Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-16
MONDAY, APRIL l6. 1882
CONG r E s S.

M oil IL
the present bill to repeal part OF the duties on
imports should pass. A message from the Pre-
si,ent was also laid before the Senate, covering
letter from the Secretary of State. recommending
the exemption of Portuguese vessels from the tom
nage duties Various private bills, and bills from
the House, and resolutions lying on the table,
we're acted on. The Senate then, In Committee
of the Whole, went INTO the consideration OF the
General Appropriation Bill. The amendment
moved by Mr.. Forsyth on the preceding day was
Withdrawn. Mr.. Miller then moved to strike
out the appropriation for an outht for Minister
IN France in the room of Mr.. Rives, who Is about
Z, return home. There was considerable DIS
cusson ON this motion.
1t was contended on one side that the appropri-
alton would be giving Legislative sanction to the
appointment Of Minister during the recess of
Congress. and that, if contingency should arise
IN which it would be necessary to appoint MIN
lister, there was contingent fund, which was
sufficient for the payment OF the outht. 1t was
on the other side contended that the contingent
fund could not be properly applied to this object,
and that refusal to make the Appropriation would
be received as suggestion that the Senate did
not wish that Minister should be sent to France.
The question being put, there appeared Ayes 81,
Noes 81. The Vice President giving his vote
in the affirmative. the amendment was carried.
Mr. CLAW then moved to strike out the prOvi-
sion for a Minister to Belgium, on the ground
that the mission was not necessary, and, as the
appointment was not made, the Senate could not
feel the same embarrassment IN voting as when
the mission to Guatemala was under cOnsldera-
tion. There was considerable discussion on this
motion, and strong diversity OF opinion con-
corning the necessity of the mission. The subject
was not discussed, purely owing to the fact that
the nomination is pending in the Senate. aud the
information possessed by that body IN reference
to it, is for the present sealed There was no
decision on the question, and 1t was agreed that
the Senate should 81, the next day, for the exclu
sive purpose OF acting on this particular nomina-
ton so a. to disembarrass the question.
In the House of Representatives, bill was re-
ported By Mr.. Leavltt, from the Committee of
Internal Improvement, for laying out and making
Road from Lower Sanduskv to the Boundary
line established by the Treaty of Greenvile, Ohio;
and another bill was reported BY MIR. Mercer,
from the same Committee, 10 empower the State
of Illinois to surrender certain lands granted by
the United States, ard to provide more efectual.
" for the construction Of Canal from the river
Illinois to Lake Michigan. Mr.. Appleton, by
leave, laid on the table the following amendment
which he proposes to move to the bill for renew
ing the charter of the Bank of the United States,
when it shall come up for consideration:
Sec. 8. lind be IL further enacted, That the
amount Of notes, drafts, or checks, issued by the
said corporation, for the purpose OF circulation as
currency, shall not exceed the amOuntof Is mil
lions Of dollars. in circulation at any one time.
Sec 9. .9ndbe IL further enacted, That in con-
s,eratiou of the privilege of issuing such notes
for circulation. the President, Directors, and COM
panv Of said Bank. shall pay TO the United States.
out of the corporate funds thereof, on the third
day Of March. 1887, and on the same day OF each
year thereafter, during the continuance OF the
charter, thel sum Of five hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand dollars, being equal to 8! per cent.
per annum on the amount Of circulation SO au-
thorized.
Sec. 10. find be II further enacted, That the
notes issued by said corporation shall be receiva-
BILE, in all cases, fur debts due the corporation,
at the Bank in Phiadelphia. and at the several
Offices Of discount and deposit respectively, with
out any reference to the offices at which said
notes NAV have been made PAYABLE.
Sec. IL. find be Il further enacted, That the
amount Of debts due 10 said corporation, shall at
NJ time exceed the amount Of -nillions of
dollars.
The subject Of the charge against the Collec.
tor of the Port Of Wiscasset again coming up,
Mr.. Kennon. of Ohio. concluded his remarks up
on it, and Mr.. Jarvis. of Maine, took the floor;
but the hour of one having arrived, the House
proceeded to the Orders Of the Day The fol-
lowing Message from the President Of the United
States was read and referred to the Committee
on Commences:
WAsHINeroN. April Is, 1852
To the Hon. ANDREW STEVENSON.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Approving the suggestions expressed by the
Secretary Of State in regard to the proprietJ Of
exemp,ng Portuguese vessels. entering the ports
of the United States. from the payment of the
duties on Tonnage. in consequence Of like ex-
emption being extendedto those Of the United
States, I transmit herewith, for the consideration
of Congress, his Letter upon the subject
ANDREW JACKSON.
A report was made BY the Committee Of Elec.
tions, concluding with resolution declaring the |
seat Of C. C. Johnston, a representative from
Virginia, to be vacant bv reason Of irregularity
in conducting the elections which report was COM
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