Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-21

the seat oil Mr. La. Pending which. ON mo.
lion of Mr.. Johnson oil Tennessee. the House
adjourned. The vote on dj1urnment was 81
10 SO
Wednesday, Jan. i3.-in the Senate. the fol.
flowing Bills were read the third time aud mas.
lsed: The bill far the relief OF certain ci,izens OF
Il thsUniied Stbtes. " no have lost property by
he depr -datons of lndisn tribes; The Bill p,ovi.
ding for the widening OF the draw Of he Pc.
iona Bridge the Bill for the relief Of Nancy
Moore the Bill for The relief The legal -
representatives. of Elias Earle IDEAS, he
BIZ to pro, ide for the legal adjudication and
settlement of claims TO land therein ,es toned
and the hill o grant pr. -e'nrrlon rig Is - IT,
settlers on the Public Lands. The Senate re-.
srimed. as the special order oftbe day, g.. on
| sderation of the ras uiuiion snbrn,iod by MIR
Foot, proposing an inqairv nso tho vpsliancy
Of abolishing he Office 4 surveyor Generai
and of suspendin. tn Surveys the Public
Lands uniil those already in h market nj the
minimum price shall have been disposed OF
| After a debate in which the r solution WIS on
posed BY Mr Kane, and supported b, Messrs
Foot N'kinley, Holmes aud Barton, the senate
sfjourJed without coming % any de sion on
the question. Mr. Naudain. the newl, elected
Senator from the State oil Delaware, appeared
and took lis seat.
| In the House OF Representatives, nfter the
usual b".ines Of the day, Mr. McDufie, from
he Committee on Ways aud Means, reported
the bill appropran, the sun of seven hun
dred and twenty One Thousand collars foi the
use and service of the 'ortifcauons of the Uni
ted States during tn wear 1890. which was
referred 10 a Committee of the Whole ON th,
State of the Union. The debate on The motion
for the distrbuiioo ofthe Public Lands was
the resump aud Mr. Bur.es concud d mis-
marks ON that subject M. Pots # Mis-
souri, followed, AM addressed the House in
| oppo 5it,on 10 both thu resolution aud the a.
mendment attached 10 IL, until the conc on
Il me allotted hour. He. there ore, retains
| n ssess on of IN floor Tor 10 day. The comes.
| ted Tn lessep election ase wa. next taken
up, and Mr.. Smy h oil Va spoke upon the
question before the House, which was
nendment proposedhy Mr.. TAYLOR OF Tues lay
| TO annnl ne election If the Hon. Pryor Lea
! After an ardent AMI pro'racred debate, IN which
! Mr. Storrs OF N. Y NJ. Strong, Mr Ellsworth,
Mr. Huntington, and Mr.. Daniel joined, Mr.
Barrngrr moved the previous question. This
call was upon division by yeas and nsvs,
sus aimed by a vote of ll9 n 55, az ef which
was decided upon thu final question by a
| vote, also tax b. yeas and naVs. of l49 10
90 that the Hon Pryor Lea was duly elected,
aud entitled to a seat as a member OF that
House.
Thursday. Jan l4.-ln the Senate, the prin
cipal su jrc' ofdi cussion was the bill making
an appropriation OF forty thousand dollirs l1r
tue eytnguishmpnt of he Indian ttles to land,
| WITHIN the State OF Indiana. II was debated as
| IN Cooiml of the Whole, and supporr.d by
les,rs White, Hendricks and l. vinsston, aud
" posed by Mr. Spragu. Mr. King of Ala
bama, made some observations upon the sub
ject, in the ouIse Of which. he declared h,m
srifio be decidedly III favor OF the principle
y the bill and express d hi appropriations ni
the utility and importance of the measure. hui
| consid ring the appreciation proposed 10 be of
grea er magnitude than the occasion m lght
perhaps require. he novel an amendment to
pduee the sum 10 tweh'y thousand dollars.
This being agreed TO, Mr.. Mckinley moved
a further amendment prohibiting the giving OF
secret presents III any Othe' valuable consiHer-
a,ions 10 the Chiefs .or Headmrn. With a view
to influence their decision in the making of a
treaty. Thi. amendment was also agreed %,
as l., Committer, bot on a report being made
10 the Senate atter the amendment prop sed by
NJ, klag had betn adopted, he question ON
,ne ara ~ inent oil Nh cklney was debated
al |. np h, mud supported by Messrs Mckinley,
FREEING huysen. and Foot, and opposed ~
Msssls. Hendricks, Noble, Hayne AID Benton,
" hen the bill together with the amendment
was laid on the table, and the Senate pro.
ceeded 20 the consideration of Executive bust
ness.
In the House of Representatives. among othet
Resolutions, was one submitted by Mr. Blair,
OF Sontn Carolina, and which was IeHf aud "r.
red to be lad upon the table req 'lrins thr
Secretary of War TO furnish regsieI ehHID'1
ing list Of the names of all the Cadets admi'
led into he ,,,litsry Academy at West Poln'.
from It's first establishment urui the present
PERIOD md also he number of applicants r'Jec
ted and the S a,os whence the5 came The
numbers who have graduated and received com
missions, tue number retired or dismissed the
number whose fathers OF guardians were mem
bers OF Congress the extent or amount OF the
allowance aIade TO them and what portion OF
them (if any were in INDECENT circumstances.
Ii also required other lui Jrmaiion respecting
those who had been Cadets, NJ d who no" hold
commissions III the Army; and likewise con
corning the Professors and other officers vi the
Institution. A communication was received
from the Secretary Of the Navy, stating that
the APPROXIMATIONS for that Department OF The
pubic SERVICE for the year 1879, under The mead
of Pau Afout repairs OF vessels, &c. wond nor
be ,utli tent 20 meet the pubic eNigrncies III
Consf quence OF sums having NC " "'""H ~ "
ticipatior from the appropriation 10 meet other
purposes, ard par,icuIarIzng among them the
illegal paymeut Of nine thousand dollars by
Thomas F,Iiebrown, Jr. lato Secretary Of the
Navy Hospital Fuod' to the Hon Thomas
Newton, for the purchase OF about sixty acres
/ of land. IL concluded by submitting 10 the
| consideration of the House whether further
appropriation should not be made under the
several heads, in order 10 enable the Depart
meot TO meet the engagements oil the service.
The resolution for the distribution OF the public
lands among the several States OF the Union
wa. taken up and discussed. Mr. Petts, Oh
| Missouri resumed and concluded his remarks
upon the subject, hut the hour having by ,ha,
pe.iod. expired, the debate ceased, when Mr.
Speie nj OF North Carolina, was proceeding TO
address the House. The Bill making appro-
priations for the Notifications of the United
States for the year 1880, was then considered