Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-05-04
rwcnty-secOnd C0ngress.--Sess. n.
wA.HIsoTos, April 29.-Ths Senate did not ST on

ncpTcscnf0ftreS NOV
cd 10 suspend the rule Tor the purpose Of Offering reso
ton for the appointment Of committee ON the subject OF
changing the time OF the next annual meeting of Congress
so that II shall meet at earlier period MIR Mc(ov
moved a call Of the House, which was negaiyed Mr.
Taylor called for the yeas aud nays, which being ordered
and taken, the proposition negatved, ayes 49, noes
OIL requiring TWO thirds to suspend rule OF the House.
The trial oil MIR. Houston further pospone ill Mon
day. In consequence Of the continued ndisposon of Mr.
Key his counsel MIR. Daniel by consent presented se-
vera petitions on the subject Of the recharerny of the
Bank oil the United States Mr.. Carson from the Com
m,ee ON Naval Affairs, reported uhfavoraby on the case
oil Alexander Macdonald OF North Carolina The further
consideration OF the report the case of the collector of
"iscasset, was postponed till Monday The resolution
submitted on former day by MIR. Adams and laid ON the
soe, Gaining on ,he Secretary Of State to explain why
the Annual Calendar had not been completed "a pro.
vmed Tor by n resolution of a previous Congress-
Mr. Adams said, that as the resolution had already pro.
duced the desired effect he should move 10 law Il on the
table for the present lie knew from former ynericnce
The reason oil the delay which had III was not at
buta6le to Secretary, but he wished the resolution to
lie on the table, where would serve as memento to the
Clerk Mr.. Adams subsequently, withdrew the motion
Mr. Wicklie expressed wish that the work had been os
wei printed as it was bound. Mr. Taylor adverted 10
several iudlcous typographical which II contains
Mr. Whittesey OF Ohio, moved to refer the resolution IN
select committee, which agreed to- ayes 81 NOES ho
ne committee was ordered to consist Of five members
ne resolution submitted by Mr. Pearce on the subject
OF the imprisonment of Dr. Howe by the Prussan a,bo
Ties In Berlin agreed TO. The resolution introduced
oy Mr. Wide on the subject of the currency, was then
taken up, and modified by that gentleman Mr. Irwin
opposed The inquiry as altogether
as the great question of the bank which shortly to be
considered, involves the subject of It. He asked or Tho
ayes and noes on the question OF its adoption Mr. Yer
Pahck moved an amendment the resolution making sill
e lesai tender and providing for the receiving of
god Oh certain weight and ineness i'm payment
Mr. Adams said, that il was merely resolution or
inquiry, and portion Of il referred to subjects enroI
T I from those embraced in the bank question
ne SUBJECT oil gold or silver being made LEGAL tender
was oil great Importance and inasmuch as he bougbt
ought 10 be investigated he should vote for the adonop
no resolution: Inc hour having expired, the rule of the
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pended on motion of Dir. Hubbard. The Reyoluonarv
tensions Bill was the next business in order. Mr. Nc
uns moved TO lay It on the table, and the motion was
agreed to@Ayes 80, Noes a. The House then took up
the General Appropriation Bill. The amendment moLnr
an appropriation $4,000 for extra services in the Sur
was struck from the bill by the committee bcng conja
ed Messrs Ashley, wickliffe Sewer, Irwin, Duncan.
LAY ana Hubbard opposed the report of the committee
appropriation in question. Upon division the House
agreed with the report OF the committee-ayes TO- noes 81
AT The suggestion OF Mr.: McDufe, all the amendments
oil the Senate to which the committee had agreed were
concurred in by the House. debate ensued on the vote
OF the committee, disagreeng the amendment of the
senate striking out the appropriation Of 900 for an out
III LOT Munster 10 francc and the question was ulti-
matcy decided IN the affirmative, DIVISION ayes IO2
noes 77.-Ieiegrdph.
