The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-21
In CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES

Thirty-Tbird Congress second session.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1855
The Senate did not sit to-day
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvE
The House met At IL O'Clock, ma
KxRcrrvR cossrSieArsos
+ The SPEAKER laid hesore the House a communication
from the President of the United States transmitting r
port OF the Secretary of State o Cap
tain Gibson which referred 10 the Committee For
siga Affairs and ordered to be printed
BILE rAssxn.
On motion Of Ar VALLEY the Senate bin author
1ng the Secretary Of the Treasury to issue register
the harqae Founding taken from the Speakers
Ole considered, read a third time. and passed.
IxraouucsD.
Mr.. GIDDiNGS, OF Nebraska, asked aud obtained leave
TO introduce bill to establish land Office in the Terrific
ry OF Nebraska which read twice by
sept, and referred to the Comm,ter ON Public Lands
opening of roads ia Nebraska ferosy Which was saa
twice BY unanimous consent and referred to the Committee
Territories.
Mr. OLIVER, Of Missouri In pursuance Of notice, asked
and obtained leave TO introduce bin amend APP
proved August s. 1854 entitled "An graduate and
reduce the price Of public lands actual settlers cul
tyaiors and to legAxe certain entries made under said
act which read twice by unanimous consent aud
erred 70 the Committee on Public Lands
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee said for the first time since he
had been member Of the House he asked permission 20
introduce bill OF which previous notice had been given.
There bat solitary provision in H. and that provs-
ion is in which many OF those States where the
graduation operates deeply Interested The bill
simply to authorize those who dssrous of entering land
under that act TO make out the affidavit required by law
before the person authorized TO administer oahs under
such rules the Secretary Of the Interior shall prescribe
leave was not granted
IMPORT raoS COMMITTEE,
Mr.. FULLER from the Committee on Commerce asked
late reciprocity treaty with Great Britain which read
twice by unanimous consent and referred the Commit
tee of the Whole on the state Of the Union
PACIFIC RAILROAD
The House then resumed the consideration Of the bill
granting the right Of way aud making donation of the
public lands aid in the construction Of railroad from
the Mississippi valley to the Pacific ocean.
After the question wss M taken Yesterday Just before the
committee Of thirteen to be appointed BY the Speaker by
teers resulting ayes 80 noes ~ the and nays
demanded and ordered and Of COURSE the question was
pending when the House adjourned
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee, moved TO lay the bill and
pending amendments the table and on that question
he asked for the yeas and which were ordered.
The question being then taken = the motion to lay the
bill the table was agreed toyeas A. nays l25
The question then recurrcd the motion Of Mr. TAy
IoR OF Ohio, refer the whole subject To special
utee Of thirteen to be appointed BY the Speaker which
being taken yeas and nays resulted olows yeas ~
nays III
SO the motion 10 refer was not agreed to-
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to commit the bill 10 the Com
tee Of the Whole House, and demanded the previous
question.
The SPEAKER ruled the motion to be- out Of order
The question then the amendment Of Mr. DAVIS,
Of ndna to strike out that portion Of the substitute
idng for the construction Of three railroads the Pacific
and insert provision for the construction Of main
trunk central road to the western border
the State Of Missouri Iowa. point between the
seth AID parallels Of north latitude and pursue the
practicable the city of San Francisco the
Pacific with branch roads divergng from the main
trunk at point east Of the Rocky mountains the
southern branch through the territories OF the Uni
ted States in the direction Of the State Of Tennessee and
the northern branch 10 through the territories OF the
ffa,y fna ny,Hl
shore Of Lake Superior.
The yeas and nays demanded and ordered
The question being then taken the adoption Of the
amendment BY yeas and nays resultedyeas io4, nays
9l--as follows
YEAS--Messrs. Abercrombie, james c. Allen Willis Al
len, Ball Belcber Bennett, Bridges Bugg Campbell Car
pener Caruthers Chandler Chase Cook Corwin Crocker
curtis. Cutting, John O. Davis Dick Dickinson Disney,
Pa1Sa Eaa .s snsa . css
win, Grow, Hamilton Aaron Harlan Harrison Hastings,
snss ks asna kass kx
Lamb, Leteher, Lilly, Indy McCalioch, McMaen. Mau
M yo.aa Asas.~ s%s Oliver oss
Parker Peck Pennington Bishop Perkins Phelps powel
hss.y ss.s
sapp, simmoni Richard III Stanton ssratton. Andrew
sss Traa sas as lfs ss.n
Wheeler, Hendrick B. Wright, Yates, and zocoer io4.
ARf'rb Bs
Boyce, Breekinridge Brsow Brooks, caskis Chamber
geron Ednsnds Edmundson J. NJ Elliott Farley, Flor
ence, Fuller Goodrich, Green, Greenwood Grey, Wiley
r. Harris, Hiysr, Houston, Hughes. nnnt Johnson q.
W. Jones' Roland JONES' Latham, Lewis, Lindsley MAcdon-
aid, McDougall, Mcqueen, Macy, Matteson Maxwell, Nor
rson, Noble, Orr, John Perkins, Phillips. Ready, kufn,
abin Seward, shannon, Shaw, shower singleton, sam
uel A. Smith George w. Smyth, Solleys Frsdsrick r.
Stanton Hector u Stevens Sranb, David Stuart Thnrstn
Upham wade, Waibridge, walker VALLEY Warren, Eiihn
westbrooEs wisls, and Daniel b. wrisbs-si.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. HAMILTON moved reconsider the vote last taken
and then moved TO lay the motion 10 reconsider this
table which agreed to--yeas oS, nays 93
The question then Tho substitute amended.
Mr. WALSH then moved TO lay the bill the table:
agreed to---yeas 10, nays l22
The SPEAKER In reply TO question OF Mr. HAMrLfos,
said that bin reported BY the select committee OF
thirteen To this bill had been offered substitute bv The
gentleman from Louisiana, [Mr. DrspAR The fioase
having adopted amendment that substitute the que
lion upon agreeing 10 the substitute amended
Mr. ABERCR0MBlE moved that the House adjourn
which motion disagreed to-
The question being then taken the substitute
amended by yeas and nays agreed ioycas l22
~
An Intellectual motion was here made TO lay the bill
the table.
Tire question being then taken ordering the bill
amended be engrossed and read third time BY yeas
and nays, resulsed--yeas io4, nays e7-as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. James G. Allen, Wills Allen, Appiesoe,
Ball, Banks benson, Benton, Bliss bristo~ bnfg, tsP
bell Carpenter, carash<rs Chsmbsrlan. Chaoasr sh1se,
Clark, Cook Corwin, Con- Crccksr, Cutting J"nn ~ pa
rka nsrk: