Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-10
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1854.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

On motion Of Mr.. HEM, by consent
Rcsorea That the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads be requested to inquire into the expedency Of eab
fishing the following post roads From Centrevle Iowa. by
way Of Coydop the State road South Independence
the county seats Of Rnggod and Taylor counties to carndu
in Page county from Council Bluffs Iowa. via Winter Quar-
ters to Fort Calhoun in Nebraska Territory from Magnolia
Iowa. to Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Terroy from Nebraska
City, Nebraska Territory via Belevew Omaha City, and
Winter Quarters, to Fort Calhoun, in said Territory.
NAVY YARD ON THE NORTHERN LAKES
Mr.. DICK asked consent to offer the following re.
solution
Rcsosred That in view of the great commercial and ma
ona interests in the navigation of the Northern lakes
Committee Naval Affairs instructed to INQUIRE into the
expcdeny of establishing navy yard depot and dry dock
some suitable point said lakes and report by bill other
wise.
Mr. LETCHER objected.
Mr. DAVIS, of Indiana, by consent, in pursuance Of
notice. introduced bill granting the unsold public lands
in the Vincennes land district to the State of Indiana
ala IN the construction of railroad from Vincennes to
Charlottesville, and from Vncennes to Indianapolis in
said State which read twice and referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.
On motion Of Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee the House went
into COMMITTEE OF the Whole the Of the Union
Mr. BococK, Of Virginia. in the chair and resumed the
Of the bill of the House provide for the
establishment of railroad and teleQraphc communca
ton between the Atlantic States and the Pacific ocean
and for other purposes
Mr. STANTON, Of Tennessee, being entitled to the
moor SAID that as ne was anxious to get through with
puoc business, he would not detan the committee fur
Their than to state thathe would vote for the BILL
Mr. BRIDGES said that he was opposed to the bill up.
on constitutional grounds but not wishing to take IN
the time OF the committee, would merely ask consent to
print his remarks as part of the proceedings of to-day
MIR. HENDRICKS said that as he now understood the
bill under consideration he could not give il his suppor
He very anxious, however, that such bin might be
framed as he could sanction. This bill assmed thu,
Congress ought not to establish the road but that Il
ought to be decided by the Executive Department of this
Government. At the time il excluded that routs
in which the section Of country he represented was
cally interested-the Central St. Louis route II il
right that the Executive Department of the Govern
ment should decide upon the route for this great road
right that that Department should be left withou
any restrictions upon the subject He was not
say that the Central route in which the greater nor
ton Of the country interested was practicable hut
until its impracticabty should be shown he would mo
support bill which excluded it.
He then referred to the various propositions for disr
butng the public lands and said that as regarded tn
schemes, first Of giving the lands upon easy terms
settlers and, secondly, of distributing them among tn
States, he was for the former proposition and as con
sequence, against the latter The two were ncompat
ble and could not stand together.
lie then opposed the land bill of Mr. Bennett. and i
the Of his remarks said that although he coul
not in all of the views laid down by the Presden
in his late veto message yet he fully endorsed the veto
and believed 1t would give the Executive high positio
in the country
Mr. DISNEY said that it his purpose to avail him
self Of the present occasion to finish the speech
piration Of his hour prevented him from concluding