The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-05
CONGRESS.


The Senate took up as in Committee Of The Whole
the bill entitled "An act in addition act to pro-
mote the progress of the useful arts and after being
amended in several particulars, it was ordered to b.
engrossed for third reading.
THE bill proposes to extend the provisions OF the
act Of March, 1887 which authorizes the renewal OF
patents lost prior to the 18th December, lS36-when
the General Post Office building destroyed-so as
to allow renewal of those granted previously to that
time though they may have been subsequently, lost and
provides that any citizen citizens, or any alien OF
aliens who shall have resided one year in the U nlted
States, and declared his their intention 10 become
citizens, who, by his or her. OF their industry,
genius, effort and expense, may have invented or
produced any new and original design, for manu-
tacture, for the printing OF woollen silk, cotton or
other abrics for bust statue or bas-relIef, any
new and useful pattern, print, picture, may make
application IN Whiting 10 the Commissioned OF Patents,
expressing such desire, and the Commissioner, on
due proceedings had may grant patent therefor, as
In the case now or application for patent; and the
fee shall be half the paid by the respective appl
cans and the duration of said patent shall be seven
years The patentees TO be defended in their
rights by attaching penalty of 300 and costs for d
violation OF such rights, TO be recovered on action IN
the United States district and circuit courts one-halt
to 60 to the patent fund and the other half TO the
person suing
The bill granting pension to Esther Johnson gave
rise to debate and II was finally recommltted to
the Committee on Pensions.
message was received from the President of the
United States, informing the Senate that he had
signed the bill providing for occupation of the UNI
settled pars of East Florida
The consideration of the bill to provide revenue
from imports, and to change and modify existing laws
imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes,
was resumed.
NJ ALLEN moved to insert 'salt" in the list of
free articles and the question being taken it
decided IN the negative-yeas Is, nays &c.
MIR. ALLEN then moved to reduce the duty on
salt to two cents per bushel of fftysix pounds in
stead OF eight cents, designed by the bill but the
motion did not prevail--yeas IT, nays 26.
Mr. WALKER proposed to strike out, in the
same item, the limit Of ffty-six pounds" to the
bushe
The question was decided in the negatve--yeas
II, nays pa.
Mr.. BENTON moved to insert "rock SALT among
the Tree articles; but the motion did not prevail
yeas Is, nays 81
Mr.. Allen submitted amendment viz;
Strike out the following item from the ninth
section, viz
Philosophical apparatus, instruments, books,
maps, and charts, statues statuay, busts and casts,
OF marble, bronze, alabaster, plaster of PARIS,
paintings drawings, engravings, echings, specimens
OF sculpture, cabinets of coins, medals, gems and all
other collections of antiquities provided the same be
specially imported in good faith for the of any
society incorporated established for philosophical
or literary purposes for the encouragement of the
fine arts, for the and by the order of any col
ege academy, school, or seminary of learning, in
the United States.n
The question was taken and decided in the mega
tive--yeas 4, nays %.
Mr. BENTON, after few PREDATORY remarks, of
tered an amendment requiring bank notes To pay a
stamp duty and laying tax on their circulation.
The question was taken and decided in the mega
tive-4e cas- 7, nays ~, follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Benton, Linn Smith o
Conn, Sturgeon, Tappan Walker-7
NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bates
Bayard, Choate, Clayton Conrad Crafts, Crltten
den, DAYTON, Evans, Huntington, Mangum Merrck
Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Preston, Rves
Simmons, Smith, of Ind, Sprague, Tallmadge
White Woodbridge-21
Mr., WALKER offered an amendment, viz tina
from and after the passage of this act there shall be
collected by the marshaIs of the several districts un
der such regulations shall be prescribed by the Sc
cretary of the Treasury, annual tax OF twenty pei
cent ad raloren all gold and silver above thu
value of fifty dollars and in all cases where the
marshal may not be able to collect such duty withou
aid he may employ the services of coroners sher ifs
etc; and for such collections they shall be allowed
compensation of one per cent on all taxes thus col
lected.
The question was taken after debate, and decided
in the negatve-yeas !, nays 30, as follows
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Fulton, Linn, Smith, o
Conn. Tappan, Walker, Wright.
NAYS-Nlessrs Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayard
Choate CLAYTON Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton
Evans, Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum Mer
rick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Preston
Rives, Sewer, Simmons, Smith of Ind, Sprague
Sturgeon Tallmadge, White Woodbridge--30.
The bill was reported to the Senate and ordered tc
| a third reading, when
Mr. EVANS expressed the hope that it would now
be read third time.
Mr.. CALHOUN desired to be heard upon it
passage; and on his motion the Senate adjourned
In the House, Mr.. LINN, from the Committee or
Public Expenditures presented report, which was
referred to the Committee of the Whole and ordered
to be printed
Mr. CUSHING on leave, introduced bill requir-
ing the foreign regulations of commerce should be
annually laid before Congress. Read twice AMI re-
ferred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs.
MIR TIIJINGHAST moved that the House GO
into Committee of the Whole for the purpose of TAX
ing up and acting on at once, bill in relation to the
exploring expedition
Mr. C.. j. INGERSOLL, from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported bill for the relief w. II. Robert
son. and bill to establish district court at Wheel
mo Roth were read twice and referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
Mr. BURNELL introduced resolution instruct
inc the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to con-
slider the claim of T. ID. Hopkins, Of Wefeet, in
Massachusetts, for pension, and committing accom-
panying papers to that committee.
The orders of the day were called up. The bust
ness of the morning hour was the report and resou
hot ittpe N Indian Affairs.
Mr. CUSHING was entitled to the floor from
Tuesday, and concluded his speech, showing that the
Secretary of War had right to refuse obedience to
the call of the House. He examined the authorities
quoted by the committee, proving that they did not
support the conclusions drawn from them. ne men
toned precedent evincng that the present refusal OF
the Secretary is no novelty in our Government tie
showed the falacy of the reasoning which discovers
an implied power in the Constitution for one object
and by analogy claims another. 1t is argued he said,