The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-08
{. 7. SEARLE, Scc'ry.

The Bank Tories have again taxed their under
standings to find another excuse for the shameful
conduct, of the Senate, in their neglect to take up
in season, the Forifcaon BILL and the consequent
loss of that bill
II is now said, and this is now the language of
all the church and state men of the Bank-Whig-
Tory-liartiord Convention party, in
Newport, that the Fortiiicaou bill as it passed the
House and was sent to the Senate, did not contain
the usual appropriations and therefore the Senate
had Il right to retain the bill, which they received
from the House in order add to it those items of
appropriation which were not inserted by the House
Some men we do not expect to convince and
II we found them otherwise than pcrycrsc obstinate
and seclcd against conviction we should think the
world near lts end, or that some disruption of the
earth might be soon expected. TO convince them
we shall not abor;-thcrc is however some candor
still existing, and there men ho found
who viii Judge dispassionacly. For their benefit
we publish the Fortilcnton Bills reported to the
House, and as they passed the House rcJotim in
1884 * 1888. The original Bills are in our hands
and can be examined 10y any one who is disposed
to see them We should premise that at the end
of every year. the officers Of The Engineer Corps
port To Chief Engineer General Gratot, the state of
every fortlticaon in thclr charge particularly the
progress of each work, aud the sums required for
those works the ensuing year this report is trans
mittcd by the Chief Engineer, to the Secretary of
War aud he makes 10 the committee of WAYS and
Means of the House of Representatives IA reprcsen-
tation of the amount required this is conclusive
upon the Committee, aud has never been by them
departed from. Now we say in reference to the For
uhcatlons commenced aud IN progress if the bill
which at the last session passed the House and was
lost by the acts of the Senate, did not contain an
appropriation sufficiently large it was the result of
Il neglect (what nobody will bclc,c0 of Col Tottcn
here, and other officers elsewhere For all they
asked for in the way we have named, through The
Chief Engineer, and the Secretary of War was
granted. We here insert the Bills. First that of
1884, and them that which passed the House at the
Inst session.
Jaruary 10, ls3i.-Mr Polk from the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, reported the following
bill
Making appropriations for certain Notifications of
the uuued States, for the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-iour.
he enacted by the Senate and House Of Rrp-
rcsentdtircs Of the United States Of imcrica in
Congress assembled, That the following sums he.
and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid
odt OF any unappropriatcd money in the Treasury,
for certain tortiicatons, VIZ.
For the preservation of Castle island. and repair
of Fort Independence, thirty-iour thousand seven
hundred and ftty-cIgh dollars and eighty ccnts
For fort on Georges island, ono hundred thou
sand dollars.
For Fort Adams, one hundred thousand dollars.
Forrcpairing Fort Columbus and Castle Williams,
fifty thousand dollars
For fort on Throgs neck, East river, New
York, one hundred thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Fort Delaware, scycnty-ninc thou-
sand dollars
To, Fort Monroe, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Calhoun, one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars.
For Notifications in Charleston harbor, fifty thou
sand dollars.
For the fort at sockspur island, Georgia, eighty
two thousand dollars,
For completing fort at Pensacola forty thou
sand dollars.
For fort on Fosters bank, Florida, fifty thou
sand dollars
For a fort a, Grand Terrc, Louisiana, tift, thou
sand dollars