American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-07
Amerifan Republican.
rReported for the American Republican,
FIRST SESSION of the goth CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 6, ls46.
SENATE.
But few memorials were presented.

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amendments, and recede from some, and insist
upon others of their own. The report of thel
committee was Concurree with, and the bill re-
turned to the House.
The resolution that the Senate should meet
hereafter at l o'clock, was decided in the ne
gative by yeas l6, nays 90.
The bill to settle the claim of n. Hampshire
against the U. States was taken up.
Mr.. Anterior explained again the merits OF
the claim.
A motion TO postpone the vote on the bill,
on account of the thin attendance, was lost
ayes Ia, noes II.
The bill was then ordered to a third reading,
ayes %, noes is
A message was received from the House sta
ting the disagreement of this branch, upon
which they inserted, to the amendments of tho
Senate in the Deficiency Appropriation Bill,
of SO, $50 to DR.. T. p Jones and SIC 900 to
Florida.
MIR. Haywood moved that the Senate recede
from both the amendments, and the motion
prevailed by ayes IT, noes l2-exactly u quo
rum.
1t was agreed, on motion of MIR. Morehead,
that the French Spoliation Bill should be made
the special order Of the day for Monday next.
The bill to fix the salaries of the three Fede-
raj Judges for Florida was next taken up, and
after considerable debate, they were establish
ed at $500 each. The bill was then ordered
to engrossment The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. Mckay made all unsuccessful attempt
TO procure the passage of resolution providing
that the House tahe recess, from and after
this day, from p, m. to 8 l-2 p. m.
On motion of Mr.. G. ]. lngersoll the House
went into committee of the Whole and pro-
ceeded with the consideration of the special or
der, being bill to repeal the 90 per cent. duty
on Java Coffee, and discriminating duties on
Spanish tonnage.
Mr.. Ingersoll moved to strike out the first
section of the bill repeating the duty on Cof-
fee, as more appropriately belonging to, and
forming part of, the Tariff act.
MIR. Winthrop opposed the entire movement
of repeal of these duties, as he contended their
existence was necessary to the maintenance of
any direct trade with Java by our shippers.
After few remarks from Mr.. G. j. lngersoll
and S. Jones, Mr.. DromgooIe rose and moved
that the committee rise as he had question of
privilege to bring before tho House. The COM
mittee rose accordingly, and
Mr.. Droomgoole stated that his colleague
MIR. Hopkins) had been subp9naed to attend
the Circuit Court of the U. States for this Dis
trict, and he moved a resolution that all MEM
bers who have been or may be subpGnacd by
said court during the present session have leave
10 attend ifthey think proper.
This resolution gave rise to considerable de-
bate, in which the following members partici-
pated, viz: Messrs. Dromgoole, Winthrop, c.
]. Ingersoll, Thomson, Jones, of S. c., Nc
Caughey, Holraes, Vinton and Gordon, the last
named moving to lay the resolution on the
table.
Mr.. Dromgoole considering the question as
of some importance, did not wish it blinked,
and therefore called the yeas and nays The
House refused TO lay the resolution on the ia
BILE by yeas "a to nays lit.
Mr.. R. III. T. Hunter offered an amendment
providing that the resolution should not be
considered as waiver ofthe privileges of the
House, or as authorsing or permitting the ar
rest of any of the members on any subpoena.
MIR. J. Q. Adams spoke against the adoption
of the resolution, (while Mr.. A. was speaking,
messages were received from the President and
the Senate. From the latter was returned the
"deficency' bill, the Senate having agreed to
certain amendments of the House and insisted
upon two of its own to which the House had
disagreed.
Mr.. Burt, of S. c. offered an amendment
granting leave specifically to Mr.. Hopkins to
attend the Court in obedience TO the subpoena.
Other amendments were suggested but none
received, and uader the operation Of the pre-
Vious question the amendment OF MIR. Burt was
adopted, by ayes 76, noes Al.
On motion of Mr.. Mckay, the deficiency
bill was taken up, and the House insisted upon
its disagreements.
The Speaker laid before the House mes
sage from the President, IN answer to a reso-
Luton ofthe House, communicating copies of
correspondence between Geo. w. Gadon, late
Consul at Rio de Janeiro and the Department
of State, relative TO the slave trade in the Bra
zlls, 1t was laid upon the table, and the mo-
ton to print lost.
Another message from the President was
LAID before the House, communicating informa-
ton, IN answer to a resolution passed yester-
day, relative to the shooting of deserters from
the ranks of the army under the command of
Gen. Taylor. 1t covered letter from Gen.
I. to the Department of War, in which it was
stated that four men had been drowned, and
two men killed by the picket guard, in at
tempting TO escape.
Mr.. }. q. Adams moved its reference to
select committee of FIVE.
On motion of MIR. Dromgoole, it was laid on
Lhe table and ordered to be printed.
Oh molion OF MI Mchay, the House went
again into committee ofthe whole, and resum-
ed the consideration of the special order.
A message was received from the Senate
announcing that the Senate had receded from
It's amendments to the deficiency bill
ThebilI was debated for some time, and final
y the motion Of Mr.. lngersoll, to strike out the
hrst section, was negatived. II was then a.
mended, the second section agreed to, and the
committee rose rrnDrtaI fHn hill a ihp HrDSp
where the action in committee was affirmed
and the bill passed
Mr. Boyd moved to 90 into committee of
the whole.
Mr. Hamliu moved an adjournment.
Mr.. BoYd demanded lhn unns mud NAYS ON