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to »ut foreign trails, und ronfrqnrntlv a diminiifc^ | Btt, in .d.w.tin. lh. r-du
imoort of »ui«r llo »*.d that » «lr..n 1[ idditionil *•• not to b» miuiJrivd lhal 1
wnM*«<anm.t lh. (irrouniplion tint tho |>rico of diKtion u lik»ly to do.troj,
brown sugar in other countries, h#d fi##n influenced the manufacture of brown «j
by Ike manutertnreof that article in wu, that The enonnotfi profits* hirh
the pri
of reducing the duty ha# #rtjr came to regret
fr not to bn considessd
I I am |fla«l the fscti if rortt/iin* Wefc hot in nty
| po#9****i..n w li*^ii 1 addressed Hie lloute. n* they no
j lolly sustain »utu# of my prominent assumption*
of white clayed sugar, an article not of |reaped by p#f#ont engaged m tin* manUfisttilri, | amf infeitnccs, In the first place, Mr. Joenston
American manufacture, had experienced a corn*#-. might Well bear some reduction nml when we e.,n ; says, that the pfir*- of sugar will fall directly in pro-
Dondinir decline He had aacertamed by an exain* aider the languishing condition of other agncuItU- portion to the reduction of the duties ‘f Inn I have
Snatmn of the Philadelphia price* current, from IN03 : r*l ptirauita, ought to l»e made to bear it What is' endeavored to allow, and (hi* he ha* admitted. What
In |rdl7, inclusive, that, in the former year, thia arti*! the general condition of agriculture throughout the then become# of the arguiin.-nt^oqftrn urged and
the general condition of agriculture throughout tic
noted in that market at wyenteen and one country, it ia not necessary to elate, nor the largi
balf cent* per pound, and in the latter at thirteen jiortlon of our people who derive theiraubaiatenj
and one half, a difference of four cent* per pound in from it* hard earnings
the abort period of four year# And although he I regret for the want of i
luted, Hint protection necessarily reduces the price
—— . ail artirle • I endeavored to show that the general
again express hi* I price of American sugar will he regulated »>y the
Th* rc-o!ution introduced by Mr. Haynes, for the
rediictldti of the duties on brown sugar imported
in to tin* United States, was, upon the motion of
Mr. White, of Louisiana, postponed until Wed
nesday next. Various other resolutions were acted
u|»on ; after which, tJie House, on motion of Mr.
Coleman, went into a Committee of the Whole
House, Mr. Martin in tlie chair, and proceeded
to tin* Senate clianiber, to attend the impeachment.
At ‘2 o’clock tliey returned, reported, and adjourn
ed.
February 1.—In the Senate, yesterday, Mr.
had no mcana of ascertaining the coat in the foreign I tlir subject. In the absence of auch unforuialion,
uiarkct, it could but be presumed to havebrm consul-1 he must rely upon an estimate of the sum necessary!
ably higher than the average of the an years ending to purchase and supply with the necessary stock,
with l*^fM, within which, notwithstanding there was J mac hi nary, and subsistence, for one year, a plantn-
aoine variation in the prices of different year's, be did l Lon for sixty hinds, and the prohahk product of their
not believe the average would be found to exceed se- ' laltor, as a standard of the profits of this pursuit —
?rn and one half rent* per pound. As the operation ’ The rati mate he would first offer was one said to have
of a part of the system ot duties on sugars, lie would | been made by an individual who has had some prac-
atate that he had no doubt was true, that, in aome j Leal acquaintance with ilia busii • >*. as conducted in
instances, mnch more drawback had been allowed one of the sugar colonies of France lie said he
on the exportation of refined sugar, than the duty did not intend to rely solely on this estimate, hut nf-J
previously paid on the raw sugar from which it was j ter presenting it, lie would offer others to the notice
made. In fact, that the article al'uded to as thus re j of the House, which, lie was persuaded, would lie
reiving drawl»ack, was not worth the average price j found not to present a picture too favorable to the
of brown augur, and that little, if any, loss of quan- » manufacturer of brown sugar in this country. The
Uty had probably been sustained by converting the estimate to which he had referred, puts down the
one into the other 'Phis, he said, he unoersbM*d, sixty handa at an average of three hundred dollars,
had undergone judicial investigation, and the Court making mi aggregate <>T eighteen thousand dollars
hnd been compelled to decide Hint the article came five hundred acres of land at ten dollars per acre,
Vrithin the techhicnl meaning of refined sugar. under' five thousand dollars , dwelling, negro, and other
the law. Hut,although this was an ahuse, lie would J houses, works, tools, steam engine, Ac., at twenty
not leave the subject without a passing notice of the j three thousand dollars , one year's subsistence, in
protection afforded to Inins tide refiners of sugar in , eluding incidental expenses, at four thousand dollars,
this country By the tariff of eighteen hundred | making a total of filly thousand dollars Taking
amt aixteeu.the duty on refined sugar imported into , the quantity of Und cultivated in cane at three huu-
ti.iacountry ia twelve rents par pound lie believed dred acres, and the average produce of sugar at
that one hundred and seventy pounds of raw sugar twelve hundred nml fifty pounds per acre, w ill he
was generally estimated as eipial to. or sufficient lor. i three hundred and *»•*•• nty five thousand pounds
the manufacture of one hundred pounds of refined The quantity <«f molasses at eighty-four gallons |
ii. . ,< acre, will be three thousand mud seven hundred amt
pr.rit.ly ho. ,t ... tjtjmjjjjl | , i|U K .U.,..li„K th. ,u,«,| I
live cents the pound, and the molasses
perific information on) price ot the foreign article, with the addition of the HaneoRd introduced • bill concerning vessel#
i console
lie did
in this country He knew that this wi
to he the standard in Great Britain, and as he under
stood five rents per pound to he the drawback allow
ed on the cxfHirtahon of American refined sugar,
presumed the Kngiish and American standard did
not materially vary What, then, said he, is the
consequence - That the refiner of sugar in thia
country receive* a drawback to the wind* amount of
duty on what he exports, and a protecting duty «f
•even rents the pound ou all that is consumed in th*
country lie did not pretend to know what ia the
eat of refining, but, to hia mind, the tax appeared
rmoualy dispmportinned to the value of the
• •n which it is laid Hut, in discussing this
I isiieccs+ary that we consider its influence
le of the various and important interests of
rv We have been told by the .Sec ret ary of
the Treasury iu hia annual report upon the finances,
that the navigation of th* country is in a moat lan
guishing condition. Thia mml he manifest if we
f>.i t i-diminished value of our exports and im-
p r*< ■ • i.ii the last fivs years. If he waa not mis-
i -ii hr hid not vary recently examined
t*j,. . t. he b« lieve.l that both exports and ini
n ,, .i dec'tn* d in \nuttM value within that pen
od n'»oi|* thirty millions of dollars each He "aid
to be i
alth
gallon, the gross revenue will he twenty-two
thousand five hundred dollars, from which deductl
three thousand dollars for \early expetiaea, and
will leave, of nett income, nineteen th"uaand five
hundred dollar*, or shout thirty-lime per cent, upon
tfie tvlnde investment. Mr II said, although
estimated average value of slaves in other States
might seem to justify the average assumed f"i
gang of sixty . yet, as Hie estimate might, hv a
be considered •**> low for l.omsinn.i, he would add
leu thousand dollars to the estimated coat of the
taldisliuieiit, and thsn, assuming the same nmiinl
product from it, if Im had made no mistake in
calcu atom, the m tt profit would exceed thirty-two
percent lint suppose we s«-t down the capital
vested at one hundred thousand dollars, instead of
fifty, and calculate upon the same product, the profit
will be near twenty per cent; and if we ndd hall a
cent per pound to the estimatrd vnlucof the sugar
(and he had been informed that the lust advices from
New Orleans placed it .it that sum.) the profit, taking
the whole cat of the estihliahiiient at one hundred
tlioiiaaml dollar*, won! I exceed twenty per centum
per annum Hut suppose the medium sum of seven
ml dollars he taken as the cost of tin
lit. part, lie had n.. .Inuht thr .»,! j...t h , Ild . , V ,
nu ll deeper root, he was prepsr
ed t • believe, and did belrrve, that a due proportion
es i - teme.ia <in under winch American navigation
ne ia'i 'Kish' a, may he justly attributed to the res
tnclion imposed by the existing duty on sugar, upor
our intercourse with sugar making countries; an<
for • i ole nee of the pariiai « ffecta of these reatno | *'*
ueus «n American trade and navigation, tie would i
rafer gentlemen b» the correspondence between tien-1
aril Von fJcholten, the Special Minister from Den
mark, *:u! the ^ . iclary <>!' .*'Ule, whw.li had lately
keen communicated by the President to Congress
and printed bv order of the I louse
troubled the llonae with the mqitiry wliethcr the du
ty imposed by tlie act of |H|t> was
• nut or pr*4ertion, or partly for both This wn* iin- *•** one-third of this profit fr*
Hacessary, a* h# had expressed th# opinjon at tlm i wich he employs * Surely
outset, that whether designed for the one or the nth- j w hose
er, repeal or reduction was now uecesaury. Iu mves I heard
tigating th# effei t of this duty on American naviga- j colt
thousand pounds to the hand, ami he would
lure the decided opinion, that the hands actually em
ployed do not fall below that everage, estimating the
sum of two hundred and forty thousand pounds of
sugar at five and a half rents jut pound, twenty
und nnc hundred and sixty gallons of molusi.es
t. in .-.-UU ,M . sod die (fault is die gews
sum of sixteen thousand two hundred and twenty-
four dollars, while allowing four thousand two hun
dred and twentv■ f<>nr Hollar# for annual expenses
leaves twelve thousand dollars clear profit,or sixteen
lie had not i l** r r, ,,t wi.i.ism
Where is the agriculturist, engaged in any other
ited market
i grower, who with
lion, ha had looked over a part of the annual report j th* twa aides of the ledgei
on commerce and navigation for the year !■'»!•, for j no particular information
th* purpose of ascertaining the trie
ter. Coon a careful examination he had found, that •
although our exports for that year to the Swedish,.
Hams. 1 ! Dutch, Itritiali, and Freiw Ii West Indies.]
British American Colonies. Cuba, other Spanish Col
onics. Brazil, and the West Indies generally.
pital and labi
t the gram grower, id’
•anty profit we have
|y, not the tobacco oi
itn'h difficulty hringi
HHct lie said he had
this subject, but fr<
of the mat- | what he had heard upon authority he did not ques
sand pounds of sugar had been
tured from an acre of' cane, in on* of the south
i counties of (leorgin.and lie had understood that
. ike quantity had been maufartured by some
dividual in Florida, since the commencement of the
mounted to fitforu millions three hundred and two 1 present winter, lint why go farther into detail
thousand and eighteen dollars, y t the imports a I this subject' If Ins calculations were to here
mounted to no more than twelve millions six hun- 1 on, and It* had little doubt that some on* of them
died and twenty-four thousand three hundred and ■ might be, the result is. that the manufacture nl bn
forty-two dollars, shewing »n excess of exports over I sugar can he profitably prosecuted in this country,
imports of two millions six hundred and twenty sev without Hie aid of a protecting duty
an thousand eight hundred and seventy six dollars | <# . t w v „. w the- subject somewhat more in the ag-
Aa the value of th* exports was estimated in the j, r ,.g„t w |f one thousand pounds of sugar to the
home market, and of imports in th* foreign, it is «cr» be a fair average, and it it vanes (Vom the truth
difficult to reconcile the excess of the former over belo ved it was below it . and if a hand can mail
the Utter upon any principle consistent w ith pmfitn five acres, and lie believed from Ins general
bl* trade. Hut th* subject seems to present further knowledge of southern agriculture in relatio
illustration when we compare the amount of tonnage , ir | eg rr ,p„ r mg similar cultivation to the sugar cane.
arrive at the
engaged in this business, which entered and ilcju
ted within the aaine period This comparison alo-wi
an excess of seventy thousand one hundred nndtlnr
I? tons of shipping departed, oyer that winch enter
•d during that year II* had not attempted an nr
eurata estimate of the foreign tonnage engaged in
this trad* within the period under consideration, but ( j rtM |
did not believe it w<nild matanallv vary the rvault — ( ,y sugar, and the
But, if w»iuclud»th«tr»d* witli llurti, wliith alum. | w0 «iiii. ii. hud i,n<ir,«l,«id it
ronaiderahU balance of imports over exports, it expenses of the plantation or
^^IlliSt the
land cultivated in cane does not exceed, and proh.
bl, falls below, one hundred tlimisaiid acres, and tl
handa cultivating it cannot exceed twenty-five, nml
probably do not number more thsn twenty thousand
faking, then, the whole product of eighteen him
ii thirty, at one hundred millions of pounds
should not estimate
mild cover the annua
. , which it waa made,
ill reduce the general balance against us to hut lit- fonat the expense# of cultivation—and the value oi
He less than tw.. millions of dollar# lie said further sugar amounts to five millions and a half of d-d-
comment on this subject could not be i.eceasarv — ) 4r , \,.* Orleans, and probably two millions, oi
And here he said he could but regret that the mfor- two atM | | lM lf more before it geU into the genera
(nation called for bv an honorable nmnlwr ! eonsumptmu of th* country. If we divide the fiv.
