and Thomas P. Moore, the compensation fixed by law, as members of the 23d Congress from the State of Kentucky, for their attendance at the first session of that Congress.

A motion was made by Mr. Pinckney, that the House do reconsider the vote of this day, which referred the memorial of the officers and soldiers of the Rhode Island brigade, of the revolutionary army, to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims; and pending this motion,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1836.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 30,) entitled "An act for the relief of Henry B. Tyler, executor of Col. Richard Smith, deceased," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Jacob F. Walter, accompanied by a bill (No. 99) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Reuben N. Bullard, Knox, Haldeman & Co. and Jesse Wheeler, which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Commodore John Rodgers, which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Chambers of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Private Land Claims. made an unfavorable report on the petition of Auguste Brazeau, which report was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Beardsley,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Joel Wright, and that it do lie on the table.

Mr. Philo C. Fuller, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Presley Kemper and Alexander Humphrey, which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the subject was referred on the 29th ultimo, reported a bill (No. 100) making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital in the city of Baltimore; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 32,) entitled "An act supplementary to 'an act to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks in the different of fices.' passed 20th April, 1818," be discharged from the consideration thereof, and that said bill be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Reed asked to be excused from serving on the select committee appointed on the memorials of sundry banks within the District of Columbia. Mr. Reed's request was granted by the House, and he was excused accordingly, and Mr. Hoar was appointed of the said committee in his place.

Mr. Pearce of Rhode Island, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the subject was referred, by memorials, on the 16th and 29th of December ultimo, reported a bill (No. 101) making an appropriation for a marine hospital at Portland, in the State of Maine; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Grayson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Gætano Carusi, accompanied by a bill (No. 102) for his relief, which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Ward,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of inhabitants of Coventry, in the county of Tolland, in the State of Connecticut, praying for the erection of a monument to the memory of Capt. Nathaniel Hale.

On motion of Mr. Judson, it was then

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to a select committee; and Mr. Judson, Mr. Pearce of Rhode Island, Mr. Lane, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Dickson, were appointed the said committee.

The resolution submitted by Mr. Mason of Ohio, on the 29th of December, in relation to the location of the national road in Ohio, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their secretary :

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: No. 10. An act to authorize the allowance of certain charges in the accounts of the American consul at London;

No. 19. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to amend the judicial system of the United States;"

No. 31. An act for the relief of Irvine Shubrick;

No. 35. An act for the relief of the owners of the brig Despatch and cargo;

No. 36. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle, and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians in the month of December, 1828;

In which bills I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House; and then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Cave Johnson yesterday, that 10,000 additional copies be printed of the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the statements accompanying the same, showing the condition of State banks; when the same was agreed to by the House.

The States being called for resolutions,

Mr. Jarvis submitted the following, viz:

Resolved, That in the opinion of this House, the subject of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ought not to be entertained by Congress. And be it further resolved, that in case any petition, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, be hereafter presented, it is the deliberate opinion of the House that the same ought to be laid upon the table, without being referred or printed.

The resolution being read,

A motion was made by Mr. John Quincy Adams, that the said resolution do lie on the table.

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. William N. Shinn

William Slade
Francis O. J. Smith
David Spangler
James Standefer

John N. Steele

John Taliaferro

Mr. William Taylor
Francis Thomas
John Thomson
Isaac Toucey

George W. B. Towns
James Turner

Mr. Joel Turrill

Aaron Vanderpoel
Aaron Ward
Daniel Wardwell
George C. Washington
Joseph Weeks

A motion was then made by Mr. Wise to amend the said resolution, by striking out all thereof after the word resolved, and inserting the following:

"That there is no power of legislation granted by the constitution to the Congress of the United States to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia; and that any attempt by Congress to legislate upon the subject of the abolition of slavery, will be not only unauthorized, but manifestly dangerous to the Union of the States."

A motion was made by Mr. Glascock to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Wise, by adding thereto the following:

Resolved, That any attempt to agitate the question of slavery in this House, is calculated to disturb the compromises of the constitution, to endanger the Union, and, if persisted in, to destroy, by a servile war, the peace and prosperity of the country.

This proposition Mr. Wise accepted, and modified his motion by adding Mr. Glascock's amendment thereto.

And after debate, the hour having expired,

A motion was made that the House do proceed to the orders of the day. And the question being put,

It passed in the affirmative.

An engrossed bill (No. 79) entitled "An act to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

Bills from the Senate of the following titles, viz:

No. 10. An act to authorize the allowance of certain charges in the accounts of the American consul at London;

No. 19. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to amend the judicial system of the United States;"

No. 34. An act for the relief of Irvine Shubrick;

No. 35. An act for the relief of the owners of the brig Despatch and cargo;

No. 36. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle, and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians, in the month of December, 1828; were, severally, read the first and second time, and referred,

No. 10. To the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
No. 19. To the Committee on the Judiciary.
No. 34. To the Committee on Naval Affairs.
No. 35. To the Committee on Commerce.
No. 36. To the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied with two hundred and seventy-five copies of the Naval Register for 1836, for the use of the members of the House; which letter was ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the First Comptroller of

the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances against receivers of public moneys on account of sales of public lands, which have remained due for more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1835; which letter and list were referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Connor reported that the committee had, according to order, the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly sundry bills, to wit:

No. 69. A bill making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians; which bill he was directed to report to the House with amendments.

No. 51. A bill making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 1836; which bill he was directed to report to the House without amendment.

No. 41. A bill for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the city of New York;

No. 57. A bill to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain;

upon which two last mentioned bills the committee had come to no resolution.

The amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to the bill (No. 69) making appropriations for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians, was read and agreed to by the House; and the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow.

Ordered, That the bill (No. 51) making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 1836, be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, twelve o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1836.

A motion was made by Mr. Hardin, that the rules prescribing the order of business be suspended, and that the States be called for the presentation of petitions which motion was agreed to by the House, two-thirds of the members voting therefor, and then

Mr. Crane presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Ohio, praying for a post route from Toledo to Dundee.

Mr. Hamer presented a remonstrance from sundry inhabitants of the State of Ohio against the establishment of a mail route from Chillicothe to Aberdeen.

Mr. Whittlesey presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Ohio, praying for a mail route from Parkman to Auburn.

Mr. Lane presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the 4th congressional district in the State of Indiana, praying for a post route from Versailles to Burlington.

Mr. Lane presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the 4th congressional district in the State of Indiana, praying for a post route from Napoleon to Louisville.

Mr. Lane presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the 4th con