Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-02-02
WHOLE NO. BAT.
Twenty Fourth Congress.
Sc oND Sc SsI ON.

IN SENATE, MONDAY, Jan. 23.-
Mr.. Wright, from the Committee OH FL
nance, made an unfavoruble report On
the petition for ii National Bank, to be
located in the city of New.Yoik.
Mr.. Niles, from the committee on Ma
hufacturcs, reported bill to repeal the
duty on Coal, which was ordered to
second reading.
On mott ion of Mr.. Benton, the ForiiGea-
ton Bill, the A rmory bill, and the bill t@
increase the Army, were made the 0rdcr
of the day for Thursday next.
PUBLIC LANDS.
The Senate then proceeded to the spe-
cal order ofihe day, which was the bilB
to coniine the sale of the public lard to
actual settlers only.
Mr.. Walker, chairman ofihe commit
tee OH the public lands who has chargeof
the bill, expressed his appreciation of an
amendment offered OH Saturday by Mr.
Ewing, which provides that land entered
and forfeited, by non residence under the
bill, might be entered by others who shals
prove the fact of such non-rCsidencc by
the first occupant, and proposed to modify
it by n provision that, when two or more
persons should so claim the forfeited land,
who iDhabit the same quarter section, the
preference shall be given to the first Oc-
cupant and that none of the others
should get 4" fioats," Chat is, pre- .emption
righ Is 10 be located ou any land not enter
ed elsewhere.)
In consequence Of some objections to
the term float" as unknown to the law
and underlined, he agreed to waive ,he
latter clause entirely, as being, in sub
stance, provided for in other parts Of the
bill. The residue of his amendment to-
the amendment proposed by Mr.. Ewing
was then agreed to-.
Mr.. Upton then moved an amendment,
introducing the principle of graduation
and providing that land remaining unsolh
for ten years should be sold for one dollar
an acre !; and if remaining for fifteen
| years, at seventy.fiye cents the acre,
with n proviso that not more than oDc
hundred and sixty acres be sold to any
! one man on which he asked the yeas
and nays and they were ordered by the
| Senate
| MIR. Ewing, thinking this a fit oppor-
tunty to go into the general principles of
the bill, and the subject of the public lands
generally, addressed the Senate in u
speech which, with his consent, was in
terrupted by motion for adiounment.-
The motion having been suspended for
the printing OF documents, prevailed
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Foreign Commerce. Gushing, of
Mass. presented the memorial of the
Merchants of Boston, praying for the in
|terference Of the Government of the u.
s. i'll relation to unnecessary quarantine
Imposed on American vessels by the Da-
nish Government at EIsinore.
\ The memorial, OH motion, was refer
red to the committee on Foreign Affairs
H ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
II Mr.. J. q. Adams presented some
twenty five petitions from various paris
of the States of Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut and New York.
praying for the abolition Of slavery, and
the slave trade in the District Of Column
bia, &c. These several resolutions, by
previous vote. were ordered to be land
on the table, without being referred or
printed.
Mr.. Adams said he had one petition.
which it appeared to him was not IN
cluded under the resolution adopted by
the House.
\ Mr.. A. then presented pc ition from
81 ministers and members Of the Luther
4 an Church in the State of New-York,
praying Congress to enact such laws as
to secure to all the inhabitants Of the
District of Columbia, the protection OF
the laws and the rights of the Declaration
of Independence.
After long debate. this petition was
likewise ordered TO lay On the table.
Mr.. Adams then proceeded to presens
other similar petitions, in lots Of four ana
six each, and they were all disposed OF in
the same manner as those above men,
toned.
After the last ofthe big bundles had
been gone through. Mr.. Adams rose, and
addressing the House with the most i'm
perturbable serenity, said" Mr.. Speak
er, beg leave to return my sincere
thanks to the House, for the pafiercs
with which they have this day listened to-
me. ."-[Itis perhaps scarcely necessary
to say, that during the whole Of the above
proceedings. the house was in one con-
inual state Of uproar and confusion.
The States were then called through.
in their order, for petitions and a few
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