H. or R. Additional Duties. APRIL, 1818. manufactured articles, (shot, paper, &c.,) imported into the United States, and to change the duty from an ad valorem to a specific one. A motion, by Mr. COLSTON, to strike out the first section, was lost. Some other amendments were made to both the bills, and some proposed that were rejected, which gave rise to much debate. Among the motions which prevailed, was one by Mr. PITKIN, to strike out the proposed modification of the duty on paper. The bills having been reported to the House, the amendments made were generally agreed to without a division. Mr. LITTLE made an attempt to retain the clause for modifying the duty on paper, which failed, by a considerable majority. Mr. BUTLER renewed the motion, which had been previously made in Committee of the Whole, by Mr. MORTON, to strike out "one dollar," the duty proposed hereafter to be levied on "iron in bars and bolts manufactured without rolling." This motion was negatived-yeas 50, nays 82, as follows: imported, a few of the manufactories only have been enabled to survive, and whether they can still live will depend on the passage of this bill. Great Britain, about twenty years back, manufactured only 18,000 tons; but by the uncommon encouragement with which the manufacturers met, and the great improvements by them made, in the year 1816 she manufactured 200,000 tons. Now the fair inference is, that by seizing those great improvements in our power, by the superiority of our ore, both as to quantity and quality, our unbounded resources in coal as well as wood, in which we have a most unquestionable superiority over Great Britain, we may shortly make not only an abundant supply for ourselves, but draw vast riches into our country by the exportation of the article. It is supposed by good judges that we might make enough to supply the world! Mr. Chairman, our Federal Constitution, the foundation and ligament of our politicai existence, is the offspring of compromise and mutual concession and affection. Shall then the planters of the Middle and Southern States, who are amassing fortunes by the production of rice, cotton, tobacco, and flour, refuse to yield some small and fraternizing token of respect and encouragement to the manufacturers of the Eastern and Middle States, in the time of their greatest need? From the discussion of this question, by some gentlemen, it would really seem that one class of the community was seeking something which would ruin some other. Nothing so erroneous; I am the friend of agriculture on this occasion; not only the agriculturist, but the whole civilized world is interested in the production of iron; the manufacturers themselves are agriculturists; their neighbors and friends are agriculturists; the whole country around them, and upon whose supplies they depend, is agricultural; the interests son of Ky., Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, Bateman, of both classes are united and indissoluble. The Beecher, Bennett, Bloomfield, Boden, Campbell, Colsagricultural part of the community are already, ton, Comstock, Crafts, Crawford, Cruger, Culbreth, and must ever be, the most independent; and will Darlington, Desha, Drake, Earle, Folger, Gage, Hale, those who are most independent refuse encour- Hall of Delaware, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herrick, agement to those establishments which will ren-Heister, Hitchcock, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Hunter, der them still more so? Away then with the Ingham, Kinsey, Lawyer, Lewis, Linn, Little, W. jaundiced view of a difference of interest; it can Maclay, W. P. Maclay, Marchand, Marr, Mason of answer no other purpose than to create sectional Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Muminjurious jealousies, such as would go to destroy ford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Pindall, Porter, Rich, Richards, Ringour happy Union! YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Austin, Barbour of Virginia, Blount, Boss, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Claiborne, Cobb, Edwards, Ervin of South Carolina, Garnett, Irving of New York, Johnson of Virginia, Jones, Herbert, Hogg, Holmes of Connecticut, Huntington, Lowndes, McCoy, Morton, Jeremiah Nelson, T. M. Nelson, Owen, Peter, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Reed, Rhea, Robertson of Kentucky, Sampson, Settle, Sherwood, Silsbee, Slocumb, Bal. Smith, Alexander Smyth, J. S. Smith, Speed, Stewart of North Carolina, Terrill, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of North Carolina, and Wilson of Massachusetts. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Vermont, Ander I would go as far to represent my constituents gold, Rogers, Ruggles, Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Seybert, Simkins, Southard, Spencer, Strother, Tarr, in any local matter, which required attention, as Taylor, Terry, Tompkins, Trimble, Upham, Wallace, any other man; I never could and never would Wendover, Whiteside, Williams of New York, Wildesert them. But as, or another occasion, I en-kin, and Wilson of Pennsylvania. deavored so to convince the House, I stop here. After serving our constituents faithfully in those particular interests, where others from different sections could not, in the nature of things, so well do it, we become the representatives of the whole nation, and he who best consults the general interest, and whose measures are best calculated to give plenty, content, and union to all, deserves the most applause from his country. The motion to strike out the first section, was negatived; and The Committee having gone through this bill, took up the bill to increase the duties on certain After rejecting several motions to adjourn, the two bills were finally ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. [As ordered to the third reading, the contents of these bills vary from the statements heretofore given of them, by the omission of the proposed duty on paper, and by the additional duty of the following: On spikes three cents per pound; on anchors two cents per pound; on cut glass thirty per cent. ad valorem; on brown Russia sheeting, not exceeding fifty-two archines in each piece, $1 60 per piece; on white do. do., $2 60 per piece. The two acts to take effect from the 30th June next.] Mr. T. M. NELSON moved that, for the remainder of the session, the House do meet at ten instead of eleven o'clock.