Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-03-05
CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC BILL.

ON the disageeng votes OF the TWO Houses the civil
and diplomatic appropriation BILL reported that the com
mttee could not agree.
Mr.. SUTHERLAND moved to reconsider the vote by
which the House laid the table the motion to recon-
slider the vote by which the House disagreed the first
report Of the committee Of conference the
votes of the Houses the civil and diplomatic bill
The question raised that such motion not in,
order.
The SPEAKER (Alr STUART in the chair ruled the
motion to be in order.
Mr.. TO0MBS appealed from this decision, declaring
that the ruling of the Chair contrary to all former
practice.
The yeas and nays were ordered the appeal
lt was then ascertained that Mr. SUTHERLAND voted
with the minority and his motion ruled out of order
Mr.. DEAN renewed the notion having voted with the
majority; he withdrew his motion, however, at the
quest of
Mr. FITCH who moved to suspend the rules to enable
him to move to take up the dsagreements between the
two Houses on the civil and diplomatic appropriation BILL
After much excitement
Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia, demanded the yeas and
nays which were ordered and being taken, resulted
yeas 49, nays 49,
So the motion agreed to-
The House then proceeded to consider the disagree
ments of the two Houses on the above bill
Mr. HALL moved that the House adopt as its decision
the report of the first committee of conference de-
manded the previous question
Mr.. TOOMBS submitted that the motion was not in
order The report Of the committee had been voted down.
motion made to reconsider and that too voted down.
The SPEAKER ssassd that the question had now come
up in different shape
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and he desired the Chair to decide it.
The SPEAKER decided that as the House, by ma
jory had suspended the rules for the pur
pose Of taking up and considering the dsagreeing votes
of the two Houses this b the motion Of the gentle
man from Missouri in order.
! Mr.. TOOMBS appealed from this decision.
| The appeal was laid on the table.
The previous question then seconded and under
the operation thereof the motion of Mr. HALL agreed
to-Yeas IL nays 62.
So the bill stands passed
On motion of Mr.. BROWN, of Mississippi, the House
took up and passed Senate bill for the relief of George
Poindexter.
Mr.. PHELPS, from the committee of conference on
the part of the House the dsagreeng between
the two Houses the navy appropriation BILL reported
that the committee had been unable to agree in report
to be submitted to their respective Houses and asked
that the committee might be discharged.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. PHELPS new committee was ap-
pointed.
On motion of Mr. GoRMAN Senate bill for the relief
of the University of Indiana was taken up, read three
times and passed.
Mr. HARRIS, of Tennessee, from the Committee ON
Invalid Pensions reported back Senate bill for the relief
of Ursula E. Cobb with amendment
The amendment agreed to, and the bill read the
third time and passed
On motion of Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. under sus-
pension of the rules the House took up and passed Sen
ate bill for the relief of Moses Olmsead and Mrs Eliza
beth Craig.
On motion of Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Illinois, the House
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INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
Mr.. DUNHAM, from the committee of conference on
the part Of the House the dsagreeng votes between
the two Houses the Indian appropriation BILL reported
that the committee could not agree.
On motion of Mr.. EASTMAN, the Committee on the
Judiciary were permitted to report Senate resolution
providing for the settling of the of Alexander
W. Field late Secretary of the Territory of Minnesota with
amendment
The amendment was agreed to and the bill passed.
On motion of Mr.. STANLY, the House took up and
passed Senate resolution for the relief of the estate of
Isaac L. Battle.
Mr.. BROWN, of New jersey by consent, from the
Committee Invalid Pensions, reported bill grannga
pension to Elizabeth Monroe which read three times
and passed.
NAVY BILL
Mr. STANLY from the committee of conference on the
dsagreeing votes Of the two Houses the navy appro
priaon bill, submitted report which concurred in
So this bill stands passed
Mr.. BOWIE, after few preliminary remarks, submit
ted the following resolution:
Resoued That the thanks Of this House are due and are
hereby presented the Hon. BOYD the able impair
ta and dgnfed in which he has discharged the
duty Of Speaker during the present Congress
Mr. CASKIE said that it would be unmanly in him not
to avow, as his vote perhaps would be the only
that sde that he should take the responsibility voting
against the resolution
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Georgia, said that he also should
vote against the resolution.
Messrs. STANTON, of Tennessee, NABERS MEADE,
FLORENCE, and HOUSTON severaly attested to the
fahfulness with which the Speaker had performed his
duty.
And then the resolution agreed to, with but few
dissenting voices.
The question then required on the motion of Mr.
MEADE TO suspend the rules, and it decided in the
affirmative.
The bill for the relief of the legal representatives Of
Walter Cotton then taken up, read three times, and
passed.
On motion of Mr.. SEYMOUR, of New York. the House
took up and passed Senate bill for the relief of Lewis H.
Bates and William Lacon.
At quarter to nine o'clock the House took recess
until ten o'clock.
MORNING sESSION.-FR1DAY
The House resumed its session at ten o'clock A. NJ
Mr. CABELL asked consent to move to take up Senate
bill to revive and continue in force, for limited tme
the provisions of relative to suspendng entries
upon certain public lands.
There being objection
The bill was taken up read three times, and passed
Mr. JONES, Of Tennessee, from the Joint committee
appointed by the two Houses to wait upon the President
of the United States and inform him that they had
dispatched their business and ready to adjourn,
reported that they had performed that duty and that the
President rendered his thanks for the communication and
said that he had further communication to make and
expressed the hope that the two Houses might adjourn in
peace and quetnes and the members return safely to
their homes and their constituents
Mr.. j. then moved that the House do adjourn
sine die.
The question put, and decided in the Affirmative
The SPEAKER then and addressed the House as
follows: