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Mr. Hugh A. Haralson

John H. Harmanson
Joseph P. Hoge
George W. Hopkins
William J Hough
Edmund W. Habard
Orville Hungerford
James B. Hunt
Joseph Johnson
Andrew Johnson
George W. Jones

Andrew Kennedy

John H. Lumpkin
John A. McClernand

Mr. Felix G. McConnell

James McDowell

James J. McKay
John P. Martin
Barclay Martin
Joseph Morris
Robert Dale Owen
William W. Payne
Augustus L. Perrill
John S. Phelps
Sterling Price
David S. Reid
James H. Relfe
John Ritter

Mr. Robert W. Roberts
William Sawyer
James A. Seddon
Alexander D. Sims
Leonard H. Sims
David A. Starkweather
Henry St. John
George Sykes
John W. Tibbatts
Robert Toombs
William M. Tredway
Joseph A. Woodward
William L. Yancey
Archibald Yell.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill..

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 112) for the relief of Nathaniel Bird, (reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the 25th of April last.)

The question being, Shall the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day?

And, after debate,

The question was put, Shall the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-day?

And decided in the affirmative.

The said bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time. And the question was put, Shall it pass?

And decided in the affirmative,

SYeas,
Nays,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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Mr. Joseph Grinnell

Hannibal Hamlin
James G. Hampton
Alexander Harper
Thomas J. Henley
Richard P. Herrick
Henry W. Hilliard
Elias B. Holmes
John W. Houston
Edmund W. Hubard
Samuel D. Hubbard
Charles Hudson
Joseph R. Ingersoll
Joseph Johnson
Daniel P. King
Abner Lewis
Moses McClean
James McDowell
Edward W. McGaughey
John H. McHenry
Abraham R. McIlvaine
George P. Marsh
William S. Miller
Isaac E. Morse

William A. Moseley

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Mr. John S. Pendleton
Augustus L. Perrill
James Pollock
Alexander Ramsey
John Ritter
John A. Rockwell
Joseph M. Root
John F. Scammon
Robert C. Schenck
James A. Seddon
Luther Severance
Caleb B. Smith
Robert Smith
Andrew Stewart
John Strohm

Bannon G. Thibodeaux
William P. Thomasson

Benjamin Thompson
Daniel R. Tilden
Andrew Trumbo
Joseph Vance
John Wentworth
Robert C. Winthrop
Bradford R. Wood
Bryan R. Young.

Mr. Jacob Brinkerhoff

Reuben Chapman
Lucien B. Chase
Henry S. Clarke

Mr. Howell Cobb

Alvan Cullom
John R. J. Daniel
Jefferson Davis
John De Mott
Paul Dillingham, jr.
James C. Dobbin
James J. Faran
Orlando B. Ficklin
George Fries

William S. Garvin
Samuel Gordon

James Graham

Martin Grover

Hugh A. Haralson
John H. Harmanson
Joseph P. Hoge

George W. Hopkins

Mr. William J. Hough
Orville Hungerford
James B. Hunt
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Kennedy
Emile La Sère
John H. Lumpkin
William B. Maclay
John A. McClernand
Felix G. McConnell
James J. McKay
John P. Martin
Joseph Morris
Mace Moulton
Robert Dale Owen
William W. Payne
John S. Phelps
Sterling Price

Mr. David S. Reid
Cullen Sawtelle
William Sawyer
Alexander D. Sims
Leonard H. Sims
David A. Stark weather
Henry St. John
Stephen Strong
George Sykes
Jacob Thompson
Allen G. Thurman
Robert Toombs
George W. Towns
William M. Tredway
Horace Wheaton
William W. Wick
Joseph A. Woodward
Archibald Yell.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the

said bill.

The bill from the Senate (No. 117) entitled "An act for the relief of George Wentling," was ordered to be read a third time to-day.

And it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate thereof.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Bayly on the 25th day of April last, to reconsider the vote by which the House agreed to the report of the Committee of the Whole House, recommending the rejection of the bill (No. 110) to authorize the payment of seven years' half pay of a lieutenant, due on account of the death of Lieutenant Jonathan Dye, an officer in the Virginia continental line, and who was killed in the battle of Brandywine.

And, after debate,

The previous question was moved by Mr. Brodhead, and seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the said vote be reconsidered?

SYeas,

And decided in the negative, Nays,

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So the said bill remains rejected.

Mr. Barclay Martin
Joseph Morris
Mace Moulton
Archibald C. Niven
Moses Norris
Robert Dale Owen
William W. Payne
John S. Phelps
Alexander Ramsey
George Rathbun
David S. Reid
Cullen Sawtelle
William Sawyer
John F. Scammon
Luther Severance
Alexander D. Sims
Leonard H. Sims
Henry St. John
Stephen Strong
Jacob Thompson
Robert Toombs
Horace Wheaton
Joseph A. Woodward
Archibald Yell.

The Speaker laid before the House the following communication:

"Hon. JOHN W. DAVIS:

"SIR: I am confined to my bed, and attended by Dr. Hall, of this city. There is not the slightest probability of my being able to be out for many days, and it may be weeks. I must therefore ask of the House, through you, to be excused from serving on the special committee to investigate charges against Daniel Webster.

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

"MAY 9, 1846."

"D. WILMOT.

The said communication was read: when

Mr. Boyd moved that Mr. Wilmot be excused from service upon the said select committee; which motion was agreed to: and

Mr. Brinkerhoff was appointed in his place.

