The bill (No. 772) for the relief of Jacob Zimmerman, and The bill (No. 773) for the relief of Major Charles Larrabee, ordered to be engrossed on the 13th instant, were severally read the third time and passed.

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

The joint resolution (No. 55) authorizing the distribution of the American Archives, under the direction of the joint Committee on the Library, to literary institutions, ordered to be engrossed on the 13th instant, was read the third time.

The question being on the passage of the resolution;

Mr. Wentworth moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the resolution pass? And being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Wentworth moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said resolution was passed, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed

to.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution (No. 4) of thanks to Major General Taylor, introduced on the 3d of January, 1848, by Mr. John W. Houston.

On motion of Mr. Wentworth, it was

Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table.

Mr. Wentworth moved to reconsider the vote by which the said resolution was laid upon the table; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, which latter motion was agreed to.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution (No. 5) authorizing the Commissioner of Pensions to employ, temporarily, an additional number of clerks in his office; when,

On motion of Mr. Vinton, it was

Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution (No. 17) expressive of the thanks of Congress to Generals Twiggs, Worth, Pillow, Shields, Quitman, Patterson, Pearce, Smith, and Cadwallader, introduced by Mr. Chase on the 21st of February, 1848; when,

On motion of Mr. Toombs, it was

Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 391) to release from duty plank and timber imported for the construction of plank roads, reported by Mr. Hunt, from the Committee on Commerce, on the 30th of March, 1848; when,

On motion of Mr. Wentworth, it was

Ordered, That the said bill be laid upon the table.

Mr. Toombs moved that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union;

And the question being put,

It was determined in the negative,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Those who voted in the negative are,

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 511) to prohibit the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia, with certain exceptions, introduced by Mr. Wick, on the 25th of May, 1848;

The question pending thereon, being the motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson, that the said bill be laid upon the table;

And being put,

It was agreed to.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 525) to establish an additional land office in the State of Missouri; The question pending being on the engrossment and third reading of the bill;

It was put,

And decided in the affirmative.

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

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

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 532) to repeal the fifth, sixth, and seventh clauses, of "An act in addition to the several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of consuls," approved 20th July, 1840, and. also to amend the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," approved 28th of Februray, 1803, reported by Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways and Means, on the 14th of June, 1848;

The question pending being upon the engrossment of the bill, Mr. McKay, under instructions from the Committee of Ways and Means, moved the following amendment, to come in after the first section, viz:

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any officer or seaman may be discharged from any vessel of the United States in a foreign country without payment of the three months' wages prescribed in the preceding section: Provided, Such officer or seaman shall be at the same time reshipped on board another vessel of the United States, and the consul or commercial agent of the United States shall signify his approval by endorsing the discharge of such officer or seaman upon the list of crew of the vessel from which any officer or seaman is discharged.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the master and owner or owners of the vessel which shall receive such officer or seaman, shall be bound and held for the return of such officer or seaman to the United States, being citizens thereof, under the same penalties as are now provided by law; and the bonds hereafter given for seamen shall be so amended and construed as to include all officers or seamen, shipped as provided in the preceding section, and the consul or commercial agent of the United States at the port of shipment shall enter on the list of crew the names and description of all persons thus shipped.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the twelfth clause or

section of the act entitled "An act in addition to the several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of consuls," approved July 20, 1840, be so amended as that all complaints in writing to the consul, as therein provided, that a vessel is unseaworthy, shall be signed by the first, or the second and third officers, and a majority of the crew, before the consul or commercial agent shall be authorized to notice such complaint, or proceed to appoint inspectors as therein provided.

Mr. Robert W. Johnson moved that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Grinnell moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz:

1. Shall the bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union?

And being put,

It was not agreed to.

2. Will the House agree to the amendment reported from the Committee of Ways and Means?

The question recurred, Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed and read the third time?

Mr. Hilliard moved that the House resolve itself into Committee. of the Whole House on the state of the Union; which motion was not agreed to.

The bill (No. 532) to repeal the 5th, 6th, and 7th clauses of "an act in addition to the several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of consuls," approved 20th July, 1840, and also to amend the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls, vice consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," approved 28th February, 1803, was thereupon read the third time and passed.

Mr. McKay moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said bill was passed, and also moved 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. 344) to transfer the towns of Vinal Havan, North Haven, and Islesboro', from the collection district of Penobscot to that of Belfast, in the State of Maine, reported back from the Committee on Commerce by Mr. Grinnell on the 23d of June, 1848.

The question pending being on committing the said bill to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union;

Mr. Wentworth moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Shall the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union? And being put,

It was not agreed to.

The question recurred, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the the third time?

Mr. Smart moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said bill (No. 344) was ordered to be engrossed, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 526) to grant pre-emption rights for certain islands in the Great Miami reserve, reported back by Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Public Lands, on the 23d of June, 1848;

The pending question being upon the engrossment and third reading of the bill:

Mr. Robert W. Johnson moved that it be laid upon the table; which motion was not agreed to.

Mr. Robert W. Johnson then moved that, the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; which motion was agreed to.

Mr. Collamer moved that the vote be reconsidered by which the said bill (No. 526) was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Collamer moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered, viz: Will the House reconsider the vote by which the said bill was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union?

And being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

The question recurred, Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time?

Mr. Hilliard moved that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; which motion was not agreed to.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 574) granting a half section of land for the use of schools within the fractional township 19 south, of range 18 west, county of Lowndes, State of Mississippi, reported by Mr. Alexander Evans, from the Committee on Public Lands, on the 23d of June, 1848.

The question pending being upon the engrossment and third reading of the bill.

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

And being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

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

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