Mr. John W. Brown

Reuben Chapman
Graham H. Chapin
John F. H. Claiborne
William Clark
Jesse F. Cleveland
Henry W. Connor

Robert Craig
Caleb Cushing
Samuel Cushman
Edward Darlington
Ulysses F. Doubleday
George C. Dromgoole
John Fairfield
Richard French
Jacob Fry, jr.
William K. Fuller
James Garland
Thomas Glascock
James Graham
Seaton Grantland

Elisha Halcy

Joseph Hall

Albert G. Harrison

Albert Hawes

Micajab T. Hawkins

Charles E. Haynes

Mr. Joseph Henderson
Hopkins Holsey
Benjamin C. Howard
Edward B. Hubley
Hiram P. Hunt
Abel Huntington
Adam Huntsman
Samuel Ingham
Jabez Jackson
John W. Jones
Andrew T. Judson
John Klingensmith, jr.
Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte
Joab Lawler
Joshua Lee
Stephen B. Leonard
Henry Logan
George Loyall
Francis S. Lyon
Job Mann

Richard J. Manning
Joshua L. Martin
John Y. Mason
Moses Mason, jr.
James J. McKay
John McKeon

Mr. Isaac McKim
Jesse Miller

William Montgomery
William S. Morgan
Henry A. Muhlenberg

George W. Owens
Gorham Parks
Franklin Pierce
Dutee J. Pearce
Lancelot Phelps
Stephen C. Phillips
David Potts, jr.
Joseph Reynolds
John Roane
James Rodgers
David Russell
Francis O. J. Smith
William Sprague, jr.
John N. Steele
William Taylor
George W. B. Towns
James Turner
Joel Turril

Aaron Vanderpoel
David D. Wagener
Daniel Wardwell

The question was then put, on the motion of Mr. Beardsley, as amended, viz: "That the said memorial be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and printed and this House, in receiving the memorial purporting to be from the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, regard the same in no other light than as the voluntary act of private individuals:"

And passed in the affirmative.

The rule being suspended for the purpose,

Mr. Jarvis submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the naval force in commission. The said resolution was read, and after debate thereon,

The previous question was moved by Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, when

A motion was made by Mr. Howell, that the House do now adjourn; which motion was decided in the negative.

And it was then ascertained that the previous question was demanded by a majority of the members present.

And the said previous question was then put, viz: Shall the main question be now put?

And passed in the affirmative.

The main question was then put, viz. Will the House agree to the said resolution?

And passed in the affirmative, Nays

164,

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

Mr. John Quincy Adams

Michael W. Ash.
Benning M. Bean
Samuel Beardsley
Andrew Beaumont
John Bell

Mr. Abraham Bockee

William K. Bond
Nathaniel B. Borden

Lynn Boyd

George N. Briggs
John W. Brown

Mr. Andrew Buchanan

Samuel Bunch

John Calhoon

19.

William B. Calhoun
Churchill C. Cambreleng
John Carr

And then the House adjourned until to morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1836.

The House being about to proceed to the consideration of the appeal from the decision of the Chair, and the matters therewith connected, arising out of a petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, which Mr. John

Quincy Adams was about to present on the 4th of January instant, the consideration of which, was, on the 5th instant, postponed until this day:

A motion was made by Mr. Ward, that the consideration of the said appeal, and the subject matters therewith connected, be further postponed until Monday next, the 18th instant.

And on the question, that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Ward,

It passed in the affirmative.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 103) making appropriations for the collection of information and materials, and the purchase of sites preparatory to the commencement of certain fortifications, for the year 1836, accompanied by a report in writing, on the propriety of making provision to cover with suitable fortifications some of the important commercial and other harbors of the Union; 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. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 104) for the better organization of the corps of Topographical Egineers, accompanied by a report in writing; 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. Johnsen, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 105) authorizing the Chief Engineer to employ clerks and a messenger, accompanied by a report in writing; 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. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following resolution, which was read and agreed to by the House, viz:

Resolved, That so much of the estimates of appropriation for clerks in the General Land Office, not provided for by law, be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following resolution, which was read and agreed to by the House, viz:

Resolved, That so much of the estimate of appropriations as relates to the salary of a clerk in the office of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 106) to regulate the disbursement of public money, and prohibit allowances not authorized by law; 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. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 107) for the relief of Robert McJimsey, surviving partner of the firm of Jackson and McJimsey; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 103) for the relief of Robert Dickey, of New York; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 109) for the relief of John Frazer & Co. of Charleston, South Carolina ;

which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Owen,

Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of the President and Directors of the Steam-boat Company of Georgia, and that the said petition be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Thankful Randall, accompanied by a bill (No. 110) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Grayson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 111) for the relief of Elizabeth Mays, mother of Wilson Mays, deceased, which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (Ne. 112) to establish rations for the Navy; 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. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of James Tucker and John Judge, accompanied by a bill (No. 113) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Smith, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of N. and L. Dana & Co. accompanied by a bill (No. 114) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Smith, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Philip and Eliphalet Greely, accompanied by a bill (No. 115) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. May, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of the heirs of Jacob Smith, accompanied by a bill (No. 116) to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be issued to Albert I. Smith and others, patents for certain reservations of land in Michigan Territory; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. May,

Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Josette Beaubien, and that the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred, on the 16th December, a memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Arkansas, made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 117) granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Arkansas, for the completion of a public building for a legislative house; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

Mr. Dutee J. Pearce, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Francis R. Theobald, accompanied by a bill (No. 118) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Loyall, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Samuel D. Walker, accompanied by a bill (No. 119) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Dutee J. Pearce, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Benjamin F. Stone, accompanied by a bill (No. 120) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Lawrence, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 121) for the relief of Ebenezer Breed, of Boston; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of Robert Brooke and Caroline Brooke, legal representatives of Michael Fenwick, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 122) for their 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. Thomson, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Caroline E. Clitherall, and that the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the memorial of David Kilbourn, accompanied by a bill (No. 123) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the petition of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, in Alabama, accompanied by a bill (No. 124) for the relief of the said heirs; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the case of Nancy Haggard, heir of Major William Grymes, accompanied by a bill (No. 125) for her relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of the heirs of Captain William Rogers; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Haynes,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the case of the heirs and legal representatives of Rock, alias Jarrot, referred on the 29th December, and that the same do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Hawes,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of Christian Shell, John and Jeremiah Armstrong, and Robert Morrison; and that they do, severally, lie on the table.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Robert Allison, a lieutenant in the revolutionary army, accompanied by a bill (No. 126); which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.