Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Mr.. HEM from the Committee on Public Lands re.
ported back Senate bill for the benefit Of the settlers and
occupants Of the Of Council Bluffs in Iowa. with the
Recommendation that il pass. ..r.t
He explained that the bill gave the settlers and
pants of Council Bluffs whole section Of land with the
privilege of entering il at Sl25 per in lieu of the
half section granted them under the May 23 1874
He explained the which rendered this increase
the grant necessary, and asked immediate action on
the bill. ..."
The bill was then read the third time and passed.
INDECENT INSANE BILL.
Mr. DISNEY, from the Committee on Public Lands, to
which was referred the bill of the House making grant
of the public lands the several States and Territories
of the Union for the benefit of INDECENT insane persons
made adverse report the same which read. 1t
gives length the objections of the committee to
the measure.
Mr. BENNETT, from the same committee, submitted a
report containing the views of the minority which he ask
ed to have read.
Objection made when both reports ordered to
lie on the table and be printed
Mr. DISNEY then moved that the bill be referred to the
Committee Of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. COBB hoped the motion would not prevail but that
the bill would be at once acted upon.
Mr.. HENDRICKS said that the report which had been
read very important one and expressed some very
wholesome truths on the subject. LIE thought it would
be very proper distribute good many copies of it
the country and therefore moved that the Committee
Printing instructed inquire into the expediency OF
printing 10 900 extra copies OF the report.
The motion agreed TO.
Mr. BENNETT submitted similar motion in regard to
the minority report, and it was also agreed to.
Mr.. HAVEN inquired if it would be in order to move
that special committee be appointed to which this bill
should be referred lie believed that in the last Con-
gress bill Of this character took that direction. This
certainly bill Of consequence, and very able report
had been made upon by the chairman Of the Committee
Public Lands and read TO the House In his opinion
it due 70 the friends of the bill that they should have
opportunity TO reply to it in way that would be as
authoritative He moved that the bill be referred to
select committee.
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at the present time, but could be submitted the motion
10 commit should he disagreed to-
The question being the motion to commit
Mr.. WARREN moved that the bill be laid on the table
which motion disagreed TO by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs Aiken James c. Allen Willis Allen Ashe
Thomas H. Bsyy, Bartsdale, Barry, Bell Bocoet, Boyce
Caruhe Caske, Chastan, Chrisman John 6. Davis Dean
Dent Disney, Dowdell Eastman, Eddy Edgerton Elliott
Ellison Fuller, Goode, Grow Hamilton, Sampson Harris
Wiley p Harris, Hastings, Hendricks HEM, Hibbard
Houston Johnson Daniel r Jones' George W. Jones' RoanC
Jones Keitt Kidwe Kittredge Latham, Macdonald, Nc
Mullen, McNair, Mcqueen Macy, Maxwell Mlson, Murray
Nichols olds, Orr John Perkins, Powell Reese Robbins
Rufin, Seward Shannon, Shaw, Gerrit Smith, William
Smith George W. Smyth, Snodgrass, Vansant Walsh, War
rem, John Wentworth and Daniel b. Wrght-7l.
NAYS-Messrs. Abercrombe, Appleton, Belcher, Bennett
Bugr, Carpenter, Chandler Churchwe, Cingman, CObt
Cook CorwiA Cox, Culom, Thomas Davis, Dawson Dica
Dickinson Dunbar, Edmands, English Etherdge EVerhar
Farley Fenton Fager, Florence Goodrich, Grey, Asro
Harlan, HARRISON Haven, Hill, Howe, Hunt lngersol ker
knox, Kurtz, Lane, Lilly Lii dley, McCuoeh, Mcpouga
Matteson John G. Miller, Smith Miller Norton, Pscke
Parker Peck Peckman Pennington Bishop Perkins Phep
Pratt Preston, Pringle, Puryear Ready, David RitcAi
Thomas Rehsy, Russell sabn, sapp, Seymour, simmon
Singleton, SHELTON, Samuel A. Smith, vii lam H. smt
sraub, John j. Taylor, John L. Taylor, Thurston Trac
Trout, upham, Wade Walker Valley, Elhu B. Washburn
Israel Washburn Wells, Tappan Wentworth, Westbroo
Wheeler, Hendrick B. Wright. and Zollicofer-S9.
The question was then taken on the motion TO comm
the bill; and it decided in the affirmative: Yeas 8;
nays T2.
Mr. FLORENCE, by consent, introduced q bill TO prt
vide for apprentices in the United States naval ervic
reyenue service and marine which was read twice
referred 70 the Committee Naval Affairs.
STEAM FRIGATE BILL.
Mr. BOCOCK offered the usual resolution to close a
debate in Committee OF the Whole the six frgate bi
at two o'clock tomorrow
Mr. WAsHBURNE, Of Illinois, moved to lay the rest