The daily union., 1854-07-25


bill for the relief of Rebecca Baggerly widow OF Da-
vd Baggerly, deceased go
bill to provide pension for Oliver Brown, of Che
mung county, New York.
bill to provide pension for Edmund MITCHELL or Gar
roll county, in the State of Kentucky.
A bill for the relief of James Butler.
A bill for the relief of John II Hicks, of Indiana
bill for the relief of John Brown, second, of New
Hampshire.
the late Capt Angus, United States navy.
A bill for the relief of Betsey Nash
A bill for the relief of Thomas Ellis.
A bill for the relief of CharlotteS s. Westcott.
An act for the relief of Lavina Taylor
bill for the relief of Thomas Bronaugh.
A bill for the relief Of Anna Z. Cook.
A bill for the relief of Abraham Ausman.
bill for the relief of Titan X. Peae.
bill for the relief of Sylvester Humphrey, and the
heirs of Alexander Humphrey, deceased.
bill for the relief of Jacob Mcclellan.
Also Joint resolution for the settlement of the claim OF
Don Juan Jesus Vigil, of New Mexico.
ALTERATION RECORDS
Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, to question of
privilege in matter affecting the character of of the
officers of the House. He said that House bill No 346
granting lands to aid the Territory of Minnesota in the
construction of railroads therein was passed on the 20
of June The bill reported by the Committee on Pub
lie Lands 1t drawn up by gentleman from Minnesota
with whom he was well acquainted, and who had frequent
order better understanding of the subject he stated
that Minnesota chartered railroad company with most
extraordinary powcrs-granng to it all the lands which
have been or which may hereafter be donated to that Ter
rory aid in the construction OF railroads therein The
charter extraordinary in this respect that 1T was
supposed by him and Others that the bill would never pass
the House But provision inserted in the bill to the
effect that the said ands hereby granted to said Territory
shall be subject to the disposition Of any future
they nre to the benefit Of any company heretofore con-
snted or organized This he repeated, was to prevent
the company from receiving the benefit OF the grant Inc
FIRST alteration he noticed the omission of the word
fuure" but this he understood was made by the COM
mittee The second alteration however was the more i'm
nortant one Instead Of constituted organized
u had altered "dud" By this
alteration the Minnesota company not being constituted
and organized expected to hold under the BILL and hence
the object of the alteration The word and was written
in hand different from that of the epgrossed bill
This, he contended, matter which affected the
character of the proceedings Of the House. ana therefore
should be examined thoroughly 10 ascertain oil the facts
He had been asked whether the alteration makes differ
and had say that it is conended that tho altera-
tons confer the benefit Of the grant on TN the sald com
ec of the alteration he had no doubt IL was mula-
ton of the record
Mi. HEM, being member Of the engrossing commit,
tee made statement to tie effect that he was asonshed
to discover that the word fptur was omitted from the
engrossed BILL ii having been in the original But he as
certained that it had been struck out of the LATTER IN COM
mittee AS to the other aternon he recoectea nothing
about il.
Iir, WASHBURNE, of Illinois, in reply TO question
from the gentleman from Iowa. Mr. HENN said be under
stood the bill had been altered after it sent from the
House to the Senate Hs then offered resolution for the
appointment Of com% % mi s the s Of h.d dnqu,ng
tered any way changed in language subsequent to
or after its engrossmen passage by this House. without
the authority Of the House, and if so by whom and un-
der what authority it made with power to send for
persons M cAMpgH AM offered an Amendment to the resou @
tionaand that the said committee be alEo required to in
quire into all of the Interpolation of bills of the
House, His for suggesting this was the House
well remembered that few days ago an important interim
cation was made in the resolution fixing the compensation
of some OF the officers of the House He did not say
fraud was intended but it due to the integrity of the
| House that such things should be stopped.
NJ, ha Uly tn snV ha clou1
tomorrow introduce bill for the repeal Of the Mnne-
sofa land act
Mr. McMULLEN said it was due to the character Of the
clerks as well that Of the House, that this matter
should be fully Investigated.
| The amendment was adopted, and the resolution
amended passed.
Mr. MACE made an Intellectual attempt to introduce
resolution for the select committee to inquire what amount
of land has been purchased and by whom at the terminus
| Mr. STEVENS of Michigan, afterwards made per-
sonal explanation. Being member OF the Committee on
Public Lands, which had reported the Minnesota land BILL
he felt called upon to make statement which he did upon
his honor in relation to the alteratons far the facts
had to his knowledge After the bill had been sent
to the Committee on Public Lands and after it had been
referred to him for his individual action upon it, gentle
who were connected with the bill called upon him
and requested that before it presented to the commit
certain alterations ehould be made in the third section
Explanations made with regard TO the alterations de-
sgned of the objects Of which he at that time gno
rant and did not know of them until he recently in
formed it. indeed he knew then One of tho amendments
to affect the subject Of legislation in the Territory of
Minnesota relative to the lands granted by Congress- and
to make that alteration he himself struck out the word
"future" The other alteration desired the insertion
Of the word SAND instead of or and he supposed he
had made this alteration also
He then presented the bill with explanations to the
Committee Public Lands which approved Of the BILL
and be reported it to the House It passed and went
to the Senate His attention called to the bill and 1t
remarked that the alteration which he had said he had
made made that the bill did not contain the al
teration He had conferred with two gcAamen of
the Senate and told them frankly that when he reported
the bill to the committee he made the alteration and that
be intended to do Subsequently, of the clerks
General Fafton to him in the lobby in front of the
door, and esked him whether the wording of the bill
right to which be Mr 81 replied it not as the
bill passed the committee and he thought that he said to
the clerk that he would look at the original draught he
would there find the word and instead Of orr He Mr
S then the desk Of Mr. Spooe where the matter
was talked over and there he made the statement that he
had supposed he had thus altered the original drang and
thought he bad voted for the bill with that amendment In
IT, The question came up to whether the engrossed bill
could be altered and several senator's said it
verbal alteration, such they had frequently made
Several Y0lcEa Name the senator's.
He said he would not give them the names now, bsnause
they were not implicated He would do what honor
able but would 60 further The subcerk said at once
that they had the power make the alteration, The
matter was adjourned to Mr. Forneys room, whittier he
went with General Patton and perhaps MT Spooe
panied them He there made similar statement to Mr..
Forney who said he did know whether the alteration
could be made Genercl Patton in reply to question by
Mr. Forney said they frequently make such alterations
Mr. Forney then remarked perhaps il would be better the
alteration should be made He Mr SrRyEss supposed
taken place,
He wiahpd tO Whhold notl, ,ut In tat all how