Mr. Haralson moved, at thirty-three minutes past 1 o'clock, that the House adjourn.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative, Yeas,

Nays,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. Joseph H. Anderson

Lemuel H. Arnold
Daniel M. Barringer
John Blanchard

Joseph Buffington
William W. Campbell
John H. Campbell
John G. Chapman
Henry Y. Cranston
John H. Crozier
Alvan Cullom
Erastus D. Culver
Cornelius Darragh

Mr. Robert P, Dunlap

Edwin H. Ewing
Joshua R. Giddings
James Graham
Henry Grider
Hannibal Hamlin
Hugh A. Haralson
Elias B. Holmes
Orville Hungerford
Joseph R. Ingersoll
Andrew Kennedy
Edward Long
John, H. Lumpkin

Mr. John A. McClernand

James McDowell
George P. Marsh
Barclay Martin
William S. Miller
John S. Pendleton
John S. Phelps
Sterling Price
Joseph M. Root
Cullen Sawtelle
James A. Seddon
Caleb B. Smith
Alexander H. Stephens

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Mr. Amos Abbott

Stephen Adams

Archibald Atkinson

Thomas H. Bayly

Joshua F. Bell

Charles S. Benton
Asa Biggs
James Black

James A. Black

Linn Boyd

Jacob Brinkerhoff

Richard Brodhead
William G. Brown
Armistead Burt
Charles W. Cathcart
Reuben Chapman
Lucien B. Chase
Henry S. Clarke

Howell Cobb
John F. Collin

John R. J. Daniel
Edmund S. Dargan
Garrett Davis
Jefferson Davis
Columbus Delano
John De Mott

Paul Dillingham, jr.
James C. Dobbin
George C. Dromgoole
Joseph E. Edsall
Jacob Erdman

John H. Ewing

James J. Faran

Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin
William S. Garvin
Meredith P. Gentry
Charles Goodyear
Samuel Gordon
Joseph Grinnell
Martin Grover
John H. Harmanson
Alexander Harper
Thomas J. Henley
Richard P. Herrick
Henry W. Hilliard
Isaac E. Holmes
George W. Hopkins
John W. Houston
Edmund W. Hubard
Samuel D. Hubbard
James B. Hunt
Charles J. Ingersoll
Joseph Johnson
Daniel P. King
Emile La Sère
Abner Lewis
Thomas W. Ligon
Moses McClean
Robert McClelland
Edward W. McGaughey
Abraham R. McIlvaine
James J. McKay
Joseph Morris
Mace Moulton
Archibald C. Niven
Moses Norris

Mr. Samuel F. Vinton
Robert C. Winthrop.

Mr. Robert Dale Owen
William W. Payne
Augustus L. Perrill
James Pollock
Alexander Ramsey
George Rathbun
David S. Reid

R. Barnwell Rhett
John Ritter
Robert W. Roberts
John A. Rockwell
William Sawyer
John F. Scammon
Luther Severance
Alexander D. Sims
Leonard H. Sims
Richard F. Simpson
Andrew Stewart
Henry St. John
George Sykes

William P. Thomasson
Benjamin Thompson
Jacob Thompson
Allen G. Thurman
John W. Tibbatts
William M. Tredway
Andrew Trumbo
John Wentworth
Horace Wheaton

Thomas M. Woodruff

Joseph A. Woodward
Archibald Yell
Bryan R. Young.

On motion of Mr. Daniel, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House upon private bills; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Caleb B. Smith reported that the committee had had under consideration sundry bills, and had directed him to report the bill (No. 62) for the relief of the heirs of Larkin Smith, with a recommendation that it do not pass; and the bill (No. 113) for the relief of the owner and crew of the schooner Tancred, without amendment. And then, on motion of Mr. Burt, the House, at seven minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until Monday next, at 11 o'clock, a. m.

MONDAY, MAY 11, 1846.

This being a day set apart by the rules for the calling of the States for resolutions,

Mr. Hopkins moved that the rules be suspended for one hour, for the purpose of calling the committees for reports: which motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Gordon,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of James Morgan, and that it be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, made adverse reports upon the petitions of Daniel Turnipseed and Joseph Kager: which reports were laid upon the table.

Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

No. 431. A bill for the removal of the collector's office for the collection district of Bristol and Warren from Bristol to Warren;

No. 432. A bill for the relief of the owner and crew of the fishing schooner Congress;

accompanied by a report in each case: which bills were severally read a first and second time, and committed-

No. 431. To the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. No. 432. To a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. McClelland,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the consideration of the memorial of citizens of the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a foundery at Port Richmond, in the said county, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Relfe,

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the consideration of the resolution of the House of the 13th of January last, relating to granting to Arkansas," in trust," the Hot Springs and reservations of six sections of land around the same; also

From the petition of the "Western Settlement Society" of Ohio, for a law to enable them to hold real estate; also

From the petition of citizens of Washington county, in Wisconsiu Territory, to extend the time of payment for pre-emption lands; and From the petition of James Morgan, of Indiana;

and that they be laid upon the table.

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Public Lands, made a report upon the claim of the widow and heirs of John B. Chandler, accompanied by a bill (No. 433) for their relief: which bill 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, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

No. 434. To amend the nineteenth section of the act passed the third of March, 1845, entitled "An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department;" and

No. 435. To amend the act approved the third of March, 1845, entitled "An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and prevent the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department:"

which bills were severally read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Hopkins,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be discharged from the consideration of so much of the report of the Postmaster General as relates to mail steamers, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Stephen Adams, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report upon the petition of Anthony Bessy, accompanied by a bill (No. 436) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson,

Ordered, That the consideration of the bill (No. 26) to regulate trade

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