Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-03-12

ISHED BUSINESS VS.. RglNi hLh.
DENY Loss OF THE fohiificAiioN
The two Houses Of Congress adjourn.
"a. he night before last, their functions
then ceasinr: and what wreck of public
business ensuedi
IL our two or three last papers we ex-
pressed our opinion respecting the state oil
The public business in the House of Repre-.
sentatiyes. II would have been as just.
had our in.imation respected the state Of
the House.
With great deal OF talent, and we
have no doubt, too, a great deal OF path.
otism, the late House of Representatives.
had been brought into condition, ~ va
rious causes, in which it seemed incapable
of getting on with the business oil the
country Attentive observers have noticed
tendency Of this kind, from the early
part Of the session but its last days forced
the truth on the minds OF all. Long de-
bates; the endless perplexity OF the rules !;
contests every moment, about priority oil
business and An eagerness oil discussion,
which seemed entirely TO disregard the
comparative importance oil subjects, were
among these causes. There were others,
of which we could speak, of which indeed
we shall feel it our duty to speak, and to
speak freely, hereafter but which we at
present forbear 10 mention.
The melancholy result of the whole is,
that Congress has broken up. leaving al,
most every great measure OF the session
unfinished, and therefore totally null and
void. The following bills, originating IN
the Senate, most Of them passln, that bo-
dy by large majorities, and some OF them
quite unanimously. have shared the gener
al wreck and ruin:
The Post Office Reform Bill; lpassed
unanimously in the Seoate.)
The Custom House Regulations Bill I;
| (passed yearly unanimously in the Senate. J
The important Judiciary hill, passed
by vote Of 81 10 in the Seaa,5.)
TIE Bill regulating the Deposite of the
Public Moneys in the Deposite Banks,
The Bill respecting the Tenure OF office
and Removals from Office Ia most i'm
portant bill. supported in the Senate by
men Of all partes)
The Bin ipdemnifying Claimants for
French spoiations. before 1900.
These half dozen. (uot to speak oil the
bill for the relief of the Cities OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia the bill providing for
the increase Of the Corps of Engineers ,
| the bill TO carry into effect the Convention
between the United States and Spain and
the bill to improve the navigation OF the
| Mississippi 10 the vicinity of st. Louis. J
are among the bills which were sent from
the Senate to the House of Representa-
| tiyes, /" and never heard of more.o
The fate Of two of the Appropriation
| Bills, however, originating. as such bills
always do, in the House of Representa-
! tives, il siill more remarkable.
Hitherto il has been usual TO make the
appropriations for the Military Academy
at West Point in the same bill which con
tains the general appropriations for the
| Army. This year, an innovation was IN
dulged. The Army Appropriation Bill
was sent TO the Senate with no approprla
ton whatever for West Point This cir
cumstance was noticed, al the time, IN the
Senate, and lis attention called to it, as an
! extraordinary omission. A separate bill,
however, containing the usual appropria
lions for the Academy, was brought for
ward 10 The House, but suffered to sleep.
Up to the last day for sending bills from
one House 10 the other, it had not passed
The House took no step whatever TO pass
the Bill. by suspending the operation OF
the rule, as TO the time of sending bills
from House TO House, or in any other way.
In this predicament. individuals oil the
| House besought the Committee of the Sc
| nate to interfere, and, in some eGtraordin
arg way. help to pass the ordinary appro
prialion through Congress. The Senate,
accordingly, attached the whole Military
Academy appropriation bill to the bill ma
king provision for the Civil and Diploma.
tic Expenditures of the year, and 10 this
form it passed into law land, but for the
adoption Of this mode, there could have
been no appropriation at all, and the
school would have been broken up. We
may add, that, when this bill for covering
Civil and Diplomatic Expenses went back
10 the house, with amendments, the occa
sion was eagerly seized to add to the Sc
Mates amendments other amendments, re.
speeding totally different matters, thus gi-
wing the bill a tail as long as comet
Thus the bill, pending in the house. ma
king provision for the repairs OF the Capt.
tol and Presidents house, improving the
publc grounds, paying The Presidents gar
dener. sc. sc, was tackled on 10 the bill
as being among the civil and diplomatic
expenses of the Government
This bill, however, and we rejoice at it,
had the goodness to pass, with all its length
Of trail, and thanks to the Senate. and no
thanks TO the house of representatives.
the West Point Academy. therefore, was
kept alive.
Not so fortunate was the other Of the
two appropriation bills. TO which we have
alluded above. Tie FoRriFIcATIoN BILL
is TOTALLY LOST! Yes, in this very crit
cal moment of affairs, not only has no new
measure OF defending the country been
adopted, but the bill for the usual annual
appropriation for Notifications is totally
Iost Wecan hardly credit ourselves when
we write this paragraph. Yet such is the
fact; not dollar is appropriated TO forti-
Gcations, and we doubt whether it be not
the bounden duty of the President to call