Mr. George Fries Owen D. Leib Mr. Moses McClean Edward W. McGaughey Mr. Robert C. Schenck Henry J. Seaman James A. Seddon Bannon G. Thibodeaux The House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tibbatts reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the joint resolution (No. 5) of notice to Great Britain "to annul and abrogate" the convention between Great Britain and the United States of August 6, 1827, relative to the country "on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony mountains," commonly called Oregon, and finding itself without a quorum, had risen. Mr. Brodhead moved that there be a call of the House. And the question being put, Shall there be a call? It was decided in the negative. Mr. Graham moved, at forty minutes past 2 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, Yeas, 50 79 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are A quorum having appeared, Mr. Frederick P. Stanton David A. Starkweather Hezekiah Williams The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting "statements giving the information called for in the first branch of the resolution of the House," in relation to the amount of hospital money paid by the officers and seamen in the merchant service on lakes Erie, Michigan, Ontario, and Champlain, &c., separating the amount paid on each lake; at what custom-house paid, and how expended; whether out of the one thousand five hundred seamen arriving at Chicago monthly, there has been any disbursed: which letter and statements were referred to the Committee on Commerce. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury, in pursuance of the resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the salary, fees, and allowances received by each district attorney of the United States during the last year. III. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in obedience to the twenty-second section of the act to change the organization of the Post Office Department, a report of all fines imposed, and deductions made from the pay of contractors, during the year ending June 30, 1845. IV. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the act of the 2d July, 1836— 1st. A copy of the abstract of the offers for carrying the mails made within the year preceding the 1st July, 1845. 2d. A statement of all such land and water mails as have been established or ordered within said year. 3d. A report of all contracts made for the transportation of the mail within the year aforesaid. 4th. A report of all additional allowances made to mail contractors within the said year. 5th. A report of curtailments of mail service and pay ordered within the same time. Ordered, That the said letters, reports, statements, and abstracts, be laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Morris, Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the papers in the case of George W. Manypenny. 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. Truman Smith: A petition of citizens of the town of Fairfield, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, praying an appropriation to improve the harbor of Southport, on Long Island sound, at the mouth of Mill river, in that State. By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The petition of Joseph Curwen, surviving partner of Willing & Curwen-heretofore presented December 15, 1841; Also, two memorials of merchants and other citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for suitable appropriations for the construction of piers in the river Delaware. By Mr. Levin: Twenty-one memorials of citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for necessary appropriations for the construction of a dry dock at the navy yard in the city of Philadelphia. By Mr. Dargan: A memorial of citizens of the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in the bay of Mobile, in that State.. By Mr. McClelland: A memorial of masters and owners of steamboats and vessels on lake Erie, praying an appropriation for the purpose of keeping lamp lights on the West Sister island, on lake Erie. Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Bowlin: A petition of Thomas J. Chapman, surviving partner of the late firm of Primeau & Chapman, praying indemnity for losses sustained by them on account of robbery and murder committed by a band of Yanktonie Indians of the Sioux tribe, while trading in their country in the year 1835: which petition was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Hungerford: Two petitions of citizens of Jefferson county, and State of New York, praying an appropriation for the erection of fortifications at Sackett's Harbor, on lake Ontario: which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Bedinger: The petition of Jonathan Shafer, one of the heirs of Christian Orendorff-heretofore presented December 31, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Bowlin: A memorial of citizens of the Cape Girardeau land district, in the State of Missouri, remonstrating against the removal of the land office at Jackson, in Cape Girardeau county, from its present location. By Mr. John A. Rockwell: A memorial of citizens of New London, in the State of Connecticut, praying the establishment of a congress of nations to form a code of international law, by which varying interests may be amicably adjusted. