Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-17

ome in after the provision giving arms to young men,
viz
Yrorided, That the arms hereby allowed shall only be
u;ven 10 Young men under the age of twenty years
,d shall mot be sold or disposed of by them during ,
Term of five wears nor subject 10 be taken in execution:
and If lost or Destroyed shall be replaced immediately
by the settler at his own expense
On the question being taken, The amendment
agreed to
come in Immediately after tue 9th line, US follows:
"And where two more persons nave settled on tie
same quarter section before the lands shall have been
surveyed the same shall be divided between them and
The deficiency ade each ont OF contiguous vacant
land but no w,fu intruder upon the known claim Of
another shall be entitled any benefit under this act
and in all cases settlement surveyed lands the rst
settler shall be entitled TO preference IN Tie ENTITY
And should any part of section sixteen, whch Is re.
served from the operation CT this act be selected ~ any
settler it shall be lawful for him, soon as the
NAV be ascertained by the survey locate like guam
tity of any other vacant land lying south OF SAID town.
ship in lieu thereof And in all cases of claims Tor bour
ty lands under the provisions OF this act II shall be he
duty of the person claiming the same, within SIX
months after the expiration OF the one year allowed
for settlement Of the lands shall have been surveyed
not within SIX months next after they shall have been
surveyed TO file with the register OF the proper land
Office written statement specifying the particular land
claimed by such settler.
McROBERTS moved TO amend the amendnen, by
striking QUE all relating 10 the sixteenth section, aad
inserting:
Sand where settlement by the erection of dwell.
ing the cultivation of any portion thereof shall be
made upon the sixteenth section before the same shall
be surveyed then and in that case other lands shall be
selected by the IT, S. in lieu of said section sixteen
or such part reo cs may be claimed under this act
Afler some remarks by Mpssrs. SMITH, Of Indians,
LINN, WALKER, KING, BENTON and BERElEN,
the yeas and nays taken on the amendment 10
the amendment, and the question was decided IN the
in
yta-Mcssrs. Allen Archer, BaGby, Barrow, Benton, Rnrn
Buchanan, Conrad Gratis ruhbe Fulton Graham Ilendeso
Of Connerricn surgeon Ialmalre, Tappan, Walker White
wilcox, Williams Woodbury., Wright and foungal.
Nav,-Nsssrs Bates, Clayton, Evans, Huntington, Miller Nor,
head Phelps Simmons :, Smith Of Indluna, and Woodbridge
The amendment as amended was then agreed TO-
Several other amendments were then suggested, sud
rejected hen the bill reported TO the Senate and
the amendment agreed TO in committee concured IN;
md the bill ordered TO be engrossed tor tltd
reading.
A message was received from the President oiths
United States stating that he, on the l4th nst signed
the bill authorizing the issuing oil register TO Tue brig
Gulnare; the bill providing for settlement with the
State Of Maine for the services Of her militia and the
Till to incorporate the Washington Manual Labor
School and Male Orphan Asy lum of the District OF Co.
lumbia.
message was also received from the House of Re.
presentatives informing the Senate that they had non
concurred in the Senaes amendments TO the a2pof-
tionment bill
The bill for the adjustment of the claims Of slas
Deane was read third time and passed.
The bill making appropriations for the naval service
for the year ls42 was taken up for consideration
The first amendment to the bill as proposed by The
Committee on Finance is To strike out in the first sec
ton, (Which appropriaes 235 900 for the pay Of com
mission, warrant, and petty officers and seonen the o
lowing proviso, viz:
Propided That until otherwise ordered by Congress
no part of this or any future existing appropriation
shall be applied the payment of any officers IN the
Navy appointed after this date beyond the number IN
each grade on the first day of January, lsil; and that
The excess in the service beyond that number shall
be reduced fast deaths, designations and promo
lions will permit.
Mr. EVANS remarked, with reference to the amend
ment proposed by the Committee on Finance, that
was recommended by gentlemen who had gwen 10 The
subject full delberation; and besides, the committee
had deemed the provso to be inappropriate IN an aP
preparation bill lf il were desirable TO reduce Tue
Navy let the proposition enanate from the appropt.
ale committees Of Congress The proyiso proposed
10 be stricken out enacted that part OF this appro
pria,on shall be applied, from this date, TO the pay
ment of officers and seamen beyond the number N
service in 1S4l. 1t assumed, therefore, That lhe
sta ndard of 1871 was the true limit, and that all eI
cess beyond that should be reduced as rapidly as
deaths, designations, and promotions would admit
But where was the evidence that the number ~
service in ls4i was the true limit: VINO had ea
amined, who had recommended il: Certainly not auy
Of Congress; not The Executive; not THE
Secretary Of the Navy; in fact nobody had made The
ommendation And it must be perceived, at once,
that such provision would be disastrous in the extreme
the interests of the Navy and the hopes of the young
and gallant officers who had some right to look for pr"
motions If promotions should be too rapid there could
always be found the proper check in the Senate.
MIR. WILLIAMS addressed the Senate aguinsislr'k-
ing cut the provlso.
Mr.. BAYARD'S remarks took an opposite c'ec'
ton.
Mr.. WILLIAMS moved to amend the proviso BY
striking out lc4I and inserting 1912
Mr. EVANS said that this would make the proyIso
much less exceptionabe than it was, and that he IN
tended TO vote against lift should be amended
but he would suggest to his colleague TO make Il ale
more acceptable by striking out all after The word
grade to the end Of the proviso, and inserting Tie
words "now IN service"
On the question being taken, the amendment was
agreedto.
Mr. CONRAD moved still further TO amend the
proyso by striking out the words, "or any future OF
existing appropriation but the motion did not Pe'a"
ayes Is, noes 10.
And without taking the question striking uut iAe
proviso, us amended, the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. YOUNG moved reconsideration oil the yo~ ="
which the Senate amendment changing the ratio, nav
been rejected. call Of the House ordered, ~1'n
1919 embers answered to their names, and The aO'
closed.
On the motion of MIR. FILLMORE further Procfei
ings IN the COLL were suspended and The nouoh wv
consider was for the time, laid
The next Senate amendment to be considered VS.
that allowing representative for each fraction eIe
ing moiety Of the ratio. After few remarks 10"
Mr.. Thompson, who argued that represen'au'e 80
any number below 81, 900 would be unconstlut'h''
the motion for reconsde ration put, when lCb you
in the affirmative and lCo in the negative.
The question again recurring on the second an'D
ment OF the Senate, Mr.. THOMPSON again u's'
his constitutional objection to the retention OF the "'
n,oiety with the rato insisted on by The Hour r
moved that no less number than ~ 0CO shouic Ve'
titled 10 a representative.
After some remarks from MIR. MCCLELLAN 'i'
Mr.. MORGAN, the latter moved the previous w.
tion-but withdrew il at the request Of Mr.. Ae cy,
After further debate, the Amendment =" ,.
Thompson rejected, The Senate Amendment
then nega,ytd by vote of So 10 l5l. ,,,rcr0y
To the alto fixed for each State Mr. a hL"l
offered an amendment providing that the @,1 ,,a
should be elected in conformity with The laws
State The amendment, decided to be out .. ..ts
Mr. ATHERTON appealed, and a moi'on u' ra