By Mr. Sykes: A petition of Grace Hudnut, of Princeton, Mercer county, and State of New Jersey, widow of Richard Hudnut, deceased, who was a soldier in the American army in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Daniel P. King: A memorial of Epes Young, jr., and one hundred and fifteen others, citizens of Cape Ann, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that encouragement be extended to seamen engaged in the mackerel fisheries: which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Brinkerhoff: A memorial of Martin Renehan, doorkeeper of the Executive mansion, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, praying for an adequate compensation for his services: which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Cunningham: A petition of Ruth Freeman, of Butler county, and State of Ohio, widow of Captain Thomas Freeman, deceased, who was an officer in the American army in the war of 1812, praying for relief in consideration of services rendered by her deceased husband, and for moneys advanced by him to soldiers under his command in the last war. By Mr. Seddon: The petition of John Carr, John Beatty, and Samuel Stevenson-heretofore presented February 21, 1843. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Harmanson: A petition of Thomas B. Scott, of the parish of Madison, in the State of Louisiana, praying that his title to a certain tract of land purchased of Arthur Higginbotham on the 30th of October, 1839, may be confirmed: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. By Mr. Owen: A memorial of citizens of Wayne county, and State of Illinois, praying the establishment of a mail route from Evansville, in the State of Indiana, to Fairfield, in the State of Illinois. By Mr. McClernand: A memorial of citizens of Salem, Marion county, and State of Illinois, praying the establishment of a mail route from Evansville, in the State of Indiana, to Salem, in the State of Illinois; Also, a memorial of citizens of Evansville, in the State of Indiana, of like import. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Andrew Johnson: A memorial of Major William McBride, of Greene county, State of Tennessee, an officer of the war of 1812, and an invalid pensioner of the United States, praying for the allowance of back pension. By Mr. William G. Brown: The petition of William H. Wilson-heretofore presented February 6, 1840. By Mr. Perrill: A memorial of James Co, of Fairfield county, and State of Ohio, 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. Ordered, That said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Cunningham: A memorial of Donn Piatt and nine hundred and fifty-eight others, citizens of Hamilton county, in the State of Ohio, remonstrating against the admission of Texas or any other State into the Union as a slave State, with a representation based in whole or in part on slavery: which remonstrance was laid upon the table. And then, on motion of Mr. Abbott, the House, at 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1846. Mr. Ashmun gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill for the relief of the soldiers of the fourth regiment of infantry who served in the last war with Great Britain. Mr. Gordon, from the Committee of Claims, made an adverse report upon the petition of Zachariah Lawrence: which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Hoge, from the same committee, made adverse reports upon; the petitions of Conrad House and D. and J. Wilkinson: which reports were ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. John A. Rockwell, from the Committee of Claims, to which was recommitted the bill (No. 184) for the relief of Jacob L. Vance, reported the same with an amendment, accompanied by a report in writing. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Public Lands, made a report upon the petition of the heirs of John Whitsett, accompanied by a bill (No. 249) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. D. Sims, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 250) to incorporate the Orphan Asylum and Female Free School of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, accompanied by a report: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Faran gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to reorganize the district and circuit courts of the United States in the State of Ohio. Mr. Rathbun, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 10) entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make an arrangement or compromise with Mangle M. Quackenboss and his co-obligors, or any of them, for claims on bonds given by them as sureties to the United States," reported the same without amendment, and moved that the same be laid upon the table: which motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Rathbun,. Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Mason Vannoy, William Harris, and William H. Moore: which was laid upon the table. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made an adverse report upon the petition of Thomas Thody: which was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Thurman, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads are hereby instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Locust grove, in Adams county, in the State of Ohio, by Mar ble furnace, Tranquillity, and Youngsville, to Eckmansville, in said county of Adams. Mr. Ewing, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report upon the case of the heirs or legal representatives of Colonel Francis Vigo, accompanied by a bill (No. 251) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clarke (by leave) offered the following preamble and resolution; which were read, and the resolution was considered and agreed to, viz: Whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has informed this House that the marine hospital, directed to be built at Ocracoke, North Carolina, will be completed in September next: Resolved, therefore, That the Secretary of the Treasury inform this House what other legislation he may deem proper and necessary, after its completion, fully to carry out the purposes of its establishment. Mr. Brockenbrough offered the following resolution; which was read, and being modified on motion of Mr. Dobbin, was considered, and agreed to, as follows, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a tri-monthly mail by steamboat from Jacksonville, Florida, via St. Augustine, New Smyrna, Indian river, Miami river, and Key West, to Havana; and a similar mail route from Key West, via Charlotte harbor, Tampa bay, Cedar keys, St. Mark's river, and Apalachicola, to Pensacola; and whether it would be most expedient to carry such mails in public war steamers, or in the vessels of private contractors, susceptible of being converted into war steamers when required. Also, resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route between Fayetteville, in Cumberland county, and Smithfield, in Johnston county, in the State of North Carolina. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Price asked, obtained leave, and introduced a bill (No. 252) for the relief of George Jackson and others: which bill was read a first and second time, and, together with sundry documents relating thereto, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Hilliard, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made a report upon the case of William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John N. C. Stockton & Co., accompanied by a joint resolution (No. 21) for his relief: which resolution was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the resolution from the Senate (No. 11) entitled "A resolution providing for temporary mail service in Texas," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Herrick, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report upon the petition of the heirs of Tarlton Woodson, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 253) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. Mr. Leake, from the Committee of Claims, made an adverse report upon the petition of James K. Blount: which report was laid upon the table. Mr. Stephen Adams, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report upon the petition of Solomon Russell, of Somerset, in Maine, accompanied by a bill (No. 254) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William J. Price, reported a bill (No. 255) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cathcart, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the memorial of the legislature of Iowa for the removal of the Winnebago Indians: which report was laid upon the table. Mr. Cathcart, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Joseph and Lindsey Ward, accompanied by a bill (No. 256) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Cocke asked, obtained leave, and introduced bills of the following titles, viz: No. 257. A bill for the relief of James Green; No. 258. A bill for the relief of Israel McBee, of the county of Granger, in the State of Tennessee: which bills were severally read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. McHenry (by leave) presented resolutions of the legislature of the State of Kentucky, relative to a bridge at Wheeling, over the Ohio river: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson, (the rule being dispensed with,) Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to report to this House a copy of any contracts in his department with any person or persons for the removal of the Miami Indians in Indiana; and also report if any money has been paid upon such contract, and, if so, how much, and to whom paid; and also to report if said Indians have been removed, and, if not, the cause why said removal has been delayed; and, if any change or transfer of said contract has been made, to report the same without delay. Mr. Henley, from the Committee on Patents, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 63) entitled "An act for the relief of Charles G. Page," reported the same without amendment. And the question was stated, Shall the said bill be read a third time to-day? And, after debate, A motion was made by Mr. Grover, that the said bill be laid upon the table. And the question being put, j Yeas, 113 53 It was decided in the affirmative, Mr. John Quincy Adams Stephen Adams Archibald Atkinson Thomas H. Bayly Mr. Henry Bedinger Charles S. Benton James B. Bowlin Mr. Linn Boyd Jacob Brinkerhoff Mr. Charles W. Cathcart John De Mott Samuel Gordon James Graham Martin Grover Hannibal Hamlin Mr. Hugh A. Haralson John H. Harmanson Isaac E. Morse Mr. Archibald C. Niven Robert Dale Owen Augustus L. Perrill Robert W. Roberts Mr. John A. Rockwell Alexander H. Stephens William P. Thomasson Archibald Yell. The hour allotted to the calling of committees for reports having expired, the House proceeded to the business on the Speaker's table, and to the orders of the day. The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th ultimo, a statement of the residences of the several clerks and other persons in the employ of that department at the time of their appointment: which letter and statement were laid upon the table. II. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the |