The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
BILLS INTRO nrCTD.

BILLS INTRO nrCFD.
Senate, Jan. a.
h'r. DODGE, Of Iowa, in pursuance Of no
,ce, asked and obtained leave TO introduce
bil! IS. 92) TO lay off the town af Council Bluffs
u Iowa. which was read the first and second
'rIes by Unanimous consent, and Seferred u
Committee On Public Lands.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. JONES, of lows, asked and obtained
leave 10 withdraw from the files Of the Senate
the petition and papers in the case of Mrs. Emi
" ltn,r in order to have them referred to z
, committee of the House of REPRESENTATIVES..
TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA.
Mr. DOUGLAS, from the Committee o1
Territories, to whom was referred the bill TO
craanize the Territory of Nebraska, reported
back HE same, with various amendments, in
the form Of substitute for the bill, and sub
mitted report on The subject; which, with the
bill, was ordered to pc printed for the use Of
the Senate.
Subsequently, Mr. DODGE, of Iowa, sub
mited the following resolution:
Resoired, That 5000 additional copies of the
bill reported from the Committee on Territories
Tor the organization of Nebraska Territory,
with the report accompanying the same, te
| printed for the use Of the Senate.
Mr.. ID. asked for the unanimous consent Of
the Senate 10 its immediate consideration; ard
no objection was made
Mr.. PRATT inquired whether it was not
contrary to the general custom TO prin. extra
copies Of the bills designed for the action Of th:,
Senate, and what was he utility Of il; but did
| not desire to iaterpose any objection if il was
7 rirvrg
Mr.. DODGE modified the resolution as fol-
lows:
Ordered, Thai 900 additional copies of the
report of the Committee on Territories, ON the
organization of the Territory Of Nebraska; be
printed for the use Of The Senate.
The resolution, as modified, agreed 10.
PAPERS wITHpRAwN AND REFERKED
Jan slh-Mr JONES, of Iowa, asked tn,
the petition of Pamela Rr.wn, widow of the
late Major General Jacob Brown, decreased,
praying pension, might be taken from the
table, AND referred TO the Committee on PEN
sions which was agreedto
Mr. DODGE, Of Iowa. asked leave to with
draw from the flies of the Senate the petition
of Adam ID Stuart, paymaster in the United
States army, praying the reimbursement of a
sum Of money paid by him for the recovery of
certain public funds which were stolen while
under his charge, and the same may be referred
to the Committee on Military Afairs; which
was agreed TO-
EEpRAsKA TERRITORY.
Mr. DODGE, of Iowa, submitted d,e follow
ing order:
0rdered, That the bill for organizing the
Territ ~ OF Nebraska be anne xed, in document
form, To the extra copies Of the report accom-
panying that bill which have been heretofore
ordered to be printed.
Mr. d. said II will be remembered that the
Senate yesterday made order for printing
five thou sand extra copies of this report, and /
was suggested BY the honorable senator from
Maryland [Mr. PKATrl that the printing of such
a number Of copies of the bill was unnecessary
and involved needless expense. The order
which now propose tor the adoption of the
Senate provides that the bill shall be printed in
document form and made part Of the report.
The report will BE- very incomplete and unsAt-
isfactory without the bill, aud we may we'll
not order it printed at all un 81 the bill is print
ed With it, learn from the printer that it will
only cost the very trflng sum If $34 %; and
1 hope, therefore, that the order will be adop-
ted.
The order was then adopted.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Mr.. DODGE, of Iowa, gave notice that he
should tomorrow or on some early day there
after, ask leave TO introduce a bill to establish
an additional land office in the State of Iowa.
COMMITTEE oS PENSIONS.
MIR ZONES. of Iowa, said that he was in
structed by the Committee on Pensions to move
| that an additions member be appointed to that
committee, and that the appointment be made
by the President pro tenn; which was agreed TO
AMENDMENT OF THE RULES OF THE SENATE.
The resolution, offered some time since by
Mr.. DnpGE, OF Iowa, in relation 10 an amend
ment of he ruies Of the Senate 10 make
all elections OF its officers civa instead -cf
by ballot, came up tor consideration.
Mr.. DODGE asked that it be passed over,
as he wished to have il taken up next Monday
morning
1t was accordingly passed over.
The resolution, offered some time since by
Mr. CHASE, in relation 10 an amendment of the
rules of the Senate as to provide that the
doors shall remain open during the transaction
of executive business, except in certain cases,
then came up for consideration; but was passed
over, on motion by Mr.. CHASE, who said he
proposed to call it up on Monday morning.
TIE cLAYToN-BULwER TREATY.
Mr.. CASS. | wish to submit motion, that
the documents communicated by the President
of the United States to the Senate the other
day, containing the correspondence growing
out of the treaty ofsW ashngton, be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations, as un-
dcrstand that they have been returned from the
| printer. ! do this in the hope that the Senate
viii make that motion the order of the day for
Tuesday next, SO that the subject may then be
taken up tor discussion.
The further consideration Of the motion to
refer was then postponed until Tuesday next,
and made the order Of the day.