Smith, Jesse Speight, Richard Spencer, James Standefer, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, James Trezvant, John W. Weeks, Charles A. Wickliffe, and Joel Yancey.—76. A motion was then made by Mr. Lea that there be a call of the House; which motion was rejected. The question recurred on the engrossment of the said bill; And after debate thereon, The previous question was moved by Mr. Condict; 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, { Yeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Messrs. William Armstrong, Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, Thomas Beekman, James Buchanan, Tristam Burges, William Cahoon, Timothy Childs, Thomas Chilton, James Clark, Lewis Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, Joseph H. Crane, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Harmar Denny, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, Joseph Duncan, William W. Ellsworth, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Isaac Finch, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, James L. Hodges, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Thomas Irwin, William W. Irvin, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, John Kincaid, Adam King, George G. Leiper, Robert P. Letcher, Henry C. Martindale, Lewis Maxwell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Dutee J. Pearce, Isaac Pierson, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Rose, Thomas H. Sill, Ambrose Spencer, William Stanberry, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John Taliaferro, John W. Taylor, John Test, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, James M. Wayne, Elisha Whittlesey, Edward D. White, Richard H. Wilde, Lewis Williams, Joseph F. Wingate, and Ebenezer Young.-88. Those who voted in the negative, are, Messrs. Mark Alexander, Willis Alston, John Anderson, William G. Angel, Robert W. Barnwell, James Blair, John Blair, Abraham Bockee, Peter I. Borst, John Broadhead, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Clay, Richard Čoke, jr., Henry W. Conner, Thomas H. Crawford, Jacob Crocheron, Thomas Davenport, Warren R. Davis, Edmund Deberry, Joseph Draper, William Drayton, Edward B. Dudley, Henry W. Dwight, Jonas Earll, jr., James Findlay, James Ford, Joseph Fry, William F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Thomas Hinds, Cornelius Holland, Michael Hoffman, Benjamin C. Howard, Henry Hubbard, Peter Ihrie, jr., Leonard Jarvis, Jonathan Jennings, Cave Johnson, Perkins King, Pryor Lea, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, John Magee, Thomas Maxwell, William McCreery, William McCoy, George McDuffie, Rufus McIntire, Daniel H. Miller, Walter H. Overton, John M. Patton, Spencer Pettis, James K. · Polk, Robert Potter, William Ramsey, Abram Rencher, John Roane, William Russel, Jonah Sanford, John Scott, Augustine H. Shepperd, James Shields, Samuel A. Smith, Jesse Speight, Richard Spencer, James Standefer, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, James Trezvant, John W. Weeks, Charles A. Wickliffe, Ephraim K. Wilson, and Joel Yancey.-82. The said main question was then put, viz: Shall the bill be engrossed, and read a third time? And passed in the affirmative, { Yeas, 93, 92. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Messrs. Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, Thomas Beekman, James Buchanan, Tristam Burges, Samuel Butman, William Cahoon, Timothy Childs, Thomas Chilton, James Clarke, Lewis Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, Joseph H. Crane, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Harmar Denny, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, William Drayton, Edward B. Dudley, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W. Eager, William W. Ellsworth, George Evans, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Isaac Finch, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, James L. Hodges, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, John Kincaid, George G. Leiper, Robert P. Letcher, Henry C. Martindale, Charles F. Mercer, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Dutee J. Pearce, Isaac Pierson, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Rose, William B. Shepard, Thomas H. Sill, Ambrose Spencer, William Stanberry, John B. Sterigere, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John Taliaferro, John W. Taylor, John Test, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, James M. Wayne, Elisha Whittlesey, Campbell P. White, Edward D. White, Richard H. Wilde, Lewis Williams, Ephraim K. Wilson, Joseph F. Wingate, and Ebenezer Young.-93. Those who voted in the negative, are, Messrs. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, Willis Alston, John Anderson, William G. Angel, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, Robert W. Barnwell, James Blair, John Blair, Abraham Bockee, Ratliff Boon, Peter I. Borst, John Broadhead, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John Campbell, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Člay, Richard Coke, jr., Henry W. Conner, Thomas H. Crawford, Jacob Crocheron, Thomas Davenport, Warren R. Davis, Edmund Deberry, Robert Desha, Charles G. De Witt, Joseph Draper, Jonas Earll, jr., James Findlay, James Ford, Thomas F. Foster, William F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Thomas Hinds, : Cornelius Holland, Michael Hoffman, Benjamin C. Howard, Henry Hubbard, Peter Ihrie, jr., Thomas Irwin, William W. Irvin, Jacob C. Isacks, Leonard Jarvis, Jonathan Jennings, Cave Johnson, Perkins King, Adam King, Henry G. Lamar, Pryor Lea, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, James Lent, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, John Magee, Thomas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, William McCreery, William McCoy, George McDuffie, Rufus McIntire, Daniel H. Miller, Walter H. Overton, John M. Patton, Spencer Pettis, James K. Polk, Robert Potter, Abram Rencher, John Roane, William Russel, Jonah Sanford, John Scott, Augustine H. Shepperd, James Shields, Samuel A. Smith, Jesse Speight, Richard Spencer, James Standefer, Philander Stephens, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, James Trezvant, John W. Weeks, Charles A. Wickliffe, and Joel Yancey.-92. Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time to-morrow. 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. Polk reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union, generally, under consideration, particularly bills of the following titles, viz: No. 645. A bill carrying into effect certain Indian treaties; No. 585. A bill making an appropriation for a custom-house in the city of New York; No. 614. A bill making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors, and providing for surveys; No. 609. A bill making appropriations for building light-houses, lightboats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys; which several bills he was directed to report to the House, with amendments to each. And then the House adjourned. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1831. Mr. Lamar, by leave, presented a petition of Alston S. Massey, of the State of Georgia, praying to be placed on the pension list; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Pensions. Mr. Storrs, of New York, by leave, presented a memorial of inhabitants of the county of Cayuga, in the State of New York, on behalf of the Indians; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Richardson, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, yesterday, present to the President of the United States enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: No. 43. An act supplemental to an act passed on the 31st March, 1830, entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United States; No. 50. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make compensation to the heirs of Taliaferro Livingston and Francis W. Armstrong, for the maintenance of fifteen Africans illegally imported into the United States; No. 65. An act to incorporate Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum in the District of Columbia; No. 113. An act to authorize the appointment of a subagent to the Winnebago Indians on Rock river; No. 343. An act making appropriations for the completion and support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; No. 523. An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification under the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of Denmark, of the 28th March, 1830, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sums to be paid by the Danish Government to that of the United States, according to the stipulation of the said convention. Mr. Richardson, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: No. 339. An act for the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia; No. 545. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications during the year 1831; No. 634. An act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of George McDougall; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Buchanan, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of George Ficklin and Daniel Ward, and that the said petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred, on the 11th January, the letter of the Secretary of the Navy upon the subject of live oak in Florida, made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 654) to provide for the punishment of offences in cutting, destroying, or removing live oak and other timber or trees reserved for naval purposes; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday next. Mr. White, of New York, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 655) for the relief of the legal representatives of John Coleman, deceased; which was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill from the Senate (No. 8) for the relief of Lucien Harper. On motion of Mr. Everett, Ordered, That the Committee on the Library be discharged from the further consideration of the letter of Duff Green, referred yesterday, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. John S. Barbour, Resolved, That the Clerk of this House do transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury the report of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made at the present session, in the case of Major John Roberts, together with the evidence on the files of this House sustaining the said report. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Haynes on the 11th of January last, upon the subject of a reduction of the duty on sugar; And after further debate thereon, the hour allotted by the rules expired, and the debate was suspended. Mr. Drayton then moved that the rule of the House which sets apart. Friday and Saturday in each week for the consideration of private business, exclusively, be suspended for this day, and that the House proceed in the consideration of business generally, as the same may stand upon the docket or calendar; And the question being put to agree to this motion, It passed in the affirmative, two-thirds of the members present voting therefor. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (No 165) entitled "An act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio hereinafter recited;" in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz: No. 349. An act for the relief of Richard Smith, and William Pearse, the second, of Bristol, Rhode Island; No. 529. An act for the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins, of Newbern, in North Carolina; No. 340. An act for the relief of Nathaniel Bird; were, severally, read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. An engrossed bill (No. 652) entitled "An act making provision for a subscription to a compilation of congressional documents," was read the third time; And after debate thereon, The previous question was moved by Mr. Pettis; and being 'demanded by a majority of the members, The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, 108, 78. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Messrs. William Armstrong, Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, Thomas Beekman. James Buchanan, Tristam Burges, Samuel Butman, William Cahoon, Thomas Chilton, James Clark, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B. Cowles, Robert Craig, Joseph H. Crane, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr., Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Thomas Davenport, John Davis, Harmar Denny, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, Joseph Draper, Edward B. Dudley, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W. Eager, George Evans, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, James Findlay, Isaac Finch, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, Thomas Hinds, James L. Hodges, Benjamin C. Howard, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, William W. Irvin, Jacob C. Isacks, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, William Kennon, John Kincaid, Perkins King, Adam King, George G. Leiper, James Lent, Robert P. Letcher, Henry C. Martindale, William McCreery, Charles F. Mercer, George E. Mitchell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Dutee J. Pearce, Spencer Pettis, Isaac Pierson, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, Abram Rencher, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Rose, William Russel, William B. Shepard, Benedict I. Semmes, Thomas H. Sill, Ambrose Spencer, William Stanberry, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, Henry R. Storrs, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John Taliaferro, John W. Taylor, John Test, Phineas L. Tracy, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, Elisha Whittlesey, Campbell P. White, Edward D. White, Richard |