New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-31
XxXIId CONGRESS. .F,Rsr Session.
)UsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, May %. 1853.
Dir. MOORE, Pa, from the Committee
on Public Lands, reported adversely the petition of
james A. Marshall, who asked for grant Of land in
consideration of having made the discovery Of gold
In California.
THE SALINE LANDS IN INDIANA
Mr.. HALL, from the same Committee,
reported bill enable Indiana to dispose Of the un-
sold saline lands In that State The restrictions la thu
existing law con6ne the price to 81 % per acre. and
was said the lands have been in market for twenty
thirty years. and win be sold for that price, Ban
passed
LANDS FOR IOWA RAILROADS.
Mr.. HALL also reported, with amend
ments the Senate BILL granting right Of way and doas-
ton OF lands to Iowa, for The construction OF railroads
from Dubuque to keokuk, and from Davenport TO
point the Mississippi River, hereafter to be dssig
mated
MIR. HALL said that this bill is similar in
Its provision the Missouri BILL which passed yesterday.
The Committee Public Lands propose to provide for
Railroad from Burlington, Iowa. 70 Lafayette Indiana.
Should the amendment be made, 2,6OO6oO acres would
be appropriated in ALL Having indorsed the principle
of voting lands for railroads. he called the House TO
do the justice TO Iowa extended 10 Missouri
He moved the previous question, and refused to with
draw the motion though requested to do 80 oy severed
gentlemen.
M. JONES (Tenn.) said twas unkind to
force upon the House of importance without
explanation. He moved the bill be tablet
The question was taken on Mr.. Jones's
molten, and it decided In the affirmative, byfeaS
l02 Nays o. as follows.
YEAs-Mesms Aiken, Allison, Ashe, Ayerett, Bsbcock.
Bailey, Bsuere, Bell Bennett Bocock, Bragg Buel Bu-
rows, Busby, Caldwell Campbell, Cartier, Casls Chap
Curtis Daniel Davis (Mass,) Dawson, Dean, Dockery,
Duncan Edgerton, Edmund.on Faulkner Floyd, Fowler,
Harper Harris Hart Hibbard, Hiliyer, Holiday. Houstoas
John Hove, How, Jr N.Y. iIaassI, IRseIsol! Iys1
Mns s me TsSs Min
Fss s"f Pos So9s r' Robe Russell.
Savage, Schoonmaker, scudder Seymour tNY,) Seymour
SS%%s S Masnds S' Wssss wsso Wos W.E
wdrick and Woodward
Ms B.ss srenion, ss Bso%n o. Of Mis- He Gs%pS:
OF Ohio; Chandler Clark Cobb, Conger, Callom Da-
@ o, p sn doode sy
Harris, Hascall, Hendricks HEM Thomas N Howe john
Of Ga Johnson Of ohioi johnson q Ark Kuhns.
Landry, Lockhart Marshall Of Call Marshall Of Ky Mil
Ter, Molony Moore, Of Pa Moore, OF La: olds Orr Par
ker, OF Ind Penn Pennimsn Phelps Richardson ssckstf
SsH Of 9 soss O. M. . raoS
son. Of Va Toombs Townsend, Ward, White Of Ala,
White, OF Ky; and Williams
So the bill was rejected.
Mr.. HALL Immediately moved to re-
Mr.. JONES (Tenn.) moved to lay that
motion the table.
DEsuLroRy DrBATH-coNpusIoH AND prsonDxn
A motion was made by Mr.. CoBB (Dera.
Alato consider the business the Speakers table.
and voted down.
Mr.. BIssELL (Dem., Ill. moved that the
House go into Committee of the Whole the state of
the Union, being evident that unless they did tho
day would be wasted, or the Iowa bill killed.
Mr.. JONES (Tenn. is not the bill dead!
A VoicE-No.
Mr.. JONES replied-It may be resur-
recfed, but Ii is dead now
Mr.. WILLIAas (Whig, of Tenn moved
that the House adjourn. Negatiyed
The House refused to go into Committee
on the Private Calendar.
Another motion was made to adjourn,
and it prevailed, by Yeas 70 against Nays79.
These questions were severally decided
BY Yeas and Nays.
There was much confusion throughoue
he proceedings