The southern press., 1851-12-23
HOUSE OF REPRE- sENTATIVES.
MONDAY, Dec. -.

MONDAY, Dec. -.
Mr.. DANIELS, of North Carolina, chairman
of the Committee on Claims, presented report,
which he said required the immediate action OF
the House, having reference to the progress that
had been made on the digest and index of private
claims, ordered by Congress, and the time which
is required to complete the work.
The documents which the report embraced {,
having been read, =
MIR. DANIELS said, Congress had been desir-
Gus of having the work completed in the shortest
time. but the Clerk had been hindered by the re-
strctons that were imposed. The work, when
completed, he said, would form three volumes Of
the size o. the Congressional Globe but nearly ten
months would be required before it would lie
ready for the press.
In proceeding with the digest, it had been found
necessary to refer to the journals, the laws bear
ing upon private claims, and the reports of COM
mIttees on the subject IL happened also, that
the same claims came up under different shapes
and names owing to the death OF parties, and
where transfers had been made to assignees. The
object of the Committee on Private Claims, he
said, was the saving Of expense, who recon-
mende1 a digest of all claims before the House.
Owing to the alterations he had alluded TO, II
was found that all claims commencing with the two
first letters of the alphabet, which had been placed
in the hands Of the printer, were incorrect, and
il would be necessary to complete the work before
il could be printed. In accord ance with the wish
expressed by Congress, that IL should be compile
ted without loss Of time, Mr.. Young, the late
Clerk of the House, had employed at first SIX or
seven clerks but finding 1t necessary, he had al
ierwa! DIS increased that number. No idea, he said
could lie formed of the labor required 10 arrange
the digest, TO complete which twelve months
would be required. The labor was increased
by the inaccurate manner IN which the index OF the
Journals and laws were kept; and he mentioned the
subject that those upon whom the duty devolved
might guard against II IN future. The committee
recommended that the work be completed as early
as possble and as the person who printed the
first two letters Of the a phabet, might come for
ward, claiming an allowance, If the work was not
finished by him, they recommended, that he be
employed 10 complete the undertaking. lie con-
cludei, by moving a resolution TO that effect /;
which passed the House by a majority of 100 to
So -.
Mfr. CARTIER, from Ohio, moved that the
rules Of the House be suspended, to enable him
to submit a resolution, appointing committee Of
FIVE members to wait upon and welcome Lewis
Kossuth on his arrival in Washington, and to in
troduce him TO the House.
Mr. BAYLY, from Virginia, wished to have
the resolution debated; but all debate was pre-
vented, as was the passage Of the resolution, by
motion of Mr. JoxEs, from Tennessee, that the
rules be no, suspended upon which the ayes and
nays wee demanded, which stood as follows
Yeas Allen, Of 49,, Allison, Andrews, APP
pleton, Blbcock, Bartlett, IT,, Bennett, BlsseIl,
Bovine, Boyd, Brenton, Briggs, Bushy, Cable,
Campbell, Cartier, Caskie, Chandler, Chapman,
Chsstain, Clark, Cleveland, Clingman, Cobb,
Conger, Curtis, Davis, Of Mass, DAVIS, Of Ind,
Disney, Doty, Durkee, Eastman, Faulkner, Frck.
i'm, Florence, FLOYD, Fowler, Freeman, Fuller,
Of Pa, Fuller, Of Me Gaylord, Gentry, Gid
dings, Green, Grey, Grow, Hascall, Hendricks,
Hubbard, Horsford, Howard, John w. Howe, Of
Pa, Howe, OF Pa, lngersoll, Ives, johnson, OF
Pa, Jones, Of Ohio, King, kshns, kurtz, Landry,
Le,cher, Mace, Marshall, Mason, Mcdonald Nc
Naif, Molony, Moore, Murray, Nnhers, Newton,
Olds, Parker, Peaslee, Pennlman, Perkins, Polk,
Rantoul, Richardson, Robbins, Jr, ROBBIE, Robin
son, Sackett, Schermerhorn, Scudder, Seymour,
Of ~ Y, Seymour, Of Conn, SHELTON, Smart,
Snow, Stanton, Of Ohio, Stanton, Of Ky, Stevens,
Stone, st. Martin, Stuart, Sutherland, Sweetser
Thompson, Thurston, Townsend, Tuck, Wal
bridge, Walsh, Ward, Washburn, IT,, WEIGH,
White, WIdrick, Yates. Total, Ill.
Nays-Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken, Ashe, Av.
erett, Bayly, Barrere, Bblghaus, Bocok, Bragg
Breckenridge, Brown, CabeIl, Caldwell, Campbell
Cullom, Daniel Dockery, Durham, Edmundson
Evans, Fitch, Goodenow. Hall, Hamilton, Ham
mond, Harper, Harris, Haven. Hebard, HEM
Hhlyer, Holiday, Houston, Jackson, Johnson
Of Tenn, Johnson, Of Ga, Jones, Lockart, Mar
shall, Martin, McMulIen, Millsou, Morehead
Morrison, Murphy, Orr, Penn, Powell, Scurry
| Smith, Stanly, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson
! Venable, Watkins, Wilcox Williams Total, IS
The House therefore refused to suspend thu
| rules, and other business was proceeded with
Mr. BREsros, Of Indiana, moving for leave to ~
! troduce a bill for the relief Of persons who hac
been authorized to receive bounty lands TO enable
those who were already located to retain posses
sion, and Others to obtain lands Of higher value
than they we're entitled to, upon paying he differ
ence; which was referred TO the COMMITTEE OF
| Lands
Mr.. BlSSELL, Of Illinois, moved that tn,
House 90 into Committee Of the Whole on th'
state Of the Union, for the purpose Of taking uT
the joint resolution, authorizing the transfer o
! bounty land certificates and warrants, and thu
! pat ment Of those officers whose duty it was Il
locate tn m, and went on to explain the instances
| Of hardship within his own personal knowledge
where they had to act without receiving any com
pensntion, as is the case where lands are sold.
| The House having resolved itself into com
mttee, question arose as to what business should
| be proceeded with and the chairman, Mr.. HfB