The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

class included those who had been in actual ac-
ton, and whom he proposed shall receive grant
Of l60 acres. There are thousands, he said, IN
Maryland who had served during the warof 1912,
when Admiral Cockburn lay off thsc coast with a
large force, and there was no knowing where he
could land, who had never asked for remunera-
ton, and who could not receive it under the bill.
A variety OF other amendments were proposed,
chiefly embracing subjects that had been pre-
yiously fully discussed; all of which were mega
tived. And, finally, the original amendment was
put to strike out all the Senate bill, except the
first section, which had been AMENDED SO as to al
low persons holding warrants to enter upon any
public lands subject to private entry and that
when the minimum price Of such land exceeded
81 25, that the locator should pay to the United
States the difference in cash; which amendment
was agreed to.
amendment, extending the provisions of the act
OF 1850 to the he children, parents, or brothers
and sisters of officers and soldiers entitled to boun.
ty land; which was negatived.
The committee then rose, and the House re-
sumed. The yeas and nays being called for, the
following gentlemen yotel forsnd against the bill:
YEAS-Dfessrs Abercrombie, Aiken. Allison,
Wm Appleton, Averett, Babcock, Bartlett, Ben
nett, Bowie, Bovine, Bragg, Breckenridge, Briggs,
G. n. Brown, Buell., Burrows, Lewis D; Camp
bell, Cartier, Chapman, Chastain, Colcock, Cott-
man, Curtis, Daniel, Dawson, Dimmick, Disney,
Dockery, Durham, Ewing, Faulkner, Floyd,
Fowler, Henry M. Fuller, Il ] d. Fuller, Gam
BILE, Giddings, Goodrich, Grow, Harper, lsham
G. Harris, Hart, Hascal, Hebard, Hubbard. fiol-
laday, j. w Howe, It ~ How, jr., Ives, lngersoll,
Jackson, Jenkins, George w. Jones, j. G. Jones,
Preston King, Kuhns, kurtz Letcher, Mann, a.
Marshall Martin, Mason, MillsJn, Mcdonald, Nc
Lanahan, Nc VI uller, Mcqueen, Meacha m, Miner,
HI d. Moore, Morehead, Morrison, Murray, Ma
bers, Newton, Olds, Outlaw, Peaslee, Perkins,
Polk, Powell, Rantoul, Riddle Robbins, Robie'
Savage ,Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Schoonmaker,
Scurry, Origen s. Seymour, Shelton, Stanly, 3.
Stanton, F. p. Stanton, A. IL. Stephens, Stone,
Stratton, Strother, Sutherland, Sweetser, Benz.
Thompson G. w. Thompson, rhurston, loombs,
Venable, Walbridge, Wallace, Wells, Addison
White, Wilcox, Williams and Woodward--ll4.
NAYS-Messrs. Willis Allen, ID. J. Bailey,
Barrere, III Bell Bibighaus Bissel Brooks. Busby,
E. C. Cabe, Caid vel, 7. Campbell, Churchwell.
Clark, Clingman, Cobb, John G. Davis, .Doty,
Duncan, Eastman, Evans, FickIn, Fitch, Free
man, Gaylord, Goodenow German, Green. Gray,
Hall, Hendricks, Houston, Andrew Johnson, J.
Johnson, r. w. johnson, Ut. Jones, q. Y. King,
Lockhart, Mace, McCorkle, McNair, Miller, Mo-
iony, John Moore, Murphy, s. w. Parker, Penn,
Penniman, Porter, Prce, Robinson, Sackett, Da-
vid l.. Seymour, Smart, Smith, R. II. Stanton,
Stuart, Taylor, Townshepd, Ward, Washburn,
Watkins, WEIGH, Alexander White and Yates
IS.
Several communications from departments were
received and disposed Of; the bills on the Speak
er's table were sent to committees, and at about
half past o'clock The House adjourned over TIL
Monday next.