The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-19
CONGRESS-.


the joint resolution from the Senate authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General to extend the con-
tract for carr.i ing the mail between Mobile and
New Orleans, was read third time and
passed
On the motion of Mr. FEssENDEN, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be required
to communicate to the House the several reports late
| ly made to the Department by Lieutenant Colonel
Hitchcock relative to the affairs OF the cherokee In
dams, together with all information communicated by
him concerning the frauds which he was charged to
investigate and also all facts in possession of the De-
partment, of any sort, relating to the subject.
Several Executive communications reply
to resolutions heretofore passed, were laid be-
fore the House, and appropriately referred
At the suggestion of MIR. UNDERWOOD, the
first and second days of June were set apart for
the transaction of business concerning the Dis
t let OF Columbia.
The House then resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole and took up the Navy APP
preparation bill, but without coming to any res o.
luton thereon, the committee rose and reported
| that fact to the House.
| On the motion of Mr.. MERIwETHER, it was
| ResoLred, That the Secretary of the Navy inform
the House what amount of money, chargeable to the
appropriation for the pay and subsistence of the Home
| Squadron, on hand on the 3ls December, lo4l
and whether any portion of said appropriation has been
applied to any other object than the Home Squadron
| During the day, message was received from
the President of the United States, stating that,
on the 18th instant, he signed and approved an
act changing the time of holding the circuit and
district courts of the United States for the dis
tricts of East and West Tennessee, an act
making appropriation for the civil and diploma
tic expenses of the Government for the year
| 1872 and joint resolution to continue TWO
clerks in the business of reservations and grants
under Indian treaties
| In the Senate, Mr.. CONRAD presented me-
mortal from the First Municipality of New Or
leans, the object of winch is to obtain the pas
sage of law by Congress, authorizing the in
stitution of a suit against the United States for
the purpose Of ascertainng the right OF title to
piece of land in the city of New Orleans
Mr. WRIGHT presented memorial from the
mercantile firm of Barclay and Livingstoa setting
forth that they had been compelled IN the course OF
the collection of debt to purchase British vessel
at Boston, which sold under execution, and pray
inc for the passage Of act to permit them to take
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gslatare of New York. passed on the first of Febru-
uary last with reference to the bill now before the
Senate refund the fine imposed upon General jack
son, in 1915, by the district court OF Louisiana.
MIR. BAYARD, from the Committee on Naval At
fairs reported bill for the relief of Henry Fry late
purser in the navy of the United States Tor injuries
received during the late war.
Mr.. Moro BERTS, on leave introduced bill to
confirm the titles of certain ancient settlers to tracts
of lands in the Illinois country.
! On tha If Mr.
tonmen bill was made the order of the day for Mon
day mex.
Mr. BENTON presented memorial from the city
of Philadelphia, asking that the fine imposed upon
General Jackson be refunded
Mr.. B BUCHANAN presented seventeen memo
rails from Pennsylvania, Praying for an increase of
the tariff with view to the protection of domestic
manufactures.
Senator the motion print his resolutions in relation
10 Rhode Island passed over yesterday, until this
morning. That motion, therefore, was now pending.
MI TALLMADGE moved to lay the motion 10
print on the table.
Mr. BENTON asked for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered and, on the question beng taken, 1t
was decided in the affirmatve-Yeas ~, nays 10, as
follows
YEAS-Messrs. Archer Bagby, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts,
Crittenden, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Man
gum, Merrick, Miller Morehead, Porter, Preston,
| Rives Simmons Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Tall
madge, White, and Woodbridge-28.
NAYS-Messrs Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Cal
houn Cuthbert, Fulton, King, Linn McRoberts, Sc
vier Smith, Of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan Wal
ker, Wilcox, Woodbury., Wright, and Young-l8.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill to refund to General Jackson the fine, with
COSTS imposed upon him by the district court of Lou
siana III 1915
Messrs. CONRAD and LINN submitted some
remarks upon the subject; at the conclusion of
which,
MIR. HEND ERSON submitted proviso that moth
ing in the shall be construed as to give any
preston by Congress to the legality OF the proceed
ings of Judge Hall in nficting the fine, but as an
additional expression of the estimation in which they
held the achievements of General Jackson in the de-
fence of New Orleans, and the service rendered by
him and his companions in arms on that occasion.
| Mr. BARROW asked the Senator to accept Of the
following as a substitute viz: Provided, that nothing
in this act shall be construed so as to impeach
the integrity of the citizens OF New Orleans,
or any portion of them during the invasion of that
city by the British forces For to express an opinion
that Dominick A. Hall, in granting writ of habeas
corpus, or in any subsequent proceeding, did any
thing not consistent with his duty and warranted by
the laws of the United States
Mr. LINN said that he could not vote for either of
the amendments
Mr.. BARROW made some remarks in support of
| his amendment.
Messrs SEWER and ARCHER opposed it.
MIR. BARROW then withdrew his amendment to
the provso, and opposed another to the effect that
nothing in the act shall be construed to give an
expression Of opinion to the want of patriotism or
fidelity of the citizens of New Orleans which was
accepted as a modification by Mr.. Henderson.
| Mr.. MANGUM advocated the amendment.
| Mr.. KING said that the amendment cast upon
General Jackson the strongest species of censure and
he thought that it with very Dad grace from an
ndiv dual representing that portion of the country
which was ably defended by the gallant con-
mander.
| Mr. BARROW replied. He remarked that he had
| submitted his amendment in spirit of compromise,
and he regretted that it had not been received in the
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