The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-01

days left for hgisaton, alter deducupg thosc assign
| ed for special ord rs.
! in the following amendments, as agreed TO IA Com
mittee OF the Whole, viz
l. Hereafter in all cases of appointment Of Cadets
the individual selected shall be an actual resident Of
the Congressional district oil the State OF Territory
| from which the appointment purports TO be made.
| 2 That hereafter the number Of Cadets shall be
| limited to the number of Representatives and Dele
gates in Congress and that each Congressional and
Territorial district should be entitled TO have one Ca
def at the said Academy
g. That hereafter no Board Of visters shall be APP.
pointed, unless otherwise ordered by Congress-yeas
| 100, nays 81.
| 4 The appropriation for the Board of yisiters,
provided for in the BILL was in accordance with the
| above amendment, stricken out.
| The amendment approprating $4,000 for extend
ing and rendering more complete the meteorological
observations at the several military posts under the
direction of the Surgeon General, was rejected.
| All of the amendments having been disposed OF,
the bill was read third time and passed. and sent to
| the Senate.
THE ExCHEoUER.
Mr. w. w. IRWIN presented the memorials of
John Rppey, and one hundred and twenty-five other
merchants, mechanics, farmers and manufacturers Of
Pittsburg and Allegheny county, In the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, representing that they re-
spectivey belong to all the political parties Of the
day that they regard the arrangement and disorders
inurias Of which they complain that they hold unan-
imousb to the opinion that the project Of an Exchs
quer, recommended by President Tyler would be
found in practice efficient measure of relief, and
adequate 10 the regulation of the currency; that
they believe the President is perfectly sincere in his
anxiety TO alleviate the dstresses Of the peore, yet
restrained by honest convictions of duty from yield
ing his approval to other devised for the
same purpose and more acceptable to Congress that
they hold the case in whsh concession and
tlr II merton lv
joined by the suffering and embarrassment prevailing
over the whole land and that therefore, they most
| earnestly md respectfully pray Congress TO pass
| law mbodying the principles and general features
of the plan of an Exchequer recommended by the
| President.
| Also similar memorial signed by Hon. William
b. Foster, Mayor, and forty-hree other citizens of
Allesh city, in Pennsylvania to the same effect
| MILITARY ENGINEERING.
Mr.. TORRANCE presented the memorial of Al
win c. Goell, who states that for many years Of his
life he has devoted himself to the study and practice
of military engineering, and that he visited England
| France Belgium, Holland, Prussia Hanover, Saxo-
ny, Austria, Bavaria, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia
and examined all the foundres and public establish
mens in those countries accessible to him; that on
his second visit to the last named country he en-
! ployed by the Emperor of Russia more than two
years in his service in constructing cannon on new
principle that on his return TO his native country In
| 1889, he had, from ms extensive ana NaTleu eApeTF
ence and reflections, acquired degree Of informa-
| ton and skill in his profession, and had made inyen-
tons and improvements in military engineering, ar
tcularly projectles and pyrotechnics, which he be-
eves and proves to lie OF immense value to the cou-
try and accordingly, by communication, addressed
TO the Hon. Joel X. Ponsett then Secretary of War;
he offered 10 introduce these inventions and improve
ments in rockets-of all projecliles the most power
full by land anA sea- and the most efficient for all pur
poses of attack and defence. 1t appears, from the
memorial, that Mr.. Goell was employed, by the or
der OF Secretary Poinsett to supervise the iabrca-
! ton of rockets upon the European plan or method
to direct the construction Of the necessary machines
and fixtures for use, and apply them when finished at
of the public arsenas To be designated, assigning
him the pay Of captain Of Artillery; but appears
that, according to his statement, from the first mo-
| ment he entered the Arsenal yard, he encountered
systematic opposition of the officers of Ordnance /;
every obstruction in their power was interposed to
delay and interrupt his operations and experiment.
TO swell their expense, and thus raise odum against
them, and, in the end, TO defeat their success lie
that he has been thrust from the control Of his
own work. Ii is in possession OF the officers OF Ord
nance, and in the of the Government; he has
been refused the small favor OF inspecting and exhb-
tng it 10 his friends and members Of Congress. His
patented machines now at the Arsenal have been,
and are us,d by the officers Of the Government, and
the spectacle presented OF the violation by the Go
vernment itself, Of the rights and mmuntes secured
TO citizen by its laws. He represents that the Lab
|
and all the methods Of constructing War rockets here
tot re used have been abandoned and his Machines,
laboratory, and Improvements adopteda and substitute
ed in their place.
Under these circumstances, he appeals with conn
dence TO the justice of Congress and with the more
confidence as it is his only reliance, and respectfully
prays that a law may be passed, awarding him jus,
compensation for his improvements and his patented
machines, and for such further relief as TO Congress
may seem meet aid Just.
/ The memorial was referred TO the Committee on
Military Affairs.
IOWA MILITIA.
This being one Of the days sct apart for the cons-
Iteration Of business relating 10 the Territories, the
House took up the bill TO provide for the payment OF
the Iowa militia ordei ed into service in December,
1898 The bill rejected at the last session, and
the question pending was the motion 10 reconsider.
Mr.. A. G. DODGE, Of Iowa, advocated the pas
srge Of the BILL and earnestly enforced the claims Of
the militia, who had been mustered into service TO
defend the Territory from the military force Of Mis-
souri, during the existence OF the difficulties growing
out Of the question Of boundary between that State
and Territory in 1899.
The vote by which the bill was rejected last ses-
sion rcconsdered-Yeas 80 nays As, and the bill
was read a third time and passed
On motion Of Mr.. ARNOLD, the House adj
journcd.