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t ' r -' 4 . -I : 'Ik. '' 1 ' I ni ii !l IMF -A" id Mi m 'k 1 ! " ,0 SENATE ; f Saturday, March 0. J The Senate did not sit' to daj, " : MONDAT, v MaUCH'22. The unfinished business of Friday last, oemg the eonsiueration ox uie re soliiti on s proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to the election pf.President and Vice, President; was again; taken tipl The question was upon - Mr, t Mill s':: motion to postpone the whole subject indefinitely. y : r Mr. Dickersoh spolce,,. at considera- ble len in v favor of amend inj the constitution, so as to provide that the Electors of President shall be chosen in districts ;f and this he-thought couM -on-It be brought about br a spirit of mu tual concession.. . irri. Mr. 'Caylor .'.of - Virginia, replied to Mr THckerson. Tie was opposed to the'districting system as contravenin: the federal - chaYacter f our govern ment, and d est roy i ng .the moral and ' ";eograliicat independence of thej sjtates. lie spoke in favor of postponement, as theipresent was not a fit moment for the deliberate consideration of ; these amendments, f V ; . j .. Mr. Mill s stated the views which in r duced him to .move-for the indefinite postponement of the subject. He had believed that it was quite impossible to act upon' these resolutions at t;hc pre sent session ; that the public seniiment was not yet prepared for any amend ment on this subject, and that a suffici ent number of the Senate, to carry any one of these amendments, could not be induced to. vote for any "amendment. He thought the present was not the best time for the consideration of the sub ject, and that there were so many and so various propositions,- that no lone of them would be adopted at present. , Mr. Kelly rose to v address the Se riate. After making a few remarks in . answer to observations which had been made, on the former discussion of this question, in rehition to the Congress t ional caucus, Mr. K. was called to or der by the Chair. The President stat ed his opinion that the debate had tak en a much wider ran;e ;than ought to have been allowed arid expressed the positivVJ Reeling of his duty to confine the discussion ; to the immediate quesr tion before the "Senate. Mr. ) Kelly said, it was his intention to have re plied to some of the opinions heretofore expressed in debate in favor jof the meeting alluded to but, as the chair had decided that it was not in 'order to do so, -he should submit to the decision, and take his seat. ' S : Mri Barbour, who was in the Chair when the discussion alluded to com menced, felt it his duty to explain the reasons , which had induced htm to al- r low a wider latitude to v th a tl debate, than had been indicated to be proper, : by the Chair, at this time. It was in conscauence Of f his. peculiar Muation in connection with that meeting;, that he had refrained from calling gentle-- men to order ivho had introduced its discussion. He consideredMhat it was better that the; liberty of depatc should - sometimes abused, than that it should f bi curtailed-r-the more especially, as every gentleman stood answerable be- fore thef: country for any remarks he might make in this Senate. j t . : Mr. Haynemade some observations in reply to the arguments of Mr.' Hick erson,' to which the latter gentleman rejoined. - , ' . . . . Mr. Branch spoke against' !postpon 1 ing the amendments, on the; ground Vihat the present m(jde"fcof election of v President was subject to manjjjand ve- rv serious objections ; .. and Ithat, as ' tfiere was no iimit to the present ses " sion of Congress, there was ample time for a full discussion of the several propositions to amend. He was in fa : vor. as we u nderstbod him, o t sending - the election back to the Electors,": when rtiot made by- them in the first instance. ;:This woiild place the election beyond the ; sphere of Executive contamination, : and in a place where a mutual inter , change of go)d offices could jhot take " place between, Jhe:elcct(rs and the e . E lected, as might be the case in 'the elec tion by the 'House of Representative?. Mr. Macon made some explanation ; of a remark which. he had made in the v 4 previous discussion. ! The question was then put,! on post- poninpr tne wnoie . suojec-t Tujinuciy and ueciuea in tne amr mauve, at to ' 13. as follows : ' ' i ,'.;:'"- 1 yAS-Me3srs Earfctoxir, Barton, Bell, - Brown Chandler, Cl?ytci -.D'uj'lf. Eaten. 