Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-16

MIR SALTONSrALI. was opposed to th
amendment at this time, because We could not TAX
10 now the whole subject OF the Navy Pennsio
Mr. MALLORY, IN order to simplify the ques
ZION, moved to amend tho amendment by slrikn!
out end Inserting that the law OF 1887 DC repeae,
aiter The hrst OF January next
| MIR MCKAY accepted the amendment. vhicl
was adopted by the committee.
and
Mr. ARNOLD was generally in favor Of votin.
Tor pensions; but under the admissions from al
sides OF the House that great evils existed i'm rela
ton to these funds, and by his vote he might do in
justice to widows and orphans, II he voted in the
dark, he though, that the best way would be to lay
The oil over for a few days.
The amendment was adopted, and the bill with.
drawn.
NAVAL ORDNANCE, sc.
Ihe committee then took up the bill making ap-
preparations for the purchase OF ordnance, ordnance
MIR WISE introduced the bill by simply quoting
from the report of the Secretary of The NAVY;
which showed that 81 $40, 900 was necessary To
put the navy in proper state of defence for ac-
i've service, and that 1t would take three years to
eNptnd u. The Committee therefore recommend
cd mat one-thlrd ofthat sum be Immediately appro.
prated.
MIR MCKAY though, tina, the appropriation wa,
sum Of 100000.
MIR PROFFlr said that II il was as large 40 ain
and then doubled, he should vote for it,
Mr. IRiPLErT said he was astonishcd to find
any opposition TO this bill If there was any ouss-
ton IN which the low, debasins politics Of pirtv
should not be mixed, it was this He then elooueni-
ly advocated the bill.
MIR WARD also sustained the bill by an able ar
gnmen', IN which he took a comparative view of the
naval strength Of France and England, and conclu-
ded 10y showing the absolute necessity of increas-
ing and perectlng our Naval force.
MIR NESBlII was IN favor OF the largest appro-
pri1tons for the Navy.
MIR MCKAY rose IN defence Of his amendment.
denied that he had any party motive in offering it,
ana withdrew the amendment, giving notice that he
should renew it in the House.
The committee then rose and reported the ,wo
bills 20 the House.
The Pension Fund bill was then taken IN when
MIR J. w. WILLIAMS moved to POSTPONE IFS
consideration for one week.
MIR ADAMS was in favour OF the motion To
postpone and said he had been greatly as;onshed al
the haste which had been exhibited in the Commit
tee to repeal law, which made provision for those
widows and orphans whose husbands and fathers
had fallen in bsttc.
Mr. TILLlNGuAsT supported the postpone.
men.
MIR WISE objected to the postponement. and call
ed the House to vote down the amendment,
adop:ed in Committee, and he pledged h,mselrio
report bill which would cover the whole subject
embraced IN this fund, and moved the Previous
Question.
MIR WILLIAMS then moved TO Law the whole
subject on the table.
MIR CAVE JOHNSON moved tina, the House
ADJOURN, on which the yeas and nays were ordered
and there appeared or the motion IS yeas, asains,
50 nays.
The motion to lay on the table was then taken
and los.
Mr. J. w. WILLIAMS moved an amendnoen,
10 The amendment Of the gentleman from North
Carolina, which in effect to continue the proys-
IONS OF the act Of 1887 the sane as though that act
had not been repealed. Adopted.
The question then came up on the amendment as
amended on which the yeas and nays were order
ed, and there were 81 yeas, sc nays. So the
amendment was rejected.
AFTER which the bill passed, and the House ad-
journed.