The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-09

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There lSS bilb ~jch kad ynass1 NAs SENATE and
nov peing IN tie House u Representatives,. some
of them public hills o much importance being Tor
the admias0q Of nav 6ta&A Into the Union. There
were SO House bils which the Senate ha Acted
and among thsm ths army appropriation bill, the
post Office appropriation bll. the mail steamship
II sSo % s 's0 .. y. sss S soo by
the chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations
Mr.. MAsos very important neaNarc which under Or
dnary circumstances would occupy weeks Of time in do
bate Mr. b. further Femastsd that Ia his Judgment
the interests Of the country required that the session
should BIO extended to the 21yt inst the resolution
had originally been introduced but upon consultation
with of his friends he had modified it, that II
would only extend tbs session TO the l4th inst II these
rccent indigptes upon conusrce and our flag
to be sanctioned BY 1hc British government there would
be necessity for further continuance Of the session
but he believed that in fsw dayx We should have On
entire discmsr upon the part Of that government Of
these act ppopg. however, that It should turn out
ofhcrwEse Who w6ud hc willing that cohgcss ahould
adjourn and leave the honor Of the country unprotected
In his view, Congress could very properly remain In
session until dispatches should be received from min
lister ut the Court Of ST. James For these reasons he
hoped the resolution would be taken up for consd
Grafton. ~, s
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. TOOMBS asked the yeas and nays on the adoption
of the resolution which ordered. He then briefly
replied to the suggestions Of Mr. BL.R saying that the
calendar had been got through with at the close of
session since the beginning Of the government and 1t
would be- The longer Congress remained in ses-
sion the business would accumulate and the longer
tho calendar would be-. Neither did he want 70 hear
fron our minister at London. He believed had in
formation enough this subject already and to
manning in session until hear from the crcumocution
office at London, hs hoped Congress would do no such
thing.
Mr HAMIN stated that in all his experience in Con-
gress he had known the private calendar nearly
disposed Of at the close Of . session AZ 1t is
The question being taken, the resolution agreed
to--yeas 49, nays is as follows
YEAS Alc,, Bayard, Dell, Benjamin, Hgier, Bright,
brown, Chandler Cy, Cngman, Colamer cs.enden Doaeas
Lurkce Fcencn, Fic Fitzpatrick Foo Green, Gwn, Hamun
King Mallory Mason slk Ruid RICE sebastian seward simmons.
sis Thomson Of New Jersey Tuma Wade Wilson, Wright aud
BrodeOk, Cameron. Clark Dixon
Stuart, Tholnpso or Kentucky and roomSs s~lo
ABSENT OR NOT VOTING Mnssrs Bates, Davis Shields and
On motion by Mr. THOMSON of New Jersey the
Senate proceeded the consideration Of the bill from the
HOUSE Of Representatives for the relief Of Mrs Mary A.
NJ Jones, widow If the late Adutant General Roger JONES'
of the United States army, which had been amended by
tn. addition Of section granting pension to Mrs Myra
Clark Gaines after discussion the hour arrived
for proceeding to the consideration Of the special ORDER
and the bill was therefore laid aside
AK,Y APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. MASON moved that the Senate proceed to the
the flag and citizens of the United States but the motion
was not agreed to--yeas Is. nays 40
On motion by Mr.. HUNTER, the Senate then proceed
ed to the consideration of the bill from the House Of Rep
resentaves making appropriations for the support of the
army for tho year ending the 3Oth of June, 1858.
The Committee on Finance lad reported an amend
ment striking out the appropriation Of for the
~ersten of old to make them breech- loading
guns in accordance with the Recommendation of the Sec
retary o. War. After long discussion, this amendment
agreed to and, subsequently, $4,000 appro-
priated for that purpose.
Another amendment reported by the committee was
appropriate $685. 600 for the payment of the volunteers
operating In Florida during thc Scar 1857 which
agreed to-
Several unimportsnt amendments were adopted
| Mr.. DAVIS submitted amendment appropriating
nearly thirteen hundred thousand dollars for continuing
the construction Of certain forcations at various points
along cost t#{R
MT HUNTER thought that in tho present condition Of
the treasury it would be better to postpone this expcnd
ture for another year. M
Mr.. DAVIS replied that to postpone work which was
under construction would be to allow it go decay
| and thus increase the final expense.
Mesrs. FITZPATRICK and HAMLIN advocated the
amendment.
After further debate the question being taken
the amendment agreed to.
Mr. WILSON submitted amendment repeating all
existing laws parts of laws authorsng the Secretary
of War To sell the military reservations which may
become unnecessary for military purposes, and providing
that such reservations shall not bc subject to sale
empton under any law of the United States which WAS
agreed to-
The bill YVES read third time and passed AS amend
The ocean-masteamer appropriation bill then a.
ken up, and it being nine o clock, p M the Senate adj
journed. in5 asl
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The SPEAKER laid before the House letter from the
Secretary Of the Interior requesting appropriation of
800 900 to enable the Department to fulfil the stpla
tions of the agreement made by General Haney with the