Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-03-16
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 6
Senate is not in session J

(The Senate is not in SESSION.
HoUsE.-The House went into COM
mittee on the Homestead Bill, and a
number of amendments were adopted.
The committee arose and reported the
bill TO the House, when a motion to lay
it on the table was rejected by avote of
so to 1874.
The question on the first amendment,
restricting the benefit of the bill to free
white persons, was taken and adopted
yeas 1O1, nays rs.
The bill provides that any free white
person, the head of family, or of age.
shall be entitled to enter free of cost,
quarter section of unappropriated and
public land, which at the time may be
subject to private entry, at one dollar
and quarter per acre; but no certificate
is to be given, or patent issued until the
expiration of five years from the date of
the entry, when he or she, who have
entered the land, shall prove that they
have Issided upon and cultivated said
land Dung that time, and still resides
there. The bill passed-yeas 107, nays
72.
We have no proceedings of the 7th.
March 8.-SENArE.-Mr. Everett said
he was indisposed on Saturday morning,
which prevented his voting against the
Nebraska bill but his views were well
known, and he now desired to record
his vote against it.
Mr.. Clayton made like request, hav-
ing also been absent, but the Senate re-
fused permission.
On motion of Mr.. Rusk, the Postmas-
ter-General was desired to report to the
Senate the amount paid to the several
railways in the United States, for the
transportation of the mails for the last
three years, with the rates of the charges
in different States.
The homestead bill was received from
the House, and on motion to refer it to
the committee on public lands, Mr.. Cass
expressed his approval of the bill, and
said he hoped the committee would re-
port speedily and finally upon it, and
that it would pass. After some debate,
the bill was postponed.
Several bills granting lands for rail-
way purposes were introduced and re-
ferred.
The bill to provide for the retirement,
on reduced pay, of disabled officers,
was passed.
The bill granting land to the different
States for the benefit of the INDECENT
and insane, was passed-yeas 25, nays
21.
Adjourned.
March 9.-SENATE.-Mr. Sumner
presented several remonstrances against
the Nebraska bill.
Mr.. Seward presented remonstrance
from the Students of Hamilton College,
also like petitions from New York and
Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Societies.
Mr.. Walker reported back the Home
stead bill with the unsnimous recon-
mendation of the Committee in its favor;
it was made the order of the day for
Monday week. After which the Senate
adjourned for want of quorum.
HousE.-Mr. Dean made an ineffectu-
al attempt to introduce Resolution
that was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, to inquire into the
cause of the recent outrages by the
Spanish authorities at Havana, on
American citizens, and report what leg
islation, by Congress, is necessary to
procure indemnity therefor, and securi-
ty against future repetition, and particu-
larly whether our neutrality laws to-
wards Spain ought not to be repealed or
/
The House then went into Committee I