'rc'-' I-MwardIirindlay, Ilayjne, Ilolmts, ot Lss. s. ; ': Johnson, cf Ken. II. Johnson, oi Lou. J. S -.Johnson, ofLau. Kclty,King", of Xlab. IGnar of V Knight, Lankan, Lloyd, of Mass. tjklills, PalmdT Parrotti Seymour,' Talbot, - Taylor of Jndiana, Tailor, of Airsinia, Van ' vNAi"-rMe3ii. Beijton, Branch, Dicker . ' son,; EMiot, Holmes, ofc Maine, Lbwrie, Ma ' toiV Noble, Kugies, Smitn, rliomas, Van w i Burep, Wanlo. v House of RjBpresentatives. ' Saturday," March 20. " - Mr. TJreck, fromj the CbmmirW in whom the subj ect was recommitted, re ported an amendment to the resolution formerly reported to the House, author izing the purchase of a Portrait of Washington, so as to makei it read as lollows: ISiahted bv ' the - Sinute "and 'House, of R&- preswtatixx?9&fth?Z?nited Uongre assemble rf, l nat tne t'resiaem otine Vl States beand hcls hereby aumbrized to procure from Uembraat . Peale, of Thiladel pbia, a-painting (to be placed in the Capitol) of XxMntR'rov9 on horseback, on a canvass, of iiot lessr than : 8 feet high, and 13 wide $ the middleVnd back jrrounds, to contain a re presentation 'i of the battle of Prinetpn, or such other appropriate sccnery.as thd -President shall direct xlPrdediXxe. same can be Obtained for aurn not exceeding $3,000; and that' the said Peale furnish a rich gilt frame therefor, at least fifteen inches wide. ! i The rcsoluf on was referred to a com mittee of the whole. ' On motion c .f M r. Va nee, of N; C. Resolved Tht the Committee of Ways and Mfans be i istnictecf to inquire jinto the expediency cf t making an appropriation ade quate i o. the extinguisliment of reservations to-certain Indiarls, within the limits of North Carolina andTeanessee.- '" r --.4" 1 The House then, bv a vote of 93 to 19, went into a committee of the whole on the' bill for amending the several acts laying duties m rnports, and the ques tion being on theAmendment yesterday oflored by Mri Webster, to the 6th sec tion, Mr. Tod withdrew his objection to it, and the amendment was adopted.;. On motion of !r. Webster, the sec 1 tion wras further amended bv stirikinjr out 'f nine" in the 6th line, and sub stituting: twelve, and on motion of Mr. Reed, bv striking out the. words? candles or," in the 4th line. The section, as finally amended, reads as.follows : " v t " Seci 6 l be it further enacted, That, there shall he a loved a drawback of 75 per centum of the luties by ths act imposed on tallow, which may be manufactured into soap, upon the exportation thereof within twelve months after thfe said importation, and in the manner ! presscribed bv the act enritled ' An act to allow drawback of duties on spirits uis- xuieci anci sugar rennca, wriinin xne unuea States, land for other purposes,' so far as the same may be applicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Tieasury ' ' ' ' lr. jBreck moved to amend the 97th line, by excepting the article of twine, from amons: others oh which fiye cents per pound i laid, and adding the words "and on twine, ten cents ner hound. " Mr. ;R reck1, Mr. Ueed, and Mr. Bay lies, made some remarks for and against the motion $ and the question being ta ken, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Mercer moved to amend the bill in the 1177th line, by striking but four cents (duty on Tallow) and inserting one cent. ( . j Mr.! Tod objected to the motion, as having virtually been passed upon by the decision of yesterday. j The Chair pronounced the motion to be in order. Mr. Mercer supported his motion by quotations and calculations from the documents furnished by the j Depart ments and reasoning from the practice of England. j Mr. Reed replied, and thought this country was in such different (circum stances from Great-Britain that her practice did not furnish an example. Mr. Wayne stated a number of facts to' shew the lmury to the Farmer and crazier from the importation of forei 2T1 tallow, and hoped that one of jthe few opportunities to bene fit the farmer which the bil contains (to which bill, howe ver, he was a friend) would not be neglected.'