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olution to grant land to the Hungarian exiles; which was read a first and second time by its title. The resolution was as follows:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That one hundred and sixty acres of land be granted to each of the Hungarian citizens, who have been transported to this country by the orders of this Government; said land to be located by such Hungarian citizens from any lands belonging to this Government now unoccupied.

The question now was, Shall the resolution be read a second time?

Objection was made.

The SPEAKER. Objection having been made, the question will be, Shall the resolution be rejected?

Mr. CABELL, of Florida. I ask the gentleman from New York to add a proviso to the joint resolution, that they go and live upon the land. Mr. JONES. I move to reject the bill. Mr. HALL. I would inquire if it is in order now to offer an amendment to the resolution?

The SPEAKER. It will not be in order until the resolution shall have been read a second time. It has been read the first time, and the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] moves its rejection.

Mr. HALL. I want only to propose that our citizens shall be entitled to the same privileges as his Dutchmen. That is all.

Mr. GIDDINGS demanded the yeas and nays on the rejection of the resolution.

Mr. GORMAN. This resolution is simply a resolution of the House, and it has not the words necessary to make it a joint resolution. I presume if it is proposed to debate it, it will go over under the rule.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] having moved a rejection of the resolution, in the opinion of the Chair that question will have to be taken.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I withdraw the motion to reject, as it is not a joint resolution.

The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. GORMAN] intend to debate the resolution?

Mr. GORMAN. Certainly.

The SPEAKER. The resolution then goes

over.

Mr. EVANS. I ask whether it is not a joint resolution?

The SPEAKER. It has no title, but it is in the nature of a joint resolution.

Mr. EVANS. I wish merely to suggest to the Chair that the gentleman from New York, [Mr. BOWNE,] when he offered that resolution, called for the previous question. After the gentleman had called for the previous question, the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] moved to reject the resolution. The motion for the previous question was not put by the Chair, and the gentleman had no right to interpose the proposition he madethereby carrying the resolution over, unless the previous question was first rejected.

The SPEAKER. The House refused to second the call for the previous question.

Mr. EVANS. It may be so, but the gentleman from New York [Mr. BowNE] tells me that the motion was not put.

Mr. BOWNE. I moved the previous question, but I do not understand that it was put.

The SPEAKER. I trust the gentleman from New York will be indulged in testing the sense of the House upon the call for the previous question. Mr. HALL. I move to lay the resolution upon

the table.

Mr. STUART. I wish to inquire if it is a joint resolution?

The SPEAKER. The Clerk so reports it. Mr. STUART. I would inquire if under the 59th rule it would go over?

The SPEAKER then read the 115th and 116th rules, as follow:

"Every bill shall receive three several readings in the House previous to its passage; and bills shall be dispatched in order as they were introduced, unless where the House shall direct otherwise; but no bill shall be twice read on the same day, without special order of the House."

"The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and if opposition be made to it, the question shall be "Shall this bill be rejected?"

Mr. JONES. Has notice been given to the Clerk, under this rule, of an intention to introduce this.resolution?

To this interrogatory no response was heard. The SPEAKER. As the proposition is made to debate the resolution, it goes over; and unless |

there be an appeal from the decision of the Chair, assigned by the House for the reception of petihe will so order it.

Mr. SACKETT introduced a bill, of which previous notice had been given, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to extend the patent heretofore granted to William Woodworth;'" which having been read a first and second time by its title, Mr. S. moved to refer it to the Committee on Patents.

Mr. TUCK moved to lay it upon the table. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, said the same bill had been killed over and over again. They had to kill it every session.

The question was then taken, and the House refused to lay on the table.

Mr. SACKETT said that gentlemen were mistaken in regard to the bill.

The bill was then read through.

Mr. TUCK said that, from the title of the bill, he inferred that it was a bill which had been repeatedly before Congress. He withdrew his motion.

Mr. ROBBINS renewed the motion to lay the bill upon the table; and, the question being put, it was not agreed to.

The question was then taken on referring it to the Committee on Patents; and it was agreed to. Mr. HASCALL, on leave, introduced a bill, of which previous notice had been given, concerning invalid pensioners; which was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. HAVEN, on leave, introduced a bill, of which previous notice had been given, to reenact and continue in operation certain acts for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States; which was read the first and second time by its title, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. BENNETT, on leave, introduced a joint resolution, (and desired that it might be put upon its passage,) to establish certain post routes; which was read a first and second time by its title.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, moved that it be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. BENNETT. I will only say a word upon the subject. I ask the consent of the House to let this resolution pass.

A MEMBER. It is not debatable.

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Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I rise to a question of order. Is there any question before the House?

The SPEAKER. The gentleman rises to a question of order.

Mr. JONES. Has there been an appeal from the decision of the Chair?

Mr. DISNEY. I will suggest to the ChairMr. JONES. All I want is, if the gentleman from Ohio makes a speech, I wish to be heard in reply. If there is no appeal, it will be said I have no right to speak.

Mr. DISNEY. I have no desire to make a speech, but informally to make these remarks as a suggestion to the Chair; but as the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] has avowed his desire to make a reply, for the sole and only purpose of gratifying the gentleman from Tennessee, I do make an appeal from the decision of the Chair.

Mr. TUCK. As this appeal is taken for the only reason, as stated by the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. DISNEY,] to enable him and the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] to have a little exercise in public debating, I would suggest to him, if it would not be better for the public, that this debate should take place in some committee-room, or any other private room? [Laughter.]

A brief discussion here took place between Mr. DISNEY, and Mr. JONES of Tennessee, relative to the decision previously made by the Chair, that resolutions giving rise to debate must lie over, Mr. D. citing the rules to show that debate was in order, and Mr. J. sustaining the decision of the Chair. The appeal was then withdrawn. These remarks, owing to the imperfect manner in which they were heard, the Reporter is constrained to omit.

