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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,
Nays,

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.

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Mr. John Edwards
John Ewing
James Farrington
Henry A. Foster
Jacob Fry, jun.
Albert Gallup
Samuel J. Gholson
James Graham
Seaton Grantland
'Abraham P. Grant
William J. Graves
Hiram Gray
John K. Griffin
Thomas L. Hamer
James Harlan
Albert G. Harrison
'Riehard Hawes
Charles E. Haynes
William Herod
Ogden Hoffman
Hopkins Holsey
Orin Holt

George W. Hopkins
Benjamin C. Howard
Edward B. Hubley
Robert M. T. Hunter
Thomas B. Jackson
Jabez Jackson
Joseph Johnson

Mr. William Cost Johnson

Nathaniel Jones
John W. Jones
Gouverneur Kemble
Joab Lawler
Hugh S. Legare
Daniel P. Leadbetter
Arphaxed Loomis
James M. Mason
Abram P. Maury
James J. McKay
Robert McClellan
Charles McClure
Isaac McKim
Richard H. Menefee
Charles F. Mercer
John Miller

William Montgomery
William S. Morgan
Samuel W. Morris
Henry A. Muhlenberg
William H. Noble
Charles Ogle

George W. Owens
John Palmer

Amasa J. Parker
William Parmenter
John M. Patton

Lemuel Paynter

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

John W. Allen
J. Banker Aycrigg
Andrew Beirne
William Key Bond
Ratliff Boon
Nathaniel B. Borden
George N. Briggs
Andrew Buchanan
William B. Calhoun
John Calhoun
William B. Campbell
Zadok Casey
John Chambers
Reuben Chapman
Timothy Childs
Thomas Corwin
Robert Craig
Robert B. Cranston
Edward Curtis
Edward Darlington
William C. Dawson
Edward Davies
Edmund Deberry
John Dennis
George H. Dunn
Franklin H. Elmore
George Evans
Horace Everett
John Fairfield

Kobert Fletcher

Millard Fillmore

Rice Garland

Thomas Glascock

Patrick G. Goode

Mr. William Graham
Elisha Haley
Hiland Hall
William Halsted
Robert H. Hammond
William S. Hastings
Micajah T. Hawkins
Thomas Henry
Samuel Ingham
Daniel Jenifer
Henry Johnson
Daniel Kilgore
John Klingensmith, jun.

Levi Lincoln
Henry Logan,
Andrew W. Loomis
Francis S. Lyon
Richard P. Marvin
Samson Mason
Joshua L. Martin
William L. May
John P. B. Maxwell
Abraham McClellan
Thomas M. T. McKennan
John J. Milligan
Mathias Morris
Calvary Morris
John L. Murray
Charles Naylor
Joseph C. Noyes
William Patterson
James A. Pearce
Luther C. Peck..

Stephen C. Phillips

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Augustine . Shepperd
Charles Shepard

Ebenezer J. Shielas
Matthias Sheplor

Mark H. Sibley

Francis O. J. Smith

Adam W. Snyder
Edward Stanley
Charles C. Stratton

Waddy Thompson, jun.
Joseph L. Tillinghast
George W. B. Towns
Joseph R. Underwood
Abraham Vanderveer
David D. Wagener
John White
Elisha Whittlesey
Lewis Williams
Sherrod Williams
Jared W. Williams
Joseph L. Williams
Christopher H. Williams
Archibald Yell

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,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

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Mr. John Chaney
Reuben Chapmam
Jonathan Cilley
Jesse F. Cleveland
William K. Clowney
Walter Coles
Henry W. Connor
Thomas Corwin
Robert Craig

Isaac E. Crary
Edward Curtie
Samuel Cushman
Edward Darlington
William C. Dawson
Thomas Davee
Edward Davies
Edmund Deberry.
John I. DeGraff
George C. Dromgoole
Alexander Duncan
George H. Dunn,
John Edwards.
George Evans
John Ewing
James Earrington
John. Fairfield
Isaac Fletcher
Henry A. Foster
Jacob Fry, jr..
Albert Gallup.
Thomas Glascock
James Graham
William Graham

Seaton Grantland

Abraham P. Grant
Hiram Gray
George Grennell, jr..
Elisha Haley
Hiland Hall
William Halsted

Robert H. Hammond
Thomas L. Hamer

James Harlan

Albert G. Harrison

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George W. Hopkins
Benjamin C. Howard
Edward B. Hubley
William H. Hunter
Samuel Ingham
Thomas B. Jackson
Jabez Jackson
Nathaniel Jones
John W. Jones
Gouverneur Kemble
Daniel Kilgore
John Klingensmith, jr.
Joab Lawler

Hugh S. Legare
Daniel P. Leadbetter
Levi Lincoln.
Henry Logan
Arphaxed Loomis
Andrew W. Loomis.
Francis S. Lyon
James M. Mason
Joshua L. Martin

John P. B. Maxwell
James J. McKay
Robert McClellan

Abraham McClellan
Charles McClure
Isaac McKim

Thos. M. T. McKennan
John Miller

William Montgomery
Ely Moore

William S. Morgan
Samuel W. Morris
Henry A. Muhlenberg
William H. Noble
Joseph C. Noyes
Charles Ogle

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
Daniel Jenifer
Henry Johnson
Joseph Johnson

William Cost Johnson
Dixon H. Lewis
Richard P. Marvin
Samson Mason

Abram P. Maury
William L. May
Richard H. Menefee
Charles F. Mercer
John J. Milligan
Mathias Morris
Calvary Morris
John L. Murray
Charles Naylor
William Patterson
John M. Patton
James A. Pearce

Luther C. Peck

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Mr. George W. Owens
John Palmer

Amasa Parker
William Parmenter
Lemuel Paynter
Isaac S. Pennybacker
David Petrikin
Lancelot Phelps
Francis W. Pickens
Arnold Plumer
David Potts, jr.
William W. Potter
Zadock Pratt
John H. Prentiss
James Rariden
Joseph F. Randolph
John Reed
Luther Reily

Abraham Rencher
John P. Richardson
Joseph Ridgway
Francis C. Rives
David Russell
Daniel Sheffer

Augustine H. Shepperd
Matthias Sheplor
Willit Slade
James B. Spencer
Archibald Stuart
Charles C. Stratton
William Taylor

Obadiah Titus
George W. Toland
Isaac Toucey

George W. B. Towns
Hopkins L. Turney
Henry Vail

Abraham Vanderveer
David D. Wagener
Joseph Weeks
Albert S. White
John White

Thomas T. Whittlesey
Jared W, Williams

Mr. Stephen C. Phillips
John Pope
John Robertson
Edward Rumsey
Charles Shepard
Ebenezer J. Shields
Mark H. Sibley
Adam W. Snyder,
William W. Southgate
Edward Stanly

John Taliaferro

Joseph L. Tillinghast
Joseph R. Underwood

Taylor Webster
Elisha Whittlesey

Lewis Williams

Sherrod Williams
Joseph L. Williams
Christopher H. Williams
Archibald Yell T
Thomas Jones Yorke

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.

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