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many special orders, and he hoped the House would not
add TO the number af slsA
Mr. HENLY explained that the object Of the bill was
to enlarge and amend the patent laws which were
inadequate owing to the great increase OF the business
OF the country
On division the motion was negatived
Mr. HENLY then said he must call for the yeas and
in order that the country might see how the House
had disposed of the bill
The yeas and nays being seconded were ordered. and
beng taken resulted as follows; 81 yeas 50 nays
ton was nesatived.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
On motion of Mr.. MCKAY, the House resolved itself
(Mr Cosa in the chair( and resumed the confederation
On NOTION Of NJ MCKAY ~ the eonn. rose and re-
ported the Indian aPpropriaton bin without amend
The question being on ordering the bill to be engrossed
MI g. HOUSTON demanded the pr.visss ss.soo,
which seconded and the main qssson osdercd 70
beEpt wasput. and decided in the affirmative.
The bill was then read third time and passed
CONSULAR SYSTEM
MI. w. w Campbell, from the select committee
to whom referred the report of the Secretary of State
upon the consular system reported bill to revise the
consular system OF the United States which was referred
Mr. CAMPBELL also reported from the same commit
tee bill! to carry into effect certain provisions in the
treaties between the United States and China. and the
Sublime PORT which was referred to the Committee Of
the Whole on the state OF the Union.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
On motion Of Mr. MCKAY the House again resolved
Union Mr FcklN in the chair) and proceeded to the
consideration Of the naval appropriation bill.
Mr. ROCKWELL, of Connecticut, moved an amend
ment of which, however, the reporter was unable to
obtain copy.
Mr. CULVER then addressed the committee in a
heightened speech embracing great variety Of topics
prominent members of the democratic party-the war;
the nancesthe State debts-and the course of an hon
of1Ge member IRON r ohH wv In the course
Mr.. ROBERTS, who remarked that il the gentleman
nmaed that the State OF Mississippi had repudated, he
Mr.. CULVER replied, that he meant to say that the
governor Of that State had repudated.
answer the TRADE of the member from New York He
had several for it. First there was not sab
stance enough to form a tangible pont-there was no
an anecdoe which happened in the New York legisla-
ture to member of that body-perhaps the member will
recolectit. The speech just heard reminded him Of it.
an one as we had just heard He was frequently
calling for the page to bring him water to keep
up the wind. member arose to a question Of or
point of order to writing He said the point was
whether. under the rules, il was right for a "wind-
mill to 60 by water, and Mr. s. understood that the
Mr.. S. said he was charged by the member from New
ork with having voted on both sides of the river and
harbor bill and that act was set down subsevency TO
the Executive (said Mr. 81 did vote both sides Of
the b but what were the circumstance under which
these two votes were given' He had voted for
there bill Was in the HSus where SsS i PS . ss
money in the treasury when it passed; il was
sent 10 the Senate and passed there after about two
months; sent to the President and by him vetoed it
then back to the House with the Presidents obec
tons. He then voted to sustain the veto and some Of
his reasons were that from the time it passed the House
to its RETURN had deliberately voted that existed
between the United States and Mexico The battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de Ia Palma had been fought We
had authorized the President to call for 900 volunteers
thorzed loan for the purpose Of carrying the
He ho'ght It no time to be making harbors and clearing
out rivers He thought and voted that all the enegea
of the nation ought to be put forth to sustain the honor Of
our country He had no apology to make to the member
from New York, to anybody else for the votes he
then gave; his constituents had passed upon that sub
iect But (said Mr.. 81 have insuperabe objection
to the member HIMSELF if all reports be tre and he be-
lieved what he now about to relate was true. He
just issued his trade Of filth against almost every prom
lnen member OF the democratic party was guilty OF an
attempt to bribe.
Mr.. SAWYER said he did not desire to vio-
late any rule. But suppose, MI. Chairman, person
Ill r1OuSe OF out on Hdu Deen guilty. uylnK VI
bride person to enter Masonic or Odd Fellows lodge
of New York for the purpose of being initiated into the
mysteries of the order and then reveal their secrets to
him. that he might reveal them to the world by pubica
tom Sir, could you-coud condescend to debate q
question this floor with any such character Mr. s.
then moved that the committee rise.
Mr.. CULVER then rose and said desire but a mo-
men to dispose of the genteman's attack; and first,
to the allegation. That intended, by the pumpkin vine
in Ohio fed to allude any Of his colleagues,
is far from the fact intended no such allusion but
referred to the seventy democratic press OF that
State, in connection with the highest keyed bugle at
Washington Such, sir, my auson, and such on
ly Then, Mr. Chairman, as to the gentemans "sup-
posed" case of "br'hery. will say, if he audes TO
in that inslnaton, his nsinuaton is false from begin
ming to end deny it broadly and fatty in every shape
| know nothing TO what the member alludes--nothng
of the kind ever occurred to my knowledge. IT, BY his
supposed case" he aludes to some other member
have nothing to say; but repeat. II his auson were
to me- pronounce it not only FALSE but cowardly false.
as being an insin,hatson rather than open manly
charge. Such thing entered my head. l would
not bribe" any man were able to do So nor could be
hired to do such deed, either for love, money
sages.
The committee then rose and reported, and
The House adjourned,
THURSDAY, JANUARY al, 1s47.