Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-22

Mr. JAMESON moved that the bill be re-
committed 10 The Committee on the Public Build
mos with instructions to amend il by appropri-
ating $4,000 for furniture, and Sa,ouo lot re-
pairing the house and improving the GROUNDS.
| Mr.. HENLEY supported the molion " recon-.
miG and, at The close OF his speech, said ne must
correct an error in the notice OF nus remalks on
,h;s hin Yesterday published in the Intelligencer
| of this miorninc. in which injustice is done TO
the the Chairman of the Committee OF ways
and Means In those remarks he MT ID IS
made IN saw in substance, "That he wished, ear
" in the session. to bring the subject before the
House but had postponed it, because the Char,
man Of The Committee OF Ways and Means had
stated that that committee had intended 10 lake
the subject of relrenchment into conSideralioh.-
Yet what had they done? Inc session I Was nxa'-
Mr.. "A. said he was misapprehended in his re,
marks Yesterday by the Reporter, and ne begged
| leave now 10 correct it, What The Chairman OF
the Committee Of WAYS and Means did say was,
thar al the commencement of the last session, 1t
was The oninion of The Committee that The sub
ject of re,renchment belonged more appropriately
TO other committees; and, in accordancs WIN thds
opinion they (the Committee OF ways anu
Means) had reported resolutions OF instruction 70
several other Committees IN reference 70 liuuie.-
Gus items Of retrenchment; and that the Commit
Ice nj WAYS and Means would willingly have
entered upon the task Of reform, onerous as 1t
would have been connected with their other du-
| lies had they considered il within their appro-
priate sphere. AS il was, they had reported many
| items Of retrenchment which would be found IN
the general Appropriation Bill. :,
Mr.. HALE moved The previous question. y.
was seconded, and the main question was ordered
to be now put (The previous question cuts OH
motion 10 recomm)
motion was made BY Mr. TUCKER that
the bill do lie on the table; and the question on
this motion was decided in The neSative-yeas4I,
nays 100.
And so the House refused 10 lay the bill on The
table
And the question was forthwith put: "Shall the
bill nass?" And passed in the negative, by yeas
and nays, as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Adams Bidlack, E. }. Black a..
lin. A. A. Chapman, Clinton, Cross, Dana, R.
D. Davis, Dean, Dellett, Dillingham;, Douglass,
Dromgoole, Dunlap, Elmer, Foster, Fuller Grin
nell, Hale, Fl. Hamln, Hays, Herrick, Hubhell,
Hungerford, w. Hunt, Charles J. lngersoll.
Jameson, Cave johnson, John P. Kennedy, Kirk,
patrick. Labranche, Leonard, Lucas, McCaus-
lin, Maclay McClearnari, Mckay, Isaac f.
Morse, Murphy, Newton, Parmenier, Petit, l..
r. Potter, E. D. Potter, Pratt, ID. S. Reid, Rhett,
Roberts, Rockwell, Rogers, Russell, 81. John,
Saunders, SltnonS, SHQell, ttopelt oihitu, .PeSE,
John Stuart, Stiles, Jas. w. Stone, Alfred 7.
Stone Strong, Sykes, Thomasson, Thompson,
Tyler, Wentworth, Benjamin White, Winthrop,
Woodward-75.
NAYs-Messrs. Anderson, Arlington, Ashe,
Atkinson, Barringer, Belser, Benton, Blackwell,
Boyd, Brengle, A. v. Brown, M. Brown, w. }.
Brown, Burlington, Burke, Caldwell, Carpenter,
X. Chapman, Cranston, Cullom, Daniel, Dckey,
Duncan, Farlee, Ficklin, Florence, French, Cog
Gin, Order, Hammett, Haralson Harper, Hen
lev, Hoge, Houston, Hubbard, Hudson, James B.
Hunt. jerks, P. B. Johnson, A. johnson, George
w. Jones' A. Kennedy, p. King, D. P. King
Lumpkin, Lyon, McClelland, Mcdowell, +. J.
Morris, Norris, Owen, Payne, Peyton, Purdy,
Ramsey, Ralhbun, C. NJ. Reed, Redng, Ritter,
Sample, Senter, Thomas Fl. Seymour, A. Smith,
T. Smith, C. B. Smith, Steenrod, Stephens, Slet-
son, Andrew Stewart, Taylor, Tibbatts, Tucker,
Wheaton, John White, Williams, Joseph A.
Wright, Yost-75
Aud so The bill was rejected the second time.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House resolved itself into Committee OF
the Whole on the State Of the Union, (Mr. Saun-
ders Of North Carolina in the Chair,) and resu-
med the consideration OF the bill making appro-
priations for the civil and diplomatic expenses OF
Government for the year commencing July |,
1915, and spent the remainder OF the sitting IN
considering this bill, 10 which many amendments
were offered