The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-25


These Essolutions authorize the Secretary Of the
Navy to render facilities Mr.. Cob make expsri
ments with bic submarine battery, requiring him 70
report he pertinent and result 1t the next session Of
Congress limits the whole expenditure 70 ti5,QO0 70
be taken from the appropriated at the extra ses
sion for experiments, and allows fron the e4b,QD
sufficient to the personal expenses Of Mr.. Colt
Mr. WISE said there were other Inventions be-
sides that of Mr.. Colt The same encouragement
should be given to them to this. He said, how
ever he did not perceive any necessity for the reso
luton.
After brief conversational debate,
Mr.. ARNOLD moved to lay the resolutions on
| the table,
The motion prevailed by q vote Of So to 81.
Mr.. z. J. lNGERSOLL again submitted resOlu-
ton Objection being made, he moved suspension
OF the rules On this motion the yeas and nays were
ordered. The result was, yeas Sc, nays GO. So the
On motion of Mr.. GWIN, the House went into
Committee of the Whole, Mr.. PorE of Kentucky,
in the Chair.
Mr. WISE moved to take up the Senate bill regu-
latng the pay of pursers. The motion prevailed.
Wr. W. gave brief explanation Of the objects Of
the bill 1t is to remove as far as possible all the
causes OF complaint made against the exercise of the
duties OF puIser as now performed, and TO protect
the sailor on board ship from extortion. He said
that as this bill had been frequently subjected 70 ex-
animation in the Senate and to the scrutiny Of the
House committee he hoped it would be laid aside to
be reported
Mr. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, objected, and M
sisted that the bill should be read by sections.
debate ensued, in which Messrs. JOHNSON,
WISE, BLACK, KING, PAYNE, BROWN, of Pa,
&c, participated. The discussion principally
! from an amendment proposed by Mr. Black, reducing
the salaries of pursers on board of ships Of the line
one half The amendment was negatived.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, moved to strike
out $500 for the class of officers, and insert
-, 500. The motion negatived.
! Other amendments proposed, and invariably
negatived When all of them were thus disposed OF,
Mr. WISE moved that the Committee rise and report
the bill.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Kentucky, expressed a wish that
the bill reported from the Select Committee the
printing of the Sixth Census should be taken up
lie did not wish it acted at once, but merely that
| it should be considered as before the Committee.
After various propositions and remarks, the mo-
ton of Mr.. WISE prevailed, and the Committee rose
| and reported the bill without amendment.
Mr.. MALLORY called for the previous question,
and there was second The bill was then passed.
Mr.. COWEN gave notice that he would move
reconsideration of th vote by which the resolution,
in relation to the experiments with Colts Submarine
Battery, was laid on the table,
Mr.. MALLORY moved a reconsideration of the
vote by which the Purser's bill had passed. The mo-
ton was negatived.
Mr.. GWIN gave notice that he would, tomorrow,
move to go into Committee of the Whole, to take up
the bill for the relief of General Jackson.
Sundry bills reported from the Committee of the
| Whole on former days. were taken up and disposed
| of.
! The bill indemnifying the State Of Louisiana for
the payment of militia called out, in the Florida war,
was explained at length by Mr. WHITE, who oppos-
ed the amendment appended by the Senate
When the vote had been taken on non-concurring
with the Senate the House adjourned