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Mr. SEYMOUR, of New York, lowing resolution; which was re and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee of Way instructed to inquire into the expediency value of the specie coin of the United States real and nominal value of said coin equal.

Mr. PRICE, on leave, introduced a bill, of which previous notice had been given, "to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for car

Mr. BENNETT. The reason I ask this, it is rying the mails between Jersey City, in the State

a new and important route.

Mr. FICKLIN. There is a motion to commit

it. The question was then taken, and the resolution was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. HEBARD offered a resolution; which was read as follows, viz:

Whereas Kossuth, in a speech by him lately delivered at New York, is reported to have declared that he considered the resolution recently passed and adopted by this House" has a political meaning:" Therefore,

Resolved, That said resolution was intended by this House to have no " political meaning," nor to pledge this Government to any political action; but that it was intended merely as a testimonial of sympathy and respect for Kossuth, and the cause in which he is engaged.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I propose to say something upon that resolusion.

The SPEAKER. The resolution goes over, then, under the rule.

Mr. DISNEY. Do I understand the Chair to decide that the resolution goes over because the gentleman proposes to debate it?

The SPEAKER. That was the decision of the Chair.

Mr. DISNEY. Will the Chair refer me to the rule?

The SPEAKER. The Chair refers the gentleman to the 24th and 25th rules.

Mr. DISNEY. The 24th rule is in these words:

"Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the House shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place; a brief statement of the contents thereof shall be made verbally by the introducer; they shall not be debated on the day of their being presented, nor on any day assigned by the House for the receipt of petitions after the first thirty days of the session, unless where the House shall direct otherwise, but shall lie on the table, to be taken up in the order in which they are presented."

Now, here are two direct limitations upon the debate of the presentation of resolutions-upon the day of presentation, and again upon the day

New Jersey, and port of New York, and Galway, or any other port which may be selected, on the west coast of Ireland."

The bill was read a first and second time by its title.

Mr. PRICE moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. DUNHAM moved that it be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

The question was first taken on Mr. PRICE's motion; and it was not agreed to.

The question was then taken on Mr. DUNHAM'S motion, and it was agreed to.

So the bill was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. MOORE, of Pennsylvania, offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to ascertain as soon as possible the legal expenses of the contested election in the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, and pay the same out of the contingent fund of the House; and that he also be directed to pay to John S. Littell, the contestant, his mileage and per diem allowance, from the commencement of the first session of the Thirtyfirst Congress until the 11th September, when the contest was determined.

Several gentlemen desiring to debate the resolution, it was laid over, under the rule.

Mr. McNAIR. It is well known that there are a great many Germans in many parts of the United States. In my own district and no doubt in many others there are many of them who are very anxious to have the President's message printed in the German language, in order that they may be able to read it. If this be not done, they are entirely cut off from knowing what the message contains, unless they have a clerk to read it to them, and in the agricultural districts they are not much accustomed to having clerks to read to hem. I therefore hope that it will be the pleasure of the House to adopt the following resoultion:

Resolved, That five thousand copies of the President's message be printed in the German language.

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Mr. ORR desiring to debate the resoultion, it was laid over.

Mr. RIDDLE. I desire to offer a resolution, which is upon the same subject-although it differs in effect-as the resolution offered yesterday ty the gentleman from Kentucky, [Mr. STANros,] and which was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. I do not pare to debate the resolution further than to say, that all the objections urged against the resolution resterday, are obviated by the one which I now fer. If it is read, I feel confident that it will Det with the concurrence of the whole House, as, I am assured, it does meet with the concurrence of the Committee on Public Buildings. The resolution was read, as follows:

Whereas the appropriation for the improvement of the Citi has been exhausted: Therefore

Be it resolved, That the Architect of the Capitol be and bis bereby authorized to continue in service, until an appropriation shall hereafter be made, such mechanics and rers as may, in his opinion, be demanded by the interess of the Government.

Mr. RIDDLE demanded the previous question on the adoption of the resolution.

Mr. FULLER, of Maine. Is it in order to offer an amendment to that resolution?

The SPEAKER. It is not in order, as the previous question is demanded.

Mr. FULLER. Then I move to lay the resohion upon the table.

Mr. VENABLE demanded tellers; which were erdered; and Messrs. ORR and MEACHAM were appointed.

Mr. WALSH. I submit to the Chair that we hare no power to appropriate money, except by at resolution; and as this resolution necessarily olves an appropriation, it is not in the proper form.

The SPEAKER. That may be a reason for Voting down the resolution, but the Chair cannot und rule it out of order.

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was then taken on the motion to on the table; and the tellers re, noes 61.

tion was laid upon the table.

NS submitted the following resolu

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform this House whether any, and if any, what measures be may deem necessary to prevent the exportation of strer can, and whether he recommend to Congress any wadjustment of the relative value of gold and silver; and Biso whether, in his opinion, seignorage or charge upon the enge of silver coin be necessary or proper.

The resolution having been read,
Mr.CAMPBELL, of Illinois, desiring to debate
the relation, it was laid over under the rule.

Mr. WALSH submitted the following resolution. which was read, considered, and agreed to: Reed, That the Secretary of the Treasury be re

ed to communicate to this House a statement of the cuts between the United States and the State of Mary, for advances of money made by said State to the General Government during the war of 1812; and that he also exaumunicate a statement of the account between the Umted States and the said State for money advanced by Maryland to aid in the erection of the Capitol at Washiington.