- . ' l ' JMrJ Mercer spoke in answer to the opponents of the motion, defended the English precedents, and contended, that, if the duty was laid, all the Rus sian tal 1 o w w QU 1 d stop in England, and the English Would supersede us in the South-American trade. Ihe.dutv, he contended would not affect the farmer, as what was imported would be imme diately exported aain. He deprecat- ed the? necessity ot oaths, derived troin the collection of the duty, unless the system , of public or private warehousing: in use in GreatTBritain, were adopted. to both ot yhich he objected. - JLhe du ty would present to the tallow chand ler a temptation of SI 80, 000 ayear to fraud and when fraud is' introduced into one branch of the revenue, it quick ly spreads into all branches. Mr. M; concluded with some o-eneral remarks on the system of the bill. jj 1 he question was then put,! and de cidedin the negative.' j M r. M ercer then moved to strike out 4 and insert 2 cents. ! i The question was taken and decided in the negative Ayes 62 Naes 11. Un motion ot Mr. need, theommit- tee rose, and the House adjourned, j ' i Monday, Makcji 22. j ; Mr. Allen called upthe joi t reso lution offered by him some days since, respecting an "adjournment ; but the House ret used to consider it 3yes44j noes 83. . . - t ., ; : Mr. Randolph observed,' that the ver nal equinox was now passed,! and he thought it was time that every member who did not intend to rely on the nub- lic crib,; but to feed out of his own corn house should go home, and plant Ms corn ; and he hoped that the honorable member Irpm Massachusetts would con tinue to repeat his motion until it should obtain a more favorable reception by the House. The protracted sessions of juohV God, could take place only every other year) he cohsiderep! as fraught with in calculable mischief. Th from the pnblic service am important ana vaiuaoie class ox men. rHerfliiBpeaker interposedl and pronounced rt's of order, inasmueuf as the House i nad refu sed to cpsid er the rcsbl u t iqriu : Mr4 11 observed, that he had interiS-' ed to? conclude his observations by; m ins a motion ; but he should stand cor- rected. r:- '- i ::C : , -.'v TaylorHheri made "a; motion Ho t! tie hour.of tneetinis: to 1 1 O'clock, ;A;lM and :su ppor ted hi s motion by. a short speechriin which he adxerted"to the axnou nt. of business in arrcar, an d the injurious; consequence of long ses sions. ' Mr;j Randolph again, rose, and said, that-he should take the liberty which the gentleman from New-York seemed so willing to take himself, but to refuse to others no! uncommon case of mak ing some observations on an interdict ed subject, lie should, in the selection of, hi$topics,! niirsue Ids own lights, however feeble, without availing him self of the very great discernment, sa gacity, experience -(he wished he could enlarge the catalogue,) of the gentle man from ew-York. I, for one, said Mr. Ri voted for the repeal of that pre posterous rule which, cvpn if this build ing were on fire,, prevented the House from adjourning before 4 o'clock ; and I did suppose that, in its spirit, in went to repeal the other rule on the same subject, in reference to the proceedings of the committee of the whole. Four hours per diem is as long as I, at least am able to endure- I wil not say, the pes tilential atmosphere of this liouscrbuf an atmosphere, such as nothing but the wretched animals plunged in the Grotto" del Can e, n ear Na pi es were compelled to breathe, to gratify the laudable cu riosity of the very benevolent philoso- phers of modern Europe. I .hope the xl !, . x! 