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

SECOND Sc SSION.
IN SENATE,

until tomorrow, viz:
Resolved, That the President of the United States
be requested to communicate to the Senate all the
information, if any, which may be IN the General
Land Office, imputing improper conduct, IN the Ne
gster's Office to n P. Taylor, present Register and
former clerk in the land office at ST. Louis.
TIA APPoRTIoNMENT BILL.
message was received from the House of Repre-
sentatves informing the Senate that they had passed
the bill providing for the apportionment OF Repre-
sentatiyes among the several States according to the
sixth census and which is as follows
AN ACT for the apportonment of Representatives
among the several States according to the sixth
census.
Bel enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatipes of the UE.ted States OF America an Con-
gress assembled That from and after the third day
of March, thousand eight hundred and forty
three, the House of Representatives shall be COM
posed of members elected agreeably to ratio of one
Representative for every fifty thousand one hundred
and seveny-nine persons in each State computed ac-
cordng the rule prescribed by the Constitution OF
the United States; that is to say Within the State
of Maine, ten; within the State of New Hampshire,
five; within the State of Massachusetts, fourteen;
within the State of Rhode Island, two; within the
State of Connecticut six within the State of Yer
mont five within the State of New York, forty
eight within the State of New Jersey, seven; with
in the State of Pennsylvania, thrtyfeur within the
State of Delaware, one within the State OF Mary
land, eight within the State of Virginia, twenty
one; within the State of North Carolina, thirteen
within the State of South Carolina, nine within the
State of Georgia, eleven; within the State OF Ala
bama, nine within the State of Mississippi, five /;
within the State of Louisiana, five within the State
of Tennessee, ffteen within the State OF kentucky,
fourteen within the State Of Ohio, thirty within the
State of Indiana thirteen within the State OF Hi
nois, nine within the State of Missouri, seven;
within the State Of Arkansas, one; and within the
State of Michigan, four.
Sec 9 And be it further enacted, That in every
case when State is entitled to more than one Repre-
sentative, the number to which each State shall be
entitled under this apportionment shall be elected
by districts composed Of contiguous territory equal in
number to the number of Representatives to which
said State may be entitled, one district electlng
more than one Representative.
MIR. ALLEN moved that the bill be made the Or
der of the day for tomorrow; and the question be-
ing taken, the motion was disagreed to-yeas 49,
nays 81, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Alien, Bates, Bayard, Benton, Bu-
chanan, Calhoun, Clayton, Linn, McRoberts Porter,
Smith,, of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Wilcox,
Williams, w oodbury W right, and Young-lS
NAYS-Messls Archer Bagby. Berren, Choate,
Conrad, Cuthbert, Evans Fulton, Graham, Hender-
son, Huntington Merrick Miller, Moiehead, Rves,
SEWER Simmons, Smith, Of Indiana, Sprague, Walk
err, and Woodbridge-2l.
On the motion Of Mr.. WALKER, the bill was re-
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex
penses of the Governmen, for the year lS4l
The question pending was the amendment of
Mr.. WOODBURY. to the clause aPpropriatiDg $4,000
for defrayng the contingent expenses of foreign in
tercourse adding provso that part of this appro
priaton be applied after the first of July next, to the
payment of special agents abroad, appointed without
.luC ~, nc
Congress, for compensation to agents pponted to
receive or transmit dispatches.
A fter some remarks by Messrs. EVANS, WOOD
BURY. PRESTON, BUCHANAN, RlVES,
TAPPAN, MoREHEAD, WALKER, and
Mr.. BUCHANAN moved to strike out SC
| much of the amendment provides that ne
part of the appropriation shall be applied after the
first of July next, to the payment OF special agents
abroad, appointed without the consent of the Senate
or authority of Congress- but the amendment to thu
amendment was rejected.
The question was then taken the amendment
and it was disagreed to--Yeas Is, nays IS, fol
lows:
| YEAS-Messrs Allen, Bagby, Benton, Calhoun
Cuthbert, Fulton, McRobers, Sewer, Smith, of Con
nectcut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Wilcox, Woodbury.
| Wright and Young-l5.
| NAYS-Messrs Bates Bayard, Berrien, Buchan
an Choa,e, Clayton Conrad Evans, Graham, Hen
derson, Huntington, Merrck, Miller, Morehead
| Phelps, Porter, Preston, Rives Simmons, Smith, o
Indiana, Sprague, TaImadge, Walker, White anc
| Woodbndge-25.
The amendments agreed to in Committee, with tn.
exception of that making appropriation for dstribut
| ing the returns of the Sixth Census and Compendium
were concurred in by the Senate.
| Mr.. WRIGHT submitted amendment, that M
district attorney marshal shall be allowed by thu
Secretary of the Treasury to retain of the fees
emoluments of his office, for his personal com
| nd Off
penses-te be audited and allowed by the proper &C
| counting officers of the Treasury not
cceding six thousand dollars year, and at ant
| after that rate for such time he shall hold the
office; and that clerk of district court, cerl
of circuit court shall be allowed to retain of the
fees and emoluments of his Office or Offices in cas-
both of the cerkships shall be held by the same per
son. for his own personal compensation and abov
the necessary penses of his office not exceed
ing four thousand five hundred dollars per year. AL
surplus fees, Il ese respective amounts to be pa
into the Treasury ofthe United States.
After debate, the amendment agreed to by tn
following vote viz
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Archer Bagby, Bayard
Benton Buchanan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton
King, Linn, McRoberts, Assrck, Phelps, Rives
Sewer, Smith, Of Conn, 'TaIlmadge, Tappan, VIII
cox, Williams, Woodbury., Wright and Young-N
| NAYS-Messrs. Bates, Berrien, Choate, Conrad
Crafts, Crittenden, Evans Graham, Henderson, Hun
tington, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Porter, Pres
ton, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Sprague Wood
| bridge-l9.
Mr.. BUCHANAN submitted an amendment
which was agreed to, that part Of the $3.50, 900 fol
deraying the contingent expenses of foreign inter
course shall be applied, after the first of July next
for compensation to diplomatic agents appointed with
out consent of the Senate, any act of Congress
thorziDg it, for receiving nd.ransmittng dispatches
The bill then read q third time, and passed
and
The Senate adjourned.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE U. S.
The Annual Meeting of the Society held at
the Patent Office, in this city, yesterday; Hon. j. M
H., Cha.r (Nalla