The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-27

matter.
Mr. KING. I certainly did understand the chair
TO decide at the outset Of these proceedings that il
was competent for committee 10 make verbal
statement by way of report and to substsnlate thai
The SPEAKER. The chair wishes TO be dis
tnetly understood The Speaker, upon the first
blush, when the gentleman hrst rose, thought that
the gentleman could make report IN any form he
pleased, verbal or Otherwise. But upon reflection,
the chair is satisfied that nothing can be called
port, or consequently be presented to the House as
such, unless il comes IN some tangible, paipable
form, upon which the House can act
Mr. KING. Well, sir, do not desire 10 detain
the House. or TO do anything that conflicts with is
rules lis spirit, or itS inclination II the House Is
not willing TO hear the verbal statement which was
directed to make, will Withdraw the paper sent
to the clerks desk and submit il hereafter in writing
as report from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
fCries of"agreed"; "that Is what we want."l
So the paper without having been read, was
withdrawn. '.
Mr.. KING: [Conlinuing and concluding And
now desire TO make some reports from the Com
mitiee on Navel Affairs, which are IL writing.
These reports will be found under the proper
The' House consented to postpone other bust
ness, until the eommiriees had been called through.
Mr. rHoS. B. KING asked leave TO present a
resolution.
Mr.. MeHENRY made a similar request
Objected 10.
RULEs or THE HousE.
Mr. wo0DWoRrH (leave having been denied }
moved that the rules be suspended 10 enable him TO
give notice that he would hereafter move the follow
ing as an amendment to the rules
Rsolr,d That the rule recently reported from the Com
mee Rules and adopted by this House In relation TO
internal Improvement bills be applied to all bills raising
revenue ofaPpToPrahng money.
Mr.. w, asked the yeas and nays, which were or
d.red; and being tuken, resulted as follows;
.YEAs-Msssn. Abbott. John Quincy Adams. Andersou
WA o Brown. Burlington william W. Campbell Car
rob, CathcsTt, Cooke, Colsmer Constable, Cransion
son Davis. De Mott, Dillingham; Dixon DOcksry, Dunlap
loot Fries Gsn,ry Gliding, 3le' oTsh," SrdsT
HoaIton' samuel D Hubbard Han3srtord' wsshinxton
Hunt. James b. Hunt, Joseph H. lngersol jenkins
Daniel p King y Butler kiag Lewis, Levin, Mclean
Mcy4ne, Marsh, Miller Niysn Parish. Perrill. Perry
Pollock. Ramsey Relic. Julius Rockwell. Root Runk,
Smith, Albert smith, Caleb D, Smith, Robert smith,
stsrkweaihsr. stewart, 81. John, strohm Thlsodeaus
Thurman. Tibbatts Tilden TTumbo, Yinton wentw orh
White. Winthrop, Woodruff. Woodwork, Wright Yell,
NAYs9Messrs stephen ADAMS, Atkinson. BedInger
Benton. Biggs James black James A. Black Boyd Burt
John IT, Campbell Reuben Chapman, Chase, Chapman,
Clarke. Cobb. Collin Culom Cunningham Daniel, Dob.
bin Douglas DromgoOle Erdm0n FaTan Fickiin, Eos.
ter Goodyear, Gordon Grover Hamlln HARRISON Har.
Houston, Edmund W. Hubbard, Joseph Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, George Jones Lawrence Leske, Leih Lyon,
Mention, Owen Payne. Phelps. Rst6bun REID, Ritter
Roberts sawtslle Alexander D. sims Leonard Il. Sims,
ilams, wilmOt, woodward, Yancsy, and Ycst-7i,
So, two-thirds not voting in the affirmative, the
the rules were not suspended.
AND STILL, THE NATIONAL OFFENCES.
Mr.. G. DAVIS moved that the rules be suspend
ed 10 enable him to offer the following resolution,
which was read for information:
Rssoeed That tho President be requested to inform this
House wheher in his judgment any Increase of the army
navy be necessary and proper and any what In
cea.e be made to the army and what to the navy
Mr.. SCHENCK indicated q modification which
should embrace the expense, but which Mr. DAVIS
did not accept. -" 4.
Mr.. BURT moved that the resolution be laid on
the table.
The SPEAKER said tha, the resolution wa, no,
yet 10 possession Of the House.
Mr.. @. DAVIS asked the yeas and nays on his
notion to suspend tho rules, which were ordered;
and being taken, resulted as follows:
ringer, Bell, Blanchard, Burlington VIM W. camphsll,
rsyh Garrett Davis Delano Dixon Docxery Foot, Gen.
t,y' 9sham Order Hampton, Harper, HsTTes, John
Ter King lsvin, Long McGaugaey, McHsnry McTivains
we'll Root, Runk, schencS, seamsn Truman smith,
Albert Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stewart strohm, hi.
ton. Winthrop Wright and YounssRP 0' i'"H00 In
NAYs-Msssrs Stephen Adams, Anderson, Atkinson,
sss9ss R James Dss
Reuben Chapman, Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Culom, Gun.
nngham; Daniel, Jefferson Davis, De Mott, Dillingham;
Dobbin, Douglass, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Erdman, Faran
Fckln Foster, Fries Garvin, Giles Goodyear Gordon
Grover, HARRISON, Harmanson: Henley, Hoge, Houkins,
Jenkins, James H. johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew
Johnson George w Jones seaborn Jones' Preston King
Joseph J. Mcdowell, James Mcdowell,
Mckay, Barclay Martin, Niven, Owen, Parish, Payne,
ter Roberts ss%tse sawyer sesm% s Alexander a
D. Sims Simpson; THONGS smith Robert smith stanton
Wheaton
Woodruff Woodward, Yell and Yost-iOi.
So the rules wers not suspended and the resolu-
ton was not received.
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
At halfpast two O'Clock
Mr. PRICE, following up motion made by Mr..
DANIEL, but Withdrawn for the accommodation of
the committees moved that the House go into COM
mittee on the private calendar.
The motion having been agreed to, the House re-
solved itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
state of the Union, Mr. CoLLAMER, of Vermont, in
the chair. E"E' 1 f"..| f"' Oh" II
The committee took up the private calendar, under
the restrictive rule to debate the first and fourth
Fridays of the month.
Many bills were laid over, objection having been
made. ""E,
After some time, the committee rose and reported
TO the House bills Of the following titles:
A bill for the relief of Langley & Jenkins.
A bill for the relief of John r. Williams. :.
A bill for the relief of Charles Mckenzie.
A bill for the relief Of David F. William son; and
A bill for the relief Of Cyrus Turner; with a rec.
on,mendation that the committee be discharged from
Its further consideration in order that it might be
committed to the committee that reported it.
A motion to adjourn, and motion to go into
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union
were severally made and rejected, but no quorum
voted. l. -..
A second motion to adjourn was finally decided
by yeas IA, nays IS, in the affirmative.
So the House adjourned.
r. CoRHKcrroN. the reference, yesterday, ofMr
Holmes, chairman Of the Committee on Naval Az
fairs to the number of steamers recommended by
the Secretary of the Navy, the word "sixteen" was
enormously printed in our report. 1t should have