Mr. BOWIE offered the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to: Remired, That the Committee for the District of Columinpire into the expediency and practicability of prePrag the issue and circulation of small notes, under the nation of five dollars, in the District of Columbia, and that the committee report by bill or otherwise. Mr. STANTON, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following joint

resolution:

Keeleed, &c., That the Executive documents, the printI of a dditional copies of which have been ordered during the present session, or may, during either session of the ent Congress be ordered by either House of Congress, and the size of which shall not be less than 250 pages, such sdditional copies shall be bound, under the direction of the Just Committee on Printing: Provided, That the cost shall Bitexceed twelve and a half cents per volume for the whole number ordered.

Mr. S. stated that this resolution was precisely sailar to the one passed by the last Congress. The joint resolution having been read twice, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and was subsequently read a third time and passed.

Mr. S. moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of the resolution, and to lay the motion to reconsider upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. CLINGMAN offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That so much of the 17th standing rule as provides for the admission of certain persons therein nained within the Hall of the House of Representatives, be so modified as to embrace Governor Louis Kossuth, of Hungary; and that the Speaker of the House be requested to communicate the same to Governor Kossuth.

The resolution having been read,

Mr. CLINGMAN demanded the previous question on its adoption.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I believe that a motion to amend the rules cannot be made without one day's notice.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee is right.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I was in hopes that the gentleman from Tennessee would have offered no objection to this resolution.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I do object to it We have enough admitted now.

The resolution was then laid over.

Mr. AIKEN offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the justice and propriety of allowing bounty land to the Washington Light Infantry, Washing ton Volunteers, German Fusilcers, and Hamburg Volunteers, of South Carolina, who were engaged in the Florida war, and were discharged before the expiration of one month from the commencement of their term of service; and that the accompanying papers be and are hereby referred to said

committee.

The resolution having been read,

Mr. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, moved to amend it, by inserting after the words "term of service," the words:

"Also, all those who were engaged in the removal of the Cherokee nation west of the Mississippi, from 1835 to 1838."

Mr. MEACHAM moved to amend the amendment, by adding thereto the words:

"And also the Vermont volunteers who were engaged in the Battle of Plattsburg."

Mr. AIKEN. I object to those amendments. The gentlemen can bring in resolutions of their

own.

The SPEAKER. Debate is out of order. Mr. ORR demanded the previous question, with a view of cutting off further amendments. The previous question was not sustained. The question was then taken on the amendment to the amendment, and it was agreed to.

Mr. CARTTER. I propose now further to amend the amendment, by adding at the heel of it these words: "and all the rest of mankind." [Great laughter.]

The question being taken, the amendment to the amendment was not agreed to.

Mr. FOWLER. I propose further to amend the amendment, so as to include the soldiers of the revolutionary war who served less than six months and more than one month. No provision has ever been made for them.

Mr. CARTTER. I wish to inquire of the gentleman from Massachusetts whether he proposes that those soldiers of the revolutionary war shall locate their lands here or in eternity? [Laughter.]

Mr. FOWLER. I think the question is not relevant, and I therefore decline to answer it. [Laughter.]

Mr. SCURRY. I propose to amend the amendment, so as to make it include all those who served in the revolution in Texas. [A laugh.]

The SPEAKER. There is already an amendment to the amendment pending, and the amendment of the gentleman from Texas is not therefore in order.

Mr. GORMAN. I understand that the previous question has been demanded and refused."

The SPEAKER. It was not seconded. Mr. GORMAN. I believe the House is now prepared to sustain the previous question, and therefore I demand it.

The question being taken on seconding the call for the previous question, there were ayes 63, noes 36. No quorum voting.

On the motion of Mr. STANTON, of Tennessee, the House then adjourned.

NOTICE OF A BILL.

By Mr. HAWS: A bill in relation to the office of assistant treasurer, in the city of New York.

PETITIONS, &c.

The following memorials, petitions, &c., were presented under the rule, and referred to the appropriate committees:

By Mr. JOHN W. HOWE: The petition of E. Kingsbury and 39 others, citizens of Butler county, Pennsylvania, praying Congress to establish a mail route from Pittsburg,

via Allegheny City, Perrysville, Wexford, Zelienople, Harmony, Whitestown, Prospect, Centreville, Hamsville, and Wesley, to Franklin, Venango county, Pennsylvania.

By. Mr. STANTON, of Kentucky: The petition of sundry citizens of Grant county, Kentucky, praying that arrearages of pensions may be paid to George Williams, who was wounded in the war of 1812.

Also, the memorial of Aaron Adams, of Grant county, Kentucky, an invalid pensioner, asking an increase of pension, and compensation for a horse lost in the Indian war of 1812.

By Mr. BROWN, of Mississippi. The petition of Thomas K. Knowland, for himself and others, praying for the establishment of a post route.

IN SENATE. THURSDAY, December 18, 1851. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. C. M. BUTLER.

PETITIONS.

Mr. MASON presented the petition of Charles Fletcher, proposing to establish a line of steampackets between Norfolk, Virginia, and the ports of Cadiz and Gibraltar, in Spain, and praying that the Secretary of the Navy may be authorized to contract with him for carrying the mail between those ports; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. HALE presented the memorial of Caleb Dustin, praying the redemption of certain continental money issued to his grandfather for his services in the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Also, a resolution passed by the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, in favor of the establishment of a Bureau of Agriculture in the Department of the Interior at Washington.

Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.

Mr. BORLAND presented a memorial of Robert Mills, architect, praying to be allowed an opSuperintendent of the Patent Office wing building, portunity to justify his acts as Architect and against certain charges made against them by the Commissioner of Public Buildings in his report to the Department of the Interior; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings.

