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i. C :_'*‘fllV‘TE1_IiTYi<sl¢1C0l‘.1‘D CONGitESil—1stSEsSION. _

 Mr. Benton, ,aeked.l.ea~ve to introduce the following
_ ijoirit resolution :_ i
 A joint resolution declaratorylsf the mean:
' '. 3.; .charter of thelBanl: of the United Stafes, on the

 ,,;I]ljp.bl—_vod by the Senate and House oi'_Represen.
Z. .. tativeaof tbe‘United States of America, in Congress
-;;,. humbled, That the paper currency. in the form of
' ‘::.}:rirde"rs drawn by i the Presidrhts of the Offices of
A;;.A Jaisceunt andvDeposite,‘on- the Cashier of the Bank

.. .. ‘contained in the charter; and that the said currency

' .: soinaeught to be suppressed- .

A [From ,the‘Gl0lIe-] .

'_ Co1!g“‘3gxofiAL Aluanvsrs.--«In the Senate. 1 an .20,

ng ofthc

‘A . subjectlof the paper-Vcurrenr.y to be issued by the
:* .‘Ba.-11k2 ' ‘ D

h of the United States, is not authorized by any thing

i-,.edA, beyond the passing by avote, of 100.t0 81. and

= by virtue of the previous question, Mr. Bou1din’s re;

solution as amended on motion of Mr. Davis. The

tea on ,Manuf'actures to report to the House the efi'e'ct

conform to the actual value. ~
The Senate did ..not sit on Saturday.
’ S Coucasss,—.-Jan. 23.

is, and is hereby declared to be, illegal, and that the

Mr. Benton supported the motion in'aspeec.h

_,  }fi,g¢¢_- hon;-a lon'g‘,"a.nd it was p-opposedkby Messrs.
. .0:-ingtlgg, Buckner‘, Webster, Wilkins, Bibb, Chambers,

and ‘Smith; ’ and further supported by Messrs. For.

C -‘ syth, Miller, Kane,—Marcy, and‘Tyler. The ques.

' -lion being taken, leave to ‘introduce the resolution
was refused as follows : ’
A‘Y£‘.As~—Messrs. Benton, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth,

_,i-a_;_QIun_dy,;flayg,g,‘Hill} Kane, Mangum. Marcy, Mil-

ler. Moore, Tazewell, Troup. Tyler, White-16.
. . 'NAY&- Messrs. Bell,‘ Bibb,~ Buclmer. Chambers,
Clayton. Dallas, Ewing, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hen-
‘ drieks, Holmes, Johnston,‘ King; Knight, N audain,

'v*ҤPreiItiss, Robbins, Robinson, Seymour, Silsbee,

~ Siaith-, Tipteri, Tomlinson‘, Webster, Wilkins—_—25.
‘ j Mr. Clay submitted the . .fo1low"mi; resolution.
"which was readied. laid on the table : i ’

" ‘nesoivedy That the Secretary of the Treasury be
 aixggted to ‘communicate to the Senate any cui-res.
. , Pbndgncg which may have passed. between theTreas-
‘i uryflepartinent and the Collectors of the Customs,

D -_or..eithier of them, sliowing the construction which
7 mu been Phcedfbj, thgt‘I)epfl.I'l.lllBfll., upon -the act
dutitled “an act to amend the several acts imposing
duties on iruperts,”.approved the 24th of May.l8.‘24,

‘oitupon any other act of Congress imposing duties

, gig‘-iinpuflgl, passed sincefthat day, including the act
, Jot‘ th_s.19th of. May» 1530- A '
~_ 'n,‘¢.Senate mar aflsitting of . five h
ad over. to hpiondaynext. -

. ‘II! the House of.Representatives,’M_r-. Root, from

ours, adjourn-

w the Committee on;=A riculture, reported a bill- for '

