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or 1hk proceedings ~ abe SfnalA on The subject.
oftheI ArmOkiss, whIth We copy Is Of inietes. ID
: lasad portion Of ogg rea6eFs..
Thl Senate peceseded 10 me confederation r.
lhr blll respeetlag "a organization ofthe amy
and laE other pgz s0ses--w hiAh The commitses
Oh Military Aslairs propose as q different aud !
les eApenstse plss of reduction from that sug-
gsslele b The House bill.
NE Preston explained. briefly, the sbiecss a.
tie hll and iasimased that the report which al
9nEanied il woul1 give ali the infoFmation de-
sired
Nj Bates requested the Senator 10 state tks
xgouhd ON which Abe committee proposed "a Y
taboleh the ogIices az superintendent Of tho ar
morSes st Springfield and Harpers-FerFy.
Y Mr., Preston reiaied that the Secretary or
War shoughs that nil,ary officers were much
better fitted for The duties than civil oiieers--
Besipes, the substitution was in accordance with
HE contemplated reduction Of the expenses Of
/ ne ksosernment.
Mr. Bates then spoke in favor o. striking out
tbe SECOND section, which enacts that the oliices
oftle snperiniendents Of the armories Il SPRING.
Eeld Fand 81 tlarpers~FeFFy shall be abolished
and that the duties shalfb % performed by' such
ctiicers Of the Ordnance corps as shall 10 De-
slgnbted By the President and, al his request,
y MEMORIAL was read showing The iil-treasmeDt
Ito (which The arm orcrs we're subjected under mil
Aitary RUE At Springfield.
Mr.. Preston rsjaiaeds. and contended that
ahases 10 those arm0ries weFs the result more
| 81 ibe regulations than the faet Of their being
military supsrintendents. II injustice should
be done TO. any OF the worknen, statement
ceuid be laid before the Ordnance Department; +
/ it satisfaction should not be Then rendered, an
! appeal might be made 10 the Secretary Of War,
\ orlo the President Of the United States.
| Nh. Young remarkedthat the superintendent
AZ Harpers Ferry had been dismiSsed, and sn
officer Of the Ordnance Corps had been appoint
"a tplhe place. Il, therefore, The section should
be stricken cut, as moved by the Senator from.
Massachusetts, The matter woqld,be LEFT prec.se-
" where i now was. To apoldsthis, be would
submit an amendment to the motion Of the Sem
atoF, viz < 10 strike out The section and insert
lin lieu thereof thatth duties of the offices Of
Superintendents at the armories at Springfield
ard IiarPers- Ferry shall not be performed by
lot1cers ofthe 0rdhsnce corps or other officers
Ief tie army, hntshall be confined 10 CIVIL SUI.
Reriate ndents, Of eomfesent knoWleege, as here
tufofe. y. {, #
Mr.. Bates accepted OF The amendment. Z H
MIR. Benton opposed il, and Expressed himself
IL favor of the section as conttined in the biti4
Alf. Conrad followed upon The same side.
Mr. Phel ps said that. in bis Judgment, The es-
Establishment should be under leiylI superinten--
Hdenee. /.
Mr. TapPan was il favor ~ striking cut the
Section, and argued that none bat mechanics
were competent to<suPeratend these establish
ments.
Mir. Bucbanap would vote for striking out the
Section, hut reserve 10 himself 10 decide here
alter whether lie srmoFies ought Ito be under
the controf ofciyil or millsry officers. L.
Mr.. Preston remarked that il had been beau
tifnily saidslhaL"who ruleso,er freemens should
himself be free Y and whIehw WAS aptly parodied,
i'who drives fat oxen should himself be fat. -
Bul was not an officer Of lie ordnance department
as I'll to saperinlond the armories as lhwyer
who could not nake his board at the bar, or d
broken. down po1iucians They could not pass
rs law that the officer should be ah artisan but
here they proposed 10 take scientific men from
The ordnaIce department. MEN Of affairs, who
were we'll qualified, from experience, 10 dis
chafge The duties required
h sir, Archer said. that, If Il were true that a
military administration was foF the public good,
stlllit would be forever found ihatlt would be
ifreconcilable to the temper OF those who were
employedin the. armories; and, as the feelings
~ lhese operatives We're certainly entitled toy
respect, be would vote orlhe anne ndmant
Mr.. Huntington was opposed 10 il, as he
thought that competent men could be selected
from the ordnance department; and this would :
save the expense Of employing aciyiLofficer.
4 Mr. Simmons did not re gard the dGties to be +
performed Of the armories as military operations
put as ms chanlcals and to appoint military men
70 shPeEintend mechanics was most singular
literature he was in favor Of the amendment
MFR Smith, Of Connecticut, afgaed that ii CO.
yeFnment turned manufacturer, il must employ
practical men 10 superintend the armofies
MIR. Allen declared himself TO be in favor Of
the amendment
Air. Rives had learned from persons who re-.
SUED at Harpers-Ferry that the military discip-s
line IN the armory at that place had caused great
dissatisfaction, and he believed that it would
produce rebellion .sm0ngj the workmen, from
yIlme 10 time, so long as II should be continued
thefefnre be hoped that the amendment would
prevail
The question was then taken, and the amend
meni OF Mr. Young agreed to-yeas %, nsys.f4,
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Allen, Bates, Buchanan, Clay
ION, Choaie, Crafts, Fulton, King, Mapgum,
Miller Phelps, Porter, Rlges, Simmons, Smith T.
Of Connecticut, Smith Of Indiana, Spraeue, Tall
madge, TaPpan, Woodbridge, Wright, White,
Youpg-23.
Nays-Messrs Barrow, Benton, Bsrrien. Con.
rad, GIiltenden, Evans, Graham, Hun,inRron.s.
Linn, McRoberls, MoIehead, Preston. Walksr.
Mr. Buchanan moved to strike out the li1ifd
section, as follows:
That the Office of Commissary General Of,
surchases, sometimes called the Commissary oil,
purchases, shall be and5lhe same is hereb, abolsa
shed, and The duties thereof shall! hereafter bs
oerfofmed by The officers Of iheQuartermaster, :.
DEPARTMENT, with such or the officers and clerks
9ow, attached TO the purchasing department as
hall be authorized by the Secretary Of War,
nd under such regulations as shall be prescribed !
y me said Secretary, under lhejsanction OF the
resident q the u. Sia;es'
After debate, in which MessTs. Buchanan,
'feSton, Archer, Conrad, and Walker partici.
aied, The question vas taken and decided in The
egatlye-ayes II, nays III.
so The amendment was rejected, and the SEN
teadjouTned.
DEATH OF TWO MEMBERS.
Correspondence IF The Baltimore .anleriean
WAsHINdroN, June "a, I842.
Information having reached the city Yesterday
nd the evening previous Of he dealh Of he 4
Ion. SdMUEL L. SouTHARD, u. S. Senator. and
lie Presiden, or the Senate, from the state IL
lew Jersey and Of The death DC the Hon. WIN.
oDEN HAsTlscs, Of the House Of Representa-
yes. from he-Slaie or Massachusetts, ali public
usfness has seen z1spendsd in the Two Houses
f Congress to-day, and VIII be until Wednesday
lotning.
~ eleven o clock, after an appropriate prayer
ON the Chaplain Of The Senate, Mr. Evans,
loyed % dispense with The reading Of tho
ournai.
The resolutions Of The House moved by MIR.
Ia mere IL roaI .,t.nn NJ.