The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-31
THlRTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
SATURDAY, May 30, 1852.
The SENATE was not in session to- day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

| MIR. STUART asked the unanimous consent O
the House to take up and dispose OF the territoria
business upon the Speakers table; but objection
was made.
Mr.. MOORE, from the Committee on Public
Lands, made several adverse reports, which wer,
laid upon the table; among them was one on tn,
! petition Of James W. Marshall, of California
asking for grant of land il. consideration of hay
! ing made the first discovery of gold in California
and another on the memorial of the defenders o
Baltimore, asking an additional grant of lano
bounty on account OF military services during the
| last war with Great Britain.
! Mr. HALL, from the came committee, reported
bill TO enable the Legislature of Indiana 10 die.
pose OF the UNFOLD saline lands in said States which
! after brief debate, passed.
Ihosc lands II was stated, were prohibited bv
Congress 10 be sold for less than one dollar and a
| quarter per acre They are not rs valuable as was
formerly supposed, and it was stated that, after
having been IN market twenty or thirty years, they
never would be sold to benefit anybody at that
price. The bill having been passed, the Legisla.
lure can reduce it,
LANDS FOR RAILROAD PuRPosEs IN IOWA.
Mr. HALL, also from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported with amendments the Senate bill
granting 10 Iowa the right OF way and donation OF
public lands TO aid in the construction OF certain
railroads in that State.
lie said that the bill was similar in tie terms and
provisions to that which passed the House yester
day for the benefit Of Missouri The Senate bill
provides for two roads in the State of Iowa; one
from Davenport, on the Mississippi; aud the other
from Dubuque TO Keokuk. The people of Iowa
have manifested deep interest in those roads, and
the proposition has been before Congress for many
years asking for grant Of land TO aid in their
construction. The Senate had three several times
passed bills for this purpose. The Committee on
Public Lands proposed TO amend the bill, al to
provide Tor the construction Of a railroad from the
town OF Burlington to the Missouri river and 10
continue the road from Burlington east to the tow
OF Lafa yette Indiana. The amount Of land granted
by the amendment Is nine hundred thousa nd acres
h.4s ~
81 granting nj ornate sections by voting lands TO
Missouri ~ aid in the construction of railroads in
that State; and now n sister State, similarly stu.
ated a. Missouri. asks Congress 10 make like
grant, OF equal importance 10 her and 10 the nation
at large. lie trusted that the House would show A
Willingness TO treat all sections alike and do
equal justice TO all. la reply TO question he said
that the hill, II amended as was proposed, would
appropriate twenty Elk hundred thousand acres OF
the public lands; and concluded by moving the
previous question
Mr. JONES, Of Tennessee, arosc and asked the
gentleman 70 withdraw the motion; but
Mr.. HALL declined 10 DO 90.
Mr.. JONES said THE was an important bill and
IL was unjust and Unkind TO force IL upon the
House without eEplana lone.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, OF lllinois, wished TO move an
amendment, 10 strike out from the bill the proyi
SION for the Keokuk and Dubuque railroad.
Mr.. HALL, however, refused TO Withdraw the
demand for the previous question.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee, moved that the bill
yeas l02. nays 6S-ns follows
YEAS Messrs. Aiken, Allison, Asbc, Averctt,
BabcOck, David Bailey, Barrerc, Bell, Bennett,
Bocock, Bragg. Bueil. Burrows, Busby, Caldwell,
| Thompson Campbell, Cartier, Caskie, Chapman n,
Chastsin, Churchveil, Cleveland, ClinRman, Col.
! cock, C0ris, Daniel, George r. Davis, Dawson,
! Dean, DOckery, Duncan, Edgerton, Edmundson,
Faulkner, Floyd, Fowler, fbos. J. ID. Fuller,
! Gamble, Giddings, Grow, Hall, Hamilton, Har.
! per. l. G.. Harris, Hart, Hibbsrd, Hdlyer, Holla-
day, Houston. John w Howe, Thomas Y. How,
! IT,, Hunter, Iugcrsoll, Ives, jackson, Jenkinp,
/ Daniel T. Jones, George w. Jones, J. Clancy
/ Jones, George Il. King, Preston King. Kurz,
Letcher, Martin, Macon, McLanahsn, McMullen,
\ McNair, McQu'en, Mescham, Milison, Miner,
| Morehoad. Murphy, Murray, Newton, Outlaw,
Peaslee, Polk, Powell, Robbins, jr Robbie, Ross
Russell, savage schoonmaker, seudder, David
l. seymour. Ongcn Seymour skelton, Smart
stnnly, Benjamn Stanton, Taylor, Thurstou,
| walbridge, Wallace, Watkins, Welsh, Wells
Wildrick, and Wood ward-lO2
! NAYS.-Messrs. Abcrcrombie, Willis Allen,
| William Appleton, Hssell, Brenton, Briggs, Al.
bert G.. Brown, Lewis ID. Campbell Chandler
| Clark, Cobb, Conger, CullOm, John G.. Davis
Disney, Durkee, Eastman, Ficklin, Florence
Gaylord Gentry, Gilmore, Goodrich, German
! Grey, Sampson w Harris Hascall, Hendricks
/ Hem, Thomas VI. Howe, James Johnson, John
| J'hnson, Robert w. johnson, Kuhns, Landry,
Lyckhart, Mace, Edward c. Marshall. Humphrey
Marshall Miller, Molony, Henry d. Moore, John
| Moore, Odds, Orr, Samuel w Parker, Penn
Penniman, Phelps, Richardson, sackett, Scurry
Smith, Frederick p. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton,
| Abraham =. stephens, Stone, 81. Martin, Stro.
| lher, Stuart, George w. Thompson, Toombs
| Tovnshend. Walsh, Ward. Addison White, Alex.
ander White, and Williams-6S.
SO the bill was rejected.
Mr.. HALL moved that the vote Just taken be re.
| considered, and demanded the previous question.
| MIR. JONES, Of Tennessee, moved 10 lay that mo
ton upon the table; pending which
|. Mr. COBB moved that the House proceed 10 the
business the Speakers table. This was dis
agreed TO yeas "a, nays 1903.
! Mr.. BISSELL said II manifest thst'if thi.
course OF proceeding should be persevered in, they
would kill the bill to day, and nothing would b,
! done to-day.
Mr.. JONES asked: Is not the bill dead already
! Mr.. BlSSELL moved that the House resolve H.
\ self intoa Committee Of the Whole on the state Of
| the Union; and
! Mr.. DANIEL moved that the House 20 into Com.
/ mittee Of the Whole private bills
motion was made that the House adjourn; and
! the question was decided in the negative-yeas 40
/ naysIl3
The question was then taken on the motion TO &c
into Committee Of the Whole on the private cslen-
dar. This was negatived; the vote being taken by
/ yeas and nays.
! And the House then adjourned yeas 80, ma ys 10
/
/ Executive INTgaPosIrIoN 1t is stated that ar
! effort s being made 10 procure the pardon OF Hand
alas Shuster, convicted Of rohbing the Government
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