Washington sentinel., 1853-12-13

PAcIFIC RAILROAD.
Mr. WENTWORTH, of Illinois, submitted the
following resolution:
Resolved That Congress has the power provide for the
construction railroad the Territories OF the United
for the safer and expeditions Of
the public moneys the mails the troops and the munitions
OF war from the Atlantic the Pacific coast and ought
Immediately TO exercise that power.
Mr.. WENTWORTHno n owed the previous ques-
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia, moved 10 lay the
resolution upon the table; which was agreed to-
426, nays ~, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Abercrombie. Aiken, James e..
Allen Appleton, Ashe, David j. Bailey, Thomas
III. Bayly Banks, jr., Barksdae; Barry, Belcher,
Bliss, Bocock, Boyce, Breckenridge, Brooks, Bugg,
Caskie, Chamberlain, Chastain, Churchwe, Cling
man, Cobb, Colquit, Craige, John G. Davis, Daw-
son. Dean, Dent, Disney. Dowdell Drum, Dun
ham, Eddy, Edgerton, Edmundson. Ellison. Eng
lisl, Ewing, Faulkner, Fenton, Florence, Frank
lin, Fuller, Gamble, Goode, Green, Greenwood,
Grow, Hamilton, Sampson w. Harris, Wiley z.
Harris, Hastings, Hendricks, Hem, Hubbard, Hill
yer, Houston, Hughes, Ingersoll, Johnson, Daniel
I. Jones, George w. Jones, Keitt. Kerr, kidwell,
Kittredge, Kurtz, Lamb, Lane, Letcher, Lilly,
William ID. Lindsey. McNair McQueen, Mace,
Macy, Maxwell, Mayall, Smith Miller, Millson,
Morrison, Murray, Nichols, Noble, Andrew Oliver,
Orr, Packer Peck, Peckham, Bishop Perkins,
Phelps, Philips, Powell, Pratt, Puryear, Reese,
Thomas Ritchey, Robbins jr. Rogers, Ruffn
Seymour, Shaw, Shower. Singleton, Shelton,
Gerrit Smith, Samuel A. Smith, William Smith,
William r. Smith. Snodgrass, Alex. III. Stephens,
Stratton, Straub, Andrew Stewart David Stuart
John ]. Taylor, Trout, Vail, Vansant. Walbridge,
Walsh Westbrook, Wheeler, Witte, Daniel B.
Wright, and Hendrck B. Wright-l26
NAYS-Messrs. Willis Allen, Ball, Benson, Bis
SELL Lewis d. Campbell, Carpenter, Caruthers,
Chandler Chase. Clark, Cook, Corwin, Cox,
Crocker, Cullum, Thomas Davis, De Witt, DIX,
Dickinson, Dunbar, Eastman, Edmands, Ethe-
ridge, Everhart, Farley, Flagler, Giddings. Good
Hill, Howe, Hunt, Knox, James J. Lindley, Lyon
McCulloch Maiteson, Maurice, Middleswarth
John G. Miller, Morgan, Norton, Mordecal Oliver,
Parker, Pennington. John Perkins, Jr., Prngle,
Ready Richardson, David Richie, Russell, Sabin,
Sage, Sapp, Siaimons, Frederick Z. stanton, John
L. Taylor, Thurston, Tracy, Upham. Wade, Wal
ker Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr.,
Wells; jr., John Wentworth, Tappan Wentworth
Yates, and Zollicofer-72
So the resolution was laid on the table.
Mr. WASHBOURNE of Illinois, offered one, in
substance, that incidental TO the power conferred
on the Congress of the United States to provide
for g the common defence and general welfare" It
has power TO construct railroad through the ter
rtories Of the United States for facilitating the
transportation of troops and munitions OF war
He demanded the previous question.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, moved TO lay the re-
solution on the table; pending which,
The House adjourned.
Mr. CHANDLER presented the memorial of sundry
citizens Of Philadelphia asking Congress to grant
one hundred and sixty acres of land TO all the
soldiers OF the of 1872 without regard to length
of service
Also, memorial of Richard M. Meade admins
traitor of Richard M. Meade deceased, asking pay
ment of claims on Spain anterior 10 the cession OF