The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-04-08

THE NEBRASKA Bill IN TIE liUtsE.-In the
House CT Representatives., Oh The 2lst inst. the
Nebraska bill, which had bcea received from
the Senate, WAS referred to the Committee Of
the Whole, by a vote Of 10 Yeas to 90 Nays.
The following were the proceedings on the oc-
cason
Mr. breckenridge moved that the House 80
into Committee OF the Whole. and take up the
Custom House and Marine Hospital bill, hicl
was lost.
Mr.. Richardson moved. that the House go in
to Committee Of the Whole on the State Of the
Union. with the design Of reaching the Ncbras-
ka bill, which motion Was lost--Neays S3, nays
los.
Tie House then proceeded to take up the bu
sincss Oh the Speakers table ard after disros-
ing Of several small bills. reached the Nebraska.
and Kansas lill, which vas read amid much ex-
citen4at.
Mr.. Richardson moved to referit TO the CoIi,.
mittce on Territories.
Mr.. Cutting moved to refer it to the Commit
tee OF the Whole which motion was orpose,.
hy the friends of the bill as an effort to bury /.
beneath the mass ii bushes already iciorc TIE
Committee.
Mr. Cutting called for the previous question
on the motion to refer She bill to the Commit
tee OF The Whole: the call was sustained and
Z
Whole Yeas 10. NAYS o.
The opponents Of the bill manifested grea.
Joy. and the friends of the measure great dis
appointment at the result The bill is thus
placed No. 80, on the Calendar of the Commit
tee OF the Whole the similar bill introduced
IN the House. is No. II on the same calender.
and all other bills preceding these must lie dis
posed of some way before either Of the Neblas-
ka bills can be reached
LOCOMOTIVES on THE PnAIRr-In the winter
season locomotives. as at present constructed.
running upon the rrairicS, require larger
amount o: fuel to perform given service, than
those whose track lies through timber and hilIy
regions Of country. a correspondent of the y.
Y. EreninS Post, who passed over some of our
principal roads during some of the coolest
weather OF last winter. notices this fact, as fol-
lows
nc experience OF a ride in still. cold day,
from Detroit TO Chicago. has taught me thai
some things are to DC learned by experience
alone. The consumption of wood on the omen
praiiies in cold weather, in the locomotives is
very mhcn greater than among the settlements
OF IN the tlmbered country, and the amount of
steam produced much less. A train will leave
detroit with from twenty-five to thirtv-fve
Teishi cars. and from eighty to one hundred
pounds Of steam. As it hears Chicago, on the
open prairie. the steam will fall gradually to
thiriy-tve or forty-fyc pounds; and the engine
leaving half its train runs with the remainder
to chicago. So. put an iron box-stoye Oh the
,op Oh one OF the cars Oh the prairie let the fire
burn Intensely. and the 81 rl;.ee of the stove
VIII not burn the hand laid upon it. 1t is pro-
nl"n. the solution Of which would make the
fortune OF an inventor, how this very rapid loss
OF heat can he prevented. Perhaps some OF
your readers can find a remedy.
VESSEL SEIzED--The Collector Of Detroit
has seized the schooner Temperance for VIC.
iat:on OF the |. 5. revenue laws and seized n
parfei OF hoiasscs. jug of 0tard one of gin.
and dcmjohn of Whiskcy -IChicago TEN.
WIG MEMBER OF CONGRESS CuosES--At tho
special election for u member of Congress in
tennessee, 10 supply the vacancy occasioncd
by the death of Hon. Brookins Campbell. Ma.
thanlel Taylor, (Whig) was chosen by major
ity of Coo.
The Washington correspondent Of the n.
Express, says:
The prospects Of the Nebraska bill in the
House arc not very brilliant. But two mem
DefS from ONO will vote for it, Disney and Olds.
FROM Indiana there are six votes against it. and
as many more from Illinois. There will also
DE several Wing votes against it from the South.
ne main reliance of the friends of the bill is
on PENNSYLVANIA. But since the refusal of the
pennsylvania Democrats to endorse the bill.
there may be a detection of four or five of her
delegation. As for New York. cannot hear Of
more than siN votes as certain fer the biI-apd
only three rem The whole cf New En- land
Where then is the majority in favor of the biz.
to be obtained!
10 some OF his late sub marine travels along
the bottom of Lake Erie Mr. Groom M drf,n,
Iound Two locomotives, about fourteen miles
a"ovs Grand River. They were about one and
half mile from the shore in % feet ofwater.
iney were lost of vessel two years ago last
Iaii, during severe storm. As soon as the ice
dlsarp' ars thy viii he rccoy cred.