Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-22
D0INGs IN CONGRESS.

/ SENATE. " esterday. the further consider
lion of the bill for increasing the pay Of the
army was postponed, much opposition bein <
evinced TO the ninth section, which gives 10
Senate .he same power of nomin ating cadets
to Vest Point as is now held by memhsrs of
the House After some discussion as TO wheth er
this section should be struck out, IS moved by
Mr.. Petit, the subject was postponed, and the
Senate went into an executive session and after
wards adjourned
HoUsE.--Ye s.eriay, after we went to press,
the bill reported back frem the Committee on
Public Lands, by Mr. Cobb, to secure the ben
efltsof existing bounty land laws to the widows
and minor children of deceased soldiers, was
committed to the Committee of the Whole on
the state Of the Union. L EEIT
Mr. Warren reported from the same Com
mittee, a bill to provide for compensation OF
the district land officers for the performance
Of certain duties now required Of them by law;
passed.
Mr., Richardson moved to go into Commit
tee of the Whole on the state Of the Union
not agreed to--yeas 81. nays los. t.l
The House then proceeding to the business
On the Speakers table, when the Senate's
amendment 10 the House bill dividing the
State Of Arkansas in two Judicial districts was
| agreed 10.
| After next referring Senate bills for the
relief of purchasers and Iocators Of swamp
lands, and to establish a port of delivery al
Lake Port, on Lake POntchartram, La
| Mr.. Richardson moved to refer the Senate
| bill TO establish the territories Of Nebraska
and Kansas (Which came up next from the
| Speakers table, to tue Committee on Terrific.
ries. Mr.. K. spoke ut some length in favor OF
that motion.
Mr.. Cutting Addressing the House in favor
of that motion, moved its commitment to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of tho
Union agreed to-yeas lilo, nays gas fol-
lows: - g. a. - =
Ycas-Messrs. Appleton, Ball, Banks, Ben
nett, Bclcher, Benson, Benton, BisseIl, Bliss
Bugg, Campbell, Carpenter, Chamberlain
Chandler, Chase, Corwin, Croker, Cullom
Curtis, Cutting, Thomas Davis, De Witt. Dick
Dickinson, Eastman, Eddy, Edgerton, Ed.
Fenton, Flagler, Franklin, Fuller, Gamble
Giddings, Goodrich, Green, Grow, Aaron Har-
Ian, Andrew j. Harlan, Harrison, Hastings
Haven, Hester, Hughes, Hunt johnson, Danl
I. Jones, Kittredge, Knox, Lane, Lilly, McCul
loch, Mace, Macy, Mattesoh, Maurice, MayalI
Meacham, Middleswarth, Morgan. Morrison
Murray, Nichols, Noble, Norton, Andrew
Oliver, Parker, Peck, Peckham, Pennington
B. Perkins, Pratt, Pringle, Puryear, David
Richie, Thomas Ritchey, Russell, Sabin, Sage
Seymour, Simmons, Shelton, Gerritt Smith
Richard H. Stanton Hester L. Stevens, Straub
Andrew Stuart, John J. Taylor, John l.. Tay-
lor, Thurston. Tracy, Trou', Upham, Vail
Wade, Walbridge, Valley, Elihu b. Wash
burne, Israel Washburn, Wells, John Went
worth, 7. Wentworth, Westbrook Wheeler
4 Witte, and Y ates lilo.
Nays-Messrs. AbercrOmbie. Aiken Jane:
G. Allen, Willis Allen, Ashe, Thomas H Bay.
ly, Barksdale, Bocock Boyce, Breckenridge
Brooks. Caruthers, Caskie, Chastain, Church
well, Clark, Clingman, COBB, Colquitt, Cox
Craige, John G. Davis, Dawson, Dent, Disney
Dowdell, Dunbar, Elliott, English, Ewing
| Faulkner, Florence, Goode, Greenwood. Grey
Hamilton, Sampson W. Harris, Wiley P. Har.
ris, Hendricks, Hem, Hubbard, Hill, Houst on
Ingersoll, George W. Jones, J. Clancy Jones
| Roland Jones, Keitt Kerr, kidwell, Kurtz
Latham, Letcher, LindIey, Macdonald, McDou.
gall, McMullen, Mcqueen, Maxwell. John G
Miller, Smith Miller, Millson, 0lds, Mordecai
Oliver, Orr, Packer, John Perkins, Phelps
Phillips, Powell, Preston, Ready, Reese, Rich
ardsOn, Riddle, Robbins, Rogers, Rufin, Sew
ard, Shannon Shaw, Shower, Singleton, Saml
A. Smith. Wm. Smith, VIM. r. Smith, George
! W. Smyth, Frederick P. Stanton, Vansant
Walsh, Warren, Daniel b. Wright, Hendricl
b. Wright, anl Zollicotfcr-95
| MIR. Cutting moved to reconsider the vote BY
which the bill was committed, and also moved
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table
The latter was agreed to-yeas ITO, nays 90.
The House then adjourned.