Mr. FISH presented a petition of the assistant marshals for taking the Seventh Census of King's county, New York, praying to be allowed additional compensation for their services; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. PRATT submitted additional evidence in relation to the claim of the legal representatives of William Somerville, deceased; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. BUTLER submitted additional evidence in relation to the petition of the representatives of John Moore, deceased; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Also, the petition of Derrill H. Darby, for himself and the other heirs of Colonel William Johnson, an officer in the revolutionary army, praying to be allowed commutation pay.

Colonel Johnson is well known from his historical reputation. He was a soldier in the revolutionary continental service. He performed a gallant part in the battle at Fort Moultrie, and served from that time until the capitulation of Charleston, in May, 1780. Colonel Johnson and his regiment were prisoners of war, and continued so until an exchange of prisoners was ordered in May, 1781; so that he claims commutation pay as a soldier or officer in the service of the Revolution, until October, 1780; because the law provides, that those who served till that time, without resignation or being cashiered, shall be entitled to this commutation pay. Although this is the provision of the law, neither he nor his representatives ever received this pay. This is one of those claims which I would especially commend to the attention of the chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. I move that the petition be referred to that committee.

The petition was so referred.

Mr. DOWNS presented the petition of Francis Gardere, praying compensation for certain land claimed by him under a Spanish grant, and occupied by the United States for military purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. MALLORY presented the memorial of the administrator of Joshua B. Smith, deceased, praying compensation for the use of a vessel employed under a contract with a Government officer in transporting troops during the Florida war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

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Also, the petition of John H. Patterson, praying compensation for his services as a lieutenant in the Florida war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the petition of C. H. Blood, praying compensation for supplies furnished to a company of Florida volunteers in the Seminole war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the petition of Sarah Flinn, praying compensation for supplies furnished the troops of the United States in the Florida war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the petition of David Osburn, praying compensation for corn and fodder furnished the troops of the United States in the Florida war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the petition of John W. W. Jackson, praying compensation for a horse killed in the service of the United States; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the petition of José Baya, praying compensation for a horse lost in the military service of the United States; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. UNDERWOOD presented the petition of Leslie Combs, praying the payment of certain bonds issued to him by the late Republic of Texas. The memorialist represents that he holds Texas bonds for the sum of $69,200; that he has filed these bonds in the Treasury Department, with the view of obtaining compensation according to the act granting ten millions of dollars to Texas; that the Treasury Department, according to the statement of this memorialist, had ascertained that there were more than twelve millions of these Texan bonds falling within the provisions contemplated by the act of Congress. The memorialist says that the Government therefore refuse to pay him or any of the holders of these bonds unless they will agree to accept such a proportion of

the twelve millions of dollars as five millions will pay, thus scaling him down to less than one half. He concludes his memorial by saying that the United States never intended to disgrace themselves or to dishonor the Government by repudiating an acknowledged debt, and he hopes that provision will be made for paying him the whole of his $69,200. I move that the memorial be referred to the Committee on Finance.

The memorial was so referred.

Mr. U. I also present a memorial of John A. Rajan, proposing to execute a plan discovered by him for draining the lands overflowed by the Mississippi and its tributaries, on condition of a grant of a portion of the lands reclaimed.

the United States, in case of sickness or other disability of the judges of the district courts.

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Mr. SEWARD gave notice of his intention to ask leave to present a joint resolution for the establishment of post routes in the State of New York.

LAKE SUPERIOR IRON REGION.

Mr. FELCH submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved, That five thousand five hundred additional copies of the Report of Messrs. Foster and Whitney, in relation to the iron region of Lake Superior, Michigan, which was ordered to be printed by the resolution of the Senate of the 13th March last, be printed for the use of the Senate, and that three hundred copies thereof be furnished to the Smithsonian Institution for distribution, and two hundred copies to Messrs. Foster and Whitney.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution by unanimous consent, and it was

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Mr. GWIN, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Eliza C. Bache, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill for the relief of the widows and relatives of certain officers and seamen of the United States brig Washington, who were lost overboard in a hurri

cane.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report be printed.

THE BRIG ADA.

Mr. HAMLIN, from the Committee on Com

merce, to which the subject was referred, reported a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register to the brig Ada; which was read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. Mr. DOWNS. I hope that the Senate will agree to consider this bill now. Mr. HAMLIN. This bill is in the usual form required for such bills, and is one of that class that is never objected to. It simply authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register to this brig Ada, upon its being shown that she has been thoroughly repaired, and that the repairs have exceeded three fourths of the original cost of construction. As the owners of the vessel cannot employ her, or send her out without this register, I trust that the consent of the Senate will be given to dispose of the matter now.

The bill was then read a second time; and, having been considered by the Senate as in Committee of the Whole, it was reported back without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA RAILROAD. Mr. FOOTE, of Mississippi. Pursuant to previous notice, I ask leave to introduce a bill grant

and a donation of public land, for the purpose of locating and constructing a railroad from Brandon to the eastern border of said State, in the direction of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama.

Leave was granted, and the bill was read a first time.

This memorial is of vast importance, if the project proposed can be accomplished. The memorialist is a native of Georgia, but is now a citizen of the parish of Natchitoches, in the State of Loui-ing to the State of Mississippi the right of way siana. He states, that after much attention and study, he has discovered a plan to prevent the overflowing of the Mississippi river, so as to throw the surplus water into Hudson's Bay in one direction, and through Texas in the other. He proposes to accomplish all this, if Congress will but give him the one half of the lands which he will save by this operation; and he proposes to have the work completed in ten years, if Congress will patronize him. I think, sir, that we should make a most admirable bargain, if we could accomplish so great a work at this price. I move that the memorial be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

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Mr. FOOTE. I ask that this bill may be read a second time now. The PRESIDENT. With a view to reference?

