The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-25

order of business for the aitsroon stns shall be the
private bills upon the calendar exclusively until those
bills shall have been acted upon.
Mr. LINN suggested to the Senator to modify the
resolution To make IT operative for ten DAYS during
which time, he conceived, they could sweep the pri-
vate calendar.
Mr.. WRIGHT said that he would accept of any
SORT of modification either that Of the Senator from
Missouri or any other II maltered not when the re-
solution should 60 into operation, one week would
sufficiently long TO dispose Of the business of the
calendar.
Mr.. SMITH, OF Indiana, remarked that if they
should take recess at two O'Clock, they would find
| themselves without quorum in the afternoon ses-
| Mr. WRIGHT Let US try it.
Mr 0Mi II doubted whether there would be any
ProPriety IN adopting the resolution and by way Of
testing the sense OF the Senate he would move to
amend the resolution by striking out all after the
word resolved" and inserting that the first two
hours of the morning shall be devoted to the morning
business and the consideration of the general orders
Mr. PRESTON remarked that if they took re-
cess some of the Senators would return in the after
noon, and others would not 1t would therefore be
better to have continued session. They could
sit till three O'Clock the public business and de-
vote the remainder of the day to private business
MIR. BENTON said that he had been in the Senate
long enough to know that, as soon private bus-
ness taken up at the close of the day. Senators took
their hats and walked off. The only way to insure
the transaction of private business was to place it
first in order.
Mr.. BUCHANAN observed that experience in
duced him to concur with the remark OF the Senator
from Missouri and he was in favor of the amend
ment of the Senator from Indiana.
MIR. ARCHER said that they could not keep
quorum III the Senate until O'Clock, when they
were engaged on public business and it was surely
not expected that they could preserve quorum
private business if it should be taken up after three
o'clock He preferred the amendment of the Sena-
tor from Indiana to the original resolution, and he
hoped that it would prevail.
Mr.. MERRICK moved an amendment to the reso-
luton, as follows Provided that the Senate shall
not devote than hour each day in the discus
sion of the order in which they shall transact BUSH
ness"
But he withdrew his amendment directly after it
was read.
Some further remar ks were made by Messrs. AL
LEN, WHITE, PRESTON, BUCHANAN, and
LINN. On motion of Mr.. PRESTON, the whole
subject was laid upon the table,
Mr.. PRESTON, fiom the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported without amendment, the bill from
the House to amend an act entitled an acl TO provide
for the payment of horses and other property lost IN
the military service of the United States approved
the 18th day of January, 1887.
Mr.. BAYARD, from the Committee on Naval AT
fairs, reported the bill to regulate enlistmens In the
navy and marine corps
Mr.. PRESTON, on leave, introduced joint
luton for the relief Of Ferdinand Pettrich which was
ordered to be engrossed for third reading.
The bill providing for adjustment of claims arising
under the fourteenth and nineteenth articles OF the
treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was taken up; and
| after some remarks by Messrs PHELPS and HEN
DERSON, its further consideration was postponed.
The Senate then took up the bill to extend
for limited period, the present laws for laying and
collecting duties imports
Mr. EVANS showed the necessity for the passage
OF the bill, and in conclusion OF his remarks moved
to amend the provso, as 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 1841 entitled
can act to appropriate the proceeds Of the sales OF
the public lands, and to grant pre-emptlon rights,
shall be and the same is hereby suspended and post
poned until the first day of August, 1912, and the
said act of the l4th of September l842 shall be no
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, 1912, any
thing contained in this act or the said act OF the Attn
of September, l84l to the contrary Notwithstanding"
Messrs. WOODBURY., HUNTINGTON, and
WALKER addressed the Senate.
Mr.. RIVES desired to say something upon the
subject but as was near the usual hour oil ADJOURN
ment he would move that the Senate either adjourn
60 into an Executive session
The question was taken, and the Senate refused 10
adjourn-yeas Is, nays2l.
Mr.. PRESTON desired to take up the bill to re-
duce the Army and with that view he moved to lay
the table the bill to extend the tariff
the negative-yeas IT, nays 81, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Archer, Benton, Berrlen,
Buchanan, Cuhbert, Fulton, King, Linn, McRoberts,
Preston, Smith, of Connecticut, Tappan. Walker,
Wilcox, Woodbury., Wright-l7.
NAYS.-Messrs Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Choate,
Huntington Kerr, Mangum, Miller, Morehead,
Porter Simmons Smith, of Ind, Talmadge White,
Woodbridge.-2l.
Mr.. CUTHBERT moved that the Senate adjourn;
and called for the yeas and nays, which ordered,
and were-yeas l9, nays 81, as follows;
YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Allen, Benton, Berrien,
Buchanan Cuthbert Fulton, Henderson, King,
Linn, McRoberts Porter, Smith, Of Connecticut,
Tappan, Walker, White, Wilcox, Woodbury., and
Wright-l9
NAYS-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Choate,
Clayton, Conrad, Crafts Crittenden, Evans Graham,
Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Meirick, Miller, More
head, Phelps Simmons, Smith, of Ind, Tallmadge
and Woodbridge-21.
So, at four O'clock P M, the Senate refused t. adj
journ.
Mr. BERRIEN submitted the following as 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 14th of September,
S4 and the provso in the sixth section OF the said
act shall be- and the same are 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.o to the said sixth section shall revive 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,
Berren, Buchanan, Cuthbcrt, Fulton, Henderson,
King, Linn, McRoberts, Preston, Rives, Smith, of
Conn.,, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Woodbury., and
Wright--20
NAYS-Messrs. Barrow, Bates Bayard, Choate,
Clayton Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Evans, Graham,
Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Miller Morehead,
Phelps, Porter ySmmons Smith, of Ind, Tallmadge,
White, and Woodbridge-22
The question again stated on agreeing to the