Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-05

proper despatch Of the business before tho senate.
motion Of Mr. Foot to postpone the other orders Of
the Gay 70 take up the bill from the Heuse of Repre-
sen.tves for the extension Of the Revolutionary Pen
sion List. decided by yeas and nays, was atvsd
yeas 20. nays 2o--a tie.
The Senate then proceeded to the despatch of a va
rcsy OF buiness, of which detailed po,ics IL
ftly deferred to next.
Inc House Of Representatives sa, from eleven ill
nsMy SIX o'clock The principal business transacted,
OF which We shall hereafter publish the particulars
was as folowG
On motion OF Mr. Everett, IL was resolved tina, the
COMMITTEE OF tho Whole House be discharged from
the further consider alton Of the bill making provision
Tor the claim Of Caron de aumarchei., and that The
claim be refsred to the President Of he United States
asa matter for negotiation.
The resolution proposing reduction of the duty on
Sugar. was further debated by Mr. White Of Louians
until the expiration OF The h,ur allotted to such bust
The bill from the Senate declaring the assent of Con.
gross to the act Of the Legislature OF Ohio for
turnpike gates on the part OF the Cumberland Road
witnn the limits OF that State, finally passed. after
the decision OF the House against motions for its com.
mitment and for laying il on the table.
Tho amendments Of the Senate to the Bsltimore
and Washington Rail Road Bill, were agreed to.
The seventeen bills which passed the Senate the
Gay before yesterday, were yesterday twice read aud
long discussion 10 * place upon the ameudments n,
the Senate to that part OF the Aonual General Appro
Prston u which concerns the appropriation for late
and past negotiation, with the Ottoman Porte. part
Of nose appropriations was struck out. with view to
aoridge the contest this important bill, aud, by a
vote Of 80 to SO by Yeas and Nays. the Provso pro.
testing against the appointment of diplomatic en by
the President in the of the nae was s,rick
out THE bill having been thus placed i'm stu alton
to bs returned TO the Ssnate for decentralization of its
amendments thereto,
The House adjourned. rNaf Int
On the third ballot, the vo,es tor Mr. TazsweiI were
II. Mr.. Tazewell then declared duly elect,d
wncn 'h@ gentleman, after EXPIRE 'sing ia a brief and
eloquent manner, the high he entertained of the
honor conferred on bin, begged,as a personal favor
.na ne might os excused from serving, the ground
mat rs was not sufficiently versed in the rules and or
usr OF preceding 10 enable him to discharge the dut
eouhded to him. Messrs. Webster and TYLER followed
Mr. Tszswell, both in language highly complimentary
10 mat gentleman; the former opposing, and the lat
In favor OF excusi0g him from serving On taking tn
question, Me- Tazswell excused; ON the next bal
Ioi, Mr.. Smith OF MI. was elected. A message was
received from the House OF Representatives stating
hat 'hey concurred in the amendments of The Senate
TO tue general appropriation bill, and had added an a.
mendmeot striking out the appropriation of 900 for
compensatDg the persons who negotiated the Turk;sb
treaty, with the proviso which had been al the
instance of Mr.. Tyler. After able discus
sion the S.nate refused to in the amendment
from the House and asked conference. Msssrs.
TazeweiI, Webster, and King, were chosen confer @.
on tbs part of the Senate. GU s. Tel
WAsHINGroN, March BIN the Senate, Yesterday
the bill extending the jurisdiction OF the Supreme
Court OF Arkansas, read the third time passed
Mr. Webster, from the Committee the Judiciary re
ported, with an amendment, the bill from the House
concerning contemats Of court; and the anne ndmen nj
having been agreed to- the bill was subsequ emily, as
r.. H.
bury from the Committee on Commerce, reported
without amendment, the bill allowing the duties on
merchandise imported into Phtsburg Louisville, 81,
Louis &c TO be secured and paid at those places This
Dill was subsequently carried through the remaining
stages, and passed. The bill making an appropria,
,on 10 carry into effect certain Indian treaties; the
pI auhorizing subscription 10 Gales Seaton's com
piahon OF public Documents the bill for the relief OF
James Monroe, which advocated by Messrs
r Hayns and Blob, and opposed by Messrs. Bell and
Forsyth, and number o. private bills were also passed
Auer spending about two hours in Executive session,
the Senate adjourned from four until seven O'clock
EVENING SESSION
The Senate met again at o'clock, pursuant to
adjournmsnt In the course Of the evening a g-eat
deal OF business as transacted among which pass
Ing the bill for the OF certain harbors and
removing obsruc ions at the mouths of certain rivers;
the bill to regulate the coas,ing trade the northern
north eastern and frontiers; the bill max
Ing appropIi ons Tor opening certain roads, for
ryiag certain works of internal improveme and
for other purposes Mr.. Hendricks offered re solution
to change the joint rule of both Houses which declares
that no bill shall be presented to the Preside for his
sigma the last day OF the session. SO far as re-
spects those bills which have this day passed beth
Houses. MIR. Foot in the chair decided that joint
rule could not be suspended by majority without Civ.
Jog one days notice OF the proposition From this de-
esion Mr.. Woodbury. appealed. drcussion en.ued
10 which Me.sr. Woodbury. and Web,er supported
the appeal, and Messrs Hayne, King and Iredell CD.
po'sdi' On taking the question-"is the decision of
the Chair correct, the Senate decided against III yeas
l6, nays Is, as followG
YEAS-Messrs. Bartoa, Benton, Bib, Brown, Dick
esoo, Dudley, Foot, Grundy, Hayne Holmes, IredelI
King, Koight. Sprague, Tazeweli, and Tyler-I6.
NAYS-Messrs. Ball, Burnst, Chambers, Chase,
Clayton, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Johnston, Kane
Livingston, Mark, Robbins, Ruggies, Sanford, Sey.
mour Silsbes, Webster, and Woodbury.-ls.
The question then required on the adoption of the
resolution. which opposed by Messrs. King Hayne,
Bibb and Holiness and supported by Mes,rs Woodbu. |
ry, Sprague, and Webster. The resolution was then
laid on the table on motion OF Mr.. King TU S Tel
The following is the compromse reported from the |
Committee OF Conference TO The IL. of r. on Wednes
day:
Mr.. Verplanck from the Committee OF Conferences |
reported an unanimous agreement OF that Committee |
In hs following compromise: 10 strike all the spe-
cihcations Of items of expense Of the negotiation with
thereof "FJr the contingent expenses OF foreign inter
course. in addition TO the sum OF twenty thou
sand dollars hereinafter appropriated the ffieeD
thousand dollars" This report was agreed to.
[Jvat. Int.
II baviog been charged that the proceedings of the
members OF the Pennsylvania legislature, and their
letter to the President, originated ia the sugges ion OF
the President, through his private Secretary that gen
tlemsn has made us the following communication on |
the subject: u. S. Tel
Mr.. DonefS0n TO The editor Of the Telegram.
GEN GREEN:-A letter which addressed, on tbs
18th Of January last, TO Gen Kupps member OF the
Legislature Of Pennsylvania, hiving been alluded 10
in several public prints written at the instance of
ton by that body, feel 1t TO be due TO the President
we'll as to myself give the letter itself TO the pub
Iic as The best corrective of 20 gross msrepresen.
taton OF s true character aud object. This would
baye been done head Of tbs no.ice " hich
had been taken Of The letter Of quesiis in the iuteii
gencer OF the 2lsi printed at Harrisburg but having
no copy was obliged 10 wait until could obtain one