North Carolina .Mr Cusxom.) at the last session ot ll „|| l „, 1H * IU | 4 ball' Iwtwe. n twenty thousand hands
Congress, and that which had been called for by a the distributive amount to each is two hundred
resolution which w as ottered bv himself sines th* „^ V ent> five dollars If a like distribution be made
commencement of the present, had not y.t been re (^| Wrrll twenty five tlmusaml. it is two hundred ami
ceired from the Treasury Department. And. el^■. twenty dollars earh Then .s it just, is it reasona
though he came not here as the eulogist of any man. fo^ihai the whole agncultme ot the country should
it would become hint to say, that il the mformatiun , ^ | M , r deited bv a tax of four millions end a half '
•ought for by the resolution# to which he had allu dollars-tor if the million and a halt' mm received
d»d, had been within the power of th* able and dil „ rrv ,. hl|l , P an be dispensed w ith, and by its repeal
ligenl head of that Department, he had no doubt n (llp roiIulrv w ,,„ld be relieved from an additional te
mid before now have bean communicated toUns Vl t j u ,.; „ u |lmns now paid to the augar manufar-
the whole tax may now he considered as rqie-
duty lie states the foreign price as ranginjc be
tween three and four cents, and the average price of
leans sugar during the year 1 - *.M) at seven
half cenU m the Boston market, making a
difference greater than the addition of tlie duty le
the foreign price of the article. 1 assumed the num-
•f hands employed at twenty-five or fifty thou
sand, hut expressed the opinion that it was amaller
lit- estimates those actually employed at
twenty-five thousand, and ehews a five years aver
age of crops raised by sixty-seven hand* at five thou
sand seven hundred and forty-three pounds of sugar
each, whereas an average of five thousand |emnds
the hand, my highest estimate m attempting to
rnr the number of hands employed, would reduce
Hie number so employed to tw enty thousand . where
as his average for the aixty-seven would reduce the
nmnlier to seventeen thousand four hundred and
thirteen Taking the nuiuher of hands at twenty
thousand, and the average quantity of sugar to each
at five thousand pounds, I made tile gross revenue to
the hsnd from sugar alone, at five and one half cents
per pound, the present price, two hundred and se
venty-five dollass, while hi# average for the sixty
seven at the earn* price increases it to three hundred
and fifteen dollars and eightv-six cents But. I
lieve the uverage stated by Mr Jol«>»loa is quite
low enough, and therefore believe the nuiiihe
hands employed in the sugar culture in the I i
Slate* is less than twenty thousand. I have stated
one or two facts in my remarks shewing such pro
ducts from an acre of cane us must convince every
practical Agriculturist, that it is quite easy to make
more than six thousand pounds to tin* hand.
In Addition to those facts. I am now aide to state,
that I have seen, within a few dais, a letter from a
respectable citizen of Heorgiii, stating that twenty,
five hundred pound* of good sugar h in been made in
Decatur,one of the# uitliern counties of that .'-tale,
from lit* cane rained last year on one acre of hnul,—
From these facts, it niuat he dear, that I have not un
derrated the number of hands . nor the quantity of
land employed in tins business in the I nite *
I Inve attempted to sheW,t!l.lt if the dut
hundred and fifty millions of pounds of brut
the estimated consumption of the pres*
should he repealed, it Would relieve tlie comuiuiilig
classes from u Imrdcii of four imllioiix and a half of
dollars. Mr Joiixxto* x admission, formerly refer
red to, bears no* out fully in this calculation. Ilees
timates the selling price of domestic sugar nt New
Orleans at five and ii half cents tin* pound, nml (In
profit of the planter at two cents tin* pound Thu
profit then calculated on one hundred i ullions u
pounds would amount to two millions of dollars.-
Then the consequence is. that hy continuing th* duty
of three cents per pound, tlie consumers will pax
mid a half of dollars tax. that the sugar
makers may put two millions of it iu tli*->r pockets.
\re the people willing to submit to this- And for
what* Vital there may be sugar enough made for
fit* home market for tlie next fitly tears—.'or beyond
that time Mr Jolt*xton does not pretend tbit en-.u 'h
ii be made m the country for its consult, of inn
Mr. Joiinvtos assumes the average vain i of slaves
Virginia at two hundred dollars, and side* tint*
value us being regulated bv the value of American
il is to lie regretted that he d.d hot stitu
due in |,mii*inna.
if the value in Virginia, be regulnted by the
I* American sugar, at the average of* two hun
dred dollars, is it not reasonable to suppose that tlie
Addition of fifty per cent, or one humlrod dollars,
will bring it up to the average iu |,oiiiaiaiin ?
I think it reasonable, and this is the
winch my first calculation of their valm
Hut without intending to charge Mr Jon
a design to lessen the average profits of
five thousand hands which he says are nr
ployed, hy the addition of b n thousand
that number. 1, who have always lived
holding State, may express my surprise at Ins inclu
ding them in Ins estimate, having always understood,
that the annually increasing number and value of
hihiren. might be estimated n.< a fair profit on
i paid for them and their mothers. Hut, no
part of his communication has surprized me more
cnlrultfion of the influence of the sugar
culture oil tlie value of the whole slave property in
lie United States lie first tells iim, that at the end
•f twenty-five year* it will require one hundred thou
sand hand* to produce a aufiicient quantity of sugar
fi.r the consumption of the country, and then shews
u* that tlie natural increase for the last ten years ii
f.I,’Z’iI. And if they go on multiplying in the sain* 1
ratio for twenty-five year*, the increase will exceed
the sum of fus hundred thousand hy tivo million*
sixty-three thousand three hundred ami seventv-nine
the whole estimated increase for that period upon
the present numbers at the ratio assiiiiivd by Inin,
being two millions one hundred undaixtv-three th<
aami three hurdred and seventy-nine What inf
ence then ran the employment of one hundred tie
sand in this particular business, especially when
those so employed, at present, ere to go on increas-
the same ratio with the rest, exercise on the
of the whole number of four millions three
hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and
fifty-eight * A drop to the mean But Mr. Joll'>
Ton has aopendsd to Ilia colilinuuicxti in a statement
from the Boston Courier, which, taken m connexion
witle hi" estimate of the value of sieves in Virginia,
as regulated In the value of American sugar, ought
to lie conclusive to shew, that, at least one of mv es-
MnnAv.
Ton with
clllldre
X 1
plant! Uith« WUi lAtrin; which was rend,
and ordered to a second reading. Among the ne-
and memorials presented, waa one by Mr.
SrKtdtr., from Maine, remount rating tijram*t the
* of the Uat kettaion of Congress, for tlie remo
val of the Indian* beyond the Mississippi. On
the opening of the High Court of Impeachment
for the trial of Judge Peck, a motion submitted by
Mr. Taxewell, that the Omit would then pro
nounce judgment m tlie case, was adopted ; and
th** Vn e President, having successively asked
each Senator whether the respondent w as guilty
or not guilty, was answered by twenty-one Sena
tors voting guilty, and twenty-two Senators voting
not guilty. The Vick President then pronoun
ced James II. Peck, District Judge of the United
States fortlie District of Missouri, not guilty
the charge as exhibited against him bv the House
of Representative*. The answers of'the
to tlie question of guilty or not guilty, will be found
in our regular report of tlie proceeding:
terduy, in to-day’s paper.
