Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-04-11

subject 81 the Fsbi;c Lands with the Tariff ques-
ton. in which Messrs. CLAY, DICKINSON, BUCK,
NER and WEBSTER, opposed the motion, and
Messrs. H1BB. Benton, RoBINscN, FORSYTH, and
MOORE, supported it. :,
After some debate, the question was taken O..
mr. s snass motion to refer the subject of the PUB
We Vas ga Ssar,izd-yeas 26, nays 20.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. V1LDEs' resolution on the subject of the
coins ofthe United States, and the ordnance
bill, occpied the principle attention ofthe House.
the latte was debated at length, but before any
luestiorwas taken, the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 20.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. HENDRICKS asked and obtained leave 10
introduce bill for the improvement of the
navigation Of the Wabash river, and for the
survey of the kaskaskia and White rivers
and moved that itbe referred to the Committee
on Roads and Caials. Which motion was a.
greed to.
The Chair Presated report from the Sec
rotary of State, in ompllance with a resolu
ton of the Senate, transmitting information
from the American Consul at Havrc, relative
to the intentions of tie French Government
to lay additional dutis on cotton imported in.
TO France, &C., together with an extract from
aletter from Mr.. Beaaey, as follows:
"Ihe Committee onFnance has reported
in favor of an additional duty on cotton Of ten
francs per hundred weight, and the same on
raW sugar; all the other duties are retained"
Mr. EWING, from the Select Commute to
which te subject was referred reported bill
relative to the settlement of the Northern
boundary of the State of Ohio, and providing
for ascftaning the latitude and longitude Of
the Soth points of the Lakes Michigan and
Erie, fir this purpose; which was read and
orderedto second reading
Mr.. Ellis, from the Committee to which
it was referred, reported bill for the employ
the office of the Sarveyor General in Missis-
sippi and Illinois.
Mr.. BENTON asked and obtained leave to in
troduce a bill granting to the State of Missouri
100000 acres of the public lands, for the
purpose Of internal improvement within that
State, which was read and ordered to Sc
dond reading.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. DoDDRIDaE offered the following:
ResotDed, That the Committee of the Whole
House be discharged from the further consd-
GRAFTON of the bill to erect Il bridge over the
Ohio River at Wheeling, and that the same
be referred to the Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union.
Mr.. DoDDRIDGE said, that to make this
change, would not Only accommodate him per-
senally, by lessenipg his labors, but likewise
the House by saving its time from repetition
OF the same arguments when applied to differ
ent objects.
The bill give the assent Of Congress to
the acts If Virginia, Maryland, and Penn
sylvana, Providing for the Cumberland road
within thoeiStates, had taken the direction
he now proposed to give this bill. The bills
to continue the Cumberland road in Ohio, In
diana, lllinis, und Missouri; and also, that to
extend banch to Flushing, in Alabama, had
taken the anne direction, and the Bridge pro-
posed, wasintended to supply most impor-
tant link ihlle whole geat Western commu.
plcatlon bybridging the only river unprovided
for betweenthe Atlantic waters, and the Mis-
sissippi Rvr.
TWAS obious that in the discussion of those
bills in rela on to the roads. most Of the great
principles 9 which the proposition to erect
the propose bridge, would be advocated and
opposed, void be considered; and if the bill
IN question we're, in company with the meas
ure OF whih it forms an isolated important
part, those principles need not be repeated.
Among other arguments that would be used
would be one founded on the idea that the
mailing of this bridgewas part Of the com.
pat between the United States and the State
ofOhio.
Mr.. WILDE offered tn. following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Coins be
directed to enquire into tie expediency Of au-
Lhorizing prompt paymen. to be made in coin
Tor bullion delivered at tte Mint, requiring a
'eignorage not exceeding tie expense Of coin.
ng; imposing stamp duty on bank bills of
small denomination, for the purpose Of pre-.
serving an adequate supPlyof gold and silver
coins IN use land increasingthe specie circula.
ion of the country.
. Mr.. w. addressed the House at considera.l