The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-07
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May %.

Mr. Southard, OF New Jersey, mas leit inc
city for the Virginia Springs. If his health is
not improved within ten or twelve days, he will
probably resign his place as President pro TEN.
of the Senate.
The District Attorney, it is said this NOR
ming has made an effort to procure the arrest
of the Hon. Edward Stanley of North Caro-
lima, with view of having him bound over
The application will not probably be granted
by the Judge. as it is well known the difficult
ties between Messrs. Wise and Stanley have
been amicably adjusted.
The House of Representatives devoted most
of the day TO the reception of reports from the
standing committees. Nine tenths of them
have been of public nature have been of con-
siderable Importance.
INFRINGEMENT.
The Committee on Public Expenditures re-
ported several bills
Reducing the mileage Of members 25 per
cent.
| The salaries of all the officers of the FEEDER.
al Government 20 per cent. and more, excep-
ting the Judiciary.
The pay of officers of the army and navy
from 90 TO 80 per cent. and the numbers en-
ployed in each branch Of the service to most
rigid peace establishment
These bills make most thorough work in all
establishments. They rest at present with
the Committee of the Whole.
ARMY BILL.
The Army Bill for the remainder of the d. y
was under consideration in Committee of The
Whole. The pending amendment is to reduce
the Army TO what it was in 1921.
The APPoRTIoNMENT BILL was the only
subject of interest before the Senate during the
day, and the debate of no great interest.
The amendment pending was that of the
Judiciary Committee to represent fractions.
! Mr.. Huntington, of Conn, spoke at some
length in defence of this amendment arguing
that unless fractions were to be represented
great injustice would be done to the small
States. Mr. Woodbury. opposed the amend.
ment and Mr. Walker defended it.
The debate has been going on with much
animation pro. and con. during the day, but il
is of no interest except TO local sections OF
country. The debate has been warm occa.
sionally, and Messrs. Crittenden, Rives and
other able Senators, have taken part in it.
The question taken on concurring in the
amendment was decided in the affirmative
yeas 25, nays %, as follows -
Yeas-Mess.s Barrows, Bates, Berrien,
Choate Clayton, Coniard, Crittenden. Cuthbert.
Evans, Fulton. Graham, Henderson, Hunting
ton, Kerr, Merrick, Morehead, Preston, Sewer,
Simmons, Spraguc, Tallmadge, Walker, White,
Woodbridge, and young -25.
Nays--Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Bay
ard, Buchanan, Calhoun, Crafts, King, Linn,
McRoberts. Mangum, Miller, Preston, Rives,
Smith of Connecticut, Smith of Indiana, Stur-
seon. TaPpan, Williams, Woodbury., Wright
80.
The first amendment proposed by the Com
mittee on the Judiciary was read. 1t propo-
sed to strike out from the bill as it came from
the House, the words, 'cne hundred and sew
enty- nine" so as to fix the ratio of representa-
ton at fifty thousand.
MIR Bayard proposed TO amend the amend
ment by aiding Fifty thousand" Tin effect,
to strike out the entire clause J and he remar-
ked that should the amendment be agreed to,
he would move to insert 74,6O7 as the ratio of
representation.
The amendment to the amendment was
then agreed to, and the question was taken on
agreeing TO the amendment as il was decided
in the affirmative-Yeas 25, nays %.
So the ratio was stricken out, and the bill is
blank.