-Negatived. And the House adjourned at half-past six o'clock. WEDNESDAY, April 1 H. OF R. portant; and desiring himself that the bill should pass in the shape in which it went from this House, he moved that it lie on the table, to give further time for the consideration of the amend ments. The bill from the Senate to amend the charter Mr. POPE, from the committee to whom was referred, yesterday, the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a con+ stitution and State government, and for the adA message from the Senate informed the House mission of such State into the Union on an equal that the Senate disagree to the amendment pro- footing with the original States," reported the posed by this House to their bill, entitled "An act agreement of the committee to the said amendfor the relief of Isaac Briggs;" and they have re-ments, and the amendments were then concurred ceded from their seventh amendment to the bill in by the House. of this House, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the Laws of the United States, and of the Bank of the United States, so as to authorfor other purposes;" and they insist on their 8thize the appointment of a vice president and depamendment to the said bill. uty cashier, &c., was read a second time. On Mr. WILLIAMS, of North Carolina, from the motion of Mr. FORSYTH, the letter of the SecreCommittee of Claims, to which was referred the tary of the Treasury in favor of the measure was bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the re-read; when, on motion of Mr. LITTLE, who delief of John Hall, late a Major of marines;" reported the same without amendment, and the bill was committed to the Committee of the Whole, to which is committed the bill from the Senate, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole, entitled "An act for the relief of Richard M. to which are committed the amendments proJohnson." posed by the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act Mr. WILLIAMS also reported a bill for transfer-fixing the compensation of the Secretary of the ring the claims in the office of the Commissioner Senate and Clerk of the House of Representa of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Depart-tives, and of the clerks employed in their offices;" ment; which was read twice, and also committed to the Committee of the Whole last men tioned. sired a more particular consideration of the subject, the bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary-61 to 55. and the bill to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks in the different offices, be discharged, and that they be committed to the Committee of the Whole, to which is committed the bill sup plementary to the several acts making appropri ations for the year 1818. Mr. PINDALL, from the committee of conference between the two Houses, on the disagreeing votes respecting the amendments of this House to the bill to make valid certain acts of the jus- Mr. ScoTT gave notice that he would, on totices of the peace of the District of Columbia, morrow, move the House for leave to bring in a reported it as the unanimous opinion of the com- bill to suspend the sales of certain lands in the mittees of both Houses that the bill was unne-State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri. cessary, the acts therein referred to being valid A message from the Senate informed the House without the interposition of the Legislature; and the whole subject was, therefore, on motion of Mr. BASSETT, indefinitely postponed. Mr. LOWNDES, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the memorial of Manuel Torres, who offers to the United States a financial discovery which he considers of great value, reported that his suggestions were, from the respectable personal character of the memorialist, entitled to an examination; but that the remainder of this session, if the whole time of the committee were devoted to it, was not sufficient for the due investigation of the subject, and therefore recommending that it be postponed to the next session.-Concurred in. Mr. FORSYTH, from the Committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill, in addition to the several acts for enforcing the neutral relations of the United States, reported the opinion of the committee, that the said amendments, one excepted, be concurred in. But, after some conversation, the bill was laid on the table, on the suggestion of Mr. TUCKER that the amendments were im that the Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, to wit: An act for the relief of Major General Jacob Brown; An act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress; and, An act for the relief of Thomas Miller and Stephen Baker, with amendments. They have passed bills of the following titles, to wit: An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases; An act authorizing a subscription for the Statistical Annals, by Adam Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin's Commercial Statistics; and, An aet fixing the compensation of Indian agents and