Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-22

t.lauss which shall take place by the gradu-.
atirie process of this act, the occupants or
settlers upon any Of the said lands shall
have The right Of prescription al such grad
ated or reduced prices; which right shall
extend to period Of six months from and
after The dates at which the respective
gradua,ions shall take place; and any
land moi entered by the respective occu.
pauts or settlers within that period, shall
besliable to be entered or purchased by
auy other person until the mex, gradua-
| lion or reduction in price shall take place,
when il shall, If not previously purchased,
be again subject TO The right of pre'emp-
lion for six months, as before, as 50 ON
from time 10 time as said reduction shall
| take place: Provided, That nothing in
this actcentaiaed shall be construed 10 IN.
terlere with any right which has accrued
or may accrue by virtue Of any act grant
ing pre- options 10 actual settlers upon
the public lands.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That
all acts and parts of acIs as provide lor an
exemption from the imposition of taxes
upon land sold by the United States for
FIVE years from aud after the day ol sale
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
After an Intellectual motion 10 !econsd-
er the vote The bill was returned to The
Senate for its concurrence. iD the amend
ments. THAT body, otter an unsucces-
ful attempt 10 lay il upon the table, refer
red il TO The Committee on Public Lands.
The House then went into Committee
Of lae Whole, and took up the bill author
ising the issue Of Treasury notes on loan.
Tho amount of outstanding notes az any
ole time is not 10 exceed ten millions,
and the President has The power 10 raise
por,iol OF The amount by loah instead oil
noles. The rate OF interest is six per cent,
and neither notes or the stock Of the loan
is to be disposed of under par; the stock
10 be redeemabIe in ten years:
MIR. G. Davis moved 10 amend so as 10
do away with Treasury Notes. aud to
make the whole in the shape Of oan.-
He supported this motion by a long speech
denunciatory Of Treasury Notes.
Mr.. Geddings followed and made
speech about The Mexican war, and other
matters having no .reference whatever to
the bill.
Messrs. Tiden and Douglass also spoke
on the Mexican war, after which the Com
mitlee rose
Mr.. Mckay introduced resolution 10
terminate the debate Tomorrow al IL
O'Clock, pending the consideration Of which
the House adjourned.
Al a caucus held last night il was de-
| termined that the Session should lermi-
nule on or before the l7lh Of next month.
June Is.
! In tho Senate this morning, Mr. Web:
s,er presented memorials from several OF
the Northern cities, praying that raw cop
per may be admitted fee of duty; or
else, that duty may be laid on manafac-
,ured COPPER: He read statistical state.
menl drawn up by the msinoridi,sIs, with
a view of showing the ruinous eohsequen.
ces of any alteration Of the present tariff
in this respect. He also promised 10 make
a written statement TO morrow, with a
/ view Of showing what would sbe srheS ac-
tual product of the hill now pending TO
reduce tho tariff: He then moved The
printing Of the memorial.
Mr.. Sewer moved lis reference to liie
Committee OH Printing: This practice
ofordering the printing Of materials on
Ispeci al motions, ought TO he discontinued.
Mr., Webster thought this very extra
ordinary objection.
Mr.. SEWER minated Than Il was pretty
generally undcrstundi wIatkind Of a game
was about to be played by the opponents
of The bill. When any great public nea-
sure was pending, he ha ! noticed that
stereolyped petitions were sent here for
The purpose OF raising panic in the coun-
try.
Mr.. Webster rejoined, and insisted upon
the printing, and upon its reference to the
Finance Committee.
Mr.. Allen made some brief remarks in
reply.
MIR. Webster again spoke, after which,
the matter dropped.
! The Warehouse bill was then taken up.
the question being on it's passage.
Mr.. Clayton made some additional re-
marks against the bilE.'
Mr.. Dix replied, and' after some ex-
planatory remarks from Messrs. Simmons,
Cri,,enden and Webster the bill was
passed by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Benton,
Berrien, Cameron. Ciiley, J. NJ. Clayton,
Thomas Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Day.
ton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Jarna-
Gin, johnson of Louisiana. johnson of Ma
ryland, Mangum, Miller. hlorehead,. Niles,
Phelps, Semple, Sturgeon, Upham, Web
ster aud Woodbridge-27.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley,
hlchinson, Alhertop, Breese, Bright, CAL
houn, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickin-
son, Dix. Fairfield, Haunegan, Houston,
Lewis, McDuffie, Pennybacker, Rusk.