Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The SPEAKER announced, the first business in or
der the consideration Of the bill explanatory Of the
bounty land act of September %, 1850 the question
pending being upon the passage of the bill.
Mr.. BOWIE moved that the further consideration of
the bill be postponed until Monday next, with view Of
enabling the House to go into Committee Of the Whole
the private calendar.
After discussion whether it competent for
majority of the House to postpone this BILL having been
made a special order by two-thrds vote
Mr. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky, moved the previous
question, which seconded and under the operation
thereof the motion of Mr.. Bowie disagreed by the
following vote Yeas IL nays go
The question then required the passage Of the bill
when
Mr.. CLINGMAN demanded the yeas and nays; which
ordered
Mr. SMART desired to know whether il would be in
order to ask for the reading of the bill He wished the
House to understand that the eighth section repealed the
fourth section.
The bill was accordingly read
Mr. FOWLER moved that it be laid on the table; and
on this motion demanded the yeas and nays which
ordered and being taken resulted as follows
YEAS-Mcssrs Aiken, Andrews, John Appleton William
appleton Ahe Averot Bartlett Beale Bovine Boyd Briggs
Chandler Chapman, Clark Conger, Curtis Daniel George T.
Davis Dean Doty, Duncan, Dukee Eastman Evans Fitch,
Fowler, Thos j. d. Fuller, Gddngs Goodenow, Grow, Hail.
Harper, Hart, Haws, Hascal Haven, Hebard, Henn Hb
bard Horsford John w. Howe Hunter Ingerso Ives, Jack
SON. d. T. Jones' George W. Jones' j. clancy Jones' Geo.
g. King Preston King Kuhns, McCorkle Mcdonald, Me-
Queen, Meade, H. d. Moore, Murray Newton, Orr OUTLAW,
Peaslse Penuman Perkins Phelps Price, Rantoul Robbie,
David L. Seymour 0rgen S. Seymour Skeon Smart Smith,
Snow Benz Stanton Abraham p Stevens Thaddeus Stevens
Satton Stuart Sutherland Benjamin Thompson Geo. w.
Thompson, Thurston, Toombs, Townshend wabrdge Wal
lace Washburn, Wells, wildrick-l0O.
NAYS-Mcssrs. Abercrombie, Willis Allen, Allison Bah
cock, Thomas H. Bsyly Barrerc, Bell, Bennett Bisse
Bowie, Breckenridge Brent, A. g. Brown Busby, Edward
G. Cabe Joseph Gable, Caldwell Thompson Campbell Chas-
tain Churehwc Cleveland, Cngman Cobb, Cottman, John
g. Davis Disney, Dockery Durham Edgerton Edmundson
Ewing Fcklin Florence, IL NJ Fuller Gamble Gaylord Gen
try Gilmore, German, Grey Hamilton Hendricks Houston,
n How ir mir Inb, To. LII,
son, Kurtz, Landry Lockhar, Mace H. Marshall, Mason,
McTanahan McMuen McNer Melony, Moore Morrison,
Murphy, Nabers, Odds Andrew Parker Samuel W. Parker,
Polk Powell Richardson, Robbins Savage stany Frederick
2 stanton, Richard H. Stanton, Martin strohe Taylor,
walsh Ward Watkins, Wech, Addison White, Alexander
White, Williams, Yates--sI.
SO the bill laid on the table.
Mr.. FOWLER moved TO reconsider the vote Just taken
and also moved to lay the motion reconsider on the ta
Bile i. which latter motion agreed to.
CONVENTION WITH BRAZIL.
Mr.. BAYLY OF Virginia remarked thnt there was a
joint resolution upon the Speakers table which il was
dispensabe should be passed Immediately and if the
House would indulge him for few moments he would
show that was one TO which there could be possible
obcctsn lie referred to the Senate joint resolution
tending the time Of the commission under the Convention
with Brazil which, IL passed at ALL should be passed i'm
mediately, or il would effect good.
Under the convention with Brazil the period for adm
dicatng American claims would expire this week but In
consequence Of the difficulty which attended the collecting
Of testimony the wdeextcnded territory of Brazil
of the claimants had been able to perfect he
testimony. The whole fund had not been distributed
but the commissioners salary provided for fou,
months longer than the period at which he would term
nate his duties The President had recommended an,
the Commissioners himself bad said, that il was but nus
that the period for the termination of the adjudication
cases under the convention should be extended fon
i months, and this all that asked in the hill,
There was money provided by Brazil and the only oues
ton whether time should be given for the IN
vestigaton Of the claims. II not the American claim
ants would be the losers, while brazil would be Il,
gamer.
There being no objection
The joint resolution read twice
Mr.. FLORENCE inquired Of the gentleman from Vii
gnia how many persons ha hled applications for relief
we're there not thirteen