The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-19
CONGRESS


tract for carr, 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
y made to the Department by Lieutenant Colonel
Hitchcock relative to the affairs of the Cherokee In
dians, 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, IN reply
10 resolutions heretofore passed, were laid be-
fore the House, and appropriately referred
At The suggestion of Mr.. UNDERWOOD, the
first and second days of June were sci apart for
the transaction Of business concerning the Dis
t ict OF Columbia
The House then resolved itself into Com
miltee 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.. MERlwETHER it was
Resoieed 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 was on hand on the 3lst 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
1s42, and joint resolution to continue two
clerks in the businessof reservations and grants
under Indian treaties.
In the Senate, Mr. CONRAD presented a me-
mortal from the First Municipality of New Or
leans, the object Of which is to obtain the pas
sage of law by Congress, authorizing the in
sltution of 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 Liyingstoa, setting
forth that they had been compelled, the Of
the collection Of debt purchase British vessel
at Boston, which sold under execution, and pray
ing for the passage of act to permit them to take
out American papers also the resolutions of the Lee
gslaure of New York, passed on the first of Febru-
uary last with reference to the bill now before the
son. in 1915, by the district court Of Louisiana.
Mr. BAYARD, from the Committee Naval At
fairs reported bill for the relief OF Henry Fry late
purser in the navy of the United States, for injuries
received during the late
Mr.. McROBERTS, on leave introduced bill to
confirm the titles OF certain ancient settlers to tracts
Of lands in the Illinois country.
On the motion of Mr.. BUCHANAN, the Appor-
tionmen bill made the order of the day for Mon
day mex.
MI BENTON presented memorial f,om the city
of Philadelphia, asking that the fine imposed upon
General Jackson be refunded.
Mr.. BUCHANAN presented seventeen memo.
rals from Pennsy lvania praying for increase of
the tariff with view to the protection of domestic
manufac ures.
Mr. ALLEN remarked that, a, the suggestion of
Senator the motion TO print his resolutions relation
Rhode Island passed over yesterday, until this
morning. That motion, therefore, was now pending
Mr.. TALLMADGE moved to lay the motion TO
print 'on he table.
Mr. BENTON asked for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered and on the question beng taken, it
was decided in the afirmatlye-Yea %, nays 18,
follows
| YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berren, Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts,
Crttenden, Evans, Graham, Huntingdon Kerr, Man
gum, Merrck, Miller Morehead, Porter Preston,
Rves, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Tall
madge, White, and Woodbrdge-2S.
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-lS.
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
isiana i'll 1918.
Messrs CONRAD and LINN submitted some
remarks upon the subject at the conclusion of
which,
! MIR. HEND ERSON submitted a proviso that moth
ing in the act shall be construed to give any
preston by Congress to the legality of the proceed
ings Of Judge Hall in inhictng the fine, but
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 substitute, viz Provided, that nothing
in this act shall be construed 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 Eor to express opinion
that Domnck 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.
Mcssrs, SEWER and ARCHER opposed it.
| Mr.. BARROW then withdrew his amendment to
the proviso, and proposed another to the effect that
nothing in the act shall be construed TO give an
expression Of opinion to the want of patriotism
fidelity of the citizens of New Orleans which was
accepted as modification by Mr. Henderson.
| Mr. MANGU NJ adv coated the amendment.
| Mr.. KING said that the amendment cast upon
General Jackson the strongest species OF censure aud
he thought that it came with very qad grace from
indiv dual representing that portion of the country
which was 50 ably deten ded by the gallant cou.-
| 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
spir, in which 1t offered. He might err, and
make mistakes, but when he avowed he did any act in
spirit OF mpromlse, he earnest aud did not
mean to humbug
Mr. king explained and said that he did not i'm
pute to his friend an intention bringing forward he
proposition with design to humbug, but that