Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-08-03
Thirty. Third Congress First Session.

ert WAsHISeroN, Friday, July 2l.
SrNArE.--Mr. Chase presented several
petitions praying for the abolition Of Slavery
in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Geyer introduced "a bill, fixing time
for the meeting of next Congress. Laid on
the table.
Mr. Geyer's bill provides for the assem-
bling of Congress on the first Monday Of
November next.
The Homestead bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Shields said he had adhered to the
House bill as long as there were any hopes
of it. In lS45, when at the head of the
Land Office, he had recommended the grad
ua,ion system, as proposed by this bill.
Mr.. Cooper said he was opposed to both
the Homestead bill, and the bin as it now
stood He would not vote, however, hav-
ing paired of with the Senator from New
York.
Mr.. Douglas said the principles Of the
tual settlers, were both favorite measures Of
the people of Illinois; and as this bill secured
them both, he had no difficulty in voting for
il.
Mr.. Stuart condended that this bill did
not abandon the Homestead principle, but
secured it.
Messrs. Badger and Toombs continued
the debate as to the constitutional powers
OF Congress over the public lands.
Mr.. Chase said he would vote for the
measure, because it was the best he could
get.
The bill was then read third time and
passed cas- 36, Nays ! /, as follows;
YEAs-Mcssrs Adams, Atchison, Bright,
Brodhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Chase, Clay
Dodge of Wis, Dodge Of Iowa, Douglas,
Evans, Fitzpatrick. Geyer, Gwin, Hamlin,
Houston, Hunter James, johnson, Jones of
Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Rusk, Sebastian,
Shields, Slidell, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson
of New Jersey, Toombs, Toucey, Walker,
and Wellcr-36.
NAYs-Messrs. Badger, Bell, Dawson,
Fessenden, Fish, Foot. Guillette, Jones Of
Tenn, Pearce, Pratt, and Rockwell-ll.
The title of the bill was so amended as
TO read, "a bill to reduce and gradute the
price Of the public lands 10 purchasers and
actual settlers, and TO grant pre-emption
privileges in certain cases, and for other
purposes"
The following are the Homestead provis-
ions in Mr.. Hunters bill.
SEC. 8. That any free white person who
is at tie head Of q family who has arrived nj
the age OF twenty one years, and is capable
OF holding lands under the laws of the State
inwhich the lands lie, shall from and after
the passage of this act, be entitled TO enter
one quarter section of vacant and unappro-
priated public lands and no more, which
may at the time the application is made, be
subject to private entry, or quantity equal
thereto, to be located in body, if conform
ing with the legal subdivisions Of the public
lands.
SEC. 9.-That the person applying for
the benefit Of the eighth section of this act,
shall, upon application 10 the Register of
the Land Office IN which he or she is about
to make such entry, make affidavit before
said Register that be or she is the head Of .
family, or is tweny.one years of age and
that such application is made for his or her
exclusive use and benefit and those special
ly mentioned herein, and not, either direct
ly or indirectly, for the use and benefit OF
any other person or persons whomsocver;
and, upon making tire affidavit as herein re-
CURED and filing it with the Register, he o,
she shall thereupon be permitted to ente,
the quantity of land specified: provided, how
ever, that no certificate shall be given, or
patent issued therefor, until the person or
persons entitled to the land so entered shall
have paid for the same twenty-five cents
per acre, or, if the lands have been in the
market more Than twenty years, twelve and
q half cents per acre.
Its adoption over the Homestead bill of
the House, was for the purpose of relieving
the President from the dilemma in which HI.
veto Of the Insane Land bill would have
placed him. tits hardly possible that any
amount of easuistry would have preserved
his consistency if after vetoing the latter he
had signed the other. The result 81 III,
whole matter most likely will he 10 prever'
the passage of any Homestead bill the pres
ent session, as it is not very probable that
the House will agree TO the Senate's subsli-
tute for its own bill.
WILL TAKE THE FIELD.-It is said that
Douglas will take the field in his own State