On motion of Mr. Rathbun, Resolved, That when the House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet on Monday next, that in the mean time the Speaker may have an opportunity to appoint the standing committees. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution offered by Mr. Cobb, on Monday last, for drawing the names of members for the seleotion of their seats. The question being on agreeing to the said resolution, Mr. Brodhead moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question was ordered: when Mr. Hungerford moved that the said resolution be laid upon the table: And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, SYeas, 89 113 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John Quincy Adams Joseph H. Anderson Thomas H. Bayly Joseph Grinnell Hannibal Hamlin Joseph P. Hoge Mr. George W. Hopkins John W. Houston Mr. William W. Payne John S. Pend'eton Albert Smith Frederick P. Stanton Witham Taylor Bannon G. Thibodeaux Hezekiah Williams Thomas M. Woodruff Mr. James J. Faran William S. Garvin So the House refused to lay the resolution upon the table. The main question was then put, Will the House agree to the said resolution? And decided in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Lemuel H. Arnold George Ashmun Archibald Atkinson Edward D. Baker Daniel M. Barringer Joshua F. Bell Charles S. Benton Asa Biggs Linn Boyd Milton Brown William G. Brown Joseph Buffington Armistead Burt Charles W. Cathcart John G. Chapman Reuben Chapman Lucien B. Chase John S. Chipman Henry S. C'arke Howell Cobb William M. Cocke Henry Y. Cranston John H. Crozier Alvan Cullom John D. Cummins Francis A. Cunningham John R. J. Daniel Garret Davis Columbus Delano James C. Dobbin Alfred Dockery Robert P. Dunlap Joseph E. Edsall Samuel S. Ellsworth John H. Ewing James J. Faran Mr. Solomon Foot Mr. James Pollock Alexander H. Stephens Stephen Strong William P. Thomasson Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Joseph H. Anderson Thomas H. Bayly John Blanchard Paul Dillingham, jr. George W. Hopkins Mr. Edmund W. Hubard Mr. John S. Pendleton' Frederick P. Stanton John Strohm Hezekiah Williams Thomas M. Woodruff. The Clerk, under the direction of the Speaker, and in presence of the House, then proceeded to the execution of the said order, by placing in a box the name of each member and delegate upon a separate piece of paper, and drawing them out, one at a time, until all the names were drawn; each member choosing his seat when his name was announced. The order having been executed, Mr. Tibbatts gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce bills of the following titles, viz: A bill making appropriations for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers. A bill to authorize the purchase of the residue of the stock held by individual stockholders in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, and the Louisville Dry Dock Company; and to make the navigation of said canal free from toll. A bill making appropriations for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," approved July 9, 1838. A bill providing a similar compensation for the officers and soldiers who served in the Indian wars, prior to the treaty of Greenville, in 1795, as is now authorized by law to be paid to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war. Mr. Owen gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill for establishing a Smithsonian Institution. Mr. McClernand gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to reduce and graduate the price of public lands. Mr. Giles moved the following resolution: Resolved, That of the twenty thousand copies of the President's message, now ordered to be printed, five thousand copies thereof, with the documents relating to "Texas and Mexico," be printed as soon as possible for the use of this House; and also, that the usual number extra (ten thousand) of copies of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and accompanying documents, be printed. A motion was made by Mr. Robert Smith to amend the said resolution, by adding thereto the following, viz: "And that there be printed, in addition to the usual number already ordered, three thousand copies of the President's message and accompanying documents in the German language." The said amendment was read; and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? It was decided in the negative. The question recurred, Will the House agree to the said resolution? when A motion was made by Mr. Payne to amend the same by inserting "twenty thousand extra," instead of "the usual number.” After debate, Mr. Brodhead moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered. Pending the question on which, on motion of Mr. Kennedy, the House, at thirteen minutes after 3 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock meridian. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1845. Jefferson Davis and Robert W. Roberts, members from the State of Mississippi, appeared, were sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took seats in the House. Mr. Wentworth gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to establish a port of entry at the city of Chicago. Mr. George S. Houston gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce bills of the following titles, viz: A bill to establish a permanent prospective pre-emption system in favor of actual settlers on the public lands; and A bill to cede to the State of Alabama the public lands lying within the limits of said State for purposes of education. Mr. Hoge gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to sell the reserved mineral lands in the State of Illinois and in the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin. Mr. James A. Black gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to reorganize the militia of the United States, and for other purposes. Mr. Bowlin gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill organizing a territorial government in the Oregon territory, and for other purposes. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Giles on Thursday last, and pending when the House adjourned on that day, in relation to the printing of the documents upon the subject of "Texas and Mexico," accompanying the President's message, and of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury; the question being, Will the House agree to the motion made by Mr. Payne to amend the same, by striking out the words "usual number," and inserting, in lieu thereof, "twenty thousand." And the main question was put, Will the House agree to the said motion of Mr. Payne? And decided in the negative, 92 Yeas, 105 The nays and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stephen Adams Archibald Atkinson E. Carrington Cabell John D. Cummins Hugh A. Haralson Mr. Thomas J. Henley Joseph P. Hoge Barclay Martin William W. Payne Those who voted in the negative are— Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Lemuel H. Arnold George Ashmun Edward D. Baker Daniel M. Borringer Asa Biggs Solomon Foot Henry D. Foster Mr. Meredith P. Gentry James Graham So the said amendment was rejected. Mr. George Rathbun Mr. James J. McKay Alexander H. Stephens William P. Thomasson Benjamin Thompson Joseph Vance Horace Wheaton Robert C. Winthrop |