Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-20
HOUSE OF REPE ESENTATIVES.
POST OFFICE DEpAPTNlE<T,

MIR BRIGGS OF Mass. from the Committee OF
Post Offices and Post Roads presented Bt.. max.
ing appropriations for the relief Of the Pos, Offc,
! nIspSr'menL-des,snod to pay contractors. The
| BIIl had FIRST and second reading, and with some
papers Teerrss to the suu ct, referred 10 n,
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads
BANKRUPT BILL.
MIR BARNARD asked Tor cc,Ion upon his Rezo.
luton 10 take The Bankrupt b from the Commit.
tee OF the Whole to-day at y o'clock, " Ich was
adopted.
The House, on motion Of Mr.. L. resolved itself
into ComL.,ice OF the Whole on the state ofthc Tn.
ION, and the debate upon the Bill w.s resumed Uv
Nr' b' IN answer TO many Of the objections which
hid been aocuccd during the week. Mr.. &. spoke
an nour and more, adG was followed by Mr.. SprIccs
OF kentucky, who opposed the b on. and out
Twelve O'Clock, 10y the rule o. The morning. brought
the House 10 vote on the amendments proposed 10
the Bill. a; least Two score were offered. The
pending one was IN some measure a test vote Il
proposed TO strike outIhc cuac.ins Cause Tie A.
meEdmeni WAS rejected by a vote Of 50 to 80, many
members not voting.
MIR ROOSEVELT Of y. Y. followed with an
amendment 10 postpone the operation Of the bill
unIl. The l5!h Of January. An amendment TO this
amendment was proposed by inserting the frs. Of
February, l-i2. The amendment 70 the amend.
meni was accepted, and then the committee voted
both down.
The next most important amendment was rro.
posed by the same member, and proposed tina, cor
poa'iors issuing money should be included IN the
compulsory clause after being thirty days 10 state
OF suspenson. The amendment! was rejected by a
vote 80 % 50.
Mr. PROFIT Of Ind. proposed an amendment
10 pfoAoit members OF the present Congress from
the enjoyment OF the provisions OF the Blnkrup,
81. Independent, o! the Constitutional objection 20
this proposed aWcndms which requires a uniform
system OF bankruptcy, Others were obvious. The
amendment. though j. was no., and could no, be
Gcn1iCt was promptly rejected by the House
I MIR CLIFFORD proposed en- amendment tina,
nothing in this Act ,hou.d be constructed 10 alter
or repeal any State Law for the re Ief OF Inso.yen,
debtors, o: 10 alter or repeal any such lw eKemp,
! ing certain goods and chaues from attachment
| execution and distress.
| MIR HUNT OF y. Y. in pursuance OF the suy.
gosiIoE made by him m his speech IN favor Of the
bill, now proposed 10 amend the 80 section by in
serns alter the words children IN the 35h line Of
| the Section as follows
"AEd also lilc printed Books OF such bankrup,
not 10 exceed IN value, in any case, Atty dollars
The amendment was rejected.
Olaer amendments were proposed and very many
nssemed tor the purpose Of embarrassing the bill
Inc b.. was a. .cugih read through and rep1rt.
cd 70 the House, none Of the amendments prOpos.
ed having been concurred 10.
Mr. UNDERWOOD OF Ky, moved 10 Law the
Bill upon the tGb.c-a motion destructive Of the Bill
/ # II prevailed. The yeas and nays were demand
| cd, and the motion prevailed, by a majority o,
twelve, result which created as much feeling al.
mos; 40 the Ne;o Message. An effort W i. be mad.
| 10 reconsider tomorrow.
IL The following are the ! yes and Noes on tn,
motion 10 lay on the table:
EEAS-Nsssrs / W Andrews A-,srr,or
Anterior, Banks, Barton, Bdack. Br-Hseve. Bg.;s
Bovine, Boyd, Aaron V Blown, Charles Brown
| Burke, VIM Butler, William o Bu,lcr. Green W
Ca.iwe., Ia'ulkC Caldwell, JGo Campbell. Wi.
liam Campbell, THos Campbell Cary. Caan.
man, clifford, Clinton, Coles, Cross, DAME. X q
Davis, John Diwsun, Dean, DOau. DOG E.st.
man, G Edwards EgBet, Ferris. John G. Froy5
Charles Floyd Romance, Thos F Foster, Gan.
be, Gsntry, Gerry GI.msr Gogyin, William &
IoJie, Gordon, Graham, Green, Cuisine Harm.
John llas'rgs, Lfy7, Ho.m-s, Hopkins. HnIr;
/ Houston, HUBBARD, Homer lGssfs0I, Jack. Cav,
Johnson, John w Jones, keim. Andrew * rru,dy
Lewis Lul.cfeid, AJr. ham McCls Ian, Rob.r, Me
| C.cIau, MllN1yl Mallory, MarcAaud, Thomas +
Marshal, Mathews Malocas, Mcdi.., Miller New.
H1rd, o"s.cy, Purmeu.ar, Payne, Pskgus, Pope
| Prprii Ramsey, Alex. Randall Rgjius, RengFe.
| Rne,, Rgss, Rogers, Saunders, Shaw, Snspue-d
Shields, Snyder, 5puge, SieCnroi, Stuart, sum.
mers, swgngy IHP.cH, Turncy, Underwood, Wal
| ace, Wa-ersyn, Weller, WCsly.yUk, James w
| WII1ms WIss-llO.
NAYS-Msssr,. Adams, Allen, Sherlock J
Andrews, Arnold, Aycrgs, BlDcoek, Baker. Bar
| nsrd, L .ck, Blair, BolrdmaD Borden, Bryce
| Brglhw5y, Bronson, Milton Brown. JcremIsf
/ Brown, Eura-., Calhoun, CarUtners, CA..s. CHIT
| tsn5Cn, John z. Clark, S'a.cy n. C.nrk- Cow
e., CranstDr, CuVeus Cushing, Juo. c. Dawson
| Dsngrry, John Eiwa.Is, Everett, Fes-snd.r f, D.
more, A Lawrence, Eys'sr, Grc.E, HrYusham
Hall, Hl.ssd, Henry, Ho~ari, Hudson, Hunt
! james Irwin, William W. Irwin, james. isaac -
/ Jones, John 2 Kennedy, X NJ, Lime. Linn. :
/ Mason, MrtHIyi, Maxwell, Maynard. Marga,l. sr
! Moore, Mor- n, Morrow, Ntslri, Osborne. P..r..o
. ton, + inner, Powell Bsri MN Randall, Rarfn.pb
. R-Tay, Rodney Roosevelt Russell, s.frn
So.crs, Snn.y Struo0, J9anB Thompson 4 v
Thompson, lHHugHfa', Irun#. TDr1..Y.oU VI