 gogno|in.g1l).II‘gl'OWl All-ld:;M.alll1'fl.Ol.\1I'e' of‘-Silk in
:-whet.-|J—sited=B:tates: A**~M*r:A*Drayton; firoiri t-lieACommit-
toe on Military Aflhii-.2, reported to ‘bill ‘tn increase
A the number of Surgeons and Assistant‘Surgeer_is,iin
-T the United States’.-Army.:~ Mr. Bouldin?s resolution
-relative to the Tairifi‘,Ae.nd Mr. Davis’”:ainendmen't
thereto, was again taken up auddiscussed ‘by Mr.
.. Miteliell ofvSouth;Curolina,. until :the expiration “of
~.tlic_heur allotted to morning business. . A number
nfwprivate bills wereacted on.. ‘The :Spea_ker pre-
iggifintgiil the~memorial.oi7;the Presidentand Directors
-.o'f.,'tlies_Bsnk of Pennsylvania. praying. a, .re.::hsi-ter
._.of;.tb,eBanlt of the..AU,nited.States. On motion of
. Mr.‘Wicklifi'e, it ‘:was.referred_ to the committee of
; ,Wsya s.ud,Me_aiis,.,_with ~‘the following instructions
.4.0i.s.lI.I.'|.Il!-70I!'|lI.\,.3iLtB¢s,.ii--=-  A!  A - i i ' ~ D‘
 ~-: '-'."l‘,o' inquire? into. the .-expediency. of . reporting a
 :bill« to vim;-orperate a.; new Banking‘: .Gumpany, to
....uke aifl'ect.'.and ‘gofinte operationaftcr the ex=pirat_ion
5.pf,1he;.charLer.nt'.ithe.Banlc of: the United States, re-
servin one third of the Capital-in said Bank forthe
' Unite States, togetlier _witli.aA sufficient bonus on
‘.th’e_cliartsr.'; onethird to. besubscrihed. for by such
'ef"the stockholders iii the present.Banlr. as may be
[ citizens of. the United States.’ the other th_ird'to
‘tie .taken by such citizens of the United States,
"‘ as iniy desire so to invest theirflsurplus capital »: C
,.u‘_' That they also inquire into the expedieney— of
i prohibiting the Bank fi-omdealing in or holding real
i ’ast_al'e, except for the mere purposes of Banking
' Houses and Houses necessary for the transaction 0
the business of the Company. D
 1 "' Of prohibitin‘g.._the "location of an
' " ' tatewithout the cerifigent of '

  

    
      

A  ._.i _pm_d__sl'se, A g the: chm-tsr,"tli‘st_ the
s I,e”g'isla'turesjof the several states‘ .sl1all‘and may e:r_._
' srcissthe‘ power when they deem it expedient to do
it so of impairing a fair and reasonable tax upon Ftlie

,_pgpita,i_§mpl0]¢d, in.any ‘Bank or Branch of said_

VBsnlt, withinrthe jurisdiction of such state ;' and Ill‘.
;;_q to subject the said eoiporation. to be sued in the
i"l1}iut;iei-or Circuit flours, in any State, where the
 saidgrszisli issued, on its §5}li§§ at so‘

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~repoptedA at liili in additlo

matters, Mr. Clay's resolution, proposing" a niodifi.
cation of the Tariff, again came up; wlien, Mr.
-Dickerson, of Niewdersey, addressed the Senate two

day. i '
Irrthe House of‘ Representatives, there was con-

siderable debate on the reference of a Memorial

against the Tariff from the Memborsof the Legisla.

to. the ,Union and opponents of'..Nullifics.tion. It
was finally referred to the Committee of. Ways and
Means. . . V v A A

The Resolutinmconcerning the Tarifi” subject,

decision, and was agreed to by the House.
"Iu,Sir.iva'ri:——Ja‘n. 24.

The resolutions ‘submitted on Monday by {Messrs

the United States, were considered and agreed to.-T-»
Among‘ the memorials and petitions. presented, was
one from Maine, presented by Mr. Sprugue, praying
for the‘ abolishment of the postage on newspapers
and parnplilets, and the reduction of postage on let.
tors, and one from Philadelphia, presented by Mr
Dallas pi‘aying’_fr)l‘ the renewal of thetcharter of the

Bank of the United States. ' After the morning busi-

ness had been gone through, the Senate, on motion
of Mr. Forsytli, went into secret session, and con-
tinued therein‘ until it adjourned. ' _

‘In the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Military’Afi'airs was, on the motion of Mr. Dray.

defence duringthe late war, and the same was refer.
red'to a select committee of seven members. Mr.
Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs,
introduced two bills, one relating to naval schools,
and the other authorizing the revision and extension
of the rules and reguliitions of the naval B(_‘-l'ViCB.-fl-,-
They were sev‘erally;read' a first and second time and
committed to e. Committee of the_Whole on the state
of the Union. a The resolution séibmitted some days
ago by Mr. Jenifer, for the appointment of at select
committee to inquire into itlioexpediency of making
appropriations for the _ removal from the country 0

free persons of color, was «taken up and ,d,isc_uss:ed
by Mr. Jenifer iufavor of and by Mr. Coke against,
the proposition, until A-thevexpiration of the hour,
whenthe House proceeded to the order of the day,
A variety of“priv'ate bills'were' introduced and act.
ed upon, after which the House went into a Com."
mittee ofthe Whole on the state of the-.Union, and

Mr. Wayiie*.addressed the committee in favor of the

of the House. ‘Before he concluded, the committee,
on motionof Mr. Crawford, rose and reported, and
the House adjourned. D

