Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-01-16

i bill, beng returned from tue oehhie WIN
anne ndmen nts, was referred to a commit
tee of the whole. Mr.. Binney then
spoke until the hour Of adjournment IN
opposition to the motion of Mr.. Polk, re-
laiing to the commitment of the report Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury.
4 IN SENATE, Wednesdny, 8M-The
debate upon The Deposlte question was
continued by Mr.. Southard ill the hour
Of adjournment.
n Mr.. Tomlinson presented memorial
from citizens Of Connecticut New y ork,
( Rhode Island and Massachusetts, pray
ing for appropriation for the erection OF
a beacon at the entrance of the harbOr
of Black Rock, in Long Island Sound;
which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
MIR. Webster, from the select commit
tee on French Spoliations, reported the
bill referred to that committee, with sun
dry amendments, which were read.
/ Mr.. Webster then said, as it was i'm
portant that this subject should be dis
cussed at as early period of the session
as possible, he should now, in comPli-,
ance with the opinion Of the committee,
move to postpone the consideration of
the bill Till Wednesday, the 9th of Feb
ruary, and to nako Il tho special order
for thar day. The motion was agreed to.
In the HOUSE, W.dnesdny, 8M.-
The debate on the Deposite Question
was continued by Mr.. Binney until the
hour Of adjournment.
Mr.. Bullard, Of Louisiana, has res's n
ed his seat in this body; he having been
appointed by Governor Roman, Of Lou
isiana, as Judge Of the Supreme Court,
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the
election of Judge Porter, to the Senate
Of the United States.
Among the business Of the morning,
was the presentation, by MIR. Hester, of
the memorial of the Farmers Bank of
Lancaster, depicting the prevailing dis
tress, and praying that the public dePo-
sites may be restored to the Bank Of the
United States; which was referred to
the committee Of ways and means. II
Mr.. Seldom, Of New-York, from The
committee on commerce, to whom was
referred the petition of merchants and
owners Of vessels in the city Of N. York,
in favor Of making appropriations for the
improvement ofthe Hudson River, made
a report, accompanied by bill.
The bill was twice read, and referred
to Committee OF the whole House.
MIR. Harper, from the same commit
tee, reported bill to establish Marine
Hospital at Portland, in Maine which
was also twice read and committed.
IN SENATE, Thursday, 9h:-The
special order of the day being called Tor,
and the question being on the amend
me ut proposed by MIR. Benton to The re-
solutions of MIR. Clay, Mr. Southard OBJ
served that he had come prepared to ex"
press his views on the resolutions, but
did not intend to apply any of his re-
marks to the amendment, as he should
be bound to do'by parliamentary usage,
unless the question upon it should he
then taken. He hoped that the question
would be at once taken by yeas and
nays. Mr.. Forsyth, in consequence oi
the absence Of Mr.. Benton, moved to-
lay the whole subject on the table, but
the motion was rejected. Mr.. Grundy +
was not disposed to vote for The resolu-
tons in the ir orig NAL form. lie wished
that a short delay light take place, un-
ill the Senator from Missouri could be
sent for. The motion, however, appear
ed to him to be a proper one. MIR. rom
dexter observed, that the amendment
was distinct proposition, which the mo-
yer might present in a different form,
but that it was wholly irrelevant to the
subject. 1t placed the Senate in the Po-
si,ion of n Grand Jury, putting an 'ndi-
vidual upon trial. Mr.. Forsyth had no
objection to the motion, but thought the
view taken Of the mcndment unjust =
He wished, however, that the question
might not be taken, till the members
we're in their sents. Mr.. Benton mere
came in; and the question being taken
on his amendment, it was rejected by Inc
following vote:
Yeas-Messr Benton, Brown, ,Grun-
DIV. Hill, Kane, Linn, Morris, Shepley,
Tallmad ge, Upton, " hite, Wright-l2.
Nays--Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black,
Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Ewing, For
sy,h, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Kent,
King. (or Ala King, (of Geo Knight,
Mexican, Mangum, Moore, Nauda'n,
Poindcx,cr, Porter, Prent'ss, Preston,
Rives,Tobbins, Robinson, ,Silsbee, Smith,
Sou,hard, Spraguc, Swift, Tominson,
Waggamon, Webster, Wilk'ns,.34,,
ar, Sou,hard then addressed the Sc
no,e until the hour Of adjournment.
But little business of Importance was
transacted in Senate on Thursday. Mr..
Sou,hard resumed his remarks on the
Deposite Question, and had not conc'u-
ded when the hour for adjournment ar
rived. a,