heretofore presented March 19, 1838: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. Williams: A petition of citizens, residents of the county of Aroostook, in the State of Maine, and of that portion of said State known as the "disputed territory," praying for an equitable adjustment of their claims to the land on which they reside, under the treaty of Washington: which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Hough: A petition of merchants and ship-owners, citizens of Oswego, in the State of New York, praying for an appropriation for the construction of a dredge boat on lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence: which was committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

By Mr. Dunlap: A petition of Lydia Jordan and Thankful Penly, widows of revolutionary soldiers, praying for the passage of an act granting a pension to such widows of soldiers of the Revolution as were married prior to the 18th March, 1818.

By Mr. William G. Brown: A petition of citizens of the State of Virginia, in favor of allowing the claim of John Merrill, heir of Nicholas Merrill, for property used by the government during the revolutionary war. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Cocke: A petition of Luke Stansbury, of the county of Blount, in the State of Tennessee, and of sundry citizens of said county, praying for an increase of pension.

By Mr. McClean: A petition of Michael Weidner, of the county of York, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services rendered in the revolutionary war.

By Mr. Thomas Smith: A petition of John Reed, of the county of Decatur, in the State of Indiana, and of sundry citizens of said county, in his behalf, praying for a pension for the services of said Reed in the revolutionary war.

By Mr. Preston King: Documents in support of the case of Elizabeth Fitch, of the county of Richmond, in the State of New York, for a pension.

Ordered, That said petitions and documents be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Strohm: A petition of Peter Walker and ten others; also, of John Snider and ten others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, and of Anne Brown and thirty-six other women, of the same State, praying for an alteration of the constitution in relation to slavery;

Also, a petition of Thomas Brown and twenty-nine others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that such portion of the laws for the government of the districts and territories of the United States, as are inconsistent with our Declaration of Independence, may be repealed.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A memorial of citizens of Manitouwoc county, Wisconsin Territory, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorial be laid upon the table.

By Mr. Price: Documentary evidence in relation to the claims of George Bassett, Francis Buckhead, Zachariah Ford, Thomas E. Garrison, John Grimes, George W. Grimes, William Hall, William Mathews, James McCord, James McCoy, Anthony Minter, Emanuel Morgan, William B.

Mulhorne, James O. Noel, Andrew Reid, Jacob Sanner, Abraham Seely, Absalom W. Stephens, Lewis L. Stephens, Washington Turner, Peter Ŏ. Vance, Cornelius Washburn, Sebastian C. Williams, and Lee Willis, for the reimbursement of certain money deposited with William Wright, the register of the land office at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri, for the purchase of land in the Salt River land district: which evidence was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Hamlin,

The House resumed the consideration of the reports and resolutions from the majority and minority Committee of Elections, upon the memorial of William H. Brockenbrough, praying to be admitted to a seat, in place of Edward C. Cabell, the present occupant; which was pending when the House adjourned yesterday.

The question being on agreeing to the said resolutions, reported by the committee, which are as follows:

Resolved, That Edward C. Cabell, returned to this House as a member thereof from the State of Florida, is not entitled to his seat.

Resolved, That William H. Brockenbrough is entitled to a seat in this House as a Representative from the State of Florida.

And, after debate,

A motion was made by Mr. Alexander D. Sims, to strike out all of the said resolutions, and insert the following as a substitute therefor, viz:

"Whereas the returns from all the election precincts in the State of Florida have not been received, and it is absolutely necessary to a just and proper decision in the case of the contested election from that State that all the returns of all the votes taken in said election shall be received before a final vote of the House is taken: therefore,

"Resolved, That the case of the contested election from the State of Florida, now before the House, be recommitted to the Committee of Elections, in order that the evidence of all the returns from all the election precincts of said State may be received and reported to the House.

"Resolved, That the contestants in said case have leave to take testimony touching the said returns and election, giving to each other respectively due notice thereof."

A motion was made by Mr. Cabell, that the one hour rule be suspended, in order to enable Mr. Brockenbrough to occupy as much time as he may deem proper in addressing the House.

Mr. Dobbin moved to amend the motion so far as also to include Mr. Cabell: which motion was unanimously acquiesced in by the House. And the question being put on the motion as amended,

It was decided in the negative, (two-thirds Yeas,

not voting in favor thereof,)

Nays,

89

74

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

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Those who voted in the negative are

Mr. Joseph H. Anderson

Henry Bedinger

Charles S. Benton
Asa Biggs

James Black

James A. Black
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Richard Brodhead
Armistead Burt
William W. Campbell
Augustus A. Chapman
Reuben Chapman
Henry S. Clarke
Paul Dillingham, jr.
Robert P. Dunlap
Joseph E. Edsall
Samuel S. Ellsworth
Jacob Erdman
Orlando B. Ficklin
Henry D. Foster
Charles Goodyear
James Graham
Joseph Grinnell
Martin Grover

Hannibal Hamlin

Mr. Hugh A. Haralson
Thomas J. Henley
Richard P. Herrick
George W. Hopkins
William J. Hough
George S. Houston
Orville Hungerford
James B. Hunt
James H. Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Andrew Johnson
George W. Jones
Andrew Kennedy
Preston King
John W. Lawrence
Edward Long
John H. Lumpkin
Robert McClelland
Felix G. McConnell
John D. McCrate
Joseph J. McDowell
James J. McKay
John P. Martin
Barclay Martin
Joseph Morris

And then, on motion of Mr. Haralson, the House at forty-five minutes after 2 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1846.

