Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-01-29


The House of Representatives, on Thurs
day, rejected, by vote of IS to 90, the Con-
snlar and Diplomatic Appropriation BILL
The principal opposition appeared to be to
two or three foreign missions, and to the
clause appropriating money to carry out the
contract with the Colonization Society for
expenses incurred in providing for the re-
captured Africans In the course of a dis
cuSSion which followed as to the best method
of getting a new bill before the House, Mr..
Letcher remarked that, so far as LecOmpton
or this bill was concerned, it was evident
there was no Administration majority in the
House. lie deprecated the necessity which
motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the
bill prevailed, and. also, the vote ordering it
10 be- engrossed, and the bill was again be-
fore the House. Propositions to strike ont
certain missions were negatiyed, with the
exception of that to Persia, and the bill was
again rejected, ayes 80, noes "a. Pending a
motion to reconsider. and to lay that motion
on the table, the House, ON Thursday, add
.journed.
Mr.. Crawford, of Georgia, speaking for
himself said he was ready to take his full
share of responsibility for rejecting the bill.
There was shifting majority in favor of
different sections. He had no doubt that the
portion with whom he acted was the strong
est, and would control more votes than any
other, and no arrangement could be made
by which the bill could be passed unless
their wishes in reference to the contract made
with the Colonization Society were met
They desired that portion Incorporated i'll a
separate and distinct bill. They voted a
gainst the bill for the purpose of recording
their opposition to a construction OF the act
of 1919, so "a to provide for the education of
returned Africans. Some of the tariff men
he supposed would vote for no appropriations
mt all until the tariff had been raised. No
arrangement could be made by which his
vote could be secured, unless his wishes were
accomplished. .,
There was brief colloquy between
Messrs. Smith, of Virginia, and Crawford,
of Georgia, the former contending that there
was not word in the clause in reference to
the education Of these negroes and the lat
ter insisting that, although it was not i'll the
section. they could not escape the issue, be-
cause they were sufficiently informed OF the
fact by the language of the contrac. made
by the President with the Colonization So
ciety. ...-.... ......,.tt.
The bill was finally rejected by the follow
ing vote: -. ~ -, '. -. ~. -.
YEAs.-Messrs Adrain, ALL, Anderson, Avery
Barksdale, Barr, Bishop, Bocoek, Bowie, Branch,
Burnett, Burns, Caruthers. Chapman John b.
Clark, Clay, Clark B. Coehrane, John Coehrane
Cockerill, Corning, Cox, James Craig, Burton
Craige, Davidson, John G. Davis, Dewart, Ed
mundson, Eustis, Faulkner, Florence, Foley, Eos
ter, Garnett, ellis, ,Goeeh, Goode, Greenwood,
Gregg, Groesbeck, Lawrence ". Hall, Hatch,
Hawkins, Hodges, Hopkins, Howard, Hughes
Huyler, Jackson, Jenkins, q. Jones, Landy, Leidy
Letcher, Humphrey Marshall, Samuel 5, Marshall
Mason, Nilsson, Montgomery, Morrill,, Freeman d
Morse, Niblack, PendletOn, Peyton, John >.
Phelps, Wm w. Phelps. Phillips, Powell. Reagan
Richie Russell, Scott Soaring. Aaron shaw
Sickles. Robert Smith, Samuel A. Smith, William
Smith, Stevenson, James A. Stewart. Talbot, Gee"
TAYLOR, Miles Taylor Underwood, Valandighan
Ward, Israel Washburn, White. Wnslow. Wood
Woodson, and Wortendy ke-92.
NAYs-Messrs. Andrews, Bennett, bingham
Bliss, Bonham. Boyce, Brayton, Bryan, Buffint"n
Burlingame Burroughs Case, Clawson, Cobb
Colfax Covode, Crsgin, Crawford, Curtis, DAVIS
of Massachusetts,, Davis of Iowa, Dawes Dean
Dick, Dodd, Dowdell, Durfee. Farnsworth. Fenton
Gartrell, Giddings, Gilman. Gilmer, Granger
Grow, Harlan, Harris. Hoard. Horton. Houston
q. ". Jones, Keim, Kellogg, Kelsey kilgore
Knapp. Lamar, Leach. Lovejoy. McQaeen' Mshae
Matteson, Maynard, Miles, Moore, Morgan, Mott
Murray. Nichols. Olin. Palmer, Parker, Petit
Pike. Potter, Pottle, Ready, Ricaud. Robbins, no
berts, Royce Rufin. Sandidge Seward, john sSe er
man, Shorter, Spinner, Stallworth Stanfch. SIC
phens, VIM Stewart Tappan. Thnyer. fompk,ns
Trippe. Vance. Wade. Wslbridge. Wa'dron' wal
ton. Cadwallader C. Washburn. E!ihn r. "ash
burne. Wilson, and Zollicofer-s4