The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-21

he moved auspensIpN Of the rules for the above
ravrcse. Whifh no cr din not crr~si - ~
Mr. DISNEY n"y. I'd a s,.-s, s..s4sn ~ ine s'cs
20 snslie hi,n :" iru,. tm~ q r~scu' on mrki,-
lhe oil granting right cf wsY fr a. raisoad
through OHIO, Indiana, aud illinois, the spreis
order for Tomorrow week, 10 be continued until
disposed Of. Negaliyed. sf
MIR. GRlNNELI. asked unanimops consent to
Introduce resolution instructiDg the Committte
on Naval Affair." 10 inquire into the prophecy Of
auihor'ztng the Secretary of the Navy 70 copunus
10 commission, for sea service, the ffigp1 Consi-
a osss ssa e S. ,sSod s.' VI
suspension sWP OF the rules for the above purpose
winch motion not agreed To-
Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON asked unanimous
consent ior the Introduction Of resolution max
"s me OIL, ror the encouragement Of agriculture,
and providing that every man who = the head
or family and citizen or the United States.
with homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
or land out OF the public domain, be made the
special order for the 23d Of ihs present month.
Mr. ViNTON objecting, Mr.. JorNsoN moved
. suspension Of the rules for the above purpose.
and demanded the yeas and nays upon the motion.
The question was Then taken. and the motion
was lost. Ayes &c. NAYS lOO
Mr.. McCLERNAND asked unanimous con-
sent TO introduce the following resolution:
Resolued, That the President Of the United
States be requested 10 communicate 10 this House,
II not in his judgment incompatible with The pub
lie interests, any information in his possession.
relative to difference Of qpiaion. if any, between
the Government o? the t'Hit 'sa, y and Great
Britain, concernita- soa or the con-
venton lately eaie.fA i,,o y Ssia governments.
Also, any'ntorn.s,,nu Ia his possession relative
to the reported difficulties in and upon the coasts
Of trail al N
$500 BOUNTY LAND Bill.
Mr.. ROBINSON asked unanimous consent 10
introduce resolution to take up the bill snsuring
the prompt execution of the act Of September %.
1850, granting bounty lands 70 certain officers and
soldiers. who have been engaged in the service Of
the United States. ttft
Objection being made, Mr.. RoBMsox moved
Suspension Of the rules, and called for the yeas
and nays upon me hen motion ?; !. And III. question
The SPEAKER stated that the question wa,
upon the amendment TO- the above bill, proposed
by McCLERNAHD, of Illinois. M t
The amendment was as follows: sft
find be II further enacted, That registers and re-
ceivers of the several land offices Of the United
States shall be entitled to demand and receive for
their services in locating military bounty land
warrants from each person applying TO locate the
same, fee at the rate oftwenty for each
forty acres 40 located; Provided, That the fee
hereby allowed shall DO in lieu and in discharge
pidsd further, That the salary and perqusitesshsll
in no case exceed the sum of three thousaad dol
lars per annum each. Ft
Mr.. MEADE being entitled to the floor,
yielded to ~ e5 s,
fy his amendment by adding clause authorizing
the issue of warrants to .persons whose rights
thereto had been Defeated by the expiration Of the
time within which they could be located. - ~.
9 Mr.. McCLERNAED spoke at length upon
the hardships existing from the Interpretation
or misconstruction Of i!itsrats persons, OF their
rights under bounty land acts, whereby they had
lost their opportunity to locate lands.
Mr.. VINTON rnissd question Of order, which
was, that the proposed modification was not in
order, because not applicable to the act OF 1850.
but to cases that had arisen under previous acts.
The SPEAKER sustained the point, aud ruled
the proposed modification out Of order.
Mr.. G. w. JONES said that the bill reported
by the committee did not meet with the views Of
every member, but he had no doubt il would ef-
feet the object desired, which facilitate the
execution Of the bounty land act. If general de.
bate was TO arise, and amendments be proposed,
Congress would adjourn without action upon the
subject. and the blIl would 60 on to the Speakers
Mr.. ANDREW JOHNSON, in,erposinr.
asked his colleague TO propose the following 40 an
amendment to the amendment "provided that
nothing in the act approved on the 18th Of Sep
TENDER, 1850, shall be so construed an to exclude
the volunteers called out to aid in the removal Of
the Cherokee Indians wsst of the Mississippi In I
1861. .as.3 AA aetsst al FryIF =
MIR. ID w. JONES, resunaine. moved the fore
going, and demanded the previous question. bat
the last motion was not sustained by the House.
Mr.. c. II. WILLIAMS spoke al length giving
the history Of the proceedings Of the committee o.
connected with the Secretary Of the Interior He
thought that the thirty-ssyen additional clerks au
thorized by the bill, necessary to the execu-
tion Of the law. M. W. argued in favor Of the 3
section Of the bill defining the evidence necessary
to obtain warrant in the absence of the rolls ne
cessnry to verify statements of service. He at
trbuted the authorship Of the bill TO the commit
tee, apd concluded with some remarks relating to
the practice Of reading newspapers in the Offices
during business hours. He thought the amount
Of official labor might be doubled. tiaassD
Mr.. MORTON submitted some remarks, bear i
ing personal witness to the ability and courtesy OF
the commissioner Of pensions, who had been con
demned by the chairman Of the select committee. 4
He predicted that he would DO found q most faith
full and effective public officer. tss3 rssosf =
Mr.. MARSHALL Of X entucky follow ed in re-
marks, condsmnatory Of the administration of
the pension officer AT the last session nine addi-
tional clerks were authorized to attend to par-
ticuar class of claims. but no more prngress had
been made than existed previous to their appoint
ment He thought a good clerk could is,us some
four or FIVE hundred warrants per-day. r-E
Mr.. GORMAN replied, giving a minute ae-
count Of what wes requ'r 70 he done in each
case, tcsfying 10 ,he irfrsir'pf ne clsrks Of the
Pension Office. he 'tstel 80 Office was not
as efficient ms II Nes lp~sisus "a the removal Of
Edwards. The Golpn!ssloner was able and cour-
teous, but lacked experience and system. Mr.. A
G was for legaIizing the appointments Of the
Secretary OF the Interior. rta-tI.5 .ft1.i <
Mr.. JAMES THOMPSON stated the natur. /
Of an amendment which he should at the proper
tims propose, and made some remarks in support
Of his proposition. N IA .sf .tr. .iT kars.s4
Mr.. CRoWELL moved an adjournment, and
the question beng put, il was decided in the az
6rmative, and then III rrfI tt.Isrh b
The House adjourned. g43trsN
POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK