Mr. James Thompson Mr. Daniel R. Tilden John Wentworth A quorum having appeared, Mr. Archibald Yell Bryan R. Young. Mr. Dromgoole withdrew his motion for a call: and The House again resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speakerresumed the chair, and Mr. Tibbatts reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the said joint resolution, (No. 5,) had again found itself without a quorum, and risen. Mr. Seaborn Jones moved, at five minutes past 8 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, Nays, 45 59 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Sterling Price Alexander Ramsey Robert C. Schenck Albert Smith Alexander H. Stephens Bannon G. Thibodeaux Mr. Moses Norris Augustus L. Perrill William W. Woodworth On motion of Mr. Wentworth, a call of the House was ordered. On motion of Mr. Stephen Adams, the House, at twenty minutes after 8 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until' to-morrow, at 10 o'clock, a. m.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1846. At five minutes after 10 o'clock, a. m, the Speaker not being present, At the request of several members, The Clerk called the House to order. Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll moved that Mr. McKay, of North Carolina, be appointed Speaker pro tem. until the Speaker should arrive. And the question being put by the Clerk, (on the motion of Mr. Ingersoll,) It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. McKay accordingly took the chair. Mr. Wentworth moved that there be a call of the House. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative. The call of the roll was commenced, and proceeded in a short time: when, On motion of Mr. George W. Jones, A further call was dispensed with. The Speaker appeared and took the chair; and the journal of yesterday was read. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by James K. Walker, his private secretary; which was read, and is as follows: To the House of Representatives of the United States: In compliance with the request of the House of Representatives in their resolution of the 3d instant, I herewith communicate a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying "correspondence which has taken place" between the Secretary of State and the minister of the United States at London, and "between the government of Great Britain and this. government, in relation to the country west of the Rocky mountains, since the last annual message of the President" to Congress. WASHINGTON, February 7, 1846. JAMES K. POLK. Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Cobb, the House 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 the 6th of August, 1827, relative to the country "on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony mountains," commonly called Oregon, had come to no resolution thereon. 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. McIlvaine: A memorial of citizens of the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation to complete the lighthouse on the Brandywine shoals. By Mr. Kennedy: A memorial of citizens of the State of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the establishment of a naval depot at the harbor of Toledo, on lake Erie. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Isaac E. Morse: Ten memorials of citizens of the parishes of St. Landry, Calcasieu, Avoyelles, Rapides, Natchitoches, Sabine, De Soto, Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne, Union, Jackson, Morehouse, Ouachita, Caldwell, Franklin, and Catahoula, in the State of Louisiana, praying for the re-establishment of the United States district court for the western district of Louisiana, or to establish a new judicial district to include the limits of the aforesaid seventeen parishes: which memorials were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Giles: A petition of Henry La Reintrie, of the city of Baltimore, praying compensation for services rendered by him as interpreter and translator of the Spanish language, while under the command of Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, then in command of the Pacific squadron: which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Hampton: A memorial and accompanying documents of John Speakman, praying indemnity for loss sustained by him in the alteration and finally the suspension of his contract with the Ordnance department of the United States government, to line gunpowder barrels with India rubber cloth: which memorial was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Graham: A memorial of Cinthia Griffin, of Cherokee county, and State of North Carolina, widow of John Griffin, deceased, who was a soldier of the army of the war of the Revolution, and late a pensioner of the United States, praying for a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Buffington: A petition of John Brady, (of Samuel,) of Indiana county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension on account of his services as a soldier of the United States in the Indian wars in the year 1792: which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Delano: A memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying an appropriation for the construction of a wire suspension bridge across the eastern branch of the Ohio river, at the city of Wheeling: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. And then, on motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson, the House, at five minutes before 12 o'clock, at night, adjourned until Monday next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1846. Mr. Roberts (by leave) presented resolutions of the legislature of the State of Mississippi, pledging the State of Mississippi to the support of the general government in maintaining the national rights in the Oregon Territory: which resolutions were committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. K. Walker, his private secretary: which was delivered in at the Speaker's table. On motion of Mr. Rathbun, the House 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 the 6th of August, 1827, relative to the country "on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony mountains," commonly called Oregon, had come to no resolution thereon. A motion was made by Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, that the rules of the House be suspended in order to enable him to submit a motion that the 33d rule, in the following words: "No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or in committee," be suspended for the space of four hours. Mr. Burt moved that the motion to suspend be laid upon the table. It was decided in the negative, SYeas, 72 126 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Archibald Atkinson Thomas H. Bayly James A. Black William H. Brockenbrough Milton Brown John G. Chapman Augustus A. Chapman William M. Cocke John H. Crozier Edmund S. Dargan Mr. Garrett Davis Those who voted in the negative are— Mr. George P. Marsh R. Barnwell Rhett Robert C. Schenck David A. Starkweather Joseph A. Woodward Mr. Martin Grover Hannibal Hamlin 364 Mr. Daniel P. King John W. Lawrence Emile La Sère William A. Moseley Robert Dale Owen Mr. Payne raised the following question of order: Henry St. John Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop William W. Woodworth William Wright Jacob S. Yost. That, inasmuch as the proposition of Mr. Ingersoll involved a change of one of the rules of this House, it could not be made, under the 134th rule, without one day's previous notice. The Speaker decided that two-thirds of the members present could, at any time, suspend one or all the rules of the House. From this decision Mr. Payne appealed. And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? It was decided in the affirmative. The question recurred, Shall the rule be suspended? when Mr. Ingersoll modified his intended proposition by striking out the words "for four hours," and inserting, in lieu thereof, "until to-morrow, at 3 o'clock." The question was then put, Shall the rules of the House be suspended? Yeas, And decided in the negative, Nays, 69 126 The nays and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Amos Abbott Lemuel H. Arnold George Ashmun Erastus D. Culver Stephen A. Douglass Mr. William S. Garvin Mr. Edward W. McGaughey Abraham R. McIlvaine Joseph Morris William A. Moseley Moses Norris Robert Smith |