The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-11

his private Secretary notifying the House that the
President had approved and signed the bill to appro
pirate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and
TO grant redemption rights"
On motion Of Mr.. JOHN C. CLARK, It was
RESOLVED, That no purchase of paper for the use o.
the House be made until the committee appointed
on that subject report to the House at the session
MI. WISE Qeaye having been denied) moved that
the rules Of the House be suspended to enable him To
offer the following resolution
Resolped, That the Secretary of State furnish to
this House copy of any correspondence between
Andrew Stevenson, minister of the United States at
the Court Of Great Britain and Isaac Hull command
er ofthe feet Of the United States in the Meditera-
mean, in relation TO the departure of said fleet from
that sea in the prospect of with Great Britain.
And also copies Of any proceedings had in council OF
the officers of said fleet In relation thereto and also
copies Of any correspondence between the said minis
ter and the Department of State and between any of
cer officers Of said feet and said Department in re-
aton thereto; and any and all other papers posses
sion of the Department on the subject which it may
not be incompatible with thepubic interest to commu-
ncate. r,- 't.s,. a. -.., .#..
On which motion Mr. W. asked the yeas and nays
which were ordered and being taken, lO3,
nays So. t.. ~ "..#.'4. @ ~
So (twothirds not voting in the affirmativs) the
rules were not suspended. F.s, y 81.
.s..... FoRTIFIcATIoN BILL. 40 t.. r -,
j Mr.. FILLMORE rose and said that the report OF
on the bill making appropriations for various fortca-
tons for ordnance and for preventing and suppress
ing Indian hosttes, had been delayed till this time,
in consequence of accidental omission on he part
of the Senate TO act upon one of the amendments
Since that time the Senate had concurred in the
amendment Of this House to their amendment; and
the only remaining question that prevented the
bill being finally disposed Of was the disagreeing vote
Of the two Houses in relation to the appropriation
$50 900 for surveys for military defences w"
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and he had been instructed to make the following re
port ns. .. ~. @,.@.t -. .,..... Al.
The Committee Of Conference appointed by thi
House and the Senate the disagreement of the tw
Houses on the second amendment of the Senate
the Bill making appropriations for parious fortya
Gallons, for ordnance, and for preventing and sup
pressing Indian hostilities" have had conference
and unanimously recommend that the House reced
from its disagreement to said amendment and concu
with the Senate in the same. p. efts.r.. b. ~.
The report having been read 4..oa Dr.. -.,..as.
Mr.. FILLMORE moved that the House concu
therein.
"A communication from the Typographical Bureau
on the subject of these surveys was read. .s'. "
Mr.. WARD inquired Of the Speaker what woul
become of the bill if the House should now disagree
to this report "
The SPEAKER said the bill would be lost.
After a few remarks from Messrs. FILLMORE
DAWSON, BROWN, of Pennsylvania, WISE
Mr.. LEWIS WILLIAMS moved the previous
question. ~ *1e1~.. '..
And there was second. ...,
And the main question (beng on concurring in the
report Of the Committee of Conference was ordered to
be now taken = '' ..."' 7 ~
Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON asked the yeas and nays
on the main question; which were ordered, and, be
ing taken, resulted as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, Landau w. An
drews Sherlock J. Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg, Baker
Barnard, Barton, Bidlack, Birdseye, Black, Blair
Brown, ]. Brown, Burne William Butler, Calhoun
Caruthers, Casey, John G. Clark, Cowen, Cranston
Crayens, Garret Davis, William c., Dawson, Johl
Edwards, Everett, Ferris, Fillmore, A. Lawrenc
Foster Gamble, Patrick g, Goode, Greig, Habershan
ard Hunt. lngessol j Irwin, w. w Irwin, James
| Isaac p. Jones', King, Lane Linn, Mallory, Alfrs
Marshall, Samson Mason, Mathiot, Mattocks, Max
well, Maynard, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrow
Osborne, Parmenter, Partridge, Pendleton, Powell
Ramsey, benjamin Randall Alexander Randall
Randolph, Rdgway, Russell Saltonstall, Sergeant
Simonton, Slade, Smith, Sellers, Stanly, Stokely
Stratton, John T.. Stuart, Summers, John B. Thomp-
son, Tillinghast Toland Tomlinson, Triplett Trum-
bull, Van Buren,, Wallace, Ward, Warren, West
brook, Edward D.. White Thomas w. Williams,
Lewis Williams, Win.hrop, Yorke Augustus Young
-l04 %+1r @ "' r'"'."-
:, NAYS-Messrs Arlington, Anterior, Banks,
Beeson, Bovine, Boyd, Aaron V. Brown, Milton
Campbell, Chapman, Clinton, Coles, Cross, Daniel,
Richard d. Davis, Dean, Deberry, Doan, Doig, East
man, John G. Edwards, Egbert, John G. Floyd, G.
A. Floyd, Gerry, Goggin, w. O.. Goode, Gordon,
Green, John Hastings, Hays, Hopkins Houck, Hous-
tom Hubbard, Cave johnson, J. w. Jones, Keim,
Lewis, Abraham Mcclellan Robert Mcclellan, Nc
Kay, McKeon, Marchand, John Thompson Mason,
Mathews, Medill, Newhard, Payne Pope, Rayner,
Rencher, Reynolds, Rhett, Riggs, Shaw, Shepherd,
Snyder, steenrod, Sweeney, Taliafeno, Turner I'm
derwood, WatieIson, James w. Williams, J. l.. Will
liams, Wise, Wood-n.
So the House concurred in the report of the Com
mittee of Conference; and thus the bill, after many
throes and agonies awaits only the signature of the
President to become a law.
And on motion of Mr.. YORKE,
The House adjourned. |