Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-04-14

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Service for the year 1895
The pending question was on the mo-
to.i, heretofore submitted bN Mr.. Bell, of
Ten. to strike out the appropriation Of
SG7 900 for improvements AID repairs
in the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.
Mr.. Jarvis, Of Maine, addressed the
House for two hours AID a half on the
general subject OF naval appropriations
After which, Mr.. kobcrsoa having
obtained the floor, the committee rose and
reported :
And, at four O'clock. the House adj.
SENATE, TUESDAY, April 5.-On
motion of MIR. Knight, 500 extra copies
Of report made by the Secretary of the
Treasury, on the subject Of the culture of
Cotton, and of the Cotton trade, were or.
derod to be printed.
Mr.. Benton, oh leave, introduced bill
for the better supply Of silver bullion 10 the
Mint of lbe U. $. which was read and re.
terred 10 the committee OH FiiIance.
On introducing the bill. Mr.. Benton
stated, that he had had Il correspondence
with the superintendent of the Mint, Oh
the subject of tn, supply necessary for
the occupation OF the Mint. He thought,
that. for the present, about one million of
dollars per month would be sufficient to
keep the Mint in full employment; and
this sum he proposed should be transfer
red by the Deposite Banks out Of the
public money ia their hands.
A bill to admit certain articles OF TO-
reign produce free Of duty,was considered
as in committee ofthe whole. Mr.. Knight
the chairman of the Committee Oh Manu-.
factures, added several articles to The list,
such as linen, tape, oil i'll jars, watches
without cases, diamonds and precious
stones, sextants, quadrants, telescopes,
and some others and also raised the du-
tv on another class of articles from 20 to
25 per cent.-which propositions were
agreed to.
On motion Of Mr.. Knight, the bill was
afterwards laid OH the table, i'll order to
afford an opportunity to an absent Senator
who wished to make an amendment.
A bill amendatory of the bill for the
relief of the sufferers by the late fire at
New ork, drought up from the House.
of Representatives this mornmg) was
taken up for consideration. 'Fhis bill
limits the relief given by the former bill
to such bonds as were given when the
fire took pldce,to correct the construction
of the Collector of New-York who con.
strued it to cover all bonds which had
been given, up to the date of the BILL
The urgency of the call induced the
Senate to suffer the bill, by all unanimous
concert, to pass through all its various
stages, and il was read first, second and
third time, and passed.
Erpmging Resolution.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of che resolution of Mr.. Benton.
Mr.. Leigh recommended. lie con-
tended that ifthe doctrine of eXpunctlon
should be established by precedent, the
Senate, by expungmg the record OF bill
which had passed, could anul an act OF
both Houses. AS well might it be con-
tended that the record of any Executive
and judicial act might be expunged.-
Suppose that iutare Senate should deter
mine to expunge the expunction; how
was it TO be done Was it to be done by
rubbing out the first expunetion by
drawing lines through it-or by rewriting
the original record And if Senate,
after that, should again resolve to eApunge
the exuunction of the resolution, the
paper must be the thickest that ever came
out of a paper mill, if it were not worn
away by the repeated processes. The
cxpunction of the record ola nomination
would be destroying the evidence of the
nomination.
lie then spoke Of the claim set up to
the public gratitude by Gen. jackson for
the destruction ofthe United States Bank.
Now, if that Bank was a monster. OF
which there was no evidence, unless
charges were evidence, and if General
Jackson received so much credit for the
act, then he received credit for legs.
lative, not an executive act, for IT WAS by
Congress, that the Bank was destroyed.
Mr.. Leigh concluded his remarks about
3 o'clock, when, on motion Of Mr.. Benton,
the resolution was laid on the table, ana
ordered to be printed.
On motion Of Mr.. Ewing (of Oh,o), the
bill for the distribution of the proceeds OF
the Public Lands, was postponed I'LL
Monday, and made the special order for
that day.
On motion ofthe same, the bill authoris-
inc the Postmaster General to contract
with Rail Road Companies for the trans
porta,ion of the United States mail, was,
N the absence of the Chairman of the
Committee, laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Preston, the rcsnlu.
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