Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

/ hedSute, congress would have
performed duty grateful to- every hu-
man heart, and Of great interest to the
country. -s
The petition was referred to the CON-
mlttee on patents |
On Friday the House passed the Sem
ate bill for preserving the lives of pas
Sehgers on board steam vessels, with an
amendment, making the fact of an explo.
sion primG tGcia evidence of neglect. |
The bill has now passed both Houses
N. Y. Spec.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY /
The National EnteHigencer gives the
following summary of the proceedings of
both houses.
u. S. BANK NoTEs.-The bill which |
passed the Senate month or two ago, to
| prohibit the reissue of notes of the old
Bank OF the United States, was brought
up in the House of Representatives on
Friday night, and passed by a majority of
eight votes, and is by this time law.
! THE SUPPLEMENTARY Army BILL
has become law, with the same provis-
ions, neither more nor less, as were pub
llshed IN this paper when it was first in
troduced into the Senate. An appropria-
ton ($76O,00O) has also been made to de-
fray expenditures during the current year
under the new Army Bill
The EXPRESS MA1Ls--Tne Post
Road Bill passed both Houses, after strik-
ing out the section which directed the alb
clifton OF the exprese mails. These mails
will of course continue for another wear,
unless the Postmaster General himself
shall order otherwise
The HARBoR BILL-This important
bill, making appropriations for continu-
lRg the construction Of such break-wa-
terS, harbors, &c, as have been already
commenced, finally passed both Houses
Or Saturday night, with an amendment,
restricting the expenditure within tie cur
rent year to one kaLf Of the amounts ap-
proPriated by the bill. The aggregate
amount of these appropriations is about
million and halt of dollars
The new harbor bill (that is, the bill
making appropriations for new works of
this description,) filled altogether, from
the want of time to act upon it,
The FORTIFICATIoN BILL.-The an
| IdoI VI opPlOpliotIOhS tO"dIuo NOilI-
pleting Qualifications passed both houses.
The INDIAN APPROPRIATION Bill
This great bill. involving appropriations
TO the amount of two or three millions of
dollars, finally passed both hous,,s.
The New YORK FIRk BILL. The
. bill for the remission of duties on the i'm
portation of goods destroyed by the great
fire in the city of New York, has passed
both houses, and. with the preceding, may
} be considered law.
OFFICERS OF The CUsToms.-A pro-
: vision has been passed for the benefit Of
: the customs whose compensations fell short
by the operation OF the act of Congress
Of the year 1882.
THE MAINE BoUNDARY.-A provis-
ion has been made for in Identifying the
) State of Maine for expenses incurred in
: consequence of the Imprisonment o.
$ Messrs. Greedy and Baker, by the British
s authorities of New Brunswick.
Provisions to the following eject have
also been made in several enactments,
: viz:
For the expense of outfits of the new
minis for the coinage Of silver.
ton Of the territory of Iowa.
y, For the expenses Of the Orphans an
Criminal Courts for the District of Co
. lumbia.
For the investment in State funds o
: the amount Of the proceeds of the Smith
sonian legacy, until Congress shall thinl
proper to appropriate it to the purpose
a for which it was devised.
a For the expense of standard balance
\. to be furnished for the use of the severa
:, States by Mr.. Hassler.
:. For carrying on the public building
m in Washington for the current year.
nj For the expense Of carrying into efec
Mr.. Sergeant's resolution calling for in
~ formation to be collected during the re
% cess, concerning steamboat boiler explc
m sions.
- TO extend the time for issuing and IL
a. eating Virginia Military Land Warrants
r mot the scrip bill; that bill fell throug b
10 To defray the expense (S36,0O0O {
90 erecting a new Court House for The coun
i. tv Of Alexandria, in the District of CO
10 umbia.
l. To authorize the sale Of the lands re
m served from sale on the borders of the E
ne RE and Wabash Canal.
v. For the settlement Of the claims Of tn
n State of New York for expenses incurl
n ed for militia service during the late di:
To- turbances on the Northern frontier of thu
he State.
40 MONDAY, July 9.
c6 An Adjoprnment The CorresPonder
re of the Journal Of Commerce says:-Bot
ce houses met this morning, and adJourne
or at about ii A. NJ No business could