...following resolution; which was read,and, debate arising thereon, it was laid over, under the rule: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the employment in the navy of the United States of a sufficient number of blacksmiths,...

...Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in this bill. On motion by Mr. Sanford, Resolved, That the committee on naval affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the appointment of one «r more judge advocates in the navy. On motion by Mr....

...Scelye, of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary soldier, on the pension list of the United States. Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making provision for the widows, orphans, and legal representatives, of the officers and men on...

...Barbour, of Virginia, be appointed of that committee in his place. On motion of Mr Irving, of New York, Resolved, That the committee on Naval Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending for the further term of five years the pensions heretofore granted to the widows and orphans...

...contingent fund of the two Houses;" which was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Fuller, Resolved. That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing an additional naval force, and of adopting such additional means as experience may have...

...Atlantic and the Pacific, across the Isthmus of Panama. —On motion of Mr. Reed, of Massachusetts, it was Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a line of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, through the Isthmus...

...1R26, by a select committee, on the subject of re-organizing the Executive Departments, be printed. Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of further extending the term of half-pay pensions to the widows and children of certain officers,...

...of Congress. The following motion, submitted by Mr. Benton, was considered and agreed to: Resulved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting ti> Mrs. Sophia Robinson, of St Louis, the mother of the late Lieutenant Robinson of the...

...vesseli propelled by steam, offered by Mr. WEBSTER, wa s taken up for consideration :— " Rewired, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law for preventing, as far as may be, accidents to vessels employed on the foreign or coastwise commerce...

...time, passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence. Mr TURHILL offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency ol causing a survey to be taken of the coast of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie; in which shall be designated...