Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-08
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY, May 6.
SENaTE

Inc COmtnluec Oh it9UCe tlduo IcPOlL III
favor Of agreeing with most Of the amendments
cies in the appropriations for the fiscal year end
ing Both June, 1916, and recomne hdng that the
Senate recede from some of its amendments and
insist upon others.
The report was read and adopted and the bill
as amended ordered TO be returned 10 the House.
On motion of MIR. Lewis, the Senate took up
the Fertilization bill, and after the adoption OF
one or two amendments, il was passed over in
formally at The request Of Mr.. Yulee, who wish
ed TO obtain some further information relative 10
the proposed Notifications upon Florida reef.
Mr. johnson OF La, on leave, introduced
bill for the relief of the Mexican Railroad Com
pany.
The resolution offered BY Mr.. Speisht yester-
day, TO change the hour Of meeting 10 | o'clock,
was taken up and rejected-ayes l6, noes %
The bill 10 provide for The settlement Of the
claim OF New Hampshire against the General
Government, which was rejected some time since,
and afterwards agreed 10 be reconsdered, was
taken up.
Mr.. Anterior explained the merits Of the bill
at some length.
Mr.. J. NJ. Clayton moved to postpone the bill
until Monday next, owing TO the thinness OF the
Senate.
Mr.. Allen opposed the postponement, and said
few words in behalf Of the bill.
MIR. Mangum was in favor of The postpone
ment not on account ofthe thinness OF The Senate,
but on account OF the necessary absence Of one or
two Senators who are conversant with The whole
subject. He moved 10 postpone until Monday
week, and make il the special order.
After some remarks from Mr.. J. NJ Clayton,
Mr.. Anterior, and others, the molten was lost.
The question then required on ordering the
bill TO be engrossed for third reading, and il was
decided m The aft
A message was received from The House,
stating that the House had resolved 10 insist
upon its disagreement 10 the 81 and 9th amend
ments Of the Senate TO the deficiency appropria-
ton bill
Mr.. Haywood moved to recede from the third
amendment, Ito pay DR.. Thomas P. Jones some
$4,000 for making experiments relative TO steam
boilers)
MIR. Evans hoped the Senate would not recede
There were only two amendments 10 dispute be-
tween the two Houses, and he hoped that the
amendments would be insisted upon, and Com
miltee OF Conference appointed, who could doubt
less celtic those differences.
Aner some remarks, the question was taken
upon reesdine from both amendments and the
Senate agreed 10 recede, by a vote of II to 10.
The bill therefore only requires the signature Of
the Presiden, TO become law.
The French spolialion bill was made The spe-
clQl SIdeE lOl HSAt IhOuNd).
The bilto establish Federal Courts, &C., in The
State Of Florida was next taken up in order.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House went into Conmi,tee ofthe Whole
Mr.. Boyd Of Ky. in the Chair-and took up
the special order, being the bill ito repeal that
part of the act of the Both August, l842, (Tarif
ac) which imposes a duty of 20 per cent, I'D va
loren on Java Coffee, and TO refund the dscrimi-
mating tonnage duties levied on Spanish vessels
Except those from Cuba and Porto Rieo) by The
ACT Of 18th July, 1882"
Mr.. Winthrop, OF Mass. opposed the bill on
the ground that Java Coffee was by it made an
exception 10 the coffee imported from every 9th
er part of the world. The motive assigned for
bringing in the bill was the aedged violation
of some treaty. Some skiul Dutch diplomatst
Of this fact, and by a Treasury circular discrim-
nations had been made in favor Of Coffee impor-
ted into the U. S. in Dutch vessels
Mr.. w. argued that there had been no viola
ton of the treaty between The United States and
Holland. Secretary Bib had violated the law
during nearly the whole term Of his office by the
circulars he had issued, and the present Secre-
tary of The Treasury had done nearly the same
thing for year past. The treaty which it had
b:en alleged was violated has moi been violated, in
point Of fact, at all This treaty, indeed afford
ed no advantage TO us. An export duty OF % per
cent was laid upon all coffee exported in foreign
vessels, and this discrimination was extended 10
so per cent. against the United States merchants.
Il was therefore impossible for our merchants I'M
der this heavy export duty to compete with the
coffee imported from Java in Dutch vessels. In
1880 there were thirty ships employed in the Java
trade and now there were but three or four. II
was now proposed in the bill TO make further
discrimination against the United States. This
was the reciprocal free trade proposed By the bill
and defended By The friends of free trade, in the
House. II was discrimination against Amcri.
can vessels, both by the Dutch government and
the American government
MIR. w. said he regretted that the Executive
Government had given so little heed 10 this SUBJ
iect. He had reason to know that il had been
brought to the notice OF the Treasury Depart
ment, and important information laid before it,
but thus far without any attention being paid 10 it,
MIR. Seaborn Jones moved an amendment 10 the
first section, so as 10 conhne the benefits OF the
bill solely 10 coffee imported in American vessels.
| Al this stage OF the proceedings,
Mr.. DrUmgoolr ut Virginia moved that the
Committee rise, as he wished TO submit ques.
ton OF privilege tolbe House.
The Committee rose accordingly.
| Mr. Dromgoole then offered a resolution, that
| any member summoned as witness before the
Circuit Court of the United States for this Dis
| trict, should have leave TO attend the Court.
MIR. Winthrop moved to add proviso that The
| member shonld attend when summoned, il he
thought proper 10 do so. He commended that the
Courts oflaw had no power 10 require the attend
ancs Of members.
Mr.. Dromgooe concurred in this opinion, and
accepted the proviso.
Mr.. Thomasson, OF KY, and Messrs. Holmes
and Sims, of S. c.. debated the propriey OF adopt
ing the resolution as one of privilege, and there
fore, one Of very delicate character.
MIR. Gordon, OF NY, r,ovedl,o lay the resolu-
ton upon the table.
MIR. Dromgoole called for the yeas and nays
and the motion was lost-yeas A, naysll7
Mr.. Hunter OF Va. offered a proviso that the
leave granted should not be regarded as waving
any privilege on the part Of member, and that
they should be exempt from attachment if sum-
moned to attend
Mr.. Adams was DESTROYS that the courts Of law
and the members of the House should not come
in collision with each other. His own practice
had always been TO attend as witness when