The southern press., 1851-12-23
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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Mr. DANIELS, of North Carolina, chairman
of the Committee on Claims, presented u 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 ths work completed in the shortest
time but the Clerk had been hndered by the re-
strictions 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 he
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, aud the reports of COM
mittees on the subject. 1t 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-
mended digest of all claims before the House.
Owing to the alterations he had alluded TO, it
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 ncorrect, and
il would be necessary to complete the work before
it could be printed. In accord ance with the wish
expressed by Congress, that it 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 it necessary, he had af-
terwalds increased that number. No idea, he said /,
could be formed of the labor required to arrange
the digest, to complete which twelve months
would be required. The labor increased
by the inaccurate manner in which the index ofthe
journals and laws were kept and he mentioned the
subject that those upon whom the duty devolved
might guard against 1t in future. The committee
recommended that the work be completed early
as possible; aud as the person who. printed the
first two letters Of the alphabet, might come for
ward, claiming an allowance, If the work was not
finished by him, they recommended, that he be
employed to complete the undertaking. He con
cluded by moving resolution to that effect /;
which passed the House by majority of 100 to
3S.
Mr.. CARTIER, from Ohio, moved that the
rules of the House be suspended, to enable him
to submit resolution, appointing a 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 a
motion of Mr.. JoNEs, from Tennessee, that the
rules be not suspended; upon which the ayes and
nays weie demanded which stood as follows
Yeas Messrs. Allen, of ILL., Allison Andrews, A Ap-
pleton, Babcock, Bartlett, jr., Bennett, BIssell,
Bovine, Boyd, Brenton, Briggs, Bushy, Cable,
Campbell, Cartier, Caskie, Chandler, Chapman,
Cbastain, Clark, Cleveland Cingman, Cobb,
Conger, Curtis, Davis, Of Mass, Davis, of Ind,
Disney, Doty, Durkee, Eastman, Faulkner, Flick
lin, Florence Floyd, Fowler, Freeman, Fuller,
of Pa, Fuller, Of Me Gaylord, Gentry, Gid
dines, Green, Grey, Grow, Hascall, Hendricks,
Hibbard, Horsford, Howard John w. Howe, of
Pa, Howe, OF Pa, Ingersoll, Ives, johnson, of
Pa Jones, of Ohio, King, kuhns, Kurtz, Landry,
Letcher, Mace, Marshall, Mason, Mcdonald, Nc
Nair, Molony, Moore, Murray. Nabers, Newton,
OIds, Parker, Peaslee, Penniman, Perkins, Polk,
RsntouI, Richardson, Robbins, jr., Robie, Robin
son, Sackett, Scherrnerhorn, Scudder, Seymour,
of n Y, Seymour, of Conn, Shelton, Smart,
Snow, Stanton, of Ohio, Stanton, of Ky, Stevens,
Stone, st. Martin Stuart, Sutherland, Sweetser,
Thompson, Thurs,on, Townsend, Tuck, Wal
bridge, Walsh, Ward, Washburn, ir., WEIGH.
White, Wdrick, Yates. Total, Ill.
Nays-Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken, Ashe, Av-
erett, Bayly, Barrere, Bibighous, Bocok Bragg,
Breckenridge, Brown, CabelI, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cuom, Daniel, Dockery, Durham, Edmundson,
Evans, Fitch, Goodenow, Hall, Hamilton, Ham
mond, Harper, Harris, Haven, Hebard, Hem,
Hllyer, Holaday, Houston, Jackson, johnson,
of Tenn, johnson, of Ga, Jones, Lockart, Mar
SHALL Martin, McMullen, Millson, Morehead
Morrison, Murphy, Orr, Penn, Powell, Scurry,
Smith, Stanly, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson,
Venable, Watkins Wilcox Williams.--Tota, So.
The House therefore refused to suspend the
rules, and other business was proceeded withI
Mr.. BaENroN, Of Indiana, moving for leave to in
troduce bill for the relief of persons who had
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 were entitled to, upon paying the differ
ence; which was referred to the Committee on
Lands.
Mr., BISSELL, of Illinois, moved that the
House go into Committee OF the Whole on the
state Of the Union, for the purpose of taking up
the joint resolution, authorizing the transfer OF
bounty land certificates and warrants, and the
payment of those officers whose duty it was to
locate th,m, and went on to explain the instances
of hardship within his own personal knowledge,
where they had to act without receiving any com
pensaton, as is the case where lands are sold.
The House having resolved itself into a com
mitee, question arose as to what business should
be proceeded with and the chairman, Mr. HIS