'II i. V. .1 Al geiiLieinau s uiouoii win nut ueauupieit and I now give notice, that I mean to follow up his'jmdtion with one which relates to a subiect that requires, if not the actual cautery, at least the knife - it is a motion to reduce the per diem allowance of;' members of this House to what it j was yhen I first; had the honor of a scat here;, and whichI then thought and stiil think, as a per aiem allowance, was fixed agreaiieal too high. It the present system is sullered to continue, instead ot having in Congress great leading professional men, we shall have what have been denominated the merely j mecjiamcal, the instrumental members of ihose 'profeffsrons. And as to the landed interest, how can we ex pect it to be represented, when it is nun to a landed man to attend here ? I for one can not, sir, consent to sit here for so many months; de die in diem, for "six days in the week', and hear no thing but the same strain forever re peated.! It is enough, sir, to worry the patience of Job himself. I I shall, there fore, move that,1 from and after the end of the present session of Congress, the per diem allowance of members be S6, and the allowance for travelling expen ses be the same sum for every twenty "i ; if ! - J J mnes travelling.. ; ! The question was then taken on lsr. Taylor's resolution, and carried. Mr. Randolph moved the following t f Rerolvkh, That from and after the end of t he present session of CongTess, the per diem allowance. of Members shall be six lol- ars, and six dollars for every twenty miles travelling.". M The resolution he desired to lav on the table, and he gave 'notice that he sboirrd icall up its consideration on Fri day next. i The question being put on laying the resolve j on the table, it was carried aves 80, noes GO. ; Mr. McTane. moved to postpone all the previous orders of the day to take up the bill making provision for the na val service of tlue United States for the year 1824. The motion was carried Ayes 4, noes 68. ' X I ne liouse then went into commit tee of -the whole, Mr. Bartlett, in the chair, on the1 consideration of the above bill, and proceeded to consider the same,, item bv item, j ; Some of the items gave rise to con siderable discussion, particularly . that which proposes to. appropriate S25, 000 fori contingent expenses, includ ing all extra allowances." In this dis cussion M essrs. Cobb, Cock e, McLane, Taylor, Forsyth, and others, engaged. lr. -. t'ocke examined in detail the expenditures under, this head during the past year, to many of which he took exception, and particularly to the charges for travelling expenses, which formed a part of almost every acqount settled, , ii our wiiicn ne saiu, it wouui appear that almost the whole Navy of the United States was constantly em ployed in travelling from one part of uie counrry xo anotner. l o many uiacr items ne aiso oqjeciea, particu larly to the allowance to the Navy A gent at New-York, of more than 7,000 dollars, under tins head, whilst he was largely indebted to the' government, &c. to extra pay, house rent, &c to surgeons, recruiting ofi&cers, ; &c to the payment of glOOO to a professional gentleman for services of Judge Advo cateand lastljto the expenses allow ed, to the ' Commissioners of the Navy for going to the Eastwai d, some time about the NewYork Races, but per haps, also iupon other business. Mrf Cconcluded by moving to reduce the appropriation for this item to an hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, which hcaftent eighty thousand dollars. . ; ; ; . tMn -Mcliane; replied r to(tIie objecS lions i of &lr. CUockevbytatempnts der rived from oSicial pa pers which he had received in reply to inquiries made up on the.subject . at the proper offices, by theConimitteer offiWays and Means, although he himself thought there w re items of-expenditure under this head which were objectionable, 'and was in clined to think, , that this fund had not been " administered as it ought to have been. But many of these . item he said, had always beenallowed, and were indispensable suci' : as the necessary expenses of travelling to attend courts' martial, fueli quarters,, theincjden tal expenses of the recruiting service, &c- From . the information w hich he had received this item of appropria tion was subject io the payment of clerk-hire, ofiice-re it, stationery; trans portation of munitions of war, freight, pilotage, wharfage, 'storage,- and all those objects of expenditure not included un der any specific heid of appropriation, though forming co lectively an impor tant item.