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SENATE. Tuesday, May 1. Mr. Dick- crrson, from the committee on manufactures, reported a bill regulating duties on imports and tne mono or their payment; winch was read and ordered to a second reading. ilr. King called up the bill and report trom the committee on manu factures respecting the disposi tion of the public lands, and lie moved their reference to the committee on the public lands. After some discussion of this motion, it was laid on the table, for the present. The general appropriation bill, returned from the House, was taken up, and the Senate receded from certain amendments. On the motion to recede from the amendment striking out the appropriation for the outfit of a Minister to France, a debate arose, in which Messrs. Smith, Forsyth, Tyler and Manguvi supported the motion, and Messrs. Clay ton, Tazewell, Chambers, and Miller opposed it, and the mo- lion prevailed by a vote of 23 tO 21. The motion tO insist Oil the amendment, striking out the appropriation for the pedestrian statue of Washington, was a- 2 reed to. The amendment j having been disposed of, the Senate adjourned. Wednesday, 2d. A message was received from the Presi dent of the United States, trans mitting two treaties concluded between the United States and the Government of Mexico. The consideration of the Pen sion bill was resumed, and Mr. Hayne spoke two hours and a half in conclusion of his speech in opposition to the bill. The general appropriation bill was then taken up, and, on motion of Mr. Smith, the Senate rece ded from the amendments dis agreed to by the House of Re presentatives. Thursday, 3c. The bill from the House of Representa tives in addition to the act gran ting pensions to certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the revolutionary war, was read, and ordered to a se cond reading. -The Senate re sumed the consideration of the bill from the House, establish ing certain post routes, and dis continuing others,together with the amendments reported by the committee on the post office and post roads; and all of the amendments having been dis posed of, Mr. Bibb moved fur ther to amend the bill by the addition of another section, as follows: "And be it further en acted, That, from and after the 1st day of July next, no postage shall be charged on nevvspa- pers, and that so much of anv 1 act or acts of the Congress of U TT I iviiiv.1I was uuuuiuu. 1 lie he United States as imposes a amendment made in Committee tax or postage on newspapers j striking out six months and in W LbC:,a",d,lhe SaT her.e- Berli"S lhr months, as the da'v afS W. "V l"6 i day aforesaid." After anmn rn marks from Mr. Bihh nnrl M- . uxu AIJ.ll Clayton, in support of the a- dv ajrainst it M P -,rl'n- J slid vtlzz t ' i- u",L,uraent oy , mpni mnnt nAC i adding, in lieu of the present rates of letter postage, the same rates of postage as existed prior to the year 1816. Mr. Grundy then rose and addressed the Senate in opposition to the a mendment, and continued his remarks until half past 3 o'clock when he gave way to a motion to adjourn. n.-Mr.Dickerson gave notice that on Monday next, he should call up the bill reported from the committee on manufactures, appropriating for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. Mr. King moved that the con sideration of his motion for the reference of that bill, to the committee on public lands, be now resumed, which motion was rejected by a vote of 17 to 20. The post route bill was taken up. Mr. Foot withdrew his amendment, reducing the postage on letters. 1 he ques tion then being on Mr. Bibb's amendment abolishing postage on newspapers, Mr. Grundy re sumed and concluded hts re marks in opposition to the a mendment, and in reply to Mr. Clayton. Mr. Holmes follow ed in support ot the amend ment, and, without taking the question, the Senate adjourned over to Monday next. Monday 7 th. Mr. Benton s resolution for the printing of a blank number of copies of the report of the committee of the House of Representatives, on the affairs of the Bank of the. United States, was called up; but meeting with some ODDOSi- tinn ivq Inid nn tlin tfihli The General Post Office bill was taken up as the unfinished business; the question being on Mr. Bibb's motion to amend the bill by abolishing the postage on newspapers; &, Mr. Holmes, who was entitled to the floor, continued h'rs speech in favor of the amendment, until a(ter3o -clock, when, without conclu ding, he yielded the floor to a motion for adjournment, and the Senato adjourned. II. OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, May I. Owing to the continued indisposition of Mr. Key, the trial of Gen. Hous ton was postponed until Wed nesday. Mr. Plummer resu med his remarks upon the sub ject of the charge made against the Collector of the port of Wis casset. Before he had conclu ded, the House passed to the consideration of the orders of the day. The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill providing for the vaccina tion of the Indians, as a preven tive of the small pox, were cont curred in. The House took up the Revolutionary Pension bill, The amendment offered by Mr. Wickliffe, on a