The question was then put, Will the House agree to the second of the said resolutions reported by the Committee of Elections? And decided in the affirmative, SYeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Jacob Brinkerhoff William G. Brown Charles W. Cathcart Augustus A. Chapman Reuben Chapman Lucien B. Chase Howell Cobb John F. Collin Alvan Cullom John D. Cummins Francis A. Cunningham William S. Garvin Mr. Martin Grover Robert Dale Owen Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Lemuel H. Arnold George Ashmun James A. Black Richard Brodhead Milton Brown Joseph Buffington Mr. Stephen A. Douglass Mr. Edward W. McGaughey John H. McHenry Alexander H. Stephens Bannon G. Thibodeaux Mr. Daniel R. Tilden Robert Toombs. And so it was Resolved, That William H. Brockenbrough is entitled to a seat in this House as a Representative from the State of Florida. A motion was made by Mr. Jacob Thompson, to reconsider the vote by which the House agreed to the last mentioned resolution. And, after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. Jacob Thompson, and seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the said vote be reconsidered? SYeas, And decided in the negative, Nays, 87 92 The nays and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Richard Brodhead Milton Brown Joseph Buffington Joshua R. Giddings Mr. James Graham Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Julius Rockwell Alexander H. Stephens Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop Mr. Hannibal Hamlin Hugh A. Haralson Mr. Owen D. Leib Joseph Morris Augustus L. Perrill Thomas Perry Mr. John Pettit Robert W. Roberts Mr. David A. Starkweather So the House refused to reconsider the said vote. And, thereupon, Jacob S. Yost. Mr. Brockenbrough appeared, was sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took a seat in the House as the Representative from the State of Florida, in the twenty-ninth Congress. 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. Wentworth: A memorial of citizens of the county of McLean, and State of Illinois, praying the passage of a law authorizing the assembling of a congress of nations to form a code of international law. By Mr. Abbott: A memorial of citizens of West Andover, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that a congress of nations may be assembled to form a code of international law. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Reuben Chapman: A petition of Samuel M. Hughes, of the county of Jackson, and State of Alabama, praying for arrearages of pay due him as a mounted volunteer in the service of the United States in the late Seminole war: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Wentworth: A memorial of citizens of the county of Du Page, in the State of Illinois, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia: which memorial was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. McClelland: The petition of Henry Disbrow, of Monroe county, and State of Michigan-heretofore presented January 25, 1830; Also, the petition of Guy Carpenter, of the State of Michigan-heretofore presented February 19, 1844. By Mr. Thurman: The petition of Thomas Scott, register of the land office at Chilicothe, in the State of Ohio-heretofore presented April 1, 1844. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. St. John: A petition of Joseph Chaffer, of Upper Sandusky, Wyandot county, and State of Ohio, praying the right of pre-emption to a certain tract of land in the State of Ohio. By Mr. McClelland: A petition of Guy Carpenter, of the town of Blissfield, in the State of Michigan, praying the grant to him of certain marshy lands in the vicinity of that place, called the Cottonwood swamp, on condition that he will have the said lands completely drained. By Mr. Cathcart: The petition of the heirs of John B. Chaudonaiheretofore presented January 3, 1843. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: A memorial of merchants and others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that suitable appropriations be made for repairing the piers at Port Penn, on the river Delaware. By Mr. St. John: A memorial of citizens of Lucas county, in the State of Ohio, praying an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Maumee river, in that State. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Jenkins: The memorial of John Cook, son and heir of Moses Cook-heretofore presented February 5, 1840; with additional documents. By Mr. Thomasson: The memorial of the heirs of Captain John Thomas -heretofore presented December 20, 1838. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Seaman: A petition of John Murphy, of Locke, county of Cayuga, and State of New York, a soldier in the Revolution, praying to be replaced on the pension roll from whence he was suspended March 3, 1837. By Mr. Bell: The petition of Catherine Gale, of Stanford, Lincoln county, Kentucky, widow of Colonel Anthony Gale, praying to be allowed certain arrears of pay due her late husband as lieutenant colonel of marines during the late war with Great Britain-heretofore presented April 15, 1844. By Mr. Wentworth: A petition of Mary Stanton, of Kane county, Illinois, widow of Eldridge Stanton, praying for a pension in consequence of her husband having been killed in the late war with Great Britain. By Mr. Jenkins: The petition of Lettis Pond, widow of Ira Pondheretofore presented February 19, 1844; Also, the petition of Phoebe Hall, formerly Phoebe Torrence, widow of Alexander Torrence-heretofore presented December 18, 1843. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Russell: The petition of Thomas Badger-heretofore presented February 15, 1844. By Mr. Bell: The petition of John Turner-heretofore presented February 10, 1845. By Mr. Jenkins: The petition of Gideon A. Perry-heretofore presented December 30, 1844. Ordered, That said petitions be referred. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Wentworth: A memorial of citizens of the State of Illinois, remonstrating against the admission of Texas as a State of this Union, because of its constitution tolerating slavery. Ordered, That said memorial do lie on the table. And then, on motion of Mr. Ashmun, the House, at twenty minutes before 5 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock meridian. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1846. The Speaker announced, as the business first in order, the calling of the States for the presentation of petitions, commencing at the State of Rhode Island. Mr. Preston King offered the following resolution: Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, on joint resolution No. 5, relating to Oregon, shall cease at 2 o'clock, p. m., on Monday next, (if the committee shall not sooner come to a conclusion upon the same,) and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pending, or offered to the same; and shall then report it to the House, with such amendments as may have been agreed to by the committee. The said resolution was read; and, on motion of Mr. King, ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. Preston King moved that the rules be suspended, and that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, SYeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Lemuel H. Arnold Jacob Erdman Mr. Edwin H. Ewing Mr. Mace Moulton Moses Norris Frederick P. Stanton Hugh White Robert C. Winthrop Mr. John D. Cummins Edmund S. Dargan John H. Ewing |