Mr. James Graham William Cost Johnson Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen John J. Allen Joseph B. Anthony Charles A. Barnitz George Evans Edward Everett Horace Everett Charles G. Ferris Millard Fillmore John H. Fulton Mr. James H. Gholson Benjamin Gorham Abel Huntington Samuel W. Mardis William McComas Thomas M. T. McKennan John McKinley John J. Milligan Phineas Miner Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore John J. Morgan Mr. James J. McKay Francis W. Pickens Henry L. Pinckney Augustine H. Shepperd William N. Shinn Francis O. J. Smith Jesse Speight John N. Steele William Taylor William P. Taylor John Thomson Joel Turrill Aaron Vanderpoel David D. Wagener Lewis Williams Mr. Henry A. Muhlenberg Stephen C. Phillips Abraham Rencher David Spangler Isaac B. Van Houten Samuel F. Vinton Daniel Wardwell Reuben Whallon Richard H. Wilde Edgar C. Wilson Ebenezer Young And, after debate on the question of reconsideration, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock A. M. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1835. Mr. Plummer, by leave, presented a petition of John Smith, John W. McLendon, and others, inhabitants of the State of Mississippi, praying that rights of pre-emption in the purchase of public lands may be granted to them; which petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Ebenezer Jackson, by leave, presented a memorial of William Stannard, Job Stannard, Benjamin Stannard, and Elisha Avery, of Westbrook, in the State of Connecticut, praying to be paid the bounty on a fishing voyage performed by a vessel belonging to the petitioners, which bounty is withheld for reasons set forth in the petition; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Ewing, by leave, presented a petition of Francis Vigo, of the State of Indiana, praying to be paid the amount of a claim which he holds against the State of Virginia, arising out of the conquest of the Northwestern territory during the revolutionary war, and which, by the cession of that country by Virginia to the United States, has been assumed by the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Ewing, by leave, presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying Congress to adopt measures to extinguish the remaining title of the Miami tribe of Indians to lands within that State, as, also, for the removal of the Miami and Pottawatamie Indians from that State to the west of the river Mississippi; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Sevier, by leave, presented a memorial of citizens of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that an appropriation may be made to repair the road from Little Rock to Fort Gibson; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Banks, by leave, presented a petition of John Hoobler, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying relief from his present distresses, having been a soldier and an officer in the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, viz. No. 41. An act for the relief of Colonel John Eugene Leitensdorffer; No. 308. An act for the final adjustment of claims to land in the State of Louisiana; and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bills. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of John Smith; when it was Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the claim of John Smith, and that the same be referred to the Secretary of War. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz. Resolved, That the order of the House, of the 31st of January, 1835, discharging the Committee of Claims from the further consideration of the petition of James Taylor, of Kentucky, and that leave be given to withdraw the same, be rescinded. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill (No. 704) further to extend the time allowed for the execution of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of the heirs of Captain Samuel Hogg; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 705) to extend the charter of the Bank of Alexandria; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lay, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 706) to authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an additional agent for paying pensioners of the United States in the State of Indiana; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further considera-* tion of the same was postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Commodore James Barron, accompanied by a bill (No. 707) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to cause to be constructed a steam prow-ship; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject was referred on the 16th of December, reported a bill (No. 708) to change the times of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, held at Clarksburg; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 68) entitled "An act for the relief of James Thomas," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Gilbert A. Smith and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 709) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. On motion of Mr. Lea, of Tennessee, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Calhoun, in the county of McMinn, in the State of Tennessee, passing by Richard Taylor's and John Brown's, thence down the Chattooga river and valley, crossing said river near a camp ground, thence crossing Coosa river at Nesbeth's ferry, thence crossing