nexed to such report be engraved on a scale not exceeding half the size of the original, and that one copy of such diagram and map be attached to each copy of said report printed by the order of the House. Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States for his approval bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. No. 59. An act for the relief of Mrs. Anne W. Angus. H. R. No. 195. An act for the relief of Marcus Fulton Johnson. H. R. No. 196. An act supplemental to the act approved the 6th day of July, 1842, entitled "An act confirming certain land claims in Louisiana. S. No. 377. An act for the relief of James M. Scantland. S. No. 373. An act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. On motion of Mr. Vinton, The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Caleb B. Smith reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill (No. 692) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, had come to no resolution thereon. The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Botts: The petition of John H. D. Billé, late clerk of the paymaster at the United States arsenal in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, praying for extra compensation for: his services. By Mr. Bowlin: The petition of Napoleon Kosualowski, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying compensation for extra services rendered as captain of a company of volunteers in the late war with Mexico. By Mr. Burt: The petition of J. G. Barnard, of the corps of engineers, praying that the officers' compensation of said corps may be increased. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Simpson: The petition of Joanna Brown, widow of Aris Brown, deceased, praying for a pension on account of the services of her late husband during the war of the revolution. By Mr. Shepperd: The petition of Martha Martin, widow of James Martin, deceased, praying for a pension in consideration of the services of her late husband during the revolutionary war. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. James Thompson: The petition of citizens of Clarion county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a modification of the existing tariff laws. By Mr. Blanchard: The petition of citizens of Clarion county, in the State of Pennsylvania, of like import with the foregoing; Also, the petition of citizens of Blair county, in the State of Pennsylvania, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Eckert: The petition of citizens of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania, of similar import with the foregoing. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to. the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Atkinson: The petition of Arthur E. Hall, postmaster of South Quay, in the State of Virginia, praying for additional compensation for his services. By Mr. Blackmar: The, petition of citizens of Waterloo, in the State of New York, praying for a uniform and reduced rates of postage and for the abolition of the franking privilege. By Mr. The petition of publishers of periodicals in the city and State of New York, praying for a proportionate reduction of postage on periodicals, with letters and newspapers. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Giddings: The petition of citizens of New Harmony, in the State of Indiana, praying that the public lands be laid out in farms and lots, and made free to actual settlers not possessed of other land. 1 By Mr. Nelson: The petition of citizens of Yonkers, in the State of New York, of like import with the foregoing. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Giddings: The memorial of citizens of Ashtabula county, in the State of Ohio, praying for the erection of a light-boat at the entrance of Niagara river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Palfrey: The petition of Huldah White, and zeventyseven other women, of Heath, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that the extension of American slavery be prohibited, and that the protection to the American slave trade, by the government, be withdrawn; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Bridges, The Hopse, at 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock, meridian. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1849. On motion of Mr. Dixon, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire what legislation is necessary to prevent the transportation of gold discovered within the territory of the United States, in California, to foreign countries, and to secure the coinage of the same at the mints of the United States, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Robert Smith, by leave, presented resolutions of the Legis lature of the State of Illinois in relation to the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, in the Mississippi river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crowell, by leave, presented the memorial of George Hurlbut, Charles Hickox, and others, merchants and ship-owners of Cleveland, praying an appropriation for a light-ship and buoys for the entrance of Niagara river. Mr. Crowell moved that the memorial be read; which was disagreed to. On motion of Mr. Crowell, the memorial was referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion of Mr. Murphy, by leave, Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Library to inquire into the expediency of purchasing the diaries and other private papers of General Washington. Mr. Hilliard, by leave, presented the petition from the citizens. of Montgomery, Alabama, asking a reduction in the rates of postage; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. The Speaker announced, as the business first in order, the motion made by Mr. Sawyer, on the 8th instant, to reconsider the vote by which the House, on that day, rejected the bill (No. 197) for the relief of the legal representatives of Antonio Pacheco; when The House proceeded to the consideration of the said motion; And after debate, Mr. Duer moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered. Mr. Wentworth moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which motion was not agreed to. The question then recurred on the main question, viz: Will the House reconsider the vote by which the said bill (No. 197) for the relief of the legal representatives of Antonio Pacheco was rejected? And being put, ... It was decided in the affirmative, Nays... 98. 93 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Mr. Green Adams Archibald Atkinson Mr. E. Carrington Cabell John G. Chapman Williamson R. W. Cobb Winfield S. Featherston Mr. John P. Gaines Mr. Amos Abbott Joshua R. Giddings Joseph Grinnell Nathan K. Hall So the said vote was reconsidered; and The question recurring on the passage of the bill; Mr. Cabell moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill pass? It was decided in the affirmative, Nays The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Mr. Green Adams Archibald Atkinson Mr. Thomas S. Bocock John M. Botts Richard Brodhead Mr. William G, Brown Charles Brown Albert G. Brown Aylett Buckner Armistead Burt E. Carrington Cabell Mr. John G. Chapman Williamson R. W. Cobb David Hammons Hugh A. Haralson Samson W. Harris Hugh L. Hill Mr. Henry W. Hilliard Isaac E. Holmes Those who voted in the negative are, Mr. Amos Abbott John Blanchard John W. Farrelly Daniel Gott Mr. James G. Hampton Moses Hampton William A. Newell Mr. David Outlaw Augustine H. Shepperd Mr. George Petrie George A. Starkweather Benjamin B. Thurston Thomas J. Turner The House proceeded to the consideration of the engrossed joint resolution (No. 20) for the relief of Samuel T. Anderson, to which was pending an amendment moved, on the 22d ultimo, by Mr. George W. Jones, to strike out the words in the bill "principles |