Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-31
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House proceeded to consider the motion to lay OF
the table the bill granting the right of way and making
grant Of land to the State Of Michigan to aid in the
structon of the Oakland and Ottowa railroad commenc
ing at the village of Pontiac in the county Of Oakland
and terminating the navgable waters Of Lake Mich
gan, in the county of Ottowa.
The question the motion to lay the bill on the table
being put decided in the negatives Yeas 3d. nays 80
The question then stated to be ordering the bill
| to be engrossed for third reading.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, moved to amend the bill by
adding thereto clause extending the privileges granted
Michigan in the bill under consideration the States
of Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Missouri Arkansas Louisiana
Alabama, Mississippi Florida Iowa, Michigan, and Wis
consn to aid in the construction of various specified
railroads.
Mr. LETCHER rose to question of order He de.
sired know whether the amendment Of the gentleman
from Arkansas in order for if he understood it, the
very propositions which embraced had been passed
by the House at former periods Of the session-many
deed, if not most Of them in separate bills Now, the
question of order which he raised this That after
the House had decided upon these separate bills and
fused to pass hem it not in order to embrace them
in omnibus and present them amendment to the
bill before the House
The SPEAKER oyerruled the point Of order. The
amendment did not embrace any bill it had been be-
fore the House. and therefore it was out of order
MIR. CLINGMAN moved to lay the whole subject the
table, and upon this motion demanded the yeas and nays
which ordered.
The SPEAKER lin reply to inquiry stated that ii
the motion to lay the table should be agreed to, il
would carry the bill with it,
The question was then TAKEN and the whole subject
was laid on the table by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Aiken, Allison John Appleton, William
Appleton Ashe, Babcoek Bartlett, Beae Bell, Bibighau
Bocock, Bowie, Boyd, Brooks Burrows Busby, Joseph
Cable, Caldwell Caske Chapman Chastain Cleveland Cling
man. Curtis Daniel George T. Davis, Dawson, Dean, Dim
mick Disney Dockery Duncan Durham, Edmundson Floyd
Fowler Thomas d. Fuller Gaylord Gentry, Giddings Gil
more, Goodenow Goodrich Grey Hamilton Isham g. Harris
Hascal Hebard, Hendricks, Hibbard Hillyer, Hoaday
Horsford, John w. Howe, Thomas NJ Howe Thos Y Howe
Hunter Ingerso Andrew Johnson George W. Jones' George
g. King, Preston King Kuhns, Kurtz Letche Mann, Mar
tin, Mason, McMulen, McNair, Mcqueen, Meade Mlson
Morehead Murphy Murray Newton Outlaw Perkins Polk
Robbins ROBBIE Robinson Ross Savage schoonnaker scud
der 0gen Seymour SHELTON Smart Stone Stratton Stu
art Sutherland Thurston Townshend Tuck venable Wal
bridge Wallace, Ward Watkins, Addison White, and VIII
drick-l04.
NAYS-Messrs Abercrombie Willis Allen, Barrere. Bis
Lewis ID. Campbell Thompson Campbell, Chandler, Clark,
Cobb, Conger Doty, Durkee, Eastman, Edgerton, Ficn
Fitch Florence Freeman, Sampson W. Harris, Haws, Hem
Houston Howard James Johnson John Johnson Robert
johnson, Landry Lockhart, Mace, Miller, Molony John
Moore, Nabers Odds Orr Samuel W. Parker Penn Penniman
Phelps Porter Ranou Richardson's Saeket Scurry, Smith
Stanly, Benjamin Stanton Richard H. Stanton, A. p Ste
vens St Martin, Strother Walsh, Welch Alexander White
Wilcox, Williams, and Yates-62.
Mr.. STUART moved to reconsider the vote by which
the whole subject laid upon the table and also moved
that the House go into Committee Of the Whole the
state of the Union
Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Arkansas, remarked that he would
merely say that he was satisfied by the just TAKEN
that the omnibus proposition dead and he did not
wish embarrass the original bill of the gentleman
Michigan, he should if the motion to reconsider the
laying the whole subject the table should prevail with
draw the omnibus amendment for he looked upon this
thing as killed. dead by the action Of the House this
morning.
The river and harbor bill again coming up for consider
alton the remainder Of the day spent in motions to
amend postpone &c. Without coming to decision the
House, at seven o'clock, adjourned.