The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-03

WASHINGTON August 2, 1852
pRE-EMPrIoN RIGHTS GRANTED.
The House in the Senate amendment to the
bill granting preempton to actual settlers the line Of
the Central Railroad.
ATTEMPT MINUTE SPEECHES, ETC.
Mr.. JONES' (dem of Tenn, wished to amend the rules
o that majority may suspend that allowing five
minute speeches amendments after the
is closed on bill.
Mr.. ORR objected.
Mr.. MEADE made Intellectual attempt to have takeu
up the resolution fixing the time for the adjournment of
Congress.
THE Loss OF THE sLooP GEoRGIANA.
Mr.. RICHARDSON offered a resolution which was adopt
ed calling the Secretary of the Treasury for nforma
tion relative to the shpwreck Of the American soop
Georgana the east coast of Queen Charottes Island
and the measures taken for her relief
POSTAGE PROPOSITION.
MIR. HASKELL by leave introduced bill to amend the
postage law proposing among other things to reduce the
postage letters when pre- paid, to tive cents, and
newspapers fourth cent distances not exceed
ing 500 miles and half cent for any distance over 500
and not exceeding 900 miles and cent for any dis
tance exceeding 1000 miles, newspapers to circulate free
within SO miles of the place of publication. 1t also abo
fishes the rankng privilege The bill referred to the
Committee on the Post Office
UNTILLAn.E BOUNTY LANDS.
The House took up the bill authorizing soldiers in the
late with Great Britain to surrender their Bounty
Lands unfit for cultivation, and select others instead
motion to lay the bill on the table made and vot
ed down. Pending the subject, the morning hour ex-
pired.
THE RULEs-UNAvALING EFFORT To AMEND
Mr. JONES Of Tenn moved suspension of the rules to
enable him to introduce his resolution relative to stop
ping five minute speeches on amendments to bills after
the general debate is closed.
The motion negatived by yeas IS, nays 7s-t ere
not being two-thirds.
THE DAY FOR ADJOURNMENT DECIDED uroN.
Mr.. Harris, (dem) of Tenn, moved suspension Of
the rules for the purpose of taking the resolution to
fix the day Of adjournment sine die.
Mr.. JONES, (dem.) of Tenn, demanded the yeas and
nays to see who wanted to adjourn without doing the
public robustness.
Mr. sAcKrTr, (whig) ofN Y wanted to know whether
the Land Distribution bill had passed the Senate!
CnIEs-" Order order"
Mr.. SrAsLY (whig) of n G, desired to know whether
it would be in order to inquire whether the River and
Harbor bill had passed the Senate
The SPEAKER said the inquiry would not be in order
The question then taken, and the rules
pended by q vote Of 120 against As.
The amendment ofthe Senate fixing Tuesday, the 3lst
of August. for adjournment concurred in
THE MILITARY ACADEMY biLL-coNsiRucTNE MILEAGE ETC
The House went into committee the Military
Academy Bill returned from the Senate with amend
mepts. Having rejected the amendment approprating
$4,000 for riding school at West Point they took up
the one appropiatng $4,000 for the per diem compen
saton and mileage of Senators Representatives and
Delegates in order to correct the mistake made by the
omission Of this in the engrossment of the deficiency
bill.
The question of mileage having been incidentally dis
cussed the amendment agreed to- with provso
added by the House that constructive mileage shall
hereafter be allowed and the bill laid aside to be
ported to the House when the committee took up the
General Appropriation Blu
MIR FAULKNIR (whg) of Va, gave his views on the
Presidential question saying that the enforcement of
the compromise including the Fugitive Slave
law depends the stability aud tranquility of the Union
spoke Of the recent caumnes ofnoithern abotonsts
against Frank Pierce and pointed to that gentlemans
speech In October 1850 sufficient to consgn the SLAM
DIR TO the contempt of every honorable General
Scott did not merely sin by refusing to letters
asking his views the compromise policy but by giving
those who rallied in hostility to it. He
regarded General Scott the candidate of the latter
and would yield his humble support to those who
had given him the highest of their devotion to
the federal compact.
PROPOSED COMFORT WIDOW AND SIX CHILDREN, ETC.
MIR. Conn, (dem of Ala gave notice that he should
move at future day to take up bill to give aid and
comfort to widow with six children
Mr., CLIreMaN, (whig) of n, c.. asked the gentleman
to include bill for the relief of certain old soldier who
has lost his leg
AGRfcULTUR.L BUREAU,
Mr.. SHELTON, (dem of n j., said the Committee on
Agriculture have agreed to report bill to establish
agricultural bureau lie had speech prepared but
did wish to trouble the House with its delivery he
would print 1t.
THE MILITARY ACADEMY BILL, ETC.
The Committee rose when the action of the Committee
the West Point Bill concurred in, and the House
adjourned