Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-07

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TIE LAND BILL.
The Senate to-day resumed the SUBJECT which hao DC
cupied them 10 4 late hour yesterday, when was lhe oi
to restrict the sale of the public lands to actual settlers
Yesterday was occupied in n series OF amendments
some Of which were adopted, and others not; an accoun
Of all which will appear in due time ms Gay mf
White (nf Tennrssee) brought forward 4 substitute 10
the whole bill, (aItrr the cnactlng ciaus"D conta!nin!
the three leading principles of pre- emption, graduation
and taxation; which BIZ argued at length. IL was oPPo
sed by Mr.. Walker. and warmly advocated by Nlr. Sc
vicr; when, ubuu. four u'clock, without coming 10 an
action thereon,
The Senate adjourned.
. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CUMBERLAND ROAD.
On motion of alr. Mercer, the bill TO PROVIDE LOT inc
completion Of The Cun,be rllnd road, East OF The ONO
then on the Speakers table, was committed TO a C"iIl
mlitrc OF The Whole on the stale OF the Union.
MIR. Mercer, from the Cummittce on Roads ana "a
mails, reported 4 bill rclinquishing certain lands III Inc
State of Ohio; [this was the title of the U. States TO ths
road lands through the "Black Swamp; which wa:
read twice, and ordered 10 cngrosscd for Il third reading
10 morrow.
. Dir. Sutherland moved lis consideration at that time;
hut it being OBJECTED to, the resolution lies over one day
Tor consideration.
AMERICAN SEiMEN.
Mr.. Mrkcon,i from the COMMITTEE on Commerce, re-
ported 1 bill to establish projections 10 American seameni
and to provide PASSPORTS: read twice, and committed 10
Committee Of the Whole on the state OF The Union
Elr. Adams, from the Committee on hlanniactures,
made all unia rurabIe report on the memorial OF George
Whitman, praying TO BE- allowed to import. free OF duty,
iron and other materials for certain steamboats,; WHICH
was ordered to lie on the table.
MIR. TAYLOR, from the Committee OIL Invalid TENSIONS,
made an uni vorable report on the petition OF Eleanor D
1i..o ,r,,;,. -, , ,nnei,, Tr lhp .rvICPc OF her NUS
band, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war also: The
petition of David B.. Whitley, 4 SLIDER, praying to he
placed on the pension roll, which reports we're severHly
ordered to lie on the table. +,
Mr.. Cambrclcpp asked The consent Of The House to
read Il third time the Army and indian appropriation
bills, ordered 10 u third reading Oh yesterday.
Mr.. Boyd inquired what was the order OF Tie DAY al
this tur
The Chair remarked that if no motion had been made,
the reference of The Presidents message would be the
first suhirct in order.
:Mr. Boyd said that this being the case, he would in.
quirc whether he was not cuttlrd TO The floor Oh that
question?
The Chair replied that he would have been, II The SUBJ
jcct had been announced 10 The House.
Mr.. CanIbrcIcng remarked that when the Civil anu
Diplomatic bill came before the House, he understood
that an amendment would be offered, which would open
the whoic question in relation 10 Texas and Mexico.
hlr. BOYD objected to the reading Of the bills al this
time.
air. Crmbrcleng then moved a suspension Of the rule
" tnC pUIUUSS VI lcduIIIb q lIIiiu t''iI WV -h'bI ''t 49,
the Indian appropriation bill; and also 10 take up and
consider all The appropriation bills reported from The
Committee Of Ways and Means.
MIR. Sutherland moved to include the light house bill.
Mr.. Mercer moved TO amend the latter molIon by III
GLIDING the bill TO complete The Cumberland road east
oil The Uhi". Lost.
MIR. Jarvis further moved, to include certain bills re.
ported by the COMMITTEE on Naval Affairs. Lost.
Mr.. Claiborne Of Mississippi declared himself oppos'
ed to a suspension Of the rules, for the purpose OF max
ing special orders, unless IN some great public eniergehf
cy: it led 10 iavuIltlSm and partial legislation, affecting
most injuriously the new and weaker portions OF this
Union. Blu, if the rules were to be suspended TO enable
gentlemen 10 get up their hYorite bills, he desired TO IN
Clude Il bill oil more importance, in his estimation, than
any on the calendar; and for that purpose, he sent Tie
following amendment 10 the amendment TO the Illalr:
And also bill No. c5, reported at the last session, en-
titled "a till to graduate the price of public land, tf
make provision for actual settlers, and to cede the refuse
lands to the States in which they lie
MIR. Owens said it must he obvious that the create
pdrl Of The day would be consumed III these inei'ectua
motions, and he therefore moved the previous questioh
which was seconded By the ilouse-aycs 10. noes 81.
