The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-24
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Navy as returned with amendments from the
Senate.
Mr. BuRNELL was in favor of liberal appro-
priatlons for the Navy; he thought Navy.
sucL as proposed, necessary for the protec-
tion OF our commerce, and being friend OF
the establishment itself, aud convinced of the
necessity OF keeping strong force in commits
sion, he would go for the amendment Of the
Senate.
Mr.. NIGER oil was in favor Of reducing the
force 10 peace establis hment The exigences
OF the Government required reirenchment
which night be applied to the Navy as well as
| to other branches OF the Government. He
thought the Navy, under proper system, might
be made as efficient with smaller force as il i,
now Z; but he was opposed 10 the plan OF hastily
legslatlng, in the provisions of an appropriation
bill, on subject SO complex as a judicious re-
ducion and reorganization Of the Navy.
He was followed by Messrs. MEalwErnRR and
| SPRGG, who advocated reduction in the Naval
expenditures, and thought the appropriation bill
the most direct and ready mode OF attaining the
grand object Of rerenchment
| Mr.. ADAMS went into an examination of the
peculiar bearing Of the proviso and pronounced
il to be unworthy OF the dignity of the House
| Whatever might be thought, he was anxious
at all times 70 support the character OF the
| House Of Representatives. He might occa-
| sionaly inveigh against its abuse himself, but,
according to natural principles, he would allow
| no one else 10 do so.
In the Senate Mr.. CONRAD presented twenty five
memorials from Louisiana, signed by large number
of cotton and sugar planters and persons engaged in
almost every other pursuit without distinction ofparty,
praying tor an augmentation Of the duty foreign
sugars. ~
MI. TAPPAN presented memorial from Joshua
A. L'avitt, Of Ohio, praying that Congress will in
corporate in any tariff act provision reducing the
duties in future to any country that will admit Amer
| can grain -four. and sailed meat, duy free.
On motion of Mr.. CRIT IENDEN, the memorial
of Jacob Gideon Jr asking Congress to purchase
Of him certain books rom the consideration of which
the Comtait.y on the Judiciary was formerly dis
charged) was referred 3lm.:.ee on the Ii
brary. @
| On motion of Mr. MERRlCK, ii was resolved
that the President of the United States be requested
| to communicate to the Senate the number, income,
and rank of the officers or the corps of engineers and
of the Ordnance Department which, under The fifth
and sixth rules of the regulation of thr War Depart
! ment Of May %, 1872 will be entitled TO double
tons, and the number TO which each will be entitled,
designating the posts at which they may be stationed,
the nature of their duties and also the number OF
| troops in their respective command.
| MIR. ARCHER, from the Committee on Naval AZ
fairs reported bill authorizing the construction Of
depot for charts and instruments for the Navy of
| the United States which was ordered to a second
| reading,
l. MIR. EVANS, on leave, introduced q bill to define
and establish the fiscal year of the Treasury Of the
United States and he said that it might be proper to
move its reference to the Committee on Finance.
| Mr.. BUCHANAN thought that there no ne
cessity for committing it, as they were all DESTROYS
| that the change should be made.
MIR. EVANS asked that the bill be read through );
and then, if any gentleman wished, it could be re-
| ferred
The bill was accordingly read and it proposes that
the fiscal year shall commence on the first Of July in
zach year.
| Mr.. EVANS said he had no desire that the bill
should be committed, unless it was the wish Of
other Senators. The object Of the bill was one
which had been for long time desirable, and it
recommendedby the Senator from New Hampshire
| (Nlr woodbury. when he was at the head Of the
| Treasury Department. The bill was one of great
| importance, ana he hoped that it would become a
! law during the present session of Congress.
| Mr.. WOODBURY. regarded the change proposed
desirable, and he was pleased to perceive that the
last section of the bill made the commercial year
correspond with the fiscal year
| The b. ordered TO be engrossed for a third
| reading.
Mr. WRIGHT asked the Senate to take up the
resolution submitted by him few days ago as fol-
| lows
| ReSolred, That, until otherwise ordered the Sen
ate will take recess, each day, from two TO three
o'clock, p, m; and that after the reading of the Jour
nal and the transaction ofthe ordinary morning uusi
nes the otderj illness for the morning sitting shall
be the ubc bills before the Senate for action and the
order of business for the afternoon sitting shall be the
private bills upon the calendar exclusively until those
bills shall have been acted upon.
| Mr. LINN suggested to the Senator to modify the
luton to make 1t operative for ten days, during
which time, he conceiNod they could sweep the PR
! vatc calendar.
Mr.. WRIGHT said that he would accept of any
of modlfcati IN either that of the Senator from
| Missouri, any other 1t macred not when the re-
solution should go into operation one week would
be sufficiently long TO dispose Of the business Of the
/ calendar
MIR. SMITH, OF Indiana, remarked that if they
should take recess at two O'clock, they would find
| themselves without quorum in The afternoon SEES
sion.
| Mir. WRIGHT. Let u try it.
MIR SMl Eli doubi ed whether there would be any
proprlety in adopting the resolution and by way OF
testing the of the Senate he would to
amend the resolution by striking out all after the
word g resolved, and inserting g that the first two
hours of the morning shall be devoted to the morning
business and the consideration of the general orders
! Mr.. PRESTON remarked that if they took re-
cess of the Senators would return in the after
noon, and others would not. 1t would therefore be
better to have continued session. They could
sit till three O'Clock on the public business and de-
vote the remainder OF the day to private business.
| Mr.. BENTON said that he had peen in the Senate
long enough to know that soon as private bust
is taken up at the close of the day Senators took
their hats and walked off. The only way to insure
the transaction of private business was to place it
first IN order
Mr., BUCHANAN observed that experience in
duced him to with the remark OF the Senator
/ from Missouri; and lie was in favor of the amend
mcnt of the Senator from Indiana.
Mr. ARCHER said that they could not keep a
quorum in the Senate until o'clock when they
No. enraged unhhc hlIsincss and sllrrlx