Terrapin creek at Adams's ford, and thence, by Jacksonville, to Talladega court-house, in the State of Alabama. On motion of Mr. Fillmore, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an agency for the payment of pensions at Buffalo, in the State of New York. On motion of Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the establishment of an agency for the payment of pensions at Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Dickinson, by leave, submitted the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be required to communicate to this House the amount of money expended, in each State of the Union, for fortifications, from the year 1816 up to this time. Mr. Mitchell, of Ohio, submitted the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to report to this House what has been the amount of contingent expenses for superintending the Cumberland road in the State of Ohio, for each year since its commencement, west of the Ohio river, including clerk hire, office rent, furniture, books, stationery, engineering, travelling expenses of officers, the purchase of horses and carriages, the amount of commissions (if any) for paying out the public money, what sums of money have been paid for work actually done within each year, distinguishing what was done by contract from what was done by day labor. On motion of Mr. Casey, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Mount Carmel to Maysville, in Illinois. On motion of Mr. Foster, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing the following post routes in the State of Georgia: from Clarksville, by Mount Yorah and Londsville, to Blairsville, Union county; from Cumming, Forsyth county, to the court-house in Cherokee county; from McDonough, by Decatur, to Cherokee court-house; from Campbellton, by Marietta, Cherokee court-house, Auraria, and Dahloniga, to Blairsville; from Villa Rica, Carroll county, by Paulding court-house, head of Coosa, and Walker court-house, to Rossville; from Cassville, by Pine Log and Coosawattee, to Ellijay, Gilmer county; from Etowah, Murray county, to Walker court-house; from Dublin, by Court Hill, Montgomery county, to Jacksonville, Telfair county; and from Sandersville, by Dublin, to Hawkinsville. And that said committee further inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Hamilton, by way of Greenville, to New nan, to be carried three times a week, in two-horse stages. The Speaker laid before the House the annual report of the Commis sioners of the Sinking Fund, containing an exposition of the measures adopted by the Board subsequently to their last report of the 7th of February, 1834; which report was referred to the Committee of Ways and means. Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 69. An act for the relief of David McCord; No. 82. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the State of Louisiana to enter the back lands;" No. 93. An act for the relief of Christopher T. Bayley; were severally read the first and second time, and referred No. 69. To the Committee of Claims. No. 82. To the Committee on the Public Lands. No. 93. To the Committee on Commerce. The bill from the Senate (No. 5) entitled "An act to provide for the satisfaction of claims due to certain American citizens for spoliations committed on their commerce prior to the 30th day of September, 1800," was read the first time; when Mr. Mann, of New York, opposed the same, and moved that the bill do lie on the table. The Speaker stated that the motion to lie on the table did not, at this stage of the question, lie; but that, according to that rule of the House which states that "the first reading of a bill shall be for information; and, if opposition be made to it, the question shall be, Shall this bill be rejected?" the question must be, Shall this bill be rejected? Mr. Mann then withdrew his opposition; and The bill was read the second time. And a motion was made by Mr. Mann, of New York, that it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Cambreleng moved that it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. And on the question, Shall the bill be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means? It was decided in the negative. The question was then put, Shall the bill be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs? And passed in the affirmative. A motion was then made by Mr. Polk that the several orders of the day which precede The bill (No. 563) to regulate the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks; The bill (No. 564) to repeal so much of the act entitled "An act transferring the duties of commissioners of loans to the Bank of the United States," as requires the Bank of the United States to perform the duties of commissioners of loans for the several States; The bill (No. 565) to authorize the sale of the bank stock of the United States; And the bill (No. 623) to suspend, conditionally, the receipt of the bills and notes of the Bank of the United States, in payment of debts due to the United States; be postponed, and that the House do now proceed to the consideration of said bills. And on the question, Shall the orders of the day be postponed for the purpose aforesaid? It was decided in the negative, {eas, Nays,. 91, 111. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams William Allen Benning M. Bean Andrew Beaumont Abraham Bockee Mr. Ratliff Boon John W. Brown Robert Burns Churchill C. Cambreleng Mr. John Chaney |