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AM13n1o_,iN RAILROAD JOURNAL.

‘Monday, May 14.

In the Senate, the Post Oiﬁcc bill was taken up.
Mr. Holmes gave
notice that, toninorrow, he would ask leave to in.
troduoe a bill for the abolition of Postage on I\ewza.
Mr. Dickerson gave notice that ho would.

read a third time and passed-

, papers. , I . M1
on Wednesday, call up the _blll. to repB&_i "1 P_ -
the duties on Imports. This bill is the brat which
was reported from the Committee on Manufactures.
and is limited to unprotected iirticlcs. Tiie Pens"!!!
Bill was taken up. and M13 H0lm‘=8 'l’°k° “-‘ l°"§‘l‘
inns ,,,,,P..;-i, The question being on tho motion
folrmcommit the bill, with” instructions -to to ﬁﬂlﬁnfl
it asto provide for the oﬂicers niid siildiers who
adrved in the lndizin wiirs during the reviilution and
gubasquont to it, till the year 1795; ii division of
1,)“, question was called for, and the motion to re.
zcommit was rejected by ii vote of 19 to 91.

' Hcusn or Ricrsssinvrxrives.

  LS, Barbour oﬁ‘crod’aresolution directing
 Judiciary Committee to inquii-e into the ex.
af ‘reporting a. bill deﬁning contempt:
‘her House ol'Cmigress which was ndoptod.

V pediency.
‘ lfgmnn 0“ Case of Gen. Houston.
 Mr. Archer rose and offered ii paper on the part
of the ncciiscd for the consideration of the House
’ “The accused, when brought before the House for
' dginerit, was entitled to state orally the contents
 the paper-—but the great respect the accused fell.
 for ihe Houseglind induced him to suliiiiit. bBf01'€-
"  hand for their consideration, wliiit he proposed to
,.:.?;.oﬁ‘er. Mr. A. wished not to be understood as pnctrng
"in consequence of any direct communiciition with
 711-in accused. He had not seen him excepting in the
Han. _3u;lmv'ing been requested to’ present the
.:5;:p,_p,p, -whichcontsincd notli_ing.but what was per.
fectly lrespectgqlﬁ liawished it might be read for the
.‘ o niiitiorio t e ouse. 
fiéllllllvillr. Borges risked what “*8 P‘‘P‘"' W“? _ ,
' Mr.’E. Everett wished the gantleimtii from Virgi.
.,/iiniii would state the substance of the piipor.
 Mr. Archer said the iicc-used was about to be
ght to the bar of the House to receive Judg.
for an offeiice of which he had, been declared
It was perfectly within his constitutional
.;~ privileges, to state at that time the considerations
 that paper by way of protesting against the coin-
. .,P°.“npy ,,r the House to pronounce such n__]udg
. im§nt_ The accused might have done this Wllllolll.

l_j'fUbI'0l.l
. Jﬂlﬂnl

 Pornﬁggion, it being his undoubted r'iglit—-but he

» whéuzhp it mom ‘-e3'pgc[ful, to the H0u50.l.O coinniu.

V niciite his intention beforehand. ’ He assured gen-

. glgmcn there was notliirig di'isi'uupucttizI in the lan
s‘ c of the 3 er. ‘
tuA‘fter 1-iomepdlonversiiiticn between Messrs. Bar-

.» ﬁnger, Vinton and Archer, in which the former

 gontloniiin objected to the reading of the papal‘. M!‘-

Mcllufﬁe said the proposed form was the most im.
oxceptionable one for the accused to do what he had
an undoubted right to do. Any man brought up to

‘ ggcoive sentence has ll. right to state the reasons

why it should not be pronounced. '
l Hr. Archer said the accused had no doubt of the
right, and the only reason of presenting the paper,

, by the hand of it member ofthe House, was. to muii_i-

"fost his respectifoi the House. ‘Mr. A. said, for his

“own part, he did not care whether it was read or not

4 ’"-—-ho had not the slightest wish on the subjcct. The
accused was willing totapprize the House of what he
v‘-pi‘-oposcd to say when ‘called before ‘them for midg-
lhidnt. He bud been requested by a friend (we under
.mod.f,;m to say the counsel of the accused) to offer
tliiirpiipcr for the previous in formation of the House.
v Whether it was read or not, the contents of the pa-
per would be known throughout the country.

V Mr. Biirringer withdrew his objection, and the pn-
por was resins follows—- '
To Use Honorable the Home of Representative: of the
United States.-
Thc accused, new at the Bar of the House, asks
to state.

_k‘rE:,‘Ts;,l::5$,l.:iJ,1,l-Jlganag hejs now brou ght before the
mm, to receive a. reprimand from the Spealmr. in
execution oftho sentence pronounced upon him. _

w,_§.,ha-lzto ‘submit in: sileiicegto such a. sentence, it

. might imply that he recognized 'the~~uutli9rity of the
House to‘impoB6 it‘-

He cannot consent t

but it shall beltliluii implied.

