The daily union., 1854-03-07
In CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES.
Thirty-Third Congress-First Session

Thirty-Thir Congress-First Session.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at ~ o'clock, m.
PRAYER by the Chaplain OF the House.
The journal OF Friday was read and approved.
Mr. RUSSELL, from the Committee on Printing re-
ported joint resolution for settling the accounts OF A.
Boyd Hamilton; which WAS read third time and
passed
ABDUCTION OF OCEAN POSTAGE.
Mr. APPLETON presented the joint resolutions OF the
Massachusetts legislature in favor OF The reduction OF
ocean postage which read. laid The table, and
ordered TO be printed.
Mr FULLER presented the joint resolutions OF the
legislature OF the State OF Maine against the passage OF
THE HOMESTEAD BILL
The House then resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole and proceeded (Mr OLDs in the chair to the
sderation of the homestead bill The several pending
amendments were whdIawn.
MIR EASTMAN moved an amendment subjectDg the
land to taxation entered upon in the same
way as lands sold by the government OF the United
States.
Mr.. JONES, OF Tennessee, opposed the amendment
which was lost
Mr.. COBB moved 10 amend The bill by adding the fol-
lowing sec lion:
Provided further That The provisions this shall be
SO construed authorize the class of persons provided
for in the foregoing OF this act who may not hold one
hundred sixty of land free OF any Of
the public lands that adoin his her farm, subject pr
vate entry at 81 30 50 as 70 make lee whole Quantity they
occupy equal to hundred and x acres provided he
she shall cultivate the whole oft
Mr.. DAWSON approved of the amendment, which was
adopted.
Several amendments rejected, and the substitutes
proposed by Messrs CoBB and Grow were likewise re-
iected; and,
: On motion of Mr.. JONES. of Tennessee, the commit
Mr oLDS reported the bill and amendments to the
House.
MIR. DAWSON moved the previous question; which
The Clerk proceeded to read the amendments.
The first amendment was TO insert the words "free
white," after the word ''any," in line three.
Mr.. MATTESON asked for separate division on that
Mr. CUTTING demanded the yeas and nays
Mr.. GOODE moved 10 lay the bill on the table.
The question taken, and the motion rejeced-yeas
60, nays l24.
So The House refused to lay the bill on the table.
The question then recurIed on the adoption OF the
amendment 10 insert Stree white" after the word "any"
in the third lne-confnng the benefits OF the bill TO free
white persons; which was adopted-yeas 10l. nays 49,
The other amendments were adopted, and the bill or
The bill was then read third time by its title.
The question then taken the passage Of the BILL
which was agreed to bythe following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Abercrombie. James G Alen Willis
Allen Banks Bennett. Benton, Brecknridge, Bridges Bugg.
Campbell. Carpenter, Caruthers, Chamberlain, Chand-
cowin a' Cox. John g. Davis, Dawson, Dssn Dick.
Disney, Drum, Dunbar, Eastman Edgeron Elliott Eli
s ssa '5sy ss
Harrison, Hendricks, Henn Houston. Howe Ingersoll,
Macy, Maxwell, Mayal. Middieswarih, John g Miller,
nIissl. PssIham, Pennington. Phelps. Preston Prinsis
Ready, Richardson, Thomas kitchey. Robbins, Russell
smith smith Frederick Stanton Richard H. stanton Hs.ior
L. Stevens, saon Andrew Stuart. John T. Taylor Thurs
Elihu b. Washburne, John Wentworth, Tappan Went
woTih wesIbiO96s, Wheeler Hendfck B Wright, Yates,
NAYs-Nessrs. Aiken, Appleton, Ashe. Thomas H.
Bayy, Barksae, Beicher Benson Bocock Boyce Brooks
oammus scsa cans Thama. Davis Dent, De- Witt Dick
insen, Dowde, Edmsnds Edmundson, Faulkner, Frank
'n z Ha 1s, Hastings. % Hasen hibbald Hh Hani CLAN.
h kdws ksd M"S Rs
Miller. Mison, Morrison, Bishop Perkins, John Perkins,
P nasa ynax s% k1Ts Wa Rn saSn s%
Ssogs W. smyh spSdVyas T5sey uPham. Israel
So the bill was passed
Mr. DAWSON said that he had been requested to state
that his friend from California Mr. LATHAM absent
on account OF indsposion, and that had he been pres
emf be would have voted for the passage of the bill
Mr. ORR said he had been prevented from being pres
ent. and should have voted against the passage OF the
On motion OF Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, the title Of
the bill was amended, and made to read as follows
"An act grant homestead OF 100 of the public
land TO actual settlers"
THE GARDINER CASE.
Mr. PERKINS, of Louisiana, BY leave, offered the fol-
lowing resolution; which was adopted:
Resortd That the Judiciary Committee be instructed 10
inquire the popretY of directing legal proceedings 10
recover any sum money which may have been pad to
any person out the treasury the claim OF Gardiner and
Mesrs. under The commission which adjudicated claims
Mexico under the provisions OF the treaty OF Guadalupe
Hdago and h power to send for persons and papers
BOUNTY LANDS
MIR HlBBARD offered the following resolution which
was read for information:
Rssoutd That the Committee Public Lands be in.
srnced inquire into the exPedency OF amending the
laws relation bounty land that whenever appli-
cant of bounty land under any shall die may
died after filing the office OF the Commissioner OF PEN
sions his DUPLICATION, and evidence sufficient substan-
ale the same before the issue OF any thereon, the
heirs said applicant shall be entitled TO receive war
for the amount of land that the deceased would
have been entitled to II living.
Objection being made to the introduction OF the resolu-
ton,
Mr.. HBBARD moved 10 suspend the rules to enable
him to introduce il pending which motion,
The House adjourned al half past three O'Clock.
statement Affairs OF the Mutual Life Insu-
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No. III Broaaray for The Ye@ ending 3ist Jaruary, 1854
Net assets on January Jlst, 1858, per balance