Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-05

than three years prior to the 1st Of July 1852 which
| was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
House bill for the relief Of Maurice X 6monds retarn
ed from the Senate with amendment, then taken
up, and the amendment concurred in
House bill granting the right of way the St. Louis
and Iron Mountain Railroad Company reported from the
Senate with amendments, considered.
On motion Of Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, the
amendments amended by adding thereto provision
granting to the Allegheny Railroad Company the right Of
way the grounds Of the United States
the Allegheny Arsenal in Allegheny county Pennsylvania
And the amendments thus amended were concur
red in.
RAILROAD GRANTS
Senate bill granting to the State of Wisconsin the right
Of way and donation Of public land for the purpose Of
locating and constructing certain railroads in that State
then read twice.
Mr.. D0TY moved to put the bill upon its passage, and
to amend it by adding thereto the following, and de-
manded the previous question:
"And be further enacted That the lands hereby granted
to said State shall be disposed Of said State only
following that is say that quantity Of land not exceed
ing hundred and twenty sections each road and ncu
ded within continuous length Of twenty miles Of said road
may be sold and when the Governor Of said State shall
W to the Secretary Of the Interior that said twenty miles Of
said road is completed, then another like quantity OF land,
hereby granted may be od and from time to time until
said roads competed and If said roads be not completed
within ten years further sales shall be made for the road
completed and the granted such road and
sold shall to the United States Prorided That the
said first mentioned road shall at the city Of Chi
cago in the State Of Illinois and be thence through James
vile and Fond du Lac Winnebago Lake. to Lake Supe-
second
shall through the county of Washington in said State to
the city of Milwaukee,"
Mr. LETcHER moved that the bill be laid the table,
and this motion demanded the yeas and which
ordered and being TAKEN resulted Yeas SO.
Thequestion REQUIRED secondng the demand for the
previous question.
liced by the gentleman from New York Mr. BENNETT)
to yield him the floor to allow him to offer amcad
ment; it doubtful whether the gentleman would be
to obtain the floor should he yield it, to accommodate
the gentleman he himself would submit his amendment
Mr. D. then moved to amend the bill by adding thereto
the bill known Mr. BENEFITS, which has heretofore
passed the House. and is pending in the Senate and
which proposes to grant certain quantities Of land to each
State to be applied to educational and railroad purposes
He then renewed the demand for the previous question
Mr.. GORMAN said that since the gentleman from Wis
consn thought proper to pursue such course he would
lay the bill the table. He Withdrew it, how
ever at the request OF
Mr. HALL who raised the question that the amend
not in ORDER and asked that it might be read
accordingly read, which consumed considerable
time.
Before the SPEAKER decided the question of order
Mr.. AvERETT moved to lay the whole subject the
table; which motion disagreed to by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Abcrcrombe John Appleton, Averett Da-
vd j. Bailey, Bocock, Bragg JOS Cable, Thompson Camp
bell, Cartier Cakie, Chastan, Churchwe Clemens Cobb,
munson Florence Floyd Thomas j. d. Fuller Gamble Gay
lord German, Green, Grow, Hall, Sampson W. Harris Has
call, Hendricks Hubbard, Holiday, Houston, Howard Ives
Jackson Jenkins Andrew johnson, John johnson, Geo. W.
Jones' J. G. jones' Letcher, Mcdonald McLanahan McMul
LEM McNar, Mcqueen, Meade, Morrls0n,
Murphy Murray Old Orr, Peasce, Powell, Robbins Robie
Robinson, Ross RUSSELL Savage SHELTON, Smith, Thandeus
Stevens Satton Sutherland sweetser Toombs, Alexander
White, Widrick, and Woodward-76
NAYs-Messrs. Charles Allen, Willis Allen, Allison, VIM
Appleton Bennett Boyle BOVINE BsnSn Brooks
Campbell, Chandler, Chapman Clark, Clngman, Conger,
Cottman, cullom Curtis Darby, George T. Davis John 9.
Evans Ewing Fay, Fcklin, Freeman, Henry NJ Fuller, Gid
dngs Gilmore Goodenow, Grey Harper, Haven Hem,
Landry, Little Lockhart, Mace, Mann, Martin, McCorkle,
Mcacham, Miller Miner Henry D. Moore John Moore, More
head Nabers Newton, Outlaw, Samuel W. Parker, Penn,
Pennman, Perkins, Phelps, Porter, Preston, Prize Rid
die, Sackett, Schermerhorn Schoolcra Schoonmaker,
Smart Snow, Stany BENJAMIN Stanton Fred. Stanton,
Taylor Thuron Tuck, Venabe, Ward Washburn Watkins
Wech, Wilcox and Yates--Sl.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee, in order have full vote
upon this question, moved that there be call Of the
| House.
| Mr.. CARTIER moved that the House adjourn; which
motion decided in the Affirmative by the casting vote
Of the Speaker.
And the House accordingly adjourned