James Graham, William Graham, Seaton Grantland, George Grennell, jr., John K. Griffin, William Halsted, Robert H. Hammond, Thomas L. Hamer, James Harlan, Alexander Harper, Richard Hawes, Charles E. Haynes, William Herod, George W. Hopkins, Benjamin C. Howard, William H. Hunter, Samuel Ingham, Thomas B. Jackson, Jabez Jackson, Daniel Jenifer, Henry Johnson, Daniel P. Leadbetter, Francis S. Lyon, Samson Mason, Abram P. Maury, William L. May, John P. B. Maxwell, William S. Morgan, Calvary Morris, John L. Murray, Charles Naylor, Charles Ogle, John Pope, David Potts, jr., Zadock Pratt, Harvey Putnam, James Rariden, Joseph F. Randolph, Joseph Ridgway, Edward Rumsey, Daniel Sheffer, Augustine H. Shepperd, Ebenezer J. Shields, Matthias Sheplor, William Slade, Francis O. J. Smith, William W. Southgate, James B. Spencer, Edward Stanly, Archibald Stuart, William Stone, Charles C. Stratton, Henry Swearingen, John Taliaferro, Waddy Thompson, jr., George W. Toland, Isaac Toucey, Joseph R. Underwood, Abraham Vanderveer, Albert S. White, John White, Thomas T. Whittlesey, Sherrod Williams, Jared W. Williams, Joseph L. Williams, Christopher H. Williams, Henry A. Wise, Thomas J. Word. The following-named members voted for the Rev. E. C. Hutchinson : Messrs. Linn Banks, Andrew Beirne, James W. Bouldin, Jesse A. Bynum, Walter Coles, Henry W. Connor, George C. Dromgoole, Joshua R. Giddings, Micajah T. Hawkins, Robert M. T. Hunter, Joseph Johnson, John W. Jones, Francis Mallory, James M. Mason, James J. McKay, Abraham McClellan, John J. Milligan, James A. Pearce, Francis W. Pickens, Abraham Rencher, Francis E. Rives, Francis Thomas, George W. Towns, Hopkins L. Turney, and Archibald Yell. The following-named members voted for the Rev. Stephen G. Bulfinch: Messrs. Heman Allen, Hugh J. Anderson, Charles G. Atherton, Nathaniel B. Borden, Samuel Cushman, George Evans, Horace Everett, James Farrington, John Fairfield, Richard Fletcher, Millard Fillmore, Hiland Hall, William S. Hastings, Levi Lincoln, Arphaxed Loomis, Joshua L. Martin, Joseph C. Noyes, Amasa J. Parker, William Parmenter, Virgil D. Parris, Luther C. Peck, John Reed, Edward Robinson, Leverett Saltonstall, and Adam W. Snyder. The following-named members voted for the Rev. Amzi Babbitt: Messrs. Richard Biddle, Andrew Buchanan, John C. Clark, Edward Davies, Jacob Fry, jr., Hiram Gray, Edward B. Hubley, George M. Keim, John Klingensmith, jr., Charles McClure, Lemuel Paynter, John Sergeant, David E. Wagener, and Thomas Jones Yorke. The following-named members voted for the Rev. Septimus Tustin: Messrs. John Bell, Isaac H. Bronson, C. C. Cambreleng, John Campbell, William K. Clowney, Thomas Corwin, Albert G. Harrison, Thomas Henry, Gouverneur Kemble, John P. Kennedy, Thomas M. T. McKennan, Richard H. Menefee, Charles F. Mercer, and Arnold Plumer. The following-named members voted for the Rev. Mr. Fowler: Messrs. John Quincy Adams, John W. Allen, William B. Calhoun, Edward Curtis, Albert Gallup, James Garland, Richard P. Marvin, Robert McClellan, David Russell, Mark H. Sibley, and Henry Vail. The following-named members voted for the Rev. John Owen: Messrs. John T. Andrews, Cyrus Beers, William Key Bond, Isaac E. Crary, Abraham P. Grant, William H. Noble, Lancelot Phelps, William Taylor, and Joseph L. Tillinghast. And the Reverend Levi R. Reese having obtained a majority of the whole number of votes given, was declared to be duly elected chaplain to Congress, on the part of this House, for the present session. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker laid before the House the following communications, viz: I. A report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the employment of clerks, as well as the expense incurred in answering calls of this House on the Navy Department, at the last session of Congress, for information; furnished in obedience to the order of the House of the 9th July, 1838; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Commissioners of the Navy, for the year ending September 30, 1838; which letter and statements were laid on the table. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by documents and reports, setting forth what has been done under the act of the 7th July last, entitled "An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and making surveys for the year 1838;" which letter and communication were laid on the table. And then, at three-quarters past two o'clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow, twelve o'clock meridian. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1838. Another member, viz: from the State of Georgia, Jesse F. Cleveland, appeared, and took his seat. The rule being suspended for the purpose, Mr. Cushman moved the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That no committee of this House shall be permitted to employ a clerk, at the public expense, without first obtaining leave of the House for that purpose. The resolution being read, it was agreed to by the House. The House, by consent, 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. Howard reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 891) making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the years 1838 and 1839; which bill he was directed to report to the House without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-day. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions, under the joint resolution of the 29th of May, 1830, in relation to rejected applications for pensions; which letter and report were laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Chambers, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be authorized to employ a clerk. Mr. Cushing gave notice that he would, on Monday next, the 17th instant, move for leave to introduce a bill to provide for the protection of the citizens of the United States residing in the Oregon territory, or trading on the Columbia river, or its tributaries. Mr. Atherton presented a petition of inhabitants of Dover, in the State of New Hampshire, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the Cocheco branch of the Piscataqua river, in said State; which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Farrington presented a petition of David Corson, of the county of Strafford, in the State of New Hampshire, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for an increase of his pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Cushing presented a memorial of Harriet De la Palm Baker, heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, an officer of the revolutionary war, praying compensation for the sacrifices of her ancestor during said war: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts, presented the petition of Samuel Butler, heretofore presented, December 29, 1837; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Elias Carpenter, of Sturbridge, in the State of Massachusetts, an invalid soldier of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, praying for arrearages of a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of James Taylor, of Southwick, in the State of Massachusetts, an invalid pensioner, praying for arrears of his pension. Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Elisha Deming, an invalid soldier of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, praying for an increase of his pension. Ordered, That the said two petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Cushing, Ordered, That the petitions, resolutions, and other papers on the subject of the commercial intercourse between the United States and the foreign colonies of Great Britain, not finally acted upon at the last session, be taken from the files, and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Cushing, Ordered, That the resolutions and other papers on the subject of the Territory of Oregon, not finally acted upon at the last session, be taken from the files, and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Petitions for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia; for the abolition of the slave trade in the States; and against the annexation of any new State to the Union of these States, whose constitution shall tolerate slavery, were presented by Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts, viz: From ladies of South Hadley, in the State of Massachusetts; From sundry male citizens of South Hadley, in the State of Massachusetts; From sundry citizens of Southampton, in the county of Hampshire, in the State of Massachusetts; From sundry citizens of South Wilbraham, in the county of Hampden, in the State of Massachusetts; From sundry women of North Brookfield, in the State of Massachu setts. Mr. Wise objected to receiving these petitions. The Speaker decided that the said petitions were embraced by the order of the House of the 12th instant, which provided "that every petition, memorial, resolution, proposition, or paper, touching or relating, in any way, or to any extent whatever, to slavery, as aforesaid, or the abolition thereof, shall, on the presentation thereof, without any further action thereon, be laid upon the table, without being debated, printed, or referred;" and that, on the "presentation" of said petitions, the preliminary question that they be received cannot, under the said order of the 12th instant, be entertained; but that, "upon presentation thereof," under the said order, the said petitions would lie on the table. From this decision Mr. Wise took an appeal to the House. The previous question was moved by Mr. Taylor; and, being demanded by a majority of the members present, The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The said main question was then put, viz: Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, 186, 6. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Isaac Fletcher Millard Fillmore Jacob Fry, jr. George Grennell, jr. George W. Hopkins William Cost Johnson George M. Keim Gouverneur Kemble John P. Kennedy John Klingensmith, jr. Mr. Hugh S. Legare Those who voted in the Mr. William B. Carter John Chambers Daniel P. Leadbetter Thos. M. T. McKennan William S. Morgan negative are Mr. John W. Crockett John Pope Mr. Joseph F. Randolph R. Barnwell Rhett Isaac Toucey Hopkins L. Turney Abraham Vanderveer Thomas T. Whittlesey Jared W. Williams Joseph L. Williams Archibald Yell Thomas Jones Yorke. Mr. Christopher H. Williams In calling the yeas and nays on this question, Mr. John Quincy Adams and Mr. Wise refused to vote. On motion of Mr. Taylor, it was Ordered, That when the House shall adjourn to-day, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next. Mr. Mercer moved the following resolution, viz : Resolved, That all petitions and memorials presented to this House at the last session of Congress, and referred to the several standing committees, on which no report was made, or in relation to which bills were reported which were lost in either House, may be again referred to the same committees, at the pleasure of the members by whom they were respectively presented, on being handed, or a list thereof presented, to the Clerk. |