Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-12
CONGRESS.

IN, inc Se"oeos on Auu' 'oays NAT oilS0ee bts
sented two memorials from owners, agents, ,'J
captains Of steamboats,, navigating Long IsI,nS
Sound, praying that additional lights nav B. :.
tablished on the Sound, which was referred ,o,s,
Committee on Commerce. Mr.. Havne OFF,
a resolution, calling on the Secretary If the Tr,,
sury to report various information including h.
gross amount Of revenue received for imports ,nJ
tonnage for years which were specified, and d..
signaling various articles on which the report vs.,
required to be specific, such as tea, Coffee cOco,
wines, &c. The resolution was agreed to, AZ.
Waggaman, with the leave Of the Senate, in,,o,
duced bill for the relief Of the heirs and le,,I
representatives Of Elisha Winter. and o,b.,,,
which was read twice and referred to the Com'
mittee on Private Land Claims. The Senate VA,
then engaged for some time IN the cons,dera,o
of q private bill, for the relief Of John Graham
and William Reed, reported BY the Commute,
on Public Lands. Mr.. Moore moved tC lay h.
bill on the table. but the motion Was not sustain
ed. A motion to postpone the bill until Mond,,
was then agreed 10. A report was received from
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office il
reply to a resolution, giving detailed sta,sa.r.
Of donations of the Public Lands made in d.
several States, which was ordered TO be printed
The bill for the relief of John II. Thomas VIZ
read third time and passed. The bill for Ii.
relief Of William Nelson was ordered to thin
reading The bill to provide for the publics,g
Of stereotype edition Of the laws Of the Unt
ed States was laid on the table. On motion Of M
Robbins. The bill for the relief Of Arnold H
Dohrman was ordered to third reading Sev,.
raj pension bills were taken up, and laid on III.
table without any proceeding on them, in ords,
that they might BE- taken up hereafter. A bill
for the relief of Augustine fancy was taken %.
but the hour Of one having arrived, the bill VA
laid on the table. The Senate then resumed he
unfinished discussion On the Post Office Bill
Mr.. Clayton and Mr.. Holmes spoke in favor d
the amendment, Ito abolish the postage on News.
papers when the question was taken and decd
ed IN the negative by the following vote:
| YEAS.-Messrs. Bell, Bib. Clay, CIaytOr
Ewing. Foot, FreIinghuyseD. Hayne. Holms,
Johnston. Knight, Miller, Moore, NaudaiO, Pom.
dexter, Prentiss, Robbins, Rugsles, Sevmosi
Silsbee, Sprague, Tomlinson-29.
NAYS.-Messrs. Benton, Brown. Bucknu
Dallas, Dickerson, Dudley. Ellis, Forsyth, Grgn
dy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King, Mansum, Mar
cy, Robinson. Smith, TazeweIl, Upton, TOgb
TYLER, White. Wilkins-23.
So the motion to amend was decided in h.N'
gative.
The bill was then further amended in ih Dc.
tails, and thus amended was reported to the T.
nate The amendments were then cOncuIredn,
aud the Senate adjourned.
In the House Of Representatives, a bill WI
L., N. Fill krorn tho Commltp
on the Judiciary, to prevent and punish the nal
ing and transporting Of counterfeit foreign sof
which was read twice and committed.
Mr.. Mar,Ils, Of Alabama. submitted The h.
lowing. which he intends to offer to the Bill
reducing the duties on imports, &c when 1t 'h |
be taken up:
.s.and be It further enacted, That from "
after the passage Of this act, all the public I'N
of the United States which have been, or ~
hereafter be offered at public sale to the hge
bidder. and shall remain unsoid tor period q
four years, shall be subject to sale by entry u
eighty cents per acre. -
.4nd be it further enacted. That all the p'A'
lands of the United States which have oesn'
may hereafter be, offered for sale at public
ton to the highest bidder, and shall remain "
sold for the period of five years, shall be su'jS
to sale bv entry. of seventy cents per acre -
find be it further enacted, That all the paM
lands of the United States which have oeen'
may hereafter be. offered at public SAFE @H
highest bidder, and shall remain unsold fUf'f
riod Of ten years, shall be subject to sale .!
try, at fifty cents per acre. >, 49,.
The House then resumed the consideraaI'
the case Of Samuel Houston, now in cu''"c'
the Sergeant-at-Arms for an alleged b'ean
privilege. Mr.. Beardsley concluded his fen.s
against the motion for declaring him gulI,!y 'n
of. lie was followed BY Messrs. su'lerIs
Mitchell, of s. c.. and Crane. Mr. n''i,
having obtained the floor at a late hour 10 ,n'U
moved that further proceedings should @ r. =,
poned until IL O'Clock, A. NJ. this Gay; -,
House refused to postpone, by the 'O S',
vote, ayes 76. noes SO. ThereuPon, Mr.. srs
moved call of the House, which was o'" s.r
The Roll was partly gone through anu n0 %
then suspended. Mr.. Reed renewed 'ne NV
to postpone until 1 o'clock. The pfOpTr
postponement was discussed by Me'''
WAYNE, and McDuffie. Mr.. Craig NOV" III
amend the motion by inserting 10 o'e'UeN ,,,isr
motion not being in order, Mr.. keeo N'' y
his motion; and Mr.. Craig moved to su'P ,Ss,.
rule of the House, to enable him 10 ~.
motion, that when the House adjourned " VA u
meet at 10 o'clock. The House suslt,, ~
rule, ayes 10Y, noes Is; and the mouO" nv
| =, ,rL...,nop nm motion VI