The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-23

OF ttt MeAlCau boundary, made 10 that department
1883 explanatory Of his action while member Of II,
commission appointed to run and mark tha line agreed
Mr. SEWARD submitted a resolution REQUESTING n,
Secretary Of the Navy 10 communicate TO the Senate
copy Of Commodore PeFTys report OF the naval expedition
% Japan and that the same with the maps charts and
drawings accompanying H. be printed together with
hve Thousand additional copies or the Of the Senate
and that i've hundred Of such copies be delivered him
ana That 4 the Senate shall adjourn before such report
shall be received the said report shall be sent 10 the secre-
tary Of the Senate agreed 70.
On motion by Mr. JOHNSON,
Resolred, That the saith rule amended y adding IL
the clause relating to the Committee Printing follow
Tho said shall also supervise and direct the
procuring Of maps and drawings accompanying documents
dered 10 be printed"
Mr.. BADGER submitteda resolution that such OF the
clerks to the standing committees Of the Senate have
been duty since the first day Of this session shall be
paid therefrom; agreed TO-
Mr.. CLAYTON submitted a resolution directing the
Secretary Of State to communicate 10 the Senate the
sults Of the analysis OF variety Of guano made by
n Horsford under instructions from the State Depar
ment: agreed 70,
BILLS PASSED.
Mr. EVANS from the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims, reported without amendment the bin from the
House Of Representatives to repeal for the relief OF
tho legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau deceased
and the same was read third time and passed.
On motion by Mr.. FESSENDEN the House bin for the
reef Of Joseph Webb taken up read third time and
passed.
JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
Mr. BADGER asked and obtained the unanimous con-
sent Of the Senate to introduce joint resolution author
zng the Secretary Of War TO sell portion Of the site Of
the arsenal Fayetteville North Carolina 10 purchase
other lands with the proceeds Of such sale which
read twice and referred together with the accompanying
papers, TO the Committee on Military Affairs.
BOUNTY LANDS
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bin in ad
dton to certain granting bounty land certain Off
GERS and soldiers who have been engaged in the military
service Of the United States The question pending
the motion of Mr. BELL amend the bill by including all
the surviving volunteers officers and prvaes who have
performed military service in any wars against the public
enemy although not called regularly mustered into the
service Of the United States.
Mr. BELL modified his amendment by striking out the
word volunteers and the question being taken, the
amendment as modified was agreed to- .ss .a.
Mr. BRODHEAD offered a substitute for the entire bill
He did not think il could be executed in its present form
because it covered toomuch ground and had too many
novel provisions in il which heard of before in
any bountyand bill If the bin should pass in its present
form, the land warrants would be worth anything
and he doubted whether there land enough upon
which they could all be located 1t includes said he all
who have been engaged in the Of the revolution and
their widows and if neither of the parents is living it
then goes to the heirs and childrenno minor children
for the word minor stricken In addition to that
it includes all those who in the service Of any State
When the Senate should be put in possession of the nfor
nation obtained by the senator from Michigan Mr.
STUART at the department he thought they would the
propriey if not the necessity of going back TO something
like the original bill He remarked that he had substituted
fourteen days instead OF twenty yelght the minimum
service which would entitle any the benefits Of the
law but that the service be proved by the appearance
Of the the nuser-ro instead Of allowing parole
evidence rsf sfs Il. sF4ss
Mr. GWlN moved to postpone the further consideration
of the bill until the first Monday in December next which
was not agreed to--yeas 8, nays 43-as follows:
YEAS--Messrs. Adams, Benjamin, Clay, Dodge of Iowa
Gwin, johnson, Jones of Iowa, and Sebastan--s.
SAYS-Messrs Allen Bell, Brainerd Bright, Brodhead,
Brown Butler Cass, Chase Clayton, Cooper, Dawson
Dixon, Dodge of Wisconsin Douglas, Evans Fessenden,
Fish Fitzpatrick, Foot Geyer, Gillette, Houston Hunter,
James, Jones of Tennessee Mallory Mason Morton Petit
Reid Rockwell, Rusk Seward, Shields. Stuart Sumner
Thomson Of New Jersey, Toucey Wade Wells Weller and
Wright-43.
Mr. CLAYTON hoped the bill would pass in the form in
which the Senate had now adopted IT, Na#a
Mr. DAWSON advocated the bill. ... H#as
Mr. WELLER offered amendment the BILL not the
substitute the effect of which is to make increase of
ed officers upon the invalid pension rolls and forty per cent
upon the pensions of non-commssoned officers and pr
Yates who wounded or disabled.
Mr. STU ART gave detailed statement Of the nforma-
tion which he had obtained the General Land Office in
relation the operation OF the bill As the bill stood when
it submitted to the Commissioner it would appropr
upwards of seventy eight millions OF Of land but
amendments had since been made which would more
than double that amount The whole Of the
veyed lands Of the United States appeared by the
turns Of 1853, hundred and sixyseven millions OF
acres and nearly the whole of these lie within the Limits
of the States it may therefore be assumed that the bin
would every of the public lands within the
borders Of the organized States He also alluded to the
pense ofcarrying the land system from which
for the quarter of century the annual cost OF the
land Office department would be less than half mill
lion of dollars which must be borne by the people OF the
United States Having concluded his remarks in the
course Of which he brought forward various other obec
tions 10 the bill,
Mr. DAWSON replied at some length nstituting com
parison between this bill and the homestead bill
Without taking any question, the Senate adjourned.