The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-24

under the fourteenth and nineteenth articles Of the
| treaty Of Dancing Rabbit Creek was taken up and
alter some remarks by Mesrs. PHELPS and HEN
| DEhoON, It's further consideration was poned.
| Inc Senate then took up the bill TO extend,
Tor limited period, the present laws for laying and
| collecting duties on Imports
| Mr.. EVANS showed the necessity for the passage
OF the bill, and in conclusion of his remarks moved
| to amend the proyso to read:
THAT the distribution of the proceeds Of the pub
lie lands authorized and directed by the act Of Con-
gress passed the 4th day of September 1871, entitled
An act TO appropriate the proceeds OF the sales OF
inc pubic lands, and TO grant prescription rights"
shall be and the is hereby suspended and post
Poned until the first day of August 1912, and the
said act OF The l4th ofSeptember, 1912, shall be
otherwise or further affected modified, than mere
ly TO postpone TO the said first day of August next
the distribution Of the said proceeds directed by that
act to be made on the first day Of July, 1872 any
thing contained in this act the said act of the 4th
oil September, ls4l, 10 the contrary Notwithstanding"
Nesss WOODBURY., HUNTINGTON, and
WALKER addressed the Senate
Mr. RlVES desired TO say something upon the
SUBJECT but as IL was near the usual hour of djourn
ment, he would move that the Senate either adjourn
or go INTO an Executive session.
The question was taken and the Senate refused to
adJourn-yeas lS, nays 81.
MIR. PRESTON desired to take up the bill to re-
duce the Army, and with that view he moved to lay
on the table the bill to extend the tariff.
And on the question being taken it was decided in
The negative-yeas II, nays 2l as follows;
YEAS essrs Allen, Archer Benton Berrlen,
Buchanan, Cuihber Fulton, King, Linn, McRoberts'
Preston, Smith, of Connecticut, Toppan Walker,
Wilcox, Woodbury., Wngh,-l7.
NAYS.-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Choate,
Clayton, Conrad, Crafts Cnttenden, Evans, Graham,
Huntington, Kerr, Maneum Miller, Morehead,
Porter, Simmons, Smith, Of Ind, Tallmadge, White,
Woodbridge
Mr.. CUTHBERT moved that the Senate ad ourn;
and called for the yeas and nays which ordered
ana Were--yeas ~, u, > follows:
YEAS-Alessrs. Archer, Allen, Benton, Berrlen,
Buchanan, Cuthbert, Fulton, Henderson, King,
Linn, McRoberts, Porter Smith, Of Connecticut,
Tappan, Walker White Wilcox, Woodbury., and
Wnght-l9.
NAYS-Messrs Barrow, Bates, Bayard Choate,
Clayton, Conrad Gratis, Crttenden, Evans Graham,
Huntington Kerr, Mangum, Meirck, Miller, More
head, Phelps, Simmons, Smith, Of Ind, Tamadge'
and Woodbridge-2l
So a, four O'clock, P. M, the Senate refused to ad
jpurn.
Mr.. BERRIEN submitted the following as a sub
stitute for the amendment Of the Senator from Maine,
VIZ
'That the provisions of the second and third sec
tons of the act entitled An act to appropriate the
proceeds Of the sales of the public lands and to grant
presumption rights, passed the l4th OF September,
lo4 and the proviso in the sixth section of the said
act, shall be- and the hereby suspended until
the first Of August next after WHICH day the said pro-
visions of the said second and third sections, and the
prov.5o y the ,iAtr seciion, sha "'ve and be
in force
And, on the question being taken, the amendment
was rejected--yeas 90, nays %, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Benton,
Berrien, Buchanan, Cuthbert, Fulton, Henderson,
King, Linn, McRoberts Preston, Rives, Smith, of
Conn, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Woodbury., and
Wrght-20
NAYS-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Choate,
Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden Evans, Graham,
Huntington, Kerr, ManguIn, Miller, Morehead,
Phelps Porter Simmons, Smith, of Ind, Tallmadge,
White, and Woodbridge-22
The question was again stated on agreeing to the
amendment proposed by Mr.. EVANS and after some
remarks by Mr.. WALKER,
MIR. BUCHANAN, at half past fur oolock, NOV
ed that the Senate adjourn; but the motion did not
prevail-yeas 90, nays D.
A debate en.ued, 10 which Messrs. WRIGHT,
BUCHANAN, RIVES, TAPPAN, SIMMONS,
CRlTTENDEN, CHOATE and WOODBURY.
participated
And, on motion of Mr.. LINN, the Senate after
session of nearly seven hours, adjourned.