The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-18
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
Aisndsg. April .
Mr. Pheips addressed me Senate in
opposition % Sir. N.rrim's bill CIR he
reslr~uan Of postage he Vas nlTOsed
10 il in fofo, and fnnrd iasaperaliir Oh
iecsi0ns Ia l.. The committee. as 4 ap-
prsred IN him. had entirely mistaken Ihs
evil. and. Of ccarse. they had mistaken
the Iemeiy. The great evil in tie ma
nsgemenl oflhis nepsHRehi Was in the
Transportation aflhe masl.
Mr. nerriek replied briefly 10 Mr.. r..
and asked Inn how. when ! I goo memo
Tialisls praysd lar reduction Of the rates
Of postage. 'he committee lad mistaken
the eET, when hey hsd brought IL \ bill
far this Esry purpose.
I'm the House u Representative, this
day and Inc lEo succeeding il. were Sc:
apas. nv previous vote Of the House.
for Ihe consideration Of territorial bust
ness.
A resolution was adopted rslIing on the
Secretary nl u ar to sag whether he had
complied with the law allowing a West
Point Iadel TO he appointed f. m each
Congressional district.
Tnssds, Ap'i's.
On the Senate. on aloiinn Of Mr. Evans,
the previous oFtlrrs postponed. and the
Senate lnok Up The bulls from the House
asking appropriations for the Military
Academy ami firllicaiinns. These bills
we're reported without amendEeRr. The
first was passed. and the later laid aside,
To give Nc Setter, OF Ark, time tn pre-
pare smenlmenls icluding appropriations
for several furls on the Western frontier,
which were entirely left out.
Mr.. flanagan rose, aud opposed the
Post Office bill in set speech. He TIA
ced the operation nf The change adopted
in the English system. and inferred frnm
the result there that the calculations uron
an increased amount of revenue here from
reduction Of postage would equally fail.
lie endeaYoFed 10 show that this bill
would cause deficit Of at least 100 per
cent. in the revenues Of the Department.
e.. In The House of Representatives. abill
to enable the people of Iowa to form a
Stale Constitution. with view Of h,ing
admitted into The Union. was read and re-
ferred to the runnitlee of the Whole.
The bill authorizing the sale of reser.
vel mineral lands in Illinois, Iowa, and
Niscansia. was taken up again. and. af.
ter debate, a mellon was made 10 lay it on
the table. The yeas ard nays were calI-
ell. and The mollan was rejected. ayes G5,
noes So. The iii was then postponed
Until to-mau0w.
Wednesday, ylariI ;.
In the Senate, the for,il.caipn bill was
taken up, and Mr.. Segier moved to amend
il ~ ad,iiag tie following items, viz.
Forts sn III, Gibson, ani fowson, Ar
kansas. several!y, S3.9eo, l5,oG9, AMI
10 500 ,iu!iars
NJ. Barrow moved foyther To amend
,hp biz ~ siviat 55,O1J Instead Of 40,
600 d,'!iars, 10 Fort L,vingst n. Lmi,i-
am. Mr. Il. demanded he yeas and
nays on his anend,apn,. and hey were
called, and stand yeas -. nays II.
MIR. B. theh moved ln aGehd bv adj
ding an appropriation far Fart je>up.
which was entirely lett oat, cf S,C30 Id
lars. This amendment. slso, WAS rrjec-
ted. AMI the bill, As amended ~ Mr. Se-
vicr. was orlsrr,l to be eagr"ssrd
brief discussion. in which Nrs>rs.
Rrecse, Il hie. an! Buchanan tonk part,
was had upon he bill! aprropria!iag GER
tain SAM for the Continuance of Ire Gum
h,rlani road. ba; withnnl concluding any,
thing aPon it, the Senate adjnuintd.
The IIna>e Of liepresen!ali es wa. en-
gaecA during the whol. 5 ia Oh private
matters.
rhns!oy, Ap-iIi /.
In the Senate. the West Point icalIe-
my Bill was finally passed dang the
NOR Ing hour, and sent To .lc House lot
concurrence wlt;Iaat amendment, AMI is
ready Tor the signature nt he President.
Tire FO-:!iirA.uun iiii. vas sent Ia the
House with an,enyim-n :. TIA, Bti.ap-
propr!aIes abo;t &55",0J3.
s!em1riais were presented from Rbade
Island, i;ena.sIvlnia and New York
against any p!~sfareHce VIII. he rxIslr
iari!i,.
Mir. Foster presented = memorial f,am
reancssse asking for reduc'iua u pos,-
rgc.
Mr.. F. At tie same limc gave notice
of his intention To by!Gg in bill 10 a5o.
lish the Military Academy.
The Senate Went into Execute ses-
sion.
In the House of Representatives, Mr..
Z Prtul Of la. (the member who moved the
amendment last week To abolish the office
# Chaplans) defended the motion at
IenriL,
Mr Adams called for the unfinished
business of Yesterday, being the motion
! IA nTiut The fire rpnnrts nf tho Eon.,,;,,aa