Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-01-12

4 Nh's ohtNh, VI Ntus tutn mOSeu tnat tDe
house do resolve itself into committee oil
the whole, TO take into consideration the bill
Tor making partial appropriation. for the sup.
port of the military establishment for the
year 1892. -lThis motion, being not in re.
guisr order OF business, required an unani,
nous vote 10 carry i'll
x Abe necessary unanimous consent net be.
ing given, Mr.. Smith got at his object ano.
Their way, by moving to postpone all the or.
ders of the day which precede that to which
he had referred; which motion was agreed TO,
6S Co a.: and
The house accordingly resolved itself into
committee OF the whole on the subject, Mr.
Baldwin IN The chair
4 Mr.. Smith of Mo- handed to the chair two
lettefs from the secretary Of ws- 60 the com.
! mIt'ee of ways and means; which were read
( The letters, dated Dec. IL and %, when
Mr. 5. handed in, state that The appropria.
tons for the qusrtermaster generals depart.
| ment, and the Indian department, are ex.
] bausted, and tha, the appropriations for the
| pay and Subsistence of officers of the army
| VIII be SO a. the close Of the year; and that
partial appropriation, for 1922, OF $4,000
FOR the 4car'ermaster's department, 100000
tor the Indian department, and of $500, 900
Tor the pay OF the army, is necessary. There
is also deficit in The appropriation for re-
EVOLUTIONARY pensions, for 1921, of S45l 500,
and that sum is necessary TO complete the
payments TO pensioners for the year 1921
/ The question taken on filing the
! blank, In relation To the quariermaster's de
! Par;ment, with the sum Of SI5O,003, and
| carried.
Mr. Smith moved TO fill the blank for the
! cttrsnt expenses OF the Indian department,
-, with The sum Of 100000.
/ Mr.. Trimble moved TO strike out the 9Th
and 9th lines Of the bill, containing a provi-
zion inr that department.
The question was taken on filling the blank
| with he sun of one hundred thousand dol
lars, aspropo5ed 10y the cummittee, and car.
! RED.
! Mr.. Smith proposed to fill the blank for
| the pay of the army and subsistence of the of.
ticers, with the sum of three hundred ,hou-
sand dollars, which was pot and carried.
Mr. Smith also proposed to fill the blank
for she nehclt in the apr opTiation for revo-
| lu'lonsry pensions, with the sum Of sl5l,
| $50 81, which was put and carried; and
| thersupon the committee and reported
the bill es amended to the house
/ IN tie hcuss. the question Of concurrence
was taken on al! the provisions of the bill lex.
| cept that which provides 70: the indian de.
Partment, which, On motion Of MIR. Ross,
F, was not inclnded) end carried.
Mr.: Ross moved that the question Of con.
! curreDce, so far a. ii related to the appropri.
alton fer the Indian department, ae taken by
yeas and nays.
The motion was agreed to, but, before the
question vas put, the house adjourned.
January 4.
Among the petitions presented this day
wers two, by Mr.. Nelson, Of Md. praying
that the aid OF Congress may be extended 20
the plan therein set forth for the improve.
inert Of the navigation of the Potomac
aIr Baldwn, irc,n the committee Of ma.
nu!actures, TO whom was referred so much of
the president. message as relates TO manu-
factr!es, and Tue promotion of national in.
dustry. reported, as he stated, BY instruction
oi a ma ority That committee, the following
resolve: That j. IS ineXpedient at this time
| was ordered 10 lie on the table.
The hcUse, on motion Of Mr.. Smith, of
Nj Then esreed to lake INTO confederation
the unfinished business Q! yesterday t;he
( bill Los making partial appropriation for
the military service Of 1922, SCI
Pr. Tracy noTed 10 consider the molten
TO 6eisEmi0e The appropriation for the Indian
department by ayes and noes-he having yo,
ted in the affirmative on tina. question.
The speaker decided the molten to be out
Of order, The nnn.ber Of IS voting Tor the
ptior motionl not constituting a majority
| within the rule
Mr. Randolph moved to Tecommit the bill
to a com mitfee Of the whole house, which
| motion was carried.
Ga motion cf Mr.. Smith, of MARYLAND, ;hs
house Immediately resolved into a committee
Of the whole on said bill, Mr.. Nelson in the
chair.
Mr.. Chambers moved 10 insert, after the
! words sE!ur The current eynspses of tle In
dian department." the words 9 ircluting a
deficit of S50CG0 Of the appropriation for
that object in the year iS2i"-$l1o
On motion Of Mr. Reid. who entered 1t
some length upon the subject Of making ap-
preparations without being possessed of the
grounds on which they we're asked, the com +,
miisee rose, reported pEogress, and obtained
Lave to sit sgaiD.
JAHuAnY. 7
a'r Campbell from the committee on tie
| census, reported bill. fixing the apportiun.
ment of representatives, among the seve raj
states, according to The fourth census, which
was read first and second tine, rcfe red,
and ordered to be printed.
Cribs b'a for the apportionmcnt of repre-
sentaiIves according 10 the fourth rcnsus,
provides as foil. VS. Milne :, New Hsnp.
| shire s. Massachusetts, Is, Rhode Island 3.
| Connecticut 6, Vernon, 6, New York 81,
New Jcrsca 6, Pennsy lvabia IS Delaware /,
! Maryland Q, Virginia %, North Carolina l.,
| South Carolina 9, Georgia 3, Alabama 2,
| Mississippi ], Louisiana z, Tennessee 9, Ken.
| tuokry -, Ohio Ii, Indiana 5, Illinois J., Sis
! souri II
Mr. Edwards cfConneciicut submitted the
! following Tor consideration.
! Resolved. That committee be appointed
! to enquire into the rxpehicncy Of Re ducirg
! he II 1