The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-16


The SPEAKER replied in the Affirmative,
The demand for tho previous question was Sc
conded and under lie operation. the resolution was
agreed to.
This aud tho two preceding resolutions Of the
select committee, which as follows. constitute
tho result Of tho action Of the House on the subject.
viz:
l. Rssolvsd, That the claim Of the representatives
OF George GAlph!n was not just demand against
| the United States.
2. Rssolusd. That the act Of Congress made Il the
duty OF the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay the
principal Of said claim, and II therefore paid
d in conformity with law' and precedent"
g. Rssoiped, That the act aforesaid did not autho
rize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the int.
rest on said claim, and It's payment was not Z" IN
conformity with law" or +" precedent"
Mr.. JONES asked the consent Of the House to
offer resolution, and moved a suspension Of the
rules
Mr.. BURT rose to privileged question, and
moved to reconsider the vote by which the third
resolution OF the select committee was adopted and
to lay that motion on the table,
The SPEAKER said that the motion was not in
order, having once been made, and the vote by
which the resolution was heretofore adopted
aidered. He further remarked that the resolution
OF the gentleman from Tennessee Mr.. JosEs)
could be read, but Il WAS not in order At this time
to move suspension of the rules.
The resolution was read for iniOrmation--that
the amount paid, as interest, on the Gaphin
claim, should. in the opinion Of this House, be
| refunded to the Treasury by those TO whom 1t was
paid.
Objection being made, the resolution was not re-
| ceived.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. DANIEL asked, but did not obtain leave, to
introduce the following resolution, viz
| Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the expediency Of pre-
pairing and reporting as soon az practicable, BILL
with suitable penalties, TO prohibit all persons who
| are or may be employed in any Of the Executive
Departments, frsin acting as agent or attorney,
with or without compensation, III the prosecution
of any claim demand whatever, against the Gov
| crnment OF the United States.
EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF JACKSON.
Mr. HOLMES asked the unanimous consent of the
House offer Joint resolution, which, he believed
no man could object. He begged leave to state to
| the House that, at some former time Congress
generously granted to the committee appointed to
superntend the erection OF a monument to General
Jackson, five pieces Of brass cannon captured by
| him at Pensacola. On inspecting them, the COM
mittee discovered that they were fine specimens Of
art, which the United States should never permit
to be destroyed ; and now the committee request
Congress to take them back, and preserve them
| trophies, and, in lieu of these cannon, give them
old worthless Ones now lying at the arsenal in this
city, for the purpose of melting. On one of the
cannon captured at Pensacola ia the inscription,
'.Thc terrible thunder of Kings which General
| jackson easily Quoted.
| The Joint resolution was then read as follows:
Rescued by The Senate and House of Represent-
atire, That the President of the United States be,
and he is hereby authorized and requested to ca use
10 be delivered 10 the JAG kson Monument Commit
tee, III the city OF Washngton such old brass guns,
condemned as unseryiceable, and not being ma
| tonal trophies, as may be sufficient material for
casting the equestrian statue of Andrew jackson,
III the of construction in said city, under
| the direction of said committee.
A memorial signed by Il. Ii. French, John c..
| Rives, and ). w. Maury, on behalf Of the jackson
Monument Committee, read, in which the
committee return thanks to Congress for the gift
| OF the and taken by General lar
son at Pensacola. "These pieces given
with view to conversion into the bronze eques-
| TRAN statue, which the people have contributed
| TO erect, IN coInmcmoration OF General Jack
sons achievements; but they have been found,
on examination, to be themselves such beautiful
works of art and well worthy of preservation rs
national trophies, that the committee have con-
Guided 10 apply TO Congress for other old cannon,
| Condemned as unserviccabie, and not trophies
enough of which are now lying useless in the
senaI IN this city, to complete the construction Of
the statue. Tins, the committee say, will cave the
hne antiquatcd pieces that bear the motto of the
5ovcreigns under whose auspices the continent
discovered The engraving on the brcech bears the
menace OF The terrible thunder Of kings Vio-
ldti Regis Fuimind. They should be laid at the
feet OF Jackson's statue, TO evidence the world
how harmless is the thunder Of kings when hurled
at the men OF iron, whose armor is the patriotism
inspired by the republic. These trophies should be
preserved Tor the glory Of country, like those
taken at rstoga and Yorktown, and the batteries
recently returned from Mexico, inscribed with the
names of the heroes who directed them and BY
whom they were cmblazoned with tho victories Of
Palo Alto Resaca, Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera
| Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Chorubusco, Molina del Rcy,
! Chepultepec, and the city OF Mexico"
The joint resolution passed.
The House referred TO the Committee on Printing
the Joint resolution of the Senate providing Tor the
printing of ten thousand copies for the Senate, and
twenty thousand copies for the House, of tho pro-.
ccedings Of both houses, the funeral arrangcments
the discourse Of the Rev. Dr. Pync, etc, attendant
] ON the dea IA of the late President
THE syerLVs TrSD.
Mr.. SWEETSER, on former occasion, intro
duced a resolution for the appointment of select
committee Of five members TO inquire whether the
Secretary of the Treasury without warrant of law,
had appropriated money out OF the contingent fund.
This he subsequently modified.
Mr.. CHANDLER had offered the following,
an amendment, which was agreed to. viz
Re,oiped, That the Committee of Waysand Means
report TO this House account of all sums OF money
which may have been taken, if any, from the
plus fund which had accumulated to said fund
der the provisions Of the act of Congress of 1895,
from appropriations made for the Florida Indians,
and for other purposes, under various specific APP
preparations made by Congress.
Mr.. JONES (this morning) moved to lay the
whole subject on the table, as he thought that the
Committee Of Ways and Means had enough to do
already.
The question was taken. and the motion dis
agreed 10.
And then the resolution as amended at the in
stance OF MIR. CHASDLER, was adopted.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
MIR. BAYLY asked leave TO offer a resolution
that the several appropriation bills, including that
for the payment Of the civil and diplomatic
pcnscs Of the Government for the year ending June
30, 1851 be made the special order Of the day for
to morrow, at ~ o'clock, and be continued such
every day, with the exception Of Friday and Sat
urday, until they shall have been disposed Of.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of
the rules.
The SPEAKER, Tin response to Mr. CLrSeMAS,)
said that when there was special order, the Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state OF the Union can
take up the appropriation bills.
Conversation ensued between several gentlemen,
when
The question taken on the motion to suspend
the rules, and decided in the ncgatlyc-yeas IS,
nays 90.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
Mr.. HAMMOND offered a resolution, from the
Committee on Engraving, proposing to print Ger.
tain maps 20 he placed in public documents.
Mr.. HARAISON and others made few remarks
which were not heard amid the confusion prevalent
Mr.. CARTER inquired of Mr.. WEsTwoRTH,
whether the printing establishment had not burst
md whether the work not at standl
Mr.. WENTWORTH, (who il Mt the head of the
Select Committee appointed to investigate the mode