former day, to extend the provisions of the bill to those who fought in the Indian. wars of the West up to 1795, was lost, after some dis cussion, by a vote of ayes 62, noes 106. Mr. Blair of S. C. and Mr. Bell, offered amend ments, which were rejected. Mr. Letcher moved an amend ment including those who were engaged in the defence of the Western frontiers from 1775 up tn 1 7q r .i. ,k;i. . ' a i mi e penod of service for which a person should be paid a pen sion, was concurred in, ayes 913, noes 73. Mr. Craio- mnvnd to strike out the section repealing i1,c,r ,f ?ror; LioS had been added in Comm mr and insert instead a limitation of property to $1,000 bevond the possession of which, no ap plicant should receive a pension which was lost, ayes 73, noes 102. Some other amendments made in committee were con curred in without a count. Mr. Lewis moved an amend ment, which was rejected. Mr. L. Condict moved the addition of several sections to the bill providing for the widows of those who, if living, would have been entitled to the provisions of the act of 1828. This amend ment was cut off by the previous question. I he mam question was then taken on the engross ment of the bill, and carried. Wednesday, 2d. Mr. Ad ams, from the committee on manufactures, moved that 6,000 copies of the Report of the Se cretary of the Treasury upon the Tariff, together with sundry documents accompanying it, be printed, which was agreed to. Mr. Plummer concluded his speech on the motion of the judiciary committee respecting the Collectorof the port of Wis- casset. The engrossed Revo lutionary Pension bill was read a third time. Mr. Wilde, after making some remarks, moved the bill be indefinitely postpo ned; which was lost ayes 45, noes 128. The question Shall this bill pass? was then taken, and carried ayes 128, noes 46. The amendments to the general appropriation bill, returned from the Senate, were taken up and disposed of. The bill making appropriations for sundry internal improve ments for 1832, was taken up in committee of the whole on the state of the Union. The amendment presented by Mr. Verplonck, on a former day, in cluding a large number of ob jcts, was taken up and discus- ! sed in detail. The "rant for Ocracock Inlet of $22,000, was agreed to ayes 80, noes 29. Mr. HALL, of N. C. moved an amendment, the terms of which were perfectly inaudible to the reporter. After some discus sion the amendment was ne gatived. Several propositions to amend other items were lost, when, without taking the question upon the amendment, the committee rose and report ed progress, and the House ad journed. Thursday, M. Mr. Polk, from the select committee on the apportionment bill, present ed a report, and moved that it be printed, and that the bill be made the special order of the day for Monday. Mr. Everett, of Mass. on the part of the mi nority of the committee, stated that certain calculations, with a report, would be presented to morrow. The motion of Mr. Polk was agreed to. Mr. Mer cer submitted a resolution pro viding for an adjournment of the House from Friday until Mon day, in order that the carpet of . i r 1 1 I me nail may be taken up and replaced with a matting, the floor being first sprinkled with a solution of the chloride of lime. Mr. Mercer briefly ad dressed the House in explana tion of the object of the resolu tion, which was the purification of the Hull. A short discus sion ensued. Mr. Taylor sug gested that the Superintendent of public buildings should be directed to cause windows to be opened on the east and west side of the Hall. Mr. Mercer assented to the modification, and further suggested that the curtains should be taken down and cleaned from the dust with which they were loaded. Mr. Speight moved to lay the reso lution on the table, but the mo tion was negatived. The reso lution, as modified was agreed to. Mr. Polk moved to suspend the rule for the purpose of nrin- ting 10,000 additional copies of import or tne Dank commit tee. Mr. Foster asked for rim yeas and nays on this question winch were ordered when it was negatived, ayes' 1 J0, noes 67; the motion to sus pend requiring a vole of two thirds. The House then pro ceeded to the trial of Governor Houston, who was conducted to the bar, attended by the Serjeant-at-Arms, and accompa nied by his counsel, Francis S. Key, Esq. Mr. Key having been accommodated with a more commodious place in the Hall, resumed the argument in defence of the accused. At nearly 5 o'clock, Mr. Key con cluded. Mr. Houston then re quested permission to address the House, which being grant ed, he expressed a wish to de fer his remarks until to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Doddridge, the further proceedings were suspended till Monday. