Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-02-14
Twenty-Gfth Congress.
SECOND SESSION .

to the consideration Of private Land
claims. A great number were disposed
Of, and the Calender was cleared, with
one or two exceptions.
Il In the House, there was short DIS
cussion on Mr.. Cambreleng's motion
for referring the report on the FINANCES
back to the Committee, for the correc-
ton of certain errors, but at the exPira-
ton of the morning hour the House also
went to the consideration Of private bills.
More than hundred Of these were act
ed upon and disposed Of. Both Houses
seem disposed to get through with the
private business as soon as possible.
In SENATE, Monday, Feb. 4:h.-Mr
Strange presented resolutions Of the Le-
gislalure of North Carolina, asking for
law by which silver change may be
coined at the Branch Minis, and com
plaining OF its scarcity in that State.-
On the presentation Of these resolutions
an incidental debate arose, in which
Messrs. Clay, Strange, Niles, Benton
and Brown took part.
Il A great portion Of the subsequent
time OF the Senate was taken up in dis
cussing the bill for the relief of the heirs
and legal representatives Of John }. Bu
low, Jr. The question on engrossmen
was taken by yeas and nays, when there
appeared for it l9, against it 10. The
Vice President gave casting vote in
favor Of the engrossment, and it was ac-
cordingly so ordered.
/ In the House, Mr.. Parker (leave
having been denied) moved suspension
Of the rule to enable him to report re-
solution from the select committee on the
public printing, authorizing that commit
tee to employ a clerk.
/ And the rule having been suspended
the resolution was considered and con
Cured in.
MIR. Davies (leave having been de-
nicd) moved suspension Of the rule, fo
the purpose of taking up and considering
The resolution heretofore offered by him
changing the daily hour Of the meeting
Of this House to o'clock.
Il On which motion MIR. ID. asked the
yeas and nays,which were ordered ,and
being taken, werc-yeas ia, nays 54
II So the rule was suspended.
\ And the resolution being before the
House,
/ MIR. S. Williams said that, as he un-
derstood this great national subject was
to give rise to debate, he would, to save
the time Of the House, move the previous
question.
And there was a second to that motion.
And the House, by ~ ayes against
80 noes, decided that the main question
should now be put.
And the main question (being on the
adoption Of the resolulion) was then ta-
ken and decided in the affirmative with
out division.
| So the resolution was adopted. And
the House decided that hereafter the
daily hour of meeting should be eleven
o'clock.
This being the day which the Rule,
set apart for the reception Of petitions
&C. the whole day was consumed in dis
posing OF business OF that character.
| In SENATE, Tuesday, Feb. 9TH, The
bill making appropriations for the pay
ment Of the Revolutionary. and otheI
pensioners Of the United States, was or.
! dered to be engrossed for third read
| ing. A motion was made to reconsider
the vote by which the latter bill was pas
sed, which will be taken up tomorrow.
Mr.. Wall presented the credentials OF
the Hon. S. l.. Sonlhard, reelected q
Senator from New Jersey for six years
Fl ON the 4th Of March next.
THE FLORIDA WAR.
Mr.. Benton then called up his bill in
relation to the armed occupation Of Flo
rida. Mr.. Benton explained its provis-
ions and defended it at length. The
bill is one Of great importance, involving
a gift Of Land Of the value Of more thar
"a million three hundred thousand dollars
Ten thousand men are to have each 800
acres Of the Public Land.
| MIR. Benton, after defending the ge.
neral provisions Of the bill was followed
Il by MIR. Preston, at some length, in op-
position to the bill He considered il
impracticable and attended with insur-
mOuntabIe difficulties. He thought il
much better 10 send five thousand SOL
diers at once into Florida TO drive the
Seminoles from the country than to adopt
such bill.
MIR. Benton rejoined to Mr.. Preston;
and MIR. Linn followed. Florida, he
said, could be rescued from the Indians
by one thousand men, but they must be
men of peculiar character-ready to
march through the swamps and moras-
ses, to encamp out, to lay down in the
waler-to do any thing and every thing
connected with exposure.
A conversational discussion was con-
tinued at some length, between Messrs.
Benton, Preston and Linn.
The Senate then went into an Execu-
tive Session.
II In the House. The morning hour
was taken up in discussing the unfinish-
ed business, being the report Of Mr.
Cambreleng, from the Committee ol
Ways and Means, showing the state Of
the public Treasury. The House wen
into q committee on the state Of the Un.
ion on the bill making appropriations fol
the support Of the army. After frequent
and unsuccessful attempts to amend the
bill, it was reported to the House which
Il adjourned without making anv further