The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-15
CONGRESS.

Congress. The memorialsts express the opinion that
no wool should come in free of duty, and that the
domestic article should be protected
Mr.. CALHOUN presented the memorial of citi.
of Florida asking for the admission of that Ter
ritory into the Union, and for grants of land.
The Senate proceeded TO the consideration of the
bill to amend the acts of July, 1886 and 1888, allow
ing pensions to certain widows.
The first section provides that the marriage of the
widow, after the death of her husband, for whose
services she claims pension under the act OF the Ith
of july 1898, shall be no bar to the claim of such
widow to the benefit of that act, she being widow
al the time she makes application for pension and
the second section enacts that the widow of such Off
GERS and soldiers have died since the passage OF the
acts OF the 4h July, 1896, and of the It'll Of July,
1885, and the widows OF such as shall hereafter die,
shall be entitled to pensions under those acts respec
lively, they being otherwise entitled thereto, and wi
dows al The time application for pension is made.
MessTs. BATES, WRIGHT, CALHOUN, GRA-
HAN, LINN, BUCHANAN, PHELPS, and WOOD
BURY, addressed the Senate and the last named
gentleman submitted the following amendment to the
second section viz
I" Prorided, That if any amount of pension which
may have been allowed to the husband for any period
subsequent to the fourth of March, 1886 shall be de-
Quoted from the pension as allowed hereby"
The amendment agreed to.
Mr. GRAHAM moved to strike out the second
section, as amended.
Mr. WRIGHT called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered; and being taken, resulted-yeas D.
nays Is, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Bayard, Benton, Berren,
Calhoun, Clayton, Crafts, Critenden, Cuhberi, Day
ton, Fulton Graham, Henderson, Kerr, King, Nc
Roberts, Mangum, Sturgeon Tappan Williams,
Wright, Young-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Bates Buchanan Evans, Hunt
lngton, Miller, Morehead, Phelps Porter, Simmons,
Smith, OF Ia, Tallmadge White, Wilcox, Wood
bridge, Woodbury-l5.
So the motion to strike out the second section was
agreed to.
The question was stated on ordering the bill to
third reading, when
Mr.. CALHOUN called for the yeas and nays
which were ordered, and being TAKEN appeared-yeas
"a, nays Ia, follows
YEAS-Messrs. Bates, Bayard, Berrien Buchan-
an, Clayton Conrad, Crl,tenden, Dayton, Evans
Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Miller, Morehead
Phelps, Porter, Summons, Smith, OF Indiana, Tall
madge, White, Williams, Wilcox, Woodbridge,
NAYS-Mtssrs. Allen Benton, Calhoun Crafts
CuthbeIt Fulton, Henderson, King, McRoberts
Mangum, Sturgeon Tappan, Wright, Young-l4.l
The bill to adjust the titles to certain lands in the
city of Detroit bill making compensation to PEN
agents, and the bill for the establishment of an
auxiliary guard or watch for the protection Of public
| severaIIy read third lime and passed
Mr.. PRES TON, from the Committee Military
Affairs, reported the bill for the payment of Florida
militia, with amendments, which were concurred in,
and the bill ordered to be read third time.
Mr.. SEWER presented a memorial from six indi-
viduals watchmen in OF the Departments, COM
planning that the House contingent bill reduced their
| salaries from $500 to 1866 year. He moved tina,
| the memorial be referred to the Committee on FL
hance.
Mr.. EVANS suggested that it had better be laid
upon the table, the bill would be en- up in few
moments.
Mr.. SEWER Withdrew his notion and the memo
rial ordered TO take that direction.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill legazng and making appropri atoms for such
necessary objects have been usually included in the
General Appropriation bills without authority of law,
and to fix and provide for certain incidental penses Of
the Departments and Offices OF the Government, and
| for other purposes.
large number of amendments, reported by the
! Committee on Finance agreed to among which
one approPrating ftty-two thousand dollars for
the purchase OF ground ad joining the General Post
Office, extending north to and bet ween Sew
enh and Eighth sreets-includng the entire square.
| On motion of Mr., SEWER, amendment was
adopted in accordance with TIE request of the watch
men whose memorial he had presented at former Pc
Rod of the day.
Francis q. Beatty and Samuel w alker five hundred
dollars each consequence of juries sustained by
them by falling from scafold while engaged at work
upon the Treasury Building.
Mr.. KERR cited precedents TO show that relief had
heretofore been granted in where persons had
been mi ued by accidents while in the public service
Mr.. CALHOUN knew of no precedent which JUS
tilted the placing Of persons injured while engaged in
civil employ ment on the pension list.
Mr.. WILLIAMS conended that workmen were
sufficiently compensated (receiving S. day. for any
| risk which they might incur while employed by the
Government public works.
The yeas and nays called on agreeing to the
amendment and the question was decided in the
afirmatve-yeas 20, nays ID, as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Conrad, Crafts,
Crttenden, Dayton, Evans, Fulton, Kerr, King, Mil
ler Morehead Phelps, Porter, Preston, Sewer,
Smith of Connecticut, Smith of Indiana, Sprague,
Tallmadge-2O
NAYS.-Messrs. Archer Bagbv, Berrien Cal
houn, Graham, Henderson, Linn, Mangum, Tappan,
Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury., Wright-l3.
The bill was then informally passed over,
Several bills from the House read twice and
referred to the appropriate committees.
And the Senate adj ourned.
In the House, on Saturday Mr.. ARNOLD moved
an amendment to the journal. 1t did not state, that
he had moved to 90 into Committee of the Whole,
that his retrenchment bill might be taken up. He
intor ned tina, his mot being out of order could
not be etered on the journal.
Mr. HUNTER presented the proceedings of an
t-arl meeting IN Caroline county, Virginia.
Mr.. A II. Ii. STUART, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported bill to regulate the allow
ance to be made to charges and consuls for
vices. The bill was read twice.
Mr.. STUART then moved that it he put on its
passage at once.
After brief discussion 10y Mcssrs. ADAMS,
STUART and Mckay, it referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole
Mr. SUMMERS appealed to the philanthropy of
he Hpuse "A n aged nearly 81 of
had been waiting here two months for the passage of
a bill for his relief There is b II for that object
the table, and it could be passed in three minutes.
The bill being for the reefof w. Willis was then
passed.
Mr. WISE asked leave to report from the Naval
Committee cert ain bills of preat importance. Obec-