Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-11

pOTIaIlL 10 tlhG Il uOS6 vi lupd. ,
Mr.. Slidell urged the taking up Of his bIi'.
In the course Of his remarks he stated distincti!
that the President earnestly desired It's passage
MessrS. Doolittlc and Wilson opposed taking
M the bill. but, after somc further discussion
Mr.. SlidcllS motion prevailed by yeas %, nays
Mfr. Doolittlc offered an amendment to the
C,ba bill. striking ont all ana inserting n sub
stitutc to give the President SJo.ooo to acquire
the RIGHT to found a colony in iucatan or Cen
trail america, for such free blacks as might
choose to cmigratc thither. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENrATlN rs.
The Speaker laid before the Hou>ea conmu'
%nicatiou from the Secretary of the Navy IN
reference to the number OF persons employed
and the eypenses incurred in connection win
the Wilkes Exploring Expedition; also a
communication from the Secretary OF war
transmitting the militia returns for loo? a'o'
4 communication in reference 10 the dtticieh'
rics in IS Department; also. a communication
from the Secretary Of the Treasury, stating
why he haa not ordered the construction oil i
co,rt house and custom-housc i'll the city oil
Baltimore. ,
The Secretary states that he has suspended
work on all public buildings authorized to be
built prior to the late rcvul>iOn. lie has been
led to this course bv the embarrassed condition
Of the public finances.
Mr.. Harris. of Md was by no means salts
fled with the reasons gwen by the Secretary
Congress lad authorized the erection OF thcNe
buildings. and the Secretary was bound 10 CIR
rv out the law. He moved that the communi-
cation be referred Ia the COMMITTEES on way,
and Means. with instruction, 10 report 4 "'''
extending the appropriations for two years
Mr. CTrRy. Of .ilablma. moved an amend
mcnt to the ctlec, that the Committee oil ways
and Means be instructed to repeal ali laws aH!'
thorizing the construction OF court.hon'c>, post
office custom houses. &c. &c. for the erection
of which contracts have not already been made.
Mr.. Houston. Of Alabama. moved 10 aihehi
the amendment by striking out the in>truc'
tons; which was not agreed to-yeas o. nay
lis.
The motion Of Mr.. Harris Wa then adopted
The vote was taken on the amendment 10 tn"
Legislative. Executive and Judiciai .Approlria'
ton bill. As reported from the Committee OF the
Whole.
Tie amendment to strike out the apiropria-
ton for mileage was agreed n-vcas IL, nays
-.
The amendment striking out the appropr'a-
ton for boxes va, agreed to-I4 affirmative,
- NEGATIVE.
Amendments providing that 10 o!tcc''.
clerks or employee, shall receive double pay
striking out the appropriation for the Congre>
Sional Globe, striking out the appropriation OF
SD. 600 for clerks in the Office OF the survey
ors general, reducing the appropriation for wa
res Of workmen in ASSAY offices, striking out
the appropriation of $2l5,o0o for the purchase
of property in the city OF New York, reducing:
the appropriation for salaries in the mint n
san Francisco by 5000 and arpropr;a'ins
Sl75,ooo for deficiency Of printing, were >ev-
orally adopted. The amendments relating TO
ASSAY offices reduce the appropriations i"r
workmen in the New York office from $4,000
to So, 000, and at the New Orleans Office rom
$4,000 to $4,000. No changes were made
in the appropriation for the mint at Pni!adel-
phia. :,
The bill was now ordered 10 be cnSroSsci
and read 4 third time, and the yeas ami nays
being ordered on its passage, resulted as lcl'
lows:
Yg,s-Me.srs. Alrsin, Anderson. Arnold, barr, Boeocs.
H1mhAin, Bowie, Eoyce. branch, burnett, Burn, Cashir'
Chapman. Clark of Missouri. Clay, John C"chrsn.. t"chr.
ri, comin-. Corning. Cox: Craig Of Missouri .taise o.
North ca, oiina. Crawford. Davidson. Davis Of M.ryttni
Davis of Indiana. Davis 81 Mississippi. prwart, Liinih'ch'
Dowl-ll. EImuntson, English, Florence, Foley, ."rne''.
GIr,re.!, Guo.ie, Greensood. Gregg, Gr1esheck, Han oil
O!i,, Latch. Hawkins, Hickman, Hodges, lIlopNin,. ii"u''"n'
Howard. jackson. J,nr. ~ Tennessee, J"n-' "f Penn-yl'
y,ui,. Kunkrl Of Maryland, Lanly, Lawrence, Lvii!.
