Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-24

confederation OF Executive business. /,
Some dissent being expressed, division was calico
fo-when there appeared to be 20 ayes, ana inc hoe'
were not counted. .,d ,ee,
o,aI hours spent therein, adjourned over till MON
day. CONSERVATIVES
rho Iournal having beer read, Dir. PENDLE lON
e Ohio presented resolution calling upon the Dec
re,arv Of The Navy to furnish the House with ntorma
80 = deio as 10 the construction OF the contempia
"a war steamer on the Lakes. Copies OF all letters
,ela,,ng TO The steamer were called Tor
The resolution having been read, MIR. CUSHlNG
Objected to its consideration at this time. MI. ZEN
DIETON moved suspension oil the rules, Dull nc
ono,um we're present A call of the House was or
dsred. and I36 members answering TO their names
The call was suspended. MIR. PENDLETON renewed
L;s motion 10 suspend, and called for the yeas and
NAYS. which were ordered-by vote of 100 TO 40
II Resolution being before the House, Mr. p briefly
,nlaiued the reasons which had prompted him TO IN
troduce IT, He was informed by some OF his cores
nontents that the steamer contracted Tor had been or
dered to he built without issuing the usual form OF pro-
posal He Wished TO know il such was the fact.
The previous question moved by the mover oil
the Resolution the main question ordered and the re-
solution adopted. ;,
90 into Committee of the Whole upon the Naval Bill
Mr. F.. however first wished TO know whether this day
was set apart for the consideration Of Senate Bills winch
were debneable, or those which were nots
The Chair said the bills which were debateabe
The Chairman Of the Committee on Private CLAIMS
said he hoped that would make no difference. IL was
time the House had resumed the consideration Of the
private calendar.
The SPEAKER was about 10 put The question to q
VOTE when he asked the permission OF The House TO pre-
sent letter from MIR. Lawrence OF the house OF Law
renee & Hone, Boston, upon the subject OF the foin
dexter Report.
Mr.. FILLMORE moved that the Report be laid up
ON the table and printed. The motion prevailed.
The SPEAKER said he had in his possession also
letter from the Hon. George Poindexter. The same
motion submitted.
1t was read accordingly, and its contents were state
ment that his Report record offacts, nowitstand
ing all that had been said to the contrary lie appeal
ed to the testimony TO bear him out in this, and hoped
the House would not debate the subject further until
the document was laid before each member in full.
Mr. DAVIS, Of Kentucky, moved to refer the he
port to the committee on public expenditures.
MIR. BOVINE of N. Y, moved 10 lay the letter and
the motion refer upon the table The yeas and nays
ordered and the motion prevailed by vote OF loo
10 Co.
MIR. DAVIS submitted motion 10 print the letter
anew but it was not in order The subject then pass
ed from the House.
MIR. FILLMORE renewed his motion TO go into
Committee Of the Whole for the purpose OF taking up
the Navy Bill Objections were made, and the yeas
Qnd nays were called pul NOT iHe wv
was then taken by tellers, and the House-yeas oO,
noes 69-went into Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Clifford Of Maine took the Chair, and the de-
bate proceeded upon the amendment OF MIR. Triple"
of Kentucky 10 suspend the pay OF all oihcers unaer
sentence by Court Martial, and all who had been for
FIVE years and upwards off duty. division OF the
question had been called for by Mr. Underwood oil
Kentucky.
The discussion commenced this morning with brief
speech from MIR. TRlPLETT of KY. in defence OF
ar hr Nra0
and Mr.. Adams.
The next two hours was time wasted and worse
than wasted though presenting scene OF some amuse
ment for few Of the members, some forty, IN all,
who composed the Committee in attendance.
Mr.. BROWN, of Pa. and MIR. MALLORY. OF va.
were the PLAYERS in the comedy The City of"Drother-
ly Love- having been attacked by the member from
Virginia and the Navy Yard the Schuylkl IN par
tcular made retort and defence. Norfolk was made
to suffer, if she could, from the attack OF Mr. Brown,
and Philadelphia ALSO she could, from the reflections
of Mr.. Mallory. The controversy was OF no interest
except the combatans, who did their best 10 Quito
each other -
Mr. FILLMORE appealed to the Committee Of the
House as he could get the floor TO take vote
upon the amendment, pending since yesterday morn
ing because there other portions OF The Dill Whch
would require discussion.
The vote was now taken, and the proviso having
been divided, both branches of it were rejected :.
new amendment was now introduced by Mr.. NC
GILLIAN oil New YORK, 10 the ehec' 'na' 'hei'
should be no promotions TO the post OF Captains, COM
manders and officers of higher grade, to an extent
which would increase the number of such officers be-
yond the enume ration Of January, le4l.
The amendment Of MIR. MCCLELLAN was defended
by himself in lengthy speech, and replied TO by Mr.
FILLMORE, Mr.. Ey ERETT, MIR. PROFIT of Ind,
MIR. CUSHING and others. 1t was argued that the
proviso was out of ORDER but the Chair admitted tito be
in order, and no appeal was taken.
Much of the controversy upon this, as upon the for
mer amendment, was irrelevant and out of place, upon
almost any subject The tariff peace and war, the rea'
tive merits of the Van Buren,, Tyler and other Admin
istrations having been drawn into the discussion. Inc
amendment is pending as close and there no ndi.
cations that the question will be taken this evening
1t is contemplated by the Committee of Ways and
Means TO recommend the House to reduce the apProPra
ton beyond the amount in the bill Notwithstanding
the reduction of than $780, from the bill when
it came first before the Committee.