Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-17

oordingiy referred to that committee:
BY Mr. McNAIR
Rs.olesa That the Committee Printing be pub
nshed bound in pamphlet FORM in such
seem to them appropriate for the of the House. 000
pies Of the addresses made by the Of the Senate and
much Of tho message of the President Of the United States
of the session ss relates to the death Of
the Hon. VIM K King.
By Mr. STRAUB:
Reop, That addition the number already ordered,
there thousand copies Of the report Of the Super
ntendsnt the Seventh Census and thirty thousand copies
% the abstract printed for the use OF the members
By Mr. WRIGHT, of Pennsylvania:
Rsorea That thirty thousand additional copies Of the
printed for the OF the members Of this
House.
By Mr. FENToN:
Rso,e That fifteen thousand copies Of the report
18th Of the United Ses be printed for the use ana
benefit Of the members Of the House Of Representatives
TO be distributed equally the aforesaid new members
BY Mr.. WASHBURN, of Maine:
Resolved That thousand additional copies of Andrews
report colonial and lake trade Of North America and
the like nubar Of additional copies of Sabnes report on the
fisheries be printed for the use Of the members OF the House
Of Representatives.
On motion Of Mr. CAMPBELL OF Ohio, the House re-
considered the vote by which yesterday rejected the
solution reported by Mr. HoUsToN from the Committee OF
Ways and Means providing for clerk 10 that committee
at annual salary Of 81 800, and the following was
adopted 8 substitute therefor:
Reored That the Committee Of Ways and Means be
horiEed employ acek during the session At
pensaon to exceed four dollars per day for the time he
may be actually employed.
SEIZURE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
Mr.. INGBRSOLL offered the following resolution:
Resote, That the President Of the United request
cd to furnish Congress f in his opinion the public
will allow with copies OF the that has passed
between this Government and Spain relating the seizure and
imprisonment Of Capt Thaddeus Beecher and his officers and
crew. Of the schooner North Carolina Of and from New Ha
Connecticut by the Spanish authorities Porto Rico
the month Of March, 1850.
Mr., l., by the Of the House. gave brief hsto-
~ OF the case, and asked the immediate adoption Of the
resolution.
The rule however requiring that alresoutions calling
upon the Executive Departments for information shall lie
day. and objection being made the considera
ton of the resolution at the present tme it laid
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills were introduced in pursuance Of
notice. read twice, and referred appropriate commit
tees:
BY Mr.. BISSELL; A bill making a grant Of public
land to the several States and Territories of the Union
for the benefit of INDECENT insane persons.
Also, bill to repeal the first proyiso Of the fourth sec
ton OF the act entitled An act granting bounty land
certain officers and soldiers who have been the military
service Of the United States, approved September g.
1850
By Mr.. wASHBURNE, of Illinois: A bill for the re-
lief of purchasers and ocaors Of swamp and overowed
lands
Also bill for the improvement of the Rock Islandk
and Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi river.
BY Mr.. WENTWORTH, of Illinois: bill extending
the benefits of the pension laws all persons serving
the late war with Great Britain and the Indian wars
prior thereto and their widows.
The bill is follows BE Il enacted &c That all the
pension laws force for the benefit OF persons sery
ing IN the of the revolution and their widows be and
the same hereby extended TO all persons serving in
the late with Great Britain commonly known as the
war of 1872, and the Indian prior thereto and
their widows in of their death upon similar condi-
tons regulations and restrictions and the pension shall
date from the fourth Of March after the passage
this act.
By Mr.. PHELPS: A bin to amend an act entitled
An act to provide for the payment Of horses and other
property lost or destroyed in the military service of the
United States" approved March 3, 1919.
By Mr.. WARREN A bill granting land to the Mssis-
sppi Ouachita, and Red river Railroad Company.
by Mr. GREENWOOD: bin to amend entitled
An divide the State of Arkansas into two Judi
cal districts approved March 5, 1851
By Mr.. MAXWELL: A bill granting the right Of way
and alternate sections Of land aid in the construction
OF railroads between the waters Of the Atlantic and the
Gulf Of Mexico.
Also, bill granting the right Of way aud making a
grant Of land to the States OF FLORIDA Alabama in aid
OF the construction Of railroad from the the
Pensacola bay, in Florida, Montgomery, in Alabama
by Mr. HEM: bill making grant of land to the
State OF Iowa, in alternate sections, aid in the
struction Of certain railroads in said State.
Also, bill to grant homestead 70 settlers on the pub
lie lands and to provide for their sale actual settlers
only
BY Mr. MACE: bill granting lands to actual settlers.
Also, bill granting lands to the States OF Michigan
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa in aid Of toe consruc-
son Of railroad from Detroit to the mouth Of the Big
Platte, in Iowa
BY Mr. ENGLISH A bill to constitute Jacksonville
IN the State Of Indiana port Of delivery.
BY SIr. BRECKENRIDGE A bill TO amend an act en-
titled An act to continue halfpay certain widows and
orphans" approved February 3, 1858.
By Mr.. EDGERT0N: bill to grant to the State Of
OHIO the unsold and unappropriaed public lands remain
ing in that State
By Mr. PERKINS, Of Louisiana: A bill granting to the
State Of Louisiana the right Of way and donation of
public land for the purpose Of locating and constructing
railroad from Shreveport to the Mississippi river in
said State.
BY Mr. COBB A bill to extend the time Of payment Of
anties railroad iron, and for other purposes
Also bill TO grant to the State Of Alabama and other
States having public lands therein the unsold and unap-
propratea public lands that have been in market
twenty years and upwards for purposes Of education and
internal improvements.
Also bill granting the right Of way and donation Of
the public land to the State Of Alabama aid in the
sirucOn Of the Wills Valley Railroad and for other pur
poses
Also bill granting the right Of way to the State Of
Alabama and portion OF the public lands aid in the
construction Of railroad from Memphis in the State Of
Tennessee 70 ntersect with the Charleston Chattanooga
and Nashville Railroad, in Alabama.
Also, bin granting the ght Of way and donation Of
The pubic lands 10 the State Of Alabama to aid in the
construction Of the Cahawba Valley Railroad, in said
State.
Also bill to authorize the school commissioners Of
fractional township No J. Of range No. 10 east in Ala
bama TO locate section Of land for school purposes
Also, bill granting the right Of way the State Of
Alabama and portion Of the public lands aid in the
construction Of railroad from Winchester Tennessee 10
some point on the tennessee river at or near Deposte
Alabama
Also, bill TO reduce and graduate the price Of public
lands TO actual settlers and cultivators
Also, bill TO authorize the States in which 18th school
sections situated renqush lands reserved or
granted for the of schools az may