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ment Ot the transaction, and no more.

 WASHINGTON NEws-The Amendment to the Land BH,-Our correspondent has sent by Express Mail the Land Bill of Mir. Walker amended and reported to the Senate on Tues. day. The Bill, it will be remembered, pro. posed the prohibition of the sales of the Pub. lie Lands except to actual settlers, in limited quantities. During the past week. it was re. committed to the Committee of Public Lands

 who have reported the old Bill with several amendments. The first amendment propo. ses that no person shall be permitted to Dur. chase by entry or at public auction, more than two sections (l260 acres) of any land oi the United States. and that the purchaser shal

 file an affidavit, declaring that the land is pur

 chased for the applicant alone, and not ir

 trust tor any other person, neither fop the pur

 pose of sale or speculation. The purchasel

 is to be 2l years of age. and. previously can

 not have purchased or entered under .he pro } yisiops of the act any Public Lands beyon( the amount of two sec.ions--in short that n,

 man can at any and all times purchase nor,

 than two sections. - The third section of the Bill makes it nee essary for the applicant to prove to the satis faction ot the Register, within five years iron the date of his receipt, that he has erected , dwelling house upon bis land, and cleared \ and cultivated ii, to the amount at least Q J one tenth part, or to haye resided there on