Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-10

~ uo,on NJ Mr. ADAMS, item No. lU was ahehueu
hv ar;knp on, Unnecessary expenditures Tor Nv" rFe'
ments of ragoons, and insert necessary cap
for the regiment OF Dragons Agreed TO-
"A, GIIMER moved 10 amend the following teih'
nv striking out the words III BRACKETS
For ,nent of Notifications ncludlng comPensa'
ton oil a special agent to alieno 10 'iie "pJ
| ed in making cannon] $loU,Uoo
| Which amendment, by ayes 7U, noes o. was agreed
NJ, DEBERRY moved 10 amend the bill BY incIeas-
inn the item for arsenals from $3.50, 600 to $loOOoO-
Rejected. r.
ov;so. That no ordnance s,orekeeper shall receive
cr bs services greater compensation than IS allowed
bv act of April, sso find prOrded further That the
duties Of ymaser of amor'es and afsena'S pe hefea
| Ter discharged by the regmentai paym
After few moments conversation on point OF or
MIR. CALHOUN called for division on each proSi'
so; which was ordered -,
And the question being taken, the first provlso, BY
ayes o3, noes not counted, was agreed 10.
The second prnvsn withdrawn
MIR CALHOUN moved to strike out the following
For expense of preparing drawings Of uniform sys'
tenn Of artillery $3.50.
Agreed TO. ~,
T6e item appropriating $3.50 900 for the Florida war
being under consde
Mr. HUNT proposed the following amendment no
the first section y
And that the sum oil one nunureu oe
appropriaed for continuing the Improvement oil Inc ma
vocation of the Hudson river above or below Albany,
to be expended heretofore, under the direction OF
the Secretary of War.
The CHAIRMAN ruled the amendment 10 be out oil
order.
MIR. HUNT said he should not appeal from the deci-
sion but hoped the Committee of Ways and Means
would vet re port bill embracing his proposed amend
ment; or il not so, a bill admitting him, IN order, TO
propose the appropriation, and gave his reasons III Ia
vor of it.
Mr. FILLMORE had expected, he said. some infor-
nation from the War Department in relation TO the item
for the Florida war; but, not having received the nior
nation, lie would, on his responsibility, move 10 reduce
the amount from $500 TO SoOO,0OO.
Mr. GREEN offered amendment approprlatlng
ESQ far as amidst great upoar the Reporter could hear
900 for the repairs Of the two snag boats on the
Western waters.
Mr. G. asked for the reading of letter showing the
condition of property there.
The CHAIRMAN decided the amendment TO be out
ORDER the ground that was totally foreign 10 the
subject matter OF the bill
MIR. GREEN appealed from the decision, and, after
some conversation, the question on The appeal was
taken and the decision of the Chair sustained.
So the amendmen, declared TO he out of order
Mr.. GAMBLE offered an amendment providing for
the payment of the Georgia militia mustered into the
service of the U. S. for the Florida war in 1910 and
1871.
Mr. c. asked that letter from The Secretary of War
might be read Objected TO.
The question was then taken, and the amendment
rejected.
Mr. LEVY moved 10 amend the last mentioned item
by inserting after the words "contingent items, the
words sand for arrearages and also by adding pro-
vso that arrearages for supplies of any description
furnished to the militia not heretofore mustered into the
service of the u S. shall be paid for out Of this appro
priaon, and that supplies shall be paid tor which
are authorized by existing laws.
Mr. STANLY said the Committee on Military AT
fairs had this subject under consideration
Mr. LEVY was understood TO express dissent, Though
the Reporter amidst the confusion, cannot speak posi-
tivey)
The question was taken, and the amendment re-
jeced.
Mr. FILLMORE offered certain amendments, which
the CHAIR decided To be out of order.
Mr. M. A. COOPER moved additional section,
providing (as the Reporter understood, for he could
scarcely hear for the reduction of the force at the ar
mores Rejected.
Mr.. CulTTENDEN moved the following amend
men
Strike out after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
That the present army of the U. S. shall be dsband
ed on the 4th day of July next; and on that day 1t
shall be The duty of the President Of The u s. 10 CON-
mission Ex-Governor Dorr, late of Rhode Island, as
Major General of the United States with authority TO
enlist as large body of able bodied soldiers who shall
be opposed 10 all civil authority md in favor of the
largest liberty, he shall be enabled TO do, with the aid
Of his friends in Tammany Hail. before the Both day
OF December next; ana sum OF one
ars is appropriated to defay the expenses thereof and
Of the late expedition against the State OF Rhode Island
and its legal authority
Some confusion, partly of n serious and partly of
comical character, followed.
The CHAIRMAN decided the amendment to be out
of order.
Mr. BOVINE inquired of the Chairman fthe amend
ment offered by the gentleman from N. York would 60
upon the journal:
The CHAIR replied in the negative.
MIR BOVINE said he regretted L. he wished tol
have the Infamous act on record.
| (Some cries TO order, and some luugher)
| MIR. Nj. A. COOPER moved to amend the bill by in
serting an appropriation for the payment Of Georgia
volunteers called out to protect the citizens OF Georgia
against Seminole incursons; which was declared to be
out of order.
MIR. CALHOUN moved an amendment confirming
the laws heretofore passed against extra allowances for
the disbursement of public moneys, any other SER
vice duty, unless The pay be authorized and the ap.
preparation therefor explicitly set FORTH
Which agreed to.
MIR. REYNOLDS then moved 10 strike out the Sc
cond section Of the BILL that appropriating money
for the Academy at West Point; which motion, by
ayes 81, noes l05, rejected.
Wheieupon the committee and reported the bill
and mendmcnts TO The House.
| And, on motion of Mr.. SPRlGG after some CONVEX
saton, the further consideration of the bill was post
poned until tomorrow, and the bill and amendments
were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. GOODE, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills,
made report.
NAVY PENSIONS.
On motion of Mr.. FILLMORE, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole the state of the
Union, (Alr. Boardman Of Connecticut, in the char)
and took up the bill TO supply deficiency in the Navy
pension fund.
Mr.. GOGGIN moved the following amendment as
a additional section:
Sec. 3. ind be ii further enacted, That much Of
an act entitled "An directing the transfer of money
remaining unclaimed by certain pensioners and author
izing the payment of the Mt the Treasury of the
u S." approved April 6, 1885, requires pensions
that may have remained unclaimed in the hands of PEN
sion agents for eight months to be returned to the
Treasury, be and the is hereby repealed and that
the within which such pensions shull be returned
to the Treasury be and the same extended twelve
months subject to all the other restrictions and provi
sons contained in the said act
Mr. FILLMORE suggested 10 Mr. G. 10 modify
his amendment by extending the time TO fourteen