Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-07
ErrSING SESSION.

/ EVENING
The Senate met at half past five o'clock, when
/ The PRESIDENT pro lem. laid before the BODY
message from the President of the United States, trans
uniting report received from the director OF The MINI,
and showing it's operations for the year lo42; when
| was ordered 10 be printed
Also, a communication from The State Department,
enclosing information in relation 10 the commodities
imported from foreign counries winch was oioeieu "
be printed.
| A message was received from the House of Repre-
sen,aliv,s announcing that they had disagreed to the
Senate endme the bill authorizing the reissue
of Treasury And also, that they had disagreed
10 amendments to the civil and diplomatic apPropfia'
ton bill
hlr EVANS said it was ndispensably necessary that
the Senate should insist amendments TO the Irea-
snry bill; and he therefore moved that the Senate
! INSIST.
/ The motion having been agreed 10, committee was
appointed to confer with that which may be appointed
! by the House.
After the transaction of other business,
bill was then debated for the payment Of improve
ments made by the Wyandott indians. Twenty thou.
sand dollars had been appropriated for improvements,
and one hundred and five thousand dollars were now
asked in addition. The demand was looked upon as
enormous and debae arose in consequence, in which
alessrs. WHITE, KING, EVANS, and TAPPAN par
| tlc,pated.
Tie bill passed, but the appropriation was re.
sisted and rejected.
CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC BILL.
Mr. EVANS called for the consideration OF the bill
from The House, for The purpose Of acting upon the DIS
agreeing amendments. Mr. EVANS moved that the
Senate INSIST, and ask for Committee OF Conference
| upon the amendment, In pay the Printers OF the Sc
nate and House according to the jnint resolution oi
1870 instead Of the rate Of the reduced terms of ~
per The Senate, by vote of % to 90 insisted
81, IN relation TO The paying for the Compendium TO
the Sixth Census. The Senate insisted.
A Committee OF Conference was appointed, OF three
persons
The bill appropriang $40 600 Qrom the House) for
the establishment al d,plumatc relations between tins
Government and China, was callfd up by Mr. Archer
the Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Mir WRIGHT and ilr BENTON asked for nor
the amour: Of the appropriation, and the
manner
Dir. ARCHER explained, by referring to prece
dents, and by stating facts, connected with the pecu
lia-ty Of The mission.
Mr.. BENTON objected 10 The bill, upon all con-
siderations lie liked neither the object the pre-
cedrnt.
Mr.. ARCHER defended the bill in the outset, and
in rrpy and reioinder. In the of his remarks,
he said that Great Britain would nterpose objections
the extension of commercial advantages TO us. He
believed that the Chinese Empire we're anxious to ex
tend the benefits 10 US could be extended to
England.
The bill was debaled, at considerable length, when
MIR. BAYARD moved 10 lay the bill upon the table,
The motion was ost-2i 10 Is.
Numerous amendments were proposed to the bill.
MIR CONRAD moved, in order TO obvia,e objec-
tons Of MIR. Benton, that whatever agent should be
appointed should bp subjected 10 the action of the Sc
nate This amendment adopted-3l TO 0.
The bill was then passed. rs amended.
The Senate agreed 10 the amendments Of the Com
m,tee Conference to the Treasury Note Bill, which
requires the Treasury notes funded to be redeemed in
ten years at most.
INFRINGEMENT BILL.
MIR MOREHEAD moved to take up the Retrench-
nient bill. The motion lost, and the Senate, on
motion Of MIR Merrck, went into Executive session.
When the doors were opened, the report OF the Com
mlt,ee conference the disputed points in the Civil
and Diplomatic bill agreed to- after earnest and
pIoiracted discussion.
The bill was then returned In the House
The Senate again went into Executive session, at 70
O'Clock, and sitting with closed doors when the
House adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Several resolutions, calling for information to be
furnished at the next session. adopted, and two
or three Executive communications laid before the
House
Snndry bills were passed among them the bill TO
provide for the erection Of the insane asylum in the
District Of Columbia the bill for the completion OF
the Potomac Bridge; the bill for the support OF the
insane of The District of Columbia a, the Mary
land hospital and the bill 10 incorporate the Orphan
Asylum and Female Free School in the city Of Alex
( andrIa
The sixteenth joint rule suspended, TO allow
these bulls 10 be sent to the Senate.
Inc seventeenth Joint rule was also Suspenueu, u
allow The bills which passed yesterday, and which
may be passed to day, 10 be TO the President OF
the U. S. ior hts signature.
The House insisted lis amendment to the bill
TO regulate the rates of postage and committee of
conference was appointed to confer with that which
may be appointed by the Senate.
THE NAVY BILL.
MIR. WISE from the Committee Of Conference on
the d,sagreeng of the houses the siA:h Sc
nate amendment to the navy Appropriation bill, re
/ hit ,Ifu hos, had n
commend proviso--ihat the Secretary of the Navy
cause 81 examination Ia be made as to the exped-
ency, pracI'c;biIiy, aud probable expense OF con-
strncting dry dock ut the harbor of New York, on
plan Of elevaiing power and employing the Cro,on
aquednct fer tina, purpose, for the repair OF seventy
| four gun ships and that he cause an examination OF
any other plan OF floating or dry dock winch he may
derm worthy of consideration, and epnrt The result at
the next session of Congress; and all further expend
lures and appropriations heretofore made for dry
dock said harbor be suspended until the first day
Of January next; and that the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars be hereby appropriated for the con
strucnn of floating dry dock a. Pensacola OF capa.
city sufficient for the repair of gates of the smaller
class, and upon such plan the Secretary of the Navy
shall approve.
The question taken the first branch of the
report. e, in relation 10 the II a'iug dock At New
fork-and was decided in The affirmative yeas 40,
NAYS ~
The second branch ofihe report-for floating dock
a. Pensacea-was concurred in; yess 100, nays73
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House resnlved itself INTO Committee Of the
Whole the of The Union, and took up the bill
making appropriation for the civil aud diplomatic
pensss Of The Government for the year ending on the
! thr,irth day e June, 1914
| MIR, MckENNAN was called to the chair, TO preside
over the cnmmiee.
MIR. FILLMORE entered into an explanation Of the
amendments proposed to The bill by the Senate-one OF
winch 10 pay The printers of the two Houses
cordng 10 The law of 1919 The prices of that period
were during the present Congress, reduced twenty per
cent.
hlr. PICKENS said that the law ofeigheen hundred
and nineecn, winch fixed the compensation for print.
my was drawn with great and accuracy, at time
when improvements in this business were in their in
FAINT state. The work, beyond all question, could be
done, with profit, at twenty per cent. cheaper now
than at that period The present printers elected
under contract and the simple question was, whe her
the Judgment and decision this TO be carried
out without violation After further remarks, he
said, 10 the amendment approprialng So 900 10 re