Tuesday, January 28.
Naval Establishment.
The order of the day, viz: the bill concerning the Naval Establishment, was then taken up, and the question on agreeing to the report of the Committee of the Whole, to fill up the blank in the section providing a dock yard, with one hundred thousand dollars, being under consideration, Mr. Cheves stated the grounds upon which the committee had recommended this provision of the bill, and replied to some remarks of his colleague (Mr. Williams) made yesterday.
Mr. Rhea then moved to strike out the whole section in relation to the dock yard; which, after some little debate, was carried—yeas 56, nays 52.
Mr. Blackledge moved a new section to the bill, providing for the building of four seventy-four gunships. As an inducement to the House to adopt this new section, he stated there were sufficient timber and guns on hand; that the whole expense would not exceed $1,300,000, and the guns and timber being already provided, an appropriation of $824,000 only, would be necessary to complete them.
The question was negatived—yeas 33, nays 76.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.