in which bills I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. A motion was made by Mr. Petrikin that the House do reconsider the vote of yesterday by which the bill from the Senate (No. 1) entitled "An act providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands," was ordered to lie on the table. In pursuance of notice given yesterday, Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, asked leave to introduce a bill to amend an act entitled "An act establishing circuit courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts in the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio," approved February 24, 1807. And leave being given, Mr. Johnson introduced said bill, (No. 1063 ;) which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Giddings, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of William J. Owens, and of inhabitants of St. Augustine, in Florida, for reimbursement of expenditures on the fortifications of that city; which reports were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Chambers, from the Committee of Claims, to which the subject was referred on the 20th of December, reported a bill (No. 1064) for the relief of certain officers of the Florida militia, accompanied by a report; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, of New Hampshire, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Richard Mackall; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Saltonstall, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Dr. B. M. Byrne; which report was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Cushman, Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the consideration of the petition of merchants of New York for an allowance of drawback of duty on coal consumed on board steam-vessels, and that said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which is committed the bill (No. 1010) on that subject. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Committee on Commerce, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Fauvel Gourand de la Martinique, consul of France in the State of Rhode Island; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Committee on Commerce, reported two bills, viz: No. 1065. A bill for the relief of Samuel Hoffman; No. 1066. A bill for the relief of Robert Milnor and John Thompson; accompanied by a report in each case; which bills were severally read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Casey, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the case of George Kinder, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Bronson, from the Committee on the Territories, to which was referred, on the 14th of January instant, a copy of an act of the Territory of Wisconsin to incorporate the banks of Racine and Iowa, reported a bill (No. 1067) to approve and confirm an act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes; 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. Bronson, from the Committee on the Territories, reported a bill (No. 1068) to enable the people of Iowa to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Morgan, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be dischar ged from the petition of Justus Rose, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 1069) for the relief of the executors of Robert McFarland; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fry, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 1070) granting a pension to Reuben Murray; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Joseph Johnson, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the case of John Wright, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Sergeant, from the Select Committee on the subject of steam-engines and steam-boilers, reported, by leave, (in part,) a bill (No. 1071) supplemental to the act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam;" which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sergeant, by leave, presented a memorial of Susan Bainbridge, widow of Commodore William Bainbridge, deceased, late of the navy of the United States, setting forth that, as her late husband died before the passage of the act of March 3, 1837, in relation to navy pensioners, it has been decided at the Navy Department that she is not entitled to the benefits of that act, and praying that the benefits of said act may be extended to her; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Crockett, by leave, presented a memorial of Ann Eliza Laurie, of Calloway county, in the State of Kentucky, praying that the balance of a naval pension due to her as one of the children of Captain Joseph Tarbell, late of the navy of the United States, deceased, and which is withheld by the United States, may now be paid; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Underwood, by leave, presented a petition of Thomas Baldredge, of Barren county, in the State of Kentucky, praying a pension in consideration of services as a militiaman in the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Underwood, by leave, presented a memorial of citizens of Portage county, in the State of Ohio, praying a repeal of the act passed at the last session of Congress, to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, commonly called the "neutrality law;" which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Herod, by leave, presented a petition of William Rufus Taylor and others, heirs and representatives of Nathaniel Ashby, deceased, praying compensation for the services of the said Ashby, as a captain in the revolutionary army; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Kennedy, by leave, moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be required to communicate to this House a list of the various articles of provisions, hospital stores, canvass, cordage, lumber, hay, coal, materials of iron, copper, leather, and all other articles not enumerated in contracts, purchased and procured for or at the various naval stat ons of Boston, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, and Pensacola, during the year 1838; stating from whom the same were purchased, and the prices paid for each article. Mr. Parker, from the Committtee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of the Tuscarora Indians, reported a bill (No. 1072) for the relief of the said Indians; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Second Auditor in answer to the call of the House of the 5th of January instant, for "a statement of the final settlement of the accounts of Lewis Cass, late superintendent of Indian affairs; of the annual salary of said superintendent; and of any extra compensation, com missions, or other allowances over and above his annual salary, which have been credited or allowed to him at the Treasury Department; and at what time, and under what law or rule of the Department, said allowances were made; together with any opinion which may have been given by the Attorney General in regard to said accounts and allowances;" which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Menefee, the House proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the Senate (No. 177) entitled "An act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard;" when The said bill was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall it pass? A motion was made by Mr. Howard, that the further consideration thereof be postponed until Friday next. Mr. Menefee then moved the previous question. A motion was made by Mr. Petrikin that the said bill do lie on the table; which was decided in the negative. The previous question, moved by Mr. Menefee, 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 bill pass? (the motion to postpone being set aside by the previous question,) Yeas, 90, 72. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members pres ent, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James Alexander, jr. John W. Allen Linn Banks Cyrus Beers Mr. Rice Garland Patrick G. Goode Those who voted in the negative are Mr. John Quincy Adams Hugh J. Anderson John T. Andrews Charles G. Atherton John C. Brodhead George C. Dromgoole John Edwards Richard Fletcher Millard Fillmore James Garland Abraham P. Grant Mr. John K. Griffin Elisha Haley And so the said bill was passed. Mr. David Potts, jr. William W. Potter John P. Richardson Edward Robinson Leverett Saltonstall Daniel Sheffer Augustine H. Shepperd Charles Shepard Ebenezer J. Shields Waddy Thompson, jr. Joseph R. Underwood Sherrod Williams Mr. William S. Morgan Samuel W. Morris Abraham Vanderveer John T. H. Worthington. The title of said bill was then amended to read "An act to amend and carry into effect the intention of an act entitled 'An act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard,' approved June 30, 1834." Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate there with. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Petrikin this day, that the House do reconsider the vote of yesterday by which the bill from the Senate (No. 1) entitled "An act providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands," was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. William Cost Johnson, a call of the House was ordered; and the roll being called over twice, all the members answered to their names who have appeared at the present session, except those who are absent on leave on business of the House, and except also Messrs. George N. Briggs, Jesse A. Bynum, Robert Craig, John Dennis, George C. Dromgoole, Franklin H. Elmore, James Farrington, Isaac Fletcher, Albert Gallup, Thomas Glascock, William Halsted, Robert H. Hammond, Edward B. Hubley, William H. Hunter, Daniel Jenifer, John W. Jones, Charles McClure, Ely Moore, Mathias Morris, John Palmer, Lemuel Paynter, Joseph F. Randolph, Luther Reily, R. Barnwell Rhett, Joseph Weeks, Joseph L. Williams. On motion of Mr. Haynes, further proceedings in the call were dispensed with; And the question recurred on the motion to reconsider: when A motion was made by Mr. Lewis Williams that the said motion to reconsider do lie on the table; And the question being put, It passed in the negative, SYeas, 96, 102. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members pres ent, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Heman Allen John W. Allen J. Banker Aycrigg John Bell Millard Fillmore James Garland James Graham Seaton Grantland Mr. William J. Graves George Grennell, jr. Thomas M. T. McKennan Richard H. Menefee Mr. Charles Naylor Leverett Saltonstall Augustine H. Shepperd William Slade William W. Southgate Edward Stanly Charles C. Stratton John Taliaferro |