the county of Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts, stating that it prayed Congress to recognise, in the usual form and manner, and to enter into the customary international relations with, the republic of Hayti. Mr. Wise objected to receiving the said petition. And the question was stated, Shall the petition be received? And, after debate, At half-past three o'clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow, twelve o'clock, meridian. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1838. Another member, viz: from the State of Mississippi, Sergeant S. Prentiss, appeared, and took his seat. The House resumed the consideration of the question depending yesterday, viz: Shall the petition offered to be presented by Mr. Reed, from inhabitants of Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts, praying Congress to recognise, in the usual form and manner, and to enter into the customary international relations with, the republic of Hayti, be received? And, after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. Loomis; when A motion was made by Mr. Wise, that the preliminary question, that the petition be received, do lie on the table; And the question being put, It passed in the negative, Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Linn Banks Ratliff Воon Jesse A. Bynum C. C. Cambreleng Richard Cheatham John Dennis Thomas Glascock James Graham Seaton Grantland Mr. William J. Graves John K. Griffin Henry Johnson William Cost Johnson John W. Jones William Montgomery Mr. John Pope Augustine H. Shepperd Ebenezer J. Shields Edward Stanly Mr. Nathaniel B. Borden George N. Briggs Mr. John Chambers Mr. Thomas Henry William Herod Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer Robert H. Hammond James Harlan Luther C. Peck Mr. Lancelot Phelps William Taylor George W. Toland Hopkins L. Turney Abraham Vanderveer The previous question, moved by Mr. Loomis, was then demanded by a majority of the members present; and The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The main question was then put, viz: Shall the aforesaid memorial from inhabitants of Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts, be received? And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 159, 32. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr, George Evans Seaton Grantland Abraham P. Grant Robert H. Hammond George W. Hopkins Henry Johnson Joseph Johnson Nathaniel Jones Mr. John W. Jones John P. B. Maxwell Thomas M. T. McKennan Those who voted in the negative are— Mr. Joseph F. Randolph Abraham Rencher Leverett Saltonstall Hopkins L. Turney Abraham Vanderveer Thomas T. Whittlesey Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd Lewis Williams Henry A. Wise Thomas J. Word Archibald Yell. The said petition having been thus received by a vote of the House, A motion was made by Mr. Reed, that it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A motion was made by Mr. Stuart, that the said petition do lie on the table; It passed in the negative, Nays, 84, 103. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present. Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles G. Atherton J. Banker Aycrigg Mr. Linn Banks Mr. Andrew Beirne Mr. John Calboon William B. Campbell John Dennis Seaton Grantland John K. Griffin Robert H. Hammond Thomas L. Hamer Albert G. Harrison Richard Hawes Micajah T. Hawkins Mr. Charles E. Haynes Jabez Jackson Daniel Jenifer Henry Johnson Amasa J. Parker Those who voted in the negative are Mr. John Quincy Adams James Alexander, jr. John W. Allen Hugh J. Anderson John T. Andrews Bennet Bicknell William Key Bond Thomas Davee Millard Fillmore Henry A. Foster Jacob Fry, jr. Mr. Joshua R. Giddings Patrick G. Goode Thos. M. T. McKennan William Parmenter Mr. John Pope Zadock Pratt Augustine H. Shepperd Ebenezer J. Shields John Taliaferro Mr. Luther C. Peck Leverett Saltonstall Hopkins L. Turney Henry Vail Taylor Webster Joseph Weeks Thomas T. Whittlesey The question was then put, that the petition be referred to the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs; and passed in talimative. The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Wise yesterday, that the House do reconsider the vote by which the petition presented by Mr. Grennell, from inhabitants of Northfield, in the State of Massachusetts, in relation to intercourse with the Government of Hayti, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; when Mr. Wise withdrew his motion to reconsider. Mr. Fletcher, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Nathaniel Masters, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, who was wounded in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, praying a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Fletcher, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Richard Pierce and Elizabeth Creasy Pierce, of Suffolk county, Massachusetts, representatives of Isaac Howard, a revolutionary soldier, praying remuneration for the revolutionary services of their ancestor; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Fletcher, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Elizabeth Champney, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, widow of William Champney, who was killed while in the service of the Government in the year 1814, praying for a pension from the navy pension fund; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Borden presented a petition of Charles Whitmarsh and James Gallison, master and owner of the schooner Freedom, of Taunton, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, employed in the cod-fishery, praying for a fishing bounty; which petition was referred to the Committee on Com merce. Mr. Hastings presented a petition of Asa Clark, of Sherburne, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the payment of the wages due to him for services rendered in the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Petitions praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. Saltonstall: Four petitions of inhabitants of Lynn, Essex, Wenham, and Middleton, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Hastings: Five petitions of inhabitants of Sherburne, Southborough, Needham, Roxbury, and Upton, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Borden: A petition of inhabitants of Seekonk, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Lincoln: Three petitions of inhabitants of Spencer, Dudley, and Ashburnham, in the State of Massachusetts. These said petitions, as presented, were severally laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th of December, instant. Petitions praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and for the prohibition of the slave trade in the United States, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. Saltonstall: Two petitions of inhabitants of Essex and Middleton, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Hastings: Two petitions of inhabitants of Natick and Needham, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Lincoln: Three petitions of inhabitants of Dudley, Boylston, and Hubbardston, in the State of Massachusetts. These petitions, as presented, were severally laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th of December instant. |