move that the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (No. 4) entitled "An act for the relief of the American Colonization Society."

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,

Two-thirds voting in favor thereof.
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are-

Mr. Joseph W. Jackson
Robert W. Johnson
George W. Jones
Fayette McMullen-
John McQueen
William McWillie
Richard K. Meade

Mr. John K. Miller
Isaac E. Morse -
James L. Orr
Charles H. Peaslee
John S. Phelps
James A. Seddon
Alexander H. Stephens

Mr. Charles Stetson
James H. Thomas
Jacob Thompson
Daniel Wallace
Marshall J. Wellborn
Joseph A. Woodward.

So the rules were suspended, and Mr. Nelson accordingly submitted his said motion; which was agreed to.

The House then proceeded to the consideration of the said bill, the question being on its third reading.

Mr. Nelson moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill be read a third time?

And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas...

Nays....

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

Mr. Nathaniel Albertson

Henry P Alexander

Charles Allen

Josiah M. Anderson
George R. Andrews
George Ashmun
James M. H. Beale
Kinsley S. Bingham
William H. Bissell
David A. Bokee
Walter Booth
Richard I. Bowie
Daniel Brck
George Briggs
John Brisbin
Alexander W. Buel
Lorenzo Burrows
Thoma B. Butler
George Alfred Caldwell
Samuel Calvin
Lewis D. Campbell
Joseph R. Chandler
Charles E. Clarke
Harmon S. Conger
John Crowell
Joel B. Danner
Jesse C. Dickey
Milo M. Dimmick
Nathan F. Dixon
James Duane Doty
William Duer
James H. Duncan
Cyrus L. Dunham

Charles Durkee

Samuel A. Eliot

Alexander Evans

Nathan Evans

Orsamus. B. Matteson
Joseph E. McDonald
James McDowell

Edward W, McGaughey,
Thomas McKissock
James X. McLanahan
Robert M. McLane
James Meacham
Henry D. Moore
Charles S. Morehead
Jonathan D. Morris
George W. Morrison
Jeremiah Morton
William Nelson

Those who voted in the negative are

Mr. Andrew J. Ogle

John Otis

Charles H. Peaslee
Lucius B. Peck
J. Phillips Phoenix
Charles W. Pitman
Harvey Putoam
Robert R. Reed
Gideon Reynolds
John Robbins, jr.
John L Robinson
Julius Rockwell
Joseph M. Root
Robert L. Rose
David Rumsey, jr.
Cullen Sawtelle

Ab'm M. Schermerhorn
John L. Schoo craft
Elbridge G. Spaulding
William Sprague

Edward Stanly

Frederick P. Stanton

Richard H. S'anton
William Strong
Charles Sweetser
John L. Taylor
James Thompson
Walter Underhill
Samuel F. Vinton
Loren P. Waldo
Albert G. Watkins
John Wentworth
Hugh White

William A. Whittlesey
Christopher H. Williams
George W. Wright.

Mr. Armistead Burt
David K. Cartter
Thomas L. Clingman
John R. J. Daniel
Edmund Deberry

Mr. Henry A. Edmundson
Winfield S. Featherston
James S. Green
Willard P Hall
William T Hamilton
Hugh A. Haralson

Mr. Joseph W. Jackson
George W Jones
Humphrey
John C. Mason

Marshall

Mr. David Outlaw

Richard Parker
Alexander G. Penn
John S. Phelps
Paulus Powell

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Isham G. Harris

Sampson W. Harris

John A. McClernand
Fayette McMullen
John McQueen
William McWillie
Richard K. Meade

Harry Hibbard
Alexander R. Holladay
Volney E. Howard
Samuel W. Inge

John K. Miller

John S. Millson

James L. Orr

So the bill was ordered to be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

James A. Seddon
James H. Thomas
Jacob Thompson

Daniel Wallace
Marshall J. Wellborn
Joseph A. Woodward.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Nelson moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Holmes (the rules having been suspended for that purpose) submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That all the bills which have passed both houses be presented to the President for signature, and that the 17th rule of the two houses be suspended for that purpose.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the fourth amendment of the Senate to the bill of the House (No. 438) "making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the year ending June 30, 1852," and insist upon their first and third amendments to the said bill disagreed to by the House.

