The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-16

which WINS adopted:
R,,sssd, That the Committee on Commerce be instruct
Cd SS which the report Of the secretary d hs Treasury
on commerce and CATION shall be made uPi and also
for such returns will show the amount Of the cOastng
trade and the internal commerce Of the country.
rHE TARpT.
Mr. CRANSTON, on leave given, introduced GER
tain joint resolutions Of the legislature OF Rhode is-
and the subject OF the tariff referred TO tile Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union:
Mr.. g, DAVIS offered the following resolution,
on which he demanded the previous question;
orsd That ths project ola bill to establish the rates
n SSis; Ing S's u: Uad sas. sy .us%s
secretary ofhe Treasury to the COMMITTEES Of Ways and
soS%ise be- and they are hereby Instructed to furnish
the clerk Of the House with copy Of the same to be print
Mr.. RATHBUN moved that the resolution be
laid on the table.
Mr.. @. DAVIS asked the yeas and nays; which
were ordered.
Mr.. HOPKINS desired to be informed by the
chair, whether such bill had been reported TO the
House,
The SPEAKER said the chair could not inform
the gentleman.
But the clerk (replying through tbs sPeaker
ssid no such bill had been reported
Mr. HARRISON would like TO inquire (he SAID
whether the committee had made report
Mr. Mckay said the committee had made no re-
port
The SPEAKER said this discussion was not In
Mr. THoMAssoN. l would ike to be inform
ed whether such project has been submitted to the
Committee Of Ways and Means, and whether the
chairman objects TO It's printing!
Mr. MCKAY, NOT hearing the question, advanced
down the aisle for the purpose Of asceraining what
The SPEAKER said these interrogstories " ere
in order, the clerk having commenced the call OF
the roll.
The question "Shal the resolution be laid on the
table," was then taken and decided in the sffrma-
tive, as follows:
YEAs-sIssir.. stephen Adams, Anderson, Bayly. Bed
niger, Benton, Biggs James Black James A. Black,
Boxlin, Broeksnbfcush BrOLhssd, william O: Brown,
Cshesn, Augustus A. Chspmsn. Reuben Chapman,
Chase Chapman, Clarke, Cobb Collin. culiom Cummins,
Ss% bssSin, Douglas ' DS".p. Ei.SoTS worth ETd%ss,
EInn Fiekhn Foster, Giles, Goodyear Gordon, Grover
ho%s hopSa HoaES George fs'' Houston SsS Edmund
W HuharJ, Hungsriord. Jane. Hunt. Hunter. Jon
George ss%. f P:sa ks 1Tss:%
Ls.ss Ia ssrs Lyon La%pkn' Meclsl,nd MeG Msr
aoM S.y os ssa is4s r Sa.n Sii %
rnss, Rathbun. Reid Rhst, Ritter, Roberts. sawyer |
Robert smith, stanton. stsrkwsst6sr s. John, James
Thompson, Jacob IhOmPson, ,Tibbs,,s. TOom6' Tired
NiYs--Mss.rs. Abbott, John q Adams. Arnold. Ash.
nun Baker, Barringer, Bell, Blanchard, Milton Brown.
Bunngton, William W. Campbell, John II. Campbell,
e,G John O. GGsR~n. c0sts cooIsr c sS.s
Edsin II. living, Gentry, oadinss, Graham, Grnnell
s% s hasS.d hf Hudson Wsson Hunt, cSaGs
J. Ingesoll Joseph r. IngersolI Daniel ?. King,
H HsSSa' s ssis nS Ls" sSns oy f
Ramsey, Julins Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Root,
Caleb B. smith, STEPHENS, strob%' 1hibodssax TRom.
Whsht-es.
So the resolution was laid on the table.
message was received from the Senate by A.
Dickens, esq, secretary, informing the House of
the passage of'certan bills
Amessage in writing received from the Pres
ident Of the United States by the hands Of J. X. |
Walker, esq, his private secretary
HARBoRs AND RIVERS.
Mr.. TIBBATTS offered a resolution providing |
that the bill making appropriations for certain har-
bors and rivers be made the special order Of the day
for Monday next, and that it take precedence Of all
other business.
And on this resolution Mr. T. demanded the pre-
Mr.. g. s. HOUSTON moved that there be a
call Of the House, and asked the yeas and nays,
which were refused.
Mr.. HOPKINS inquired of the Speaker whether
the resolution, as it related priority Of business
would not require vote Of two-thrdsi
The SPEAKER so decided.
The question was then taken the motion Of
Mr.. G. s. Housros, and it decided in the mega
tive
So call of the House was refused.
Mr.. NORRIS moved that the resolution be laid
on the table |
Mr.. WENTWORTH asked the yeas and nays,
which were ordered; and, being taken, resulted as
follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Stephen Adams Anderson Arnold, |
Bsrringer Bell Benton, James A Black Brockenbrough
William O. Brown Augustus Chapman, Clarke Cobb,
Fckln, Gordon, Graham Grover, Harrison, Harmanson
Harper billiard Hoge Hopkins, George s. Houston, Ed
George w Jones, Preston King Leake La sere Lumpkin
y! Mecisrnand Mcconnell Mclienry Mckay. John Mar.
Reid Rhet Roberts. John A. rockwell, seaman seaman SEED sed
s don Alexander p sims Leonard Il sims ST. John
,NAYs-Messrs. Abbott, John Quincy Adams. Ashmun,
William W Campbell, Carroll, Caihcart, John @, Chap
eSet psS Sn s
Dixon Douglass, Dunlap Edsall Erdman Edwin H. Ewing
s ssni G'
S0l"e; aSSpsh Samuel Hubbard Hudson Hunger
Lnssr'oll. Joseph r. inserso Jenkins Daniel P King
Thomas Butler King Lewis Lyon, Long, Mocleand,
Scspiey o~eS f.rTI Phelps Ramsey RaihSSn
Julius Rock we Root, Runk, Russell, Sawyer schenek'
Caleb B. smith, Robert smith Stanton, starkweather,
Stephens strohm Sykes Thibodeaux Thomasson, Benja
%s wick %s
shrOp Wood, Wright, Yell, and Yost-Ioi.
So the resolution not laid on the table.
Mr. GEO. w, JONES moved tina, there be call
Of the House;
Which motion rejected.
The question then again recurring on the demand
Tor the previous question: it taken, and the vote
stood ayes Ga, noes 50.
So there was a second.
And the main question was ordered to be now ia
KEN -.....
Mr.. HARRISON asked the yeas and nays
thereon which were ordered.
And the question "Shal this resolution be adopt
ed!" was then taken, and decided in the negative
as follows
fEAS-Messrs Abbott John O. Adams, Ashmun, Bh.
ker blanchard, Bowlin, Brodhead, Milton Brown, William
q Brown Burlington, William w. Campbell, John II, |
Campbell Carroll Cathcart Chapman. Cooke Crozier Cul
YER Cummins. Cunningham Darrsgh Garrett Davis, De
Mott Dixon, Dockery, Dunlap, Edssll Ellsworth, Erdman,
Edwin IL Ewing. Faran, Foster Gentry. Giddings, Giles
Hoodyear, Grinnell, Harper, Henley Herrck Elias b.
Holmes Hough, samuel ID. Hubbard Hudson Hungerford
washington Hunt James b. Hunt, Charles j. lngersoll
Joseph r. lngersol Jenkins, Joseph johnson, Daniel
Ming, Thos Butler King Leib, La sere, Lewis, Levin,