. ‘d rs it a mode ’of’punishment unlrnpwn to ..
. E; ﬁgzl :,,d, jfiiot forbidden by the piroliibitiori of
7 , ,_ p ,

the Constitution :ig'a.inst."_\1ﬂ‘1_3““l P_"'““?l"‘"_9"'-3-".lI'°‘
‘ consistent with the spirit of our institutions, and
"W ﬁtfo be inflicted upon ll. freecitizcn.

unﬂ ‘thinks rope: to add. in making this declare.
ﬁn“? that hit; has been unwilling to trouble the

gainst him. as well as the sentence he new objects
to, unwnrrrantcd by the constitution of his country.
yot circuiiistimcos may exist to justify or excuse a
citizen in determining (as he has done on this uccn.

may think proper to enforce.
May 14. S.iiiUi~:i. Houirron.
Mr. Archer then moved that the accused be per.

which wns agreed to.

placed zit the bur; he soon afterward appetued, ac.
conipanied by the Sergeant at Arms.

The Speaker informed him it’ he had anything to
offer to the House before lilejutlglllelll.‘ was pronoun.
ced upon his case, it would be received.

General Houston rose and delivered the above
paper.

The Speaker than addressed him as follows:

“‘SAMUl_5L‘ HOUSTON i--You have been charged with
it violiitiun ol tlierights and privileges of the House
or Represeiitativcs, in having offered personal viii.
lcrice to one ofits members, for words spoken in do.
liiiti-.! In exercis rig the high and delicate power oi
-‘l8Cel‘i.ltl!llllg ziiid vindicutirig their own privileges,
the House have proceeded tlirougliout this iiivestigii.
Lion, and in relation to your individual riglitii, Will]
all that delilieraitioii and caution which ought to
characterize the dignified and moraljiistice of such
iin assembly l—~—- . '

You have been heard in person in your defence:
You liiive been ably and eloquently defended by enii.

iicrit counsel, and every facility afforded you, to '

place your cause fully and fairly before the House,
and to urge upon its coiisideratiori, matters of prin.
ciple as well as fact, in explanation nndijustificzition
of your conduct! _

Whatever the motives or causes may have been.
which led to the act of violence comiuitted by you,
your-conduct has been .pronou_nced by the solemn
judgment ofthe House, to be zi high breach oftheir
rights and privileges, and to deiiisiid their iiiarkod
disapprobation and censure--

If. in fulfilling theorder of the House, I were

called upon as its presiding oﬂicor to reprimand an
individual uneducated and uninformed, it might be
expected tlizit I should endeavor, as tar as I was
able. to impress upon him the impi-irtiincc and pro-
priety of sedulously guarding from violation the
rights and privileges secured to the members of the
[louse by our inviiluable Constitution; but, when
iirldriessing .-i citizen of your chnriicti-.r and intelli-
gence, and one who has himself been honored by
the people with a seat in this House, it cannot be
necessary that I should add to the duty enjoined
upon me by dwelling upon the character or conso
quonces of the offence with which you have been
charged and.l'ound guilty.
; Whatever has it" tendency to impair the freedom
of debate in this Hoiise——n. freedom no less sacred
than the Constitution itself——or to detract from the
independence of the representatives of the people
in the rightful discharge of their high functions,
you are no doubt sensible, must, in the same pro-
portion, weaken-and degrade not only the legisla-
ture of the nation itself, but the character of our
free institutions.

Your own mind will suggest to you probably
more suitable reflections than anything which I can
say could convey. . To those reﬂectioiis I am pre.
pared to trust; not doubting, that, had you at the
time considered the act of violence which you have
coiriiniiiieil in the light in which it has been regard-
ed by the House, you would have been spared its
disnpprobution and censure, and I the duty of do.
clairing to you the result of it. l

— ~e~»:r ' siiv more than to pronounce the judg-
-ontof the House, which is, that you have been guil-
y at‘ ii high orcacb of Its privileges, and that you be
r-«primandcd therefore at its Bar by the Speaker; an.
in oliedienceliu the order of the House, 1 do iepriuisnr»
vou iiccordingly.

You will now be conducted from the Bar.ol' the
House, and discharged from the custody of the Sen-
geat at Airns.” . ' » ‘

,Afiei-. Gen. Houston bad'lell.thn bar, Mr. Archer
moved" tlutlhis protest be entered on the Journal-—.
which was agreed to. _ ’ . _ '
Mr Sianbury then moved the rules of House be
suspendcd to enable him to offer ri resolution inquiring
into. the contemplated; fraud between J0lJlI.H. Eaton
and G.r_in.. Houston--which was c_iirried—-Ayes 169.
Noes 13. V  t l ~

The resolutionwns .;tben. after some conversation,
idopted.

