Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-10
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SENATE.


Mt Allen presented the resolutions OF the legislature NJ
hnoee sanu on Tue subject OF slavery, against the Ne.
orask. BILL against the fugitive slave law and against The
acquisition OF new territory.
bill making appropriation for constructing miI.,
| ted and passed. >P''
ject reported bill for the Improvement OF the
oil the Paapsco river and to mako the harbor of
accessible to war steamers Of tho United ststes
MT Mallory offered resolutions calling for in(ormato,
respecting the construction Of Canal across the PENN.
saar OF Florida and the removal Of the bar at St. Johns
river, In that State. Adopted.
The private calendar wss then taken up
Bill for the relief Of the heirs Of Brigadcr Geps,,,
Thompson Of tho revolution. Passed; yeas go nsYs 10
Tho Senate then passed twenty Senate bills aud siI
onse oiis aud postponed all Others on tho calendar
During the day Mr. Stewart moved to recousdsr m.
vote by which the Senate adopted the report of m,
committee dxing tho adjournment Of Cougr 3, on
The Chair, Mr Badger decided the resolution on, If
order. ou'o'
Mr. stewart appealed, but Afterwards withdrew the sp.
peal fne senate then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
MIR. Phillips asked permission to Introduce r.sot,,;o,
providing that and after Monday next the dsIy hnr
Mr.. Jones, Of New York, objected saving he v.s .u,
ing to meet o'clock, sit until two. aud come back a,
or In the evening.
Tho Speaker stated that the first business In or,s.
motion TO reconsider the by which the House yos
terday rejected the general appropriation bill
Mr. Orr said the action Of tho House rejecting the hin
u hot cacho any great surprise IN his mind. He
doubt It was produced by Incorporating In the bin Eve
SIX, or seven hundred thousand dollars for certain
houses lie opposed to that amendment but voted
or tue bill owing TO tho pressing public necessities Ar
ter consultation he proposed the House shall reconsider
the vote rejecting the b and that some one who voted
Tor tue custom house appropriation shall move TO recon-
suer the vote on II with the view that ii may be stricken
out The hll could then 10 passed All civil aud diplo-
oheers oil the government dependent for their
salaries on the bill
Mr. Preston frank say the friends of the custom
q pv va Tho h. g..
sderation, but they wanted the bill to pass us IL Was now
me appropriation for custom houses was recommended
oy tue Government and endorsed by both Houses
hr. hcMullen said, if the House of yesterday had
been u'i, the bill would have been defeated by much
irser majority. The difficulty was that gentlemen alter
voting the amendment In had refused TO vote for tho hin
he wanted one legitimate and lair providing only for
such appropriations as are authorised by law
The House reconsdcred the vote rejecting the hill and
that ordering 1t to be engrossed for third readipp-tha
latter by SIS against d..
Mr.. Stanton, Of Kentucky moved reconsideration or
the custom house amendment. Ho remarked he was In
favor Of the custom houses finding seventeen of those
who voted for them recording their names against the
b he thought better sacrifice the custom houses
for the present than embaras the great interests Of the
country. Wv
After long debate all the appropriations for custom
houses were striker out.
motion then made that they he reinscrted
amounting to about SSOO0OO and they were reinseed
yeas a, nays "a.
The bill then engrossed read third time and mass,
ed-yeas 92. nays 81.
The House then adjourned.