Massachusetts, widow of Daniel Appleton, who died while a seaman in the naval service of the United States, praying for a pension. Mr. McKim presented a memorial of Commodore John Rodgers, the senior or "commanding officer of the navy," praying to be allowed the extra rations granted by the act of February 25, 1799, to "the commanding officer of the navy," which rations have been refused by the accounting officers, for reasons unsatisfactory to the memorialist. Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Loyall presented a memorial of James Barron, of the State of Virginia, a captain in the navy of the United States, praying the letters patent, granted him in 1819, for an improvement in the apparatus or machinery for manufacturing bottle corks, may be renewed for an additional period of fourteen years; also, that the letters patent, granted to him in 1819, for an improvement in the pump for air or water, may also be renewed for the same period; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, viz. By Mr. Reed: The petition of John Percival, presented January 15, 1833. By Mr. Watmough: The petition of Anthony Hussey, administrator of Joseph Rowe, deceased, presented January 24, 1832. By Mr. Heath: The petition of Louisa Sherburne, presented February 20, 1832. By Mr. Watmough: The petition of Emma Thompson, presented January 2, 1833. The petition of Frances Ann Thomas, presented February 13, 1833. The petition of Catharine Rasmussen, presented February 25, 1833. The petition of Elizabeth Trenchard, presented December 1, 1832. The petition of the widow of George W. Rodgers, presented January 3, 1833. The petition of Juliana Birchmore, presented December 11, 1832. Mr. Choate presented a memorial of John Saunders and Perley Putnam, of Salem, Massachusetts, praying to be remunerated for their services for superintending the building of the custom-house and public stores in Salem, in the year 1818. Mr. Barber presented a petition of John J. Avery, praying to be compensated for damages done his land during the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Taylor, of New York, presented a petition of William Crooks, of the province of Upper Canada, praying to be paid for lumber of his, taken for public purposes during the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Banks presented a petition of John Bently, praying to be paid for corn taken from him for the use of General Wayne's army in 1794. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Taylor, of New York, Ordered, That the petition of William Arbuthnot, heretofore presented on the 15th December, 1831, be again referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Lay presented a petition of Captain John Burnham, of the State of New York, praying to be paid for property of which he was robbed by the Algerine Government in the year 1793. Mr. Pinckney presented a petition of Michael Kelly, of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, praying to be paid for property captured by a French privateer in the year 1805. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. McKim, Ordered, That the petition of Samuel D. Walker, presented December 11, 1828, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. McKennan, Ordered, That the petition of the Trustees of Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, presented February 4, 1833, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Davenport, Ordered, That the petition of William Weedon, presented December 12, 1831, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio, Ordered, That the memorials of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, presented at former sessions, relative to an additional quantity of land for the benefit of schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve, in said State, with the reports made thereon, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Dunlap presented a petition of Green Pryor, in the State of Tennessee, praying that a patent may be issued to him, and to the heirs of his brother, Peter Pryor, deceased, for a certain tract of land purchased by himself and his brother of the United States. Mr. Mardis presented a petition of Joab Lawler, receiver of public moneys for the Coosa land district, in the State of Alabama, praying that he may be allowed and paid his salary from the day of his appointment. Mr. Ashley presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, praying that other lands may be granted to the inhabitants of each township for the use of schools, in lieu of section No. 16, where that section is unfit for cultivation. Mr. Ashley presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, praying that the land in said territory which has been deemed of so little value as not to justify its being surveyed, may be granted to persons who will settle and improve and survey the same. Mr. Ashley presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, praying that a land office may be established for the sale of the public lands in the southwestern section of said State. On motion of Mr. Dunlap, Ordered, That the petition of James Hunter and Creed P. Halley, presented February 25, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, Ordered, That the petition of Coleman Fisher, presented February 1, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Bullard presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Louisjana, praying for the establishment of a post route; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Bullard presented sundry petitions, viz. A petition of the heirs at law of William Graham, deceased, late of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Jean Baptiste Lemoin, of the State of Louisana ; A petition of the heirs at law of Louis Pellerin, deceased, late of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Pierre S. Compere and Julian Rachal, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Celestin Lavergne, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Littleton Bailey, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Eloi Rachal, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Francois St. Germain, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Paul Poissot, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of William L. Cockerville, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of Abraham Wrinkle, of the State of Louisiana; A petition of the heirs at law of Jean Baptiste Macarty, of the heirs at law of Edmund Macarty, of Barthelemy Macarty, and of Celeste Macarty, widow of Paul Lanusse, all of the State of Louisiana; praying that their titles, respectively, to lands therein mentioned and described may be confirmed. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Bullard, Ordered, That the petitions of Garriguez Flaujac, presented February 4, 1828, and December 16, 1829, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Bull presented a petition of Charles Alexander Clark, of the State of Missouri, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of four miles square of the Grand prairie may be granted to him for the term of five years. Mr. Sevier presented a petition of William Marcus, of the Territory of Arkansas, praying permission to enter certain public lands in lieu of other lands to which he was entitled. Mr. Sevier presented a petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of public lands may be granted to all settlers thereon. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Benjamin Mooers; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Geatano Carusi, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Adam Brandt; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Alexander Boyd, accompanied by a bill (No. 28) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Ezekiel Foster and Company, accompanied by a bill (No. 29) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Amos Sheffield and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 30) for the relief of the owners of the schooner Three Sisters, of Saybrook; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Chester Griswold and John Midwinter ; which reports were laid on the table. Mr. Cramer, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Jacob Townsend; which report was laid on the table. The House proceeded to consider the following amendment, moved by Mr. Patton on the 9th instant, to the ninth rule of the late House of Representatives, viz. Strike out all after the words "in all cases," at the commencement of the said ninth rule, and insert, "the Speaker shall vote, and if the House be equally divided, the question shall be lost." And on the question that the House do agree thereto, It was decided in the negative, { Yeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Heman Allen John J. Allen Tristam Burges Richard B. Carmichael John Carr John Chaney Mr. William C. Dunlap Horace Everett Thomas F. Foster Edward A. Hannegan William Hiester Mr. Edward Lucas Jonathan McCarty Thomas M. T. McKennan Samuel McDowell Moore Henry L. Pinckney David Potts, jr. Abraham Rencher Samuel F. Vinton Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams Chilton Allan William H. Ashley Abraham Bockee Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng George Chambers Rufus Choate Samuel Clark William Clark Philemon Dickerson David W. Dickinson Joseph Duncan William W. Ellsworth Edward Everett Mr. Millard Fillmore Samuel A. Foot Benjamin Jones Charles McVean Mr. Charles F. Mercer Gorham Parks James Parker Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley Augustine H. Shepperd Charles Slade Henry A. Wise Ebenezer Young The said ninth rule of the late House of Representatives was then adopted by this House, and is as follows: "In all cases of ballot by the House, the Speaker shall vote; in other cases he shall not vote, unless the House be equally divided, or unless his vote, if given to the minority, will make the division equal; and, in case of such equal division, the question shall be lost." The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting his report on the petition of Tucker and Judge, referred to him on the 27th of February, 1833; which letter and report were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the navy of the United States from the 1st day of October, 1832, to the 30th day of September, 1833; which letter and statement were laid on the table. III. A letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the accounts remaining unsettled, or on which balance |