Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Tbs SPEAkER laid before the House q message from
the President of the United States transmitting repor
from The Secretary Of Stats in answer to resolution
adopted the 9Th of February last calling for copies Of
all tho correspondence Of the Hon. Humphrey Marshall
late Com missioner to China with the State
On motion Of Mr.. BAYLy, Of Virginia, the message
and accompanying documents referred to the Com
mittee Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mr. JONES, Of New York, from the Committee on the
the relief Of Thomas c. Nye with the Recommendation
that it pass and it was committed.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House went into Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Union WRIaHT OF Pennsylvania in the
chair and resumed the consideration of the h;lI oakno
appropriations for the support Of the army for the
ending June 80, 1855.
Mr. FAULKNER moved to amsnd the bill BY adding
thereto the bill Of the SEN to regulate the paw I'd
and q. oe, the army of the United States
It'll - :, Of Virginia, and Mr. HOUSTON both OBJ.
,a = che amendment the ground that it was not
to the bill and contained appropriations not au-
.,sM N ...lea the amendment in order.
Mr. jones' of Tennessee, appealed ron TINS decision.
And the Question being taken, Aa.. .ne decision OF
the Chair stand the Judgment Of the Committee :" II
| was decided in the negative: Ayes Sc, noes So,
| So the amendment was ruled out of order, t,
| Mr. FAULKNER offered various other amendments
from the Committee on Military Affairs but they were
| ell ruled out of order.
The committee then rose and reported the bill to the
House, when the amendments made in committee were
concurred in, with the exception Of the one which au-
thorzed the Secretary of sell the highest bidder
the tract of land which the st. Louis arsenal stands
gether with the structures thereon much of the
ceeds may be necessary to be appropriated to the
erection of buildings for arsenal the barrack
track, and sale to be made for less sum than the
original cost Of the property The vote yeas IL
nays 81.
authorizes the appointment of military officers to super
intend the operations at the national armores and max
ing it the duty of the President by and with the advice
and Of the Senate to appoint competent and
wel-o civilians superintendent of said
res, YVES adopted by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Willis Allen, Thomas H. Bayly Banks,
BecheT Bennett Bliss Bridges Carpenter Caruthers Chas
John Davis Thos. Davis Dick Disney Dunham Eastman,
Eddy, Edgeron Edmundson Ellison, English, Ewing Fauk
ner, Fnger Florence, franklin, Fuller Goods Goodrich,
Greenwood Grow Aaron Harlan, Hendricks HEM, Houston,
Hughes Ingersol, D. I. Jones, George W. Jones, kdWeu
k aIs a ma
Maurice, MAXWELL Maya, MiddleswartS Mllson, Morgan,
Morrison, Murray Nichols Noble, 0lds Andrew Oliver Orr
Ready Reese, Thomas Ritchey Robbins, Rowe, Russell,
Sabip Sapp, Shannon, Shower Summons Skelton g. Smith,
Richard H. Stanton, Hester L. Stevens, satton straub
Nathaniel g. Taylor, Thurton Trout Tweed, UPham VAIL
vansant Walbridge, Walsh Eihu B. Washbnrne, Wells,
Yates, and zollicofer-117.
NAysMesrs. Aiken, Appleton, David J. Bailey Barks-
Campbell cngnan, Celquitt Cook Cox, Craige crocker
Curtis, Dawson, Dickinson, Dowde Edmands T. D. Eliot
Farley Hastings Haven Hill Hunt, Roland Jones, Keit.
Knox, Mcqueen, Norton, Peckham Pennington, Phillips,
Preston Riddle David Richie, Run Seward Shaw Sim
geon William R. Smith, David Stuart Valley, and Israel
The bill then read the third time and passed by
the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs. James G. Allen Willis Allen, Appleton
Banks BarksdOe, Barry Belcher Bliss breckenridge Bugg
Carpenter Cardthers Chasain, Chrisman Clark Cngman,
Cook, Dawson Dick Disney, Dowde Edgcrton, Edlnnnds
Thomas d. Eot, Ellison, English, Farley, Faulkner Tlagle2
Rorencc Fra nkn Fuller Goodrich Greenwood Grow, HAIR
rison Haven. HendrckS HEM Houston Howe, Hunt Inger
soil, j. Clan Jones, Rolan kdwe Kurtz, Latham
Ii idley, Lindsey Macdona McDougan, McMnlen, Nc
Nar Macy, Maxwell Middles arth John G.. Miller, Nichols
Noble olds, Orr B. Perkins Phelps Phillips Pratt Preston
Ready, Reese Riddle, Robbins Rowe, Sabn Shower Ske
ton, William Smith, VIM. R. Smith, George Smyth Sollers
r. H. Stanton, H. L. Stevens stratton, David Stuart John
L. Taylor Thurst0n, Tweed, Upham, Vail vansant Wal
bridge, Valley, Tappan Wentworth and Il. B. Wright-93
NAYS-Messrs d. j. Bailey, Ball, Bennett Benson, b.
cock Boyce Bridges Campbell Caskie, Cobb Corwin Crock
or, Cuom, John G. Davis Thos. Davis Dent, Dickinson,
Eastman, Edmundson Gddngs, Goode Aaron Harlan, A. j.
Harlan, HILL Hughes, Daniel T. Jones, g. w. Jones, Knox
Lamb, Lecher, Lilly, Mcqueen Maeson, Maurice, Mlson,
Morgan, Morrison Murray Andrew Oliver, Parker, Peck,
Peckham ]. Perkins, Pringle Puryear, D. Richie Run
RUSSELL Sapp Seward, Shaw, Simmons, Singleton, Gerrit
Smith, N g. Taylor, Trout, Wade Elihu B. Washburne,
Washburn, Wheeler, Witte Yates, and Zolcofer-63.
And then the House adjourned.