Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-03-31

Mr.. Benton's resolution TO expunge
certain proceedings from the journal of
tho Senate was again taken up, and Mr..
Porter concluded his speech in opposi-
ton to the resolution. The remainder of
the session was spent in the consideration
Of Executive business.
In the House, the motion to discharge
the committee of the whole, from the bill
repeating the provision of the Bank char
ter making their notes a legal tender for
debts due the Government, was taken up
ms the unfinished business before the
House.
Mr.. Pearce Of r. ]. advocated the
motion, and attempted to show that if the
bill now under discussion was not taken
out Of the committee, 1t would not be
acted on at all Was the Bank, he ask
ed, which had given them so much an
noyance, to be allowed to retain its most
valuable privilege.
Mr.. Harper Of Pa. expressed the opin-
ion that as the notes were not a legal
tender after the expiration Of the charter,
the action of the House was therefore
unnecessary and unimPortant.
The main question was finally taken,
and prevailed in the aflirmative-ayes
I39, nays 70.
Mr.. CambrAleng rose, he said ~ put
the House In possession Of rarc acts
which rendered il necessary 10 act on
the bill as early as po's,u The Sect
retary of the Treaeury vas informed, tiia;
the Tranch a of D0sion, n9a refused
10 redeem notes of other branches -
Those noes were now mere objects fo.t
brokerage as other notes we.a lie
would, to-mOrrow move :, lt'. the bill
take. lp aDd-o,sposed o.
?ha; aayy Apfropr .,Iop Bill was then
7 take Nf.5F and Mr.. BELL continued his
speech, cEmmenced on the previous day
until the adjournment.
In Senate, Thursday, March %, Mr..
Calhoun offered the following resolution,
which, under the rule, lies one day for
considerations:
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to inquire into
the expediency ofprovding proper meas
ures for the safe keeping Of the Journal
of the two Houses, and other public re-
cords, and Of protecting them by proper
legal enactments from being mutlated,
obliterated, erased, deiaced, expunged,
disfgured, altered, or otherwise destroy
cd or injured.
The joint resolution, on the subject of,
the adjournment Of Congress was then
taken up.
MIR. King wished to fill up the blank
for the day with Monday, the 30th of
Mny.
MIR. Clay said he was as desirous as
any Senator for an early adjournment,
preferring even an earlier day than was
named for that purpose. if it was com
patible with the discharge Of the busi-
ness to be transacted Indeed, 80 anx-
ious was he, that he intended to adjourn
himself early in May, whether Congress-
adjourned or not; but he was not sure,
with the pressure Of business, that they
could adjourn. The subject of yester- K
dny-the expunging process-if persist
ed in, would require alone considerable O
time to discuss; he hoped, nt all events, (
that the subject would not now be press n
ed, until they saw how their proceedings Il
progressed q
The further consideration of the res
olution was finally postponed until Mon
day, it being the general impression that 7
he public business was in that condition,
which scarcely justified fixing, at the
ime, on the 3Oth day Of May as the day
IF adjournment. .
The Vice President laid before the :,
senate a communication from the Trea-
ury Department relating to the cost Of j.
recting Custom House at New Or 81
cans. Also returns, sc. from the De- IL
oste Banks, which were ordered to be "
rinted. u
The bill confirming claims to lands in ~
Missouri was ordered to be engrossed. u
The bill for the relief of the Corpora y
ons of Washington, Georgetown, and ~ ~
alexandria, as amended passed to be y
ngrossed by vote II to l6. IN
In the House, bill to fix the number 'r'
nd compensation Of officers of the Gus al
ms, TO alter certain collection districts, re
nd for other purposes, was read twice >"
I'D committed :.
The further consideration of the North IN
arolina contested election was contin- oe
I'd in long and uninteresting debate,
,til the adjournment. qu
In Senate, Friday, March %, Mr.. I tI
layton gave notice that he should mt an w.
.ry day ask the Senate to take up the ns ns
u to establish territorial government ha
the Territory of Wisconsin. -" ="
The resolution offered yesterday by G ~;
r. Calhoun was taken up and consid- e..
ed, and discussion ensued, in which H., IT,,
essrs. Calhoun, Shepley, Benton. @ N;