Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-12-29
WHOLE NO. 342.

laid before the Senate. showing, ms nearly
as may be, the different appropriations,
which viii leave unexpended balances OH
the lst day Of January ncxf.. the amounts.
so leit the objects TO which they are ap-
plicablc and the dates oithc acts BY which.
they, were authorized.
. TREASURY eRp"R.
The Senate then proceeded 10 consider
the lointresolation offered by' Mr.. Ewing,
Of; OHIO, to iescnd The Treasury Order
ofthe 18th of July, being the special
order. e.
Mr.Benon addressed the Senate IN de-
fence of the order, and generally ON the
subject of tho currency, and continued
speaking until. the adjourun,ent of the
Senate, about 4 o'clock.
HOUSE.--On notion of Mr.. 'Connor,.
the committee on Post Office Sc had
leave TO sit daring the siitings Of the
House, in order to pursue their mvsstiga-
nons of the causcs, &c. Of the lafe GOA
hagratioa of the Post.Oflice.
| DUTY on COAL.
The House resumed the considerations
of the memorial presented oa Monday
last BY Mr.. Adams, for therepcal Of the
duty on Coal two motions oi'r,tcrenccs
pending, to the Committee on Manufac-
tnres and the Committee oil Ways and
Means.
Mr.. Patton, who had submitted the
latter motion, spoke briefly in its support.
He did not think that Congress were
authorized TO view any question Of reduc-
ton or ncrease Of dMy, except in re-
ference to revenue alone. he Committee
on manufacturers had, therefore, nothing
to do with this subject.
Mr.. Adams said the whole subject
was already before both Committees, and
it mattered not, t,esefore, what direction
was given TO this memorial But he
would remark thar the very essence and
\ quintesscnce OF the question was the po-
Icy of protection, in relation 10 the article
of Coal For This reason the subject had
formerly been referred to the Committee
on Manufactures. -.
T Mr.. MeKeon remarked thai he was
charged with n. memorial OH the same
subject from large nNmber OF citizens
! Of Newly ork, and he vas anxious, there
fore, that such disposition Of it should
be made as would ensure some definite
action upon it at the present sessIon.-t
| had been before the Committee on Manu-
iactlres, W no had done nothing ;and' also
it had been before the Committee on Ways
and Mcans,who had done nothing with it.
He trusted that Congress were now pre-
pared to repeal this onerous duty. especial
ily as ii was not wanted foy revenue.
Messrs. Harper, Of Pa. Denny Of Pa
Ingersoh Of Pa. and Reed Of Mass. fol-
| lowed with more remarks in favor of the
consideration ofihe subject exclusively as
one of protection. The repeal of the
duty mig ght have the effect to destroy or
/ impair the domestic production of the ar
\ ticie and thereby tend to enhance its price
permanently in the market; whereas mea-
sures were now III operation which wou,d
after short time, if there was no inter-
) ference by Congress, secure to the country
an abundant supply of coal from: our own
mines.
4 Alter some further debate, the motion
to commit to the C0Rssnitlee on Manuf0c~
! lures was decided in the negative, yeas
SO, nays l24.
The subject was then referred TO the
| Committee on Ways aud Means
II ABOLITION.
!, MIR. Davis, Of Indiana, submitted u
resolution directing that all abolition me-
, MORALS hereafter presented shall be laid
. on the table Wiiheut reading.
q Mr.. Reed briefly opposed the resolution
as likely to create more excitement on
!, the subject than the usual course.
3 On motion Of Mr.. Calhoun, Of Mass.
i. the. resolution was laid on the table with.
: out count.
WEST POINT ACADEMY.
i Mr.. Buchanan moved that the Select
, Committee on the Military Academy as
West Point be authorized to depute sub
committee to visit that Institution, in pro-
secuiion Of the investigation which they
had undertaken to make. -
Mr.. Jarvis said we had enough. Of ira
yelling Committees, and moved to lay the
resolution on the tabe-agreed to, 80
to 81.
!, The States were then called for tho
presentation OF petitions. After wh'cs
!, the House adjourned. IS.
SENATE, Twesobty Des. 20.--A
. great number ofpetitions were presented
and referred to appropriate committees.
4 Mr.. Webster presented sdndry resoiu-
, tons calling upon the. Secretary of the
Treasury for detailed statement Of the
number and condition Of the deposife
, Banks the amount Of deposiics on baud