The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-02

Inc Post Office Department, aie sIRIs 80 ~ aat
S,se eombuslble nature OF the buildings now occu-
NIhr M sail Department; which was laid on Inc
,shls and ordered 10 be printed
Al, DAWES asked the House 10 take up me res
,,rlIon submitted by him on MONDAY, P'oPusns ~
oss,ge n. daily hour Il meeting OF the House 10
$4,000 n m. and being objected 10, ne NOV
.,snsnsion Of lie rules and asked Tor the yeas
and nays 49,, ,.s,s
Mr. KENNEDY asked leave % eau si up we cang
~" ce,s,a,y ~ The Treasury Tor return oi
up"u a,,ins stores supplied TO the different navy
49, a. were MOI included IN the regular contracts
pleSs'on osss suspension Of the rules and the
IN, ~ as having been ordered on his call for
IN ~sre taken and announced as follows: yeas
%, ~ nI ~ rules were not suspended
n, CHAMBERS renewed the motion TO suS-
and he rules, for the purpose Of calling up Mr..
Sy,o4s resolution, relating TO the affair between
tnm,nodore Elliott aud MidShipman Barton, and
The yeas and nays having been ordered on his call,
they we're taken and were-ayes9 81, nays 6b.
Not being twothirds, the rules were not suspen-
ded
ing resolution
directed 10 report to this House whether Charles j.
InperSol late district attorney OF Philadelphia, has
maid anil or any portion Of S76,i for which he was
repored deiauleT BY the said Secretary on the lIth
% January,
with all the accounts and demands OF said lngerSoll
AGAINST the Government during the continuance, or
since the expiration, OF the time he was in office.
Objection being made,
Mr. G. moved a suspension OF the rules, and The
yeas and nays having been ordered, on his motion,
ihey were taken and were--Yeas 81, Nays ~.
So the rules were MOI suspended not being two
thirds,
MIR. MERCER made an Intellectual attempt to
induce the Hoase to suspend the rules TO enable
him 10 offer resolution calling upon the Secretary
of War 70, a return Of the sums expended by the
General Government in works Of internal improve
ment
o{the Legislature of Indiana which were referred
TO the Committee on Roads and Canals as the appro-
PIRATE committee.
Mr. r. then asked leave to move the considera-
ton OF the resolution submitted by him on Monday
last calling upon the Secretary OF War for return
of all disbursements by Indian agents. officers Of the
army, &c.
Objection being made, Mr.. r. moved suspension
OF the rules, and demanded the yeas and nays, which,
being ordered, were-Yeas 49, Nays SO.
SO the rules were not suspended.
The SPEAKER laid before the House COM
munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in
answer to resolution of the House Of the 10th
instant, givnga statement of the dates and amounts
OF official bonds of collectors and naval officers
at the ports of Philadelphia, New York and Bos-
ton, with the names of the securities of the said col
lectorS, &c; which was laid on the table, and ordered
10 be printed.
Also, communication from the Secretary Of the
Treasury, in compliance with an act of Congress,
enclosing statement of the contracts authorized
by that Department during the year 1888 and
statement OF contracts relating 10 lighthouses,
foatnglights, beacons, buoys, stockages, &c. laid
on the table, and ordered 10 be printed.
The following bills were read third time and
passed:
bill making appropriations for the payment of
revolutionary and other pensioners of the United
States for the year 1889
bill TO provide for the location and temporary
support Of the Seminole Indians removed from Flo
bill making appropriations for the current and
contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and
for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various In
dian tribes for the year 1899.
for the year 1889.
The bill TO provide for the protection ofthe North
ern frontier, was, at the suggestion of Mr. MCKAY,
postponed until tomorrow.
Mr. CAMBRELENG moved that the House go
into committee on the remaining appropriation bills,
but, on dividing the House, the vote was-ayes 81,
noes As, no quorum.
Mr., c. called Tor the yeas and nays, which, being
ordered, were-yeas 81, nays 49, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Heman Allen, Banks,
Berne, Bidde, Birdsall Bond, Bronson, VIM b. Cal
houn, Cambreleng, j. Campbell, Casey, Chapman
Clowney, Coles, Conner, Cushman, Darlington Dunn,
Edwards, Evans, Everett harrington, Richard Fetch
er, Fry, Gallup, Grantland, Grant, Halstead, Hamer
Harrison, Hawkins, Henry. Holscy, Holt, Robert M.
Hunter, lngham, Thomas B. Jackson, Jabez Jackson,
Jenlfer, William Cost Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, KEN
Bile, klIngensmth, Legare, Lewis Lincoln, LOOMS
Samson Mason, Martin, Mckay, Robert Mcclellan,
Mercer, Montgomery, Samuel W. Morris, Murray,
Noyes, Palmer, Parker, Parmenter, Paynter Pearce,
Peck Potter, Pratt, j. H. Prentiss, Randolph, Reed,
Rencher, Richardson, Ridgway Rives, John Robert
son, Russell, Saltonstal, Sawyer, Augustine II. Shep
perd, Charles Shepard, sibey Snyder, Stuart, STRAIT
ton, 1alIaferro, Tourey, Turney. Vail, Vanderveer
WhItesey, Lewis Williams, Worthngton, and Yell
NAYS-Messrs. Alexander Aycrgg, Bell John
Cahoon William B. Campbell, Carter, Chambers
Cheatham, Chlds Crabb, Crsnston Crockett, Davies,
Ewing, Goode, William Graham, Graves, Harper.
Haws, Herod, Lyon, Mallory, Maury, Maxwell, Meme
fee Mitchell Calvary Morris, Nayor, Oge, Potts, Put
nam, harden, Shields Slade, Stany, Stone Thomp-
son, Ilhngbast, Toand, Underwood, Albert, s. White,
John White, Sherod Williams, Chrstoper H. VIII
lams and Word-45.
The House accordingly went into Committee of
the Whole on the state OF the Union Mr.. Banks of
Virginia, in the Chair, and on motion of Mr..
CAMBRELENG, resumed the consideration of the
annual army bill.
The question pending was the amendment of
MT Mason Of Virginia to increase the proposed
appropriation for the national armories from $500,
wv 70 S,itO 600 Qhe amount in former years.
ni', w Y. JOHNSON supported the amendment,
anu sa ; he should consider the proposed reduction
ds d 'i'di abandonment of the system He went on
'oeno] .ne I'd &c amounts OF arms which had been
manufactured in England and France within short
period OF lime referred 10 the embarrassed cond.
ton OF the United States during the war for the want
OF proper supply Of arms; and commended that il
was not much better off at the present time that
there was much difficulty in the State which he in
part represented to supply its volunteer companies,
and had no doubt that such the case in other
States. he thought If a reduction in the expendi-
lures was necessary, il should begin with those who
are the best able to bear 1.-THE supernendenrs paw
masters, and other officers of the Government, and
not BY cutting off the means which keep il employ
men' the poor mechanics. He appealed 1.-THE chair
man Of the Committee of WAYS and Means 10 CON
sent to the amendment of the gentleman from vir-
Snia Mr. Mason.
MIR. MURRAY warned the friends nr Tho A An,i