factors; in which amendments and bills they ask the concurrence of this House. Engrossed bills of the following titles, to wit: An act to increase the compensation of deputy postmasters in certain cases; An act making the port of Bath in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same, and for establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry; An act providing for the deposite of wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses; An act to increase the duties on H. OF R. Slave Trade-Additional Duties. certain manufactured articles imported into the United States; and, An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the 2d day of March, 1799-were severally read the third time, and passed. The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bills of this House, entitled, An act for the relief of Major General Jacob Brown; An act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress; and, An act for the relief of Thomas Miller and Stephen Baker, were read, and severally concurred in by the House. The House took up, and proceeded to consider, their disagreement to the 8th amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes;" on which amendment the Senate have insisted; and the said amendment being again read, it was resolved that the House recede from their disagreement to the said 8th amendment. The House proceeded to reconsider their amendment to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Isaac Briggs," to which the Senate have disagreed; and the said amendment being again read, it was resolved that this House recede from APRIL, 1818. Mr. SIMKINS proposed an amendment to the bill, providing for disposing of slaves seized for being illegally imported, by sale, one-half of the proceeds to the benefit of the United States, and the other to the benefit of the officers making the seizures, &c. This motion was advocated by The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act fix-Messrs. SIMKINS and EDWARDS, who seconded ing the compensation of Indian agents and factors," was read twice, and referred to the committee on that part of the President's Message the said amendment. which relates to Indian affairs. The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act authorizing a subseription for the Statistical Annals, by Adam Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin's Commercial Statistics," was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties, in certain cases," was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. A Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, which was read, as fol lows: the motion, as the only means of executing the laws against the slave trade, as experience had fully demonstrated since the origin of the prohibition. Mr. H. NELSON protested against the introduction of a provision into our laws, which he declared to be inconsistent with the principles of our Government, and calculated to throw as wide open the door to the importation of slaves as it was before the existing prohibition. Further debate took place on the amendment, which was advocated by Mr. PINDALL, on the ground of the absolute necessity of such a provision, to make the laws efficient against the slave trade. The amendment was finally rejected by a large majority; and the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. ADDITIONAL DUTIES. in bars and bolts, iron in pigs, castings, nails, and An engrossed bill to increase the duties on iron alum, and to disallow the drawback of duties on the re-exportation of gunpowder, was also read the third time-And on the question, Shall the bill pass? it was determined in the affirmativeyeas 88, nays 47, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, bell, Colston, Crafts, Crawford, Cruger, Culbreth, Bateman, Beecher, Bennett, Bloomfield, Boden, CampDarlington, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ellicott, Folger, Gage, Hale, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Holmes of Connecticut, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Hunter, Ingham, Irving of New York, Kinsey, Kirtland, Lawyer, Linn, Little, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, Marchand, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Mercer, Merrill, Miller, Moore, Moseley, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pindall, Porter, Rich, Richards, Ringgold, Rogers, Ruggles, Savage, Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Seybert, Southard, Spencer, Tarr, Taylor, Tompkins, Townsend, Trimble, Tucker of Virginia, Walker of North Carolina, Walker of Kentucky, Wallace, Wendover, Whiteside, Williams of New York, and Wilson of Pennsylvania. NAYS-Messrs. Austin, Barbour of Virginia, Blount, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Claiborne, Edwards, Floyd, Forney, Garnett, Herbert, Hogg, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, Jones, Livermore, Lowndes, McCoy, Middleton, Morton, Jeremiah Nelson, Hugh Nelson, T. M. Nelson, Peter, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Sampson, Settle, Sherwood, Silsbee, Slocumb, Ballard Smith, Speed, Strong, Strother, Stuart of Maryland, Terrill, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, and Williams of North Carolina. Ordered, That the title be, "An act to increase the duties on iron in bars and bolts, iron in pigs, castings, nails, and alum.” DUTIES ON IMPORTS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill to continue in force, from and after the 30th June, 1819, until the 30th June, 1826, the fourth paragraph of the first section of the act "to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage." The paragraph referred to is that which establishes the duty on the importation of foreign manufactures, of