New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-07
90, r,D,r money being little more than half smiOn

In pap6r money, Doing llttic inore thah
| dollars year to each regiment ,,rs
| "' ,SppnpRf ATOMS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS. .
Mr. RININE briefly rccapitulaed the other po oo
,,ns fr the year. as follows: For the navy, ssVV',
compared with average annual cost OF
Txcntivs legislative aud judicial expenses, u MI
Post OAice Department AHONO; Consular su "a 600 10
Ne, Point Academy s3c0.0oG miscellaneous enrnared
sii making an aggregate OF sOOooC9' ,hn Gov
,,,,nent during the first year Of Mr. Buchapans h"
sration To ordinary expenses we're 10 oe sao
80 go oo lar yensions S2JO000O for bOunties, anu sov
a., Zoo for interest on the public debt making an 'Sf t
gaze of expenditure OF SGlaOwWp loI ,o y.dced i'm
1,iYa wears when The Government would mol Pay Jul
lies when The army list wond be rcducSu' 9hu o
sior, st cntailcd a. il would rapidly be Ho" N"io'
Mr. ROSS Dem I'D inquired Why the Go GO. an1 yhv
evnenses were not reduced three years ago. anu 49,
economy had been postponed until me elec,loo inc
near at hand. and until the dominant party "eIe ''''
Mr. BIAiNf did not propose to enter upon discussion
now That discussion could I've had III Cohm''ee VI W."
The bin was referred to the Committee Of the Whole
on the state of the Union and made the specai oruc' "
u" fh n House them resolved itself Committee Of the
Whole the State Of the Union Mt wilson irp' io""
MILITARY ACADEMY ArPROPtddtI,IoNS BILL inf
Mr. ELDRIDGE Dem, Wis., modified tne !, rea
pending at the adjournment yesterday by MAKING II le
land providing further, that no part OF inc oruS ,,
proprated by this act shall be PAD or aPcd TO I 9
Other amendments were offered and rejected, ard the
bin was laid aside to be reported to the honse IN,
The Commute then took M rs special order the bill
making appropriations for the legislative
judicial expenses OF the Government ing ~ ~. nse
been read nc length the Committee rose ana inc House
proceeded 10 the consideration OF the West Point Acadc-
nv appropriation bill. 49,, A.,
| Mr. WASHBURNE rep. I'D, who had reported inc
NIL made n nrmmenf against an amendment, adopted
nv The Committee Yesterday motion or MT Schehck
rep Ohio striking ont the item OF 1000 for expenses OF
the Board of Visitors to the Academy lie cohtehdeI
that that ITEM being based upon law ana the PRESIDENT
being required under hat law, 10 appoint Board OF
Visitors IL was the duty Of Congress to make the appr0-
pration and he supported his argument 10y the remark
that it would be foolish to deprive me incoming ndnis
ton which wOuld the side OF loyalty and the con-
try of the right appoint Board or VISITORS 10 inc
Military Academy. Speaking OF the services OF the west
Point institution he said its fame would live as long as
the Of Grant Sherman Sheridan ana Ihonas "erc
cherished by the American people.
Mr. LOGAN Osep I'D, while admitting the claim made
behalf Of the deny suggested that had also Den
the nursing mother Of the Lees, BeaureSrds ana the
! Mr. WAsHBURNE remarked that II he had not been
combining his TO the regular branch OF the army
would havepad his colleague logan ahlgh compliment
Nr LOGAN protested that be was not fishing for a
compliment but he did favor the plan Of bringing In
the names OF gentlemen for The purpose OF euloznS
them, on bill that had no reference 20 them
The amendment rejected and the Item was restored
TO the bill The ill then passed, and the House
ncain went into Committee of the Whole the State OF
the Union Mr. Wilson rep Iowa. In the chair, on the
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION
BILL $500.
Mr. WASHBURNE rep, mo- who reported the Dll'
mentioned OF its principal points The amount APP
propriated FOR the fiscal year Is s2g625 The
estimates the fiscal year. received from the
different departments OF the Government amount To
S2Ss7OO32; but the Committee Appropriations have
pruned the amount down 20 7,2lOO0-a reduction OF
nearly s300O from the appropriations Tor the current
year ami OF nearly tf5000OO from the amount estimated
The appropriated IN this bill under the various
II hA4 IN az tAlI