The Senate ask conference on the said disagreeing votes of the two houses, and have appointed Messrs. Hunter, Rusk, and Pearce, managers at the said conference on their part.

And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the said message; when it was

Ordered, That the House insist upon their disagreement to the said first and third amendments, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. Bayly, Mr. Vinton, and Mr. Jacob Thompson be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the foregoing proceedings of the House upon their said amendments.

Mr. Wildrick, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did on this day present to the President of the United States bills and resolutions of the following titles, viz:

S. 58. A resolution for the relief of Louis Kossuth and his associates, exiles from Hungary.

S. 28. A resolution in relation to the accounts of John De Neufville and son.

S. 251. An act to limit the liability of ship-owners, and for other purposes.

S. 483. An act to amend an act entitled "An act allowing compensation to the members of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the delegates of the Territories, and repealing all other laws on that subject."

S 346. An act to ascertain and establish private land claims in the State of California.

H. R. 9. Joint resolution explaining the acts of 7th of July, 1838, March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1815.

H. R. 436. An act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.

H. R. 434. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.

S. 210. Au act to authorize the Secretary of War to allow the payment of interest to the State of Georgia for advances made for the use of the United States in the suppression of the hostilities of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians, in the years 1836, 1837, and 1838.

S. 232. An act authorizing the payment of interest upon the advances made by the State of Maine for the use of the United States government in the protection of the northeastern frontier.

S. 18. An act to divide the district of Arkansas into two judicial districts. S. 52. A resolution changing the mode of appointing the clerks of the treasurers of the mints of the United States.

S. 380. An act to change the terms of the circuit courts for the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania.

S. 448. An act to amend the act to change the time of holding the cir cuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Ohio.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Millard P. Fillmore, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did, on this day, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 434. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending 30th of June, 1852; and

H. R. 436. An act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.

Mr. Vinton, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu. tion; which was read, considered, and unanimously agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the thanks of this House are due, and are hereby presented, to the Honorable Howell Cobb, for the able, impartial, and diguified manner in which he has discharged the duties of Speaker during the present Congress.

Mr. Strong moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolutions, viz:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House pay to Charles J Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, out of the contingent fund of the House, the same per diem pay and mileage that are allowed to members, computing the same from the commencement of the 26th Congress, to the 15th day of January A. D. 1840, the day on which the House decided the election contested between him and Charles Naylor.

Resolved, That the Clerk of this 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 this House.

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to pay to John S. Littell his per

diem and mileage, as are usually allowed to members of Congress, from the commencement of the first session of this Congress until the 11th day of September last, inclusive-the contest for a seat between him and the Hon. John Robbins, jr. having been decided on that day.

And the question being put, it was decided in the negative-two thirds not voting in favor thereof.

Mr. James Thompson moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the standing committees of this House may make reports by handing the same to the Clerk and endorsing thereon that they be laid on the table and printed.

And the question being put, it was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

Mr. Wentworth (the rules having been suspended for that purpose) submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to the employés thereof, including the police of the capitol, as well as the regular laborers and lamplighters on the public grounds around the capitol, the usual extra compensation allowed at the close of a session; and that the clerk of the Sergeant-at-arms be paid the same amount of compensation allowed to the engrossing clerks of the House.

Mr. Wentworth moved that the vote by which the said resolution was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Marshall, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (No. 85) entitled "An act for the relief of Joseph D. Ward," heretofore reported from the Senate with amendments, was taken from the Speaker's table, and the House proceeded to the consideration of the same The question being on agreeing to the said amendments of the Senate thereto,

Mr. Marshall moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, and, under the operation thereof, the said amendments were severally agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Marshall moved that the vote by which the said amendments were agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Jones, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the seventeenth joint rule of the two houses be suspended so far as relates to the said bill of the House, (No. 85,) and that the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in suspending the same.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (No. 376) " for the relief of Collin Andrews;" and the House proceeded to the consideration of the

same.

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

And being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. Bissell moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.