The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-03-07

.moOd the bill from the House, (Which was now
~'" he(ore the Senate) by striking out the pro-
hicb declared that the repeal of the law should
Wv fac, ouy pending cases. This amendment gave
Nv ~, ~ dcbute, in which Messrs Benton, Buchanan,
= Smith, Of Connecticut, participated; and il was
'' Afr Berrien moved an amendment, that credit
w. .hon be allowed the privilege of selecting as
o,o and il was rejected. Yeas Ia, nays 35,
80 Conrod offered an amendment, that the repeal Of
~ ,.,y sha take place on and after the 4th day of
,.,a next; and it was lost-yeas is, nays 32. Mr.
~Inodse moved that the bill be postponed until the
. u,ondoy or december next, and the motion was
"s,,ycd-ycasl4, nays "a The bill, which is the
idcn,icaly, as it came from the House--re-
.,ioc the Bankrupt law forthwith, and except
=, from its operation ceases already entered and
.s,1i0s-was passed-yeas 80, nays l3, as fol-
lows:
yeas--NIessrs, Allen, Archer, Bagby, Bayard, Blu
h,Oon Calhoun, Crafts, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Day
u0 Fulton, Graham Huntington, King, Linn, Nc
n,re. MGR oberts, Mangum, Merrick, Morehead,
pbs,ns Rves Sewer, Spragne, Tappan, Walk
., Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury., Wright, Young
80
Noys-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Berrien, Choate,
CLAYTON, Evans, Kerr, Miller, Porter, Smith Of Indi-
an, TaImqdge, White, and Woodbridge-l3.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex
,,mses of the government The clause appropriatng
c,OO 900 for the superintendent and assistants for
conducting the coast survey having been read, Mr.
Mallory s. bniitted provso, which he explained by
saving that i, proposed reorganization of the work,
and that it would, if the amendment should be car
ted out, correct many Of the abuses which many
believed TO exist 1t would save to the country TWEEN
thousand dollars per annum by dispensing with the
services of numerous civil superinterdents, now ne
,eaary and substituting officers of tho typographical
corps and officers Of the Navy Mr. Charles Brown
moved to reduce the amendment to $4,000. Mr.
Everett made a few remarks upon the subject; when
4 The committee rose and reported progress.
Monday, Feb, 27.
Senate. The bill to amend the law regulating i'm
pronment for debt in the District of Columba, Gov
aing the case of Amos Kendall on motion of Mr.
Tappan, was passed
Ellis were ordered engrossed-to repeal the pro-
vision of the act for the reorganization ofihe Army,
! cWngNg the seCOHu TeSNHenl vi d IL
a. regiment after the 4h proximo; to amend the act
establishing the northern boundary line of Ohio; and
70 apply certain alternate sections ofnteror land to-
wards the co npletion of works of internal improve
ment in Michigan
House. The General Appropriation Bill was re-
ported to the House with number.of amendme"ts,o of
4 which we can only give the following: An arpropr'-
alton Of 900 FOR an agent to ascertain the progress
ofthe construction of the Canal the Isthmus
A Of Daren agreed to. The appropriation of
"A 1000 for the Boston Custom House was struck
81 ca-yeas &c mays 54-& goo then appropriated.
"a Hsfollowing appropriations were also agreed to-
Oh motion Of Mr. Fillmore, s 0,00O for the balanre
fapenses for negotiating the loan authorized under
hsuct Of July lS4l, and April, 1912,
" On motion of Mr. Adams, 5000 dollars for tho sala-
" Of Commissioner TO the Sandwich Islands.
On motion of Mr. J. r. Ingersoll, $500 for Con-
ul at Eeyroot
An amendment was agreed to, limiting the salary
special or travelling Post Office agents to $1,000
year, with an allowance of two dollars "a day for
Hyeling expenses.
An amendment also adopted, aprropriating
$4,000 for publishing account of the discoveries
dhe Exploring Expedion, and the bill was reported
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