The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-04

BUILDINGS IN MINNEeOTA.
Mr. WALKER moved to postpone all prior or
Tor the completion of public buildings in Mime
sofa; which motion was agreed to and passed.
Is Fsrsy NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
Mr. HUNTER moved that the Naval Appropri
| atinn bill be taken up; which motion was agreed TO-
The question pending was on the amendment
offered last night by Mr.. MALLORY, to add to the
bill the provisions contained in the bill passed BY
the Senate some time since, for the Reorganization
| of the navy of the United States; to which Mr.
| HALE had moved to add provisions to establish
United States This amendment was rejected
and the amendment of Mr.. MALLORY was agreed
to-yeas %, nays 90
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
| A message was received from the House an
nouncing the non concurrence by that body in tn.
report of the committee of conference on the dis
agreeing votes of the two Houses on the Deficiency
bill, and asking the appointment of new com
mittee Of conference.
Mr.. HUNTER asked permission to make mo
ton respecting that bill
Mr.. BADGER objected to the motion,
Mr.. HUNTER asked how the Senator could OBJ
ject to motion which he had not heard
MIR. BADGER said he knew the Senator in
| tended to move for second committee of confer
ence. he intended to oppose the appointment o
any such committee.
Mr.. HUNTER said the Senator would abandon
that position hereafter, and asked what was the
use IN delaying action on the bill.
Mr.. BADGER said it was impossible to resis
| that appeal.
Mr.. HUNTER moved that the Senate appoint q
| second committee of conference on the Deficiency
| BILL.
Mr.. BADGER opposed the motion. He read 8
paper stating the dates upon which the appropria
i ton bills were received from the House. the day
| when reported, and when acted on He did this t.
show the country all the responsibility rested some
where, and not upon the Senate, for the delay o.
\ fhoE0 h lie,
| late day, and had been acted on promptly. The
| House had rejected nearly all the Senate amend
ments. Conferences we're asked, and the mana
gers on the part of the Senate had yielded nearly
| every material point. The House had refused t.
concur in the report Of the conference committee
| though the Senate had done 80 unanimously
| Was the Senate to allow itself to be reduced by
| such proceeding on the part of the House to the
position of being mere registers of the proceed
| ings of the House. By the Constitution it was q
| coordinate branch of the Legislature, and had ali
| the powers and functions of legislation that the
| House had, with one exception-the power to orr
templated that the Senate should be deprived of its
/ power and right to determine equally with the
House as to what was necessary in the Legislation
OF the country; it never intended that the Senate
| should have no power over the legislation of the
| country but to approve and sanction what the
| House should provide To appoint second COM
mittee of conference would be to say to the House
that the Senate was willing to make further con
| cessiODs.
Mr.. HUNTER replied, he denied that the an
| pointment of new committee would not imply
that the Senate intended to make further conces
| sions; the whole subject would be open as before
There were but few points in controversy but the
| report OF the committee was necessarily rejected
as a whole;
| Mr. BRIGHT defended the proceedings of the
committee of conference on the Army bill.
new committee. He thought it would have salu
tary effect to defeat it 1t would perhaps. be an
indication to the Government that Congress would
not sanction the expenditure of any money by the
Government made no expenditures beyond the ac-
tual amounts appropriated by Congress, there
would be no necessity for deficiency bill.
Messrs. DAVIS, BRIGHT, GWIN, TOUCEY,
and MASON supported the motion to grant new
committee of conference.
The motion was agreed to-yeas 40, nays 3.
Those who voted in the negative are Messrs
Badger, Borland, and Brodhead.
BASIN AND RAILWAY In CALIFORNIA.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
Navy Appropriation bill
Mr.. BADGER renewed in a modified form the
amendpent directing the completion OF the con !.
tract for the construction of the basin and railway
in connection with the dry-dock in California; and
alter further debate 1T was agreed to-yeas 81,
nays a.
EXPLORATION OF AFRICA
MIR. MILLER moved to amend the bill by adding
thereto an appropriation of 5 1870 900 for an expo.
ration of that part of Africa near Liberia.
THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC BILL
Was here returned from the House with several
Of the Senate amendments disagreed to, and others
amended.
On motion of Mr. H INTER, the Senate insisted
on its amendments, and asked committee of ION.
ference.
Messrs HUNTER, BELL, and BRIeHr were an
pointed on the part of the Senate.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
Navy bill, and after some debate touching the sub
ect of colonization and the recognition of the inde
pendence of Liberia, the amendment was rejected
yeas 20, nays 81.
ERIcssoS's cALoRIc.
MIR. WIN, from the Naval Committee, sub.
mitted an amendment authorizing the Secretary
Of the Navy to have constructed propeller fri
gate to be supplied with one of Ercsson's caloric
engines, at coat not exceeding $500,00O.
Messrs BORLAND and G WIN supported the
amendment, which was rejected-yeas 10, nays
27-as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Badger, Bell, Borland, Charl.
ton, Clarke, Cooper, De saussures: Fish, Foot,
gum, Miller, Morton, Pratt, Spruance, and
Wade-l9
NAYs.-.Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bayard,
Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Chase, Dodge Of Wiscon.
Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, James, Norris. Pearce,
Petit, Rusk, Sebastian, Smith, Sumner, Toucey,
Underwood, Walker, and Weller-27.
INCREASE OF THE NAVY.
Mr., GWIN moved an amendment appropriating
$500 900 to provide for the construction of stea
propeller frigate, two steam-propeller schooners,
and two steam propeller sloops of war; and it was
rejected yeas 81, nays %.
NAVY YARD AT NEW ORLEANS
Mr.. GWIN moved an amendment providing for
the purchase of site and the construction Of the
necessary buildings, &C., for navy yard and de-
pot at or near New Orleans, which was agreed to.
TEXAS Navy.
MIR. RUSK moved to amend the bill by adding
thereto provisions for the incorporation of the navy
of the republic of Texas into the navy Of the Uni-
| ted States.
| Mr.. PRATT moved to amend this by providing
that the officers of the Texan navy be paid an
amount annually equal to the sum allowed officers
of SINH ler grades in the United States navy when
on leave of absence; this was rejected.
The question recurring the amendment pro-
PEARCE, BADGER, SMITH. WALKER, MA
SON, MILLER, and BAYARD; and supported by
Messrs RUSK, DODGE of Iowa, DOWNS, NAL.
LORY, and HALE. 1t was then rejected-yeal
| 20, nays 80.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
Mr.. HUNTER. from the committee of confer.
| ence on the Deficiency bill, made report. Re
said the report was the same as that made laet
| night, with three exceptions. The Senate now
retained instead of losing the amendments for the
custom house at California, and the provision
corning the surveys of land in Iowa they lost,
however the provision for the assay Office in Cali