H. R. No. 198.

An act for the relief of Joseph Bryan. H. R. No. 277. An act granting a pension to John Morrison. H. R. No. 295. An act for the relief of William Harding. On motion of Mr. Vinton, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ashmun reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill (No. 696) making appropriations for the support of the military academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Vinton offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That debate on House bill (No. 696) to make appropriations for the support of the military academy for the year ending June 30, 1850, shall cease in five minutes after the House shall have again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and the said committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be offered to said bill.

Mr. Haralson moved to amend the resolution by striking out "five minutes," and inserting "one hour;" which was not agreed to. The question recurred on agreeing to the resolution moved by

Mr. Vinton.

And being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Vinton moved that the House resolve into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

Mr. Haralson moved, at 3 o'clock and fifteen minutes, p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was not agreed to.

The question was then put upon the motion made by Mr. Vinton, and it was agreed to..

And the House accordingly again resolved itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ashmun reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly bills of the following titles, viz:

No. 696. A bill making appropriations for the support of the military academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850.

No. 698. A bill making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, and

No. 697. A bill making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, had directed him to report the same to the House; the latter (bill No. 697) with an amendment.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill (No. 697) this day reported from the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, with the following amendment, viz:

"And be it further enacted, That whenever any agent for paying pensions shall have a deputy or clerk authorized by law, said deputy or clerk shall have like power to administer oaths or affirmations as said agent may have; and all oaths or affirmations 1 ken

before said clerk or deputy shall be of like obligation, and subject to like penalties for false swearing or affirmation, as if taken before the pension agent himself."

The question being on agreeing to the said amendment,

Mr. Vinton moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question ordered, viz: Will the House agree to the said amendment?

The bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time.

And being engrossed, the said bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. Vinton moved that the vote by which the said bill (No. 697) was passed, be reconsidered, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table: which latter motion was agreed to: and

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 696) making appropriations for the support of the military academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, this day reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, without amendment.

The question being upon the engrossment and third reading of the bill,

Mr. Vinton moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time?

And being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

The said bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. Vinton moved that the vote be reconsidered, by which the said bill (No. 696) was passed, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 698) making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850, this day reported from the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, without amendment; when

The said bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time.

And the bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. Vinton moved that the vote be reconsidered, by which the said bill (No. 698) was passed, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

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. Strong: The petition of citizens of Berks county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Kutztown to Colebrookdale.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of citizens of Bristol county, in the State of Rhode Island, praying for a uniform and reduced rate of postage, and the abolition of the franking privilege.

By Mr. Ashmun: The petition of citizens of Palmer, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Bayley: The petition of citizens of the State of Virginia, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Sherrill: The petition of citizens of Kingston, in the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Grinnell: The memorial of citizens of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Conger: The memorial of citizens of Virgil, in the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Nelson: The petition of citizens of Mount Pleasant, in the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Hugh White: The petition of citizens of Johnstown, the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing.

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By Mr. Hale: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Daniel: The petition of citizens of Johnston county, in the State of North Carolina, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Hale: The memorial of citizens of Rehoboth, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

Also, the petition of citizens of Somerset, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Van Dyke: The memorial of citizens of Somerset county, in the State of New Jersey, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Newell: The memorial of citizens of Trenton, in the State of New Jersey, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Hammons: The memorial of citizens of the State of Maine, of similar import with the foregoing;

Also, two petitions of citizens of Kittery and York, in the State of Maine, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Palfrey: Six memorials of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Winthrop: The petition of citizens of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Nathan Evans: The memorial of citizens of Muskingum county, in the State of Ohio, of similar import with the foregoing. By Mr. Hale: The petition of citizens of Pembroke, in the State of Massachusetts, of similar import with the foregoing.

Ordered, That the foregoing petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Greeley: Twenty-one memorials of citizens of the State of New York, praying for the passage f a law to prevent the in

troduction of intoxicating liquors on board of any vessel in the service of the United States, except for medical purposes.

By Mr. Bayley: The petition of Francis Grice, praying compen. sation for his improvement of securing ships in dry dock.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The memorial of Horatio Hubbell and John Henry Sherburne, praying aid by the government, to enable them to test the practicability of carrying the magnetic telegraph across the Atlantic ocean.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Bingham: The memorial of citizens of St. Clair county, in the State of Michigan, praying that the land office at Detroit may be removed to Port Huron.

By Mr. Greeley: The petition of citizens of Madison county, in the State of New York, praying that the public lands be laid out in farms and lots for the free use of actual settlers not possessed of other lands.

Also, the petition of citizens of the United States, of similar import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Lincoln: The memorial of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a grant of the public land to said State, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the upper and lower Mississippi to Chicago.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Eckert: Ten petitions of citizens of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an immediate modification of the revenue laws.

By Mr. Brady: The petition of citizens of Carlisle, in the State of Pennsylvania, of similar import with the foregoing.

Also, the petition of citizens of Mount Destruction, in the State of Pennsylvania, of like inport with the foregoing.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Andrew Johnson: The petition of James Wright, jun.heretofore presented February 6, 1840.

By Mr. Mullin: The petition of Israel Griffin, of the State of New York, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities received and incurred in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid pensions.

By Mr. Charles E. Stuart: The petition of Lydia Meacham, of Cass county, in the State of Michigan, widow of Simeon Meacham, deceased, praying for a pension on account of the services of her late husband in the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. French: The memorial of David Maples-heretofore presented February 17, 1834; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Palfrey: The memorial of citizens of Acton, in the State

of Massachusetts, praying for the suppression of the slave trade in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Marsh: The petition of Charles T. Jackson, praying that the prayer of W. T. G. Norton may not be granted; which was referred to the select committee on patent medicines.

By Mr. William Thompson: The petition of citizens of Lee county, in the State of Iowa, praying that the fee simple of a reservation of land in said county for the use of the half breeds of the Sac and Fox tribe of Indians, be established to them.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The petition of citizens of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the purchase of Mount Vernon by the general government.

By Mr. Palfrey: The petition of citizens of Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that Congress prevent the extension of slavery, and withdraw the protection of government from the American slave trade;

Also, the petition of citizens of Seneca county, in the State of New York, of similar import with the foregoing.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Winthrop: The petition of H. Hollingsworth, praying that the New York regiment of volunteers sent to California be allowed mileage and extra compensation for their services;

Also, the petition of Mary Johnson, of Newark, in the State of New York, praying remuneration for the loss of her husband, James Johnson, who was a soldier in the United States army, and deserted to the Mexicans.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Wentworth: The petition of citizens of Naperville, in the State of Illinois, praying for a grant of the public lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the upper and lower Mississippi to Chicago; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Beverly L. Clark: The memorial of G. W. and P. E. Norton, praying for the payment of bonds and treasury notes given and issued by the republic of Texas; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Winthrop: A joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in relation to the survey of a route for a railroad from Dubuque to Keokuk, and a grant of the public lands to aid in its construction; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands;

Also, a joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in relation to the improvement of the harbor at Dubuque; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Stephens,

The House, at 3 o'clock and forty-five minutes, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, m.