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Sec retary of the Treasury, with further information on the sub ject of the Tariff. It was refer red to the committee on manu factures, and ordered to be printed. Friday, 4th. Mr. Mercer offered a resolution providing for the adjournment of the House, over from Friday next to Monday, for the purpose of carrying into cllect the improve ment of the Hall proposed by his resolution yesterday; which was carried. The Speaker laid before the House the annual return from the Treasury De partment of the commerce and navigation of the United States, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Some discussion took place on the bill granting $120,000 to the Alexandria Canal Company for the construction of an aqueduct across the Potomac river at Georgetown and, on the bill authorising the subscription in bidialf of the U. States of 1,250 shares of the stock of the Alex andria Canal Company both of which were rejected. Saturday, 5th. The House resumed the consideration of the case of the Wiscasset col lector, and Mr. Sladc commen ced an argument in favor of an investigation by the House. He continued until 12 o'clock, when the House passed to the order of the day. On the motion of Mr. Sutherland, the rule of the House was suspended for the purpose of taking up the inter nal improvement appropriation bill, including the subjects of harbors, light houses, &c. The question was on concurring in the amendments of the commit tee. Various items were con sidered and agreed to. On the item . for $22,000, for the im provement of Ocracock Inlet being taken up, Mr. HALL op posed the proposition, and en tered into a statement of the reasons which would induce him to vote against the propo sition. The reporter regrets that the low tone of voice in which Mr. II. spoke, rendered it impossible to give even a sKctcii ot Ins remarks. After some observations from Mr. Speight and Mr. Barringer, in favor of making the appropria tion, Mr. Arnold asked for the yeas and nays on the question, which were ordered and taken, when it was carried in the affir mative ayes 110, noes 45. Mr. HALL, of North Carolina, mo ved an amendment for remov ing the mud shoal &r;nnn negatived. Several other a were nrnnncofl . , U fj j j - mendments some of which were adopted and others rejected. Mr. John ston, of Virginia, moved a re consideration of the vote given yesterday, on the subject of the subscription to the stock of the Alexandria canal. The further consideration of the motion was postponed till Friday next iUQ House then adjourned. Monday, 7A. Mr. Everett of Massachusetts, presented a report for the minority of tj1D select committee on the nppor. tionment bill, which was refer red and ordered to be printed! The further consideration of the Wiscasset case was postpo ned till the next dav; and the resolution of Mr. Wilde, on the subject of the currency, was, af ter some remarks from Mr Wilde and Mr. Irvin, adopted The resolution submitted on a preceding day by Mr. Dray, ton, directing the Secretary 0f War to revise and combine into one, the various acts in relation to the army, and to report there on at an early period of the next session of Congress, wa8 agreed to likewise. A resolu tion of inquiry into the affairs of the Post Office Department was proposed by Mr. Whittle sey, of Ohio, but was not dis posed of when the House pro ceeded to the orders of thridnr The trial of Gen. Houston was then proceeded in, when the accused delivered a vindica tory address to the House; after which he was conducted from the bar. Mr. Harper submit ted a resolution that the accu sed be discharged from custo dy. Mr. Huntington submitted an amendment to the resolution declaring that Samuel Houston had been guilty of a contempt of this House. Mr. Ingersoll moved that the further procee dings be postponed till 11 o' clock the next day, which was agreed to and the House ad journed. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1832. (jyrhe citizens of Edgecombe are requested to meet at the Court House in Tarborough, on Tuesday of next County Court, to express their opinions relative to the election of President and Vice President of the U. States for the next term, and to appoint a Delegate to meet in Con vention at Raleigh, in June next, to make suitable nominations. Com. Foreign. Paris dates to the. 3d April are received at New York. The Cholera had appeared and was spreading with greater rapidity in that city than in London. The Chamber of Deputies was nearly de serted in consequence. During 24 hours ending April 2, at 4 P. M. there were 252 cases and 100 deaths. The, official accounts from the com mencement of the disease up to fhat hour, present the following result: number of persons attacked, 735 deaths, 267. Individuals have also been attacked in several villages in the immediate neighborhood of Paris. Measures were being taken in all the departments to prevent the spread of the disease. Several riots had taken place in Paris, but nothing serious had occurred. A report has reached New York that an English ship of war had arriv ed at St. Kitts from Barbadoes, with the Cholera on board. Twentv-five cases occurred in three dnvs. hut none of them had as yet proved fatal. From the Washington N.C. Union. Public Meeting. On Tues day, 8th May, beinsr the second day of the County CouttofPitt, a meeting was held at the Court House in Greenville, for the purpose of having an expression of the public sentiment on tho subject of a candidate for tho next Vice Presidency. The meeting was large and respectable. It wag organized
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