Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Henry Bedinger Charles S. Benton Howell Cobb John F. Collin James J. Faran Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin So the resolution was not laid upon the table. Mr. Albert Smith Caleb B. Smith John Strohm Bannon G. Thibodeaux William P. Thomasson Benjamin Thompson Bryan R. Young. Mr. Isaac E. Morse Frederick P. Stanton Jacob S. Yost. The question recurred, Will the House agree to the same? It was decided in the affirmative. 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. Brockenbrough: A memorial of George Marshall, John L. Knapp, and others, citizens of Cape Florida and vicinity, praying that measures may be taken by Congress for the erection of fortifications for the protection of the bay and harbor at that place; Also, a memorial of General Joseph M. Hernandez, Colonel J. M. Hanson, and Venancio Sanchez, of St. Augustine, Florida, praying appropriations for the repair of the fort at that place, and for the erection of defences at other points on the coast of East Florida. By Mr. James Thompson: A memorial of the committee of the military convention of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a more perfect organization of the militia of the United States. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Perry: A memorial of Isaac Beall, of Alleghany county, and State of Maryland, son of Thomas Beall, deceased, who was a captain in the American army in the war of the Revolution, praying compensation. for the services of his deceased father in the revolutionary war: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. McIlvaine: A memorial of Abigail Barnard and forty-six others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the repeal of all laws which sanction or sustain slavery in the District of Columbia, or any of the Territories: which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Tredway: A petition of citizens of the county of Halifax, and State of Virginia, praying the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Ridgeway, Warren county, North Carolina, to Halifax court-house, Halifax county, in the State of Virginia. By Mr. Perry: The petition of Gabriel Friend-heretofore presented January 20, 1845. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Seddon: A petition of the president and directors of the Tredegar Iron Company of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, praying compensation for certain guns manufactured under contract with the Navy Department of the United States, which had been rejected by the government under new and unusual proofs: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Brockenbrough: A petition of citizens of Benton county, and State of Florida, praying for the establishment of a new collection district, and that Cedar Keys be made the port of entry in said State: which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Maclay: A memorial of Benjamin Kenney, of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, praying compensation for performing the duty of sailmaker on board the United States ship Cumberland, from the 1st of November, 1844, to the 24th of November, 1845; Also, a memorial of Frederick E. Sickles and Truman Cook, of the city of New York, praying the government to purchase of them their patent invention known by the name of "Sickles' Cut-off," for cutting off steam in steam engines, to be used on the steamers in the navy and revenue service of the United States. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Brockenbrough: A petition of James S. Bell and Allen G. Johnson, of Hamilton county, and State of Florida, praying the passage of a law granting them the privilege to reclaim, by draining, certain lands of the United States now covered by water, for a stipulated portion of said lands: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. McIlvaine: A memorial of Hannah C. Gray and forty-two others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the constitution of the United States be so amended as to restrain the general government from requiring any portion of the citizens of the United States to assist in aiding one portion of its inhabitants to hold any other portion in a state of slavery: which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Gordon: A petition of Susan Howard, of Sandford, Broome county, and State of New York, widow of Benjamin Howard, deceased, who was a soldier of the American army in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension on account of the services of her deceased husband: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Harper: Additional documents relative to the erection of a bridge across the Ohio river at Wheeling, in the State of Virginia: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee this day presented to the President of the United States a bill (No. 260) entitled "An act to repeal the act requiring one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia to reside in Alexandria." On motion of Mr. Haralson, 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. McKay reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 38) to raise two regiments of riflemen, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. A message was received from the President of the United States, by James K. Walker, his private secretary, notifying that he did this day approve and sign the bill (No. 260) entitled "An act to repeal the act requiring one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia to reside in Alexandria." A motion was made by Mr. John Quincy Adams, to reconsider the vote of the House agreeing to the resolution to terminate debate upon the bill (No. 38) to raise two regiments of riflemen, and for other purposes, at three o'clock this day. And pending the question upon the said motion, On motion of Mr. Albert Smith, the House, at twenty minutes past 3 o'clock, adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1846. The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. John Quincy Adams, and pending when the House adjourned yesterday, to reconsider the vote of Monday last, agreeing to the resolution to stop all debate upon the bill (No. 38) "to raise two regiments of riflemen, and for other purposes," at three o'clock yesterday: when Mr. Tibbatts moved that the said motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative. 