The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-24

were ,Ojh, and which without the sanction of tn.
Navy Department, and also. report each omission
a failure to carry the mail according to the terms
Of the contract
After debate between Messrs. Marshall and
BAYLr, it was agreed to. Ayes Is, nays "a.
Mr.. STANTON, Of KY, moved an amend
ment providing for the incorporation Of the officers
OF the late Texas navy into that OF the U. States
II was the same that offered on Friday last, ex
GLIDING the pursers, to make II in order.
The amendment was lost. Ayes 56-nays 72.
Mr.. HOLMES moved provision requiring the
Secretary in selecting persons to be appointed mid
shipmen, to construe their residence TO be at the
place of their parents residence at the date Of APP
poIntmeut. Et
| Mr.. PEASLEE moved the following substitute
| That no midsnpman shall be appointed in
The navy from any Congressional district having
at the Tune OF the appointment more than two Off
GERS of that grade in the navy from such district
and whenever AN appointment shall be made fsom
any State, the person so appointed, shall be an
actual resident OF the Congressional district from
which the appointment purports to be made, and
provided further, that such Congressional district
ofany State az may moi have any midshpman in
the navy at The time an appointment may be made
from said State, shall be entitled to at least one
appointment before any other shall be made from
any district OF the State having one or more Off
GERS of that grade in the navy"
The substitute agreed to.
|. MIR. STANTON, Of Tenn, moved an amend
ment requiring that the meridian of Washington
shall be hereafter adopted for astronomical pur-
poses, and that the mardnn Of Greenwich he
adopted for nautical purposes. Agreed to.
Mr. ASHMUN, moved provision requiring
the Secretary Of the Navy in making contracts for
naval Supplies to give preference to articles of
American growth and manufacture, where the
quality is equal, and the price not greater than the
foreign article. Agreed to-
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men for paying to the superintendent Of the naval
school at Annapolis the pay and rations s
officers of his rank entitled to when at sea-
Agreed to. AH se8
Mr.. WHITE moved to insert provision for
the payment OF Ward B. Burnett, at the Navy
Yard at Philadelphia, $3.50, commencing at the
time of his appointment. Agreed to.
Mr.. CABELL moved to substitute the word
extraordinary for the word completing in
reference to a wharf at the Navy Yard, Pensa-
| cola. Agreed to.
MIR. STANTON. of Tennessee, moved pro-
vision appropriatng 100000 for commencing the
| construction of floating sectional or balance
dry dock, basin and railway, at some harbor on
the coast Of California, and directing the Secreta'
ry to contract for the same with Samuel ID. Da-
kin, John S. Gilbert, Zeno Secoe and Rutherford
| Moody. Agreed to.
Mr.. LA SERE moved an appropriation of
$500 for suitable plans for building, &c. for the
| -
| Mr.. CARTIER moved TO reduce the aggre-
gate of the appropriations $500 900 and to re-
quire the President to restrict the expenditure of
the several items to effect such reduc-
| ton.
The motion ruled out of order.
| Mr.. STANLY moved an amendment requir-
ing the Secretary Of the Navy to detach such
portion Of the naval force may be necessary to
remove the wreck of the steam frigate Missouri
sunk in the port o. Gibraltar. Agreed to.
| Many othe; amendments were offered in Com
mittee, but we're rejected. ts
| On motion the Committee rose and reported the
bill and amendments TO the House.
Mr.. BAYLY moved the previous question and
it was ordered
| The amendments were read, and they were all
concurred in by the House, most of them by Sc
parate votes, excepting the proviso relating to the
contracts with the mail lines which was proposed
| by Mr. MARSHALL and adopted by the Committee,
and rejected by the House.
| The bill was then ordered to third reading and
| finally passed
Mr.. JOHNSON, OF Ark, by consent moved
a resolution limiting the allowance to leach mem
Der of the House for stationery and other articles
charged to them by the Post Master, to the sum
of S45 for the long session, and S25 for the short
session.
At the requet of Mr.. WENTWORTH, he ac-
| cepted as an amendment, a provision authorizing
| an extra payment to the employees in and about
| the capitol, and demanded the previous question.
| Pending the question, on motion the House ad-
journed.