The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-01

lnuI- were "fuiHfl 20 NlsN usHluR hN HlIIN
lriatou Of $4,000 for payment oi cHua
Jerks, ~ facilitate the carrying ont nf thr
Bounty Land law Of last session.
Without coming - q conclusion, the Com
uttec rose and che House adjourned.
IrEEDAYt Jan, 2h.
SENATF,-1ho California private land
claim hin Was taken up, Tho 18Th section
0f the bill provides that all claims rejected .
by the Commissioners, aud which are not APP
pcalcd, shall be deemed invalid aud all land
elaine which shall not bee presented witlI
two years shall he deemed property Of che " .
uited States, On all claims confirmed q
patent shall issue, provided that ~ ihe utlr /
0f any claimant ~ such lands shall Doc CON
tested by ans other person. II shall be- lawful
for such other person a. file q petition be- lhc
District Court plainly and distinctly settling
forth bis ttlr thereto a copy ut thc petition
60 be- served ou the adverse party 800 DAYS
helpr,' thc lime appointed for hearing. THIS
section also gives Us Judges power a. grant
Injunction on this petition restricting pat
eHt bring i-rurd until the titles thrrvto uliHii
be- finally decided
Mr. benton uoFed "a strike out pll that part
Of the section whrh allows third parties 10
come Ia and contest the lssuing ol the patent
by petitions
Mr. Bcrricn moved several verbal Rmond-
stricken out,
Al Aeaiau adIll--el lLa Seuala- -haNipg
his oh.e.tiqns 90 Tho I'LL llc sid thr Sum
Tor from Grcrnin Was seized with sudden
paroyysm Of dignity lie dealt not with tie
senator bat with the bill and the senator
hy lie amendment today, admitted tho hill tu
be- al hc had represented During % course
Of lrpirlatinn of 90 wears, there was no prrcc-
dent for su1h q section ~ this ~ the bill had
hcru referred tu The Land COMMITTEE, the
section would never have appeared.
Mr. Hale thought dat part Of the Till which
provided that uulrss claim WIS made within
| Two years the land should be- deemed the
property Of the United States was uncon-tl-
mtional,
Mr. Butler differed with the Senator from
New Hampshire. The hin In effect was on
/ ly commission Ia make partition among Sew
rrtl parties II any ouu refused 81 make
known hi claims his right Waa taken from
him; ana wien Government should patent
land. To some one else, lac could prove hi
claim in court The hin was most bcuignsui
Ia the claimants; IL allowed them 10 show their
claims aud get patents, thereby making them
good forever The bill proposed 10 divide
the public lands from private property but
hc hardly thought the government would
have much Of IT, lfauy was laid down a.
public lands, i would be- given away lur rail-
ro1ds, or under the bin Ia give everybody d
farm, or the hll 20 give nll lands to the scyc
raj States lie did not know hat the hcs
why was, "a give IL an "a California, and lei
the parties fight iEout among thomsplca,
California would then be- rrrat place iu
; lawyers, lie was in favor Of the bill II wa
clearly constitutional
Mr. Ewing explained, that should any on,
refuse Ia exhibit his claim for two wears, h,
would hr in cNacdy the same position 49, il
the bill had not passed.
Mr. Benton replied,
Mr. BGrricn's amendments were then "a
greed to, aud Mr. Bgnton's motion 10 strik,
out rejected yeas 10, nay, ~,
Mr. licrricn offered several minor amend
mcut. which were ngrccd Ia,
MIR Walker moved Ia amend, hy providing
that patent granted by the United State
-lmll only Ice considered - u rcliuquishmcn
% hy the goycrpmcut
, lluUsr,--1hc House resumed tho conidS
ration of the pending motion, 10 refer 10 th,
q Committee of the Whole on the Union, Ia,
, bill heretofore reported lay Mr. johnson
} of Tenn, proposing 10 give 10 every head ~
q family lGu acres of the public domain, oi
. condition that he will occupy and mproN,
the same Cor q certain period,
Mr. Brown, oi Miss, explained q suh.titut,
Z ytFrtT tr1TrrrJrirTf .l -..i-s.
Of which simply contemplated q continuation
r of the present prcompUoif laws; the second
: that the right of presumption shall hc pcrpcl
d ual,iustrad of limiting il 10 one or two years
p. and the settler Ia have as much time ~ hl
ncccs,itic. shall require fo pay for the Ian,
~ the minimum price OF : l,2j per acre, H.
did not propose 10 give away the land ahsu
utcly his object was 60 Secure their settle
.4a.It-.lll- l,4l..a -l.a--4.
tier, against misfortune and improNidcncc-
Mr. johnson withdrew hi. motiqn TO refer
r Mr. Ninton moved to lay the hill on the "a
. bic; decided in the ncgatiyc--yPas ~, nay
90.
The.llousc, 10y q vote of ~ 10 81, refuse,
Co second demand for the pre-, ous question
, which would have brought the House TO a di
q rect vote on the hill,
, Mr. Cungrr moved to refer it To the Com
, mittcc of the whole.
Mr. johnson, of Pennsylvania, called 70
:, the yeas and nays. To send the bill thcr
was equivalent to its rejection
A The bill was referred TO the Committee OF
the whole yeas t2l, nave Ga.
Mr. Julien moved tu reconsider the vnt,
o. pending which motion the House went int
/, committee of the whole on the Deficiency Ar
- preparation bill Several amendments wcr
. made.
$ When all The clauses " the Bit wcr
] gone through with, Mr. Strong moved to d,
10 mend ~,
a Mr. Sirong's amendment, in Nhstanc
T. will be.innnd- in al4ather- ealuHp- usdar ia
. head OF "Propositon for changing the TAI
iA.l
= Mr. Jones raised the question of order, TIL
d. amendment was irrelevant, and had nothin
q to do with the deficiency appropriation bill
4 and again,t was in violation of the rule whic
IS declares that such Amendments shall not 1
@ made in general appropriation bill
- Mr. Strong suppose the question is n,
- dchatablc
. Chairman, (Nr Mcad) 1t is not
T. Mr. Joncs-I'hs is Democratic Penn
:, tariff.
r Without farther proceedings, the Committr
rose and the House adjourned.
! FUGIrINE SLAVE CAsE.--A colored MAJ
!, stephen Bennett, was arrested in Columbia
) Pa, on Thursday evening while snyyin