Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-18

ous to their embarkaton shall be passed to their credit
and their receipts for the same be cancelled
Mr. B. briefly explained how upjustly this amendment
If adopted, would operate and hoped it would not b
agreed to.
And the question being taken, the amendment non
concurred in
the widows and minor children Of those officers
missoned officers and prvates who persisted by the dis
aser the San Francisco who died from disease in
consequences thereof shall be allowed pensions in the
manner, in oil respects if said officers, noncom
missoned officers and privates had been killed in battle
The amendment was concurred in.
Mr. BISSELL, from the same committee, reported a
bill for the relief of Samuel Is. Rayburn which read
twice and committed
Also, from the committee reported bill for the
relief Of the legal representatives of Capt William Davis
late commander Of the United States transport schooner
Eufala which was read twice and committed.
Mr. CRAIGE, from the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds made adverse report the memorial OF
Randall Pegg for additional pay for services watch
man to the Patent Office in the years lS4o and 1850
Also, from the committee, reported joint reso
luton authorizing supplemental contract for certain
marble for the Capitol extension which read twice
Mr. C. briefly explained the resolution and asked that
il be put its passage; when wasread the third time
Mr.. PERKINS, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
made adverse report the petition Of j. r. Sands of
the United States Navy.
Also from the same committee, reported bill for the
relief of W. D. Porter of the u s. navy which was read
twice and committed. .,~
Mr.. CHANDLER, from the same committee, reported
bill for the relief Of Capt E. A. f. Lavaette Of the
u. s. navy which read twice and committed.
On motion of Mr.. BAYLY, of Virginia, the same com
mttee discharged from the further consideration Of
sundry petitions asking that all national disputes might
be settled by arbitration, and they laid the
table. ~ .@. .E
Mr. HARRIS, Of Alabama, from the same committee,
made adverse report the petition Of Mrs Frances A.
Mr. HENDRICKS, from the Committee on Invalid Pen
sons made adverse reports the petitions of Zacharah
Long and Robert Hughes for pensions
Also, from the committee to which was referred
Senate bill granting five years half pay to the widow of
Capt. John W. Gunnison, reported the same back with
out amendment, and it was committed.
Also from the committee, to which referred
Senate bill for the relief of Parmela Brown, widow Of
Major Gen. Jacob Brown, deceased, reported the
back with the recommendation that it do not pass.
Mr.. H. stated that this bill proposed to give Mrs.
Brown back pension from 1898 up to the present time at
the Of half of the pay which her husband received
when in the service Of the Government which would
upwards of $40 000 1t also proposed to
tinue this half pay Of hundred dollars month for
life The committee thought the bill should pass and
he therefore moved that it be laid on the table. The
committee had heretofore reported bill for the relief of
Mrs. Brown, which pending in Committee of the
Whole which proposed give her half for ten years
which was thirty dollars per month.
The motion that the bill be laid on the table was
agreed to. ....
Mr. EDMANDS, from the Committee Invalid PEN
sions which referred Senate bill for the relief of
Moses Olmsead, reported the back without amend
ment and it was committed sr>
Also from the committee to which was referred
Senate bill for the relief Of Mary c. Hamilton reported
the back without amendment, and it com
mitted. ,..,..~ s..'.
Also, from the same committee made adverse reports
on the petition of John Morrison of New York. of W. F.
Curry of Susan Worth and of O. H. Whitney and others
Aso, from the same committee to which was referred
House bill for the relief Of pensioners under the act of Feb
ruary co. 1855 reported the back without amend
ment, and asked that it might now be considered.
M
mitted. s.. ~. ~. 1913. s.. ~.
Mr.. DEAN moved to 20 into Committee of the Whole
the state of the Union, but withdrew this motion at
the request of ..@ .r... .....
Mr.. DENT, who from the Committee Invalid PEN
sons made adverse reports the petitions Of Leeman
Gibbs of Wisconsin, and Of Libeas II. Babb, of New
Hampshire '.... ,..-, ... -.
Also from the same committee reported bill to pro-
vide pension for James X WEIGH, of Fulton county,
New York, and bill to provide pension for David
Towle of Bedford county in the State of Maine which
we're seversy read twice and committed.
Also, from the same committee reported bill to pro-
vide pension for Capt Thomas Porter which was read
twice. t..'...... .s -.". .-.-
Mr. DENT stated that this was very mertorous case,
and asked that the bill might now be acted on.
Pending its consideration ...s
THE HOMESTEAD BILL-NEBRAsKA TERRITORY.
The House went into Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union, (Air Obs of Ohio, In the chair
and proceeded consider the special order being the
bill encourage agriculture, commerce, manufac lures
md all other branches Of Industry by granting to every
who is the head of family and citizen of the
United States homestead Of one hundred and sixty
acres of land Of the public domain upon condition
of occupancy and cultivation of the for the period
herein specified 49,. .......
The bill in effect provides that any person who is the
head of family and citizen Of the United States shall
from and after the passage Of the act be entitled to
ter free Of cost quarter section Of vacant and
appropriated public lands quantity equal thereto,
to be located in body in conformity with the legal sub
divisions of the public lands and after the same shall
have been surveyed; that If any individual now resi-
dent of any Of the States Territories, and not
citizen of the United States but at the time of making
such application for the benefit of the act shall have
fled declaration of intention required by the natu
realization laws of the United States, and shall become
citizen of the before the issuance Of the patent
made and provided for in the act shall be placed upon
m equal footing with the citizen of the Uni
ted States and that all land acquired under the prov
sions Of the act shall in event become Liable to the
satisfaction Of any debt debts contracted prior to the
issuing the patent therefor ~.a.e..
Mr.. MEACHAM, being entitled to the floor, proceeded
to address the committee on the Nebraska bill when
Mr.. RICHARDSON rose to a point of order that the
House having limited the debate in committee Of the
Whole to the homestead BILL it not now in order to
discuss any other subject
The CHAIR sustained the point of order, and ruled
all debate except the bill before the committee, out
Of order.
Much confusion followed this decision; when
Dir. CAMPBELL appealed therefrom.
And the question being taken, the decision Of the
Chair was overruled-Ayes SO, noes SIS.
Mr.. MEACHAM then resumed his remarks, and stated
his objections to the bill to establish the Territories Of
Nebraska and Kansas He contended that the population
of these Territories was not such to justify their
ton into Territorial Governments that by the passage
the bill gross injustice would be done the Indian tribes
II.s - 49, sc Iii :.