Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-04-05

take balls OF claimants Of property seiz-
ed, and to perform other acts in vacation,
and the bill for the sale of the unlocated
lots in the fifty quarter townships in the
U. S. Military District, in the state of
Ohio, reserved to satisfy warrants grant
ed to individuals for their military servi-I
ces, were read third time and passed.
The House resumed in committee of the
whole, the consideration Of the bill in
addition to an act, entitled, 'an act to-
provide for certain persons engaged in
the land and naval service Of the United
States in the revolutionary war;" and af-
ter some debate the house adjourned.
In Senate, 29th, the bill exempting
merchandise, imported under certain
circumstances, from the operation of the
Tariff of 1898, was, after some Discus
sion, ordered to third reading. The
bill supplementary to the several acts for
the sale Of the public lands, returned
with amendments from the House, was
taken up, and after debate, the bill was
laid on the table, and the amendments or
dered to be printed. On motion the Sc
nate then proceeded to the consideration
of Executive business, in which some
time was spent.
In the House, mr.. Mercer, from the
Committee on Internal improvements,
reported bill for the improvement of GER
tain harbors and the navigation Of certain
rivers-also, a bill declaring the assent
of Congress to certain acts of the Legisla-
ture of the State of North Carolina. Al
bill to amend an act for the benefit of
certain surviving officers and soldiers of
the army of the revolutiOn-read a third
time and passed. The bill in addition to
an act to provide for certain persons en-
gagged in the land and naval service of
the United States in the revolutionary
war, was again considered in committee
Of the Whole. Various amendments
were proposed, discussed, and adopted,
-and others submitted; at 4 O'Clock the
committee rose, and the House adjourn
ed.
In Senate, Friday 3Oth, Mr.. Dicker-
son, from the committee on Manufac-
lures, made a report, accompanied by a
bill for repeating all the duties on GER
tain articles which do not admit Of being
produced in this country with the aid Of
protecting duties, from and after the
day Of. Among the articles emu
merated, which make long list, are teas
from beyond the Cape Of Good Hope,
coffee, cocoa, almonds, figs, curlants,
raisias, pepper, pimento, indigo, tortoise
shell, crude saltpetre, olives, etc. The,
amount of duties .hus RENTED is cOmpu-
ted by the committee to be $500, 900.
The bill was debated for some time, on
a motion by Mr.. Forsyth to recommit it,
and was finally laid on the table by a
vote Of 81 to 10. Those who were in
favor Of recommitting, voted in the neg
ative.
In the House, the resolution relative
to the charges against the Collector of
Wiscasset, was further debated by Mr..
Evans, who argued in favor Of an inqui-
ry by the House, instead ofreferring the
subject to the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry. The House then, in committee of
the whole, took up the Military Appro-
priation bill, with the amendments of the
Senate, e,-the Indian Appropriation bill,
and the bill making appropriations for
carrying into effect certain Indian trea-
ties. An amendment to the first Of these
bills, granting $4,000 for the expense of
the visiters to West Point, instead of
$500, was agreed to.