New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-23
gY THIS MORNINGS MAIL
Passage by Senate of bill 10 refund GeH.
Juckson,s fiue-Inrerceurse with China
-Eies,ro-Nsgneiic Teie@-uphs, &c.
c.A..-s Of The NeH.York Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. 2.

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son was taken up the question being on It's maj
passage:
Be il enacted By tie Sna.. ard House Of Representatives,
OF tie United States of america Congress ais"eea'
That proper accounting officers OF the Treasury Depart
nent be. aud they hereby directed 10 ascertain ue
Judge of the United States New Orleans, in he year
eighteen hundred al6 fifteen, against aJe Gene al An
Jackson then commander III CHIEF OF that DISTRICT ior
an coneEpt OF court and laid by him Al that Time
ami iba, the paid with interest SIX per cent per
aunun paid 10 Major General Andrew Jackson OF OF
any moneys il The treasury not oher"he appropriated
The bill r0s passed; Yeas IS, Nays 90; as
follows:
WcDutiie McRnberts, Mangun, kres, Sewer, Smith ct
cennecsa Smith ct l@dIs o. psSlS Woodbury
Wright and Young-23.
NAYs-Mes:rs. Archer Barrow Bayard, Bates ssrr,en'
Choa,e, Clayton, Conrad. Crafts, Cr!tenJep; dayton
EvaSs Huntingdon Kerr, Merrick, Miller, MoreheaG,
Ph helps White and woodbridge-2o.
Mr. YouNG moved to take up the bill to repeal
the Bankrupt Act, rtfused-ycas "a, nays "3'
The Navy Appropriation Bill from the House
was then taken up and after the adoption of seme
adjourned.
In the HOUSE, the molten to print ten thousand
extra copies of the adverse reperts from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means to the $20O,S0O,sO
stock project, came up.
Mr.. THOMPSON of Mi. devoted his hour to de-
fence of Mississippi against the charges of Iepud
alton against her, in reply TO Messr.. GRANGER,
ADAMS and others. He admitted that there was
prima }acie evidence of the Indebtedness of the
State four millions of dollars, bonds to that amount
having been issued, and placed in the Union Bank
signed by Governor NcNutt and bearing the great
seal of the State, but his defence that the law
under which the Governor acted had not been pass
ed in compliance with the forms of the Constitu-
ton of that State, and therefore, the Sta tie being
bound BY the acts of her Legislature and Govern
or only 80 far they were in accordance with the
Constituton-that it was not an act et the State or
obligatory upon her. &c.-that in maintenance of
her institutions and of constitutional liberty, she
was not bound to assume the debt. In reply TO
Mr.. GRANGER, he asked him (Mr. g. whether
when his nomination for Post Master Geaeral was
before the Senate, he had not given pledge that
he was not abelilionistl
Mr. GRANGER said ne had not; that be never
had been and was not an abotionlst, but if he
were, he would Nov the fact proudly and as open
y as any other principle.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole on the Union, (Mr. WINTHROP in
Chair, and took up the bill making appropria
ton to test the practicabity of Professor Morses
system of electromagnetic telsgraphs.
Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON moved that half the amount
of the bill be placed in the hands of Mr.. Fisk, "a
gentleman now msgnetising in this city, for the
purpose of experimenting in Mesmerisml
Mr. HoUsToN-And let's have some Millerism.
Laughter.
Mr.. SrANLY.-I will vote for the amendment if
the gentleman from Tennessee will consent to be
a Inject
Mr.. JoHNsos.-I will, sir, If you act as opera
tor. Loud laughter, and cries of order, I" or
DER
Mr.. Mason of Ohio, objected to the amendment
as out of order. Such fantasies were likely to
bring this House into much diahonor and disre-
pute as some of the State Legislatures. 1t was
ths duty of the Chair to refuse to entertain the
amendment
The Chairman said that he could not inquire
into the motives Of the gentleman from Tennes-
see and decided the amendment in order.
The amendment was then rejected-ayes %,
noes not counted.
The bill was passed over Informally.
On motion of Mr.. ADAMS, the committee took
up the bill reported by him from the committee on
foreign affairs, appropriating forty thousand dol
lars, to be placed at the disposal of the President
OF the United States, to provide for future com
mercial intercourse between the United States and
the Chinese empire terms of national rscip
rocty between the United States and foreign
nations.
Mr.. ADAMS moved to strike out the restrictions
in the BILL
Mr.. MERlwETHER opposed il.
MIR. J. C. CLARK and Mr.. GORDON spoke on
political subjects generally.
The Committee rose, and resolution was
adopted to terminate debate in half an hour.
The House again went into committee; and
Me,srs. EVERETT, ADAMS, HOLMES, and McKEoN
occupied the half hour.
Debate then ceased and tho Committee pro-
cceded to vote. The amendment of Mr. Adams
was agreed to.
Mr.. BRossoy moved to strike out all after the
enactng clause, and insert an appropriation of ten
thousand dollars to enable the President of the
United States to send & commercial agent to
China, for obtaining information TO the state of
trade in that Empire, or any other purpose con-
nected Herewith, the President may deem pro-
per for the interests Of the United States.
Mr.. HOLMES said that he would as soon have
Chinese Junk TO go TO war with.
The amendment was rejected.
MIR. MERIwETHER moved proviso that the
annual compensation of the Minister, Charge
d'Adaire, or Agent, shall not exceed the compen-
sation Of the Minister at Turkey, ($6,OOO)
his amendment was also rejected
he Committee rose; and, after the passage Of
the bill-Yeas So, Nays 59-the House adjourned.
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