In the House of Representatives, p- titiuns and
memorials were presented, and referred t<> the ap
propriate committees. The Speaker laid before
the I lu'i-'e memorials from the States of .North Car
olina and PeniiNylvaniit, on tin* subject of Sunday
Mails ; winch were [.ml -m tlie table. After sever
al reports h;ul been made and acted upon, Mr. (.'* w-
~ the Committee on Commerce, in-
troduced a bill for toe construction of a custom
bouse in the city of New York ; which was read
twice, and Committed to a Committee of tlie Whole
on the State of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from
the committee on Roads and Canals, reported a
hill to authorise a subscription of stm'k to the
Alexandria Canal Company ; which was disposed
of in a similar way, with the foregoing bill, and or
dered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Johnson,
of Kentucky, it was resolved that the House pro
ceed, on Wednesday, to the election of a printer
for the next Congress. U|xm the bill for regula
ting the compensation of clerks in the Post Office
Department, Mr. Ramsey offered an amendment,
providing that such additional clerks as might be
requisite, should not receive a salary exceeding
si^OO per annum. The House went into u Com-
f the Whole, Mr. Cambeele*o in the
chair, and repaired to the Senate Chamber m or
der to attend the aj of Judge Peck. At one
o’clock they return* id reported that the High
Court of Impeachment had decided, by a vote of
-J t<* ‘Jl, that the charge against that individual
had not been sustained. Various bills from the
Senate were then taken tip, and passed through
their proper stages: and the hill authorising the
transportation of foreign merchandize, hy land or
•».<ier, vi tin benefit ot debenture, was read a third
tune, ami passed. The motion to reconsider the;
vntr, rejecting the lUinoia and Michigan canal bin,
was Liken up ; and after some discussion, in which
Messr/. M( I’ov, Di ncan, Vance, Hf.i.i., and la-
wim, of Ohio, took part, it was negatived by n vote
;>f IIKMokJ. The remainder of the sitting was
occupied by the further discussi-m of the bill rela
tive to tlie claims of ex-President Monroe.
Frbunry *J.—In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Tv-
h, from the Committee on tlie DiMrict of Co
lumbia, reported, with sundry amendments, the
bill to incorporate a fire insurance company in
(leorgetown. District of Columbia; and tlie bill
providing lor the punishment of crimes committed
in said district The joint resolution providing
for the purchase of fifty copies of the debates on
the adoption of the constitution, for tlie two of the
Senate, was ordered tube engrossed for a third
reading. After the presentation of sundry peti
tions and memorial*, and reports of committee*,
the following bills wen 1 rend the first time and pas
sed: 'Phe bill tor the relief of William Smith, ad
ministrator of John Taylor, deceased ; the hill for
the relief of James 1 lagland ; the lull for the
tinuntion of tlie Cumberland road in the States of
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; and tlie bill for tin* re
lief of John Cuff, nml other Cunadian refugee*.
After some time spent in the consideration of Ex
ecutive business, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives,after tlie pre
sentation of several iietitions and meinorinte, tlie
resolution submitted by Mr. Potter, to appoint a
committee for the pur|M>Re of inquiring into the ex
pediency of rescinding the rule of the House, allot-
mgone hour only to tin* consideration of resolu
tions, was adopted, and a committee of five was
appointed. The resohition for printing t»,000 co
pies of the report of the select committee on the
subject of the distribution of the surplus revenue,
w as discussed by Mr. Evans,of Maine, in oppo
sition, and bv Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Craig, in its
favor, until the expiration of the hour arrented the
debate. Thirty cords of wood were voted to the
■ ifferilig p<«T. f Georgetown. Mr. Draper offi r-
took up the bill granting an annuity of nix thoua- m its support until three o’clock, when the Senat
and dollars to the Senaca tribe of Indians ; and adjourned. Mr. (*ri not, it is supposed, will re-
vhis bill, having been advocated by Messrs. San- timne his remarks to-day.
>ord, Smith, of Maryland, White, and Bell, j In the House of Representatives, yesterday, a
and opposed by Mr. Forsyth, was ordered to a j more than usual number of petitions and metnort*
third reading, by a vote of ,‘£J to9. After tlie con- j ids were presented : among the latter of which w as
side rat ion o? Executive business, tlie Senate ad- one submitted by Mr. Coleman, from Kentucky*
journed. j soliciting tin? loan, free of interest, of $eQ,000 for tlie
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Mai.larv use oftlie Maysville and Lexington turnpike road
from tlie Committee on Manufactures, reported a company. After tlie transaction of some further
bill to re|ieal that part of the art passed last s es I business of a private nature, Mr. Mai.i.ary moved
sion for tlie reduction of tlie duty on salt, which that the rejsirt oftlie Committee on Manufactures,
provides that after tlie Mist af December next, the accompanying the bill to repeal so much of the act
duty should be 10 cents per bushel, instead of 15,
as nt present, The object ofthe bill was to continue
the duty now levied. A discussion took place
upon tlie subject, in which Messrs. Ti cxer,
Speight Mxi.lary, Wilde, and Mi Creek v,
took part until tlie debate w as suspended by the
close of tlie hour. Mr. Bkoiimkaii presented n
memorial from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, pray
ing for an issue of small silver coins, mi lieu of the
foreign ones at present circulated, It was read,
and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Thursday next, was on motion of Mr, Doddridge,
set aj»art for the consideration of business relating
exclusively to the District of Columbia; after
which, the bill on the claims of Mr Monroe wo*
taken up, and, after some discussion ordered to a
third reading. Mr. R amsey gave notice that he
should, on Monday, call up the Post Office bill.—
Tin amendment to the general appropriate
proponing to strike out the item for the payment of
the salary of the Minister to Russia, was then dis
cussed by Mr. Hi roes, till alter four o’clock,
when an adjournment took place.
FrlirunrifTh—In the Senate, yesterday, Mr Mc
Kinley, from the Committee on the Judj<
which the same had been referred, made a report
adverse to the joint resolution oftlie House of I
Representatives relative to the pay of members
of Congress ; which was read and ordered to bo
printed for the use of the Senate. It will be found
in our report of tlie Senate’s proceedings ofyester
day, in to-days paper. Mr. Livingston, on leave,
introduced a bill to regulate the duties of clerks
employed in the Executive Departments oftlie Go
vernment. Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee
on Commerce, to which had been referred tlie me
morials of the city authorities of St. Louis, Mis
souri, and the Legislature of the state of Illinois,
relative to the establishment of hospitals on the
Western waters, made an unfavorable report there
on, accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury on the subject. On motion of Mr.
