Mr. John Quincy Adams presented the following memorials remonstrating against the admission of Texas into the Union, viz:

From citizens of Braintree, Brewster, Belchertown, and Weymouth, in the State of Massachusetts;

From citizens of the State of Maine;

From citizens of Little Falls, Salisbury, the county of Dutchess, Williamsburgh, and Lawrence, in the State of New York;

From citizens of Beaver county, and Wilkesbarre, in the State of Pennsylvania;

which memorials were laid upon the table.

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a supplement to the petition of Jacob

Kerr-heretofore presented December 18, 1843: which petition and sup plement were referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, viz:

By Mr. Gordon: A petition of David Sage, of Delaware county, in the State of New York, 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. Morgan L. Martin: A petition of William Blake, of Fox lake, Dodge county, in the Territory of Wisconsin, 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. Wentworth: A petition of Andrew Ferguson, of the State of Indiana, a revolutionary pensioner, praying for an increase of pension. By Mr. Wheaton: The petition of Daniel Pratt-heretofore presented February 28, 1845.

By Mr. Jenkins: A petition of Samuel Cochran, of Vernon, Oneida county, State of New York, praying for a pension, in consideration of disabilities incurred in the service of the United States, in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: The petition of David Myerle-heretofore presented January 29, 1844.

By Mr. Maclay: The memorial of S. Duncan-heretofore presented January 18, 1836.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A petition of citizens of Brown county, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation in aid of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A memorial of Mary Reeside, of the city of Philadelphia, praying the attention of Congress to her memorial, heretofore presented, and speedy action upon her claim: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Cabell: A petition of Gad Humphreys, of the Territory of Florida, praying indemnity for property destroyed in said Territory by order of United States officers.

By Mr. James B. Hunt: The petition of John Stockton-heretofore presented January 13, 1845.

By Mr. Marsh: The petition of Emery Lyman, widow of David Lyman-heretofore presented May 24, 1844.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A petition of Candace Porter, of Green Bay, in the Territory of Wisconsin, widow of Amos Porter, late of the State of New York, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, praying for a pension and arrears of pension.

By Mr. Jenkins: A petition of Frederick Gibbs, of Oneida county, State of New York, praying for a pension in consideration of services in the army of the United States, in the revolutionary war.

By Mr. Marsh: The petition of Squire Ferris-heretofore presented January 21, 1845;

Also, the petition of Martha Pratt, widow of Moses Pratt-heretofore presented January 21, 1845.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Tibbatts: The petition of the heirs of Philip R. Rice-heretofore presented December 10, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Seddon: A petition of John Scott and Joseph M. Sheppard, legal representatives of Richard Harris and Nimrod Farrow, praying for further indemnity for a breach of contract for building fortifications on Dauphin's island, in Mobile bay.

By Mr. Isaac E. Holmes: A petition of Benjamin D. Heriot, in his own. behalf and as the legal representative of the late Major Woodruff, praying for indemnity for losses sustained during the Seminole war, by the destruction of his dwelling-house and other buildings, in the Territory of Florida. By Mr. Thomas Butler King: The petition of Pacificus Ord-heretofore presented February 12, 1844;

Also, the petition of William Fuller-heretofore presented January 6, 1844. By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: The petition of Robert Brady--heretofore presented March 5, 1844;

Also, the petition of Robert Sewall-heretofore presented March 1, 1830; Also, the petition of Thomas F. Harkness-heretofore presented December 18, 1844.

By Mr. Wheaton: The petition of Deerin Farrer-heretofore presented December 20, 1844;

Also, the petition of Elisha F. Richards--heretofore presented December 21, 1844.

By Mr. Marsh: The petition of Joseph C. Doxcey-heretofore presented March 5, 1844;

Also, the petition of Lyman King-heretofore presented January 21, 1845.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. De Mott: A memorial of citizens of Huron, in the State of New York, remonstrating against the admission of Texas into the Union as a slave State;

Also, a like memorial of citizens of the town of Rose, in the State of New York.

By Mr. Julius Rockwell: A like memorial of citizens of Great Barrington, in the State of Massachusetts;

Also, a like memorial of citizens of New Marlborough, in the State of Massachusetts.

By Mr. Jenkins: A like memorial of citizens of Trenton, in the State of New York.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on the Territories.

By Mr. Strohm: A memorial of citizens of Lancaster and Chester counties, in the State of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the appointment of chaplains by Congress: which memorial was laid upon the table.

Mr. Harmanson rose, and announced that the Hon. John B. Dawson,

a member elect of this House from the State of Louisiana, died at his residence in said State in June last.

