New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-16
Conc.rondente Of To- TrIbane.


L. SEN,rr to-day. the bill ton the armed oc,u
patton of Florida. was further considered at some
length, and ordered cngrosscd for lhltd reui1s
| Tho bill tor the settlement OF the account. al
| Sia> Denne withom further debate passed.
The Navy Appropriation Bill from the iiouso
was taken up. the first amendment reported by the
Committee on Finance being to strike out from the
! 1t section (Which aypruprlatcs S2,333,OuO to
the pay of officers and ,eamen) the provisc thai M
par; OF tins oranv future or existing appropriation
shall be paid to any oifccr hereafter appoini' d
ill the number ofeach grade j. reduced by deaths.
designations &c. To tie number The lst.lnuuary
| 1871.
Mcs.rs. EvAS. and BtYAKD advocated and Mr.
WILLIAMS opposed the amendment. a,r. W.
moved to amend the proviso 80 that payment shall
not be nude to officers appointed beyond the num-
Der now in service: adopted without division.
motion of Mr. CONRAD to amend the proyiso 80
Il. to apply j, only 10 the present appropriation.
wa. rejected: AYES IS, Noes ~.
The Senate adjourned.
In the !loUsE. the Apportonment bill was again
taken up, and MIR YoyNc of \. Y. moved to re-
consider the vote of Yesterday by which the House
disagreed 10 the amendment Of the Senate which
struck out the ratio OF 80 l79 and inserted 0,680.
Mr.. \. moved the preyio4s question, and after IA
House y,tHscd to reconsider the disagreement :;
Yeas l06, Nays 100 thus retaining .thcir original
ratio-( 0,l7D.)
The amendment of TIE Senate, providing fer
the representation of ma or fractions, MIR. IuOMP-
son Ut Mi moved To amend 80 as 10 represent
fractions greater than 80 200, and briefly ad,o-
Gated the amendment calculated To remove Tie
Constitutional scruples of the most a.tidIou- with
reference tn the Limitation OF the number 81 con
stituency. Mr. NcCLTrLtN Of y. \ opposed III"
representation Of fraction. on Constitutional
ground, addu~ing IN support # his views Gen.
a.hlDgton Ncto Message to Tie hr,t apPOr-
tionment bill. Me,,r, ADAMS and J. X. lNGER-
soil briefly advocated the representation ct lrac'
lions a. approaching more nearly to the whole
number OF the people and doing justice 10 several
States whose fractions were large among which
Delaware was particularly mentioned.
Mr.. THoMPsos's amendment was rejected with
ont division and the House refused 4, concar
IN the fractional amendment Of the Sesa,ti Yea,
80, NAYS l6l.
Mr.. ArHERroN attempted 20 tack on at tie end
Of the BILL proyi,o that the election. hall take
place according to the respective laws OF the ,eye-
raj states. Tic SPEAKER decided this out of ~
der; from hi. Mr. \. appealed, aud Nj ". {.
JOHNSON moved to lay the appeal on the table;
cayTIed-ieas l3O, nays 20. Illus the question
being taken concurrence in all tire amendments
the bIll'was returned to the senate.
Mr. FILLMORE resolution To- terminate debate
in Committee of the whole ON the b..l ~ cXlend to
1T August the existing revenue Jaws. wa, laheu
up, and being 80 modified a. 10 ix the time at2
o'clock tomorrow, was adopted; Yeas liz, NAYS
90
Ihl, bill was then taken np il Comnitl,e Of
the Whole, Nj MckENNAs If Pa "a chair. ) and
Mr. GILNGR opposed 1t on the ground thal il ct.
iected more than appeared il 'itle, that it ,io
lated the Compromi,e Act Of 1888 and the cora
promise IL the Land BIIlof 10 that it proposed
t. repeal oar entire revenue laws and leave The
Government IN chao, after the 1T August, proS..
(the bill extending the sting revenue laas L. the
l,t August &" and no longec.") If the bill were
80 amended a. merely 10 extend orr revenue l,U.
to the 1t August or (a> h. would prefer il fur.
Their action OF Congtes, On this subject. and in the
time let the distribution be suspended. and
he had usobjc,iion 10 il.
Mr.. WV. c. JOHNSON occupied tai, allotted
lime in advocacy Of the tl, IN defence Of the Di,-
tribution policy, &c.
Without taking the question, the House adj
J0urhed' ARGps