The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-24


The SPEAKER announced the first business IN
order to be the calling Of the committees for
reports.
Mr.. BAYLY, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, stated that since reporting the annual
army appropriation bill, he had received COM
municatons from the War Department asking
sundry changes in the measure, made necessary
by the action Of Congress in increasing the army.
Mr. b. then moved to discharge the Committee
of the Whole on the state Of the Union from the
further consideration Of the said BILL and that it
be recommitted to the Committee of Ways and
Means; which motion was agreed to-
Reports were then made in the shape Of bills,
resolutions, joint resolutions, adverse reports, &c,
by Messrs. NELSON, THOMAS, DANIEL, and Dun
HAM, from the Committee on Claims; and by
Messrs McLANE and PHOENIX, from the Com
mittee on Commerce.
In the course Of these proceedings,
Mr.. NELSON, from the Committee on Claims,
reported back with amendments, the Senate bill
for the establishment Of board Of accounts.
Mr.. N. moved that it be put on its passage.
Mr.. RUMSEY moved its reference to the Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union,
which motion was agreed to.
Mr. CROMWELL moving the reconsideration of
that vote, spoke for some minutes, advocating the
| immediate enactment of the measure as one Of
pressing necessity.
Mr.. CONGER moved to lay that motion on the
table; agreed to by yeas and nays--yeas lOs,
nays 81.
i Mr.. McLANE, from the same committee re-
ported the usual annual bill for the improvement
Of certain harbors and rivers read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union.
Mr.. COBB, Of Ala, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported back the bill to grant the
right Of way 20 the Gainesville (Ala.) and De
Kalb (Miss.) plank road company.
Mr., C. addressing few remarks to the House
in favor Of the speedy passage of this bill, moved
that the rules be suspended to put it on the
passage
Mr.. MEADE, moved to strike out the grant of
minerals that might be found in the public lands,
on the line of the route for which the bill provi-
died.
| Mr. CONGER moved to refer the bills to the
Committee of the Whole on the state OF the
Union.
| Mr. Melville begged Mr. Conger to withdraw
that motion.
Mr. INGE remarked that the bill contemplated
no appropriation of the public domain merely
according the right Of way through barren
district Of the public lands, to an Improvement
Of this heard more in sorrow than in anger the
which, in the nature Of things, when constructed,
could not fail greatly to increase their value to
the treasury of the United States.
Il Mr.. COBB, Of Alabama stated that he was well
acquainted with the region Of country through
which it was proposed to construct this plank road
and, from his own knowledge, could vouch for the
correctness of all his colleague, (Mr. INGE,) had
Just said:
On motion Of Mr.. INGE, the House ordered
the previous question:; @ IA
And then the question on the motion to refer the
bill to the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union was put; and it was not agreed to-
II The question recurring on the motion of MIR.
MEADE, to amend the bill by striking out the
word minerals it was agreed to.
i Mr.. SACKETT asked if it would be in order
to amend the bill further'
The SPEAKER replied in the negative, when
| Mr.. CROWELL moved that the House do now
go into Committee Of the Whole on the state OF
the Union; which motion was not agreed to.
Mr.. CROWELL moved that the bill be laid on
the table; which was not agreed to-.
On motion the said bill " as then ordered to be
engrossed, and objection having been made, that
it was not yet engrossed, the third reading could
not take place on this day.
Mr.. COBB, Of Alabama, from the same COM
mittee reported back the bill granting the right of
way and making donation of land to the States
of illinois, Alabama, and Mississippi in aid of the
construction Of railroad from Chicago to Mo-
bile. Mr.. c. proposed to amend the said bill by
striking out the word s'ten, and insert sswelve"
in lieu thereof. Esa raC EgfGsf WHs E#H fE's@a
Mr.. HAINES, of Illinois, proposed to amend
that amendment by striking out twelve, F" and
; inserting "six:'' ruled to be out of order.
Mr.. JONES moved to refer the bill to the Com
; mittee Of the Whole on the state of the Union.
The bill being read from the Clerks desk,
Mr.. COBB, Of Alabama, again taking the
p floor, argued in favor of his amendment, and for
Immediately enacting the bill.
/ Mr.. RICHARDSON spoke for few moments
in favor of the promised passage Of the bill
The morning hour having arrived,
! Mr.. JONES moved to proceed to the consider
alton of the business on the Speakers table.
i Mr.. INGE begged Mr.. j. to withdraw that mo-
ton, and to consent to the immediate enactment
Of the bill
Mr.. INGE, Mr.. ]. declining, asked tellers on
Mr.. RICHARDSON demanded the yeas and
u nays upon it, and they were ordered.
Mr.. McCLERNAND moved call of the
| Household ordered.
Is Ihe motion TO proceed to the business on the
the Speakers table being next put, it was agreed
to: yeas, 1l9; nays, So: when
The SPEAKER laid before the House sundry
Executive Department. communications, Senate
Bills, Joint Resolutions, &C., which were read in
order and disposed Of by reference to appropriate
committees, or otherwise.
| In the course of these proceedings, there was
laid before the House,
An Act from the Senate) to provide for print
| ing the Annual Report on American Navigation
and Commerce.
Mr.. GRINNELL, after explaining the object
Of this Act, moved an amendment providing that
the book it proposed to print shall be bound at an
expense of not more than tweve-and -a-half cents
per volume.
This amendment having been agreed TO-,
| MIR. VINTON also moved farther to amend
the bill by providing for the similar printing of the
annual general fiscal report of the Secretary of the
Treasury. ..5 va
Mr.. BAYLY urged the House to comply with
the suggestion of Mr.. ", explaining its propriety
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