Mr. E. Cookp pfﬂﬂentedl the following letter from

.1

tliougli he believes the whole proceeding a-

{Dr. E. S. lilcviaa . s

l

slain) tn .enﬂ“m‘ in silent patience. whatever the House

mitted to present this paper to the Houso_ut the bar,

The Speaker then ordered Gen. Houston to be

Browifc Hotel, May 19. 1832.
Hon. E Coons Sir :- During my ix iiiiiiiatiui bo-
 '.i-.-.H.=.uiii- oi Bwprercntativcs in tin: cue of Gen.

l“lUll.3l0I'l,y(.Il] vi-Lry impertinently niiliod an-ioi-ig _0tli0l

qL|l‘.‘.s\lti,ll8 my busiiiess in this city. Wliilet the trial of

General Houston was poi-.diiig, I deterred calling on

you for the explanation which I new demuud through

~ilV friend. Gun. Da.~niiU'!- I I'm. W? “‘-'P' "‘f“l_'.'-

yiiur must obedient. ‘ 4- 8' D‘‘Y"‘
Mr. Crane than oﬁbredtbc following resolution:
Resolved, That tliocommunicstion of the 31°“-

E. Cooke, ii member from Ohio, be referred to I 30-

lect Coinmittee consisting of seven members. W 7*

port the facts and their opinions whether the _I8m0

establish ii contempt and I broiicli of the privilcgel
of this House or not, rind that said Committtia hi"
power to send for persons and paper!-

Mr. Stiinborry, in the course of debate hcroupom

reiterated the stateincnt that assaults on members of
the House for words spoken in debate were encour-
-iged by the language used by the President of ll“!
United States, and said he asked but halfnn h0\l1't°
prove the assertion by iinrpiestioniible ovidonca.
.\/li. Polk (and perhaps others) hav rig declsrcd tho
istziteiiiorit to be unfounded, Mr. Stiinhcrry_ m0l7t3df°
amend the resolution so as to institute an iiI¢l“"’Y 1"‘
in this matter. After a stormy debate. 1'10 P_"°""“'
Question was called for and carried. precluding the
aiiiendineiit proposed by Mr. Stunberry. The ques-
tion was then taken by Yeas and Nays mt Ml‘-
Crsiie‘s motion for a coniniittee, and decided in the
negative by You and Nays: Yeas 85---Nays 87.-
So the resolution was rejected.
Mr. A.Lli1lllS, from the liaiik Committee. made I|’6~
port expressing the reasons of hi. dissent from the ri-
-cari of tho Coininitiee. Ten thousand copies of UN!
rind the other report and documents, were ordered to
be printed.
After an ineﬂiaclunl attempt of Mr. Barbour to get
up the Virginia claims bill, the Hausa took an‘ the II-
intindmrnts ofihe Senate to ihe Apportionnii-.nt Bill;
md. after Mr. E. Everett had obtained the door, the
House adjourned. l
Tuesday, May 15.
In the Senate the Chair cumniuiiicated I letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury, trziniiniitting I
statement made by him, in obedience to a. resolution
of the Senate, showing the amount of duties col.
lected under the existing law, and the iuiiount
which will be collected under the billsiroported from
the committee on iiiitnufuetures of the Senate. and
under the tariff, submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Fifteen hundred copies were ordered to
be printed Mr. Holmes introduced a bill, on leave,
to abolish postage on newspapers, which wiistwico
read und referred to the committee on the post office
and post roads. The resolution some dayscngo of.
fered by Mr. Benton, for printing blank number of
copies of the report of the committee on the Bank
investigation, and blank number of the docinimintn
ziccompnnyin the same, was taken up. On mo-
tion of Mr. allns, it was amended so in to in.
cludc the counter reports-of the minority of the
committee, nnd”thc first blank having.bciin ﬁlled
with five thousand, and the second with one thou.
sand. the resolution was adopted. Mr. Dulles giivo
notice, that on Tuesday next, he would call up the
bill to renew the charter of the United States Bank.
On motion‘ of Mr. Smith, the bill autliorizingii sub.
scription on the part of the United States to the
stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Conipiiiny,
was taken up for consideration. Mr, Smith coni.
meiiced ii speech in support of the bill, and _ufter
speaking a short time, he yielded the ﬂoorfdr the
delivery of'.u message from the House of_Reprcson.
tatives. The iiiessagmwsa then delivered from the
House of Representatives by Matthew: St. Clair
Clarke, Esq. their Clerk, announcing the death of
Mr. Hunt of Vermont, and stating that his funeral
would take place next day at 4 u’clock. Whereifpian,
on motion of Mr. Prentiss of Vermont, thc_Son1te
resolved to attend the funeral, and to wear crops on
the arm for 30 days. Then,‘on motion" of'Mr. Web-p
star. the Senate iidjouriicd till Tliursdiiy. _
In the House ol Representatives, after tli.‘cJournal
was read, Mr. H. Everett rose and. announced ‘the
death of his colleague the Hon.Jonathnn Hunt, to
whose momorv he paid an appropriate and «feeling
tribute of eulogy. Mr. E. moved tlintithonioinbers
ofthe House, in token of respect for the memory of.
Mr. Hunt, wear black crepe on the left armduriiig
the remainder of the session, whichsvas "unanimous.
ly agreed to. » Mr. E. said he should make no further
motion, as it ‘was the wish of the deceased and his
friends that his fiiriernl should be a private ‘one. At‘.
tor sending it message to.- the Senate irifigyrxnin

them of , Mf.'H|lQl'I death, onlmotioneof Mr." .

Everett, the ﬂame aidjourned over tiIl_Thurndsy. .. _