Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

TON, and CLAY,
On motion, the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. RUFFIN was excused from further service on the
Committee Of Claims being member of the committee
on the Colt patent case
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills introduced in pursuance of
notice. read twice, and appropriately referred:
BY Mr.. RICHARDSON A bill for military roads in
By Mr.. SMITH, of Tennessee: bill for the relief Of
certain officers and soldiers Of the army and navy who
served in the war of 1872.
Also bill to constitute Chattanooga, in the State of
Tennessee, port of delivery
Also o bill to amend the post office laws.
BY Mr.. HILLYER: A bill for the relief Of William
Harris.
By Mr. PHILLIPS A bill to authorize the construc-
ton Of six steam sloops-of-war.
BARON DE KALB CASE.
Mr. MAY said that the Clerk had informed him that he
had found it difficult to engross the bill passed Friday
last for the relief Of the heirs of Baron De Kab owing
to the gentleman who proposed amendment not striking
out the bill portion which he designed to have omit
ted was understood by the House that the appropr
alton made by the bill be in full of all claims,
vices and sacrifices Of Baron De Kab and he therefore
asked that the act might be engrossed in that FORM
1t was ordered
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion by Mr.. ROBBINS
Resolced That the Committee Naval Affairs requested
to inquire into the expediency placing the officers camen,
and marines who served in the Gulf squadron during the
Mexican upon the footing to bounty land, extra
pay by Congress to those who served in
the Pacific squadron during the PERIOD and report BY
bill or otherwise
On motion by Mr.. WELLS
Resolved That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested
to inform the House whether in his opinion the building
horzed by of last session be erected at Milwaukee
for custom house, post Office and courtroom sufficiently
large to accommodate properly those purposes.
Mr. ORR submitted the following resolution, which
referred to the Committee on Printing:
RESOLVED, That thousand copies Of the annual
port the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with the
panyng papers, be printed and bound for the of the In
dian Bureau.
EASTERN WAR--MEDIATIoN OF THE UNITED STATES
Mr.. CLINGMAN asked consent to introduce joint re-
solution requesting the President to tender the mediation
Of the United States to the Powers engaged the Eastern
war; for the purpose Of having referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. WALSH objected
BETsEY NASH AND THE WIDOW OF BACHELOR.
Mr.. BENNETT moved to reconsider the vote by which
the House, Friday last referred to the Committee the
Whole the bill for the relief Of Betsey Nash returned
the Senate with amendment granting three thousand
dollars to the widow Of James G. Bachelder who was
killed Boston, during the Burns fugitive slave riot on
the 26h of May 1854 while assisting the United States
marshal for the district Of Massachusetts, in executing
law Of Congress
Mr. referred the Betsey Nash as one which
commended tsef the consideration of the House. Her
claim had been before the Pension Committee since 1922
and the proof Of its justice perfected in 1881 and
nearly every succeeding Congress bill had been report
ed for her relief 1t was honest had ever
been presented, and its settlement should longer be-
delayed
His object in submitting the motion to reconsider was
to bring the bill before the House for immediate action
If his motion should be agreed to it his intention
ask the House to in the amendment of the
Senate providing fer the widow of Bachelor. That
amendment would doubt lead to considerable discus
son and thus delay in the of Mrs Nash 1t
might indeed prevent her from receiving her PEN
son She was very infrm, and probably could not live
very long, and hence the necessity for the he de-
sired the House to pursue If Mrs. Bachelor was en-
titled to relief he willing that she should receive it
but let her claim be Investigated by ITSELF
Mr.. HENDRICKS did not desire to say any thing in
regard to the merits of the Bachelor He did
consider it involved in the claim of Mrs. Nash. Her
claim meritorious one, and which not dis
puted by any body The Senate had added to the bill for
her relief Objectionable amendments which would
be objected to in the House and give rise to controversy
which might prevent the passage Of the bill for the
allowance of the claim of Mrs. Nash This should not
be DONE and he therefore thought that the action ug
gesed by the gentleman from New York should be taken
by the House. The Bachelor should be consider
ed on its merits, the claim of Mrs Nash He
did not believe in this log rolling system.
Mr.. FAULKNER had no doubt that the claim Of Mrs.
Nash was meritorous one but he regarded that Of
Mrs. Bachelor equally mertorous and equally de-
manding the consideration Of the House.
He opposed to the motion of the gentleman from
New York because its effect to place both in
the Committee of the Whole, could any action be
taken upon it in the House, the amendment made
appropriation and must under the rules, receive its first
consideration in committee. His object to lay the
motion reconsider the table, that the bill might
main where it was in committee, and be acted upon
If possible, next Friday He unwilling that the
claims provided for in the bill should be separated The
Senate had added this amendment for the purpose Of
tanning prompt action upon 1t and he had doubt that
the bill should be allowed to remain in committee there
would be speedy action upon both He moved to
lay the motion to reconsider the table.
The SPEAKER lin reply to INQUIRY stated that If
the motion reconsider should be agreed to- the amend
could only be acted upon by unanimous consent
by suspension Of the rule requiring all appropriations
to be first considered in Committee Of the Whole.
After some conversation, Mr. FAULKNER withdrew
his motion when the motion submitted by Mr. BENNETT
was agreed to-
On motion Of Mr. JONES, Of Tennessee, the bill and
amendment then made the special order Of the day
for next Friday three weeks.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
On motion Of Mr. HAMILTON, the House then went
into Committee of the Whole the state Of the Union
(Mr MIDDLEswARrH, Of Pennsylvania, In the char and
resumed the consideration of the bill making appropra