Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-06

Ming appropriations for certain internal improve
lhe1ts for 1882, was taken up--the SUBJECT De
fire the House being the amendment apProPrii-
Ina $4,000 for removing the oostruc.ions II,
1SSannah River, which was further discussed
~ Wessrs. MERCER, WAYNE, CLAYTON, ana
u An of Massachusetts,, and was adopted Inc
= oue.tion of reconsideration OF the vote ny "hich
an amendment appropriating Soo,ooo Tor the
|;mnroyemcnt of the navigation OF the Cumber-
land river, was rejected, was takenand carried
It aves IA. noes 10. Mr.. LETcHER then modi-
l. IGed the amendment by reducing the appro-
: nration to $780, 900, upon which the yeas and
/ nays were orlered, on motion OF MIR: MARD1s,
!, and the amendment was adopted, ayes, 50, noes
: I76 Mr.. MtKENNAN then moved an amendment
e appropriatint S32S, 1923, for repairing Cumber-
land road, eEctinp toll gates, toll houses, &c. In
E pursuance Of the acts of Pennsylvania and Ma
!, ryland, to witch the assent of Congress is given,
Upon which IN animated debate arose, in which
Messrs McKENNAN, CRAWFORD, MERCER, took
part, when Mr. j. DAVIS moved to substitute
] $50 600 dollars instead OF the sum originally
moved, which modification was accepted by Mr..
McKENNAN--the amendment was then further
debated by Messrs. DoDDRIDGE, CRAWFORD, II.
NJ. JoHNsoN and LEcoMPTE, when Mr.. WICK
LIFE moved to strike out that part of the amend
ment relati,e to toll gates and toll houses, which
was lost-,he question was then stated on the
amendment Mr. LAMAR called for the Yeas
and Nays, which were ordered, and the s,,nenl-
1 ment was adopted--Ayes 80, Noes r. Mr.. GIL
MORE moved an amendment appropriatln9 io'ooo
dollars for the Improvement OF the navigation OF
l Allegheny river, which was supported by ues-
srs BANKS, SUTHERLAND and the mover, and WAS
llost-Ayes SIS, Noes 50. Mr.. VERrLANK moved
Ian amendment appropriating $2,7OO for building
a and repairing bridges upon the military road, il
y Maine, which was supported by Messrs. YER
e PLANK and DRAyToN, when Mr. WIcKLIFFF
o moved to amend the amendment by striking ou
e the word ''miiitary"
9. Mr.. DRAYToN explained---the road was laid
l. out expressly for the convenience of military
e post at Houlton.
e Mr.. ADAMS asked if the road was in thatpar
of Maine which would remain to the United
,, States?
a Mr.. ANDERSON was sorry to hear that question
q Had the gentleman been better acquainted witt
> the geography of Maine, part of the territor
e of that State would probably have been in dis
) pute. Mr.. A. fully explained the situation @
IT the road, which was he said, nearly one hundre
e miles from the contested territory.
J, After some remarks from Messrs. DEARBoR
e and McDuFFIE, Mr.. ADAMS said he should vot
. for the road which was originally military ont
! but now might be called Negotiable road. H
g knew something of the geography Of Maine as
vas-what it might be, he neither knew nor d,
e sired to know. This road was properly called
y military road before the martial ardor of Main
n had cooled down. As that State now proposed
e lnegotiation to see how much it could get for
part Of its territory, any other title would be a
elproper for this road as military road
IL After some further remarks By Messrs Mel
GER and DRAvroN, Mr.. ANDERSON sad he coul
e not conceive if the gentleman from Massachr
II sets, Mr. ADAMs) had ever understood the yer
II graphy of Maine, why he should have enquire
if this road was in the undisputed territory of tina
e lState.-As to the alluslon TO negotiation, tina
n lgenteman was the last individual that he expec
ii ed to hear such reproach from-since it was i
l. consequence of the negotiations which had bee
formerly carried under his direction that the dc
:, cision of the Dutch Arbiter had been made whic
81 ad led to the necessity of any negotiation tina
l-tmighf have taken place on the part of the Stat
Of Name
Sc The question was taken on Mr.. WIcKErrr'
T. motion to amend the amendment, which was los
l-Yeas ~ Nays Co.
|. The question was then taken on the amend
J. nent and carried-Yeas 79-Navs 40.
/ Mr.. Halves moved reconsideration of TIN
d vqe rejecting Mr.. GILMoRE's amendment, which
IT was supported by Mr.. Denny, but was lost
, Yeas 69-Nays N
Mr. LETcHER rApved proviso limiting thu
. Icompensatlon OF thA superintendent of the i'm
Iprovements upon the Ohio and Mississippi river,
to $4,000.
/ Mr.. LAMAR movedto amend the prov;so bx
; striking out $4,000, a4 inserting $4,000.
Messrs. WIcKLIFFH and THOMAS. of Loui
slana, opposed the amendment, which was lost
: Yeas 35-Nays 50.
The provso moved " Mr.. LErcHER, was then
e carried
mr.. STEWART movedan amendment providing
tor me payment OF The trrearages of salary due
: the superintendent Of he Cumberland Road.
This amendment wa opposed by Mr.. VIN-
Mr.. Polk said this bill lhad been originally re-
ported from the Committee of WAYS and Means.
with appropriations amodnting to 10000 dollars,
and the longer it remained before the House, the
more it would probably increase As he should
feel bound to vote against The bill as it now stood,
he could not move the previous question-but
would suggest to its friends the propriety of nut
ting some limitation to these amendments.
! Mr. iNnrrsofz said he believed every iaapor-
tant object hal been embraced in the bill, and
though he had always been reluctant in support
ing the previous question, he now thought It ne
lcessary. He made that notion, which was sr,s-
tanned by the House.
On the question of engrossing the bill as
amended foi third reading, Mr.. Polk called
tor the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The bill vas ordered to be enerossed and read
a third time.--Ayes lO2, Noes 66-to-morrow