Mr. FOOTE. No, sir; I think this is a case in which the Senate will concur with me that reference is not necessary. I wish to make a simple statement with reference to this bill. This is a bill which passed the Senate last session without the least opposition from any quarter, but failed in the other House for want of time. It involves a little land in the State of Mississippi which is not of any present value to the Government. It is a matter of great importance to many persons interested in railways that it should be acted upon, and I hope that under all the circumstances the Senate will agree to its second reading.

The bill was then read a second time, and the Senate proceeded to consider it as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. BORLAND. I move that this bill be referred to the Committee on Public Lands; and I do so not with any intention of opposing the bill, for I think that when it comes before the Senate, if it be reported favorably upon by the committee, I shall vote for it very cordially. But I hold that taking up a bill without reference, and passing it simply because it has passed the Senate at a previous Congress, is giving it precedence and advan

tage over other bills which have similar objects view. I have introduced two bills equally as in portant as this, and which passed the Senate la st Congress, but were left wholly neglected by the House. These bills have been again referred, and I think this one ought to be referred also.

Mr. FOOTE. I am sure the Senator from Arkansas will do me the justice to say that I have never manifested a desire to depart from the usual order of doing business in the Senate, and that it is but rarely that I have come forward to ask anything for the State which I represent. I may be allowed to state, however, that in two days from this time, my State will be entirely unrepresented here. That is a fact; and I hope, therefore, that this bill may be considered as an exception, and be allowed to pass. I think the honorable Senator from Arkansas will admit that I have usually given him my support when he has had anything before the Senate, in which the interest of his State was concerned, and I hope he will extend to me his courtesy on this occasion. This measure, at the last session, was referred to a committee, and underwent the fullest investigation. Several amendments were proposed, and with these amendments it passed the Senate. I can assure the honorable Senator from Arkansas that the facts connected with this bill are rather peculiar. The lands have 19 been suspended from sale with a view of securing to the State of Mississippi the advantages which were expected to arise from the passage of this law. Its passage we have been in the habit of looking upon as a fixed fact, and its suspension will create great inconvenience. I am informed by gentlemen connected with this railroad, that the engineers have laid it out, and that they are prepared for substantial and practical action. They are only waiting for this bill to pass, in order that they may take such steps as will bring about the speedy consummation of the work. I hope, therefore, that, under all the circums be allowed to pass. It is, most pron time that I shall ever ask the Sha

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Mr. BORLAND. I have never in fused an act of courtesy. I therefore Senator from Mississippi.

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Mr. FELCH. I do not rise for the purpose of making any objection to the last request of the Senator from Mississippi, but simply to say that this bill is in precisely the form approved by the adopted by the Senate, and that this bill is like all Committee on Public Lands last session," and others of a similar character. Many bills have been referred to the Committee on Public Lands asking for similar grants. That committee have not yet fully consulted upon the subject; but they intend to take the whole matter into their consid eration-the form which was adopted last session, and also with the view of adopting such amend ments as may be suggested. I have no objection to the particular form, nor have I any objection to the bill; but I think it my duty to state this fact.

Mr. HALE. I hope the Senate will pass this bill. I have no doubt that the next form will be more liberal, and I think we shall gain something by passing this bill thus early. [A laugh.]

The bill was then reported back to the Senate without amendment, and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

BILLS INTRODUCED.

Mr. GWIN, agreeably to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill granting the right of way for, and to aid in, the construction of a line of telegraph from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean; which was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. FELCH, agreeably to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bills:

A bill to authorize the State of Illinois to select the residue of the lands to which she is entitled under the act of 2d March, 1827, granting land to aid that State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river with those of lake Michigan; and

A bill to revive and continue in force for a limited time the provisions of an act relative to suspended entries of public lands.

The said bills were read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. MANGUM, agreeably to previous notice,

asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill for the relief of the personal representatives of William A. Slacum, deceased; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

BILLS PASSED.

The following engrossed bills were severally read a third time and passed:

A bill for the relief of Margaret L. Worth; and A bill to provide compensation to such persons s may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive and keep the public moneys, under the fifteenth section of the act of 6th Augast, 1846, for the additional services required under that act.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. ROBB, Chief Clerk:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The House of Representatives have passed the following joint resolutions:

Joint resolution providing for the binding of certain doc

uments;

Joint resolution to authorize the Postmaster General to legalize certain contracts for the transportation of the mail in California and Oregon; and

Jant resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the Journals and public documents.

la which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

THE SEVENTH CENSUS.

Mr. BRIGHT. There is a joint resolution before the Senate providing for the printing of the returns of the Seventh Census. The public interest would be promoted by early action upon it, and I think it my duty to call to it the attention of the Senate. As there is, however, other business before us to-day, I shall not insist upon alling it up for consideration at this time, but would move that it be made the special order of the day for Monday next, at one o'clock. The motion was agreed to.

EXPLANATION.

E. I ask the indulgence of the Senate
brief explanation in regard to the
occurred here yesterday.

1 know very well what the genNew Hampshire is about to be at, and I rise to oppose his explanation, not from any discourtesy towards him, as he well knows. But I know very well, and he knows it also, that as soon as he makes his explanation, three or four other Senators will be on the floor in a few seconds to make their explanations also, and thus I shall be cut off from any opportunity of being heard on the question which comes up as the special order. appeal to the gentleman, therefore, whether he will withhold his explanation for the present. Mr.HALE. I shall not occupy two minutes. The PRESIDENT. The Senator from New Hampshire, according to the usage of the Senate, has a right to make his explanation.

