Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-05
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IN SENATE.

Mr. CLAY Of kentucky presented a petition Of
number of citizens engaged in the hat making business
praying for imposition OF duty on foreign articles
connected with the manufacture of hats; which was re-
fsrred TO The Committee Manufactures, and ordered
10 he printed.
Mr. PRENTlSS, from the Committee on the Public
Lands, to which referred the memorial of tn.
.Polsh Exilrs, praying 10 be allowed To settle ana
cultivate the lands heretofore granted 10 them hy tn.
L. s., and the petition of number of settlers on III.
public lands IN Illinois, praying that their pre-empou
riuhts NAV not be affected by the grant 10 the Polish
Exiles, asked TO be discharged from their further con
sideration; which was agreed TO
The Joint resolution for the relief Of Langtree and
o Sullivan was taken up, and discussed by Messrs
TAPPAN, SOUTHARD, WHITE, SMITH Of In
DIANA and ALLEN, and was, motion by Mr. :,
laid on the table.
The bill for the bench, Of the Selma and Tennessee.
Railroad Company again taken up, and after some
remarks from Mr. BENTON, it was ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. CRITTENDEN then moved a reconsideration
OF the preceding bill, which had inst been ordered To
be engrossed; which, after 4 discussion, in which
Messrs. CRlTTENDEN, SMITH Of Ia, WHITE
BENTON, MERRICK, YOUNG and KING, was
agreed 10; and the amendment was reconsIdered aud
negatved.
The question again coming up, it ordered 10 lie
engrossed for third readIng-yeas II, nays 10
The bill for the benefit Of the Selma and Tennessee
Railroad Company was again taken up and after some
was ordered to be engrossed for third reading.
The bill to amend the act entitled an act supplement.
tary 10 the to amend the judicial system of,hc nj
ted States, was taken up and after some remarks by
Messrs BUCHANAN, CUTHBERT, SMITH OF In
diana, and SEWER, It's further consideration va.
postponed until Wednesday next
The Senate then went into the consideration Of! Es
ecutive business, and afterwards
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The CHAIR announced that the business frs, beor.
the House the report Of the select committee on
the of Mrssrs. Bynum and Garland.
Mr.. RAMSEY asked and obtained leave 10 presenta
memorial Of Mr. OSulhyan, and have It referred 10 The
Committee on Stationery
On motion of Mr.. JONES, chairman OF The Commit.
tee Of Ways and Means, the report Of the select
mitiee of privilege in the Of Messrs Bynum and
Garland, was postponed till Friday next; and the House
thereupon went, more, into Committee of the
Whole the Of the Union Mr. Casey OF lllnoI,
III the char) on the
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. " c. JOHNSON moved 10 amend the bll BY
striking ont all that related TO the branch MINIS Dab.
lonega, in Georgia, and al New Orleans
Mr. JONES opposed the motion, and hoped these
MINIS would be thus prematurely abolished They
had cost the Government large sum, and had scace
gotten into operation.
Mr. COOPER a Georgia followed on the
side The Mint III Georgia had coined Sl3o,OOo worth
of gold coins, and it just getting INTO succesSu!
operation Ii was IN the midst OF the gold REGION and,
in this res pec had greater clam TO be spared (rf any
were to be dispensed With than the Mint in Phadcl
pha II had been stated yesterday, by the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Nlr Oge,) that certain gold coins
had been coined by private individual, without cost
% the Government If there was any thing IN this, Il
applied much against one mint as another, ana went
o abolish them all.
Mr. JOHNSON advocated his amendment on the
that these branch minis had been needed
that they did nothing which might not have been done
better and cheaper AT Philadelphia, and were constant
Train on the Treasury.
Mr. HABERSHAM, defended The mint al Dah!one
"a which was in his district dwelling on the mt.
ness Of lis location in the very heart OF country
bounding with mines of the precious metals; on the
lappy influence it had exerted in the encouragement
# industry lis benefit To the poor dggers, who now got
he full value for what they won from the bowels Of the
arth and were delivered from SPECTATORS lis effect
etaning gold in the country which would otherwise 60
broad, Nc.
Mr. STANI.Y amused the committee very much By
N expose Of the of certain accounts, which had
een presented at the Trcasury-hrst suspended, and
afterwards aowed-tor trees, shrubs, ornamental flow
RS gardening books and TOOLS &c., purchased IN PHI
adcI pa, by MIR. Wheeler superintendent OF the mint
nd amounting to S2l-. He supposed these things
we're for the superintendent garden, and considered
he payment of the bill out of the public purse as an
buse.
Mr. BLACK joined warmly in tins op'aion, and
vowed his readiness to "n any T. n gsSt apeS
his extrayagance in the mint in North Carolina, would
lot be suffered to prejudice the Of the mint III Geor.
ria He then went into argument IN support OF The
appropriation. If 4 min, ought to exist anywhere,
surely the very heart Of the gold region, ana
he whole coinage of the Union could be executed more
heapy and equally well at Dahionega as al rh'aue'
,ha.
After protracted debate
Mr. JONES, OF Virginia, replied to some of the re.
marks of Mr. SrASLY, and defended the Adm'n'sira'
ion against what he designated the partial charges
made against the Administration.
Mr. STANl.Y insisted that Mr. J. 5 remarks esiab.
shcd the charge he had made TO the importation oil
raes.
And the question having been then taken the mo-
ion TO strike out was rejected
Mr.. JONES, Of Virginia, moved an amendment al
er line 36) appropriatng 81 900 for deirayng the e1-
penscs of session Of the Legislature OF the
Territory of Iowa.
In answer 10 Mr.. l.. WILLIAMS, Mr.. JONES eH'
planned that the session called TO take steps pre-
Daratory to admission into the Union.
The amendment WIS agreed TO-
The item making an appropriation for the salary Of
he Attorney General otthc United State having been
read
Mr. STANLY read certain extracts from the report
IF the Select Committee the Swartwout Dciacaahs,
show that had il not been for negligent admlnlstra-
ion Of the duties OF the Office previously held by this
same gentleman, (the Solicitor Of the Treasury the
osses TO the Treasury might have been prevented.
Mr. S. would make no moton-he merely wished to
,al attention to the fact
Mr. JONES, OF Virginia, referred 10 the fact that,
since the occurrences referred to- the gentleman who
ield this Office had not only been nominated by the
President for the office he held but that the name
mad passed in review before the Senate and been ap.
proved.
Mr. PETRIKIN made some remarks IN culogy OF
MIR. Gpin.
A motion was made TO strike out the appropriation
of 81 900 for books for the Office the SAID law oiceF
Rejected.
After various other propositions TO amend,
Mr.. JONES of Virginia moved TO fill the blank IN
he following item with the Of S3O0,OOO
"For defraying the expenses Of the Supreme Circuit
and District Courts of the s. including the District
Of Columbia also for jurors and witnesses IN aid OF the
funds arising from fines, penalties, and forictur's m
Cured in the year $40 and the preceding year sna
likewise for defraying the expenses OF suits IN when
The L S concerned and of prosecutions tor offences
committed against the L. S, and for the safe keeping
Of prisoners, -.
After few explanatory remarks from Mr. Jones,
Mr.. CUSHING proceeded TO make some remsTEst'