New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-24

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failure, and that any man who voted for it would
! be stricken down. He commended that, EXCEPT in
! the New York case, Mr.. Dickinson'sl this pro.
phecy had been falsi6ed. He replied to Mr. ason .
complaint of the obstacles, by suits ag ainSt mas
tiers, &c. thrown in the way Of the execution OF
this law, that they were the same in any other
case as well as this. A man might knock him
down and then sue him for damages How could
he prevent this he considered this defect owing
to laws which, instead Of being projections OF
reason, were projections of nonsense 1t was at
tributable, also, to those degraded members of a
leading profession, who, for the sake of fee
would undertake anything.
Mr.. BERRIEE got the floor, and after some dis.
cussion, the subject was postponed till Monday at
O'Clock.
Petitions were then presented, and the Senate
adjourned until Monday at II o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. BAYLY, topp) Of Virginia, from the Com.
mittee of Ways and Means, reported BILL max
ing appropriations for the naval service. Referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union.
The House then took up the bill making appro-
priatons for the Post Office Department and
passed it.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
the State of the Union, and took up the forti6-
cation bill.
Mr.. BAYLY, (Opp.) of Virginia, said our fortiR.
cations TO this date had cost the government
twenty millions and half of dollars With the
exception Of two, lately begun, they are all Of
them nearly completed. II gentlemen will oppose
let them direct their shafts at the new works. he
defended the policy Of Notifications, and Insisted
that steam had increased the necessity for them.
Mr. GIDDISGs, free Soil of Ohio, opposed the
whole system, and not any particular part of it.
1t had never been Of a cents advantage to the
country 1t was throwing money away Finally
the system must be abandoned, such is the pro-
gress of science art, and civiizat Any num-
Der of troops can be rapidly concentrated, by rail-
road, for defense.
Mr. HARRIS, of Illinois rose to reply to former
tariff speech of MIR. Hampton but was declared
out of order, and said he would print his speech.
Messrs. MCLANE, BOWIE, HOUsToN and JOHN
A. KING supported, and showed the Importance Of
Notifications.
Messrs TooMBs, SAcKErT and BowLIS oppos-
ed the BILL the work being useless
Mr. BRowN, of Miss. complained of remarks
made by Mr.. Ewing in the Senate, lately about
the manner ia which he was treated by the
Richardson Investigating Committee. MIR. b.
commented on Mr.. Ewings speech, and proceed
ed to take him from the list of gentlemen, and
put him in the catalogue OF backguards and
cslumniatOrs.
Amendments were then discussed In the
course of the debate
Mr. TUCK offered an amendment which he sub
seuuently withdrew, approprlating SlOO,OOO In
lieu of the money In the Dill, merely to protect
the Notifications. He said that the remark o.
Washington, in time of peace prepare for war
was made in barbarOas age.
Mr. BAYLY was not surprised by the remark OF
the gentleman: and he would remind the gentle
man that there were other remarks made by the
Father of his Country, one of which was "lndlg-
nanty to frown on all those who get up sectional
seitatioDs" in this country
Mr.. Tuck responded, saying that Mr. BAyly
fha Tnla fofTO
when among gentlemen, and remarked that when
At the last session Mr.. TOombs invoked the spirit
OF discord Mr. Bayly capped his hands and at
another time when Mr. Clingmau made an arga-
ment in favor of disunion, he MIR. b approved OF
it. Mr. Tuck relieved himself and his constltu-
ents from ever having done anything to lead 20
dsunion. =,
Several motions being made to rlse this being
the 22d of February, =
Mr.. VINToN called attention to the state of
public business, and said that 1t gentlemen did
not make greater progress there would be an
Extra Session. He intended to offer resolu'
ton to stop even five minutes debate
After some further discussion, the Committee
rose, when ,
NJ. McGAUGHEY moved to lay the bill on the
table, which was carried-Yeas ~, Nays 3D.
YEAs-Messrs Aloertson Allen An iers9n' 6 Aygse "
ONO Caldwell cf Kentucky, Caldwell OF North GaLolna
Campbell Csner Chns%sn J 6esr pS boy. 6Sshsn
DurEee Ednundsou, Evans Of Ohio FItch Godlngsi gu "
bert, German, 9ott Gould Green, Ha elson hsIrs oi
Ala Haymond Henry Howe Hunter, gohnson o. Tenn
Jones Julian, Mann OF Macs Mann Of fa Msesnt' ~
sou Nc Donald McGsughey, McLahasan NC M! On, Sie
Queer McWie Me.dr' Morshssd, nom' S Homs2a'
orr Outlaw Phelps, P'msn Potter kse1 sSa1s'
schoocrsn Strong, svselser Thomas Thompson OF ~
Toombs NanDyke Walden, Waldo, Watkins WeuOofn'
Whtesey, Young n. o,ohs
NAys-Messrs Aston, Bokee, Bowie Sreck; brooss'
Buei Bulard Burrows Butler Chandler CiarAe Co-'
Dixop Duncan Eliot Ewing Freddy. FULLER, sentry
GrinneI Holiday Hay, billiard, Holmes hou'0n, p2"
AID Jackson OF ca kerr, King Of N. y hlng' Ia
Sere Litllefeld msueson, Mcdowell, McLane OF , MI'
Moore Nelson, Newell, Otis, Parker, Putnam, hsey'
Rose Ross Schermerhorn Shepherd silse.er, Padng'
sprsgue Taylor Thompson Of Ky,, Tuck 'inton' WI
Mr.. BAYLY moved to reconsider the vote, when
severe struggle took place between the TRENDS
and foes of the bill. The yeas and nays were
called on motions t. adjourn, and thar there DC De
cali of the House, both of which failed. Finally,
at o'clock,
Mr.. TooMBs moved an adjournment, which was
carried-the question on the motion to reconsider