The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-07-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THIRrY-sEcoND CoSGREss-FIRsT SESSION.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, July 8.

THIRrY-sECoND CoSGREss-FIRsT SESSION.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, July 8.
Mr.. King, the President of the Senate be-
ing absent ON account of illness, Mr. Atchison,
at has request, assumed the chair
MIR. Chase presented petitions in favor of
the Homestead bill
Mr.. Felch, in reply TO n question, said that
the Committee on Public Lands would proba-
bly, report on the Homestead bill during next
week
Mr.. Hunter gave notice of bill for the re-
demption of the public debt.
Mr.. Dodge Of Iowa, introduced a bill crea-
ting three additional land districts in Iowa, aud
it was considered and ordered to be engrossed.
The following bills were then considered,
and severally ordered to n third reading:
bill appropriatIng land scrip in full and
final satisfaction of Virginia military bounty
land warrants
bill granting land to Arkansas for a rail
road from Gaines s landing to Fulton, in said
State
House bill for the relief OF Francis Tribou;
passed.
A bill for the relief of John Duff
bill regulating the terms Of the United
States District Court in Iowa.
bill for the relief of the heirs or repre-
sentatives of the late Robert Sewal
House bill for the relief of lchabod Wey-
mouth
A bill to increase the capital stock of the
Washington City Gas Company to $350O00
A bin providing for resnla,:ng promotions
in the engineer and ordnance corps OF the
army.
The Senate then proceeded to the cOnsdera-
ton of Executive business, and shortly after
ad journed.
FRIDAY July 3.
The Secretary read n note received by Mr..
Atchison from Mr. King the President pro
! tempore of the Senate, requesting MIR. A. to
preside over the Senate to day.
Mr.. Atchison said, if the Senate unanimously
consented he would comply with the request.
/ The consent being given, Mr. A. took the
chair.
Mr. Borland addressed the Senate by way
of personal explanation, in correcting some
errors in calculations contained in his speech
Of the eth of May last, upon the subject OF
expenditures by the Government.
Mr.. Davis moved that the private calendar
be postponed for the purpose Of taking up the
bill to amend the act providing for the better
security of the lives of passengers ON vessels
propelled in whole or in part by steam.
A long debate ensued on this notion and il
finally was agreed to.
The bin Was then taken up, and the bill
was considered in the Senate The amend
ments made on Thursday were taken up serid
tim. and many of them were amended and ther
agreed to- The bill as amended covers eve
fifty pages Of printed matter
SATURDAY, July 10.
The Senate did not sit today.
MONDAY, July 10.
The Chair laid before the Senate a cOmmu
nicaton from the Secretary Of War, enclosing
q statement of the amount paid for printing
and binding for the War Department since
I849
MIR. Davis presented the memorial of mer
chants and others, praying the recognition Of
the independence Of Hayti
MIR. Davis presented the resolutions and pro-
test of the citizens of Georgetown, ID. C..
against the reconstruction of the Long Bridge,
in this city, upon its present site.
A resolution directing an inquiry into the ex-
pedency of erecting u custom-house at Waldo
borough, Maine, was adopted
Mr. Gcycr offered resolution directing the
purchase, for the use OF the Senate, of 500
copies of Mayo & Moulton's publication Of
the Pension and Bounty Land Laws. Laid
over.
A bill allowing the corporate authorities Of
Chicago to make certain excavations in the
public lands with q view to the improvement
of the Chicago river; a joint resolution au-
| thorizing the examination Of some claims held
by the Biloxi Indians; a bill to revise and
continue in force, for limited time, the provi-
sions Of an act relative to suspended entries Of
public land bill for the relief of J. r. Cree
cy Joint resolution from the Housed for the
relief of the widow of the late Hon. 5. M.
Tburston, of Oregon; and House bill for the re-
| lief Of Isaac Cobb--were seyerally taken up and
read q third time.
| The bill amending the act providing for
| the better security OF the lives of passengers
on vessels propelled in whole or in part by
steam, was again taken up. 10 was further
amended, debated, and then ordered to be en-
crossed.
The bill to authorize the sale Of reserved
lands and for other purposes was taken up
and ordered to be cngrosscd.
bill granting a pension TO the minor chill
dren of the late = NJ Plummer, Of the army,
was ordered tn be engrossed and the Senate
adjourned,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THURSDAY, july