The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-29

MIR. GlLMER modified the motion by extending
The limit TO July LIST, 1874 and in this form II was
carried.
To the section legalzing the salaries Of the drago
man at Constantinople and the consul at London Mr.
ADAMS objected, considering positive law uDne-
cessary To authorize the appointment Of these officers
MIR. lNGERSOLL amended the section, that II
reads u shall not be lawful for the President to
appoint dragoman at Constantinople or consul at
London at higher salaries than those mentioned in
the law-which salaries are hereby provided for
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, objected to the ex-
ception made In favor of the consul at London and
one or two others Of granting them salaries while
consuls at more important ports are dependent on
their fees.
Mr.. ADAMS explained the onerous duties i'm
posed on the consul at London without any com
pensation from fees
AThe amendment of Mr.. INGERSOLL was car
red.
To the 18th section relating to the stationery Of the
Departments, Mr. CAMPBELL, of South Carolina,
moved proviso that no guiltedge paper should be
bought. The motion was lost.
In the 2lst section Mr. INGERSOLL moved to
insert an appropriation of -, 0O0 for distributing
census returns. The motion prevailed.
On the motion of Mr. WHITE, of Louisiana, an
appropriation Of $4,000 was introduced to defray
expenses OF surveys in Louisiana.
AT the end of section 81, Mr.. WHITE, of Louisi-
ana, offered an amendment to pay the arrearages due
to the clerks in the custom-house at New Orleans on
lodged and paid to the custom house clerks of Phila
delphia, New York, and Boston.
Alter some debate, the amendment was rejected.
On motion of Mr.. lNGERSOLL the appropria-
ton for purchasing lot in the vic nifty of the mint
In Philadelphia, struck out, the lot having been
already sold and building erected on it.
While this bill was waiting for consideration,
MIR. in GERSOLL also offered amendment pro-
wiling for keeping the public grounds in order
Mr. STANLY moved to reduce the salary Of the
/ argn fro. 20, a IIa 10 -,
addition to the perqusites enjoyed by the gardener
the hire Of his carts to the Government, the
aton of hay, &c. $1,000 sufficient for the gardener.
MIR. BOARDMAN supposed that if the gardener
performed his duties, twelve hundred dollars would
not be an exorbitant salary. That he was competent
to discharge his duty and did perform it, is evident
from the state OF the grounds. Much hay cannot be
obtained, the grass must be frequently cut to pre-
serve the beauty OF closely shaver lawn. The APP
preparation had already been sufficiently reduced
allowed.
Mr.. STANLY said the gardener might use the hay
for compost, instead of applying it to purposes of
his own.
Mr.. INGERSOLL opposed the reduction in the
salary of the gardener. The beauty of the grounds
sufficiently attested his merits.
The motion of Mr. SrANLY, however, prevailed.
The twenty third section was struck out.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, after the section
appropriating additional pay and mileage to mem
DefS OF congress, OHefeu an amendment reducing tne
sum.
To this amendment Mr.. ROOSEVELT offered a
modification, providing that member of Congress
should be allowed any pay after the fifteenth of Au-
gust, and regulating in general hereafter the pay OF
members.
Amid cries of order and question, loud as to
render the remarks of the Speaker inaudlbe,
MIR. ROOSEVELT was supposed to explain the
merits of his proposition. When the question was
taken the amendment was lost.
Mr. MCCLELLAN, of New York, offered, at the
end of the BILL an amendment to appropriate 81 00O
for the contingent expenses of the Patent Office The
motion prevailed.
| After various Intellectual motions,
| Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, moved that the
| committee should rise. The vote being taken by
tellers, AZ voted in the affirmative and 81 in the
gative. There b ing no quorum, the committee rose
and reported the fact to the House.
motion made to adjourn, and on this motion
the yeas and nays ordered Before the roll was
called through, by general consent the House again
went into Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. GENTRY moved to strike out the enactine
clause to enable him to deliver speech This was
ruled to be out of order. He then declared his in
tention OF speaking the question to rse but yield
ed to the motion of rising.
When the Speaker resumed the chair, the motion
to adjourn was again put and carried without count