These several petitions and memorials were laid upon the table, under the order of the House of the 11th of September last. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution reported from the Committee of Ways and Means on the 25th of September ultimo, "That it is inexpedient to charter a national bank.” And after further debate, the hour of 11 A. M. arrived; when the debate was suspended; and The House, in pursuance of the special order of the 26th of September, proceeded to the consideration of the resolution from the Senate fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress; which said resolution is in the words following, viz: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the two Houses of Congress will adjourn, and close the present session on Monday, the ninth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. A motion was made by Mr. Haynes to amend the said resolution, by striking out the word "ninth," and inserting the word "sixteenth." A motion was made by Mr. William Cost Johnson, that the resolution do lie on the table; which motion was disagreed to by the House; when A motion was made by Mr. Patton, that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed until Monday, the 9th of October instant; which motion was disagreed to by the House. And the question was then put that the House do agree to the amendment moved by Mr. Haynes, viz: to strike out the word "ninth," and to insert the word "sixteenth," And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, 115, 103. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. James Alexander, jun. Mr. John Edwards George W. Hopkins Mr. William Cost Johnson Nathaniel Jones William Montgomery George W. Owens Amasa J. Parker Lemuel Paynter Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John W. Allen Kobert Fletcher Millard Fillmore Rice Garland Thomas Glascock Patrick G. Goode Mr. William Graham Levi Lincoln Stephen C. Phillips Augustine . Shepperd Ebenezer J. Shielas Mark H. Sibley Francis O. J. Smith Adam W. Snyder Waddy Thompson, jun. Thomas Jones Yorke A motion was then made by Mr. Mercer that the further consideration of the said resolution be postponed until the first Monday in April next; which motion was disagreed to by the House. And the question was put, that the House do agree to the resolution as amended, 153, 65. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Chaney Isaac E. Crary Seaton Grantland Abraham P. Grant Robert H. Hammond James Harlan Albert G. Harrison George W. Hopkins Hugh S. Legare John P. B. Maxwell Abraham McClellan Thos. M. T. McKennan William Montgomery William S. Morgan Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allan John W. Allen John Bell William Key Bond William B. Calhoun John Calhoon William B. Campbell William B. Carter Richard Cheatham Timothy Childs Robert B. Cranston John W. Crockett Franklin H. Elmore Horace Everett Richard Fletcher' Millard Fillmore Rice Garland Patrick G. Goode William J. Graves John K. Griffin William S. Hastings Mr. Richard Hawes Robert M. T. Hunter William Cost Johnson Abram P. Maury Luther C. Peck Mr. George W. Owens Amasa Parker Abraham Rencher Augustine H. Shepperd Obadiah Titus George W. B. Towns Abraham Vanderveer Thomas T. Whittlesey Mr. Stephen C. Phillips John Taliaferro Joseph L. Tillinghast Taylor Webster Lewis Williams Sherrod Williams Mr. Briggs, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill (No. 1) entitled "An act to postpone the fourth instalment of deposite with the States," and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bill. The House proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections on the election and return of John F. H. Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson as members of this House from the State of Mississippi. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Maury on the 27th of September, to the resolution reported by the Committee of Elections. And, after debate, The hour of half past two o'clock P. M. arrived, and the House took a recess until four o'clock. FOUR O'CLOCK, P. M. The House resumed its session. A message was received from the Senate by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary, notifying that the Senate concur in the amendment of this House to the resolution fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress; and so it is Resolved, That the two Houses of Congress will adjourn and close the present session on Monday, the sixteenth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. The House then resumed' the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections; And, after further debate, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 10 o'clock in the forenoon. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1837. Ordered, That Mr. Evans, of Maine, have leave to be absent from the service of this House from Monday next, the 9th instant, for the remainder of the session. Mr. Martin presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of FrankJin, in the State of Alabama, praying for the establishment of a mail route. Mr. Naylor presented a memorial of inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union of these States. Mr. Darlington presented a like memorial of inhabitants of Delaware county, in the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Randolph presented a like memorial of inhabitants of Rahway, in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Fillmore presented a like memorial of inhabitants of the towns of Collins, Eden, and Evans, in the county of Erie and State of New York. Mr. Fletcher, of Vermont, presented a like memorial of inhabitants of the town of Concord, in the State of Vermont. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a like memorial of Justus Beardsley and 538 males and females of Perinton, in the State of New York. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a like memorial of William Livingston and other inhabitants of Jefferson county, in the State of Ohio. Mr. Parmenter presented like memorials of inhabitants of Concord and Carlisle, in the State of Massachusetts. Mr. Davee presented a like memorial of inhabitants of Exeter, in the State of Maine. Mr. Darlington presented memorials of inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania and of the county of Lancaster, in said State, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did yesterday present to the President of the United States an enrolled bill (No. 1) entitled "An act to postpone the fourth instalment of deposite with the States." Several messages, in writing, were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Abraham Van Buren, his private Secretary; which were delivered in at the Speaker's table. The House proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections on the election and return of John F. H. Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson as members of this House from the State of Mississippi. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Maury, on the 27th of September, to the resolution reported by the Committee of Elections; "And, after debate, The hour of half past two o'clock P. M. arrived, and the House took a recess until four o'clock. FOUR O'CLOCK P. M. The House resumed its session. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the correspondence called for by the House on the 2d instant, between the Department and individuals, banks, or other corporations, relative to an issue of Treasury notes; which letter was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, prepared in obedience to the order of the House of the 30th September, calling for the monthly returns from receivers of public moneys under the specie circular of July 11, 1836, with copies of the certifi cates of deposites received at the Treasury from the late deposite banks; which report was read, and laid on the table. The messages received from the President of the United States to-day were read, viz: FIRST MESSAGE. To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of State, containing the information requested by their resolution of the 19th instant, together with the documents by which the report was accompanied. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, September 30, 1837. Ordered, That the said message do lie on the table. |