4 Mr. Chambers, of Kentucky, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of William J. Posey; as also, on the petition of Joseph Perkins and others; which reports were ordered to lie on the table. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the Uniied States, by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, which was read, and is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States : I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of State, accompanying copies of certain papers relating to a bequest to the United States, by Mr. James Smithson, of London, for the purpose of founding at Washington an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, " for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Executive having no authority to take any steps for accepting the trust, and obtaining the funds, the papers are communicated, with a view to such measures as Congress may deem necessary. ANDREW JACKSON. WASHINGTON, December 17, 1835. Ordered, That the said message be referred to a select committee, and Mr. John Quincy Adams, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Garland of Virginia, Mr. Pearce of Rhode Island, Mr. Speight, Mr. McKennan, Mr. Hannegan, Mr. Garland of Louisiana, and Mr. Chapin, were appointed said committee. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, prepared in obedience to the 8th section of the act of Congress, of the 2d of March, 1831, entitled " An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States," which letter and report were laid on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the petition of inhabitants of Holliston, in the State of Massachusetts, praying Congress to provide for the immediate abolition of slavery and the slave trade within the District of Columbia; and of the motions made thereon, viz: By Mr. Jackson: That the petition be referred to a select committee. By Mr. Hammond: That the petition be rejected. A motion was made by Mr. Owens, that the said petition and motions do lie on the table. A motion was then made by Mr. Pinckney to suspend the rules, so as to afford an opportunity for the presentation of petitions and memorials ; which motion being decided in the negative, 'The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Owens, that the petition of the inhabitants of Holliston, in the State of Massachusetts, and the motions pending in relation thereto, do lie on the table. And the said question being put, Yeas, 140, It passed in the affirmative, Nays, 76. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Andrew Beaumont Mr. Robert Burns Churchill C.Cambrel ang John Carr William B. Carter Zadok Casey George Chambers John Chaney . Mr. Reuben Chapman Mr. Abel Huntington Mr. William Montgomery William S. Morgan Henry A. Muhlenberg George W. Owens Sherman Page Gorham Parks William Patterson Franklin Pierce Lancelot Phelps Henry L. Pinckney Abraham Rencher Jobn Reynolds Joseph Reynolds Eleazer W. Ripley John Klingensmith, jr. John Roane James Rogers Ferdinand S. Schenck William Seymour William B. Shepard Augustine H. Shepperd William N. Shinn Francis 0. S. Smith David Spangler Joel B. Sutherland John Taliaferro William Taylor Francis Thomas John Thompson Isaac Toucey Joel Turrill Joseph R. Underwood Aaron Vanderpoel David D. Wagener Aaron Ward Daniel Wardwell Taylor Webster Joseph Weeks Lewis Williams Sherrod Williams Jesse Miller James J. McKay Thos. M. T. McKennan John J. Milligan George Grennell Niathias Morris James Parker John M. Patton Dutee J. Pearce James A. Pearce Ebenezer Pettigrew Francis W. Pickens David Potts, jr. John Reed John Robertson David Russell Ebenezer J. Shields William Slade Jonathan Sloane William Sprague James Standefer Bellamy Storer Waddy Thompson, jr. John Wbite Elisha Whittlesey Henry A. Wise presentation of memorials and petitions be suspended, to afford him an opportunity to move two resolutions in the words following: Resolved, That in the opinion of this House, the question of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ought not to be entertained by Congress. And it be further resolved, That in case any petition praying the abolítion of slavery in the District of Columbia, be hereafter presented, it is the deliberate opinion of this House, the same ought to be laid upon the table without reading. And on the question, Shall the rule be suspended for the purpose aforesaid ? Yeas, It was decided in the negative, 100, , Nays, 115. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Charles F. Mercer William Montgomery Henry A. Muhlenberg George W. Owens Sherman Page Gorhamn Parks William Patterson John M. Patton Franklin Pierce James A. Pearce Pettigrew Francis W. Pickens Henry L. Pinckney Joseph Reynolds Eleazer W. Ripley John Roane John Robertson James Rogers William Seymour William B. Shepard Ebenezer J. Shields Bellamy Storer William Taylor Francis Thomas Waddy Thompson, jr. Isaac Toucey George W. B. Towns Joel Turrill Aaron Vanderpoel Aaron Ward Joseph Weeks Henry A. Wise Isaac McKim Jeremiah McLene Timothy Childs William Clark Robert Craig Joseph H. Crane Caleb Cushing Edward Darlington John W. Davis Harmar Denny George Evans Horace Everett John Fairfield Mr. Samuel Fowler Mr. George L. Kinnard Mr. John Reed John Klingensmith, jr. Abraham Rencher John Reynolds David kussell Ferdinand S. Schenck Augustine H. Shepperd William N. Shinn William Slade Jonathan Sloane Francis 0. J. Smith David Spangler William Sprague, jr. James Standerer Joel B. Sutherland John Taliaferro John Thomson Joseph R. Underwood David D. Wageners Thomas M. T. McKennan Daniel Wardwell George C. Washington Taylor Webster Jobin White Elisha Whitlesey Lewis Williams Sherrod Williams Laucelui Phelps Daniel Kilgore David Potts, jr. And after debate thereon, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1835. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, which he delivered in at the Speaker's table. The House resumed the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Patton, on the 18th instant, that the vote of the House of that day, by which the petition presented by Mr. Briggs from inhabitants of Cummington, in the State of Massachusetts, was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, be reconsidered. And after further debate, and pending the question on the said motion, A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their secretary. · Mr. Speaker : The Senate have chosen the Reverend Edward Y. Higbee, of the Protestant Episcopal church, a chaplain to Congress for the present session, on their part: and then he withdrew. The House resumed the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Patton, on the 18th instant, that the vote of the House of that day, by which the petition presented by Mr. Briggs, from inhabitants of Cummington, in the State of Massachusetts, was referred to the Committee for the District of And, after further debate, And it being objected by Mr. Parks, that Mr. Mann had spoken upon the pending motion, and could not again“ speak” until “every member choosing to speak, shall have spoken.” The Speaker decided that Mr. Mann, having once spoken, could not, by the rules of the House, again speak until "every member choosing to speak, shall have spoken." Mr. Craig, of Virginia, inquired if it would not be in order for Mr. Mann, having obtained the floor, to make a motion that the House adjourn? The Speaker decided that it would be in order. Mr. Mann then stated that he rose to make a motion, and not to debate the question before the House. The Speaker decided that he would entertain the motion, and judge from its character whether it was in order. Mr. Mann then demanded the previous question." The Speaker d cided that the motion for the previous question, being one of the privileged motions by the rules of the House, was in order, and could be moved by Mr. Mann, and that the rules of the House which provided that “no member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the House, nor more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken,” would prevent Mr. Mann from speaking on the question before the House, a second time, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken; but, that having obtained the floor, he was in order to move the previous question. The previous question being thus moved by Mr. Mann, of New York, and being demanded by a majority of the members present: The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? s Yeas, 139, And passed in the affirmative, Nays, 71. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Jesse F. Cleveland Mr. Thomas L. Hamer Edward A. Hannegan Gideon Hard Benjamin Hardin Samuel S. Harrison Albert G. Harrison Charles E. Haynes Joseph Henderson George W. Hopkins Benjamin C. Howard Edward B. Hubley Abel Huntington Adam Huntsman Samuel Ingham Jabez Jackson Leonard Jarvis Joseph Johnson Richard M. Johnson Cave Johnson John W. Jones Benjamin Jones Andrew T. Judson William Kennon Daniel Kilgore George L. Kinnard |