-" If thcr 5 were any abuse iqi the expenditure, he was inclined to think it was allowing travelling expen ses -to officers whd are, not ordered! on special service, butj merely to join their ships. ' If that were fdrbiif den, it would reduce the amount perhaps some eight or. ten thousand d dlarsl .At present, however, he thouglit it better to make the appropriation called for and leave the abuses, if ah.v, to be corrected bv i "... the administration of the Navy Depart ment. Mr. M'lane here read several pa pers connected Hitli this subject, oneof which, from the Secretary of theJSavy, stated the sunt of 125,000 dollars to be absolutely necessary foptiie contingent expenditure of the present year Mr. McLane alsoreviawed - the' history of thfe particular appropriation, and shew ed -that the amouni nowasked for was less" than the average appropriation for the same item for the lastfiveyears, &c. The question b ?ing taken on filling the blank with 8225,000, asked by the Navy Department, and moved by. the chairman of the committee of Ways and jlcans there 54 ; a quoruiri no werei Ayfs 32, noes t being present -and an officer was despatched to summon. absent members. J : Mr.' Taylor stated what had. been formerly expended under this head. He shewed why it should be somewhat larger the presen :' year, from the em ployment of the V'rest India squadron, &c. He vindicated the conduct of the late Secretary of the Navy, but could have wished that several of the items in the account of con ingent expenses had been more explicit On the whole, he did not see that the sum could now be reduced. Mr. Ijivermore (bserved, that, whatr ever the sumappropriated under the head of contingenc es it was always ex pended. It was never too mych, but always just enough- and so he suppos ed it would be if jit were made half a million. He did not impute this to malfeasance in the heads of Depart ments, &c. " I . . Mr. Cocke replied to Mr. Taylor. The additional expenses occasioned by the West India squadron, and those for repairs, were not included in j this amount. The whole of. this sum went to gentlemen on sh re. j Those in ser vice, at sea, got none of it. He had found, on" inquiri lg in . the ofiices, that certain accounts were allowed be cause S. T. was written a"rainst them. He was opposed to all tfsage and cus tom not fixed by lay. ,! j Mr- Culpcper hoped the appropriation would be reducedj as he vas satisfied some improper sums had been formerly allowed. . ' - ! Mr. AVilliams orNorth-Carolina, re quired further expjariation on the items intended to be cojvered by the bill particularly one item of 1500, for the service of a Judge Advocate at Boston, who served but for 62 days. Mr. Fuller replied to lr.-Williams, and explained some circumstances in relation to the item referred to by him; The question being then taken on fill ing the blank with .8225,000, it was decided in the negative. ' j ; The question then recurring. on the amendment proposed by M r. Cocke, to till the blank with 8180,000, and, be- ing put, it passed in the aftinnative. ' x LATEST FROM FRANCE. By the arrival of the ship Elizabeth. in 22 days from Havre, the editors of of the New-YorkfDaily Advertiser have received their fijes jof Paris papers to the 20th of February, which "contain Lon don dates of the t6th, two days later than before received." ' ; H ; -There is no political news from Eng land: "v i j v ; '. '': 1, (.:.-: ': C The accounts from Spain represent the country in 3. very tinsettlea state. The Constitutionalists, .; at Barcelona, win pernaps jau upon me soaiers 01 the faith, unless they are marched away. The couriers have been stopped on the road between France and Madrid and there are reports of disturbances and meditated insurrections, from several parts of the kingdom. .The govern - . ' - ' i 'FOKEIQK NEVV S. . - ment are attemptihgio irhprov aiaic ui uie unances, - a? well as U great exettioijs' to organize the rJnv The kins has recehtly.suDnror,i juui in t xutiiiiu, except one xnese circumsiancesm connexion the motions of several ihdividSn gaged in public "business, show that til government; is laboring under umisu, difficulties, ,and apprehensions, lit : reported that an English man of v.5 has taken a Spanish snip, with a I lap! amount of specie as security for i loans. .; - m - .: In Frawcf., both parties