Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The following gentlemen constitute the select COM
mtee to investigate all mistakes frauds in the dis
bursement Of money appropriated to the Collins steamers
for mail service and other steamers for like services "
Mr.. MACE, of Indiana Mr.. GooDE, Of Virginia Mr..
WALSH, of New York; Mr.. REESE, of Georgia Mr..
KITTnEpGE, of New Hampshire Mr.. PENNINGTON, of New
Jersey: Mr. ELLIOTT, of Kentucky Mr.. j. c. ALLEN of
Illinois; and Mr.. PuRYEAE, Of North Carolina
The following gentlemen constitute the select COM
mitee inquire and report whether the appointment
of military officers to superintend the manufacture of
firearms the national armores; the construction of
lighthouses works of river and harbor improvements the
building of customhouses and post Offices the consruc-
ton Of works for the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown the extension of the United States Capitol
and the survey and management of works of internal i'm
proyement by the States, is compatible with the public
interest and consistent with the nature and character
our civil government, &c.
Mr.. STAyToS, Of kentucky; Mr.. DAWSON, of Pennsy
yaaia Mr. DICKINSON, Of Massachusetts, Mr. FAULKsER,
of Virginia: Mr.. VANsAST of Maryland; Mr.. SArP of
Ohio; and Mr.. KEIrT, of South Carolina.
The SPEAKER laid before the House communication
from the President Of the United States transmitting
letter from the Secretary Of the Navy accompanied by
the second part of Lieut. Herndons report of the expo
ration of the valley of the Amazon and it's tributaries
made by him in connection with Lieut.. Lardner Gbbon,
under instructions from the Navy Department Laid on
the table and ordered to be printed
Also, communication from the Interior Department
transmitting copy of report from the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs recommending that tresties be speedily
made with the Indian tribes of Oregon and Washington
Territories Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
and ordered to be printed
Mr.. STANTON, Of Kentucky, from the Committee on
Printing, reported the following resolution
Resord That there be printed for use of the Of
Representatives thirty thousand copies the Mechanical
of the Patent Office Report and thousand copies the
Of the Commissioner of Patents.
On motion of Mr.. STRAUB, the resolution was amend
ed by increasing the number Of copies for the use of the
House to fifty thousand thus making the entire number
to be printed sixty thousand ..@ ~
And as thus amended, the resolution was agreed TO.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL-NEBRAsKA TERRITORY
On motion of Mr. JONES, of Tennessee the House then
went into Committee of the Whole the state Of the
Union Mr. OLDs, Of Ohio in the chair and proceeded
to consider the special order for this day. being bill
encourage agriculture, erce manufactures and all
other branches of industry by granting to every
who is the head OF family and citizen Of the United
States homestead of hundred and sixty of
land out of the public domain upon condition of
pancy and cultivation Of the same for the period herein
specified.
Mr.. DAWSON (who reported the bill from the Com
mitee on Agricultural said that the disposition of the
public domain, especially the mode suggested and pro-
yded for in the o involved policyuf vast Importance
Whether considered in reference to the change which
proposed in our land policy, its effects in developing
the resources OF the nation the benefit which II
proposed to confer upon large class Of fellowct
zens this bill yielded to other in importance The
persuasion that this Of great public ine
rest, the consciousness that legislative body they
possessed the power Of benefng to great extent
both physically and morally, considerable class Of our