The question was put on the motion made by Mr. Lee, that the question Shall these petitions be received? do lie on the table;

And passed in the affirmative,

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

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Banks

Nathaniel B. Borden

George N. Briggs

John Calhoon

George Chambers

John Chambers
William Clark
Edward Darlington
Harmar Denny
Horace Everett
John B. Forester
Thomas Glascock

George Grennell, jr.

Mr. John K. Griffin

James H. Haminond
Gideon Hard
James Harper
Abner Hazeltine
William Hiester
Hopkins Holsey

Henry F. Janes

Levi Lincoln

Thomas M. T. McKennan

Jeremiah McLenc

Mathias Morris

Mr. James Parker
Stephen C. Phillips
Francis W. Pickens
David Potts, jr
John Reed
David Russell
William Slade

Jonathan Sloane
William Sprague, jr.
Tavlor Webster
John White

Elisha Whittlesey

Mr. Hiester offered to present a memorial of the quarterly meeting of the religious society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, held in Lancaster county, in the State of Pennsylvania, in December, 1835; a memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania; and a memorial of female citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed that slavery, and the slave trade, within the District of Columbia, may be immediately abolished. Objection was made to receiving these memorials;

And on the question, Shall these memorials be received? it was
Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Darlington offered to present a memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania; and a memorial of female citizens of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed that slavery, and the slave trade, within the District of Columbia, may be immediately abolished.

Objection was made to receiving these memorials;

And on the question, Shall these memorials be received? it was

Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Morris offered to present petitions of citizens of the county of Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed that slavery within the District of Columbia may be immediately abolished.

Objection was made to receiving these petitions;

And on the question, Shall these petitions be received? it was

Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Chambers offered to present a memorial of citizens of the county of Adams, in the State of Pennsylvania; and a memorial of female citizens of the same county, which, he stated, prayed that slavery, and the slave trade, within the District of Columbia, may be immediately abolished.

Objection was made to receiving these memorials;

And on the question, Shall the memorials be received? it was

Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Denny offered to present a petition of citizens of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania; and a petition of citizens of the county of Aileghany, in the State of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed that slavery within the District of Columbia, may be immediately abolished.

Objection was made to receiving these petitions;

And on the question, Shall the petitions be received? it was

Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Whittlesey offered to present a petition of inhabitants of Austenburg, in the county of Ashtabula, in the State of Ohio; a petition' of inhabitants of Jefferson; and also, of inhabitants of the county of Ashtabula ;

A petition of inhabitants of Geneva, in the said county of Ashtabula; A petition of inhabitants of Andover, in the said county of Ashtabula;

A petition of inhabitants of Antrim, in the county of Guernsey;
A petition of inhabitants of Huntsburg, in the county of Geauga;
A petition of inhabitants of Hartford, in the county of Trumbull;
A petition of female inhabitants of Hartford, in the county of Trumbull;
A petition of inhabitants of Vienna, in the county of Trumbull;

A petition of female inhabitants of Vienna, in the county of Trumbull;
A petition of inhabitants of Farmington, in the county of Trumbull;
A petition of inhabitants of Gustavus, in the county of Trumbull;

A petition of female inhabitants of Gustavus, in the county of Trumbull;

A petition of inhabitants of Painesville, in the county of Geauga;
A petition of inhabitants of Cumberland and its vicinity;

A petition of inhabitants of Perry, in the county of Geauga;
A petition of inhabitants of Mentor, in the county of Geauga;
A petition of inhabitants of the county of Columbiana; and

A petition of inhabitants of Madison, in the county of Geauga, all in the State of Ohio; all of which petitions, he stated, prayed that slavery, and the slave trade, may be immediately abolished within the District of Columbia.

Objection was made to receiving these petitions:

And on the question, Shall the petitions be received? it was
Ordered, That this question do lie on the table.

Mr. Speaker presented a memorial of John McArann, of the city of Philadelphia, praying the passage of an act authorizing the purchase, by the United States, of sundry exotic and indigenous plants, for cultivation in the botanic garden, in Washington city; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings.

Mr. William B. Shepard presented a petition of Christopher Neale, judge of the orphans' court of Alexandria county, in the District of Columbia, praying for an increase of his salary.

Mr. Washington presented a memorial of the Provident Association of Clerks, in the civil departments of the Government of the United States, in the District of Columbia, praying for a grant to a certain quantity of land, situated in said District, for the use of said association; and also for the power of investing the funds of said association in stocks of other States. Mr. Washington presented a memorial of the president and secretary of the Georgetown Lancaster school, in the District of Columbia, praying for an appropriation of the public money for the support of said institution. Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented the proceedings of a public meeting of sundry citizens of the city of New Orleans, upon the subject of the late fire in the city of New York; which were referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. P. C. Fuller presented a petition of sundry soldiers of the Indian wars of 1789, 1790, 1791, and 1792, setting forth their present indigent condition, and praying for pecuniary relief.

