Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-31

" he Committee ON Commerce, made Yesterday by Mr.
EYMouR Of New York. for the purpose of keeping it be-
fore the House.
Mr.. STANLY moved that there be call of the House
which motion disagreed to-
Mr.. STANLY asked the gentleman from New York to
withdraw the demand for the previous question SO as to
afford him an opportunity to offer amendment to the
bill.
Mr.. SEYMOUR, of New York. declined to withdraw the
motion
The previous question was then seconded and the
ton being ordering the main question to be now put
Mr.. STANTON, of Ohio demanded the yeas and NAYS
which were ordered and being taken resulted Yeas 49,
nays rs.
So the main question was ordered to be now put
when
The motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Commerce was disagreed to.
The question then stated to be concurring in
the following amendment, made in Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, motion Of Mr..
CAsKIE:
For the improvement of the James and Appomatox rivers
below the cities Of Richmond and Petersburg, 5000"
Several gentlemen demanded the yeas and nays on this
amendment.
Mr. MEADE gave notice that he intended to call the
yeas and upon every clause Of the bill if they should
be ordered upon the adoption Of this amendment.
The yeas and nays ordered and being taken re-
suited: Yeas l05 nays 90.
SO the amendment agreed to.
The question then stated to be in the
following amendment adopted in Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union, on motion of Mr.. AsHE:
of the town of Wilmington North Carolina be authorized
levy and collect tonnage duty exceeding four per
ton all vessels not less than sixty tons for the purpose
clearing out the distractions in the mouth of Cape Fear
and that to effect that purpose the said Commissioners be
thorized to pledge the receipts from the said tonnage duty
the interest principal any loan that may
for that purpose provided the Legislature of North Carolina
ut its next session. order and authorize such tonnage duty
The amendment was agreed to: Yeas 80, nays 76.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Georgia. moved to lay the bill on
the table, and upop this motion demanded the yeas and
nays which were ordered and being aken resued Yeas
~, nays 104.
So the House refused to lay. the bill on the table
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read
third time, and being engrossed read the third time
The question being on the passage Of the bill
Mr.. SEYMOUR, of New York, moved the previous ques
on which was seconded and under its operation the bill
was passed by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Allison, William Appleton Babcock Bar
Bartlett, Bell, Bennett Bowie Boyd Brenton Briggs
George II. Brown, Burrows Lewis d. Campbell Thompson
Campbell, Cartier, Chandler Chapman, Clark Curtis Geo.
Eastman Edgerton, Evans Fitch, Florence Floyd Fowler
Thomas j. d. Fuller Giddng Goodenow Goodrich Green
Harper Haws Hasca Haven, Hebard Henn Horsord John
w. Howe Thomas M. Howe, Thomas Y. How Hunter, In
gersos John Johnson Robert W. Johnson George
King Preston King, Kuhns, Landry, Lockhar Mann Mar
tin, Miller Miner Moony, Henry d. Moore John Moore
Morchead, Murray Newton Outlaw Samuel W. Parker
Penn, Pennman Perkins, Porter Price, Rantou Richard
SON. Riddle, ROBBIE, Sackett schermerhorn, Schoolcra
Staniy Benjamin Stanton Abrm p Stephens, St. Martin
Stratton Srother Stuart Thurston Townshend Tuck Wal
prluge walsh, w elch, Addison Whlte, and Yates-l03.
NAYSLMessrs. Abercrombie, Willis Allen Ashe Thos IL
Bayy Beale Bocock Bragg Breckenridge Albert g. Brown
Busby Edward c. Cabel Caldwell Case Chasain Church.
we'll Cleveland, Clngman, Cobb, Culom, Daniel Dimmck
Disney, Durham, Edmundson, Ewing, Ficklin Freeman
Gamble, Gentry, Grey, Hamilton, Isham g. Harris Hart,
Hendricks, Hbbard Hlyer. Holiday Houston, Howard
jackson Andrew JoERson JAS johnson, George W. Jones'
kurtz, Letcher Humphrey Marshall Mason McIanahan
McMuen, McNar Mcqueen, Meade, Mlson, Murphy, Olds
Orr Peasee Phelps Robinson Ross Savage, 0rgen S. Sey
mour, Smart Smith, Richard H. Stanton Stone Sutherland
Venabe Wallace Ward Watkins, Alex White, Wilcox Will
drick, Williams-75
Mr. HOUSTON moved that the House resolve itself into
Committee of the Whole ON the state of the Union.
Mr.. SEYMOUR, Of Connecticut, moved that the House
resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the Private
Calendar
This being private bill day. the question first taken
on the motion of Mr. SEYMOUR and it was agreed to.
PRIVATE CALENDAR
The House accordingly went into Committee of the
Whole (Mr SEYMOUR, of Connecticut in the chair and
proceeded to consider the bills the private calendar
The bill for the relief of David Myere was taken up
and debated at considerable length Without disposing
of the bill the committee rose.
MILITARY ACADEMY BILL.
Mr.. HOUSTON, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, to which referred the Military Academy BILL
with the Senate amendments thereto reported the same
back with the recommendation that the House agree to
some and disagree to others of the Senate amendments
and the bill and amendments committed
The House then adjourned.