Grundy, the Senate proceeded to the considera
tion of the resolution submitted by him, prohibi
ting the select committee appointed to inquire in
to the condition of the General Pest Office, from
examining persons dismissed from that department,
as to the causes of their removal. On this ques
tion an animated debate ensued, in which Messrs.
Grundy, Clnvton, Woodbury, Holmes, took part;
hut before Mr. Holmes concluded, he yielded the
floor, and the resolution was laid on the table w ith
a view to the Senate’s proceeding to the consider
ation of Executive business. After a short time
spent in secret session, the Senate adjourned
to Monday next.
In the Hou«*e nf Representatives, Mr. Tucker
passe
dlast t
the
solution in the course of the day, w hich
lopted hy the House, directing the committee or
tiuiatsa of th* profit* derived from this pursuit is not I the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency o
>”rrn. .1 Till..lain,,,,It put lion’ll tli- i-n.t of » | ^.fining hy Nulnlr, nil iiffi-neo* whirh n»y ho pun
islu'd ti* contempts oftlie Courts oftlie United
}|miis<> II* regr*tlcd tli* sfiacnc* of tins informs
lion, particularly ss w* *r* without any specific dais JTtmg foMluur In*u*tit—thut th* hands employed
npon which to estimate th# amount of capital cm j manufacturing brown sugar in this country mav *«rn
ployed in tli* culture oi the can* and th* manular < for employer*, thr annual return of IroLi t*o
tur* of sugar in this country, and the snniisl profit hundred and twenty to two hundred and seventy-five
which it affords It has been stated that the qusnti f ;, r l*i*, r „f r «ch. t acIusiv* of the value
ty manufactured iu this country in the year IKIO, wf lllo Ia«*e>. Shall the hundreds of thou-amls of
amounts to on* hundred thousand hogshead* ; or one | ,. m( ,|,, V ed tlirou.dmutour wide spread country
hundred millions of pounds Assuming thr amount i tobacco, cotton, and other agnruf
imported in l**’JD as the standard ot importation of, „ ir *| |„. u yed four millions an I s half of
IKS), and U may fo laker, for granted, that th# con d „|| lrfct t „ rll ,|,fo twenty or twenty live thousand to
Of th# present year cannot tall ■hort of; ru | t , v .„ r eighty to one hundred thousand acres
| of land, at a profit of from sixteen to near forty pifl
• hundred and fittv millions of pounds. If th
•sinuate he correct it i* not dillicijtto arrive at the
amount of contribution levied u|n>u the whol* itu»s
of ronsumers l*y the operation of the present une
qual and most burdensome tax on tins article In
his view of the sufoert, there was no <fouht the eon
sumer* were taxed at the rate of thr** cents per
pound upon the whole consumption of one hundred
and fifty millions, making an aggregate of four null
centum per annum * Purely justice forlndsit. But.
some advocate for continuing the duty might sav,
that the sugar culture cannot he profitably carried on
Without it If he believed this to he tile case, winch
lie moat certainly did not, lie, tor one, should say it
was high time tile culture was abandoned.
Mr II said, that among the motives which had
bring tin# subject In *he consideration
there was on.*, which, although ,t had
_ half of dollars for the present year urged Ii
Thus showing that tin* 1st. which earns* into the °* H 1
treasury hut one million sod s half of dollars, puts
th* sum of three millions into the |iorkets ol the
American manufacturer* of brown sugar If he
•hoiihl )►»• yaked how lie arrived at this conclusion,
he »->uWi answer. that he had been informed, and
did n"t believe the fact could l*e controverted, that
the difference between the short price and the foiig ** m
price of jugar ia our greatest c<>mmereial city, was "*'*
prt :a. |y the sniouul of the duty of ;| cents per p-mnd
A* h>a remark might, perchance attract the no-
Ike of other eyes than those of cooiuiemal men. lie Conner ted with the
would state that the sh- rt puce was the price with- did not. I should not fie iter
out the duty, and the long pr.ee the price including But. sir, I did not introdne* tl
the duty Sothstl
ported can h# consumed
ipg the long price, the duty
reign sugu regularly ini- purje
the country u iiliout pay.
^^■•sanlv paid on all siderst
hern omitted at the outset of hi* ohservatu
might not fie immsterial to mention lie rsme from
s State which might he considered hv some as hav
ing an interest in the continuance ot this duty A
State whirh. a* she had gone into the revolutionary
contest in defence of principle, was ready t« main-
. it principle that
gis made common cause with the oppressed of other
colonies, in that dark hour through whirh the siiii of
independence has risen on tli* continent As one
J representatives. I came here ii|>on all subjects
h clean hands It I
rue representative
i subject alone for tile
sugar plantation in Louisiana,.it titty dollarsn
and the hand* employed on it at six hundred dollars
apiece. Ilow can such n difference exist, unless it
results from the difi'erencr of the profits of slave la-
l»*ir in the | wo Stairs
I am utterly misfile to account for it in anr otlic
manner, hut up in tlie presumption that the planta
tion is occupied by some princely proprietor, w ho
has made mi extravagant outlay. lor show or conven
ience, and this presumption would not disprove my
conclusion, hut support it Hut, whv. it mav lie as
ked, docs n< t this inequ ill*v regulate it.--* If, as m or
dinary cases • Til# answer IS easy It i* this, the
country in tlie United States within which the cane
can In- cultivated to advantage is so limited. ;t is iin-
prscticshle to overdo the business, as it must neces
sarily turnisli employ incut to * number of hands
limited to its own narrow extent Hut. one other
remark and I have done with Mr Johnston * public
ation Among the arguments I have urged to shew
that the declining price of nii.Mr ill the foreign mar
ket, lias not been ts c iaioned by its manufacture hi
tins country, i*. tint clave.I sugar, an article not
made in the United States, h i- ■
■ till I y sustained fiv
the
tatemeiit of Mr J<>
• purchased at llu.
••nts per pound F.
uni iiiiinI know how
ears ago.
that clay ed sugar
cU higher it was a very
tact
»f addressing tins llo
or argument which I could otter to
would lui«e tile smallest infilled
lot that
thr t'nitrii Shift.1 Trirgritph.
January Ml.—In the Senate, on Saturday, tin*
in sundry inhabit-
»r a reduction on
oferrod to n nrlivt
. Hai ne, Dicker-
\ itt"in.trial was
iemdent, from sundry
t'luplaiiung of tiie liigli
Inn building, and pru\
debate ensued oil tf|*»
-inorial fr
ants of Philadelphia, praying
the duties of iron ; and it was
committee, consisting of Mess
son. King, IL i.i., and Tt i » it.
also presented hy tlie I*
citizens of New Jr
duties on article* u
■t/1.7, itl.io, to limit thr punishment therefi |
Tin; bill rolativn tn tlie rlaitna of ox-President
Monroe, was then taken up and debated till ti\e
o’clock, wh'*n the House adpxiriied.