The main question was then ordered 10 be puI-aye'
II, noes UD.
The yeas and nays were then ordered on ite mo'in!
submitted by MIR. Cambreleng, to suspend the rule 10
the purpose of taking up and considering Tue oii's l'u'
Gated by him, and were, yeas lib, NAYS 14-iot Two
thirds-as follows:
Yces-hessrs. Adams, Heman Allen, Anthony, BAILEY
Barton, Bean, Black, Bockcc, Bou!dtn, bovee, DuChah
an. Bunch, burns, William d. Calhoon, Cambreicng
Cbapin, Chetwood, Childs, Clark, Cleveland, Coles
Connur, Corwin, Craig, Cramer, Gushing, Cusllman
Darlington, Denny, Doubleday, Elmer, Evans, Everett
tarIin, Fowler, Fry, Fuller, X. Garland, Graham, Gran
ger, Gran,land, Haley, Joseph Hall, tliIand Hall, Hard
na.Lin, Harper, Samuel S. Harrison, Hawkins, Haynes
liazrI,Ine, Henderson, lloIsry, Holt, Hopkins ituo!ey
Hunt, Huutsrnan, lnghau, Jaucs, Jarvis, Gave Johnson
John ". Jones, Benjamin Jones' hIlngensn'I'n, IIns,"g
Lee, Thonas Lee, Lewis, Logan, Loyal: LUCAS, 'o'
Mann, William Mason, Moses Mason, Mckay, Mchen
nan, McKccn, McKim, Miller; Montgomery, Morgan
Morris, Owens, Parker, Patl"rsnn, Peyton, Phelps
pincknney, Josr pin Reynolds, Robertson, Rogers, Russell
Seymour, Shinn, Slcklcs. Smith, Sprague, Taylor mo-
mas, john Thomson, Turner, TuTrill, fanderpocl, "aS,,
ener, Wardwell, Weeks, Thomas T. Whittlesey, and
Young-ll3. ,
.NuEs-Messrs. Afford, Chiffon Allan, Ash, Bell, Bond
Boon, Boyd, Briggs, Bynum, J. Calhoun, Carr, Carter
Casey, Geo. Chambers, J. Chambers, Chapman: ~ II
Claiborne. J. F. II. Claiborne, Crane, Crazy, Dawson
Dcbrrry,. Dunlap, Elmore, Forester, French, Gholson
-Glascock, Graves, Grayson, Grennrll, Griffin, Harlan,
Albert g. Harrison, llerod, Hoar, Howell, Huntington
}. johnson, II. Johnson, Kennon, kilgore, l.. Lea, Love
Lyon, S. Mason, Maury, McCarty, McLene, MIlngah
Patton, J. A. Pearce, Pearson. %pe,t,grew, Phillips r'ck'
ems, Jno. Reynolds, A: II. %Sheppeld, Shields, S%landrief
Storrr, Sutherland, TaIiaferTo, WodJy Thompson, Ch'
Wh!ulesry, H.. Williams, S. Williams and Ycll-H.
So the motion was decided in tie negative.
On motion Of Mr.. Cambreleng,l the following eneross.
cd bill was taken up on lis third reading:
A bill making appropriations for the current expenses
of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty slipu.
latiops with the various Indian tribes, for the year 1857
MIR. Grennell expressed his opposition to the mode by
which the Indians had been removed, advertinp TO tho
al. icle quoted yesterday from the Arkansas Gazette by
Mr.. Everett.
MIR. Afford was sorry to see gentlemen here expressing
so much sympathy for u race OF men who had committed
such atrocities as the slvagss in Georgia and Alabama.
lie depicted, in most glowing colors, The scenes which,
had occurred in that region uf country. The Indians had
murdered whole families aud robbed them of their goods,
yet gentlemen set up this sckly cry of sympathy for
these poor savases. MIR: A. had met these savages face
ed, that if gentlemen had been with him, they would
have found these savages the last persons in The world
TO be taken for an object Of; sympathy. lie did not be-
lieve: as some do, that the President was concerned in
frauds which had been committed on Tie Crerks. nnd