The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-07-22
TWeNTY.sEveNTH CONGRESS-,
SECOND SESSION.

<Fhe house and referred TO the finance coal-
mittee. A number of private bills were
read third time and passed. MIR. Sim
mons, of r. l., presented report from
the committee on manufactures Tor The adj
lus,ment of the tariff. The report comes
with bill which provides for a rate OF
duty of % per cent. upon the home valu-
alton. The principles Of home valuation
are settled in the bill by the prices of
goods for two years past; and these va
luations are to be examined every two
years and regulated by the price of two
years preceding. The bill to remove GER
tain cases from the state to the federal
courts was taken up, and Mr.. Wright adj
dressed the senate for more than 2 hours
IN opposition TO the bill. Mr.. Woodbury.
then gave notice that he would tomorrow
ask leave to introduce bill to extend, for
limited time, the existing laws for lay
ing and collecting revenue, and bill to
provide for home valuation Of goods i'm
ported mo the U. S. Adjourned.
House-Aller several Intellectual efforts
TO introduce bill TO remove doubts as TO
the power of the secretary Of the treasury
to assess and collect duties under existing
laws after June 30ll, the veto message
was taken up, and the debate on it occu-
pied the remainder of to-day's session.
July l-Senate.-Mr. Woodbury. pro-
posed to introduce bill to provide for the
collection Of the revenue, in place of the
act just vetoed. This brought GU. Mr.
Crit,enden. who denounced the veto in the
strongest terms. The bill TO remove GER
tain cases from the state TO the federal
courts was then taken up and occupied
the day.
House-Mr. Casey proposed resolu-
tiou for the adjournment of congress on
the 18th inst, but the house refused to
receive it. The debate on the veto mes
sage was resumed and continued all day.
July 2.-Sen0ts The morning bust
ness of the senate was of no public i'm
portanec. The regular order was the bill
compromising the Massachusetts militia,
which, alter the dulles, Of all possible dis
cussions, passed without count. A few
private bills were then passed to an en-
grossment, and the senate adjourned over
TO next Tuesday.
HJuse-Mr. Adams, chairman of the
select committee 10 whom the message of
the president informing the house that he
had approved the apportonmcnt bill with
reasons, reported resolution calling on
the secretary of state for the original rca-
sons Of the president for signing the bill
now lodged in the state department. OBJ
lection was made to the call for the origi-
nal paper as unusual and irregular, and, al
ter sumo conversation, tic resolution was
nended by inserting "au,hcntlcaled CO.
py" instead of original, and thus shaped
1T passed. The debate on the veto mes
saIe was then resumed and continued I'M
Ill the house adjourned.
Monday, Juy 4-House-I'he debate
on the veto was resumed Immediately az
ter the reading Of the journal of Saturday,
and continued until 1 o'clock, when the
vote was taken on the "lii,e tariff bili,'
agreeably to inc provisions of the consli
tuition in the case OF veto. The vote
stood--aves | 1, noes 97-and two thirds
not voting in the affirmative the bill falls
to the ground. ADJ.
July 5.-Ssnaie-rhe senate spent the
day upon the private calender.
Huse-The reasons Of the president
for signing the appovlioument bill were re-
.ceived rrem the secretary of state. The
president doubts the cons,ilutionality of
the single district system and Of the lrac-
tional clause, but, though as a member OF
either house he should consider these
doubts sufficient reason Cor voting against,
the bill, yet. as CHIEF magistrate, he thinks
his acre doubts should not outweigh the
soleninly expressed will of the represent
talives Of the people and the states still,
that he may no, be enormously quoted
hereafter as precedent, he has felt i, his
duty to leave on record his doubts.
The tariff bill was discussed all day.
July -Senafe-'The business of the
senate to-day was mostly of private ma
ture. The only bill Of a public nature ac-
ted upen was that providing punishment
for crimes and offences against the U. S.
on the high seas, which was passed to be
.engrossed.
Hoase--On motion Of Mr.. Fillmore, a
Sesolution was adopted to take the tariff
dill out Of committee on Tuesday the l2tl
inst. The debate on that bill was then
resumed and continued till the adjourn
ment.