Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-11
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
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| Correspondence Of the Baltimore American.
WAsHNeros, September s.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
FORTIFICATlON BILL.
MIR PRESTON, from the Committee on Military
| Affairs, reported tack the House bil and without
amendment, FOR repairing Notifications on Staten
Island. The bill was not considered.
STATE STOCKS.
Mr. EVANS, from the Committee on Finance
reported back the bull from the House in relation t.
the investment OF the principal and interest of State
Stocks. The amendment, believe, confines the
action of the Government upon the subject To the
interest money. Tue Bill was left reported to the
Senate.
WATER ROTTED HEMP.
| The resolution for some time before che Senate
Offered by MIR Benton) in relation TO American
Water Roted Hemp, was called up in order rs the
special business OF the morning. The resolution
| was amended and modified in form which REQUIRES
the Secretary OF the Navy to purchase American
Hemp whenever he can do SO with regard to dura-
bility, COST SC. This is the practice already with
the Department. The resolution is designed to give
| encouragement TO the domestic article.
| FORTiFICATION BILL.
| The morning business being disposed o. the pre-
siding officer announced this bl To DC IN order.
| MIR KING asked some explanation Of the BILL
| Mr. PRESTON stated that the House OF Re-
representatives. originally contemplated app.opratlng
thirty odd thousand dollars Tor the purchase OF the
site at Staten Island and S3S 300 for ropairs-but
the Committee thought the United States had II rig hi
10 the !and-that II was ceded TO the General Go
vernment by New York, ard that the claim was
| good.
MIR WRIGHT in reply said that the claim of the
Government was indelensib!e, and the mistake orr
ginated in the fact that in 1893 there was cession
of land owned 10y New York, but subsequently
there was an additional purchase OF land amounting
| to tOny-thTee acres, and this was the land which
the State OF New York proposed to sell to the
General Government. New York has expended
S3OO,OOO upon these works, and she proposed 10
| sell Tor the price OF the land.
The amendment was further debated bv several
Senator'S when Mr. WRIGHT prog osed 10 amend
the Bill by aprropria;iug the s33 800 named IN the
Bill, or so much thereof should bc deemed me-
cessary for the purchase OF the site from n. York.
To this was added proyiso Ivy the mover to the
effect that the Attorney General be required ex
anime into the validity Of the tile The amend
meat was concurred in, when
Mr. SEWER moved on appropriation of $685.
900 for forts on the frontiers OF Arkansas This "a
mendment was carried by yeas and nays, - TO Is,
when Nlr HUNTINGTON moved to lay the B.,i
upon the table. The motion was lost, and second
motion submitted to postpone the Bill 10 the FIST
Monday in December, which was carried.
STOCKS.
The Bill reported from the Committee on Finance
in relation To the investment OF interest of the Go
vernment money in State Stocks, WAS called up and
discussed very briefly. The House Bill was so far
in United States Stocks, except where such invest.
ment would interfere with existing treaties.
The Bill was debated at some length by Messrs.
CALHOUN, EVANS, WOODBURY., and others,
when the amendment was adopted, and the Bill pas
sed as amended without much opposition.
REPORTERS OF THE SENATE.
MIR BAYARD, from the special committee on
Reporters, reported resolution instructing the COM
mittee on Reporters TO employ FIVE Reporters for
the Senate-lhe principal one to he paid not more
than 500 week, and the remaining four not more
than $50. The resolution was resd, and a report
accompanying it ordGfed to be printed with view
TO the consideration Of the subject tomorrow.
NAVAL ORDNANCE, &c.
Mr. MANGUM of y. c. chairman of the Naval
Committee, moved TO take up the Bill from the House
heretofore considered in part. Several amendments
were proposed, but rejected, and the Bill was sent
to the House plssed-It being a House Bill.
The Senate having disposed OF those Bills, had
now got rid OF all their amendments with them, and
pretty much cleared the table.
An Executive session was then proposed and con-
Cured IN without opposition.
The Senate sat with closed doors for several
hours, engaged in the consideration Of contested
nominations.