, 1859-01-25


Some days ago, when q hill regulating
! c14imsto pre- cnptions. on the public lands was
before the House, Nr. Grow offered IN amend
ment by which no land was to be hereafter
brought into na1k-t until ten years after the
return OF the original surveys. The object
ct tue amendment was to give to The early
settlers Of our new Territories the first choice
Of 1and-to prevent spectators from enter
ing lurge bodies of tho public domain,
thereby rctardlng tile settlement and de-
velopnent- Of the country, delaying the
construction Of roads AID bridges, and
the establishment Of schools and churchcs.
These and other evils Of 8 kindred nature
growing out Of eur present. land system are
80 notorious, that The wonde. is not that Nr.
Crows amendment was adopted by fifteen
majority, as was the fact, but that it met with
auy opposition at all. But although certain
members did not dare to put themselves upon
record against the naked proposition EN-
braced in the amendment, get they defeated
it in the cud by voting down the amended
bill. The original bill was simply 10 60
amend tue pre-emption law es to require
turce months continuous residence to constl-
tutc a valid claim to pref -emption. This bill.
as amended by Mr.. Grow, was defeated by the
following vote:
YxAs-Messrs. Andrews. Bennett. Bingham,
Blair. Bliss, Hrayson, Burlington, bu'llnRame'
Burns, cnranoneA, Chadee, Ezra Clark. jr.
u,,.cv II -, ~ f.Iawsan Clark T. CGchrnne
.hhu CtcAront, Colfe1, Comins, Coyode,. Coz,
Ctagip. Curtis, H. WINTER DAVIS. Davis Mass J.,
Davis Iova) Dawes. Deun, Dick, Dodd, Dur
lee, Edie, F..rnswor.h, fenton, Foster, Gid
uingn Goech, Granger; Grow. Ld.erente
Y Hau K.bsFt = ;aEId hs1 k.,m naTlan' krosn ns'sn
Kelsey, kigcr, Knapp. Leach, Letter; Loye}oJ. ~
Ma tcsou, 11iiitT, ."nrs.,u, Murrill, E!Harl joy
Morris, 1sA4c \. MORRIS. Fteeman Ii. More,
Mott, Mu,r.y. DIN, p4lmrr, PARKER, Pet'it. ~
liam " Phelps, Pike Potter, Pury'aoce, Kdchlc'
Il bbins Eycc, Joan sbeF'nan sluneT; +, s.anton'
iompkiu:, Wade, W.tlbritse. Wal'!1ou, Walton
| CIdsallrr c. WlsllhuEne, Ellhu i. Naahbu1n,
Israel Wa.Ltu,n Il, jr., Wilson, Wood-3l,
[L.cosnp.cu Democrats lin iahes), 7; ANTI
leconlttnn do and 4-1nerc4ns Qn SHALL cAP1-
T4ls), 3; Republicans, 81
NAYS -Mtssrs. Ahl. Anderson. Arnold, At
kins Avery. BArksdale, Bocock, Bonhan, Bow
lie, Boyce Bryan, Burnett, burns, Caruthets,
Ca.kis, Chapman. John B. Clark, Clay, Cobb,
Cockeri!l, Ccrnrg. Jas. Craig, Burton Cralge,
Crawford, Das:s lnd.A Davis (aiss }, De"4rt.
Dowdetl, Eduundeon, Elliott, Florence. Eo-
lev, Garnett, Gartrel!, Gimcr, Goode,
Greenwood. Gregg, G1oesbeck. Aa"k'ns,
hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Hurer, ,Juck-
son, Jexett, George ". Jones, Owen Jones,
!e!dy, NtQuecn. McKAe. HuMrnaEr MARSHALL,
Samuel s Aur,hqH, Mason, MArsARD, MillsoD,
Montgomery, Moore. pendleton, leyto'p9, John
:. rnrlps. Phillips Powell, READY, Reagan,
KlcAcp, R-,iin, Russell, sanaidgs, Savage.
.,c4!es, Soaring. Aaron !sham. Henry. M Shaw,
Shorter, Singleton, S .u4't 4. Smith, ota!iWoFth,
| Ste;aeEs. Stevenson, James f. Stewart. Talent,
George Taylor. Niles Thy 'or, TRlrPs, CSpER-
woop yAlendlpgham, VANCE, "atksns White,
Wh,teley, Wiusow, Noodson, Augustus l..
Wright, and Zoll1coTFEa -y5
Anti L-comptuu Democrats Tin tal1cs) .;
Au.ericaus T; Lccomplon democrats s5;-'tot
one Republican,
Western men will do we'll to stuuy tlc
above record, with the view Of asccrta1ain:
| who are and who are not their friends. We
| :rc proud 10 point to the tact that not
solitary Republican voted in the negative.