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. By Mr. Dobbin: A memorial of William Crocker, a citizen of Wayne county, in the State of North Carolina, praying for the assembling of a congress of nations to form a code of international law, by which conflicting claims and interests may be amicably adjusted: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. McConnell: A petition of citizens of Benton county, and State of Alabama, praying the establishment of a mail route from Atalanta, in the State of Georgia, to Jacksonville, in the State of Alabama: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. William W. Campbell: Additional papers relative to courts of the United States in the southern district of the State of New York: which papers were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Ramsey: A memorial of Louisa F. and William C. Zantzinger, administrators of William P. Zantzinger, deceased, praying for additional relief for losses sustained by the deceased during the late war with Great Britain. By Mr. Brinkerhoff: The petition of Ira Carpenter-heretofore presented February 13, 1837. By Mr. Buffington: A memorial of William Wilson, a citizen of the State of Indiana, praying relief for money lost, sent by him through the United States mail from Blairsville, Indiana county, to the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 26th day of September, 1840. Ordered, That said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. John A. Rockwell: A petition of Jedediah Morse, of Canterbury, in the State of Connecticut, praying for a pension on account of his services as a soldier of the United States in the army of the war of the Revolution: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Harper: The petition of Andrew F. Tyler-heretofore presented January 20, 1843. By Mr. Dargan: A petition of Littleton Crabtree, of the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, praying for a pension on account of injuries incurred in the service of the United States as a soldier in the army in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. By Mr. Hungerford: A petition of Giles London, of the town of Orleans, Jefferson county, in the State of New York, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred as a soldier of the army of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain; Also, a petition of Israel Griffin, of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred in the service of the United States as a soldier of the army in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Brockenbrough: The memorial of B. F. Allen, administrator of R. C. Allen, deceased-heretofore presented January 16, 1845. By Mr. Jacob Thompson: The petition of John Gilleylen, of Monroe county, and State of Mississippi-heretofore presented May 13, 1844. By Mr. Robert Smith: A memorial of citizens of Warren county, in the State of Ohio, praying that the public lands be made free in limited quantities to actual settlers. By Mr. Owen: A memorial of citizens of the county of Armstrong, at Brady's Bend, in the State of Pennsylvania, of like import with the above. By Mr. McClelland: A memorial of citizens of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Ordered, That said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: A memorial of Horatio N. Crabb, late first lieutenant in the United States marine corps, praying for allowance withheld by the accounting officers of the Treasury, under their construction of the act of the 30th June, 1834, entitled "An act for the better organization of the United States marine corps." By Mr. Hilliard: A petition of John B. Chapman, of the State of Alabama, and of other citizens of said State, in behalf of said Chapman, praying Congress to grant him the balance of an appropriation made for the removal of obstructions in the Choctawhatchie river, to enable him to complete his contract for the execution of that work. By Mr. St. John: A memorial of citizens of Sandusky county, and State of Ohio, praying the establishment of a naval depot at the upper end of Sandusky bay, in the State of Ohio. Ordered, That the said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Harper: Five memorials of citizens of the town of Zanesville, and of the counties of Muskingum and Guernsey, in the State of Ohio, praying appropriations for the erection of a wire suspension bridge across the eastern branch of the Ohio river, at the city of Wheeling. By Mr. Schenck: A memorial of citizens of Montgomery county, in the State of Ohio, praying an appropriation for the continuation and completion of the Cumberland road. By Mr. Vance: A memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, of like import with the above. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Thomasson: A petition of Hackett, of Switzerland county, and State of Indiana, daughter and oldest heir of Thomas Kelly, deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, praying for the renewal of a land warrant issued to her late father in the year 1821, which has been lost or destroyed by a flood in the Ohio river: which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Brodhead moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: when, On motion of Mr. Hudson, the House, at four minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1846. Mr. George W. B. Towns, a Representative from the State of Georgia, appeared, was sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took a seat in the House. Mr. Culver presented a memorial of citizens of Dover, in the State of New Hampshire, relative to the right of certain persons claiming to be Representatives in Congress from the said State, to the seats they now occupy: which was referred to the Committee of Élections. Mr. Ligon, from the Committee of Claims, reported bills of the following titles, viz: No. 136. A bill for the relief of the heirs of Dr. John Gray, deceased; No. 137. A bill for the relief of Matilda Drury; accompanied by a report in each case: which bills were severally read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. |