Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-03-24

no, less than six days, to remain under
arms d"riny that period.
| Thirdly, That all such parsons should
receive reasonable compensation.
| Fourihly, That the Government oftho
United States should furnish all needful
arms and accoutremeuts ard
| Filthy. That there should be n dcposi-
tory on the frontier for all necessary and
| pre- per arms, for the defence of the coun-
try.
| Mr.. GiIlet addressed the House at some
length, in favor of the Instructions.
! After some further discussion, the reso-
luions accompanying instructions, OH
motion Of Mr.. Glascock, were laid upon
the table and ordered to be printed.
| Bv unanimous consent the bill making
additional appropriations for the suppress
sion of Seminole hostilities in florida, was
read a third time and passed.
L The House suspended the rule, in Or
der TO call for petitions and memorials.
Sundry memorials were pre- sened pray
ing for the Abolition of Slavery and the
slave trade in the District of Columbia;
all of which were referred, without ques-
tion, to the Select Committee heretofore
appointed on that subject.
| On motion of MIR. White, the house
took up the bill from the Senate, author.
Using The East Florida RAILROAD Company
to locate their Rail Road through the pub
lie lands the question being OH Il third
reading -
After some remarks from Mcssrs.
Cambrclcng, White, and Hardin, the fur
thcr consideration of the subject was post
poncd until tomorrow.
\ And at 4 o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Har-
din, the House adjourned,
SENATE, TUESDAY, March 15.-
Mr.. Ewing, of Ohio, moved that the
Senate proceed to consider the bill TO
provide for the distribution of the Public
Lar DIS, and for other purposes.
Mr.. Buchanan wished that the Senate
should proceed to the consideration OF
Executive business and called for the
yeas and nays OH the motion, and they
were ordered.
Some few remarks were made by Mr..
Ewing, in VIII ich he Indicated deter.
muaiion to give his views, on the incl
dental motion to take up the bill, in case
he should not be able to succeed in get
ting his bill taken up.
/ The question was then decided as fol-
lows.--Yeas "a, Nays 23.
1t was accordingly determined to con-
slider the Bill, and.
/ Mir. Ewing addressed the Senate for
about two hours without coming to con-
clusion, when two successive motions
were made to adjourn, but the first was
negativcd.-Yeas 10, Nays % ; and the
second, Yeas 20, Nays 26.
The object of voting against the adj.
jourDment was to 90 into Executive bus-
ness, and motion to close the doors was
made and agrecdto.
\ After remaining for some time in Ex-
ocu,ive business, the Senate adjourned.
\ VOUSE.-On motion of Mr.. Bell,
the daily hour for the meeting of the
House was changed to | l o'clock.
NapaI Serricc Bill.
\ The House proceeded, in conformity
with the special order of the 9th of
January. to consider, in Committee of the
Whole, the bill making appropriations for
the Naval Service of the United States,
for the year 1896.
The question being on the motion of
Mr.. Bell, to reduce the appropriation for
the navy yard at Portsmouth, from 81 900
to $4,000 dollars.
Il Mr.. Evans, who was entitled to the
floor, rose and spoke about two hours
upon the general subject of the public cx-
pendiiurcs, aud in reply to the remarks
made heretofore by the gentleman from
s. c. (Mr. Thompson). In regard TO
The motion pending, Mr.. f. had, he re-
marked, nothing TO say and, as the bill
proposed nothing but the usual and or
dinary appropriations, for want of which
the naval service was now actually sui
fcring, he was reluctant. by any remarks
, of his, to delay its passage. But, after
what had fallen liom the gentleman from
South Carolina, he felt bound very briefly
to state his yiaws upon some Of the
, topics which that gentleman had stated
in his able and interesting address to the
Committee. When he had concluded
without taking u vote, the House adj.
In the Senate OH Wednesday, Marcl
16, Mr.. Webster presented several me
MORALS for the abolition Of slavery in th'
District Of Columbia, which he move'
TO refer to the committee on the District
MIR. Webster took this occasion to max
known his views aud leolings upon thi
, subject. He believed that Congress ha'
the sane power as regards slavery, with
in the District ss within the territories
but not within the States. lio though