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. Augustus C. Dodge: A memorial of the board of county commissioners of Dubuque county, and Territory of Iowa, praying for the reimbursement of certain sums of money alleged to have been wrongfully paid by said county on account of the United States. By Mr. Leake: The petition of the heirs of John Hansbrough, deceased-heretofore presented February 6, 1840. By Mr. Hilliard: A petition of Catharine E. Moreland, of Russell county, and State of Alabama, praying indemnification for property lost in the late war with the Creek Indians. Ordered, That said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Ashmun: A petition of James Taylor, of Southwick, Massachusetts, a soldier of the army in the war of the Revolution, and now a pensioner of the United States, praying for back pension from 1818 to 1830: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Also, a petition of Edward Raymore, of Greenwich, county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, praying for a pension on account of injuries received while a soldier in the army of the United States in the year 1792: which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: A memorial of the members of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that the salary of the surveyor general of the district of Wisconsin and Iowa may be increased to the amount now allowed other surveyors general; Also, a memorial of members of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, of like import; Also, a memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, praying the passage of a law authorizing the sale of the reserved mineral lands in that Territory; Also, a petition of citizens of Polk county, in the Territory of Iowa, praying that the land upon which Des Moines is situated may be granted to the county of Polk, in said Territory; Also, two petitions of citizens of Des Moines county, and Territory of Iowa, praying the grant of three sections of land for the improvement of the territorial road from Keokuk, in Lee county, to Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, in said Territory; Also, a petition of citizens of Lee county, and Territory of lowa, of like import. By Mr. Brockenbrough: A petition of Antoine Wordehoff, of Hillsborough county, in the State of Florida, praying that a patent may be granted to him for a certain tract of land applied for under the armed occupation law. Ordered, That said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: A petition of citizens of the town of Keokuk, county of Lee, and Territory of Iowa, praying the establishment of a semi-weekly mail route from Keokuk, in Lee county, to Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson, in said Territory. By Mr. Hamlin: A memorial of citizens of the State of Maine, praying the establishment of a mail route from the town of Waterville, in the county of Kennebeck, to the town of Dover, in Piscataquis county, and State of Maine. Ordered, That said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Niven: A memorial of Benjamin Montayne, of Sullivan county, in the State of New York, for himself and Nancy King, surviving children and heirs-at-law of Benjamin Montayne, deceased, praying remuneration for the services of said deceased in the American army in the war of the Revolution: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. Dixon: A memorial of citizens of Thompsonville, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, manufacturers and operatives in the manufacture of carpeting, remonstrating against any change in the tariff law of 1842: which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Strong: A memorial of citizens of Cortland county, in the State of New York, remonstrating against the renewal and extension of letters patent to Benjamin H. Wood, for the improvement in cast iron ploughs, heretofore granted to Jethro Wood, now deceased: which was referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Dodge: Four petitions of citizens of the Territory of Iowa, praying an appropriation for the survey of the Des Moines river; Also, a petition of citizens of the county of Scott, in the Territory of Iowa, praying for the erection of a wire suspension bridge across the Ohio river; Also, a petition of citizens of southern Iowa, praying for the erection of a bridge across the Des Moines river at Keosanqua, in Van Buren county; Also, a petition of citizens of the same Territory, praying an appropriation for the construction of a "public wharf" at Keokuk, in said Territory. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Severance: A petition of citizens of Hallowell, in the State of Maine, praying that a congress of nations may be assembled for the adoption of a code of international law. By Mr. Woodruff: A petition of citizens of the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, for the same purpose. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Seaman: A petition of citizens of the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, protesting against the evil of uniting a plurality of offices in the hands of a single person: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Dodge: A petition of citizens of the Territory of Iowa, praying for the removal of obstructions in the Des Moines and Rock River rapids, in the Mississippi river; Also, sundry petitions of citizens of the same Territory, four from the county of Henry, three from the county of Scott, two from the county of Jefferson, and one from the county of Jackson, of like import; Also, a petition of citizens of said Territory, praying that the river Skunk may be declared a public highway, and for the survey of a portion of said river. By Mr. Dixon: A petition of citizens of the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, praying for the abolition of the office of inspector of customs located at Utica, in said State. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com merce. On motion of Mr. Brinkerhoff, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time L |