Frbuary 11.— In tin* Senate, yostPrdnv, Mr. IL
ton, in pursuancct of notice given on Tuesday, af
ter an able nml argumentative speech against the
Hank of the United State.., a*k( d leave to intro
duce a joint resolution, declaring it os the sense ol
Congress, that th*’ charter of that Hank ought not
to be renewed. On taking the question the Sen
ate refused to grant leave for the introduction ol
the resolution, yens *7*2, nay* ‘20. Sc vend bills
were reported hy chairmen of the committees,
w inch were ordered to & second reading ; and the
joint res dtition directmgthc Becrei.irv to purchase
fortlu' use ofthe Senate, fifty copies oftlie debate.'
in convention of the adoption of the (\mstitiition
was read the third time and passed. Two petitions
were presented by Mr. Tn.eh, praying indemni
fy lor French spoliations; fund a jietition was pre
sented by Mr. lit rnktt, front sundry citizen* H
Ohio, praying for the repeal oftlie law of tlie last
session of Uongreas,providing for the reinovul ol
the Indians beyond the Mississippi. Mr. K
leave, introduced a lull to amend tlie laws organi
zing the territorial government of Florida.
I :i |ke II muci f Rpprcsentativ« s,after the trans
action of the preliminary business of the day, Mr.
Cambuele no, fmin the Uomnuttee on Uoiiuiierc ■,
refiorted a lull to repeal the charges mqiosed on
iiRs^ptirts and clearances from ports in the United
States; wInch wasreud twice, and ordered to be
•lav. The House,
.-.f.
.»■ Mr. So
r r, |r,l t.<thp<-l«'Ui
tor tin* fii,mu- Coti-n
f tile (
brio
mg tor tlieir reductn
motion of Mr, Dn kerson to refer tins mi-monal
to the Uomnuttee ou Manufactures, Mid the mo
tion of Mr. Maine to refer it to tlie t’omniittee
entv
of Kentucky, then
of a printer tithe Hot
Duff Green Itav mg be
mi the first ballot, by
eight. Messrs. Gules
six votes ; and Mr. Gr.
in U.. n,.rl,.t -f .N.. lu,.„ „ n ,„|,, r „„| , |„„|„ r ,, ,,, [
(lir .v.r.g. NW.IIIWIII •II{U in lh. AtinnUe mi|rhlft..in tUi. »l«. , ,Tl.lr,»i mi ..If In Uir il
h “* l>« -Ppr.Vu'il- g,ni Cin.m . that. .H-rrliniM-,. 1 im.-l.t
d.d nnriar.Ui .iulV-.ur, will la fuuml hrl-.-^li Ll.r .w.k.n in lh. h.’-.in »| lh, l,h.,rit> t nun ... Iir
prim. ..I th, fnrrijfn ...J domMIlc trlirl.i in Ihr At. wln.'lr. „„r lh, li.ln.llr. ..f Ii.. nl,... K li, tlir
IMtir nti— unn r,l,rr,d to. And h, hu hwi «h» tin. .inrr.iil ,ind hunl,n«>ni, tit .I1..1I.I hr
informrd.Md h«!.r»r., tl.al (mifn .ufar .1 tli- .liort rontinurd, mainli for tin Im u,til ..f thr h.r.llr rani.
Dries, of d*<y off, can, st th« pr#««-iit moment, V>* tahst
boughs s|Rconsiderably lower pnc« in our northern , - —
than th# domestic Id the market of Vw Not# —Bine* th* fotefoing remarks were .telirfr-
OrUsrxs l! this »*e the hu t. would not the article, j cl. I have been indebted to the politeness of Mr
if the duty should fi- uiateriully reduced, come as Senator Jonssros. of Louisiana, ft-r * copy of his
•Jfw-Hdy from the ^ eat Indies or indeed m«*re t rntnmunication tn the Secretary of the Treasury on
•hail lr«»m New Orleans But, in thr remarks which lh* sugar culture of the United States Altlu ugh I
we sol submitted upon the subject se connected with have Item assured that its publication war not ,ten
coxitilry, hr had (lot adverted Jed to meet the resolution introduced hv me on the
1 rH ‘" f ' r J r °f ft 1 *’ direct trade with the j 111h nist or any remarks which niigiit be made hi
ri is 1 AAest India Islands Hr could not speak ad , support of it, yet. »t is sufiicicntlv manifest, that it
i . J- on *•**■ "object, hut lisd no doubt a reduction w as designed to operate against any attempt to re-
n e . .it# on brown sugar would have • most sal- , dtire or repeal tJie duty on sugar during the preseii
« *ry in urnre mi III# ulvADtojpi Is L dcriY"^ frnm I •rtsmn Ot Congress Notwithstanding this nun
n# acquisi iw» , h#eti th# object oI It# puhlicattoii 2 no on# 11
w Inch the first motion wu-s advoc
ted hv Messrs. Dickehson and Fi
sed bv Messrs. II vine. Bento*
Kino, and Sillsree. The hour
having arrived, tin* memorial wn*, on motto
Wehsteh, hud on the tnbh*. O i the o|M‘ning of
the High Uourt of Impx’acluiH’nt for the trial of
Judge Peck, Mr. lit c 11 an an rt’Mimcd In#argument
against the respondent, and concluded at half
f»ast *2 o’clock ; w hen the Court adjourned until this
f which were blank
lembors of the Horn
’ ; and oppo-1 bdl* f.om tin’Senates
\\ oomii k\. o,
taken up, and
’ give
Two hundred and
were preaent. Yariou#
acted U|sm ; after w Inch
ins of nx-President M011-
opied tin* attention of
adjourn-
dav.
outh (’ar-
The bill reported bv Mr. Davis
olma, from tin* t'omtniUeeon the Judiciary, to re-
|H*aJ tlie *2.‘»tli section ofthe Judicial act, subjecting
ti»c decrees or judgment* of State ('ourts to the
revision of the Supreme Court of th** United
States, w as the fir*t business taken up in the 11 >tioe.
Mr. Ua% weord called tor the |irevioiis question
u|Nin it; and tlie call being sustained, tlie nuun
question was put, and the bill was, upon n division
' by teas and nay*, rejected, by a v vtt id 1 : J7
^! r -j tlie 11. mi-**’ till nearly t» o’clock, when
| nient took place.
