New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-03
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Correspondence
WASHINGTON, March l,isa
In SEyArg, TO day, after variety OF unimport
an, bushes, during the morning hour, the BID 10
rsf,.nd 20 Massachusetts her disbursements dutp,
,he last War was taken up and, after discussion A.
some length, passed: Yeas 26, Nays 10.
The bill to extend for tea years the charters Q;
The Banks Of the District Of Columbia after The
erection YEAS %, Nays ICY of motion by NJ.
AL1Es to lay the bill on the table, was pasted.
Yeas IS, Nays II.
/, order 10 the transaction of aecc,sary bus,
ne.. MIR. EVANS offered the usual resolution to
suspsnd the joint rule prohibiting the sending et
hin. from one House to the other within the las
three davs of the session
Mr.. Bks1oS o5jectiag, the resolution was laid
The SrsA1s af.er being occupied q: some length
in the consideration ard passage of numerous pri
va1e bills from the HOUSE, wen,into executive se.
.;on. which extended TO adjournment at late
hour.
In the House., communication was received
from the Treasury Department in answer to ha
cali for The pondsnce OF The Representatives
or Foreirn Governments relative to the operation
If the pt.sent Tariff upon their Governments
memorial of clerk of the House was Pre-
s.n,.d and after some conversation on the subject
two of ,he clerks who had been cut oti by the cee
bra,ed retrenchment in the expenses of the House
but who had continued 10 serve, were ordsred TO
be- pad TO the present Gme-and nc longer TO b
continued.
Several private or local bills were brough, Up
and passed, and various Senate bills were referred
.rhe Senate's amendment to the Fertilization and
the Indian Appropriation bills wete concurred in,
and thus they are finally passed.
The amendments of the Senate to the Navy Ap.
propria,iou bill wa. taken up in Committee Of the
whole OR the Union, (Mr. McCLElLAs of N Y.
ia the chair, and debate of some length was
oniy terminated by the adoption OF aresouuon, on
motion of MIR. FILLMORE, to limit the debate for
half an hour, which was mostly consumed BY Mr.
GoRpos on the WORKOUT TOPIC of extravaganza,
useless expenditure in the Navy. &c.
MIR. FILLMORE succeeded in getting sboutthree
minutes. in which he referred to the amendment
relating to the construction Of floating docks. He
thought they had not had sufficient experience to
wurran, unlimited appropriations for this object
but was willing to appropriate for tho cen'truc'
,ion of floating dock at Brooklyn end one at Pen
sacola. in case the Department decided that they
would answer in lieu of dry docks.
The amendment of the Senate on thus subject
directing the Secretary Of the Navy no. 10 sppg
the appropriation of 100000 under the Get Of
August, 1912, and former unexpended aPPropria'
tions to the construction of floating dock a.
Brooklyn or New.York, but to apply 100000 of
it tn tho construction Of floating dock al Pensa
cola, was agreed TO in Committee, but finally re-
jccted r the House, Yeas IS, Nays SO.
The remaining amendments of the Senate were
disposed of, some by concurrence and Others b!
non-concurreace.
Mr. FILLMORE, remarking that it was intl'pen'
sable in order to the transaction of and de-
.irable business, moved to suspend the joint rule
prohibiting the transmission of bills from one
House TO the other for the last three days OF the
session.
Mr.. WELLER ohiec,ing, Mr.. +. moved su'
pension of the rules to receive this proposition
| Refused: (two-,hirds not voting thereior}-Yeas
| SO, Nays Ga united Loco vote) 10.
Mr.. c. J. INGERsoLL made an unsuccessful as
tempt to attack the treaty By Offering provis'
| (Which was ruled out Of ordcr) to the Navy Appro
! priation bl against any part CT its amount belns
expended on the African squadron.
The House adjourned. ARGUS.