Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-09

HIsaro'o two elements, population and terrific y
L o espressed his astonishment that they vino hold
the Maysvillu Road the Frederick RooJ and o,har
y.'', 10 DC unconstitu ional, had, it was announ-
! oS y' opposed the harbor bill, which contain
, !, oJoo's s.ahuing precisely on the same footing
~ appeared mat under tho present administration
'he constitutionalty uncensttu,ion,ltv of ,
measure was dependent only on circumstances of.
an accidental character VI
Mr.. Smith made n few remarks in ro,, .
ing that he considered the objects embraced in ,b
hafbor Bal! as constitutional; because bnvin,, s,
rendered all they had to the General Governmcp,
ment. '"' 0o'e'''-
| MT. Clay said his observations extended to tb,.
Su"snge Vi I'll. opinions of the administration, i'm
leletehce TO rivers and creeks. The gentleman has
| &c" III eminent merchant. He himself Nas I,
Panter--made fences, planted corn cultivated meas
ana no wanted to know why Baltimore was enti-
Frederick was vetoed ~ ~
MI. Smith said he voted for the Maysviiic Road
ana Rockville Road, and he entirely concurred with
| the Senator from Kentucky.
The question then taken and decided -, e.,
lows--yeas 8, nays SO.
Mr.. Forsyth, with view to test the sense Of The
senate whether it is their pleasure to sanction ali
onJects which have not been surveyed moved 70
strike out the appropriation of 5000 for deep.
enihg inc entrance of the harbor at the mouth of
Connecticut River. "
Mr. Clay said the sense of the Senate had aIrca.
uy been tested on the clause in the former hin for
the Cumberland River, and we had seen TINT tbo
PRESIDENT had approved that BILL Ii was not like
~, therefore that no would dsnpprove this. lie
dd not object 10 the approval of thai hill but To
the want of some fixed and steady principle which
would satisfy the country and Congress
Ihe amendment was rejected.
The bill was then reported, and the amendments
were concurred in.
The ayes and noes ordered on the engros..
mont Of the bill.
The question was then taken and decided
as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Bell, Ruckner, Clay, Claytor.
Dai'as' Ewing Foot. Freinghuysen, Hendricks,
Holmes Holmes. Johnston knight. Naudain. Prentiss,
Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Ssbee. smith
Sprague, Upton, Tomnson, Wagraman. Web
ster, Wkns-26
NAys-Messrs. Brown, Dudley, Ellis, FORSYTH.
S,rnndy' Hayne, Hill, King. Mangum, Marcy,
Miller, Moore, Poindexter, TazeweIi, Tyler'
Whte-l6 A''e''
The amendment made by the House of Rcpre.
sentatives to the bill to extend the time of ssu
ing Virginia Land Warrants was concurred in.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, 9TH july.
1892.
The bill from the Senate for licuid,t;rq and
paying the claims of the State of VIRGINIA was
read a third time and passed.
In the SENATE, on Thursday. on the motion
of MIR. Smith, the act to carry into etIect tho c,
ventien entered into between the United Stntns
and France was taken up. 1t was briefly discussed
ny Mr. Tazewell and Mr. Chambers, and was final
~ laid on the table, on the motion of MR. Dickor
son, in order TO take up the Tariff Bill
The Senate then proceeded to consider and de-
eide on, tho several amendments, srriatipl report
ed to the bull by the Committee on manufacturers
The remainder of the sitting was thus occupied.
about one half Of the amendments had been rot
through, when the Senate adjourned
L.. the course of the morning MIR. Miller r,ovcd
to take mp the resolution from the House for IN,
adjournment OF Congress on the 9th instant The
resolution was eventually laid on the table on tho
motion of Mr.. Grundy, until Saturday and made
the special order OF the day.
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
reports were presented by Mr. Drayton from the
select committee, in The of the proposed In
dian rations contract, on the part of the MAORI
" OF the committees and by Mr.. Stanbery and
Mr. Kerr, from the minority; the former to the
effect that neither Major Eaton nor General Hons
ton were guilty of the allcdged contemplated fraud
In relation to this matter. The whole of the re-
ports were ordered to be printed. The quarantine
bill for the District of Columbia was read third
time and passed.
After a number of bills had been gone il,roucb. =
discussion OF some length took place, on the
third reading of the Joint resolution calling ON
the Presldent to set apart day of humiliation and
prayer, Tor the purpose of imporing the Almighty
to avert or mitigate the threatened visitation Of
the cholera. MIR. Bell proposed an amendment
hSIng the 25th Of this month the day' to be SET
apart, and proposing hat it should be done with
out calling specially the President to make tho
appointment Before any action was ia ken on this
amendment, the House, on motion of Mr.. Speight.
adjourned.