The Speaker announced as the business first in order the report and resolutions from the Committee of Elections, upon the memorial of William H. Brockenbrough, praying to be admitted to the seat as a member of this House from the State of Florida, in place of Edward C. Cabell: when,

On motion of Mr. George S. Houston, (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 Decatur, in Morgan county, Alabama, to Moulton, in Lawrence county, Alabama.

The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Phelps: The memorial of Martin Thomas, late superintendent of the public lead mines in Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin-heretofore presented December 18, 1837.

By Mr. Cathcart: A memorial of William H. Topping, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, praying additional compensation for services rendered as secretary to the commission for investigating the affairs of the New York custom-house.

By Mr. Henley: An application and other documents, in behalf of the heirs of Mathew Stewart, late of the State of Indiana, deceased, for money due the estate of said deceased for work on the Cumberland road.

By Mr. Ligon: The memorial and other documents of the administrator of Jonathan W. Sherburne, deceased-heretofore presented April 25, 1836. Ordered, That said memorials and other papers be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Tredway: A memorial of the heirs of James Newlin, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, praying for five years' half pay due to Ursula Newlin, the late widow of James Newlin, deceased, on account of services of the said deceased in the revolutionary war: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Levin: A memorial of merchants and other citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation for the purpose of constructing harbors on the eastern side of Reedy island, and at Bomba hook, on the Delaware river: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

By Mr. Robert Smith: A memorial of citizens of Huntingdon county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying that the public lands may be made free, in limited quantities, to actual settlers: which memorial was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: Two memorials of merchants and other citizens of the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, praying appropriations for the construction of safe harbors on the eastern side of Reedy island, and at Bomba hook, on the river Delaware: which memorials were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. John G. Chapman: A memorial of the officers and managers of the Alexandria Orphan Asylum and Female Free School Society, of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying for an act of incorporation: which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Cullom: A memorial and other documents of Nancy Armstrong, of Overton county, and State of Tennessee, widow of James Armstrong, deceased, who was a captain in the army of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension on account of the services of her deceased husband in the war of the Revolution;

Also, a memorial and other documents of Paul Chappen, of Overton county, in the State of Tennessee, praying for a pension on account of services rendered as a soldier of the United States in the revolutionary

war.

By Mr. Cocke: A petition and other documents of Jane Rankin, of Jef ferson county, and State of Tennessee, widow of Richard Rankin, deceased, who was a soldier of the United States in the army of the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension on account of the services of her deceased husband.

Ordered, That said memorials, petition, and other documents, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: The petition of the heir of Captain William Kelly, of the army of the Revolution-heretofore presented January 7, 1839: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Ligon: A memorial of Charles Reeder, a member of the board of examiners to make experimental trials in relation to the explosion of steam-boilers, praying Congress to make provision for the liquidation of his claim for services rendered while a member of said board: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Cathcart: A memorial of E. M. Chamberlain and E. W. N. Ellis, praying a donation of land for the construction of a railroad as a connecting link in the contemplated route across the continent to Oregon: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Public Lands;

Also, a memorial of citizens of Elkhart county, in the State of Indiana, for the construction of a railroad to Oregon: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Elias B. Holmes: A memorial of Oranzio de Attellis Santangelo, in relation to the Mexican indemnity: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Darragh: A petition of Abraham Horback, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of a law authorizing the Post Office Department to pay the amount of a certain draft accepted by said depart

ment.

By Mr. William G. Brown: A petition of Joseph D. Hills, praying the passage of an act releasing him from all liability in the case of Pernel Houston, a fraudulent pensioner;

Also, a petition of Joseph D. Hills, for relief in the case of Zachariah Piles, a fraudulent pensioner.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Jenkins: A petition of Savil Mores, of Oneida county, in the State of New York, praying for an increase of pension.

By Mr. Russell: Papers of Jonathan Slyser, praying a pension in consequence of a wound received in the late war.

By Mr. Benton: The petition of John Van Slyke, praying a pension for a wound received at the battle of Plattsburg-heretofore presented April 15, 1840.

Ordered, That said petitions and papers be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Jenkins: A petition of Elizabeth Grinnell, of Jefferson county, in the State of New York, daughter of Archelaus Batchelder, an officer of the Revolution, praying for a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions;

Also, a petition of Elijah W. Brown, of Oneida county, New York, legal representative of Elijah Brown, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for pecuniary aid in consideration of the services of his ancestor: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: Six petitions of citizens of Wisconsin Territory, praying an appropriation for the construction of a road leading from Milwaukie to Fond du Lae;