are occupi ed in ' electioneering. - The funds, 61 serv es the Journal du Commerce, 'migj; have been now as good as those iii Enj land,-but for the war in Spain ; butth minisftryr have donestnefiin with t money. England is represented by tb same paper, as having great advantage by refusing to intermeddle j with war, and stepping in fresh at ,the close with an uninterrupted commerce.' au( stepping in.' at otice, to the full and a1 most exclusive enjoyment of the South American trade; c Since the publication of the decrt of Ferdinand, which pretends to rn late the , commence with South Ameri ca, on the system of requiring from f& reign vessels duties similar to those de manded bv thei r respective government from Spanish vessels trading iithel: provinces, there has been spnieanxiet expressed by the Frenclrlest that sin gular documenthould have; ihvolvec them in ajyery unfortunate! dilemma If theyare bound to wait until Spanis! custooi-houses are established in thosi Countries, they are likely to share ver little of the commerce 5 but they hop to secure ah escape, under a dcubtfj clause of the decree,! from so mortifr msr a situation. The Journal du Commerce, of (h 20th Feb. mentions the speech of Mr Webster, on the Greek question, a one remarkable fur its energy and elo quence ; and gives one or two short ei tracts. It also contains, 'the motio; made in Congress, to invite i the Mar quis Ia Fayette to visit tlie if nitei States. - ,-. V i;. The latest intelligence from Greece represents the state of the country, am the spirit. of the, people, as still mor flattering than before. ' -J: Lettei-s from Constantinople, to tK 15th of January, ; mention that tor Stangford has been authorized to cos tinue his mediation between Russia an the Porte. ; . I C b The Greeks are said" to have aban doned their projects against: Smyrna. Ireland continued to be disturbed b Whiteboylsm. Many outrages are de tailed. ' . -: I G" , A mummy recently arrived in France frpm Egypt, which appears to be tha of a Princess, of the race of Pharoah who had been buried 2700 years. I: the samd box was an embalmed Cat, t indicate the person was of high rank. I Spain was far from being tranquil The Journal de Toulouse states, tha the first regiment of light infantry hat received orders to enter, Spain. Thi 4th regiment is to march to t igueras. The ! Monks continue to disturb tli public tranquility , in Cataloniai Thei command fetes and thanksgivings fe the restoration of absolute power. . An insurrection issaidtojhayeshowi itself in Estremadura 5 and great aj tation was apparent in Ahdalusia. The conduct of the Spanish troop? in the. environs of Barcelona,! create great apprehensions. The French Gf- Ineral commanding has ortlered Baroc d'Rrnlps to withdraw his tr00D3 to u? distance of 8 leagues. , J j THE GREEKS AND TURKS 'Vhf Auo-vhorf- Ga.e tte contains in telligence; from Smyrna to the lSta fj January The Turkish squadron fitted but at Constantinople,- tojafford suc cour to Smyrna j had been destroyed bj a tempest in the sea of Marmora. Tj Greeks -are tilled with joy. l Fie gates and six . bris stranded. - p Turks regarded this event as a ctei tisement from Heaven, and they hi not been guilty of any? acti of vialejV to the; Greek in conseqiienc Greeks 1 had become masters of V Gulph. '1 he; Turks cynsidered thf was no longer any security in the ters of the Archipelagos h j . 'J : 1 he Turkish garrison at ranSa rptirpfl ta T.pnnnto. '" The Hell I the humber ofor; 8000, have planJ the standard of Ihe Cross in the isie Mitylene. - ;- "j . I Bxidge CoutxactoTS fllllE undersigned Commissioners PP ,X-. ed by th e : County Court f 0nri the purpose of building: a ridg over, p , River near Murphey's Mill will b let the sarne to the lowest bidder o 22d of . May next at the place wre bridge is to be built. " j i-'-l ; The Commissioners have not yetrJe" d whether the Bridge slxallt be .biw g Stone-or Timber piers. Pians and -F cations for both descriptions Jcf K hot,,!, rrit.' lami A Cralcr. Ha l Post Orcc, after the 15th of April eJ"e; ing the Bridge will be given at tbcfS nneer umce in xuucis" - ' ' . vr March 25tb, 1S24.
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