In the Senate, Yesterday, Mr. Smith. from thc Com
mee on Finance, TO whom was referred the resolution
oil the SON March, proposing inquiry into the expedi-
ency OF aboshng the offices Of Second Auditor and 60
cond Comptroller, made Report that these offices cond
not be abolished without injury to the public service
Inc resolution offered by MIR. King respecting the pay
ment OF two per cent OF the proceeds of the sales of
Public Lands in Alabama TO that State was taken up and
agreed 10. bill was reported by Mr. King from the
committee on Public Lands, for the relief of Richard W.
steele, which was read and ordered second reading
also, bill compromising the Register and Receiver of the
Land Office in Tallahassee for certain services which was
read and ordered 10 a second reading bill from tho
House TO authorize the Governor of the Territory f Ar
kansas TO select ten sections of land for the erection of
Court House and Jail at Little Rock, in that territory, was
read first time and ordered a second reading On mo-
ton oil Mr. Brown. 5000 copies of the Report of the Sec
BIZ .e a 10 the Tariff and The draft
ed Mr. Foot then moved the Senate to take up the Pen
sion Bill but motion made by Mr. Smith that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of Executive business was
agreed to- and the galleries cleared and doors closed
accordingly.
In the House Of Representatives. After few petitions
had been presented and REFEREED
Mr. Doddridge moved tosuspend the rules of the House.
SO as TO allow hin to move resolution for appointing
Committee to inquire into the expediency of Changing the
time OF meeting of Congress- to meet at am earlier
day than the first Monday in December next
Mr. Wckie said that, for any thing he could see IL
was not certain whether the House would adjourn before
the FIRST Monday in December. For his own part he was
opposed TO sspendng the rule with view TO change the
time oil the commencement of the next session. until he
knew when the present was 10 terminate.
The question was then taken the motion to suspend
theue and decided in the Negative, by yeas and Nays
IA TO &c. (twothrds of the members present being re-
qured TO suspend rule)
Mr. Horn moved that the bill to enforce the collection
OF the revenue, reported time ago by the Committee
OF Manufactures, be recommitted TO that Committee His
for making this motion was that the late Report o
the Secretary oil the Treasury embraced part of that sb
Ject, perhaps the whole OF it, and was proper that the
bill should be considered in conneXon with it, Mr. Adams
suggested an amendment 10 this notion which sboulJ in
clude the Memorial OF the Free Trade Convention which
Memorial was said TO be from the pen of Mr. Gallatn
lie made this motion, he sad because the Memorial of the
New York Convention had been referred to the Commit
tee Manufactures, and there was an obyous prono
ty in giving to the Memorial the opposite side 10 the
same direction Such reference also mark of re-
spect due TO the Convention in whose proceedings he Me
mortal had its origin, and also TO the author of the Memo
rial The motion of Mr. Horn and that of Mr. Adams
were both agreed TO-
The further hearing of the case of Samuel Uous,on
again postponed, in consequence of the continued ndisoo
sition of Mr. Key, his Counsel.
The amendment Of the Senate 10 the General Apnro-
priatlon Bill coming up, the House conc,irred with fbe
committee, in the amendment made by the Senate an.
proPaing Sl2OOO, for the printing of the unpublished
Diplomatic correspondence between 1888 and 1850
Yeas 87Nays6 S. The propriey Of the appropriation Of
$4,000 for the survey OF Naraganset Bay was discussed at
length by Nessrs. Pearce and Burgess in favor of and
Messrs McDuie, and Hoffman, in opposition thereto and
was eventually agreed to. On the appropriation of 17
500, for the purchase OF road the Naval Denot At
Norfolk Mr.. Wlckiiie moved amendment that the At
torney General should be first satisfied OF the validity Of
the hte which being carried the question on concrfin
IN The appropriation was then taken, and rejected The
1000 dollars Tor the Statue of Wahngon was also agreed
TO- and the amendments Of the Senate TO the bill were
finally gone through with, and returned TO the Senate
with part OF the amendments disagreed TO- and part of them
concurred in.
The amendments Of the Appropriation Bill having been
gone through MIR. Watmough made an earnest appeal
TO the House to permit him TO move an approximation for
the Delaware Breakwater, for the of which the pub