The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-23

receiving his outfit To refuse this outnt to cut OF
intercourse with austria.
amendment would be to connrm Col. Webb, who was
improperly sent to Vienna the Of the assembling
OF the Senate He moved 10 strike out the sppropris
ton.
Mr.. BAyLY remarked. that his friend from Maryland
misunderstood the matter. In the civil and diploma
Col. Webb appointed and received it, AID unless
an outfit be given now no Charge be sent there 1t
10 very important that there shoud be Charge there
Our business with Austria 10 large and increasing and
he wss surprised that the gentleman from Maryland,
who the tobacco should be opposed
70 the mission that nation takes from Us DO much
Mr. MoLAsE Withdrew his amendment The motion
renewed, but decided In the negative, and the
amendment Of Mr.. Bayly adopted.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The clause for the erection Of wings to the Patent
Mr.. OrIs. (whig) Of Maine, moved on amendment, to
take the $4,000 for that purpose out Of the treasury
and not out of the Patent Office funds
A discussion ensued One side insisted that Is the
wings are not to be occuped by the Patent Ofoe but
for government ocss the money ought to out Of
and ought to be reduced that the surplus fund ought
to be devoted for the encouragement Of inventive
tax the eommunity at large, and ought to pay well
that the fund of the Patent Office has accumulated
and ought to be expended for the wings
MI, Mr., ons amendment was rejected; twsnty-ons ma
Other amendments shared the fate.
THE FLORIDA INDIANS
The CLAUSE to appropriate 100000, for the removal
and subsistence Of the Indians Of Florida was amended
BY cutting down one. half After some debate,
ment appropristipg two hundred thousand dollars for
the removal Of free negroes from the United States
Mr.. BAYLY interposed . question OF order.
The CHAIRMAN ruled that tho amendment Wa not In
order.
Mr.. EVANS would like to know If not in order now,
whether 1t would be at any time hereafter
The CHAIRMAN replied that the ground Of his deci.
sion was, that the appropriation not contemplated
by law.
INDIAN AFFAIRS In OREGON.
On motion Of Mr. THURMAN, (whig) of New York,
$1,000 were appropriated for the management OF In
dian Affairs In Oregon.
Other amendments were disposed Of when
Mr.. McCLERNANp (dem) of Illinois moved an amend
ment Of 50 c00 for the outfit of Minister to the Ger
man Confederation There were petitions before the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, numerously signed BY
citizens and resolutions Of State Legislatures against
the renewal Of the Austrian mission but by the
preparation to- day the subject wrested from the
OCCASION and would merely ask this committee whether
they are prepared to dispose OF subject In this man.
ner He would also something about the arbitrary
Confederation and the substitution Of that Of Prussia
MIR. BAYLy regarded the remarks Of the gentleman
as extraor binary. He (Mr did rot believe 1t was
the province Of the House to decide with what nations
diplomatic intercourse shall exist In extreme cases,
Congress might take the matter in their hands but he
did not mean 80 long rs he member Of Congress,
and the chairman Of the committee of Ways and Means
for party OF other purposes depart from the proprety
Of his station.
Mr. DUrR, (whig) Of New York, raised a question Of
order.
The CHAIRMAN decided that the amendment was
irrelevant because not connected with existing lay.
Mr.. McCLERNANp said that the appropriations for
foreign missions did always depend pre-. existing
The question then taken and the chair sustained
The Committee then roee Mr.. Bayly moved the pre-
viou' questions pending which, without dsposing Of
The House adjourned till Monday.