Light House ball, and the bill making
appropriations for certain harbors,
rivers, surveys SC. The last named
bill embraces some Of the items We
toeh by the president last session,
and was opposed with much perseve
rance. but was defended with cores
pondIng hrmness. and finally passed.
The bill froa, the Senate, surrender
ing 10 the State of Ohio that part ol
the Cumberland road within the State.
also passed. Several other interest.
ing topics we're discussed during the
evening.
TUESDAY. MARCH !.
In the Senate,afier much discussion.
and several divisions OH the subject.
the bill from the House Of Represen.
ta'ive> authorizing a compilation of the
old Congressional Documents by Gale.
d Seaton. for the purpose of reprint
ing, "as hnally Or'lered TO third read
ing by a vote Of 81 TO 10. Many bill.
OF public and private nature were
read third time and passed. Among
the iorDer, the bill ''for the relief oil
certain insolvent debtors Of the Uni.
ted S'aies;" the bill making appro
priaiIOns iOr the military service the
bill making appropriations for The Ma
val service ; for the Public Buildings
and lar the payment of the annuitic,
under the several Indian Treatirs, &c.
&c AtieT n recess from 4 O'clo,
I'LL s'x, the Senate again resumed
The General Appropriation Bill wa,
returned from the House If Repre-
sentaiives with certain amendments
The Senate adjourned shortly after
Rine, TO meet at 10 O'Clock next morn.
ing.
Some discussion took place TO day
IN the House 81 Representatives. or
the amendment adopted by the Senate
TO he General Appropriation Bill
WHICH consisted OF change IN th,
form 81 sppr"prIating the money for
the remuneration of the individual.
employed IN negotiation the Turkisl
Treaty, and the addition Of a proviso