Ftbuary I.—In the Senate yesterday, a mes
sage was received from the President of the Uni
ted States, in answ er to a resolution of the S«Miate
.-f the *Jtkh ult. in relation to the nale# of land at
(’rawfordville, in Indiana, in November last ; and
transmitting report* of tlie Secretary of UieTn a#-
urv and U.unimisioner oftlie General land Office
on that subject. Mr. Brown, of North Uarohna,
gave notice that be would, on to-mormv, a-k
leave to bring in a bill to reduce the duties on im
ported sugar*. Among the petitions presented,
was one by Mr. II.ayne,from tlie Clerks employed
in the office of tlie Fourth Auditor of the Treasu
ry Department, praying for an increase of their sa
laries. On motion of Mr. Dcpi.ey, tht Senate
51.
proceeding day, by Mr. Mallary, from the Com
mittee on Manufactures on the subject of repealing
that part of tlie act ofla.it »* »«ioii ol (’«»ngr«?ss,
which provides for the reduction of the duties on
salt, after the .‘list of December next, from 15 cents
to 10 cents i>or bushel. The purport of Mr. Tuck
er’s amendment was to strike out tlie whole bill af
ter the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof to insert
a bill fir the total repeal of the duty on that neces
sary article of life. Mr. Kencher presented n
memorial from sundry merchants of Wilmington,
North Carolina, relative to tlie discriminating du
ties on American tonnage in the ports of Spain and
Portugal—After the presentation of various me
morial* and reports, Mr. Drayton, from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, reported a hill to reduce
the number of cadets nt West Point Academy ;
which was read twice in committee of the
Whole, and made the order of the day for tins day.
On motion of Mr. Drayton, the bill tor the settle
ment of theclaims of South Carolina, on the Uni
ted States, for services rendered during the late
war, was made the special order for Monday next.
The hill from the Senate for the continuation of
the Cumberland Road, was reported without
amendment, hy Mr. Yerplanck, from the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, referred to a Committee
of the Whole, and made the order of to-day.—
The bill on the subject of the salt duties was then
taken up, and debated at great length. Mr. Chil
ton moved to lay it on the table, but subsequently
withdrew' his motion. Messrs. McCreery, Thomp
son, of Georgia, Haynes, Sterigere, Blair, of South
Carolina, Huntington, Wilde, Mallarv, Nuckolls
and (’arson, spoke upon the question until the ex
piration of the hour. The bill respecting the
claims of cx-Presidcnt Monroe, w as read a third
time and passed, by a vote of 105 to Hi. Mr.
McDuffie moved to reconsider the vote of the
House last year on the hill concerning the claims
of the lady of the late Commodore Decatur, hut
the motion was negatived. The remainder of the
day was occupied in the consideration of private
bills, Friday being one of tlie days assigned for
that purpose.
The House adjourned at half past 4 o’clock.
February 7.—'Phe Senate did not sit on Satur
day.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Hot,
from the Committee on Public Lunds, rejMirted a
bill authorizing the State of Missouri to sell certain
lands reserved for tin* Support nf schools ami other
public objects , which wn# read twice, and post
poned until this dav. Mr. Wn ki.ieez, from the
Committee on Public Land.#, reported a hill expln
ntory ofthe act passed Inst year, for the benefit of
the officers ami soldiers oftlie Virginian State line
during the war oftlie revolution. It wax read tw ice
and postponed till Wednesday. Mr. Wii kliekk.
from the some nanmittce, introduced a hill for the fi
nal adjustment of certain land claims in Louisiana
winch waa read a first and second time, ami defer
red till thia day. A variety ofother bills and r«j
porta were presented and acted upon, among tli
former of which was a bill reported hv Mr. Ever
ett, of Mas#., from the * Meet committee on th
subject, for a grant of land to the asylum for tin
blind in Boston. It wax read twice, committed to
a Committee t f tin* Whole on the state of the U
nion, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, <>
Kentucky, submitted a resolution for the purchasi
of *2ll» copies ofthe debates on the adoption of till
Federal Countilution in 17H7, and for tlie printing
of an extra copy ofthe reports oftlie House, tor
use ofthe members. It was, on motion of Mr. C
hhei.vng, refurred to the Committee on the Libra
ry. The bill reported from tlie Committee on
Manufactures, respecting the continuance of the
present duties on salt, was discussed by Messrs,
Williams, Sceigiit,Si therland,Thompson, ol
Georgia, Mam. ary, and Pettis; and, ultimately
on motion ofthe first named gentleman, laid iq»on
the table, upon a division by yeas and nays, by
vote of 145 to 41. The hills previously order
tor engrossment, were read a third time, and pa
cd ; and the remainder of the day wax devoted
the consideration of private hills.
February, K In the Senate, yesterday, a report
was received from tin* Postmaster General, prepar
ed in obedience Vo a resolution ofthe last aes-non
of Congress, giving a list of contract* made by the
Post Office Department, together w ith the numbe
and compensation ofthe clerks employed in that
Department; which waa, on motion of Mr. Gat >ni,
referred to the Committee on tlie Post Office and
Post Roads, with a view to a selection of such part*
of it as it would be proper to have printed. Mr.
Baow-.N, in pursuance of notice given, introduced
a bill tn reduce tin* duties on augar; winch was
read twice, and referred to the Committee on M
iifarturcs. Mr. Benton gave notice that he wm
to-day, ask leave to bring in a bill to repeal the du
ty on alum salt The hill granting <iv thousand
dollars annually to tlie Seneca tribe of Indians, wi
read the third time, and passed. The res.dutu
of Mr. Grin nr, restricting the select comnutt«
appointed to inquire into the condition oftlie Po
Office Department, from axiwmmng persons <h
missed from that Department, ns to the can** s >
their removal, was taken up; and Mr. .Holme* hav
ing concluded his remarks hi oppoeitiun to the re*
olutieo, was folio wed by Mr. Gai n pi, who argued
ropy am
rision, as reduced the duty on soJf from
er bushel, after tlie 1st January last,
be printed. Mr. Carson objected to tlie motion.
Mr. ('hiltun also objected to the printing of tlua
report, for various reasons. It was decidedly of an
ti parte character; and so far as the House had
been informed, presented no views on the subject
that had not been again and again urged before the
House and the nation; it was ill timed: the object
of every man who was sincely desirous of promo
ting the harmony, the peace ami happiness of the
country, should be to heal, not arouse and irritate
the excitement that existed on the subject of this
report in a large section of the country; and he
hoped that ever effort to fan the flame of discord
bv disseminating this document, and to oppress still
further a majority ofthe people of this country, by
increasing tins obnoxious duty, would meet, as it
deserved, the disapprobation oftlie House ; and he
trusted that the motion to print the rc|»ort might
sleep forever w ith the bill whirh accompanied it—
on tlie table. The motion to lay on the table was
rejected, however, on a division by yeas and nays,,
hv a vote of ayes Hri, nocs 100 ; and tin* report was
ordered to be’ printed. A variety iffbiils were re
ported ; after which, (5,000 copies of the report of *
the select committee on the subject ofthe distribu
tion of the surplus revenue, were ordered to be
printed. The resolution of Mr. White, of New
York, for tlie printing of :l,000 extra copies of tho
report relative to the repeal ofthe ‘25th section of
the judicarv art (the section which renders Vlicr
judgments or decrees of State Courts subject to
the revision, affirmation, or revisa! ot tlie Supreme
Court oftlie United States,! was taken up, and af
ter smiie discussion, iu which Messrs. Bl c iianan,
H atnes, DonnainGE,and Gordon took part, was
agreed to. A message was received from the Pres
ident, respecting the correspondence nx to the lo
cution oftlie Pottawatomie Indians. The House
then resumed the discussion ofthe general appro
priation hill ; the question being the motion of Mr.