Mr. HALE. This is but the second time, Mr. President, that I have ever asked the indulgence of the Senate for such a purpose, and in all probability it will be the last. In the debate of yesterday I remarked that

"There was a great constitutional question of law, upon which there was difficulty. I allude to the question whether slavery was or was not abolished in the territories acquired from Mexico by the operation of the Mexican laws. It was marked as a very astonishing fact upon the floor of the Senate, that every Senator who spoke on that subject, livla south of a certain geographical line, took one view of the constitutional question, and those living north of that geographical line, took a contrary view.

"Mr. WALKER, Mr. Butler, Mr. UNDERWOOD, and

others. It is not so.

“Mr. DOUGLAS. That is contrary to the fact."

knowledge, but believes in his conscience that you have a
right to prohibit slavery. Is not that a curious commentary
upon that wonderful thing called human reason?
"Mr. UNDERWOOD. It is regulated by a line."
I have done, sir. That is all the explanation I

have to make.

Mr. DOUGLAS. As the report is read there, it would seem to convey the idea that I questioned the veracity of the Senator, when I said that such was not the fact. I referred to the declaration by which he made it appear that all on one side of the line had taken one view of the matter, and all on the other side had taken another and an opposite view of it. It may have been true that a Senator had previously made such a statement upon this floor. That was not my denial. My denial was, that if any Senator had made such a statement, that statement was not true in fact. It seems now that Mr. Corwin once said in the Senate, that, with few exceptions, those on the one side had voted in one way, and, with few exceptions, those on the other side had voted the other way.

But whether the exceptions constituted
the majority or the minority, the Senate has now
no means of ascertaining. I know a large number
of Senators from the South, who are eminent law-
yers, who took the view that these laws were in
force; and others, again, from the North who took
the view that these laws were not in force,
but there was no division such as has been spoken
of by a geographical line. I understood the Sen-
ator from New Hampshire yesterday to say that
the South had been unanimous in one view of the
question, while the North had been equally. I
am not aware that a question of law or of con-
stitutional construction ever arose in this body on
which all the Northern members took the one side

and the Southern Senators took the other. It
was this proposition which I denied when I said
that such was not the fact.

I will now say, in this connection, that so far
as I have been familiar with the proceedings of
the Supreme Court, that body has never brought
itself under any just suspicion in regard to their
opinions on this matter as a legal or constitutional
Supreme Bench, as their decisions will show, have
question. The gentlemen from the North on the
uniformly, firmly, and rigidly adhered to and pro-
tected the constitutional rights of the South, as the
gentlemen on that bench who were born in the
diversity of opinion among the judges of the Su-
Southern States. There has frequently been a
preme Court on points of law and constitutional
construction that might affect this slavery ques-
tion; but where that diversity has existed, the
Southern judges have been divided amongst them-
selves, and the Northern judges have also been
divided amongst themselves; but never has it been
ively, have taken one view of the question, and
known that the judges from the North, collect-
the judges of the South, collectively, taken another
decisions of the Supreme Court on this question,
and a different view of it. If you examine the
you will see an entire absence of this supposed
bias or impression on the minds of the judges,
growing out of locality of interest, or association,
or birth. I have been gratified that such has
always been the case in the past, and I trust it
will always continue to be the case in the future;
that whatever may be the differences of opinion
which exist in this body, or elsewhere, the bench
of the Supreme Court of the United States is never
to be affected or influenced, or to be rendered sub-
ject even to the suspicion of entering into any of
those local feelings to which reference has been
imputations.
made. I believe that that court is above all such

Mr. UNDERWOOD. I understood the gen

I now want to read a few words from a speech delivered by Thomas Corwin, late Senator from the State of Ohio. I do not mean Thomas Corwin,tleman from New Hampshire to say that he made Secretary of the Treasury, but Thomas Corwin, late Senator from the State of Ohio. It is from the Congressional Globe, and is as follows:

"What is there in the way, then, of my giving an intelligent vote on this subject? Nothing at all. I would take this bill in a moment, if I had faith in the processes through which that law is to pass until it becomes a law in the Chamber below. But I have not that faith, and I will tell the gentleman why. It is a sad commentary upon the perfection of human reason, that with but very few exceptions, gentlemen coming from a slave State-and I think I have one behind me, who ought always to be before me, [Mr. BADGER,-with a very few exceptions, all eminent lawyers en this floor from that section of the country, have argued that you have no right to prohibit the introduction of slavery tato Oregon, California, and New Mexico; while, on the other hand, there is not a man, with few exceptions, (and some highly respectable,) in the free States, learned or unlearned, clerical or lay, who has any pretensions to legal

no exception. I do not know that he used the
term "no exception," but he certainly made none
in the course of his remarks. My only object in
rising yesterday was to show that there were ex-
ceptions. Now, sir, I will admit what I said at
the time of Mr. Corwin's making his speech, that
the majority of members on the south side of 360
30' denied the power of Congress over the subject
of slavery in the Territories, and contended that
they had a right to take and hold their slaves in
the Territories under the Constitution regardless
of Mexican laws; and that the majority on the
other side of the line were of a different opinion.
Mr. BUTLER. What has this to do with this
question?

The PRESIDENT. The Chair is very unwill

ing to interrupt gentlemen, but he must say that this debate is altogether irregular. The gentleman from New Hampshire got up for the purpose of making an explanation, and he read an extract from a speech of a gentleman formerly a member of this body. This discussion is out of order.

Mr. UNDERWOOD. I rose, also, to make an explanation. The gentleman from New Hampshire read what I said when Mr. Corwin made his speech, as if what I said then contradicted what I said yesterday. It does not. geographical line seemed to control the opinions I admit that a of majorities. But it was not universal, as I understood the gentleman to affirm. There were

exceptions.

A SENATOR. Well, well; now move the special order. Mr. UNDERWOOD. I will call for the special order.

