Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Hiram McCarty; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the petitioner is not entitled to relief.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of citizens of Cayuga, New York, in behalf of PhebeMorris; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Nathaniel Mothershead; and in concurrence therewith,

Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of said petition.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Joseph H. Marsh; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the memorial of Lewis Morris; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the memorialist be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the petition of Lydia Ann Mills; and in concurrence therewith, Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the petition.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the memorial of Hezekiah Miller; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the memorialist is not entitled to relief.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the memorial of the legal representatives of Lemuel P. Montgomery; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the memorialists ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the documents relating to the claim of the widow of Æneas Mackay; and in concurrence therewith,

Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of the heirs of of Elisha Merriman; and in concurrence therewith,

Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of said petition.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Thomas Mullett; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the petitioner is not entitled to relief.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Dinah Mount; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of D. A. Melhorn; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the petitioner is not entitled to relief.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Edward Milton; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the petition of Edward Milton be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the memorial of Hans Nelson; and in concurrence therewith, Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Public Lands on the documents relating to the claim of John Newton; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the claim of John Newton be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims on the memorial of the heirs of Cornelius Oakley; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Private Land Claims on the memorial of the heirs of James Perrie and Lucy Perrie; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Tobias Purrington; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved. That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Elliot F. Penney; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be not granted.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the memorial of Z. W. Potter; and in concurrence therewith, Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of William Roberts; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the memorial of E. D. Reynolds; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the memorialist is not entitled to relief, and that he have leave to withdraw his memorial.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the memorial of John A. Rogers; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the memorialist be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the memorial of Esther Scollay; and in concurrence therewith, Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the memorial of J. Smith; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the memorial ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Private Land Claims on the petition of Catharine Strubing; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be not granted.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Sarah Smith; and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be not granted.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs on the petition of Henry R. Schoolcraft for certain pay and emoluments as an officer in the Mississippi expeditions in 1831 and 1832; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs on the petition of Henry R. Schoolcraft, praying to be allowed a commission on disbursements in the Indian country; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the memorial of Sarah Somers Corson; and in concurrence therewith,

Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the memorial of John R. St. John; and in concurrence therewith, Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the memorial of Mary S. Whetmore; and in concurrence therewith,

Ordered, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Public Lands on the petition of William Woodbridge; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be not granted.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the documents relating to the claim of William S. Waller; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the claim be rejected.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the petition of Hugh Wallace Wormeley; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Stephen P. Yeomans and others, in behalf of Tacey Conger; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the petition of John C. Hays; and,

On motion by Mr. Rusk,

Ordered, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition and papers.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 80) for·· the relief of Thomas H. Leggett; and,

On motion by Mr. Borland,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to

morrow.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, their Clerk:

Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The President pro tempore signed the enrolled bill (S. 6) last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made the 23d April, to reconsider the vote on the engrossment of the bill (S. 214) for the relief of Mark Bean and Richard H. Bean, of Arkansas; and,

On the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative,

On motion by Mr. Underwood,

(Yeas----
Nays----

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

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Messrs. Bayard, Bradbury, Clemens, Dawson, De Saussure, Fish, Hale, Houston, King, Mason, Miller, Pearce, Pratt, Smith, Soulé, Stockton, Toucey, Underwood, Upham, Wade, Weller.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Borland, Brodhead, Charlton, Clarke, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Foot, James, Jones of Iowa, Norris, Rusk, Sebastian, Walker.

So the motion to reconsider the vote on the engrossment of the bill was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Houston,

Ordered, That the further consideration of this bill be postponed to Friday next.

The bill granting a pension to John Le Roy, was read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

The bill (S. 206) for the relief of Elizabeth V. Lomax, was read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole.

On motion by Mr. Underwood,

To amend the bill by striking out, line eight, "twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-two," and inserting twenty-seventh day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty.

It was determined in the negative,

(Yeas ---
Nays----

On motion by Mr. Underwood,

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

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Messrs. Atchison, Bayard, Charlton, Dawson, Dodge of Wisconsin, Felch, Foot, Hale, King, Pearce, Smith, Toucey, Underwood, Upham, Wade, Walker, Weller.

Those who voted in the negative arc,

Messrs. Badger, Borland, Brodhead, De Saussure, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Fish, Gwin, Houston, Jones of Iowa, Mason, Norris, Rusk, Sebastian, Soulé, Stockton.

No amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time?

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

Messrs. Badger, Borland, Brodhead, De Saussure, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Fish, Foot, Gwin, Houston, Jones of Iowa, Mason, Norris, Rusk, Sebastian, Smith, Soulé, Stockton.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Bayard, Charlton, Dawson, Felch, Hale, King, Pearce, Toucey, Underwood, Upham, Wade, Walker, Weller.

So it was

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed and read a third time.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 95) for the relief of the heirs of John Jackson; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read a third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

The bill (S. 429) for the relief of Benjamin S. Roberts, was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it be engrossed, and read a third time.

The bill (S. 306) for the relief of the West Feliciana Railroad Company, was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole;

and,

On motion by Mr. Dawson,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

The following engrossed bills were severally read a third time by u-ani

mous consent:

S. 272. An act granting a pension to John Le Roy;

S. 206. An act for the relief of Elizabeth V. Lomax.

Resolved, That the said bills pass, and that their respective titles be ae aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The engrossed bill (S. 148) to revive for a limited time an act in relation to donations of land to certain persons in the State of Arkansas, was read a third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned.