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Evansville to the Mississippi at Cairo which
read the first and second times by unanimous consent and
r referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. BADGER asked and obtained leave to introduce
6i for the relief OF Thomas Glenn which was read tho
first and second times by unanimous consent and referred
together with statement of the Postmaster General on
the subject to the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads.
: PRIVATE BILLS
Mr.. BADGER submitted the following resolution ;
which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed
Resose That the order setting apart every Friday for
the private bills on the general orders Of the
day be suspended for Friday, the lAsh instant.
HOMESTEAD
The Senate resumed the consideration of the special Or
derbeng the bill from the House Of Representatives
grant homestead of hundred and sixty of the
public nnds to actual settlers The question pending
on the motion Of Mr. CHASE to amend the sixth section of
the bill by striking out the words "now resident of any
one of the States Territories and"the effect of which
would be to extend its benefits to aliens who may hera
Mr.. WADE spoke at length in favor Of the amend
4 ment
posed to Offer striking out the word individual" in the
sixth section of the bill and inserting lieu thereof the
words free white person. and also adding proviso that
the benefits of the bill shall extend the children or
devsees of aliens born out of the United States.
Mr. BROWN addressed the Senate in favor of his pro-
posed substitute for the bill
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee stated that he had formerly
been in favor OF the amendment submitted by Mr. CLAYTON
but more mature reflection he had changed his mind
upon that point and he proceeded to give the
which had produced that change He upon the
various arguments which had been made against the bill
and stated that instead Of attacking the great principle of
the BILL most of its opponents had confined themselves
sort OF guerilla warfareone objectng to the title Of the
BILL and others making verbal criticisms upon it, but
of these gentlemen had offered any amendments which
would make it more acceptable to them He advocated
the bill at length
MI. CLAYTON spoke in defence Of his amendment to
pfy In
tons he alluded to remark made the other day by Mr.
DODGE OF Iowa, that the native-American 9" know
nothing organization contemplate He knew nothing
about the existence objects principles of this society
except from reputation; but thing certain, that
they had been successful in almost every election which
they had undertaken to carry and he did not think that
organization consisting of American citizens should be
stgmatized as contemplate He opposed to putting
aliens on an equality with our own natys-bon citizens
and he thought that the passage of the bill with such
provision In It would add still stimulus to the native
American feeling which threatens to ohlterate
old party lines When he had concluded few remarks
were made by Mr. WALKER and others as to tho time
when the bill should be brought vote but definite
conclusion arrived at.
The further consideration of the bill postponed until
Tomorrow and after the consideration Of executive bust
ness
The Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at IL o'clock, q. m.
Prayer by the chaplain of the Senate.
The journal Of yesterday read and approved.
JUSTICE GRnR.
Mr. KIDWELL asked leave to present the memorial of
the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company asking inves
tgaon of charges against Justice Grier Of the United
States Supreme Court In order to have referred TO the
MT. HOWE said if be followed the prompting Of his
own feelings and Judgment he should object g the msmo-
| a correct decision, he would not object
The memorial referred the Judiciary Committee
The SPEAKER laid before the House message from the
President enclosing communication from the Secretary
of the Navy respecting the observations of Lieut. j. NJ
Giss of the United States navy with accompanying doc
umens: laid on the table and ordered to be printed
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Mr. MAY presented the memorial of the board of mama
gers Of the Washington National Monument Society rep
esentng that the has attained the height or one
hundred and fysix feet and that three hundred and
entirely exhausted and all efforts to replenish
have proved Intellectual They submit therefore the whole
subject to Congress for consideration.
Mr. NJ. said, owing to the dignity of the subject he
moved that the memorial be referred select committee
OF thirteen members: agreed to-
PuRMo-woRKs BILL.
The SPEAKER said the first business in order was the
question on adopting the first amendment of the bill ma
king appropriations for the repair preservation and COM
peton of certain public works heretofore commenced
der the authority of law
The amendment increasing the appropratofor the inn
provemen OF the Ohio river from 100000 to $4,000
adopted--yeas 94, nays 5S.
The amendment striking the appropriation of $780,
for the improvement Of Cape Fear river at and below
Wilmington North Carolina, adopted, and the item
struck from the bill
Sundry other amendments were also adopted
The bill passed-yeas 96 nays 78--as follows
YEAS-Mossrs. Ball, Bennett, Benson Benton Buer,
Campbell, Carpenter, Caruthers Chamberlain Chandler
Ghurchwsl CLARK Corwin Cox Croker Cumming Cutting,
Eddy, Edgerton, Edmands, Thomas d. Eliot, Ellison,
English, Ewing Farley Fenton, Flagler, Florence, Cid
dings, Green Greenwood, Aaron Harlan Harrison Ha-
Hem, Hester Hill, Howe, Hughes, johnson, Kerr,
KNOX, Latham tindey Lindsey, Mace, Macy, Astteson
Middeswarth John G. Miller, Morgan Nichols Noble, Nor
Ready David Rchie Rogers, RUSSELL Sabin, Sage, Sspp
Seward Seymour, Shannon Shower, Gerr Smith, Samuel
Smith, Sellers Frederick r. Stanton Hester L. Stevens
John L. Taylor Thqrston, Trout Upham, vanssnt Wade,
Wentworth Tappan Wentworth, Wheeler Yates and Zol-
licofer--96.
NAYS--Mcssrs. Abercrombie, Aiken James c. Allen vii
lis Aen Barksdae Barry, Belcher Bocock Boyce Breck
inrdge Bridges Caske Chriman, Clngman, Cobb, Col
iastingy, Hibbard, Hyer Honston Daniel T. Jones' j. c.
Jones, Roland Jones, keitt Kidwell KittredQc Kurz
Lamb, Letcher, Lilly McNair, Mcqueen Maurice MAXWELL
May, Mayall Milson Morrison Murray, Ods, Andrew Oil
Phillips Powell Pratt puryesr, Reese, Rowe, Ru&n, Ske
ton, William Smith, William X. Smith, George W. Smyth
Richard H. Stanton Stratton, Straub John Taylor Vail
Walsh, Westbrook. Witte Daniel b. Wright and Hcndrick
B. Wrght-76.
The motion to reconsider the vote by which the bin
passed was laid on the table-yeas l0l, nays H.
APPROPRIATION BILL
On motion Of Mr.. HOUSTON, the House went into Com
yvania in the chair to the consideration OF the bill ma
king appropriations for the support Of the army for the
year ending June 30, 1855
Mr.. STANTON moved to amend the hill occordino tn