Stanbiry to strikeout the item for the payment of
the United States Minister to Russia. Mr. Bi a-
oks concluded his remarks, and was replied to by
Mr.UAMBUEt.KNG : when, at nearly fivo o'clock, an —•
adjournment took place. Mr. Alexander has tho
floor upon this .subject to-duy.
February 9.—In tlie Senate, yesterday, Mr-
Benton asked leave to introduce a bill repealing
the duty on alum •«//, which he prefaced w ith a
speech,containing various facts and arguments in
support oftlie measure ; but before any question was
taken as t • granting leave, a question of order
arose whether this bill could be consistently intro
duced, there being already a bill on the table for
he duties on a number of articles, among
ihui of suit. Tins question was tUeu, at
the suggestion of Mr. Hayne, laid over for consid
eration. The hill from the House of Represeta-
ti\»\s for tlie settlement of the accounts of Janie*
Monroe, wqs read twice, and referred to a select
commitee, consisting of Messrs H ayne, Sanford,
Freylinoiu ysen, Bell,and Iredell. Afterthe-
first ami second reading, and reference of varioua-
bills from the House of Representatives, the Senate
resumed, as the unfinished business of yesterday,,
the resolution of Mr. Gbendy, relative to the com
mittee appointed to inquire mto the condition oT
the Post Office Department; hut, on motion of Mr.
Holmes, it was laid on the tnhlc, in consequence
of the lateness of the hour. The Senate then went
into the consideration of Executive business ; anti,
when the door# w ere opened, adjourned.
In the I louse of Representatives, Messrs. Bhoad-
itk.au, of N. Hampshire, Caiioon, of Vermont;.
Finch, of New York, and Wilsow, of Maryland,
by unanimous consent,presented petitions; which
were referred in the usual course. Several bills
were introduced and reports presented from tho
standing committees, which underwent legislative
action. A bill for the relief of Samuel Patten, a
soldier ofthe revolution, was reported from the Com
mittee on Military Pensions, which w as read twice
and after some discussion, in which Messers. Chil
ton, Lcmpkin, Wicklieee, Speight, and Craig,
* part, waa ordered to be engrossed for a third
ding to-day. Mr. Washington, from the Com
mittee oil the District of Columbia, reported a bill
to extend the limits of the city of Georgetown;
which w as read twice, and made the order of the
day for to-morrow. A number of bills from the
Senate were received and acted upon ; subsequent
ly to which the Speaker laid before the House the
annual report oftlie Commissioners oftlie Sinking
Fund ; which, on motion of Mr. McCoy, w as order
ed to be printed. The Speaker also announced
the receipt ofa communication from the War De
partment, on tlie subject of the United States’ ar
my ; which was referred to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs, at the motion of Mr. Drayton. The
general appropriation bill was taken up; and the
amendment of Mr. Ntanrerrt to expunge the
item of $9,000 for tlie payment ofthe salary ofthe
Minister to Russia, was again considered and de
bated, bv Messrs. Alex ander, Pp.ari e, Blair, of
S. Caroline, Dwight, Storks,of New York, Car-
son, Stanhkrhy, Hitman an and Hater. Atfive
o’clock the House adjourned. Mr. Archer has
the floor upon this subject for to-day.
February 10.—In tin* Senate,yesterday, Mr. Poin-
iieater presented the memorial of Martha Ran
dolph, only Hiirvii ing daughter of the late cx-Pres-
ident Jefferson. Mr. Webster presented a memo
rial from the American Hoard of Foreign Missions,
and n memorial from the citizens of Brookfield,
Massachusetts, remonstrating against tlie law of
the la*t session of Congress, providing for the re
moval nt the southern Indians beyond the Missis
sippi. The resolution submitted by Mr. Gryndy,
in relation to the Post office Department, w as ta
ken up, and Mr. Gat nnr addressed tin* Senate in
its support until one o’clock, the hour fixed on for
the election of printer, when it was luid on the ta
ble. Tne Senate then commenced hull) *ting for a
printer for tlie next Congress. On tin* first ballot,
fortv-seven votes were given, ‘21 necessary to a
choice, of which Duff Green received 2*2, Gales &
Seaton ‘£2, scattering ft. There being no choice, a
second ballot took place, w Inch resulted in the same
manner. < )n the third ballot. Duff Green received
Tl votes, Gales Ai Seaton T3, scattering *2. There
still being no choice, a fourth ballot ti*<>k place,
which resulted in the election of Duff Green, ho
having received *21 votes, Gales & Seaton *2*2, and
scattering I. The resolution of Mr. Gri not wax
then again taken up; and Mr. Gri nhy having re
sumed his remarks, continued until two o’clock.
\\ hen Mr. Grundy had concluded, lie was foffljT-
ed hy Mr. Henurirkr, one oftlie committee, who
explained tlie course he had pursued in committee,
and his views in relation to tin* subject. Mr. ('lav-
ton then occupied the floor on the same subject,
until a late hour, when the Senat# adjourned ..Mr.
Ut a vroN will continue his remarks to-day.
Intlie I louse of Representatives, the Commit
tee on tin* District of Columbia, was, on the motion
ot Mr. \ arm w, discharged from the further con
sideration oftlie petition ofthe City of Washing
ton tor widening F and G streets. Mr. Don-
ntunur, from the same committee, reported a bill
in amendment ofthe act t»* incorporate the inhab
itants ot \\ Rsfiington ; which was read twice, and
referred to a ('oimnittee ofthe Whole for this dnv.
I he ( oimnittee on the Lihrarv wns, on the motion
°l M r - Li erETT,ot Mass, discharged from the fur
tin r consul*‘ration of the pr*>|>osa).s of8. Converse,
for tin* publication of a stereotype edition of the
law* of tho I iiited States ; and the proposilijn was
referred to the same Committee ofthe Whole as
the proposals «»t I). Green, on the same subject, had
been committed to. After the transaction of womn
further busui* »s, Mr. Howard, from tho Commit
tee on commerce, reported a bill for improving cer
tain harbors and making survey# ; which was read
twice, and referred to a Committee ofthe Whole on
the state of the Union. Mr. Srrw r.R, of New
\ ork, from tlie Committee of Agriculture, introdu
ced a bill t**r th 1 encouragement ofthe growth and
mamiwcturc of sdk, which wax read twice, and