The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-09
Houses Jan. l2th, 1858.
WAsHINGToN, Jan %
SENATE.

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| Mr. DODGE of iowa. rise to make an
appeal to the Senate to take up now, with a
view of fixing on a future day for its consider
a,ion, the bill from the House "to encourage
| agriculture, commerce, manufactures Il all Other
branches of industry, by granting to every man
who is the head Of family and citizen OF this
| United States homestead of one hundred and
| sixty acres ofland out of the public domain, up
| on condition of occupancy and cultivation of the
same for the period herein specified which Is
commonly known the "homestead bill
DO not propose now to 90 into the subject, or
to have a vote upon the bill al this time, but
ask that early day may be fixed for It's consi
deration 1t is measure in which a very large
portion of the people of this country feel very
deep Interest Those whom represent view il
as measure of the deepest interest to them
OF greater Importance than any OF all other mca-
sures which will come before this Congress. |
gave notice at an early day of the session that
| | should move to take it up, and have looked
in vain for an opportunity when thought there
was favorable time for me to make the motion.
The senator from Tennessee, (Mr. BELLY a
friend of this bill, has conferred with me sew
eral times in relation to it. He designs TO ad-
dress the Senate upon the subject OF its passage,
as do several others, when it shall come up.
will PROPOSE if it be agreeable to the Senate, to
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ifany Senator chooses to suggest any other time
more agreeable to him, will accept it. want
to bring it to the early attention of the Senate,
and to have fair vote upon its merits, and l
intend to have that.
Mr. PEARCE. | would be glad if the Sc.
nator would extend little the period which he
has designated
Mr. DOEGE, of Iowa | will adopt any
suggestion which the norable senator from
MARYLAND will make. He has frequently ae-
corded ME courtesy of this sort, and know
he is the last one who would deny an opportu.
nifty to consider any bill | will agree to any
suggestion which he may make.
Mr. PEARCE. There was special order
for last Monday, winch was not taken up in
consequence Of debate which sprung up here
on that occasion. It is very desirable that we
should act upon thai at an early day desire to
have time enough left TO act upon that bill be-
fore we take up the bill designated by the sena-
tor from Iowa. If he will say "Wednesday week
will accede to his suggestion
The motion TO take up the homestead bill
was agreed to: and on motion by Mr.. DODGE,
of Iowa, it was postponed to, and made the
special order of the day, for Wednesday, the
25th instant.
On motion the Senate adjourned
Mr.. DODGE, of iowa. presented the me-
mortal nfa committee, app ,inted by conven
ton held at ST. Louis on the 18th Nov. 1852,
praying,a graniof land to aid in the construction
of railroad on the west side of The Mississippi
river, from point opposite the city of New Or
cans to a central, eligible point in the Territory
OF Minnesota, in the direction of the Red river
of the North and tn a branch of St Anthony !;
which was referred to the Committee on Pub
lie Lands.
ES The English steamship Arabia, which
put into Halifax from liverpool, the other day;
after passage of i3 days--egual to Eaecn to
New York was built expressly 10 beat Ameri-
can steamships One Of the latter, the Baltic,
left Liverpool the day after The Arabia, and ar
rived IN New York or the / th in less than l3
days, thus beating the English steamer Two
whole days 1t is said large amount of money
was staked in Liverpool on the trips of these two
steamers.