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, Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 113 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are- John S. Pendleton Augustus L. Perrill James H. Relle John A. Rockwell John Runk Cullen Sawtelle William Sawyer Henry J. Seaman James A. Seddon Luther Severance Truman Smith Albert Smith Robert Smith Frederick P. Stanton David A. Starkweather Henry St. John John Strohin Witam Taylor Abraham R. Mcllvaine Bannon G. Thibodeaux Benjamin Thompson Allen G. Thurman Daniel R. Tilden Horace Wheaton I lugh White Hezekiah Williams David Wilmot Thomas M. Woodruff Jacob S. Yost. Mr. James J. Faran Solomon Foot Henry D. Foster George Fries William S. Garvin William F. Giles Charles Goodyear Henry Grider Francis A. Cunningham Martin Grover James G. Hampton Hugh A. Hara'son John H. Harmanson Alexander Harper Thomas J. Henley Richard P. Herrick Henry W. Hilliard Elias B. Holmes Mr. William J. Hough Mr. Robert Dale Owen Mr. Stephen Strong George Sykes William P. Thomasson James Thompson Jacob Thompson John W. Tibbatts Robert Toombs William M. Tredway Andrew Trumbo Joseph Vance Samuel F. Vinton John Wentworth William W. Wick Robert C. Winthrop Bradford R. Wood Joseph A. Woodward William W. Woodworth William Wright Archibald Yell Alexander H. Stephens Bryan R. Young. Andrew Stewart The main question was then put, Will the House agree to the said resolution? 117 And decided in the affirmative, SYeas, Nays, Those who voted in the affirniative are- Mr. James Pollock Sterling Price Alexander Ramsey David S. Reid R. Barnwell Rhett John Ritter Julius Rockwell Joseph M. Root Joseph Russell John F. Scammon Robert C. Schenck Alexander D. Sims Leonard H. Simnis Richard F. Simpson Thomas Smith Caleb B. Smith Alexander H. Stephens Andrew Stewart Stephen Strong George Sykes William P. Thomasson James Thompson Jacob Thompson John W. Tibbalts Robert Toombs William M. Tredway Andrew Trumbo Joseph Vance Samuel F. Vinton John Wentworth William W. Wick Robert C. Winthrop Bradford R. Wood Joseph A. Woodward William W. Woodworih William Wright Archibald Yell Bryan R. Young Jacob S. Yost. 1 Those who voted in the negative are- Augustus L. Perrill James H. Relfe John A. Rockwell John Runk Cullen Sawtelle William Sawyer Henry J. Seaman James A. Seddon Luther Severance Truman Smith Robert Smith Frederick P. Stanton David A. Starkweather Henry St. John Edward W. McGaughey John Strohm Abraham R. McIlvaine William Taylor Benjamin Thompson Allen G. Thurman Daniel R. Tilden Horace Wheaton Hugh White Hezekiah Williams David Wilmot Thomas M. Woodruff. William W. Payne 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: Résolved, 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 “Teras and Mcrico," 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 It was decided in the negative. 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? 92 And decided in the negative, Yeas, Nays, 105 The nays and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. George Rathbun David S. Reid Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stephen Adams Mr. Thomas J. Henley Archibald Atkinson Joseph P. Hoge Thomas H. Bayly Isaac E. Holmes James A. Black George S. Houston James B. Bowlin Edmund W. Hubard Linn Boyd Robert M. T. Hunter William G. Brown Charles J. Ingersoll Armistead Burt James Hl. Johnson E. Carrington Cabell Joseph Johnson Charles W. Cathcart Andrew Johnson Reuben Chapman George W. Jones Lucien B. Chase Seaborn Jones John S. Chipman John W. Lawrence Henry S. Clarke Shelton F. Leake Howell Cobb Owen D. Leib Albert Constable John H. Lumpkin Alvan Cullom William B. Maclay John D. Cummins Robert McClelland Francis A. Cunningham John A. McClernand John R. J. Daniel Ja D. McCrate Edward S. Dargin John P. Martin Jefferson Davis Burclay Martin John De Mott Joseph Morris James C. Dobbin Archibald C. Niven Stephen A. Douglass Moses Norris James J. Faran Robert Dale Owen Orlando B. Ficklin Isaac Parish George Fries William W. Payne William S. Garvin Augustus L. Perrill Hannibal Hamlin John Petrit Hugh A. Haralson Sterling Price Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Amos Abbott Mr. Meredith P. Gentry John Quincy Adams Joshua R. Giddings Lemuel H. Arnold William F. Giles George Ashmun Charles Goodycar Edward D. Baker Samuel Gordon Daniel M. Borringer James Graham Henry Bedinger Henry Grider Joshua F. Bell Joseph Grinnell Charles S. Benton Martin Grover Asa Bigos James G. Hampton Jarnes Black John H. Harmanson John Blanchard Alexander Harper Jacob Brinkerhoff Richard P. Herrick Richard Brodhead Henry W. Hilliard Milton Brown Elias B. Holmes Joseph Buffington George W. Hopkins William W. Campbell William J. Hough John H. Campbell John W. Houston William M. Cocke Charles Hudson Orville Hungerford Washington Hunt James B. Hunt Joseph R. Ingersoll Timothy Jenkins Andrew Kennedy Daniel P. King Preston King Thomas Butler King Abper Lewis Lewis C. Levin Moses McClean Joseph J. McDowell Edward W. McGaughey John H. McHenry Abraham R. Mcllvaine Mr. James J. McKay George P. Marsh |
