By Mr. Garvin: Six petitions of citizens of Mercer and Crawford counties, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a mail route from New Castle, in Mercer county, to Meadville, Crawford county, in that State. Ordered, That the said petitions and proceedings be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Rathbun: A petition of Elizabeth Calkins, praying for a pension in consideration of the services of her late husband, Silas Winans, in the revolutionary war. By Mr. Williams: A petition of Mary Andrews, of Mechisses, in the State of Maine, widow of Israel Andrews, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension. By Mr. Goodyear: A petition of John Chaney, of Plainfield, Otsego county, and State of New York, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and is now a pensioner of the United States, praying for arrears of pension. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Henley: A petition of citizens of Knox county, and State of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the establishment of a national armory and foundery at Fort Massac, in the State of Illinois: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Winthrop: A memorial of citizens of Boston, and importers of silk goods, remonstrating against any change in the tariff of 1842, levying a duty on all silk goods by weight in pounds: which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Relfe: A memorial of Thomas Allen, of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, praying payment for printing the compendium or abridgment of the Sixth Census of the United States for the use of Congress, under the act of September 1, 1841. By Mr. James Thompson: A petition of Armand Martin, of Erie county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for clothing furnished by himself for the term of three years, while a soldier of the army of the United States. By Mr. Joseph J. McDowell: A memorial of John B. Warren, late surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying remuneration for moneys expended by him on account of the government in the year 1839. By Mr. Wentworth: A petition of James Johnson, of McHenry county, and State of Illinois, praying payment of the amount of a treasury note which was destroyed by fire when his house was burned in the fall of the year 1839. Ordered, That said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. George W. Jones: A petition of the children and heirs of William Pollan, alias Paulding, deceased, of Bedford county, and State of Tennessee, praying compensation for the services of the said William Pollan, alias Paulding, as a soldier of the army in the war of the Revolu tion. By Mr. Garvin: A petition of John Eindley and Presley N. Amberson, administrators of William Amberson, late of Mercer county, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, praying for the commutation pay to which the said William Amberson was entitled as an ensign and lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line in the army of the revolutionary war. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Starkweather: A petition of citizens of the county of Wayne, in the State of Ohio, praying for the construction of a great national railroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean. By Mr. Wentworth: A memorial of a convention of delegates from the northern counties of the State of Illinois, praying for a right of way through the public lands for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company, and for the right of pre-emption to five sections of land for each mile of the road. By Mr. Wentworth: A petition of the like import, from the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Andrew Stewart: A petition of Andrew Flanigan, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, in consideration of disabilities incurred in the service of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. By Mr. William G. Brown: The petition of Joseph Culberly-heretofore presented December 26, 1843. By Mr. Tibbatts: The petition of Henry Thompson-heretofore presented February 14, 1838. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Atkinson: A memorial of the "Norfolk Seamen's Friend's Society," praying the discontinuance of the services of one of the chaplains on the Norfolk station, and that the stated chaplain of the mariners' bethel of that city be privileged to perform all the appropriate religious services of the marine and naval hospitals located at that place, &c.: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Brodhead: A petition of George Guier, guardian of the orphan children of John S. Ardis, late of the city and county of Philadelphia, praying that the names of said orphans may be again placed on the navy pension roll. By Mr. Miller: A petition of Walter R. Johnson, a citizen of the State of New York, praying the payment of a balance due him for services rendered in the testing of plans for preventing explosions of steam-boilers. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A motion was made by Mr. Washington Hunt, at twenty minutes past 3 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, Nays, 61 63 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 Daniel M. Barringer Henry Bedinger Mr. Asa Biggs John Blanchard William W. Campbell Henry Y. Cranston Mr. Alvan Cullom Erastus D. Culver Ordered, That when the House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock, a. m. A motion was made by Mr. Winthrop, at forty minutes past 3 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, 51 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. Augustus L. Perrill John F. Scammon William W. Woodworth Jacob S. Yost. Mr. Tibbatts moved that there be a call of the House. And the question being put, Shall there be a call of the House? It was decided in the affirmative. Before the Clerk had commenced calling the roll of members, Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll moved, at fifty-five minutes past 3 o'clock, that the House adjourn. 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— Richard Brodhead Armistead Burt 58 54 Mr. James H. Johnson Mr. Mace Moulton Robert Smith Mr. Stephen Strong William W. Woodworth Jacob S. Yost. And thereupon the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, a. m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1846. Mr. Roberts (by leave) presented a memorial of the legislature of the State of Mississippi, praying a donation of alternate sections of land for the improvement of the navigation of Pearl river, accompanied by resolutions relating to the same subject: which memorial and resolutions were referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States the bill of the Senate (No. 8) entitled "An act for the relief of William Elliott, jr., of Fulton county, State of Ilinois." On motion of Mr. Preston King, 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. Thomas Smith reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 18) making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers, had come to no resolution thereon. On motion of Mr. McClelland, Ordered, That when the House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow. 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. Morgan L. Martin: Three petitions of citizens of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the establishment of a daily mail route between Detroit and Milwaukie, by way of Battle creek, Grand rapids, and Grand Haven. By Mr. McHenry: Documents in support of the claim of Thomas Withrow for indemnity for losses sustained as a mail contractor-heretofore presented April 22, 1844. By Mr. Hopkins: A petition of citizens of the counties of Giles and Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, praying the establishment of a mail route from Mechanicsburg, in Giles county, to Tazewell court-house, Tazewell county, and State of Virginia; Also, a petition of citizens of the county of Botetourt, and State of Virginia, praying the establishment of a mail route from Fincastle, in Botetourt county, to Blacksburgh, in the county of Montgomery, in said State. By Mr. Boyd: A memorial of C. Wickliffe, of Blandville, Ballard county, and State of Kentucky, praying the establishment of a mail route from Columbus, in Hickman county, via Blandville, to Paducah, in McCracken county, in that State; Also, a petition of citizens of Benton, in the county of Marshall, and |