Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson James B. Bowlin Jacob Brinkerhoff William H. Brockenbrough Milton Brown John G. Chapman William M. Cocke Orlando B. Ficklin Mr. Solomon Foot George Fries So the House refused to suspend the rules. Mr. David Wilmot Mr. Augustus L. Perrill Albert Smith Thomas Smith David A. Starkweather Stephen Strong Bannon G. Thibodeaux Samuel F. Vinton On motion of Mr. Bowlin, 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 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 said joint resolution, (No. 5,) had directed him to report the same to the House with an amendment. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said resolution, the question being on agreeing to the amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The previous question was moved by Mr. Price, and seconded; and the main question was ordered and stated, viz: Will the House agree to the said amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union? when A division of the question was demanded by Mr. Thurman, so as to take the question on each branch of the resolution separately. The Speaker stated that, in conformity with the usual practice of the House, the amendment was divisible, and was about proceeding to put the question on striking out the original resolution and inserting the first branch of the amendment, when Mr. Boyd raised the question of order, that, as the said amendment was reported from the Committee of the Whole House as an entire and distinct proposition, it could not be divided. The Speaker decided against the point of order raised by Mr. Boyd. From this decision Mr. Boyd appealed. And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? It was decided in the negative. So the decision of the Chair was reversed. And the question was accordingly put, Will the House agree to the amendment as reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union? SYeas, And decided in the affirmative, Nays, 172 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John Quincy Adams Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Archibald Atkinson James Black Jacob Brinkerhoff William H. Brockenbrough Richard Brodhead William G. Brown Albert Constable Alvan Cullom Erastus D. Culver John D. Cummins Paul Dillingham, jr. Mr. Alfred Dockery William S. Garvin Henry Grider Mr. Andrew Kennedy John W. Lawrence John Ritter The question was then put, Shall the said resolution be engrossed, and read a third time to-day? And decided in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 163 54 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Linn Boyd Jacob Brinkerhoff William H. Brockenbrough Mr. John S. Chipman Henry S. Clarke Howell Cobb John F. Collin Albert Constable Alvan Cullom Erastus D. Culver John D. Cummins Francis A. Cunningham John R. J. Daniel Cornelius Darragh Jefferson Davis Columbus Delano John De Mott Paul Dillingham, jr. James C. Dobbin Stephen A. Douglass George C. Dromgoole Robert P. Dunlap Joseph E. Edsall Samuel S. Ellsworth Jacob Erdman John H. Ewing' James J. Faran Orlando B. Ficklin Mr. Henry D. Foster William S. Garvin Henry Grider Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll John W. Lawrence Emile La Sère Mr. Isaac E. Morse Mace Moulton William W. Payne Sterling Price Robert W. Roberts Mr. Albert Smith Thomas Smith Robert Smith Frederick P. Stanton George Sykes William P. Thomasson John W. Tibbatts Thomas M. Woodruff William W. Woodworth George Ashmun Thomas H. Bayly Henry Bedinger Joseph Grinnell Mr. Julius Rockwell John A. Rockwell 医院 R. Barnwell Rhett The said resolution being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time. And the question was stated, Shall it pass? when Mr. George W. Jones moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall it pass? And decided in the affirmative. A motion was made by Mr. Bowlin, that the last mentioned vote (upon the passage of the said resolution) be reconsidered. Mr. Bowlin moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the said vote be reconsidered? And decided in the negative. So the resolution stands passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. 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. Charles J. Ingersoll: A resolution of the board of commissioners of the Kensington district of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, relative to the establishment of a dry dock in said district. By Mr. Lewis: A memorial of John Vail, master of the brig Uncle Sam, praying that Cattaraugus harbor, on lake Erie, in the State of New York, may be finished and lighted; Álso, a memorial of William McAuley, late sailingmaster of the steamboat Surveyor, of like import. Ordered, That said resolution and memorials be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. By Mr. Brinkerhoff: A memorial of Messer Barker, of Mansfield, in the State of Ohio, praying the establishment of a United States insurance office, as an appendage of the General Post Office; and that all letters and mailable matter sent through the mails be prepaid: which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Stewart: Additional papers in support of the claim of the heirs of Captain John Oldham: which were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: A memorial of William Shippen, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, legal representative of Dr. William Shippen, deceased, praying payment of an outstanding final settlement certificate issued from the loan office of the United States to said deceased on the 23d June, 1777: which memorial was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. : By Mr.- A petition of citizens of the county of Jefferson, and State of Illinois, praying an appropriation for the establishment of a national armory and foundery at Fort Massac, on the Ohio river, in the State of Illinois: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Hungerford: A petition of Jeremiah Carpenter, of Brownsville, county of Jefferson, and State of New York, praying additional compensation on his contract with the United States government for building a bulkhead at Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. McClelland: A petition of citizens of Ann Arbor, and State of Michigan, praying the repeal of the third and fourth sections of the act approved February, 12, 1793, entitled "An act concerning fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters:" which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: A memorial of the legislature of the Territory of Iowa, relative to settling the question of boundary between the Territory of Iowa and the State of Missouri: which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Ficklin: A petition of citizens of the town and county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying that an act may be passed for the retrocession of the town and county of Alexandria to the State of Virginia. By Mr. Hunter: A memorial of members of the bar of the District of Columbia, praying for the repeal of the law requiring that one of the judges |