. ' Jan, 25.. A
The Senate, postponed until Thursday, the furthe

consideration of executive busiiiess. Previous to
closing the doors, ‘in addition to aaconsidei-‘able por.
‘ ion. bf, ,I,I,},_0_.,I,[t.~l!_1g; busiiiessrthat was jtransacted, Mr.
'éiit‘o"ri‘ 1§iiliiditth'd' Tresbiutions callin g “for important
information, with regard to the {tank of the United
,States'.. The.Senate continued insecret sessionvto
a late hour of the day. A . i S A ,
-In the House of = Representativees. a variety of bills
were in trodiicod from tiierespactive committee. sand
read ii first and second time. =1r1_d3nommitted.~ Mr.
Ellstrorllii from the Qumrsiitteo on the Judiciary.
vi in filiviictffer the ‘muss for

i i In film.

‘: l|.5§nji;crsis;9i2.*iiii. El; .liiil_9si‘lntsi.u_tlstasis

i

insdriirtsst sshesrssft!;a* Uni.tsd.5ssts§,. snags was
9% . ,. ii
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and twins are ssitssiiad‘iil:é;Ms tldggfilga g
,  may

object‘ of this resolution is to authorize the Commit§_

of the Tsrilf upon the great interestsof the country;
the mode of scsrtaining ad ealorein and ininimiiiii
-rates of duties ; what fraudsfif any, are perpetrated
upon the revenue,; and whether thestated value of
the poundA‘sterling, ought not to be elteredso as to

hours in support of the ,res_o1ution,.and in reply to
Mr...Hayne.~.,.The..l:esolution was then. It the in,-.
stance of Mr. Smith, further postponed to Wednesg,

ture of the State of South Carolinawho arefriends -

as amended -by thesvote of‘ Saturday, came up for
Mr. Poindextsr, who has been confined at home
for some days by indispositioii, resumed his soat.——

Bsnton and Moore. on the subject of the Bank of

ten, discharged from the consideration of tnejelaims.
of Maryland, for‘e”iiJenses incurred for the public

took up the Apportionment of Representation bill.

establishment of a ‘low ratio, in order to preservethé
popular character and pure representative principle

C A -_.,a,AMER.IGAN,:RAIL-sROADA«JOURNAL.

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niittee on the Libraryfrnaking an appropriation to
procure copiesot‘ historienldocumenta from tliespub.
ic. ofiiees in,GreatA Britain, which lwas-readjtwiee
and committed to a Committee of the Wholefon the
state of the Union. . The bill introduced ontheipre.
coding‘ day.by.Mr. Wntmough, authorizing,-_t1ie re-
vision and.extens,ion of, the naval rules and regula.
tions, was read is third time and passed, Tine further
considerntionA of the: resolution on .the,;subject _of
removing thalfreo people ofcolor. waspostponed till
Thursday; andthe House, after the inuoduytion of
nearly. twenty reso1utions,.went,into Committee; of
the Whole on thestata of the, Union. and ;190k- up
the apportionment ’bill.; .Mr..Wuyne' °°nc.ludod his
arguinent» against the:estahlishr.ne_nt of48.0(lQ 1.18: ‘he

_ _ V A ratio, and Mr. Hunt, Mr..Bell; Mr. Patton..and.,Mr-
A In the Senate, after..disposing- of su,ndry.minor.

Polk, addressed the Com_mi_ttee;, .'I‘heAquestion—g on
Mr. Huhbardls proposition to fix the.r_stio_at( 471.000,
was Anegatived bye vote of ayes lllbyneod. 31. gill!’-
Hewardrnoved an amendment techangn. tlmvtlllle
of the bill going into operation. front the Ascend
to theiiixth .o£ Mar..ch.. in, order, that_,.the_ .pnse§at
weight of theseveral States might be pr_e!|!.|jI9!l _m
the electoral colleges, on the ensuing Presidpxatial
election ; but before the question was disposed of,;the
committe. rose and reported, and the .Hsu.se adj.
——[Telcgrapli.] p

A S In SsNivrs—-Jan. .26. A
In the Senate, Mr. Marcy presented a memorial
from sundry merchants and others, of Bdston, pray.
ing tliat the present Charter..ef. the Bank, oflthe
United States «nay not be renewed ,; and.thst.I;u;s.ct

