Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-05
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
SATURDAY, MAY 20.
The Senate did not sit to-day.

/ Inc CcHate ulu not sit to-uay.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr.. MOORE, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on
Public Lands made adverse reports the following pc
titions &C. the petition Of James W. Marshall of Cali
forna praying Congress for grant of land in consdera
ton Of his services to the country for having made the
first discovery Of gold in California in l847 the
rial of the Defenders Of Baltimore praying for further
grant Of land IN consideration Of their services the petit
ton of Peter Lae praying for grant of land for services
rendered during the with Great Britain the petition
Of Hannah Obar praying for bounty land account of
the services Of her father Solomon Nichols soldier dur
ing the of 1872 resolution Of instruction relating
to the allowing Of bounty land to certain companies Of
South Carolina volunteers and also other volunteers
engaged in the public service
Also from the committee, made adverse reports
on the bill to amend act entitled act granting
bounty land certain officers and soldiers who have
engaged in the military service of the United States a-
proved September %, 1851, and the bill granting to
the State of Michigan the right of way and portion Of
the public lands to aid in the construction Of rarosd
from Milwaukee, on Sal inaw river to Grand Traverse
bay thence to the Straits of Maknaw; and they
severally laid on the table.
Mr. HALL, from the committee, reported bill to
enable the Legislature of tbs State Of Indiana to dispose
of the unsold saline lands in said State; which read
twice.
Mr. GORMAN said that these lands were no lying idle
without profit to the State The State Of Indana held
these lands but the original grant contained clause
providing that the State should sell them less than
dollar and quarter per The lands could
be sold at this price, and the State asked the Government
to repeal that clause Of the law.
After brief debate, the bill read the third time
and passed
LAND FOR RAILROADS.
/ Mr.. HALL, from the Committee on Public Lands, to
which was referred the bill of the Senate granting the
right OF way and making grant Of lands to the State of
Iowa. in aid Of the construction of certain railroads in
said State, reported the back with sundry amend
ments
Mr. H. said that this bill was similar in its terms to the
of he whir
The Senate bill provided for the construction of roads
in the State of Iowa-one from Davenport the Msss
sppi river west to the Missouri river in the State Of
Iowa and the other from Dubuque on the Mississppi
river, to Keokuk The people of Iowa had manifested
deep interest in both of these roads, having petoned
Congress for many years for grants of land aid in their
construction and the Senate of the United States had
three several times passed bills in conformity with these
petitions.
The Committee on Public Lands however had bro
posed amend the Senate bill to provide for the
construction of railroad from the of Burlington,
in the State of Iowa, to the Missouri river and
tnue the road from Burlington the of La
fayette in Indiana The amount of land granted by this
amendment would be about nine hundred thousand acres
to w.t. about eight hundred thousand for the
sruction Of the railroad from Burlington the Missouri
river, and somewhere between fifty thousand and hum
dred thousand acres for the rood from Burlington
Lafayette Indiana
Yesterday the House. by its vote endorsed the principle
of granting these alternate sections of land and granted
lands to the State of Missouri far as its action
concerned to aid in the construction of two railroads in
that State Now sister State, similarly situated to-
Missouri asked Congress to make like grant roads Of
equal importance to the West and the nation large
The question submitted the House whether after
having yesterday declared it would give lands Of
the Southern States Of this Union it would to-day refuse
to give lands to Northern State He trusted that they
would manifest such parnity, but exhibit willing
in this Congress to treat all sections alike and
der equal and exact justice to all In conclusion he de-
manded the previous question.
Mr.. HALL declined to withdraw his motion.
Mr. JONES 1t is unfair and unjust to force this bill
through the House without giving members opportu
nifty for explanation. Loud cries Of q order" order
Messrs. JONES, of Tennessee, and DEAN both moved
to lay the bill the table; which motion agreed to
by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs Aiken Allison Ashe Ayerett Babcock d.
Je Inompsou nonfnpodf carter, taskie,
Chapman, Chastain Churchwep Cleveland, Clingman COL
cock Curtis Daniel George Davis Dawson, Dean Dock
cry Duncan, gerton, Edmundson, Faulkner, Floyd Fow
Ter, Thomas J. D. Fuller Gamble, Giddings, Grow, Hail.
Hamilton, Harper, Iham g. Harris, Hart Hibbard Hiyer
Holiday, Houston, John W. Howe, Thomas Howe, Hun
Ingerso Ives, jackson, Jenkins Dan T. Jones' Geo. W.
Jones' J. g. Jones, George g. King Preston King Kurtn
Letcher Martin, Mason, McLanahan, MeMullen, McNar
Mcqueen, Mcacham, Millson, Miner, Morehead, Murphy
Murray, Newton, 0stlaw, Peaslee, Polk Powell, Robbins,
Robe Ross Russell Savage SHOEMAKER, Scudder David
L. Seymour 0rgen S. Seymour SHELTON Smart, Stanly Benz
Stanton, Taylor, Thurson, waIbrdge, Wallace Watkins,
NAYS-Me.srs. Abercrombie, Willis Allen, VIM Appleton,
Bsse, Brenton, Briggs, Albert g. Brown L. d. Campbell
Chandler Clark Cobb, conger Culom, j. g. Davis, Dis
ney Durkee Eastman, Fickln Florence, Gaylord Gentry
Gilmore, Goodrich, German, Grey, Sampson W. Harris,
Hasca, Hendricks, Hem, Thos. NJ Howe James Johnson
John Johnson Robert W. johnson, Kuhns Landry Lockhart
Mace Edward G. Marshall Humphrey Marshall Miller, Mo-
lony Henry D. Moore, John Moore Odds, Orr Samuel w.
Parker Penn Penniman, Phelps Richardson Sacket Sour
ry, Smith, Frederick Stanton, Richard H. Stanton A.
Stevens, Stone, StMarn, Stroher, Stuart g. w. Thomp
son, Toombs, Townshend, Walsh, Ward, Addison White,
Alexander White, and williams-6s.
The House adjourned