Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-31
TwENTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.
Correspondence OF the American.
WOUsE oE REPREsENTArIuEs

The Journal of proceedings having been read
there was rush for the floor, and the frs, effor,
was to adopt Resolution allowing extra compen.
saion TO the ehaplains Of the two Houses Of Com
gress. The resolution was not adopted for want q,
time 10 consider it.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DAY.
Some thirty or forty Bills, most OF them priv.,s
having passed on Saturday, were signed TODAY.
REVENUE BILL IN THE HOUSE.
IHE BILL WITH THE PRESIDENT.
The Revenue Bill was the great question Of the
day. - INV
The Secretary of the Senate was a, III. Ia,
with the Bill from the Senate at an early hour.
and Is soon as he made his Report, the Chairman
OF the COMMITTEE of Ways and Means moved that
the House proceed at once to consider the Bill.
the Hall. -
The Bill was taken from the table, and consider
Mr. FILLMORE moved concurrence n tbs a.
mendments OF the Senate
MIR WISE hoped they would be nrin,sd
Mr. FILLMORE said tina, they had been. TTbi.
| Office - '-' O'''A
MIR Fillmore stated tina, an apprehension had
gone iJrIh that the bill inerfsred h existing trea
ties. Such was not the fact. There was SECTION
IN the bill which prevented il.
MIR Fillmore closed his brief remark with the pre
vious question. r'o
Mr. LlLL of N. L: hoped i, would be Withdrawn.
i o..
withdraw" was heard upon all sides of the Hall
Mr. LlNN-But for 3 minutes.
MIR FlLLNORE-For that time / withdraw il if
my colleague will renew il.
MIR LINN will. MIR L. proceeded N s,,,.
Why he had voted against the bill when before nm -
der consideration. He regarded il as Welding too
much 10 the Executive, and he could not conseien
iiousy give the bill bis support. Hi, friends had
lhoueht ahesenty and he aequiescsd in their jndg.
msnt. He was known TO be a protection msn Al
home, and was so here. MIR Linn acted 10 day as
iiiend OF the bill. Closing his remarks, he moved
me previous question, according to the pledge Civ.
Mr. Bolts begged MIR Fillmore to withdraw hi,
motion.
mo. no, no, no." was heard on all sides of the
Hat; and Mr Fillmore did not withdraw. There
was second almost withou, objection.
The question returned upon laying the bill upon
the table.
MIR BOrTS, Of Va, rose to address the House
briefly upon motion to be excused from voting.
lie stated that he had been overruled in his o.
pinIon by his friends in the two Houses of Com
sress., lie had believed the passage Of the Bill
would be yielding 10 Executive dictatou He had
oeIeved that Congress dshonored Itself by allow.
ing Congress so to yield. He could not now vote
first.
Mr. Bolts motion TO be excused from VOTING vss
put by the Speaker, and rejected. The yeas and
nays were then called, and the House rejected tho
motion OF Mr. Clifford 10 lay the bill upon the table
by the 70 Owing vote
! For laying the bill upon the table 65
Against the motion 100
VOTE UPON THE AMENDMENTS.
The amendments of the Senate to the Revenue
Bill were then read, and eoncurrei it, without o..
lection.
TIE LOAN AND TREASURY NOTES.
This Bill reported on Saturday from the Com.
miItee Of Ways and Means, and which has already
been pubished) wss before the Committee of the
Whoe, after the disposition Of the Revenue Bill
upon Reso' ution limiting the debate in Commit
tee 10 two hours.
Mr. lNGERSOLL was called to the Chair.
A recent correspondence between Mr. Fillmore
and the acting Secretary Of the Treasury, was re-
iened TO by Mr Fillmore as a reason why the Bill
should pass.
The debate upon the Treasury Note Bill wa,
commenced ve,y briefly by Mr. FILLMORE, con
tinued by Mr Bolts, Nj CUSHING, MIR BAR.
NARD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ARNOLD and
Mr. PROFFlr. The debate was closed at two
o'clock. in Committee Of the Whole.
The Bill coming into the House,
Mr. Bolts moved en- amendment TO the effect
that the Treasury Department should no, be allow d.
cd TO issue certificates Of Lean according 10 the
power conIended for IN tie letter OF MeC1toek
Young.
The amendment was adopted IO2 10 IS. and
tire bill was then p ssod 10y large vote, 3S only
in tho negative. The House then concurred with
the Senate IN the Resolution TO adjourn on We'd
nesday, At two o'clock
Several other Senate amendments 10 House mat.
ters were adopted. and close the House are en-.
gagged in controversy upon the Senate amend.
ments TO The contested Election Bill.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
IMPORTANT MEASURES.
The Senate have devoted most Of the day 10 the
consideration Of Executive Business.
The public business was most important, and
briefly tod.
The Bill the 10 repeal 90 per cent, provision fthe
Land Bill was passed TO third reading, and a
hnsl passage by the ioo~ine vote:
YEAS -Messrs. Archer, Brrow, Bavard.
Choa,e, Clayton Conrad, Crsfts, Crittenden, Dsv.
on, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Mansum, Nil.
ler Mofehead, Phelps, Porter Simmons Smith Of
Indians, Spmguc, TalImadge, white and Wood
br dge-23
NAES-Mtssrs Allen, Bssby, Benton, Buehan.
ans Calhoun, Cuihberi, Fulton. Henderson, King,
Linn, Preston, Rives, Sewer, Sturgeon, Tappan,
Walker, Woodbury., Wright, Young-I9.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION BILL.
The vote upon this bill, by which IL was recon
milted on Saturday, 70 considered and the bill
pissed, with the amendment already published.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
The Senate took mp the House Resolution fixing
upon this day for an adjournment A0er brief
debate the Resolution was amended by naming
Wednesday at two o'clock. and IN his firm q "a ..
cd and was sent to the HOUSE OF Representative.
THE PER DIEM.
Tie Resolution upon this subject vss referred 10
The Committee on the Judiciary, 10 die of course,