Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-10-18
Twenty-FiNh Congress.
n x SESSION.
SATURDAY, OcToBER7 7, IS37.-The
Senate did not SIT to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

beSe8 VI RGF EN1G2N n tiNES
MIR. HARRISON. Of Missouri, offered
a resolution calling for the facts rela.
tive to the occupation of cur terrific.
ny on the Columbia river by a foreign
power /; lies over.
The House resumed the considera.
ton Of the resolution relative to an in.
quiry into the conduct Of the Florida
war.
Mr.. Mckay commenced a speech on
the subject, and had no concluded,
when the hour expired, and the House
passed to the orders of the day.
The House resumed the considora.
ton OF the bill a~uthorising the issue of
treasury notes.
Mr.. BELL moved to strike out tho
enacting clause of the bill, and spoke
at great length, in support of the mo-
ton, %contending that this bill was the
most important of all the measures Of
the administration, to the success of
their ultimate designs.
Mr.. BRONSON, of New York, follow
cd in support Of the bull.
Mr.. HALsTEAD, of New Jersey, took
the floor in support of the bill, but gave
way, at the usual hour for d recess.
IN SENATE.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9.--Some memo.
rails ugaints the admission of Texas,
were presented by MIR. MCKEAN.
The Senate, on motion oil Mr.. GRuN-
by, considered the joint resolution nu.
thorising and requiring the Post Master
General to demand, in advance, the
postage on all letters despatched by tho
Express Mail.
The question being on ordering the
joint resolution to a third reading,
II was ordered to a third reading ;
and afterwards read a third time and
passed.
The bill to limit the fees on the OK.
tension Of Merchants bonds was then
taken up for consideration as in COM
mi,tee Of the whole.
The question being on the amendment
offered by Mr.. CLAYTON, an amend
meni to that amendment was offered bv
Mr.. TALLMADGE, and accepted by Mr..
CLAYTON, as a modification.
The question was her taken on tho
amendment offered by MIR. BUCHANAN,
providing that on all bonds of $500
and upwards, the fee shall he 81, and
on all bonds under that amount 81
and 1t was agreed to.
The question then occurred Of tho
motion Of Mr.. CLAY, Of KY, providing
that the duty Of extending the merch-
ants bonds shall be performed by the
collectors, on which some discussion
took place, when the question was la
ken by yeas and nays, and decided in
the affirmative /: Yeas 20, Nays Is.
The bill was then reported to the
Senate as amended !; and Mr.. BUcH-
ANAN moved to rccommit the bill with
instructions to provide for a reasonable
compensation to those District Attor.
neys who have received services in the
extension of bonds which motion was
decided in the negative, by the follow
ing vote Yeas is, Nays &C..
The amendments were then concur.
red in, and the bill ordered TO be en-
crossed and read a third time.
A bill from the House to continue in
force certain acts until the end Of the
next session o~fCongress, was read three
several times and passed.
On motion of Mr.. WHITE, the Sc
nate proceeded to tho consideration Of
Executive business /; aud after a ses-
sion Of some time, the doors were re-
opened, and
The Senate adjourned.