which the principal material is wool or cotton, &c. Mr. EDWARDS moved-on the ground that there was no necessity for acting on the subject at the present time, and, being no necessity for it, there remained too little time for a proper investigation of the subject-that the first section of the bill be stricken out. This motion gave rise to a short, but spirited debate; in the course of which, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MERCER, and Mr. RHEA, supported the motion, as well on the ground of hostility to the excessive taxation of agriculture for the benefit of the manufacturing interest, as of the want of time for a full discussion, &c. And Mr. SEYBERT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. MASON of Massachusetts, Mr. BALDWIN, Mr. KINSEY, Mr. LOWNDES, and Mr. SOUTHARD, opposed it, on both the grounds assumed. The question having been taken on striking out the first section, it was decided in the negative-ayes 33. The Committee then proceeded further in amending the bill; in which Mr. SILSBEE, Mr. LOWNDES, and Mr. PITKIN, took part. Mr. MERCER proposed an amendment, the object of which was, that the duty of 25 per cent. should be imposed, not on a fixed value of 25 cents per yard, but upon an actual valuation, as in the case of other ad valorem duties.-Negatived. Mr. COLSTON made a motion to amend the bill, the object of which was, to limit the extension of the present duties to two years, instead of seven, as provided by the bill. And this motion was decided in the negative-yeas 31, nays 108, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Austin, Barbour of Virginia, Bur H. OF R. well, Cobb, Colston, Edwards, Ervin of South Carolina, Forney, Hogg, Johnson of Virginia, Mercer, Miller, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, Peter, Pindall, Pleasants, Reed, Rhea, Schuyler, Slocumb, B. Smith, A. Smyth, J. S. Smith, Stewart of North Carolina, Stuart of Maryland, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Walker of North Carolina, Williams of North Carolina, and Wilson of Massachusetts-31. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, Bateman, Beecher, Bennett, Bloomfield, Boden, Boss, Butler, Campbell, Clagett, Cook, Crafts, Crawford, Cruger, Culbreth, Cushman, Darlington, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ellicott, Floyd, Folger, Gage, Hale, Hall of Del., Harrison, Hasbrouck, Herrick, Hitchcock, Holmes of Connecticut, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Hunter, Huntington, Ingham, Irving of New York, Jones, Kinsey, Kirtland, Lawyer, Linn, Little, Livermore, Lowndes, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, McCoy, Marchand, Marr, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Moore, Morton, Moseley, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pitkin, Porter, Rich, Richards, Ringgold, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Rogers, Ruggles, Sampson, Savage, Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Seybert, Sherwood, Simkins, S. Smith, Southard, Speed, Spencer, Strong, Strother, Tarr, Taylor, Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Trimble, Walker of Kentucky, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of New York, Wilkin, and Wilson of Pennsylvania-108. So the motion was rejected. Mr. SMITH, of N. Carolina, moved an amendment to the bill, to this effect: that, after the 30th June next, the duty of 20 cents per bushel on salt imported should cease, and a duty of 10 cents thereon be substituted in lieu thereof. On the suggestion of Mr. MERCER, Mr. SMITH consented to modify his motion, so as to propose 12 cents instead of 10 cents, as the future duty on salt. Mr. COBB advocated the motion at some length, and Mr. LOWNDES opposed it. After which, the question was taken on the motion, and decided in the negative—yeas 53, nays 92, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Abbot, Anderson of Kentucky, Austin, Baldwin, Barbour of Virginia, Boden, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Cobb, Colston, Edwards, Ervin of South Carolina, Hale, Hall of Delaware, Herbert, Herkimer, Hogg, Hopkinson, Johnson of Virginia, Livermore, McCoy, Mercer, Miller, J. Nelson, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, Ogle, Peter, Pindall, Reed, Ringgold, Robertson of Louisiana, Rogers, Savage, Schuyler, Settle, Sherwood, Silsbee, Simkins, Slocumb, J. S. Smith, Southard, Speed, Stewart of North Carolina, Strother, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Walker of North Carolina, Walker of Kentucky, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of North Carolina, and Wilson of Massachusetts-53. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Vermont, Barber field, Blount, Boss, Campbell, Comstock, Cook, Crafts, of Ohio, Bassett, Bateman, Beecher, Bennett, BloomCrawford, Cruger, Culbreth, Cushman, Darlington, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ellicott, Floyd, Folger, Forney, Gage, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herrick, Hitchcock, Hubbard, Hunter, Huntington, Irving of New York, Jones, Kinsey, Kirtland, Lawyer, Linn, Little, Lowndes, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, Marchand, Marr, H. of R. Amendment to the Constitution. Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Moore, Morton, Moseley, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Owen, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pitkin, Pleasants, Porter, Rhea, Rich, Richards, Robertson of Kentucky, Ruggles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Seybert, B. Smith, Spencer, Strong, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Trimble, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Whitman, Williams of New York, Wilkin, and Wilson of Pennsylvania-92. APRIL, 1818. ernment of Louisiana, particularly such as concern grants and titles to land which may have been taken out of that country at the period of its cession to the United States:-Mr. ROBERTSON and Mr. IRVING were appointed a committee to present the said resolution to the President of the United States. and petitions relative to land claims which have On motion of Mr. ROBERTSON, the memorial been addressed to this House from the State of Louisiana and the Territory of Missouri, were referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with a The question was then taken, Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time, and passed in the affirmative-yeas 106, nays 34, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Anderson of Ken-request to report to Congress, at their next session, tucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, Bateman, Beecher, Bennett, Bloomfield, Boden, Boss, Butler, Campbell, Clagett, Comstock, Cook, Crafts, Crawford, Cruger, Culbreth, Cushman, Darlington, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ellicott, Floyd, Folger, Gage, Hale, Hall of Delaware, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herkimer, Herrick, Hitchcock, Holmes of Connecticut, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Hunter, Huntington, Irving of New York, Kinsey, Kirtland, Lawyer, Linn, Little, Lowndes, W. Maclay, Wm. P. Maclay, McCoy, Marchand, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Moore, Morton, Moseley, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Fatterson, Pitkin, Porter, Rich, Richards, Ringgold, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Rogers, Ruggles, Sampson, Savage, Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Seybert, Sherwood, Silsbee, Simkins, Southard, Speed, Spencer, Strong, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Trimble, Upham, Walker of Kentucky, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of New York, Wilkin, and Wilson of Pennsylvania-106. NAYS-Messrs. Austin, Barbour of Virginia, Blount, Burwell, Cobb, Colston, Edwards, Ervin of South Carolina, Forney, Harrison, Herbert, Hogg, Johnson of Virginia, Jones, Mercer, Miller, T. M. Nelson, Owen, Peter, Pindall, Pleasants, Reed, Rhea, Schuyler, Settle, Slocumb, B. Smith, J. S. Smith, Stewart of North Carolina, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Walker of North Carolina, Williams of North Carolina, and Wilson of Massachusetts-34. The bill was then ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. THURSDAY, April 16. a plan for their final adjustment and settlement. Mr. SCOTT asked and obtained leave to bring in In pursuance of the notice given yesterday, State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri; a bill to suspend the sales of certain lands in the and Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana, and Mr. POINDEXTER, were appointed a committee to prepare and bring in the same, with leave to sit during the session of the House. The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act in addition to an act to prohibit the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1808," and to repeal certain parts of the same, was read the third time and passed as amended. in force from and after the 30th of June, 1819, An engrossed bill, entitled "An act to continue until the 30th of June, 1826, the fourth paragraph of the 1st section of the act, entitled "An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,” was read the third time and passed. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the houses of Thomas and John Clifford, Elisha Fisher and Company, Thomas Clifford and Son, and Thomas Clifford, of Philadelphia, and Charles Wirgman, of Baltimore," with amendments, in which they ask the concurrence of this House. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. Mr. LEWIS submitted the following proposition of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which was read and ordered to lie on the table: Mr. LOWNDES, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill from Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representathe Senate, entitled "An act authorizing a sub- tives of the United States of America in Congress asscription for the Statistical Annals, by Adam sembled, two-thirds of the same concurring, That the Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin's Commer- following sections be recommended to the several cial Statistics, reported the same without amend-States of the Union, for their adoption, as amendments ment, and it was committed to a Committee of to the Constitution of the United States: the Whole. On motion of Mr. HUGH NELSON, the Committee of Accounts were authorized and directed to make the same allowance for extra services to the persons serving this House as were granted at the end of the last session, and to Christopher Dunn, for his services, fifty dollars. I. The President of the United States shall not, in future, have the power of approving or disapproving any bill, or bills, or joint resolutions, passed by the Senate and House of Representatives. the United States shall, by joint ballot, appoint to offiII. The Senate and House of Representatives of ces, and fill all vacancies in the judiciary of the United States. On motion of Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana, III. The Senate and House of Representatives of the President of the United States was requested the United States shall appoint, by joint ballot, the folto obtain from the Spanish authorities all records lowing heads of departments, whose term of service and official documents appertaining to the gov-shall continue years; but may be removed from |