And the question was stated, that the House do agree to the amendment of Mr. Wise, as thus modified: And after further debate, the hour expired; when A motion was made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the House do proceed to the orders of the day: And the question being put, Yeas, There appeared, Nays, 105, 105. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Francis Granger Seaton Grantland Edward A. Hannegan Samuel S. Harrison Henry Logan Mr. William Mason Isaac McKim Ferdinand S. Schenck Mr. James H. Hammond Mr. George W. Lay William McComas Thomas M. T. McKennan Jeremiah McLene Charles F. Mercer Mr. William Montgomery Francis W. Pickens John Roane James Rogers Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd The House being equally divided, the Speaker voted with the yeas, and so the question was decided in the affirmative. The Speaker then laid before the House a letter from the clerk of the House, accompanied with a tabular statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, from the year 1823 to the year 1835, inclusive, prepared under the order of the House of the 15th inst.; which letter and statement were referred to the Committee of Accounts. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 169) entitled "An act to extend the charters of certain banks in the District of Columbia to the 1st day of October, 1836." The bill having been read the third time on the 15th instant, The question was put, Shall it pass? And passed in the affirmative. Ordered, That the clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Ordered, That the consideration of the bill (No. 51) making appropriations in part for the support of Government, for the year 1836, be further postponed until to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Underwood, The several orders of the day, which preceded the bill from the Senate, (No. 65,) entitled "An act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the city of New York," were postponed. The House then 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, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill from the Senate (No. 65) entitled "An act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the city of New York," and come to no resolution thereon, And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 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 January instant, the consideration of which appeal was, on the 18th instant, postponed until this day, A motion was made by Mr. Mann, of New York, that the consideration of the said appeal, and the subject matters therewith connected, be further postponed until Saturday, the 30th instant. And on the question that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Mann, It passed in the affirmative. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, which was delivered in at the Speaker's table. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill, (No. 198) granting a pension to William Lawrence, late a colonel in the army; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Evans, Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of Simeon Meachum and Moses Pierce, and that they do lie on the table. Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the case of Elihu Hall Bay and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 199) for the relief of said Elihu Hall Bay and others, confirming grants to land in the district west of Pearl river, derived from the British Government of West Florida; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Hammond, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Henry Crook, heir of John McCormick; also, from the further consideration of the memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, asking that grants of land may be made to certain individuals who have cultivated public lands, and that said petition and memorial do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Casey, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Arkansas, in favor of the application of Colonel Henry Shreve, and that the said memorial do lie on the table. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 200) for the relief of James Robertson, of Charleston, in South Carolina; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill (No. 109) for the relief of John Frazer and company. On motion of Mr. Parker, Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Edmund Fanning, and that the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 201) making appropriations for the collection of information, and to commence the construction of certain fortifications, and for other purposes; 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. Pinckney, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Theodore Stanwood, Samuel W. Brown and John Woodbury, jr. accompanied by a bill (No. 202) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committe of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grayson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 203) to establish a navy yard at the city of Charleston, in 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. Pinckney, Resolved, That the documents presented at the last session of Congress in relation to the establishment of a national depot at Charleston, and now on file in the clerk's office, be printed for the use of this House. Mr. Harrison, of Missouri, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the petition of John Howell, accompanied by a bill (No. 204) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harrison, of Missouri, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the case of William W. Stephenson and Joseph Henderson, accompanied by a bill (No. 205) for their relief, which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. On motion of Mr. Harrison, of Missouri, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the consideration of the memorials of inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, residing in what is commonly called the "mining country," referred on the 7th instant, and that the said memorials do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Henry R. Cassell, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of the heirs of Captain Thomas Tebts; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made an unfavorable report on the petition of citizens of Cumberland county, in the State of Kentucky, in behalf of the widow and children of Christian Shields; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Beaumont, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Catharine Burnham, daughter of Capt. Guy Young; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Beale, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the petition of Samuel Hunt, accompanied by a bill (No 206) 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. Taylor, Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Content M. Fitch, and that the same do lie on the table. A motion was made by Mr. Everett, "that the rules of the House be suspended for the purpose of calling the States for resolutions referring claims to committees." A motion was made by Mr. Mercer, to amend this motion by striking out the words, "referring claims to committees," which being disagreed to, The question was put that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Everett, And was decided in the negative. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Jarvis on the 6th, and as modified on the 13th instant, in relation to slavery in the District of Columbia. The question recurred on the amendment of Mr. Wise, on the 6th instant, as modified yesterday, And after further debate, the hour expired: when A motion was made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the House do proceed to the orders of the day. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative. The consideration of the said resolution and amendment was then resumed and continued, And pending which, the Speaker, by consent, laid before the House the message received from the President of the United States this day, which was read and is as follows, viz: WASHINGTON, January 20, 1836. SIR: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1835. The report contains, also, some very useful suggestions as to certain changes in the laws connected with our coinage and with that establishment, which are recommended to your early and careful attention. Besides some remarks in it on the progress made in the erection of branch mints, and procuring machinery therefor, I enclose a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting more detailed statements as to the new buildings, from each of the agents appointed to superintend their erection. Hon. JAMES K. POLK, ANDREW JACKSON. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ordered, That the said message and accompanying documents be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1836. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, notifying that the President did, on the 19th instant, approve and sign an enrolled bill, (No. 10,) entitled "An act to authorize the allowance of certain charges in the accounts of the American consul at London." Mr. John Quincy Adams asked the unanimous consent of the House to move the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That so much of the message of the President of the United States to Congress at the commencement of the present session, as relates to the failure, at the last session of Congress, of the bill containing the ordinary appropriations for fortifications, be referred to a select committee, |