THE COMPROMISE MEASURES. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the be a definitive settlement of the questions growing resolution declaring the measures of adjustment to out of domestic slavery.

Mr. BADGER. I have an amendment to offer to this resolution. It is for the purpose of relieving it of two objections which may be taken against it, one of them perhaps having some intrinsic force, and the other, I think, without any intrinsic, but having some apparent force. The first objection to which I allude, is as follows: The resolution, as it now stands, undertakes to declare, in respect to the series of measures constituting the compromise, what is the duty of the public at large. The second is, that it implies, or may be made to intimate, that the Senate suppose that the acts of legislation referred to are irrepealable, or that it is beyond the power of Congress to modify them. I know that this was not the intention of the it should be adopted, that it should be distinctly mover of the resolution; but as it is important, if understood, I suggest an amendment which I think will avoid all difficulty, and express with clearness and precision what is designed by it. It is to strike out of the resolution the words

"Entitled to be recognized as a definitive adjustment and settlement of the distracting questions growing out of the system of domestic slavery, and as such, that said measures should be acquiesced in and faithfully observed by all good citizens"

And insert as follows:

"A settlement in principle and substance-a final settlement of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embraced, and ought to be adhered to by Congress until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against evasion or abuse."

Mr. FOOTE, of Mississippi. I accept the amendment with great pleasure. I am not particular about the phraseology of the resolution. What I wish is, to get a large vote in its favor.

The PRESIDENT. The Senator from Missis

sippi is not privileged to accept it. The question must be taken upon it.

The question being taken on the amendment, it was agreed to, there being on a division-yeas 24, nays not counted.

The resolution therefore now stands as follows: A Resolution declaring the Measures of Adjustment to be a definitive settlement of the questions growing out of domestic slavery.

Be it enacted, That the series of measures embraced in the acts entitled "An act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her Northern and Western boundaries, the relinquishment, by the said State, of all territory claimed by her exterior to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico," approved September 9, 1850; "An act for the admission of the State of California into the Union," approved September 9, 1850; "An act to establish a territorial government for Utah," approved September 9, 1850; "Än act to amend and supplementary to an act entitled An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters, approved February 12, 1793,'" approved September 18, 1850; and "An act to suppress the slave trade in the District of Columbia," approved September 20, 1850, commonly known as the "Compromise Acts," are, in the judgment of this body, a settlement in principle and substance-a final settlement of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embraced, and ought to be adhered to by Congress until further legislation to guard against evasion or abuse. time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of

Mr. FOOTE, of Mississippi, then addressed the resolution, and in reply to the speeches of Mr. the Senate at length, giving his views in favor of BUTLER and Mr. RHETT. [For which see ArPENDIX.]

Without concluding, Mr. F. gave way to a motion to adjourn.

And the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY, December 18, 1851. The House met at twelve o'clock, m. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication from the State Department, covering a statement showing that of the $10,000 appropriated last session for the expenses of the agent of the Sublime Porte, the sum of $4,051 81 had been expended for that purpose, and that there was a balance remaining in the Treasury of said appropriation of $5,948 19; which communication,

On motion by Mr. HOUSTON, was ordered to lie on the table and be printed.

Also, laid before the House a communication from the War Department, showing the expenditures in the several bureaus in said Department of their contingent funds, in compliance with the twentieth section of the act of August, 1842; which,

On motion by Mr. HOUSTON, was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.

INDIGENT INSANE.

Mr. BISSELL asked the unanimous consent of the House to introduce a bill, of which previous notice had been given, with the view to its commitment, making a grant of public lands to the several States of the Union for the benefit of indigent in

sane.

Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I have no disposition to object to this bill. But the introduction of a bill at this time is altogether out of order; and if the House will proceed in regular order, in the course of an hour and a half all these bills can be introduced and be perfectly in order. I therefore call for the regular order of business.

The SPEAKER. Objection is made, and the bill cannot be introduced.

BRANCH MINT IN CALIFORNIA. Mr. McCORKLE. I ask the unanimous consent of the House to take up Senate bill No. 6, for the establishment of a branch of the Mint of the United States in California, in order that it may be referred.

There being no objection, the bill was taken up, read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion by Mr. DISNEY, it was

Ordered, That the petition and papers in the case of Samuel Allen be withdrawn from the files of the House, and, together with the petition of the Hon. A. Allen, now presented, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion by Mr. D., it was also

Ordered, That the papers in relation to Hiram Powers be withdrawn from the files of the House, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings.

take in the pension of Orris Crosby; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

LOUISVILLE AND PORTLAND CANAL.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, presented the petition of A. J. Sharpless, A. E. Hamilton, Wm. C. Kennett, and two hundred and eighty others; also the petition of the passengers and crew of the steamer Fleetwood, praying for an appropriation from the national Treasury of such an amount as will be necessary to purchase the small remaining private stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal, and to make the same free of tolls and to suit the wants of commerce.

Mr. M. I have also in my hands a bill connected with the same subject, which I ask leave now to present, in order that it may be referred. I ask that the bill may be read, and that it may be, together with the petitions, referred to a select committee.

The bill was accordingly read a first and second time by its title.

Mr. M. I move that it be referred to a select committee.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I move that it be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. That is the appropriate committee.

Mr. MARSHALL. I do not wish to trespass upon the jurisdiction of any regular committee of this House; but it does seem to me that the usual rules which govern the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. JONES] might be waived, and that I might be permitted to give this bill, covering a subject of so much importance, into the hands of its friends, who will have an opportunity to present their views, connected with the subject, to the House in a form more imposing than is done ordinarily. And I trust that the Speaker, in the selection of that committee, will place upon it the representatives of the sections most particularly interested in the variety of schemes connected with the subject already presented to the House.