And thereupon,

On motion of Mr. Harmanson, the following resolutions were adopted unanimously, viz:

Resolved, That this House has heard with deep sensibility the annunciation of the decease of the Hon. John B. Dawson, a member elect of this House from the State of Louisiana, who died at his residence in that State in the month of June last.

Resolved, That this House tenders to the surviving widow and relatives of the deceased the expression of its sympathy in this afflicting bereave ment; and as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear crape on the left arm for thirty days.

Resolved, As a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, that the House do now adjourn.

Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.

And at thirty minutes past 1 o'clock, p. m., the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1845.

The Speaker proceeded to call the States for petitions: when

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a memorial of citizens of Whitestown, in the State of New York, remonstrating against the admission of Texas as a State of this Union because its constitution tolerates slavery. Mr. Adams moved that the said memorial be referred to a select committee of one from each State.

Mr. Boyd moved that it be laid upon the table.
And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented the following like memorials from citizens of Dedham, Norfolk, Medfield, Medway, South Weymouth, Milton, Quincy, Jamaica Plains, Brookline, Sharon, Walpole, North Wrentham, South Wrentham, and Hingham, in the State of Massachusetts; from citizens of Deerfield, Gilford, Frankfort, Durham, and Newmarket, in the State of New Hampshire; and of Richfield, in the State of New York.

Mr. Julius Rockwell presented like memorials of citizens of Wendell, Leverett, Peru, and Florida, in the State of Massachusetts.

Mr. Winthrop presented like memorials from citizens of Wilbraham and Boston, in said State.

Mr. Hudson presented like memorials of citizens of Leicester, Ashburnham, Westminster, Northbridge, Brookfield, Warren, Winchendon, Berlin, Gardner, Grafton, Leominster, Northboro', Oakham, Princeton, Spencer, Upton, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester, in said State.

Mr. Benjamin Thompson presented like memorials of citizens of Cambridge, Billerica, Burlington, Chelmsford, Concord, Framingham, Holliston, Newton, Reading, South Reading, Somerville, Sudbury, and Wayland, in said State.

Mr. Ashmun presented like memorials of citizens of Brimfield, Palmer,

Springfield, West Springfield, Cummington, Hadley, Norwich, Ware, and Northampton, in said State.

Mr. Grinnell presented a like memorial of citizens of Barnstable, in said State.

Mr. Daniel P. King presented a like memorial of citizens of Essex, county, in said State.

Mr. Abbott presented like memorials of women and other citizens of Lowell, in said State.

Mr. Grinnell presented like memorials of citizens of Provincetown, Barnstable, North Sandwich, Osterville, Centreville, Monument, Truro, Abington, Duxbury, West Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Hanover, Hanson, Plymouth, Plympton, Wareham, West Bridgewater, New Bedford, Norton, Raynham, Tisbury, and Nantucket, in said State.

Mr. Arnold presented like memorials of citizens of the State of Rhode Island.

Ordered, That the said several memorials be laid upon the table.
Mr. John A. Rockwell presented the following resolutions:

At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, in said State, on the first
Wednesday of May, A. D. 1845:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the power to admit into this Union new States not formed from the original territory of the United States, is not conferred upon Congress by the constitution. Resolved, That the annexation of a large slaveholding territory by the government of the United States, with the declared intention of giving strength to the institution of domestic slavery in these States, is an alarming encroachment upon the rights of the freemen of the Union; a perversion of the principles of republican government; a deliberate assault upon the compromises of the constitution; and demands the strenuous, united, and persevering opposition of all persons who claim to be the friends of human liberty.

Resolved, That the vote given by John M. Niles, a Senator of Connecticut in the Senate of the United States, in favor of the joint resolutions of the Congress of the United States, in February last, providing for the annexation of Texas and the admission of five new States from its territory, to extend and perpetuate the system of human slavery, and add to its already predominant influence in the national councils, is in opposition to the clearly expressed will of the people of Connecticut, and of a large portion of the people of the United States; and that those resolutions are incompatible with the spirit of the declaration of independence, with the compromises of the federal constitution, and with the great purposes for which it is declared by the people to have been ordained and established.

Resolved, That a measure so confounded in principle, so dangerous as a precedent, and so destructive in its tendency to the peace and prosperity of the country and the objects of the Union, can never receive the sanction of the people of Connecticut.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward copies of these resolutions to each of the Senators and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the United States.

Mr. Rockwell moved that the said resolutions be printed.

Debate arising upon the said resolutions, they were laid over, under the rule.

Mr. John A. Rockwell presented the following resolutions:

RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

Resolved, That neither Congress, nor any individual State, has a right to interfere with the government of another State in the exercise of her criminal jurisdiction, in matters pertaining exclu