. V conversations he had had with the Secretary, pensation by way of commission or poundage he was authorised to say, that he approved of on the amount of debts due by debtors to the the description of troops it proposed to raise. United States, taken into custody by him, and After some conversation, the bill was taken up, afterwards discharged by the President.] and Mr. T. submitted the following amendment as a substitute for the amendment of the House IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. of Representatives: Mr. HUBBARD, from the Committee on Re Strike out all after the enacting clause of the volutionary Pensions, submitted a resolution on amendment of the House, and insert five sec- the subject of transferring certain duties, in retions, to the following effect: lation to pensions, from the Treasury to the War Department. The 1st and 2d section authorises the President to raise, either by the acceptance of vo- Mr. JEWETT moved the consideration of the lunteers, or enlistment for one year, unless resolution submitted by Mr. Boox for an adsooner discharged, mounted rangers, to be journment of Congress on the 26th inst. armed, equipped, and organized, in such man- Mr. THOMPSON, of Georgia, moved a call of ner, and under such regulations, as the nature the House; and upon this the yeas and nays of the service may render necessary; and that were ordered, and the motion was agreed to, each of the companies shall consist of one cap-ayes 69, noes 49. tain, one first, one second, and one third lieu- The call was proceeded in until, a quorum tenant, five sergeants, fine corporals, and 100 having been formed, it was suspended on the privates; the whole to form a battalion, and to motion of Mr. CLAY, of Alabama. be commanded by a major. Messrs. CONNOR and WHITTLESET, of Ohio, simultaneously rose to ask for the yeas and mys on Mr. JEWETT's motion. The proposition was negatived, ayes 75, noes 101. So the House refused to take up the proposi Section 3, provides that the non-commission ed officers and privates shall arm and equip themselves, unless otherwise ordered by the President, and shall provide their own horses, and shall be allowed one dollar per day for their services and the use of their arms and horses. The commissioned officers shall receive the. The SPEAKER laid before the House a comsame pay, rations, and forage, as officers of munication from the Secretary of the Treasury the same grade in the army of the United on the subject of land claims under the treaty States. with Spain. tion. Section 4, provides that the officers, non- On motion of Mr. WHITE, of Florida, it was commissioned officers, and privates, shall be en-referred to the Committee on Private Land titled to the same provision in case of disability Claims, and ordered to be printed. by wounds or otherwise, as is made for officers, The SPEAKER, also, presented other commu non-commissioned officers, and privates, in the nications from the Secretary of the Treasury on regular army, and subject to all the rules and the subjects of the tariff, and of the forms con articles of war, so far as the same may be ap-cerning the payment of pensions. plicable; and Section 5, vests the appointment of the of ficers in the President of the United States, The bill granting pre-emption rights was discussed and postponed till this day. The consideration of the report of the com by and with the advice and consent of the Se-mittee on the subject of the cession of the Indian reservation, in Tennessee, was postponed nate. MONDAY, JUNE 18. On motion of Mr. HAYNE, the question was till Saturday. divided, and first taken on striking out the The Virginia Claims' Bill was taken up, and amendment of the House, which was carried debated by Messrs. BARBOUR and Roor until in the affirmative. 12 o clock, when the House went into a comOn motion of Mr. HENDRICKS, the blanks mittee, Mr. SPEIGHT in the Chair, on the tariff were filled with 600 for the number of men to bill, and continued in its consideration until a compose the battalion, and with $1 for the per late hour. diem compensation of the men. A debate then ensued, in which Messrs, TIPTON, HEN- In the SENATE, on Saturday, the VICE DRICKS, HAYNE, BENTON, BUCKNER, GRUNDY, PRESIDENT Communicated a report from the and HOLMES, supported, and Messrs. ROBIN- Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance SON, KANE, CHAMBERS, and KING, opposed with the resolutiou of the 26th March, such the amendment; after which the question was laws and regulations of foreign countries in retaken and the amendment agreed to, and sent lation to commerce, as have been received at to the House for concurrence. that Department since the last report to ConOn motion of Mr. TAZEWELL, the Senate gress on that subject. Mr. CLAY présented a proceeded to the consideration of Executive petition from sundry manufacturers of iron in business, and continued sitting with closed Phillipsburgh, Pennsylvania, remonstrating doors until a late hour of the day. Adjourned. against any modification of the protecting sys [In the abstract of the proceedings in the Se- tem, and particularly against the plan of a tariff nate, on Wednesday, a misprint occurs in yes-presented by the Secretary of the Treasury. terday's paper relative to the claim of the for- The bill granting 500,000 acres of land to mer U. S. Marshall for Vermont-Mr. Herman each of the States of Missouri, Mississippi, and» -(not Sherman)-Allen-the claim is for