The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-06-06

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row, in order 10 reopen action upon ,b ,o'''or
Elementary war bill, for increasing ,b ou sup
Der of officers in the Army. WV num-
The amendments Of Mr. Mnngnm ,o..,
out the first section of the bill, and Of NJ ,' a
Gibson, to make the new officers temnn ' at
were Withdrawn. F''oy'
Mr. Westcott, of Florida, Offered nm o,.,
ment, giving the President power 10 "'I
the general officers TO command the ,' av'ec'
teers, from the State Miltia. The o, ooul'
ment was promptly rejected. The mn; '' n
then ordered to be cngrossed. The og,, was
added are two Major Generals, four Rr S"''grS
Generals, and, as amended the Till wos s 'u,
cd. poS'
An Executive session was occupioJ NH,
the nominations for Army Officers a. VIZ" Wv
regiment of mounted rifemen, all or ~, oi ue
(thirty-tllrec in number, Were conGrpoJ "'
debate. The list is understood to Lc ' o"'
plete. Ten Captains, twenty Iiemcn,r,, o oni
the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel apdW.;,rll''
HOUSE. The House went into c".!
tee of the whole upon the ciyiland dMom,,
&c bill, soon after the reading of the ionrnS o1'
The debate upon the tariff was res,meJi,
Mr. ColIamer, of Vermont, in reply, in 'I n,, W
TO Mr. Payne, ofAla. lie affirmed. in ori r~s
TO the Alabama member, that the pro,c,,,,'
policy had reduced the prices of GOOD, ,r1
that this was true, not OF one article. Inn oC.r
cry article manufactured in the cogDlr An
this would be demonstrated when tho Poan
nue. bill came up for discussion. if the Jo,,;
mint party would not strangle discussion
He feared that debate would be stranpleanr
on this bill, but would stale TO gentlemen y,
the other side that all previous tariff lM.
where any essential notifications of the rev.
enue system had been allowed, the discus.
sion had been continued from six weeks ia
six months.
MIR Stewart, OF Penn. was fortunate enough
To get the floor, for which he had strpgled
last night and this morning. lie Jumped al
once into the midst ofthe question, and met
the arguments of Mr. Payne, that il was alb.
surd to say that protective duties reduced the
prices of goods. This might amaze some
men. hat il WINS solemn fact notWithstand
ing. High tariffs both increased reyenuesard
diminished prices, and yet gentlemen would
reverse this, aud even when the country was
ut war, they would diminish the duties. Dur.
ing the last war the duties were doubled to
increase the revenues, but now il was propo,.
ed to diminish the duties hy our wise iIan.
cicrs. The Southern men repudialed the
manufacturing policy, and suffered accord
ingly.
a proposition TO increase the Item for Mar
inc Hospitals, from $50, 900 to $4,000, Was
rejected. a large number of amendments
were offered and carried, and great nnny
of them were rejected
THURSDAY, MAY %. The Senate took up
the Oregon Jurisdiction bill.
The Speech of Senator Benton was con.
cludcd today. IL is an able exposition Olhs
whole Oregon affair, hut not so brilliant as
was expected. lie wanted somebody ICON.
rrndict him or make him angry. He said he
had no apprehensions of a war arising with
England on this subject, five bod men with
heahs--wilh heads, Sir! saddle 10 maDageMe
negotiation. lie proposed sketch OF bill
which hc would vote for, 10 extend the INIT
ed States laws over our own ctt1eus mere--
for terrifying the mouth ofIhe Columbia, e
recting Light Houses, &c.
The House went into COMMITTEE Oh We
whole and proceeded 10 act upon Suhu'!
mendments to the civil and diplomatic aWro'
priation bill.
Several amendments were ruled ont OF OF.
der. among them one to reduce the pay OF
members and all civil officers during The war
and another stopping the members, pay after
the 20ih fully. Also 10 pay NolninterSsV
n month and give them lGO acres oil lal' al
ter the war.
After the adoption of one or two ulInpoT,
tant amendments, the Committee rose a'"
reported the bill 10 the House.
The appropriation of S!o,OOU Tor uc''p''
cies in the marine hospital fund was agreed
to, ayes 1903, noes ~. .o,, .,....
Tho appropriation of sou, UOo Tor I''c gle'
ton ofmarine hospitals ut LOUISVILLE I"'
burg, SC, was rejected, ayes VI, noes O.
An appropriation of S25,45O for bIalT a
Riyes' documentary History, was agreed "
ayes 100, noes 20. ,., q,
The amendment reducing the mileaV
members TO 40 cents mile iorthe M Nv wv
hundred miles-35 cents for the neN Nv
and so on, limiting the aggregate hlga.'"
any one member to $3.50, was agreed O"'''
l2l, noes SO. 49,, ,rrr,;.sj
The bill was then ordered to he eus',S'''
and was finally passed, ayes lo'' uo No. #
The House then went into col'lll'" OE,,or
the whole and took up the JOINT res"'" e.,
orMr Brinkerhoof, voting thanks !" ' WIN
Taylor and the army, and one mo"'''' ''
pay 10 the soldiers. =. n,-,j,n A.
Mr. Black, ofSouth Carolina, olIerga n,r 10
mendment, to give three months ' WI TTTtlre
the wounded officers and soldiers, an beis at
months extra pay TO the widows "
law ofthose killed in battle. -, m the
MIR Burt opposed the amendmIf" ",,ouId eN-
ground that it was premature a NV "V wnou the
tail an enormous pension N''"
Mr. Black replied in an eloquent nI ip( Of tbs
made feeling appeal in bcna au Of th
whose blood was shed in defence
country. -,,;ob the mers
A long debate ensued, in whlc n as, "s the tle
of the war were discussed, as , wgn Acade-
boundary of Texas. The Milo eU" I'M share
nv ut West Point also came III III "
of abuse and defence. ,.;or orthanEsN
Mr. Mckay offered a resolulll2;" "h " after be.
Gen. TAYLOR and the army, WiIl a's"ympatlYC
inc amended so as to express the .bcso who fell
the nation for the relatives OF VA and the
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