Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-12-29
Twenty Fourth Congress.
Sc con d ssioN..
Fri day, Dec. l6.
he Senate did rot sill to-day:

horses and other property, lost or des;
troyed in the military service of the u.
Statrs-w licl bill .aGcr being amended,
was ordered TO be engrosscd for third /.
reading. - 80. -
STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. II
On motion of Nr. Hannegan, of India.
NJ, It was resolved. That q select com.
.mtiee be appointed to examine into the
condition of The Steam beat navigation of
the country generally. the causes Of the
frequent disasters in that way and the |
proprleiy of general law for the regula-
lon of fsuchnavigation. I'rhe comlnttee.
to consist of'9 members.
\ After acting on some private bills, the
House adjourned TO Monday next. !
/ IN SENATE. MONDAY, Dec. l9.-l
Reduction of Rerenue. - Mr.. Calhoun, ai-
ter giving notice that he would on to-
morrow ask leave to introduce bill to-
extend the provisions of the l4th section
of1he distribution bill l.las, S, ssion, be.
yond the present year, said he would take
the occasion to ask of the Chairman tf
the Ccminittee OH Finance it when he
moved the reference ofapart Of the MES
sage of the President to that Committee,
he had included in the motion SO much as
relates to the reduction OF the Revenue.
II Mr.. Wright was not prepared to say,
whether this particular subject came mi
the scope { the mo- ion, as the. Committee
had not as yet compared their views on
the subject. .'
H, Mr.. Calhoun tl.en said that. in order to
remove all ambiguity, he would move the
| reference of so much of the Presidents
/ message, as relates to the reduction ot the
revenue to the Committee OH Finance.
I The President had treated the reduction
;, of the reverue merely as financial ques-'
tion, and he would therefore submit the
motion he had named. o.
The n,o,iou was agreed to:' =
PUBLIC. LANDS.
IL Mr.. Clay. on leave, introduced bill to
! appropriate for limited time, the pro-
7 ceeds fihe Public Lands OF the L.
and granting lands 10 certain. States,
! which was read twice, ard referred TO the
! Committee on tile Public Lands.
4 Mr. Clay, in introducing this BilI,made
=. some explanations. in substance as fo!.
lows: He stated that the Bill which had
! several times passed the Senate, and had
| once passed the House in reference to
this subject, had fixed the commencement
of the appropriation for the last day Of the
! year 1892, to continue for five years from
J that date, and made the distribution on
principles which were well known to the
Senate. BY the passage of the Deposlte
), Bill of the last session, large portion OF
;. the funds which would have been appro'
e priated under the provisions of that Bill
had been differently appropriated. lie
had therefore, refrained from giving tc
the present bill a retrospective character
but had so drawn it that it should com
menee on the last day of the present year
to continue until the last day of the year
;1S4I. His motive for fixing this as tn,
r period for the termination OF the provI-
sions of the Act, would be obvious. Al
that time, the biennial reductions 'ofthe
revenue under the Compromise Act, would
cease, and the reduction Of a moiety OF
the duties beyond 20 per cent. would be
made. 1t viii then become necessary fol
Congress to decide. if there shah there
after continue to be distribution OF tha
portion of the revenue arising from 'h'
sales Of Public Lands among the States
. or whether il shall be applied to meet thu
necessary expenditures Of the Govern
ment. He had thought it proper to. re
store the original clause, by which thu
States were restricted in the application
Of the funds, to the objects. OF education
internal Improvement, and colonization
! He believed the effect of this restriction
would be to relieve the States from the
! controversies which might otherwise arst
/ as tothe manner in which the proceeds
should be applied. The Bill provides lo'
assignment % the new State OF Arkansas
of her fair proportion Of the proceeds
. lie had made no such provision for Mi
chigan, because her admission was no
vet complete. But whenever that ma,
happen, by provision in The Bill that State
also will be equally entitled. In all othc
respects, the Bill was the same as tn
last.
y Mr.. Wright, on leave, introduced bil
supplementary to an act establishing
mint and regulating the coins Of the u. )
= which was read twice and ordered TO b.
printed, andrefcrred to the Committee ol
;, Finance.
: n Mr.. Benton offered tho following re
solution, which was considered, AM
agreed 10. .'..