The true Democrat., 1855-03-14
ed ir.eparable injury upon some sections of this

ed ir-eparable injury upon some sections of this conntry
 The resolution was agreed to. -t
 The army appropriation bill was discussed. and without action the Senate adjourned. HoUsE.-Mr. Wright of Miss, submitted resolution calling upon the President for the correspondence between this government and Spain touching the causes disturbing the friend ly relations existing between the two nations, and the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, in respect to the island of Cuba. Agreed to.
 The bill authorizing the construction of telegraph from the Mississippi or Missouri river to the Pacific; was takenup
 MT. GREENWOOD. I move to amend the bill by striking out the word if" in the six teenth line of the sixth section, and inserting after the word "surveyed' the words as soon asp and after that shall have been disposed of, 1 will move to strike out the residue of the section down to the word "provided."
 Mir. Letcher. That would allow the compa- ny to locate on reserved lands.
 Mir. GREENWOOD. No, sir; I do not propose to strike out the provision at all; I merely propose to strike out all after the word Surveyed" in the sixteenth line, down to and including the word "sale" in the twenty second line.
 The Chairman. Before the question is talk en on the amendment just proposed by the gentleman from Arkansas, it must first be taken on the amendment submitted by the committee on territories
 Mr. Farley. As friend of the bill, I see no objection to the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Arkansas, if understand it correctly. Do understand him to propose to strike out all after the word ''surveyed' in line sixteen?
 Mr. GREENWOOD. Yes, sir.
 MT. Farley. Down to the word "sale" in line twenty~two.
 MT. GREENWOOD. Yes sir; and to insert the words "as soon as'' in lieu of the word "if." Ii my amendment be adopted, the section will read thus:
 That upon the completion of said line of te- legraph, as aforesaid and so soon as the same shall be put into successful Operation and the free use thereof as hereinbetore provided, ten dered to the government of the United States, there shall be issued to said Alden and Eddy, thelr hers or assigns, in exchange and payment tor the free and prior use of said line in perpet ulty, as aforesaid, land warrants for two mil lions acres of land, excluding all mineral lands, which they are hereby authorized to select and locate as follows: From and after said com pletion, they shall have the right to select from any of the public lands along and within if teen miles of said line of telegraph in the now existing Territories, not before sold or appro- prated, any quantity not more than a section, and in alternate sections. Where unsurveyed lands shall have been selected, the President of the United States shall cause the same to be surveyed as soon as practicable: Provided, That they shall not locate on any lands which have heretofore been reserved to the United States for any other purpose whatsoever and all such lands be, and the same are hereby exempted from the operation of this act. And as fast as selections and locations of said lands shall thus be made, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and required to issue patents to said Alden and Eddy, their heirs or assigns on application therefor: P,orld- ed, That in the event a railroad to the Pacific ocean shall be located on or near said line of telegraph before said patents shall be issued, the grant of land contemplated in this section shall be so located as not to interfere with the loca- ton under any grant Congress may make in aid of the construction of said railroad
 The vote on the amendment was not taken
 MT. GREENWOOD. To enable us if pos sible, if 1 can get the attention of the House for moment, to get through with the territori- al business tomorrow, will move that when the House adjourns, it adjourn to meet at 10 o. clock tomorrow.
 Mr. Wheeler. 1 object.
 Adjourned till tomorrow at 12 o'clock.