Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-17

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49, PROCEEDINGS OF TODAY,
SENATE After prayer and the reading of
Mr.. Morton asked permission to withdraw
a private memorial from the files Of the Senate,
referring to a claim for compensation for losses
in the Florida War. t:s... .Gaaoi 10 z,r5.e-
Mr.. Foot then arose to bring MP a report
from the Committee on Public Land.
Mr.. Pratt objected to any business of the
kind being. done on that day, and asked that
the resolution with respect to Friday business
should be read -. -. -
The resolution having been read, Mr.. Pratt
said that according to it the morning was to be
devoted exclusively to the consideration of pri.
/ waite bills in the calendar; which was then
! taken up, Mr.. Foot being decided out Of order
| Bill No. 81, for the relief Of Hodges and
Lansdale, and the legal representatives of
Rlnaldo johnson and Ann E. johnson was then
taken up, and the report ON it read. At the
conclsion- ,'i - '-5 = esu0-i
Mr.. Bayard moved that the further con slider
alton Of private bills should be postponed, and
the debate on the Nebraska Bill be resumed
Mr.. Pratt said, that as the passage of private
bills must give way to public measures he
| should now explain the services upon which
| the claim of the parties affected, was founded.
| This was for compensation Of losses sustained
by the destruction of dwelling by the United
States forces, and for property taken away by
tho British, in the war of 1872. By the treaty
of Client, the English Government had paid
over sum of money, to compensate for these
losses, which had been appropriated to the
payment of slaves taken from Virginia and
Maryland.
Mr. Shields denied that there was differ
ence between property taken away by the
| enemy, and that appropriated by the Govern
ment to the purposes of war. He should give
an opinion on Friday next.
MIR. Bayard made a fewremarks on the same
subject, when the opinion OF the Senate was
taken upon the motion to continue the debate
on the Nebraska bill. Carried.
MIR. Stuart asked leave that private bill No.
167, might be first taken up, which being
agreed to, the bill for the relief Of Joseph
Campan was taken up, read, and passed.
MIR. Shields then asked to take up Senate
Bill No. POS, for the relief of John Devlin.
which was taken up, read three times, and
passed. =
On the motion Of Mr. Brodhead and with the
consent of Mr.. Seward, bill Is. l76) for the
relief Of John P McElderry, was taken up and
passed. -------------.-
On the motion of Mr.. Foot bill Is. 2O9) for
the relief of Ira Day, was then taken up but
not acted upon. Postponed until Monday
MIR. Shields moved that when the Senate adj
journ, it adjourn to meet on Monday. Passed.
l
ka bill, presented q concurrent resolution from
| the N. I. legislature against its passage, which
he asked might be read. At its conclusion,
Mr.. Seward said, that he rose to perform a
duty devolved upon him and his colleague by
their State, in speaking against the measure.
The Hon. Senator commenced his speech
with referring to the earlier history of Louisi-
ana, Texas, New Mexico and Utah, before and
at the period Of annexation to the United States
He then referred to the fact that slavery ex-
listed practically in all the States previously to
| the Revolution, and instanced jefferson as
having been opposed to the extension Of
slavery. -.-
HoUsE.-To-day, Mr.. Dean asked leave to
present joint resolutions Of the Legislature of
New York against the enactment of The Ne
braska.Kansas bill.
Mr.. Walsh objected. But Mr.. W. subse-
quently Withdrawing the objection, the said
joint resolutions were presented read, laid on
the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Edgerton moved to postpone the rules to
60 into committee of the whele on the private
calendar, this being private bill day.
Pending the question on this motion, the bill
to indemnify the State Of Indiana for the fail.
ure of title to certain township of land do
mated by the General Government to the said
State, which was on the Speakers table,
came up.
The question being on the pending amend
ment reported from the Committee of the
Whole it was not agreed to.
The question was then taken on the enact
ment OF the bill by yeas and nays: and it was
duly passed-yeas LA, nays Al.
Mr.. MattisOn rising to a question of privi-
lege desired to have corrected a failure on the
part Of the Globe correctly to report a portion
OF the proceedings few days since, when in
the course of the speech of Mr. Fenton, where
In In answer to a question from himself, the
chairman of the Committee on Territories Mr.
Richardson) had stated that the Nebraska bill
would be open for amendments. These remarks
had been ommitted in the Daily Globe.
The Speaker deciding that there was no
privileged question involved in the facts stated
by Mr.. Matteson.
MIR. Richardson explaining by leave, said
that owing to an accident in not getting the re-
porters notes for revision in time, the Daily
Globe had to 60 to press without the pas age
referred to by Mr. R., which however, would
OF course, be in the Congressional Globe Mr.
X. commented at some length on the injustice
that might be done him by the differences that
would be drawn from the remarks of Mr.. Mat.
teson, unless they went to the country accom-
panied by his explanation. -e
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, when Mr.
stephens, of Ga, delivered a speech in favor
OF the Nebraska bill, and particularly in re.
ply to tho remarks Of Mcssrs. Meacham and
Fenton.
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