The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-24
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MI Bagby and he-Was qualified and Jooh M %
Mr. Downs introduced aabill to facilitate tle en-
tries Of preGmption CLAIMS t,sotts the
Senate took up and passed the hghlho"S0 '-'-'
from the House, with amendments .,oo,,t
The Senate then proceeded TO the aPpoitlitiS,bI,
bv ballot Of the committee of eight, TO which ny
Ooregon bill and amendments, and tle Palt -. -
Presidents late message relating to Inc
Governments in California and New lgA ~ 81
Yesterday ordered to be recommitted, ana tlIe ioi
| lowing Senators were elected, by Vote NaLynE
from 50 to 80, out Of forty-eight Senators present
Messrs. Clayton, Chairman Bright, Ga iFyIi
Clarke Atkinson, Phelps, Dickinson ana w ooJ
ward. Ofthese. three are supposed TO DC opIoSeu
and five in favor Of the adoption OF tAe to'"p'''
mise line of 36o 3d. 60, -f,.
The bills to make Bangor a port Of entry Tor
vessels from and beyond the Cape OF t'0ou I -
and the bill to change the terms OF the u -
! Courts in kentucky, were passed.
HoUse-The Speaker announced that pursuant
| 10 an order of the House, adopted when Inc au-
| iournment took plack last evening, the sergeant
! alarms was present with the absentees, amounting
! in all TO about fifty; when Mr.. Hudson moved
tat further proceedings IN the case De
! with which notion and all further procedures
We're finally laid on the table, after debate WlGu
occupied about an hour, 90 to %, beng puI H''0
more than quorum. s1,
Onmotion of Mr.. Tilliard, it was ordered " that
! all absent members now IN custody OF ue scr
| rpaut-a he admitted 10 4DeN seats "'L F'9
Hleuf of fees except such as shall hcreht Ter oe tA
crsed by the House for their non-atteudance, ihty
of course being admitted without such payment.
Messrs Petit flenIy, Bots, Cathcart, MciaIe'
! Marsh, Bplcher and Collamer, were then seFei"'y
So excused by the House for their nOn-attehqace'
! No further eycuse- being offered, alter some ui-
| u,portant motions had been made and decided, the
House. on motion of Mr.. O. ". Jones, resolved II
self into committee of the whole and resumed ,he
consideration of the general Appropriation DILL Dut
a., ain
| conclusion. cr
Onmotion of Mr.. Yinton, committee OF confer
pnce was appointed on the Indian Appropriation
Bill and then the House adjourned
sEvArE-Ju'y Nm. Butler from the Judi
carv Committee, made report OF the e&Pellehcy
of an appropriation TO pay extra compensation 10
the Iudg, Of the L. :. District Court tor iOuiSl-
ana, for certain Judicial services. ordered u NC
printed.
Tie Senate took up the bill to establish Branch
Mint Of the United States in The city OF New 0Th,
and an amendment was adopted, on motion OF Nj
Butler including also provision iOr The eStapll9-
ment of Branch Mint in the city OF Charleston,
o.. :. CT to q. The question was then taken on
ordering the bill, thus amended, to be eHgrossg"
and read third time, and II was decided m 'ue
negative, by yeas and nays-!2 to ." 50 the OH
The Arny-Offcers, etc.
HoUsE-lIr Bolts moved that the House take
up the bill amendments OF the Senate, ana pro-
posed amendments Of the Military Committee OF
IIouse in reference to a reduction of the number
of Generals and other officers at the close of the
| war with Mexico. 1t was necessary that the nlil'
if it 10 be passed at all, should be passed ne
fore Thursday next
1t was taken up. and Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee,
opposed both the bill and amendment
! Mr.. Bolts explained briefly the different amend
| mpnts By the act of 1916, it was provided that
one Major-GeneraI and two acknowledgements
should be appointed, IN addition to those lheh III
al d I'll Tho I'M he
should be again reduced to one Major General and
! two BrigadIer-G GENERALS. Under this law zen.
Taylor was appointed Major General, and Gems:
Twiggs and kearny acknowledgements. The bill
which has now passed the House proposes TO repeal
the provision of that bill which requires the dis
charge. at the close Of the war, OF one Malor-Gen-
p cral and two acknowledgements. This the Sen
ate has proposed to amend by extending the time
y for such reduction TO March, 1919 by the act OF
T 1917 it was also provided that certain Majors ana
other officers TO be taken from the old regiments,
should be added to each of certain of the new reg
9 iments. These the Senate amendments proposed
also to continue until March 1919. No case, he
said of more grieyOus hardship could be conceived
than the taking of these officers from the Old regI-
0 ments. where their appointments are permanent,
and transferring them to the new regiments. to be
discharged at the close of the war. The OBJECT OF
4 the amendmendment Of the House 10 the amend
\ ment of the Senate, is to restore these Majors Ia
their former position and continue the other officers
5 SO transferred until March, 1919. The question
has arisen whether this course should be pursued
or whether all should be restored to their orlgma
position in the old regiments. FOR one ne mac
. thought the proper course was TO restore all, bu
such had not been the opinion OF the majority
q the Committee.
= The fourth amendment of the Senate proposed &c
give three months additional pay 10 the officers
#, on-commissoned officers, musicians and PrlNajeS
# who had served out their lime IN the war win GGN
p, leo. This the House Committee mad ameh9e" nS
- excluding those officers absent on IeaNe' III I"'
3. | United STATES, when the war lermiha'eu'
l. Mr.. J. X lngersoH made a few remarks as 10 !'s
Pf"PHeiy ol commune permanently .n5 t..o'
e referred to- while the other oiIGerSi so transferred
If Were to he retained only uhII March, Iot', 1870
e Mr. Boyd, of kentucky, was opposed to the pro
If posed repeal Of the provisions OF the bill Tor dis
It charging officers al tHe close 81 me wal Ile wa
opposed 10 every secuoh oqI lig ,', iila nc wa,
IN mat opposed 70 SlIl'@ 9le @otI',olt' pay ~ '
} but IfN1lCS. " lih the OllIttIH II was d HIISl