Mr. JONES: We have standing committees of the House, and it seems to me that the rule which should govern the action of the House should be, that when a bill or proposition is offered here it should be referred to the appropriate standing committee, unless there be some good reason against it. If there is any good reason why this bill to purchase the individual stock in the Louisville and Portland canal should not go to the Committee on Roads and Canals, I have no objection to a select committee. But as a general rule, I think a select committee should not be appointed when the subject to be investigated comes within the legitimate sphere of a standing committee.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I wish to inquire if this Mr. COBB. I call for the regular order of busi- subject, giving rise to debate, does not go over?

ness.

PETITIONS.

The SPEAKER. The regular order of business being called, the States and Territories will be called for petitions, commencing with the Territory of Utah.

Mr. BERNHISEL presented the petition of Robert Owen, George A. Smith, and other citizens of the Territory of Utah, praying for the establishment of a monthly mail route from San Diego, California, via Barowar, to Great Salk Lake City; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. SCURRY presented two several petitions of citizens of Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, praying for the removal of the raft in the Red river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. FICKLIN presented the petition of Silas Noble and other officers of the land office at Dixon, Illinois, praying compensation for locating military bounty land warrants; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. MOLONY. I ask unanimous consen to introduce a bill, of which previous notice has been given, to correct an error in the pension of Orris Crosby.

The SPEAKER. It will be read, if there is no objection.

Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I object. The SPEAKER. Objection is made, and the bill cannot be received.

Mr. MOLONY. Then I present the petition of Orris Crosby, praying for the correction of a mis

The SPEAKER. This subject was taken up by unanimous consent, therefore the gentleman's point is overruled.

Mr. JONES. All I have to say, Mr. Speaker, is, that it is a wrong policy to raise select committees for the examination and investigation of subjects which properly belong to a standing committee, unless there is some good and valid reason why the standing committee to which it appropriately belongs should not have charge of this subject.

Mr. ROBINSON. I have very little pride or personal ambition about this matter; but inasmuch as I have the honor of standing at the head of the Committee on Roads and Canals, I feel it my duty to resist this attempt to take subjects properly belonging to that committee and refer them to a select committee. The subject-matter of the petition presented by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. MARSHALL] has already been referred by a vote of this House to the Committee on Roads and Canals. If, therefore, you raise a select committee, you will have this subject distributed to two different committees. If it is the pleasure of the House to abolish the Committee on Roads and Canals, I shall make little or no objection to it, as I will then have no work to do; but inasmuch as this subject belongs clearly to that committee, I hope the House will adhere to the rule and send it to them.

The question was taken upon referring the bill and petitions to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and they were so referred.

On motion by Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky,

it was

Ordered, That the papers in regard to the claims of Cassius M. Clay, Stanton Gaar, and John Poe, be taken from the files of the House, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. HUNTER asked the general consent of the House to introduce a resolution; but objection being made it was not received.

Mr. TAYLOR presented the memorial of Thomas J. Durant and others, citizens of New Orleans, praying Congress to pass a law which will enable him to bring a suit against the United States, to obtain a judicial decision upon a claim which he prefers against the United States; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. BELL presented a petition, prepared by the Colenization Society of Greene county, Ohio, and signed by seventy-nine citizens of that county, asking Congress to recognize the independence of the Republic of Liberia; and praying that Congress establish a line of steamers to run from the United

States to said Republic of Liberia; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. GAYLORD presented the petition of Levi Deaver, Francis Pettit, and one hundred and thirty others, citizens of Morgan county, Ohio, asking Congress to carefully consider the unconstitutionality, injustice, and oppression of the national Chaplaincy system, and to abolish the office of Chaplain wherever it may exist by the authority of Congress; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion by Mr. ST. MARTIN, it was

Ordered, That the petition and papers of John Mitchell, James M. Howard, and Moses H. Coats, be taken from the files of the House, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, on motion by Mr. ST. MARTIN, it was Ordered, That the petition and papers of the heirs of Cattalina Badon, formerly Cattalina Montlemar, be taken from the files of the House and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion by Mr. MOORE, of Louisiana, it

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Mr. BROWN, of Mississippi, asked the general consent of the House to introduce a bill, of which previous notice had been given; but objection being made, it was not received.

Mr. FREEMAN asked the general consent of the House to introduce a bill; but objection being made, it was not received.

On motion by Mr. FREEMAN, it was

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Anna C. De Neufville Evans, and Â. B. Dawson, be taken from the files of the House, and referred to the Coinmittee of Claims.

Mr. CABLE, of Ohio, presented a memorial in regard to patents, and the draft of a law for the protection of patentees; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

On motion by Mr: MEADE, it was

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Samuel Jones 'be withdrawn from the files of the House, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. FLORENCE presented the petition of William Abbott, harbor-master, and Harman Yerkes, master-warden, and others in the city of Philadelphia, and the pilots navigating the Delaware bay and harbor, and other citizens of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying for the erection of a pier and harbor to afford better shelter for vessels navigating said bay; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. CHANDLER asked the general consent of the House to offer resolutions; which were read for information, as follows, viz:

Resolved, That the Speaker of the House be and he is hereby authorized to cause such arrangement to be made in the interior of the Hall, as may be deemed necessary to the comfort and health of the members. Also,

Resolved, That the Doorkeeper be and he is hereby anthorized to appoint an additional assistant, if he deem it necessary to the proper execution of the duties of his office.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. Lobject.

Mr. CHANDLER. It is a privileged question, and I trust my friend will not object. I am, as many others are, doomed, by a species of lottery, to take a seat out here upon the boundaries of civilization; but I will be well content with that distance if

Mr. EVANS. I call the gentleman to order.

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