Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-22

| PROCEEDINGS OF CoNGREss.-In ouI
preceding columns will be found an ac,
count Of the proceedings Of Congress
down to Friday. The following from
the Correspondent of the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser, completes our Con.
gressional journal as late as Saturday
last
n WASHINGTON, Saturday even'g. May 18th.
i AT the close Of the Session yesterday
Mr.. Thompson, of Ohio, moved the re
consideration of the vote of the preced-
ing day, by which the consideration Of
the resolution Of Mr.. Boon, fixing the
day Of adjournment, was postponed to
the first Of June. The House took up
the motion this morning, and refused to
lay proposition on the table, to post
pone the consideration of the motion for
Reconsideration until next Thursday, by
ayes g. noes. Thereupon, MIR. Thomp-
son withdrew his motion Of reconsider
alton, and the time having elapsed for
renewing it, thus the matter ended. So
the question Of adjournment rests for a
mother fortnight. To my surprise, the
opposition are generally in favor Of ad-
journment, and voted for fixing the day.
The friends of the administration are not
ready TO adjourn, and know not when
they shall be. They fear to adjourn,
and are not ready to do any thing neces-
sary to remove their own fears.
Had not Mr. Thompson Withdrawn his
motion, l am clearly Of opinion that the
adjournment would have been fixed by
the House for the 10th June. lti now
as uncertain as any future event. The
House again suspended the rules, re-
solved itself into committee Of the whole
on the state Of the Union, and resumed
the unfinished business of yesterday, viz:
the appropriations. The Harbor and
River Bill, so called, has just been order.
ed to be reported to the House-and the
Fortification Bill is now under consider
alton. Several appropriations for rsmov-
ing distractions in Rivers, were greatly
enlarged above the recommendations Of
the committee Of ways and means. A.
mong others, l was particularly struck
by one for removing the Rats, so called,
on the Red-River. The "ways and
means" had reported twenty-five thou
sand-the estate Of the Union" enlarg-
cd it to one hundred thousand dollars
The spirit Of improvement will break
over all the restraints ofparty discipline,
and put down all Fictitious constitutional
objections. Even executive vetoes can
not suppress it. I'VE tcil open our Riv-
ers. We ,ciN improve our Harbors.-
WE WILL OPEN and construct Roads and
Canals-and we ,eiH create the necessary
funds for creating these improvements. /
The distractions on the Red-River, are
accumulated and imbedded masses Of
timber, constantly extending themselves
by accessions oftrees from above, divert
ing the River from its ancient bed, and
spreading it over an extensive region Of
country. These distractions reach an
extent Of hundred and fifty miles
Seventy miles Of these Rats, were re-
moved last season. The above mention
ed appropriation, it is estimated, will re-
move the residue, and reclaim and bring
into market more than half a million Of
acres of public lands, richly worth five
millions of dollars! In addition to this, "A
navigable River, of several hundred
miles, is opened into the interior of Ar
kansas, and to the confines Of Mexico.
The Senate did not sit to-day.