Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-10
IN SENATE.

question.
IN SENATE.
Thursday, May ., lS42
The reading of the journal was dispensed with
Mr.. WOODBURY. offered resolution to change Tue
hour Of meeting to eleven A. M. instead OF twelve;
which lies over.
Mr.. MANGUM said it would be recoected that the
House had agreed TO adjourn over from To-Day uuti
Monday, in order that the Hall might be cleansed ana
prepared for the AS the Hall OF lne SENATE
needed some publication, he would move that wneh
he Senate adjourn, it adjourn 10 meet on Monday
The motion having been agreed TO, the Senate ad.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. HOPKINS rose and said that he understood u
would be impossible that the mechanics could carry into
effect recent order of the House, TO remove Inc car
nets and yentilae the House, without running INTO
Sunday, unless they now adjourned The House mac
agreed that when the House adjourned To-Day, u woua
adjourn to meet again on Monday next ana ne moveo
that the House do adjourn. lie, however, WIN
drew his motion at the request of Mr. Andrews oil oho
who introduced Mr. j. r. Giddings, recently reelected
for the sixteenth Congressional District OF oho VINO
took the oath and his seat. ~
The civil and diplomatic appropriation eili was
brought to the House by the Secretary OF the Senate,
with various amendments made in that body, when
were read BY the Clerk.
MIR. FILLMORE said it was very apparent, from
the reading of the amendments made TO the bill ny the
that the House could not pass through them to-day
and it was also apparent, from some OF the amend
ments that it would be again necessary 10 60 INTO
Committee of the Whole, for the purpose OF CONSIDER
inc them Under the resolution, passed lew Gays
ago, adjourning the House to Monday ne9t' ioi 'he
purpose of yenlaiing the House, and laying down
mating it seemed impossible to dispose oil this bill
until The meeting of the House next week, unless That
resolution should be reconsidered and ne asked II there
was pending motion to reconsider
The SPEAKER said there was not.-lCres OF
"There is.
| MIR. FILLMORE said it was very important that his
bill should be passed as possible but he was mol
sure that il would not be necessary 10 refer the aeho
ment to the Committee Of Ways and Means Under Inc
he thought there was no alternative; he
the reore moved 10 refer the BILL with the amendments
to the Committee of Ways and Means, and that the
mendments be printed; which was agreed to-
! Mr. HABERSHAM made minority report from
the Committee on Manufactures, on the subject oil the
| tariff. :,
opportunity he should call up the tariff bill Tor con-
sderaton. 1t was known by the whole House that II
was necessary 10 dispose Of that subject before Inc
Both of June aud il desirable that It should be
done al as early period possible, and therefore, lie
boped the bill would be acted upon carly next week
! Various motions then made-and among them
fo- adiournng till Monday, which rejected
MIR. ADAMS called for The orders Of the dny; which
he said, was the unfinished business of yesterday.
/ MIR, GUSHING suOmtteo tndt TIE regular ousiHeso
in order was the call for reports and resolutions
| Mr. EVERETT said he had hitherto voted aga'ns,
the adjournment in the hope that the resolution would
be rescinded adourning the House until Monday; on'
as that was hopeless, lie moved that the House do
now adjourn.
MIR. GAMBLE called for the ayes and noes; but
they not ordered.
The question on the motion TO adjourn was the taken
by ,ellers and determined in the affirmative, by ma
iory of 70 10 81 and, at o'clock, the House ad
Iiourned until Monday next
RHODE ISLAND.
The Gorernor under the Peoples Constution.-Wt
sec by the Providence papers that the new Government
n now in full operation, and is passing laws with al
The solemnity and deberaon, though It were actu
ally authorized do by King Charles royal parch
ment The first act that passed after the organ'za
ton and Inauguration was 10 repeal the law for the pun
shment Of offences against the sovereign power OF TN
State. passed by the Charter Assembly, and known
as the "Algerine Law" The Governor was request
ed to notify the President Of the United States OF The
organization under the constitution, and also oo,i
houses Of Congress, and the Governors OF each OF I'M
several States resolution passed directing TIT
Governor to issue his proclamation, requiring oil civ'
and military officers and others, obedience TO the pre-
sent Governor. The sheriff was directed TO have
the State House preserved for the use Of the &c
neral Assembly. The military, after The procession
met and passed resolutions declaring that all poll
tcal governments derive their authority from tb
consent of the governed that the Constitution adopt
ed conforms to the Republican institutions and form
Of government Of all the other States Of the UnIon
that it has been adopted by a majority of the Who'll
people, and is therefore the supreme law OF tn
State and ought to be obeyed that officers having bee
chosen under it, and the government duly organized
they as component part of the militia Of the State ar
bound TO respect Thomas w. Dorr as their Commander
in Chief and that they will obey all lawful orders com
ing from him COR the defence of the laws OF the Stat
and Of The U. 8.
RHODE IsLAsD-The Constitutional Legislature al
Ter completing their military appointments adjournee
10 meet at Providence, the FIRST Monday Of July
Before adjournng a vote Of thanks was passed TO tn
Speaker. The Evening Chronicle OF Wednesday says
"There is a report in town to day, and backgrounds
one too so far as we can learn, that Mr. Dutee
Pearce, another member Of the Legislature under III
Peoples Constitution, who left this city this morning
for Newport his residence will be arrested mmed iate
on his arrival at that place. II was supposed that bal
would be readily taken in Mr. Pearces case, and tina
he would as readily find it, Mr.. Pearce had an init
nation that he would be arrested, before leaving thi
city. Other arrests are talked Of, and will be made
without doubt" Let the Royalists proceed in the'
mad course-,hey do il though under the guns OF To-
u. s. batteries A day of retIbution will come. Tn
peope here are not Indifferent spectators to that which
is taking place in that State
[N Y .Ne1c Era of Saturday.
Troops were about to be sent from Newport to Fro
. whence. by a reauisition the President. An out
break yesterday was expected.
i The Steamship Missouri now lying at Washington
is under orders to sa at two hours notice. Her desl