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