com- Louisiana, for purposes of internal improve Secretary of the Treasury, in conformity with a Mr. TAYLOR offered a resolution that the resolution of the Senate, giving a statement Clerk of the House cause, within thirty days afderived from the United States Bank of the ter the close of each session, the index and the number and amount of branch orders issued by final distribution of the Journal of the House the several branch banks. to each of its members. The resolution was Several private bills and reolutions having agreed to. been acted on, at a late hour The Senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A message was received from the President of the United States. The joint resolution, reported by Mr. HuBARD, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, transferring certain duties in relation to pensions from the Treasury to the War Department, was taken up. Mr. WHITTLESEY, of Ohio, objected to the proposition on the ground of the inevitable embarrassments which it to would lead, whilst at the same time, he paid a high tribute to the character and merits of the Secretary of War. Mr. HUBBARD advocated both the propriety and expediency of the proposed change. Mr. WHITTLESEY shortly replied, and Mr. HUBBARD rejoined. Mr. DRAYTON moved the House to take up the bill for the increase of the number of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the army of the United States, and at his request letters were read from the Secretary of War, and from the Surgeon General, showing the necessity of the measure, and the former stating that the President had given orders for considerable de tachments of the regular force to repair to Chi- Mr. HOGAN, of New York, offered an amend. cago for the purpose of reinforcing the army un- ment in relation to the proof of claims for® pen-' der the command of Gen. Atkinson, employed sions, but withdrew it at the instance of Mr. against the hostile Indians on the northwestern HUBBARD, who suggested that it might probafrontier. bly embarrass the passage of the resolution inThe House having unanimously consented, troduced from the Committee on Revolutionary Mr. H. however announced his inwent into a Committee of the Whole on the Pensions. state of the Union, Mr. Roor in the chair, upon tention of offering it hereafter as a specific pro the bill in question, and having considered it, rose and reported. position. The debate was further continued by Mr. The bill was afterwards read a third aad TAYLOR, and Mr. Roor, in support of the prepassed. sent mode of transacting the business in the by pension bureau, Petitions and memorials were presented Messrs. HUBBARD, of New Hampshire, and EVERETT, of Massachusetts. Mr. BARBER, of Connecticut, and Mr. INGERSOLL, severally presented petitions on the subject of the tariff. Mr. WHITE, of New York, presented a petition from merchants of that city, for a reduction of duty on linens. Petitions were further presented by Messrs. HOGAN, of New York, MANN, and ALLISON, of Pennsylvania. By Mr. CRAWFORD, against a reduction of the tariff. By Mr. HOWARD, of Maryland, and WHITTLESEY, of Ohio. Mr. Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, moved the previous question, which was seconded without a division. The main question was ordered and put, and the resolution was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. CRAWFORD, by consent, presented a pe tition which he had this morning received from the citizens of Adams county, Pennsylvania, remonstrating against a reduction of the tariff. Mr. ELLSWORTH, also, by consent, present. ed a memorial on the same subject, which was, on his motion, ordered to be printed and refer red to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. The SPEAKER presented to the House the Mr. BELL moved to suspend the rule for the proceedings of two meetings in New York, on purpose of enabling the House to take up the the subject of the tariff, which, on the motion Indian bills; but the motion was negativedof Mr. SPEIGHT, were referred to the Commit- ayes 76, noes 52, a motion to suspend the rule tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, requiring a vote of two-thirds. and ordered to be printed. Mr. HOGAN, from the Committee on Claims, presented several unfavorable reports on petitions, and the same were laid on the table. A message was received from the Senate, with various bills. Mr. SLADE, of Vermont, by consent, present ed a memorial. Mr. BATES, of Massachusetts, presented a resolution on the subject of the tariff, which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures. The House then took up the bill for the liMr. EVERETT, of Massachusetts, from the quidation of the Virginis claims, and Mr. Roor Committee on the Library, reported a bill au- resumed his remarks in opposition to the meathorising a subscription to the documentary his-sure. tory of the American revolution, At 12 o'clock, and before Mr. Ruor had con It was read a first and second time, and on cluded, the House took up the special order, the question of engrossment for a third reading, and went into Committee of the Whole on the negatived; ayes 56, noes 67. state of the Union, Mr. SPEIGHT in the chair, The vote was subsequently reconsidered on upon the tariff bill, and continued in discussion the motion of Mr. SPEIGHT, and the subject of thereon until seven o'clock, when the House the bill was postponed. [adjourned. - five millions of dollars. Three-fifths of this ted work of some