M,ciay. M-l;,.. Mason, Mile. Miller. Nilsson, Moa,io
merry. morrill,, Morri, of Illinois. Nh aes, pen,llrion, pey'
ton, pi,ylp. Of Missouri. Phelps OF Mimi sofa. Philip, X -
gan, Reilly, Russell. ~saniidre. sav"gt' sea!cs shtw o. |,
lnoI.. Shaw Of North Carolina. shorter, sics!r', sh1'h oi
Illinois. nth Of Tennessee, sm''n Of .rsiti., s'l.i@'rih'
stevenson, S,vwar; Of M.ryldnt. s;e~tr, Of Psnn'ylvani''
Talbot. Taylor IL New York. Taylor Of Louisitna THPr-.
v.IlAniigasm, Vance. ward, Watkins. Whi'ri"y, "'od'on'
wor,.n iyk- AMI Wright o! t-orsit-H.
NAEs-M s.rs. Abbott, Andrews. pIliinghurst, bingham,
Bar. Bliss. Eray;on. iui,in,on, Burlins~'ae, EirfoG.s.'
Of H., Cochrsnr. Colf.s. Curtis. bavs Of Massachusetts.
Davi, of lows, Dave, Dean, Dick, hoid, Dltfe". k'.e,
Parnswor,h, Foster, Gilm an. Gilner, Gooeh. Goodwin, Gran
ger, Grow. Harlan, iarri., Hi, Horton, helm. ksls"T",
Knapp, KunLel Of Pepns. sni,, Leach. Letter. Lo'eIoy,
McKi,, lin. Marshall OF kcn,uc>y, Mat,.'on, MAyn.rf.
Morgan, Morse OF New Yorl, Mott, Murray, NichoI., ON
Palmer, Parker. Petit. Pike. Potter. Po,;lr. Ricaud, Rob
bins, Royce. Ruiin. sherman o! phic, Sherman OF S"T
York. Spinner. S:au,on. Stewart, o: PENNSYLVANIA. Iappan,
Tlayer, ~fomph.rs. Underwood. Wall, Waihrids-. Wsll,ea.
Walton, wa,hburn OF Wisconsin,, wa,Eburn Of Msin'. VII.
son, ard Zo!!coi-r-s.
The committees were then called for reports.
Mr.. Florence. Of Pa. from the on
naval atIlir,, reported a bill for the relief OF As
sistart engineers in the United States navy.
Referred.
Mr.. Bocock, from the same committee. 70.
ported q bill to increase the numbc Of sur
gcons, assistant surgeons, and pur>ers, in the
United State, navy. and moved that It's con
Sidcratiou bc fixed Tor this day week. Agreed
e..
Mr.. Branch. from the committee Oh foreign
Affairs. reported a bill appropriating - sum OF
money To enable the President TO settle the diff
~frrcnrcs between Spain and the United States,
and for other purposes. Mr.. Branch said ne
would call it up at an early day, on \ motion
TO suspend the rules. Referred to the cOmmi;.
tee of the whole, and ordered to be- printed.
Mr.. Stephens, of ia. gave notice that the
committee on territories would be the next one
called. when it was his purpose Ia report the
bill for the admission Of Oregon. He gave no
ticc 50 that there might he a full Attendance.
Mr.. Phelps, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a bill making approprIa.
tons for the transportation Of the mails in
ocean ame
Mr.. Houston. Of Alabama. asked if II appro-
priatcd money for any contracts not now AT.
thorized by law.
Mr.. Garnet objected to lis reception.
Mr.. Phelps reported the post.otfice ap7ro.
priation bill. and also reported back the Senate
amendments to the Indian Appropriation and
Pension bills which were ~scvcrally referred T.,
the Committee Of the Whole.
The House insisted upon lis disagreement to
To Senate amendments TO the bill for the relief
of the surviving captorS Of the British briG
Caledonia in the war Of 1912. and asked fcr u
committce Of conference.
Mr.. Wilson of Indiana, from the committee
on elections, offered a resolution declaring Bird
b. Chapman to he legally entitled TO his seat as
delegate from Nebraska, instead Of the sittin:
member. lie reviewed the case 1T length, char..
ing that votes intended for Mr.. Chapman had
not been counted, and that gross frauds were
pcrpctratcd in the election.
M,essrs. Washbarnc of Maine, and Boyce 81
South Carolina. followed, but without taking
any action, the House adjourned
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN MONTGOMERY.
A.a meeting o.: The Democratic pI;y OF Noniso-
merry, held III their Courthouse Oh The III o: Eco
ruary court day ~ motion. Franci- Henderson "a'
r..uiir.tcd &, &c, n, Chairman, and Vim. /. kinse.