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Conn, Smith, or Ind, Sprague. Sturgeon, Tall
madge, Tappan. Walker, Williams, Woodbury.,
Wright. Young-94.
Nass-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bayard,
Bates, Berrien. Choate, Clayton Confad, cFst1s,
CrilteDden, Dayton, Evans, Huntington, Kerr,
Merrick, Miller, Mo,ehead, Phelese Whites
Woodbridge- :
10 the House the motion toIprins extra copies
Of the committees report adrefse u lhe 200 mil
lion and scrip plan Of MI Johnson, vas FIRST up.
Mr. Thompson severely replied 10 Mt. Granger's
late remarks 81 Mississippi Reputation, On
ihe expiration Of the morning hour Tie House
went into Committee Of the Whole On The Stale
Of the Union A prcpositioa being made 10 APP
prOPriale $50 900 10 Mr. Morse. te assist in per-
feeling his electromagnetic telegraph. i; gave
rlsey1o much confusion and ridicnle- Il was laid
aside 10 be reported 10 Ne House. The bill 10
appropriate $4,000 ~ The Chinese embassy was
taken up ana sharply debated, and after bang
amended 50 as to compel the Ptesidsn, to slrict
account Of lhe expenditure Of The mpues, passed
BY yeas 96,Inay. 30.
ga Wednesday,, ID the Senate, Nh Walker Of
fered resolutions declaring that The assumption Of
State Debts would be violation "a the Cons,i-
tutien-which were laid OF tho table
The Navy appropriation sill was ordered 10
be engrossed in The House.
The bill from The SepaIe fot The indemnhca-
lion of General jackson, was read twice and re-
ferred 70 the Com OF the Whole.
IN Alarge number Of Executive Communications
were laid before the House. among which was
one from the President Of the United States, id
reply 70 resolution, stating thai Commodore
Jones took possession Of Ihe Monterey, in CALI
fcrna>v on his dwn responsibility, and without
authority ftom lhis Government; also, that Com
modofe Jones has beenGeeaiIed.
long discussion was had upoa certain por-
stions Of Sir ,Rsbert PeeIsspeeeh The construc-
ton be put upon cefain paris offhe late treaty
in reference 10 the Right of Search, &c. i
In lhe House, MI, Kennedy offMd called up
The bin approprating $50, 900 to test The piacti-
dabilly Of Professor ATeEse system Of electro.
magnetic Telegraph; andIn was read third
time and passed yehs So nays 3d.
Oh FridGy. in TIE Senate, Mr. Bayard moved
to take up the Exphagipg Resolutions. He had
introduced them, he said, 10 obedience 10 inslrpc.
lions from his Legi1qsirr, andlik the Senate
would take up ana vote upon them, he wo1td
! say nothing.
I The Senate decided no: 10 take Them up, and
they are thus disposed offor the session.
The Bankrupt Bill from The House, WHICH
was an unconditional repeal Of the BankruP,
Law, was considered with the amendments pro-
posed by the Senate Committee Oh the Judiciary
COMMITTEE The bill 4tsgfng been read, MI
Berriep said Thai The anxiety which had been
manifested 10 bring The bills before the Senate
may have originated in audable desire to have
the Bankrupt Bill acted /upPq. Il may have
originated IN a predeierminationI to destroy the
law. Whatever might be The notive, the Se-
nate presented a most extraordinary spectacle.
There were about 2O,OOo,OoO d people repre-i
scented in this anat ether BRANCH of Congress
A Bankrupt law had passed this congress, and
thesame 5odies were now cal3ed upon 10 re-
scind their own act-- 70 stul5fy themselves. And
why, Mr.. B. asked, should there be~this vascilla-
tion' Had there been any we'll authenticated
evidence of wrong done BY this law He had
seen none. tf
Nj: said that the ears Of Senators were,
stopped by State instructions. Mems judgments;
were stopped, their ears were sealed by vhe in-i
s'ructiops which they h hd received. American
Senators were called upon 10 desuoy this act Of:
benefceace in obedience 10 Legislative and stSte.'
dictation. He was among the3 instructed, bufs
be could not obey these Instructions without 6.
violation Of his daiy. He alluded TO This SUBJ
iect from the conviction he had shat there was 4
large majority Of this body who hWeFe in favor oE
a commercialIsystem Of Bankruptcy. Their de-,
Gberase judgments were to be- overcome BY the
thrussing in Of The ill-considefed opinions Of
others He had a faint hope thalsenators wonla
pause and consider before pRceeding to the
work Of destroying this wise and humane Law.
Mr.. Berfien remarked that the Bill upon the
statute book had been id force Sfor twelve months
and morei Il had done most Of The harm ii could
do, and lis continuaEce. could BE detrimental I'll
no one. There was vast difference between
the commencement of a system of Bankruptcy
and it's continuanee, The greatest evils were
overcome AlFthe forms of laval the agents
for. the executionspf the law bad been appointed.
There had been an intelligent administration oiFf
justice growing cut OF the Law as there Wassk
harmony Of jurisdiction ia carrying il out. Thss
time was not APPROPRIATE for tie repeal OF fhs
law. fit was oprnaty to carry into execn1oa
asystem Of commercial bankruptcy-if it was
our duty 10 execute ihet power which the states
had left to the General Government, he though
that now was the most acceptable time. The
mass of insolvency had been swept away by he
law already in force. We had fair field ID.
The amendments proposed 10 remove the objec.
tons to The existing law. The law amendeesI
would operate for the benefit Of the creditor,
more than for the debtor. II would operate IA
vorabLy also upon the credit of the county
Eighteen Of twenty-five judicial officers, hi
said, had expressed their opinions as 10 its bens5
fetal operation.
On Saturday, in Senate, various amendments
were proposed to The Bankrupt Bill, ali u
which wetelost, and a direct ,bte was taken eis
the Bill as il came from The House-repeaIins
the Law forthwith, and excepting from its ope.
rations cases already entered and pending
80, pays ID as follows: al
YEAs-Messrs, Alien, Archer. Bagby, Bayard.
Buchanan, Calhoun, Crafts, Grit,enden, cnab;
bert, Dayton Fulton Graham, Huntington ,Kihsk |
Linn McDhfhs, McRoteris. Mangum, Mertiek,
Moreheadr Phelps, Riyes, SEWER. Sprague. SiaE |
geon, Tappan, Walkers W ilcox, Williams, W ood- |
bnry,sWrght, and Young-32s
NAYS Messrs Barrow Bates. Berrien .Choate;s
Clayton, Evans, Kerr, Miller, Porter, Smith. ot
Ind. TslImadge, White, and Woodbridre-I3.: |