The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-24

was--ayes 10, noes SO.
There being quorum present, Mr.. COWEN
moved call of the House, and
MIR. CHAPMAN moved that the House adjourn.
On this motion the yeas and nays were taken, aud
the question was decided in the negatye-yeas Z,
nays 1909.
So at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock ll6 mem
bers were in attendance.
The journal of yesterday was then read and the
House proceeded To the consideration OF the bills
upon the private calendar
large number of bills, probably one hundred)
were read third time and passed and among them
were the following, viz;
bill for the payment ofseven companies of Geor-
gia militia for service rendered in the years ls4l and
1912;
A bill to refund to Charles Holt a fine imposed on
him under the Sedition law
A bill for the relief of Edwin Bartlett, late consul
Of the United States at Lima, in Peru and
bill for the relief of the widow Of Captain Will
liam Royal, deceased, Mrs. ANN
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. CASEY in the chair, and proceeded to
the consideration Of other private bills upon the caen
dar. After some time spent therein, the committee
rose, and reported sundry bills to the House. AID they
were read third time and passed.
A mess sage was received from the Senate, stating
that they had passed the bill making appropriation
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Govern
ment for the bali calendar year ending the 3Oth oil
June, lSi3
MIR. HOLMES moved that the House take up inc
bill, which objection had been made to-day, for
the relief OF the yestry and church wardens OF the
Protestant Epsco pal Church of the parish Of St Phi
lip, in South Carolina. He was understood to say
that the church belonging TO this sect was burnt
down, and IN the conhagration their organ was de-
stroyed. They had now imported new one, and
this bill to authorize the remission of the duty.
He could only say that if any voted against this
bill, he had no emusic in his soul" Laughter and
voice, "Come, let's act harmoniously.'l
And the bill was read a third time and passed.
CHRISTMAS.
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Mississippi, moved that
when the House adjourn, it journ to meet Tues
day next.
The yeas and nays were called for, but they were
not ordered ayes 25, noes not counted.
MIR. THOMPSON then withdrew his motion,
and
Mr.. ANDREWS, of Kentucky, renewed it, and
called for the yeas and nays, which taken, and
the result was--yeas 80, nays so. A tie.
The SPEAKER. The Speaker votes in the afiir-
native.
This turned the vote in favor Of adjournment until
Tuesday and no little expression of JOY succeeded
the announcement
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion of Mr.. BOARDMAN, it was
Resoired, That the Secretary of the Treasury be
directed to communicate to this House the amount of
the defacation Of jesse Hoyt, late Collector of the
port of New York, and also what means, if any,
have been adopted for the recovery of the same, To-
gether with the Of the sureties of said Hoyt
On motion of Mr.. THOMPSON, of Mississippi,
it was
Resoired That the Committee on the Public Lands
be instructed to inquire into the expedency of report
ing bill to this House quoting the titles to certain
lands sold at Chocchuma and Columbus, Mississippi,
which after the defnitve establishment of the boun-
Diary line between the Chckasaw and ChOctaw ces-
sion, found to be within the former cession
On motion Of Mr.. J. c. CLARK it was
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be
requested to inform this House whether any agent
agents other than the regular and usual Inspectors,
have been employed during the past year in the ex-
animation and inspection of The lighthouses aud, if
So the names OF such agents. the instructions given,
the persons employed under them, the whole eXpen-
dure attending such examination and inspection, the
number of lighthouses Inspected the time employed
agent or agents, the amount of money paid for the
same, and the fund from which payment has been
made
On motion of Mr.. DAVIS of Kentucky, it was
Resoired, That the Secretary of the Treasury re-
port TO his House the number, classes and npensa
ton Of persons respectively in the employment of the
Government in the port of New York on the st day
of January 1898 and also the 81 day of January,
1872 and The amount of revenue collected in that
dates.
On motion of Mr., TlLLINGHAST, it was
Res0ired, That the Committee Commerce in
qure into the xpedency Of providing a shelter fol
vessels at Block Island, either by constructing a
breakwater OF opening harbor; and as to the best
means of eifecting the object Aforesaid.
DESTRUCTION OF sHAD.
MI SNYDER, of Pennsylvania, submitted a long
preamble in which il is stated that about eighteen
years since the internal improvement of the of
Pennsylvania was commenced, and since act of
Assembly has authorized the c.nstrut of eight or
ten dams across that great patuvs highway the Sus-
quehanah nver, which has destroyed the ascending
navga for boats, and totally prevents the
of Shdd Shad were caught in Northumberland
county, and sold for from six to dollars per hun
lreJ Now not one Is TO be seen The loss of all
kind of fish consequent these dams very seri-
injury TO the people that river, which is about
three hundred miles long. The shad are loss The
community at large, countless millions heretofore
haiehed in i,s fresh water mountainous streams. .
Therefore,
Resolred, That the Committee on the Judiciary be
instructed to inquire into the constitutional right of
Pennsylvania TO authorize The building of dams across
the river Susquehannah to the injury Of the natural
rights of the great body polite, and report to this
House.
MIR. STANLY objected to the reception Of the re-
solution; and it lies over.
REGULATION OF FEES AND COSTS.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a commu-
nication from the Treasury Department, in answer
TO resolution of the 10Th of March, 1872 transmit
ting plan, prepared by the Solicitor of the Treasu
ry to fix ascertain and regulate fees and costs to be
allowed to the attorneys, clerks and marshals of the
United States, and to jurors and witnesses in the
courts of the United States and for other purposes
THE sTocKBRIDGE INDIANS.
Mr.. HARRIS, of Virginia made an appeal to the
House TO take up the bill upon the table, for the ben
eff. of the StockbrIdge tribe nation of Indians re-
siding in Wisconsin. He briefly stated that the pro-
visions of the act to enable these Indians to be-
citizens of the United States and to be govern
ed by and subjected TO, our laws hereafter, and not
their
1t appeared from the reading of report upon the
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