‘ of _in_corpe_ration,mayjbe passed for a,B.aiik.vv,it,h ii

capital of fifty millions of dollars, reservinp to the
Government the privilege of subscribing or. one
half ofthe stoc_k. ‘ind limiting the‘ ‘subscription to
the remainder, to citizens of‘ the United SI‘.ates."~The
memorial was read,“ referred to tlie‘Sel‘ecl.'~G‘oiriiiit.
toe on the Bank of the Unit'ed~States. andibrdbred
to be printed. Mr. Ewing'ofi'ered a resolution de.
claring it as the sense oi the Senate, that‘ retrievals
by the President‘ from ofiice. for any‘ other purpose
than that ofsecurin a faithfulvexecution‘efAlhe
laws,’ was hostile to the ‘spirit of‘ the Constitution,
never contemplated by its framers ;- was a daring
extension of ‘Executive influence.iprejudicialitothe
public ssrvice.'and‘dangerous toAthe?1ibe_rties" efytbe
people; and that it‘ wasiiaexpedient for-the'{Se'nate
to adviseland consent to *appointn'idnt‘s~to1Afii‘l*sup.
posed vacancies occasioned. by the =‘removs.1~‘er:prior
incumbents, uniless-.the~ removals: shall a‘pp‘earA‘ to
havebeen made OliIufiit_:lCnt_'¢ailB0l * I£ft“df'l‘hl§:\ii|l1al
‘morninfg’s' "business; the Seiiii ‘ ‘ ' oA?'i'6'cret
session, and continued therein
merit. '

In, the House of Representatives, Mr. Archer,
from the Committee on Foreign Afi'airs,, reported a
bill for giving effect _to a,comn_ior.cis1. arrangement
between the United States and ‘t.l)',a_;R_e‘pu[‘)|ilg1 qf Co.
lombia, wliichiwasiresd-twice andi.ordprsd"to tisgn.
gl‘,0B88d for athird. madinjg l0.dny, ; ',[llieVrug_1_'iV[i,|j_,‘i;.;ng
submitted by Mr. P.endl.Iten,: . on .tl,i,e; subject _,of,,_1,'ha
appellate jurisdic_tion;ol' the._Supreir_ie Court, of ;tbe
United S,tates,A_were called ,.l_!p‘ b_vj..th-gp|‘,._E'¢n‘[,Ig‘[ni.n;
but,.upo_n.a\divi_sioiiybyyeas and nayii, at the,,ca,ll‘ot‘
Mi‘. Speight, the‘ House refused .to, ¢o)|sider;t_lieii_a,‘,lby
avote, of ,syes.75,A noes 83.. Allerthe copgidergtiop
and. adoption of,_v,ario.us resolutions, 'submitf'ted'§.eii
'-h°=PP°°°.dl'3E.d3.V- the Hou.s.e.<mA.ihe inoiiou emir-
P°,ik,‘,We|'Ii-. into it Committee ofthe _‘yi’|_0lgV_0,lii.l.iI0
SW-aV0f' the U;nior,i._;and,res,umed the.coris,ideration
offithe Apportioninent Bill. .'I‘li'_e_ qus,sti_enl,w‘as,on
the nAmendmen.t.0l-'» Mr. Howard, to, 1l‘_.i,i‘Ql'..I.lllQ_llIll,§ of
the bill's going intofiperation, ~from;,t’li,e 3d: Atothe
61.11 of .Mar.cl1. 1333,,in,or,der,,to.,p’ribserve_ in ,tlie
eleeteralxcolleges, at the comi_ngP.resid"e_nti_al,else.
tion, the present weight of V the ‘se}rera1.;S"’_tes,__in.

 

meiit oflrepresentation. The proposition. was dis-

,eussed— by -Mr. Howard in favor of, and b_rM'r. Polk.
Mr. Drayton, Mr. Crawford. Mr. Kerr; Mr.,.Bea‘rds.
Icy, Mr. Craig and Mr. MeDufiie aga,inst,,'it§s adop.
tion,; andfinally withdrawn by: t;he.;..rno_vp'i;.f, The
several nu.inbers_of 47,000, , 47,700, , 59,000.. ‘53,0_00.
51.000,-and 46,060,. ‘were successively»proposedind
rejected, and the committee rose andreported, the
bill to th9.’H0,flse.,without amendment. , Mr._‘W_ick-

A lilfe movi5dl0AT.fiC0mn1it,the hill to’. asolect commit-
tee’ of l\V0nl3Yrf00.l'.Am6mbers,\oneAfi:orn,.each.,Stat6. V

;w,itb .instr.t.J0t.i9l18 iureport itiu bl11hlI..to;,tl_lhO;,‘Hgii_1,Io;
but, before the questifm was ts1;,sn,,,,tlp;V,I_*Ir:i_ii,s_e,at

five Asfclonls. aslgdurxiedas-[_Te.iegrg,ph.1
Frills;/.‘Js:1?5ét3‘/-$31;  ; ‘ l

A:'illi8i‘$lilis.lt? ....lt«li at , ‘i ii. Alli  hll.,1l)QPfl
ihs=b9s£nes,Hi irvsuleéiiiiiidielietshiilimrelli

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‘until ili fidjddrn. '

stead of‘. Voting‘. according to the ’ne'w,’;n'ppo_,rtion. ,