miles in extent. A turnpike stock is to be subscribed for by individuals, or road has been completed from Covington, companies other than the Commonwealth, and town which has sprung up near the head of the other two-fifths by the Commonwealth of boat navigation, to the Kanahwa river; while Virginia. In payment of one half of the States' large expenditures have been made on the Kasubscription, amounting to 10,000 shares, the nahwa, which is now navigated by steamboats as State is to transfer to the corporation all her in-high as Charleston, a flourishing town situate terest in the works and property of the James on that river. From a minute examination gi River Company. Subscription books have ven to this subject while I acted as governor of been opened for this stock in the principal Virginia, I convinced myself not only of the towns in Virginia, and in some of them very great importance of the work, but that handlarge amounts of stock have been already sub- some profits would be realised on investments scribed for. The parties directly interested, which might be made in it. Numerous surveys wish to obtain the co-operation of capitalists in and examinations have been made of the whole other States, it being a work which will re-route, by the best qualified engineers, copies quire a large expenditure, and which promises of which would, I have no doubt, be readily a handsome profit on the investment, whenev-furnished by governor Floyd at Richmond, to er the work shall be completed. By way of any one who should be inclined to see them.inviting the attention of capitalists, in this part References Benjamin Wright, of New York, of the country, to the undertaking, we have or Claude Crozet, of Richmond, two gentlebeen requested to publish the following letters. men highly distinguished for their scientific atA copy of the act of incorporation is at the of tainments and skill in engineering, would, it is fice of the Daily Advertiser and Patriot, and believed, be promptly and satisfactorily anmay be examined by any one who may wish to swered. They have both executed surveys, peruse it. and possess an intimate knowledge of the merits of the undertaking. WASHINGTON, June 6, 1832. Dear Sir-The enclosed letter has been I have troubled you with these remarks as handed us by the writer, and we think his pur- the readiest mode of inviting, through you, the pose will be best answered by giving publicity, attention of northern capitalists to the subscrip. in our quarter of the country, to the act of Vir-tions which are speedily to be opened. May I ginia to which it refers. The object proposed therefore request that you will forward the coby the Virginia law, is warmly embraced, as pies of the charter accompanying this to such we learn, by very distinguished gentlemen in gentlemen in Salem and Boston as would be Virginia, and among others has engaged the most like to give them publicity. strenuous efforts of the venerable Chief Justice With sentiments of high respect, I have the of the U. States. honor to be, Your most obedient servant, JOHN TYLER. If you will give a place in your paper to the letter of Governor Tyler, and exhibit, to any who may be inclined to examine it, the accom- Messrs. WEBSTER and SILSBEE. panying act, Incorporating the stockhoiders of the James River and Kanawha Company," you will oblige highly valued friends in Virginia, as well as ourselves. Respectfully yours, NATHAN HALE, Esq. N. SILSBEE, NEWSPAPER THIEF PINNED. William F. Curtis was convicted yesterday at the Police Office as a common pilferer. He was brought before the bench on a charge of steeling newspapers. He was a barber at the South End, and contrived to entertain his customers with perfect files of all the daily papers, wtihout any wasteful exWASHINGTON, May 14, 1832. travagance on his part; so adroitly did he maGentlemen-I take the liberty of handing to nage his business, cut so close and shave so each of you a copy of a charter recently grant-smooth, that, although he was never accused ed by the Legislature of Virginia, incorporating of subscribing to any newspaper, his shop was a company for the improvement of the James well supplied with copies of each that circulated and Kanawa rivers, so as to connect the waters in his neighborhoob, and his patrons have freof the Ohio with the ocean. This scheme of quently been indebted th him for the lone of improvement has long been regarded by the their own. State as one of great importance, and as pos- This establishment flourished "like a green sessing advantages infinitely greater than any baize horse," and all went smooth as soapsuds, other which has yet been presented to the pub untill Mr. Constable Reed received a hint that lic. So fully impressed was the General As-indnced him to make 'some "impertinent" insembly with both its practicability and value quiries, the result of which was, a, conviction that it undertook the improvement out of the that the Free Trade System," as conducted by State exchequer, and accomplished much to- said curtis, ough to be restricted in its operation.. His honor the Judge consenting, Curtis was wards its consummation. The canal was extended from Richmond translated from his office of "News Collector" twenty odd miles up the James river, and a dan to that of Yarn Spinner and Oakum Picker in gerous and difficult pass in the Blue Ridge of the House of Correction for the period of one mountains has been overcome by a well-execu-month.—Transcript. |