Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-03-06
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION. s..- !"
IN SENATE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81, ls47.


Mr. BREESE hoped the Senate would indulge him by Ia
king up the bill graduate the price OF the public lands.
This the last day which any bill originating III the Se
could be acted by the House, and became
therefore, that should be disposed Of They had been in
formed by the Secretary the Treasury that would be the
adding somewhere half million to the proceeds
of the Treasury.
Mr. BENTON briefly advocated the motion Of Mr..
RaEEsE.
Mr. EVANS inquired if he understand the Senator
from Missouri favorable to the motion for he hoped
would relieve him from the management Of the Civil and Di
pomatc BILL
Mr. HUNTINGTON, (from his seat, and hope from
those have i'm charge also. .. .."
Mr.. BENTON could not think of such thing The Civil
and Diplomatic bill in very good hands where was,
and he desired keep there having plenty of public mess
of his own to attend TO-
Mr. EVANS must then insist on taking up the Civil and
Diplomatic bill There many amendments already
made that would be impossible have them engrossed
time IL therefore, under the circumstances, the Senate
fit take up the land BILL which lead discussion and
occupy the little portion that remained before taking up the
special order, why be it so.
Mr. BREESE insisted that the bill to graduate the price of
the public lands could not lead any debate having already
been discussed at prior session. and persisted in his notion
The question having been aken it decided in the
gative, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Ashley Achison, Benton Breese
Bright Calhoun Cass Chalmers Dickinson Dix, Hanne-
NAYs-Messrs Archer, Badger, Bagby, Berrien, Came
Cey, John NJ Clayton, Corwin, Davis Evans Greene
Huntingdon Jarnagn, Johnson, OF Maryland, Mangum Mil
er Morehead Miles, Pearce Rusk, Simmons, Upham, and
Woodbridge-25.
THE RELIEF BILL.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN moved to take up the bill to provide
relief for the suffering poor Ireland and Scotland
which motion agreed to. .a
The bill was amended by Mr. CRIrrESDES so as to strike
out the'word Government and insert peope of the Uni
ted States"
A long debate ensued, in which Messrs BUTLER, BAG
BY, CALHOUN, WEBSTER, WESTCOTT, MASON,
participated which the ateness the hour the
exhausted state Of the Reporter preclude him from giving
Mr.. MASON moved substitute for the bill which was in
effect to authorize the President employ public ships
transporting free of charge, the provisions raised by the peo
pie of the United States
But the notion after further debate by Messrs. DAY
TON, CALHOUN FAIRFIELD, CAMERON, and others,
rejected-Yeas II, nays "a
The bill then ordered third reading by the follow
ing vote:
houn Cameron Cass John NJ Clayton, Corwn Crittenen
Davis Dayton, Evans Greene. Hanpegan, Houston, Hun
sana Mangum, Miller Morehead, Simmons, Soue, sur-
geon, and Webster-27.
NAYsMes.r.. Archer Badger, Bagby, Buder, Chalmers
Dickinson, Nix, Fairfield, Mason, Niles, Turney, Westco,
and Yulee-1S.
The bill is as follows
Be enacted sc. That the President the United States
be- and he hereby authorized be such
provisions he deem suitable and proper and TO
the be transported and rendered. the OF the
People OF the United States that of Great Britain for the
relief people of ireland and Scotland suffering from the
great calamity oil scarcity and famine.
Sec 2. 7d 6en further enacted That the of $500 900
be and the hereby appropriated out OF money IN
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry into effect
this act.
Sec s. Ind be 10 further enacted That the President Of
the United States be and he is hereby authorized his dis
creo employ any Of the public ships OF the United States
for the transportation OF the provisions to be purchased
aforesaid.
Executive business and, after time spent therein ad
journed.