Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-03

Il ~ sVuCsaueu W suyIg guat He Hou DC
come tired Of living upon promises alone
and called upon gentlemen from ths Yves
tern States to prepare to 20 with him In
future. in opposing appropriations for the
seaboa,d, until something should be dons
directly for the West.
/ Mr.. Reynolds, Of illinois, said that he
was sorry to detain the House at this late
period Of the session; but the snbjsct was
interesting to the people he represented. in
Illinois, which is his excuse for addressing
single word to the House.
The gentleman from Kentucky, said he
was opposed to the amendment, as II Gre.
ated more officers TO- superintend work OH
the western waters, than were necessary,
IL 10 not possible for any one officer, NO
matter how efficient and competent he may
be. to superintend all the works Of inn
provement that ought to be made on the
Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers -.
The House well knew that these rivers
stretch over vast extent Of country; 80
that II the work Is to be done at all du.
ring this season, il will require more Off.
GERS than one, to carry II on with that eff.
ficiency that the government ought to oh.
serve In the improvement Of these rivers.
The gentleman from Kentucky, {Mr.
Hawes,) also states that fifty thousand
dollars for the Improvement Of the Missis.
sippi, above the moutl, Of the Ohio, and
the Missouri to Liberty, is too much, and
more than the Secretary Of War required.
Mr.. r. said. II the Congress Of the
United States appropriate any thing asalI
for these noble and useful rivers, It ought
not to be less than that sum. It would
be ridiculous improvement that less
sum would effect on the Mississippi, be-
tween the mouth Of the Ohio, and the
Falls Of 81. Anthony, and the Missouri,
Us high up as Liberty. The sum Is not
too much. II any thing be given at ali,
let IL Be that sum or more.
Mr.. Hawes then asked for the yeas and
nays on concurring with the Committee
Of the Whole, in this amendment which
were ordered, and were-yeas 1O4, naysSl.
So that the amendment was concurred
in.
Mr.. Wise then moved to strike out the
enacting clause Of the bill. He wished 10
test the sense OF the House on the sub.
ject Of internal improvements by We Gen.
eral Government, and repeated what he
had said in Committee OF the Whole, that,
now the Deposit bill was passed. the bill
under consideration was nothing more than
a scramble for unequal shares Of the pttb-
lie money. before the day Of distribution
came.
Mr.. w. asked for the yeas and nays on
his motion, which were ordered, and were
yeas SO, nays 1888 so the motion was
disagreed to.
Mr.. Smith moved an additional item OF
$4,000 for building steamboat to aid in
the removal Of the Red river raft, which
was agreed to.
Mr.. Hawes renewed his motion to strike
out the appropriation Of $500, ,0Otl for the
of the Hudson river, and |
spoke at some length in support Of his
motion.
Mr.. Switzerland then moved the previ.
ons question, which was seconded---yeas
"a, nays 4s.
Mr.. Hardin called for the yeas and nays
on ordering the main Question to be pht
which was ordered, and were--yeas LOG,
nays 70.
So the House determined that the main
question should be now put.
Mr.. Lewis then moved call Of the
House. Lost. s s
On the call Of Mr.. Patton, the yess and
nays were ordered on the main question,
,eing on the etgrossment of the bill, and
he question being taken. was decided in
he affirmative-yeas 1876, nays 50 !; Mr..
Pierce voting in the negative
So the bill was ordered to be engrossed
or third reading.
Mr.. Halves said he did not wish to de-
ay this bill, but he wanted direct vote
# the House upon the appropriation of
100000 for the H0dsoh river. Ifs NOV
d to re.commit the bill to the Committee
4 the Whole, with instructions to strike
mt that clause, and asked for the yeas and
lavs, which were ordered.
After some remarks from Mr.. Boon, the
question was taken and decided in the
so, nays 1tJl.
The bill thus voted against by Mr.
fierce. on June 90, 1886, received the
primal approval Of President Jackson. on
be ID Of the following month. On turn.
l1g 10 Little l. Browns edition Of the
'nblic Statutes, (vol. s. pages 81, 6s COY
re find the act in question, which en-
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