The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. Adams, that the said petition be received. A motion was made by Mr. Miller, that the said motion do lie on the table. And the question being put, that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Miller, It passed in the affimative. Mr John Quincy Adams then offered to present a petition from citizens of western Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed the abolition of slavery and the slave trade within the District of Columbia, and moved that the said petition be received. Mr. Hardin rose and inquired of the Chair, whether it is in order for a member from one State to present petitions from citizens of another State? The Speaker decided that it is in order. And, after debate on the motion "that the petition be received," A motion was made by Mr. Miller, that the motion, "that the petition be received," do lie on the table. And the question being put, that the House do agree to the motion made by Mr. Miller, It passed in the affirmative, Nays, The 149, 45. and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Philemon Dickerson Mr. William McComas William Patterson Franklin Pierce Ebenezer Pettigrew Lancelot Phelps Henry L. Pinckney Mr. Abraham Rencher Ferdinand S. Schenck Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allan John Banks Nathaniel B. Borden George N. Briggs George Chambers Mr. Horace Everett Samuel Fowler Mr. John Taliaferro Mr. Daniel Kilgore Thomas M. T. McKennan Mathias Morris James Parker Dutee J. Pearce David Russell Mr. John Quincy Adams then offered to present a petition from citizens of the counties of Indiana and Westmoreland, in the State of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed the abolition of slavery and the slave trade within the District of Columbia, and moved that the said petition be received. On motion of Mr. Turrill, it was Ordered, That the question on the motion that the said petition be received, do lie on the table. Mr. Cushing offered to present a petition of citizens of Haverhill, in the county of Essex, in the State of Massachusetts, which, he stated, prayed the abolition of slavery and the slave trade within the District of Columbia, and moved that the said petition be received. On motion of Mr. Howard, it was Ordered, That the question on the motion that the said petition be received, do lie on the table. Mr. Cushing offered to present a petition of citizens of Amesbury, in the State of Massachusetts, which, he stated, prayed the abolition of slavery and the slave trade within the District of Columbia, and moved that the said petition be received. A motion was made by Mr. Garland, of Virginia, that the motion that the said petition be received do lie on the table. And pending the question on this motion, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1836. The Journal of yesterday having been read, Mr. Hardin moved to amend a paragraph therein, so as to read, "Mr. Hardin rose and inquired of the Chair, whether it is in order for the member from Massachusetts to present petitions from citizens from Pennsylvania, before the State of Pennsylvania is called for petitions ;" stating, that this was his point, and not that which is presented on the Journal of yesterday; it was then Ordered, That this correction be entered on the journal of this day. A motion was then 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, commencing at the point where the call terminated yesterday: And on the question, Shall the rules be suspended for the purpose aforesaid? It was decided in the negative. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Rebecca Comley; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. John Quincy Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following resolution; which was read and agreed to by the House, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to make sale of the plates engraved for the treatise on the growth and manufacture of silk, by Doctor James Mease, under a resolution of the House of Representatives, of May 11, 1826; being document No. 158, of the first session of the twentieth Congress; and to deposite the proceeds of the sale in the Treasury of the United States. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the memorial of Calvin Mickle, (or Colin Michel) executor of the last will, and also, heir of David Nagle, deceased, and of Antonio de Frias, subjects of the King of Spain; which report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which has been referred sundry petitions and memorials, asking that the benefits provided by the act of June 7, 1832, for certain officers and soldiers of the revolution, may be extended to other persons engaged in the war of the revolution, but who are excluded by the limitations of the said act from a participation in its benefits, made a report accompanied by a bill, (No. 212) extending the provisions of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution;" which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of the representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 213) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report on the petition of John Randolph Clay, accompanied by a bill (No. 214) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That on and after Tuesday, the second day of February, the several bills making appropriations for the support of Government, the naval and military service, fortifications, and the Indian Department, at the hour of one o'clock on each day, except on Fridays and Saturdays, shall take precedence in the order of business, and shall be considered until the same shall have passed the House. The said resolution was read; when A point of order was raised by Mr. Hardin, on the ground that, by the rules of the House, the Committee on Foreign Affairs have no jurisdiction over the subject matters embraced within the resolution, but that they belong, properly, to the Select Committee on the Rules; and therefore, that the resolution ought not to be received. The Speaker decided that it was in order for the Committee on Foreign Affairs to report the resolution. And after debate on the resolution, The previous question was moved by Mr. Vanderpoel, and being demanded by a majority of the members present, The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The said main question was then put, viz: Will the House agree to the said resolution? And passed in the affirmative, Two-thirds of the members present voting therefor, viz: The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Henry W. Connor Samuel S. Harrison Mr. Micajah T. Hawkins Joseph Johnson Richard M. Johnson John Klingensmith, jr. Gerrit Y. Lansing John Laporte Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 215) making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities comienced by the Seminole Indians; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. 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. Howard reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 215) as above reported, making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians; which bill he was directed to report to the House without amendment; it was then Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time to-day. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 216) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1836; which bill was read the first and second |