thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land offices."

Mr. Thurston, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to this House copies of all correspondence received from the respective government officers in Oregon since the organization of that Territory by the general govern

ment.

The said resolution being read, objection was made to its consideration at this time; and it accordingly lies over one day under the rule.

On motion of Mr. Daniel, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House for the consideration of private bills; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ashmun reported that the committee had had under consideration the bill of the House (No. 68) for the relief of the heirs of General Thomas Sumter, late of South Carolina, deceased, and had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Daniel submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved; That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the bill of the House (No. 68) for the relief of the heirs of General Thomas Sumter, late of South Carolina, deceased, shall cease in one minute after the committee shall again resume its consideration, (if the committee shall not' sooner come to a conclusion upon the same;) and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pending or offered to the same, and shall then report it to the House, with such amendments as may have been agreed to by the committee.

A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Millard P. Fillmore, his private secretary; which was handed in at the Speaker's table.

Mr. Richard H. Stanton gave notice, under the rule, of his intention-to move for leave to introduce a bill of the following title, viz:

A bill granting a portion of the public lands of the United States to the State of Kentucky to enable her to complete çertain railroads now in progress and contemplated within her borders.

Mr. Sibley gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce bills of the following titles, viz:

A bill to authorize the legislative assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon to lease the 16th and 36th sections of school lands, and for other purposes;

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to establish the territorial gevernment of Oregon," and "An act to establish the territorial government of Minnesota;" and

A bill for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Daniel, the House again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House for the consideration of private bills; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ashmun reported that the committee had had under consideration the bill of the House (No. 68) for the relief of the heirs of General Thomas Sumter, late of South Carolina, deceased, and had 'directed him to report the same with an amendment.

The Speaker stated the question to be on agreeing to the said amend

Mr. Thomas moved that the said bill and pending amendment be laid on the table; which motion was agreed to.

Mr. Holmes moved that, when the House adjourn to-day, it adjourn until Monday next.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative, Nays..

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

So the motion was agreed to.

Mr. Amos Tuck
Walter Underhill
Loren P. Waldo

Albert G. Watkins
John Wentworth
Hugh White

William A. Whittlesey,

Mr. Ewing moved, at 2 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Marshall called up the motion submitted by Mr. Andrew Johnson, on the 30th of September last, to reconsider the vote by which the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (No. 322) entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch."

And the House accordingly proceeded to the consideration of the said

motion.

Mr. Andrew Johnson moved, at 2 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

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

Mr. Marshall moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the

table.

Pending which,

Mr Isham G. Harris moved, at 3 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

to.

Mr. Morris moved a call of the House; which motion was disagreed

The question again recurring upon the motion submitted by Mr. Marshall, the yeas and nays were ordered thereon.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Morris, at 3 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., the House adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock m.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1850.*

Several other members appeared and took their seats, viz:

From the State of Maine-Charles Stetson.

From the State of Vermont-James Meacham.

From the State of New York-Henry Bennett.

From the State of South Carolina-John McQueen.

From the State of Kentucky-Charles S. Morehead and Finis E. McLean.

From the State of Alabama-Franklin W. Bowden.

From the State of Mississippi-William McWillie..

From the State of Texas-Volney E. Howard.

The following petitions and other papers were laid on the Clerk's table under the 24th rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Durkee: The petition of Messrs. Harrison and McCulloch, praying compensation for mail service on routes Nos. 6154 and 6155, in the State of Texas.

By Mr. Julian: The petition of citizens of Wayne county, in the State

of Indiana, praying that agricultural newspapers and periodicals be permitted to pass through the mails free from postage.

By Mr. Rumsey: The petition of citizens of the State of New York,. praying for the reduction of postage.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Andrew Johnson: The petition of William K. Blair, of the State of Tennessee, praying for additional compensation for services as pension agent in said State from 1836 up to 1847.

By Mr. Preston King: The petition of Sylvanus Burnham, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred in the military service of the United States in the Indian wars of 1790.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolu tionary Pensions.

By Mr. Preston King: The petition of Daniel Palmer-heretofore presented February 28, 1850; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Waldo: Additional papers in the case of the heirs of Jabez Ripley; which were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Dunham: The petition of the receiver and register of public lands at Jeffersonville, in the State of Indiana, praying for additional compensation for locating military land warrants; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Rumsey: Three petitions of citizens of Steuben county, in the State of New York, praying for the repeal of the "fugitive-slave law.” By Mr. Howe: The petition of citizens of Lawrence county, in the State of Pennsylvania, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Matteson: The petition of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Camden, Oneida county, in the State of New York, of like import with the foregoing..

By Mr. Durkee: The petition of citizens of the State of Wisconsin, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Hibbard: The petition of citizens of Randolph, in the State of New Hampshire, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Cable: The petition of citizens of Carroll county, in the State of Ohio, of like import with the foregoing.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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By Mr. Disney: Additional papers in relation to the claim of John Johnson.

By Mr. Thomas: The petition of the heirs of Joseph Janney, praying for indemnity for losses sustained by him by the destruction of tobacco by the enemy during the last war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That said additional papers and said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims."

By Mr. Thurston: The petition of Samuel R. Thurston, a citizen of Oregon Territory, praying for an appropriation for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of the custom-house officers, and building a pier at Astoria, in said Territory.

By Mr. Andrew Johnson: The petition of John H. Naff and W. W. Rockhold, praying for compensation for articles and clothing furnished a