The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-16
CONGRESS-.

no wool should come in free of duty, and that the
domestic article should be protected
Mr.. CALHOUN presented the memorial of citi-
of Florida asking for the admission Of that Ter
ritory into the Union, and for grants of land
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to amend the acts of July, 1886 and 1898, allow
ing pensions to certain widows.
The first section provides that the marriage of the
widow, after the death of her husband, for whose
services she claims pension under the act OF the 7th
of July, 1888, shall be no bar to the claim of such
widow TO the benefit Of that act, she being widow
at the time she makes application for pension and
the second section enacts that the widow, of such Off
and soldiers have died since the passage of the
acts of the 4th july 1886, and of the 7th of july
1885, and the widows of such shall hereafter die,
shall be entitled to pensions under those acts respec-
lively, they being otherwise entitled thereto, and WI
dows al the time application for pension is made
Messrs. BATES, WRIGHT, CALHOUN, Ora
HAM, LINN, BUCHANAN, PHELPS, and WOOD
BURY addressed the Senate, and the last named
gentleman submitted the following amendment to the
second section, viz
"Provided That if any amount of pension which
may have been allowed to the husband for any period
subsequent to the fourth of March, 1885, shall be de-
Quoted from the pension as allowed hereby"
The amendment agreed to.
Mr.. GRAHAM moved to strike out the second
section as amended.
Mr.. WRIGHT called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered; and being taken, resulted-yeas %,
nays Is, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Bayard, Benton, Berrien,
Calhoun, Clayton, Crafts, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Day
ton, Fulton, Graham, Henderson, Kerr, King, Nc
Roberts, Mangum, Sturgeon, Tappan Williams,
Wright, Young-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Bates, Buchanan, Evans, Hunt
ington, Miller Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Simmons,
Smith, Of Ia, Tallmadge White, Wilcox, Wood
hrld Md
So the motion to strike out the second section was
agreed to-
The question was stated on ordering the bill to
| third reading, when
Mr.. CALHOUN called for the yeas and nays,
which were ordered, and being taken, appeared-yeas
"a, nays IA, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Bates, Bayard, Berrien, Buchan-
an, Clayton, Conrad, Cri,tenden, Dayton, Evans,
Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Miller, Morehead,
madge,, White, Williams, Wilcox, Woodbridge,
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Calhoun, Crafts,
Cuthbert Fulton, Henderson, King, McRoberts,
Mangum, Sturgeon, TaPpan Wright, Young-l4'
The bill to adjust the titles to certain lands in the
city of Detroit the bill making compensation to PEN
sion agents. and the bill for the establishment of
Hillary guard watch for the protection of public
and private property in the city of Washington,
severay read third time and passed.
Mr.. PRESTON from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported the bill for the payment of Florida
militia, with amendments, which were concurred in,
and the bill ordered to be read third time.
Mr.. SEWER presented memorial from six indi-
viduaIs, watchmen in one of the Departments, COM
planning that the House contingent bill reduced their
salaries from $500 to 1856 year. He moved that
the memorial be referred to the Committee on FL
nance.
Mr.. EVANS suggested tbs. Is had bostrI 10 ia,n
upon the table, the bill would be taken up In few
moments
Mr.. SEWER withdrew his notion and the memo
rial was ordered to take that direction.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill legazing and making appropriations for such
necessary objects have been usually included in the
General Appropriation bills without authority ofaw,
and and provide for certain incidental expenses of
the Departments and Offices OF the Government, and
for other purposes
A large number of amendments, reported by the
Committee on Finance, were agreed to among which
was appropriating ffty-two thousand dollars for
the purchase OF ground adjoining the General Post
Office extending north to street and between Sew
enth and Eighth streets-ncluding the entire square.
On motion of Mr.. SEWER an amendment was
adopted in accordance with the request of the watch
men whose memorial he had presented at former pc
riod of the day.
Mr. KERR proposed an amendment to pay to
Francis G. Beatty and Samuel Walker five hundred
dollars EACH in consequence of injuries sustained by
them by falling from scaffold while engaged at work
upon the Treasury Building
Nh. KERR cited presidents to show that relief had
heretofore been granted in where persons had
been injured by accidents while in the public service
Mr.. CALHOUN knew of no precedent which JUS
tilted the placing Of persons injured while engaged in
civil employment on the pension list.
Mr.. WILLIAMS commended that workmen
sufficiently compensated receivins - day. for any
risk which they might incur while employed by the
Government on public works.
The yeas and nays were called on agreeing to the
amendment and the question was decided in the
affirmative-yeas 20, nays 13, as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Conrad, Crafts,
Crittenden Dayton, Evans, Fulton, Kerr, King, Mil
Ter, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Preston, Sewer,
Smith of Connecticut, Smith of Indiana, Sprague,
Tamadge-2O
NAYS-Messrs Archer, Bagby, Berrien, CAL
houn, Graham, Henderson, Linn, Mangum, Tappan,
Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury., Wriyht-l3.
The bill was then informally passed over
Several bills from the House read twice and
referred to the appropriate committees.
And the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on Saturday, Mr.. ARNO OLD moved
an amendment to the journal. 1t did not state that
he had moved TO 90 into Committee of the Whole
was nor ned that his being out of order, could
not be ENTERED on the journal.
Mr.. HUNTER presented the proceedings of an an
ti-tariif meeting in Caroline county, Virginia.
Mr.. A. Fl. II. STUART, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs reported bill to regulate the allow
ance to be made charges and consuIs for extp
vices. The bill was read twice.
Mr.. STUART then moved that it be put on its
passage at once.
After brief discussion by Messrs. ADAMS,
STUART and MCKAY, it was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
Mr. SUMMERS appealed to the philanthropy of
the House. An aged man, nearly 80 years of age,
had been waiting here two months for the passage of
hc pf Hharp ia hill for hat ION
the table, and it could be passed in three minutes.
Iho NIL hcinlr for Tho xoliaEaf wv Willis then