Mr. Storer presented sundry affidavits and certificates, relative to the late election of Delegate for the Territory of Michigan; which were referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Storer presented a petition of Hiram Powers, praying an appropria tion for the purpose of procuring a marble bust of the late Chief Justice John Marshall; which was referred to the Committee on the Library.

Mr. Thomas presented the memorial of the president and directors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown, praying for a renewal of its charter.

Mr. Thomas presented the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the city of Washington, praying for a renewal of the charters of the existing banks in said city, or that others may be chartered in their stead.

Mr. Thomas presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Georgetown, praying for a recharter of the several banks in that place.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the select committee upon the subject of the Banks in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of sundry citizens of the United States, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a light house near Absecon Inlet, in the State of New Jersey.

Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of sundry merchants and others, interested in the foreign and coastwise trade of the city of Philadelphia, praying for an appropriation for the repair of the piers at New Castle, in the State of Delaware; and also that New Castle may be made a port of entry.

Mr. Cushing presented a petition of Solomon H. Currier, of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, late a collector of customs for the district of Newburyport, praying an allowance to him of certain commissions on custom-house bonds, taken by him as former collector of the port of Newburyport.

Mr. Phillips presented a remonstrance of sundry inhabitants of Ipswich, in the State of Massachusetts, against abolishing the collection district of Ipswich, in said State.

Mr. Reed presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the erection of a light-house at Wingsneck, in Sandwich, in the county of Barnstable.

Mr. Adams presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Michigan, praying for the speedy construction of a harbor at the mouth of the river St. Joseph, in the Territory of Michigan.

Mr. Lawrence presented a memorial of sundry importing merchants of the city of Boston, relative to an increase of the compensation of the weighers and gaugers of the port of Boston and Charlestown.

Mr. Haley presented a petition of Nathan Smith, of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, owner and agent of the fishing shooner " James Monroe," of Stonington, which performed a fishing voyage in the year 1834, praying for a bounty under the law granting a bounty to fishermen, but which he cannot legally receive, on account of his return four days short of the time prescribed by law to entitle him to the said bounty.

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of sundry citizens of the State of New York, praying for the improvement of the mouth of Big Sandy creek, emptying into Mexico bay, at the lower end of Lake Ontario, in said State.

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of sundry citizens employed as masters and seamen in navigating Lake Ontario, praying for the improvement of the mouth of Salmon river, at Mexico bay, on said lake.

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of New York, praying for the speedy construction of a harbor at the mouth of St. Joseph river, in the Territory of Michigan.

Mr. Russell presented the proceedings of a meeting of sundry inhabitants

of the village of Plattsburgh, in the State of New York, relative to an appropriation to improve the harbor at Plattsburgh, by a breakwater, and for a light-house on Cumberland head.

Mr. Hazeltine presented three several petitions of sundry merchants and others, residing in the county of Chautauque, in the State of New York, praying for the construction of a safe harbor at Portland, on Lake Erie. Mr. Galbraith presented a like petition of sundry inhabitants of the western part of Pennsylvania upon the same subject.

Mr. Hard presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of New York, praying for the construction of a harbor at the mouth of Eighteenmile creek on Lake Ontario.

Mr. Parker presented a petition of sundry citizens of New Brunswick, in the State of New Jersey, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Raritan river.

Mr. Dickerson presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Newark, in the State of New Jersey, praying for the removal of obstructions in the Passaick river and Newark bay.

Mr. Galbraith presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants interested in the navigation of the great northern lakes, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the western entrance of the harbor of Presque Isle.

Mr. Harper presented a memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, praying for the construction of the piers at Reedy island, the erection of a lighthouse thereon, and also for a light-house on the Brandywine shoal.

Mr. Ingersoll presented a like memorial of sundry other citizens of Philadelphia.

Mr. Milligan presented a memorial adopted at a meeting of sundry citizens of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, praying for the improvement of the navigation of the Christiana river, and for the establishment of a customhouse at Wilmington.

Mr. Milligan presented a memorial adopted at a meeting of sundry citizens of New Castle, in the State of Delaware, praying that New Castle may be made a port of entry.

Mr. Steele presented a memorial of sundry citizens of Dorchester and Somerset counties, in the collection district of Vienna, in the State of Maryland, against uniting said district with the district of Snow Hill.

Mr. White presented a memorial of John W. Simonton, of Key West, in the Territory of Florida, praying for the establishment of a marine hospital at that island.

Mr. Reynolds, of Illinois, presented a memorial of sundry citizens of the village of Milwaukee, in the Territory of Michigan, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a light-house, and also for the construction of a horbor at that place.

Mr. Jones, of Michigan, presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of Michigan Territory, praying for the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of St. Joseph river.

Mr. Kinnard presented a like petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Indiana, and also of the Michigan Territory.

Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented the petition of John W. Bingey, of the parish of Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, surveyor and inspector of the port of Ponchartrain, praying for an increase of his salary.

Mr. Patterson presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of