The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-21

corps, anu nave lhem before
| The question being then taken upon the amendment
II was agreed 10 on division-ayes 81. noes II.
| Mr. YULEE also moved to amend the bill by the in
seflon OF provision authorizing the appointment OF
sstant pursers in the navy.
In submitting this amendment, Mr.. Y said AT the
last session. upon the application OF the department. the
Senate passed bl authorizing the appointment of as.
ssant pursers of the navy and sent it to the House and
1t is now on their calendar. have been informed that
IN consequence Of the condition of the business of The
House II impossible to reach the bill this session and
1t only by this means that the action of the House can
be secured upon it. will state-though perhaps il is
scarcely necessary to repeat hat the total number of
pursers in the navy is sixty three. There required
for shore stations IL, and for settling accounts abe ut
2l-makng the number about 33 TO be deducted from
the total numbers and the remainder. being 80 in num-
her, are obliged to supply total of 90 vesselsno
Tor three vessels II is deemed, therefore, proper APP
point corps Of assistant pursers and to give them
'' Mr. cIMERo& Il seems to me- s- a. we Dc.
sired TO make office for every in the country
really think this is wrong idea. sir, and do not think
those pursers needed 1t is not necessary that we
should have purser for every vessel, and great
many OF them require no purser at all half of them
around the country idle. / should much rather see
these men set to work II their pay is too low can
be raised; but believe last year, when this proposition
made, there 500 applicants for those places
hope the Senate will not at this time make any
offices.
Mr.. ATHERToN hope this subject will be acted
upon IN separate BILL and that shall not take it up
here simply because we suppose il will not be reached
upon the calendar of the House do not know as the
ect OF consideration with US, to the proprety i'm
proprey of acting upon bill do moi know that for
this reason to add bills which have received the
sanction of the Senate, whether they be
reached in the House Upon the appropriation bill, it
seems TO me, about 10 engraft the whole egsla
S SG1iEfE: i San nohg ss can
the amendment, and will leave the Senate to take its
course 1t proper for TO say however, to the
ator from Pennsyyan MIR. CAMERoN,l that there are
no officers idle. There are no supernumeraries The
necessity has grown out OF the increase OF vessels in the
navy The necessity of the increase decided at the
Mr. WALKER. Before the Senate act upon this,
should like to inquire the meaning of the last clause
with regard TO appointments hereafter to be made? Here
corps of assistants to be created, and understand
that the vacancies IN the corps are to be filled out by
those assistants
Mr. HALE should like to have the chairman Of
the Committee on Naval Affairs tell me what is the
Mr.. YULEE The present number is g. The num-
Der the shore stations is 49, and those employed in
settling accounts about 20, making SO; leaving only 80
to supply 90 vessels
The question being then taken upon the adoption OF
the amendment, it was rejected.
Mr. YULEE moved still further to amend the bill by
inserting item appoprating $6 900 for the construc
ton Of rejecting telescope Of the largest size for the
use of the National Observatory, at Washington.
In submitting this amendment,
Mr.. Y. stated that it the plan TO send young
American to England where all the facilities would be
afforded for learning how to construct telescope of the
size OF Lord Ross II woud cost only IS 900. He had
understood that Lord Ross telescope constructed
cost $4,000 The telescope in al the National OBJ
sefsatory one of the smallest in the United States,
and they were not able to keep pace with the observa
Mr.. ALLEN. I would inquire whether this 5000 is
to cover the whole EXPENSE
Mr.. YULEE. No, sir understand it will cost about
IS 900 for the instrument.
Mr.. ALLEN. | understand that the rejecting tele-
scopes less costly than the refracting telescopes
The question being taken upon the amendment, it was
Mr.. BENTON from the select committee appointed to
inquire into the substitution of electro magnetic power
for steam, moved amend the bill by inserting the fol-
lowing
For testing the capacity and usefulness of tho electro
magnetic power mechanical agent for the purposes OF
vsaon and ocomoton, and the probable OF using
the according the invention of Professor Page the
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practical experiment OF said invention according 10 the
plan to be proposed and conducted by Professor Page
Mr.. BENTON. This amendment is proposed in
formity to the recommendation OF the select committee
on DR.. Pages invention The committee reported in
been printed and laid on the tables of senator's 1t con-
tains the of the committee for recommending this
appropriation and these reasons have not been mpusned
sailed will not defend them but have TO say to the
Senate that since the making of that report further
experiment has been made by Dr. Page of the power OF
his engine and in application to useful purpose. An
electro magnetic engine, with only half battery, has
been applied to a,prning press in this cty-a steam
power press-and has worked it perfectly and is now
work. In fact, Dr. Page has shown it, or rather Mr.
Towers, whose press is now at work by this power
Here is form OF sixteen pages printed OLA copy is laid
upon the table OF every sealorand this printing IS done
well as if done by steam power The heading to the
form says doing them at the rate Of 1900 impress
sions to the hour, and from my observation can
well believe 1.-THE press being single Napier with
bed OF "a by4I inches This a further experiment
made OF the power of this invention and its applicable
y TO the useful purposes of fe and may be taken in ad
ditlon to those reported by the committee.
Congress has made appropriation heretofore, to EN-
able Professor Morse to make practical experiment,
If fhnn IS
ton the electromagnetic telegraph and the appro-
priation had been well made 1t had produced ru-rch
fruit 1t enabled the inventor to perfect and establish his
machine; and now our citizens talking in whispers
to each other at the distance of thousands of miles
apart An appropriation to enable DR.. Page TO perfect
and establish the electromagnetic engine may bear the
same rich fruit. The probabilities are in its iavoras
much so as they were in Morse's; for | was the
committee which examined and reported in favor OF each
OF their inventions, and speak comparatively on that
point. Probabilities of successful result are al least
equal the end to be attained by the Of Pages IN
venon Is equal IN utility and grandeur 10 any that has
asonshed mankind in this age OF Inventions both grand
and useful The two appropriations rest upon he same
principle OF policy and being recommended by the same
considerations, fater myself that the sum which Is
asked will meet the appreciation of the Senate.
The question being then taken upon the adoption oil
the amendment, it agreed to-
! Mr.. DICKINSON moved to amend the bill by the IN
seron of the following item; which was agreed 10
For the embank nlent on the flats between the navy
yard and hospital at Brooklyn, $1,000
! Mr.. DAVIS OF Mississippi moved further 10 amend the
bill, by inserting the following additional sectons
SEC And be it further enacted, That the Secretary
the Navy and hereby, authorized and directed
far the public transport service will permit, employ
the steamers serred the Navy Department
ltal,li lean Yer