York, surviving child of Captain James Willson, who was an officer in the war of the Revolution, praying the payment of the amount due to her deceased father for his services in the revolutionary war. By Mr. Elias B. Holmes: A memorial of Adam Swart, of Rochester, Monroe county, and State of New York, praying for a pension on account of his services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Ordered, That said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Clarke: A memorial of citizens of the town of Newbern, and State of North Carolina, praying an appropriation for the erection of a custom-house and marine hospital at that place. By Mr. Grinnell: A memorial of citizens of Wellfleet, county of Barnstable, and State of Massachusetts, praying that the bounty of government given to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries may be extended to those employed in the mackerel fisheries. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Com. merce. By Mr. Chipman: A memorial of citizens of the United States, remonstrating against the appointment of naval and military officers to civil stations under the government: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Dargan: A memorial of Cyrus Sibley, of Baldwin county, and State of Alabama, praying the payment of two instalments of the Mexican indemnity, which became due him in 1844. By Mr. Abbott: A memorial of citizens of Methuen, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that provision be made in a constitutional way for the assemblage of a congress of nations to form a code of international law by which national disputes may be determined without war. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Brinkerhoff: A memorial of citizens of Richland county, and State of Ohio, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean. By Mr. Starkweather: Three memorials of citizens of Stark county, and State of Ohio, of like import. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. John H. Ewing, 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 found itself without a quorum, and risen. On motion of Mr. Thomas Butler King, Ordered, That when the House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet tomorrow, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Mr. George S. Houston moved that there be a call of the House: which was decided in the negative, but no quorum voted. Mr. Ashmun moved, at 6 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, 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. Isaac E. Morse William M. Tredway Mr. Barclay Martin John Wentworth Archibald Yell. Mr. Bowlin moved that there be a call of the House: and A division of the House having been taken by tellers, there appeared ayes 39, noes 39. The House being equally divided, the Speaker voted in the affirmative. So a call of the House was ordered. Mr. Ashmun moved, at twenty minutes past 6 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, 40 49 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 George Ashmun Mr. Joshua R. Giddings Thomas Butler King Mr. John H. McHenry Isaac E. Morse Luther Severance The roll was twice called by the Clerk, and the following named mem bers did not answer to their names: Joseph H. Anderson, Lemuel H. Arnold, Archibald Atkinson, Edward D. Baker, Thomas H. Bayly, Henry Bedinger, James Black, John Blanchard, Linn Boyd, Jacob Brinkerhoff, Richard Brodhead, William G. Brown, Armistead Burt, William W. Campbell, Charles H. Carroll, John G. Chapman, Augustus A. Chapman, John S. Chipman, Jacob Collamer, John F. Collin, Alvan Cullom, Erastus D. Culver, John D. Cummins, Francis A. Cunningham, Edmund S. Dargan, Cornelius Darragh, Garrett Davis, Columbus Delano, Paul Dillingham, jr., James Dixon, Stephen A. Douglass, Robert P. Dunlap, Joseph E. Edsall, Samuel S. Ellsworth, James J. Faran, George Fries, Samuel Gordon, Henry Grider, Joseph Grinnell, Hannibal Hamlin, James G. Hampton, Hugh A. Haralson, Henry W. Hilliard, Isaac E. Holmes, John W. Houston, Edmund W. Hubard, Samuel D. Hubbard, Charles Hudson, Washington Hunt, Robert M. T. Hunter, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Timothy Jenkins, James H. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Seaborn Jones, Andrew Kennedy, Shelton F. Leake, Owen D. Leib, Abner Lewis, Lewis C. Levin, Thomas W. Ligon, Edward Long, John H. Lumpkin, William B. Maclay, John A. McClernand, Felix G. McConnell, John D. McCrate, Joseph J. McDowell, James McDowell, Abraham R. McIlvaine, George P. Marsh, John P. Martin, William S. Miller, Joseph Morris, William A. Moseley, Robert Dale Owen, Isaac Parish, William W. Payne, John S. Pendleton, Thomas Perry, John Pettit, John S. Phelps, Alexander Ramsey, George Rathbun, James H. Relfe, R. Barnwell Rhett, Robert W. Roberts, Joseph M. Root, John Runk, Joseph Russell, Cullen Sawtelle, William Sawyer, Robert C. Schenck, Henry J. Seaman, James A. Seddon, Alexander D. Sims, Leonard H. Sims, Richard F. Simpson, Trueman Smith, Albert Smith, David A. Starkweather, Alexander H. Stephens, Andrew Stewart, Bannon G. Thibodeaux, William P. Thomasson, Benjamin Thompson, James Thompson, Daniel R. Tilden, Robert Toombs, George W. Towns, Joseph Vance, Horace Wheaton, Hugh White, William W. Wick, Hezekiah Williams, Bradford R. Wood, Thomas M. Woodruff, William W. Woodworth, William Wright, William L. Yancey, Bryan R. Young, Jacob S. Yost. A motion was made by Mr. Stephen Adams, at forty-five minutes past 6 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. The doors were then closed, and excuses were offered and received for the non-attendance of John Blanchard, Augustus A. Chapman, Jacob Collamer, Edmund S. Dargan, Joseph E. Edsall, Henry Grider, Joseph Grinnell, Isaac E. Holmes, John W. Houston, Joseph Johnson, Thomas W. Ligon, Edward Long, John D. McCrate, Abraham R. McIlvaine, Joseph M. Root, Joseph Russell, and Alexander D. Sims. A motion was made by Mr. Hungerford, at ten minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. On motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson, Ordered, That the absent members be sent for, and taken into custody wherever found, by special messengers to be appointed for that purpose, according to the 62d rule of the House. A motion was made by Mr. Hopkins, at twelve minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Pollock moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative. A motion was made by Mr. Dromgoole, at sixteen minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Winthrop moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative. Mr. Dockery moved, at nineteen minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Thomas Smith moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Thomas Smith moved, at thirty-seven minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Pollock moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Hough moved, at forty-two minutes past 7 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Stephen Adams moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with: which motion was disagreed to. A motion was made by Mr. Hough, at twelve minutes past 8 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. A motion was made by Mr. Dromgoole, that the members now voluntarily at the door be admitted. A motion was made by Mr. Ashmun, that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with: which motion was disagreed to. At ten minutes past 8 o'clock, a motion was made by Mr. Herrick that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. The question was then stated, Will the House agree to the motion made by Mr. Dromgoole? when Mr. Jacob Thompson moved to amend the motion of Mr. Dromgoole, by adding thereto the following: "upon reporting themselves to the House, and rendering excuses for their absence:" which amendment was agreed to: and The question recurred on agreeing to the motion of Mr. Dromgoole as amended: when, On motion of Mr. George W. Jones, the said motion, as amended, was laid upon the table. Mr. Tibbatts moved, at twenty minutes past 8 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott Mr. John H. Harmanson Mr. Julius Rockwell 33 54 REK Jefferson Davis Alfred Dockery James Pollock Luther Severance Mr. Asa Biggs James B. Bowlin |