Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-31
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The SPEAKER stated that the first business in order
the motion submitted by the gentleman from Maine
Mr. FULLER Monday last to suspend the rules as
| to enable him to offer the following resolution:
Resoped That the Secretary of State the Secretary of the
Treasury the Secretary of the Interior the Secretary of the
Navy the Secretary Of War; and the Postmaster General be
hereby instructed be reported this House.
may be practicable full and complete lists of all
claims if any, ncudng principal and interest and degnat
ing each separately allowed and paid by the respective De-
parmen any bureau thereof since the 4h day of March,
S49 which had been previously presented suspended dis
allowed in whole in part and specifying the character OF
cams and also that they to be reported the name
all persons who any time acted the agents solicitor
said claims and the persons who received any portion
| thereof were interested therein.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, inquired of the gentleman
from Maine whether he would modify his resolution
so as to include claims decided since the 4h of March,
1857 he would do this he should be glad to have the
information.
Mr. FULLER, of Maine, replied that if the gentleman
desired to offer resolution to that effect he could do
The yeas and nays then ordered the motion to
suspend the rules and being taken resulted Yeas l34,
nays So.
So the motion to suspend was agreed to.
Mr.. FULLER then offered his resolution, upon which
he demanded the previous question
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, appealed to the gentleman
from Maine withdraw the demand for the previous ques
ton in order that he might amend the resolution
so as to embrace the time since the 4h of March, lS45
For himself, he desired this investigation
Mr. FULLER said that the gentleman could accomplish
his object by offering a separate resolution.
Mr. CAMPBELL wished to avoid the necessity of con-
Stunning time If the gentleman afraid Of inyesti-
CATION he could refuse withdraw the demand for the
previous question.
Mr. BAYLY of Virginia requested the gentleman from
Maine to withdraw his demand for the previous question:
for the purpose of allowing him to suggest modification
Of the resolution.
Mr. FULLER said that he would like to hear the sug-
geston before withdrawing the demand for the previous
question.
Mr. BAYLY said that the suggestion which he desired
to make that he thought the practice they were get
ting into of calling upon the heads of Departments for
ports the House. thus treating them to large extent as
independent branches of the Executive very bad
The Executive unit the President responsible
man. and when they undertook to make independent calls
upon the heads of Departments, they giving them
consequence which the Constitution did contemplate
In the early days of the Republic they treated
head clerks, and they obtaining consequence
which inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution
growing n great extent, of the manner in which
they treated by Congress.
Mr.. FULLER eoncurred for the most part in the re-
marks of the gentleman from Virginia but for
known to himself he did not wish his proposition modified
The previous question then seconded and the ques
ton being ordering the main question viz on the adop
ton Of the resolution
Mr.. MILLER demanded the yeas and nays, which were
ordered.
Mr. MILLS0N desired to inquire if the House should
refuse to order the main question be put whether
| the resolution would not lie over?
The SPEAKER replied that in such case the resolution
would lie over until Monday next.
The main question was then ordered to be now put
/ Yeas 1875, nays GO.
Mr. MEADE said that he understood the mover Of the
resolution would accept the modification suggested by the
gentleman from Virginia, MIR BArLY and he asked the
unanimous of the House that the resolution might
be modified accordingly.
Objection made.
The resolution then adopted.
BOUNTY LAND ACT.
| On motion Of Mr. HARRIS, Of Tennessee (the rules
having been suspended for the purpose the House
ceeded to the consideration Of the motion which pend
ing Saturday last commit the joint resolution Of the
House explanatory of the bounty land act Of September
90 1850 the pending amendments thereto and the bill Of
the Senate making land warrants assgnabe and for other
purposes.
And the question being put the motion to commit these
propositions to the Committee of the Whole the state
| of the Union agreed to.
On motion Of Mr. HARRIS, Of Tennessee under sus-
pension Of the rules the propositions then made the
special order of the day for Thursday next and to
| tinue until disposed of
| NJ K0SSUTH AND CAPT. LONG.
Mr. SMITH asked the unanimous consent Of the House
to offer the following resolution:
Resolrcd That the President Of the United States be
quced furnish this House, IL inconsistent with the
public interest all the correspondence between Capt Long
the United States frgate Mississippi M Louis Kossuth
growing Of alleged difficulty be-
the said Capt Long and the said Kossuth the
collateral correspondence If any, including letters Of
Commodore Morgan and Consul Hodge arising upon the
said misunderstanding and connected herewith.
Objection was made
Mr. SMITH moved TO suspend the rules which motion
was agreed to.
Mr. s. then submitted his resolution, and il agreed
to- under the operation Of the previous question
PRINTING OF THE SEVENTH CENSUS
Mr.. GORMAN, from the Committee on Printing, rc-
ported joint resolution authorizing the Joint Committee
on Printing to contract with Doneson Armstrong for
printing and binding the census; which read twice
The resolution directs the Joint Committee Printing
Contract with Messrs bonelson Armstrong for the
prn anlh AZ
committee might deem reasonable and proper the work TO