Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-06-30
Congress.
rrnsr regular SESSION.
srY.TE oF THE UNITED STATES
m AsnING roN, yune q, 80,


"a. Srn,s RAD a iurr session last evening, tnd
-, animated debate upon the Provisional -
"a Bill An effort msde 10 gel W. o. 'i'F w.
~, before the adjournment, but wnheas raeeessf
several OF the Opposition Senators tearing us -
tvbies BY proposing the sncndmtrt itoni TOE s,''
,pi,tee Of Finance intended 10 play iA'se' i"'s
corl8 az, or would nor understsnd he reason why
such course of Proceeding should % NJ
ed bs the Wings the Pcs'Poue'nent ~ we "
,yibg,ion clause of the Land Bill IRON the Isl o.
Joly until the LIST % August :, u
a. Wriglt Of New York, Mr., Rlves, Of Va,
Mr. Walker OF Miss, ell hinted thai there ih'sht
Be such constr uction put upon MIR Evans sn'raa-
men, az 10 make il possible ~ prevent bisifesuoh
l,s,,,, ~, month nf July n any time thereafter
In a. rsne.l of he Land Bill The following
will rive Won in brief The closing votes Oh asi even
rg ard the state IL the question as 1t presents IT.
.elf this msrning. After the opening speech by
Mr.. Evans, the reply Of Mr.. Woodbury., the join
der Of Mr.. Huntington. and the answer OF hr
Walker an effort was made to adj urn. bai with
OUT success Mr. Rives the author OF the
brief motion to diourR. He wished 10 speas rpon
the merits Of the question.
Mr. Preston then moved 10 lay the bill on the Ia
be- with view TO take up the Army bill.
Mr.. Evans objecteJ, aud asked the yeas and
nuys.
The question was taken. and there appeared for
LAYING the bill on the ioble, yeas II, nays 81.
MI. Cutiber, moved an adjournment.
Mr. Evans must ash the yeas aud nays on that
motion.
Aud the question being taken, il resulted rs fol-
lows: Yeas 49, Nays 81.
The debate was further continued ~ Aessfs
White, Huntington, and atheis; when
MIR Bertien moved 10 amend the bill by adding
the following as substitute fur that etcied by AIT
Evans:
Int tho nrevisinus Of the second section o.
the Get entitled an act appropriate The ri'eeedS
Of the sales Of the public snds and 10 grnnt pr
emptioR rights, PASSED September q, las ana tie
proysian IN the sixth section Of the saif ACT shaii
be, ami tho same are hereby, Suspended uh,l' Inc
10Th Of August next, after which day the 'sld P'o-
ysi, MS Of the said second and third sections, ana
the provisions in the said SIKH sechoh' shai' 'e
main and be in force"
This l. d to debate. in which Mes.Is. Archer
Cri;tenden, Berrien. and others participated, when
the question was taken On the amendment, ana ne'
cdrd in the negative, as follows: Yeas 20 Nass2S
Mr. Buchanan then moved to strike out the lat
ter clause in the amendment Of Mr. Evans, which
failed
The question then REQUIRED ON the amendment
of Mr.. Evans, when the debate was iuf'hei CO"
tinued.
MIR Buchanan novel TO adjourn, and was going
on TO state his reasons fer tie motion, when me
presiden, told him tho question was not debhiebe
M. Wright asked tie yeas aud nays, and The
question being taken, il was decided IN the mega
tiye-Yeos 90, Nays 90
The debate was nuw further kept up BY Messrs
Rives Hunting on, Simmons, Crittcnden, Choate
and others when another motion was made 10 nd
ourn, which prevailed Aud the Senate, alter
fatipuing session from u O'clock IN the morning
until 90 minutes before Z. NJ, Adjourned
The amendment OF the House which Mt. Evans
proposed 10 strike out, i. as tollows:
Proviaed, That nothing herein contained shall
suspend the distribution Of the rrncecds OF the rub
lie lands, any thing herein contained aud any tlnne
contained in the rroviso the sixth section OF ite
act approved fourth September, eighteen hundred
,nd l,atv-onc, entiied An act to appropriate the
ptarre,!~ ii NE sale. 81 the public lands ana 10
grant prr-,mptinn rights 10 the contrary not"ith-
Standing
AID in lle, ahcteof it is proposed to insert the
fulluwn
That The dis,rhnion pf the proceeds of the
utb,ic land. ,uthsuzed aud directed by ths act q
Congress 1t The All September, l34l, entitled
A. act 10 appropriate the proceeds OF the rnhhc
ands and to gan, presumption rights, shall be,
and The -tlee Is hcnb by, suspended and postponed
until the hrsl day Of August, 1912 and the sad
act Of the All September 1871, shall be no othet-
wise affected or mod fled than merely TO postpone
to the said first ct August the distribution OF
said proceeds directed by that nc; TO be nnda on
the lst July, 1912. any thing in This act, OF the
said act Of The 4th September 1871, 10 the contra
~ Notwithstanding.
Mr.. Bnchsnan's amendment proposed to Icnvc
put Of the clause, after i8i2" il the above pro-