Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-25
TwENTY-sEvENTu CONGRESS
Correspondence OF the Baltimore American.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
UNITED STATES SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 81 lsie.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Several important petitions were presented this
morning. the only business oil Importance during
The morning hour.
Sir BUCHANAN presented several memorials
il favor Of protection. Also memorial signed 10y
c''zsns of Pennsylvania, who propose that the
Goyernment OF the United States shall issue Stock
it>U hundred millions OF dollars for the bent n OF
the S.ntes-ihe Stock to be based upon the sales o.
the Public Domain; the General Government to re-
CriVc the Land Revenues and the States the benefit
~ the form of Stock. The memorial was referred
10 the Comm,uee Of Finance.
MIR KALAMAZOO Of y. Y. presented a memo
rial praying Congress not TO allow the Tariff Bill 10
I've endangered bv the Distribution Bill. The me-
notiaiisis regard the Revenue Bill as the most i'm.
pouant object.
--An. heRr-- MAS ihen spent in the consideration o
Rules of the Two Houses OF Congress, so that no
Po,lion Tor claim should be acted upon when once
reported against, unless new evidence was furnished
by the msmorials,s of the justice OF the claimants.
1tis Resolution was talked Of Of great length by
hic.srs GRAHAM, Of n. C., BAGBY, and others,
hut rot disposed OF at the expiration of the morning
hour.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Army Appropriation Ball was then taken Up,
after an appeal from Of the Senators to tsk
rp the Bill in advance of the Appropriation Bill
fof The proposed reduction Of the Army.
MIR EVANS stated that the APPROPRIATION Bill
WIS 10 expend money already due, and did not in
nny mnnner affect the proposed reduction. The
Bill WAS then considered, and the accommodation
%. the Committee Of Finance was that the prOvIsos
81 the House be stricken out
The following Proviso was the FIRST voted upon
j. hr'ng m tie words OF the House Provision:
PrSUided, That the recruiting service shall cease
until iho number Of non commissioned officers and
puvRtes ~ the various companies of the several
artillery and infantry regiments shall be reduced
10y death, expiration OF term OF service, other
causes, and such discharges as the President may
from time TO time direct, to the number fixed by the
act entitled. "An act to reduce and FIX the military
peace establishment Of the United States" APPROX
,i March second, eighteen hundred and twenty
one; find proUidsd ftrihs', That part Of this
appropriation shall be applied, alter the thirteenth
ui September next, TO the payment OF the re
Cincn, Of Dragons established and authorized by
tue oct of twenty third Of May, eighteen hundred
and ;hlry-six lind pTOtided, also, That no money
rgp1praicd IN this OIL or hereafter to be Hppro-
prat,o, shat! he applied TO the payment Of any
larger sum NJ money TO the officers attached to the
general staff to wit: those IN the Adiutont Genef.
ais department, the Inspector Generals DEPART
m,Si. the Quattcrmasier Generals de patment, the
Subsistence depat ment, the Purchasing DEPART.
ment, the Medical department, the Pay department.
Corps of Engineers, the Typographical Engineers
the Guidance department, and the Military Aca.
deny, han The sums now paid TO The officers Of
the .ame Crude in the infantry and artillery service
whether the same be for their pay emo.uments,
90 10Y other service.
NC "me"u'"tn' was stuch out ny the following
vote.
YEAs--Messrs. Archer, Bagby. Barrow. Bates.
Blyatd, Benton, Berrien, Choate, Conrad, Crafts,
Cdierden, Evans, Fulton, Graham, Henderson,
Huntington, Kerr, Linn, Mongum. MeuIek, More
heed. Presun, Isivcs, Sewer, Smith, OF Ind, Tail.
n1fr- Waller. Woodbridge p
NAY s. Aicssrs. A len, Clayton, McRoberts
Surgeon, Tuppan, Wilcox, Woodbury., Wright
IS
the mex, amendment Of tho House proposed
'Ih1t hereafter no additional ratiOns snou'd &c oil.
l0FuJ t0 the commanding officers Of separate
pos's' This amendment Or pioviso sss also
ttu.k ont.
Tie senate then voted $4,000 extra Or arse.
r'.s rho House Bill making an appropriation oil
Sil, O0p.
Bill:
For expense OF prsporrg drawings n a uniform
system 81 artillery, ono thousand three hundred
sud fly dollars.
For military surveys for he defence of he
forusr oiand and Atlantic, ~ cen thousand dol
Fotouearagos and for the preservation Of m,
public pforeuy NJ he styefa place. ~ harbou,
and I'VE iuurovsment, hieen fiouslrd dollars.
NJ PRESTON proposed that Of tie apptouria.
ton in The Bill Of 100000 for the purchase o.
hfms, the Secretary Of War. " h. th0ught ptopc
solo d., might cxpend s6O0OO for purchasing o
atut., bY contract, making of experiments, &c sc
TITS amendment VS. carried W she following
Vp.fs
TEAs-Nessrs. hNen. Archer. Biy.rd. Benton
Bruen, Buchlnsu, Conrad, Cruenden, Evan,
her, Linn, Meuck. Nlorchssd Phelps, P,estor
SEWER Surgeon, Thlmnege, Tappin, Wake
Whre-2t.
NAYS-Mo,srs. Btaby. Barrow. Bates. Cbo.r
Cayou, Cuthber, F1lton, Gfaham. U,pde,so,
I-Ing, M'Roheus, Smith, n Coon, Smith. Of Ind
" cox woodbridge, Woodbufy-IG
Mr. CRlTTENDEN presented on smendrosr
e.kng 100000 for me removing Of ob.tructior
from The OHIO and Mississippi Rivers. Mr. Cd,
trufen defended bis amendment which was niue
opposed. u waf, however, nfer being sulTie en,l
explained and understood, ctrried
Mf BEkRlEN, oil close, ~ advocating 4
fmcodmcnt proposing the settlement Of the CLAIM
To- the services Of the Georgia Militia.
HOUSE oF REPREsENTATIvEs