Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-27
CONGRESS.
lFr0m the National Inseiiigeneer.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
IN GIN ATE

T..
Tie following resolution, Submitted yes
ter,iay hy Mr.. barbour. Was taken up.
Rrs"irrd. That a committee be appointed 10
join such coai,niter a. u'u, b. appointed by the
House OF Keprrseni~tsssi witt OF the Pres.
dent of the United States, aud TO motif, him of
his reelection TO the Office OF President Of the
United States,
The resolution was aS.eed TO, and nlessrs.
Barbour and King OF New York we've APP
peinted the committee in pursuance thereof.
The following resniniion, also submitted
yesterday by Mr.. barbour, was considered
and agreed to-:
Resoired, THAT The PRESIDE Mt he requested TO
cause TO be- transmitted TO D~ni. ID. ioirpkips,
Esq OF \. York. Vic~ President of the u. States
, notification OF his reelection 10 that Office.
The tngrOsspd bill iurther 10 establish
Tie compensation of The officers, tmpioyed
Ia The collection Of HE Customs, and Tor
other purposes, wa- read The third Tine,
passed, aud sea, to The other House tor
concurrence.
The S.naie resumed The consideration of
the bill from The other House 10 reduce the
army, aud the amcmdmrD's proposed here.
10 by the committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Williams. ut Tenn. submitted To the
Senate the consld' ra.iOns ~hish induced
The comm''feein recommends The mod flea
tons which they bad reported 10 the bll
lie went iuio u detailed view oi the subject
OF The posts necessary to be maintained,
tile proper distribution o! the ierces, Sc.
TO shew that The service required The num-
her of regiments proposed by The substitute;
| also 10 sIew thai The staff omght Ia be con,
shsuied an proposed by the amends eni !;
thai the cosi OF i,a uryaniza ion proposed
by The substitute would be Du sniail sum
more than ,ha, proposed by The other
House that they had varied from ,he bin OF
the other House only in features which they
deemed OF importance. leaving Others, 10
4 at AL r..t
| as the other House had PASSED them.
| The principal objection which Mr.. Wal
ker, nf Geo. had 10 the details OF This bill,
o. the amendment eas The anaigani a,inn Of
| the ordnaste corps with HAL of lie ar,illery;
- she" The Irexpediency u: which, he OF
| tered a few arswuirits, and added some
observations on the lmpolicy of the whole
plan or reduction, 10 which lie was opposed,
c'ncelving II Incompatible m;ii consdrra-
| lions ct true economy, and for which he
| should vote With reluctance.
Mr.. Iichcnor offere, his views al large on
the subject OF reduction, aud of the modes
| proposed; aud also Submitted number of
remarks IN the present organization of the
army ON its supply department particularly,
To shew Its'greai and unoxau iifcsi exc, Hence,
both IN efficiency and ECONOMY; also, TO
prove The inexpediency OF consolidating lie
ordnance aud artillery corps: and IN favor
OF Ira,ing the system este bshed i, 1878
relative 20 the ordnance department un-
| l0ur he'd.
| Mr. Dang objected Ia fla. clause Of lhP
! an,cniment which proposes To merry. the
| ordnance department in lie artillery, as II
| proposed to abolish separate su,crii,ten,
| dencr and c"ntrol of tie PUBLIC military
property, a"h i!ie responsibility s'hicll ought
In attach to those officers dischargiBg these
duties, and explained his views al some
| lPnutil Inc Drt1arrPt The nrnvisinn a., f,,o
| bill OF the other house.
! MIR. Walker, of Geo. moved To strike out
| the 4li1 sec. OF The amrn,imcnt which iner-
| ges the ordnance in ia- artillery, giving the
| President power TO sele,, artillery officers
10 perform The present ordnance duties,
| giving them extra pay therefor, &c. and 10
lnseri IN lieu therenfa CLAUSE la rrfain tie
ordnance corps as al preseni established
| Mir. Irimbie opposrd his motion, and
| spoke so Obviale Tie objections whi~h had
| bseD urged by Msssrs. Dana ard Waller
| against The proposed cancellations al the
two corps, and reler ed TO lis operation and
EFFECT 10 shen Tia expediency in The organi-
| cation Of our army.
NJ. Otis advocated The motion 10 amend.
being always III favor at ma intaininw exist
ing establishments which there were moi
strong and clear reasons for changing.
which reasons did not exist ar the present
change, but on the contrary they were adj
verse 10 10: he would therefore prefer the
provision OF the other house ia preference
10 the amendment.
Mr.. Williams, of Tenn. explained the diff
ference Of cost IN the two plans, shelving
that the mode proposed By The committee
would make a saving oi 90, 600 dollars that
BESIDES this reason the ordnance CORPS
wanted revision, and spoke TO shew that
the duties wolld be better DISCHARGED by
an amalgamation that il would practice
The artillery officers in the performance OF
those duties, DC.
Messrs. Waller, Of Georgia, TTchenor and
TrimGie, severaIly spoke repeatedly 10 en-
force their views Of this matter Of detail.
The question being taken first on sirik-
iDg Out The fourth srcliuii, it was MCCALL, ed
ayes 10, noes 49,
The bill was then laid on the table and
The Senate spent some time in The con
sidrraiion of Executive business and
Then adjourned.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Mr.. Waller, of Aiab. presented lie me.
mortal of The convention by which was
framed the constitution Of Alabama, pray
much oftlie territory lately ceded by Spain
chcOla river, and declaring The desire and
consent of Tie said state TO such annexa-
ton.
Mr.. Smith also delivered in The following
report:
The Committee on the Judiciary, to Which was
referred the resolution TO inquire into the cape.
diency Of passing Inv amending or explaining
The judiciary laws in such manner as to antbof.
lze, under such restrictions as may be thought