Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-26
DOINes IN OONaREsk

In TIE SENATE. yesterday, after We vent to
press, the Senate rejected an amendment to tho
Civil AMI Diplomatic Appropriation bill, ap-
propriating 100000 for the payment Of tho
expenses Of the State Government Of Califor-
mia, between the dates of the organization and
the admission Of the said State into the Union.
Mr.. Hamlin moved an amendment appropri.
ating the following sums:
For custom houses at Ellsworth, Me, So.
600; Belfast, Me-, $40, 900 Gloucester, Mass
Cleveland, Sandusky and Toledo, Ohio, and
Burlington, Vermont SO, 900 each Nilwau-
kee, Wisconsin, $4,000; New Haven, Conn,
Newark, N. j.. Buffalo and OswegS, N. Y.
Detroit, Mich, Chicago, ILL.,, Wheeling, Va,
5000, each
Galveston, Texas, $100 600.
Petersburg, Vi.gisia, $4,000.
And the following for marine hospitals.
At New Orleans, $248 900.
At Detroit Aichigan, 5000.
At Pensacola, $4,000.
At Burlington, Iowa, $4,000.
The amendment was opposed by Nessss.
Hunter and Toombs, and supported By Aessrs.
Hamlin and Cas-. The bill was then post.
poned.
After concurring in certain amendments BY
the House to certain Senate private bills the
Senate proceeded to consider executive bust.
ness, and after some time, adjoaFned.
In THE House, yesterday, after We went to
press, the House. in Committee Of the Whole,
mr.. Fuller in the chair,) considered the Navy
Appropriation bill, when Mr.. Bocock addressed
the committee in favor of the Navy Reform
bill.
Mr.. Phelps opposed that bill as being out of
Ordar an anond nenf In q Naval
appropriation bill.
Mr.. r. moved an amendment sppropriating
$500 900 for increased pay for navy seamen
Mr.. Gerrit Smith, of N. Y, moved to amend
the said bill by adding clause saying that
no intoxicating liquor should be provided as
beverage on board U. s. National vessels.
This proposition was debated by the mover
C:ingman and Stanton, Of Tenn ;, against it.
MIR. Stanton, Of Tenn :, moved to amend tbs
amendment, by adding to i. a provision, for
bidding the officers on national vessels to use
splIituOus liquors upon them, as beverage,
which being sgreed to--the amended amend
ment was also agreed to-yeas IL, nays 81.
On motion of Mr.. Phelps, au amendment ap
propria!ing $50 600 for expenses Of the Japan
expedition was adopted.
Tho committee then rose, and the House ad.
journed.
81 PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY.
SENArE.-Mr. Hamlin's Custom Houses
amendment was further discussed by Mcssrs
Bright, Brodhead, Toucey, Stuart, johnson
and Toombs, before the Star went to press.
HoUsE.-Mr. Letcher movsdbto suspend tho
| rules to enable him to introduce a bill to re-.
peal the Minnesota railroad land don ating act,
approved June 20, 1854; rules not Suspended
yeas 100, nays60.
The rules were then suspended, and they
went into Committee on the Navy Appropria.
ton bill, several amendments to which were
duly considered and disposed of.
Having voted to report the said bill back
| the com nittee rose, and the question arose on
agreeing to the amendments to that bill, re-
ported back from the committee Of the whole,
| many Of which were agreed to without q divi.
sion.
The question was then put on agreeing to
| the amendment prohibiting tho use of spirit
| uous liquors on the ships of the U. S. NAVY as
a beverage; and it was agreed to--yeas 81,
| nays IS.
1t was next msved to reconsider that vote.
| and then to lay that last motion on the table ::
| upon which the yeas and nays were being
| called as tho Star went to press.