pancy and cultivation of the same for the period herein specified;" which was read a first and second time. Mr. Andrew Johnson moved that the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and printed. After debate, and pending the question thereon, On motion of Mr. Burt, by unanimous consent, the House 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. Meade reported that the committee, having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the special order for this day, viz: the bill (H. R. 433) "to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1851," had come to no resolution thereon. And then, On motion of Mr. Ewing, at 3 o'clock and 15 minutes. adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1851. the House The following petitions, memorials, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's table under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. David F. Miller: The petition of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Keokuk to Croton and Farmington, in said State; Also, the petition of citizens of Page and Taylor counties, in the State of Iowa, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Bloomfield to Fort Kearns, on the Missouri river, in said State. By Mr. Williams: The petition of citizens of Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Gibson counties, in the State of Tennessee, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Dyersburgh to Troy, in said State. By Mr. William T. Jackson: The petition of citizens of Millport, in the State of New York, praying that Joseph Q. Stott, postmaster, and his sureties, be released from the payment of a sum of money belonging to the Post Office Department, which was destroyed by fire in November last. By Mr. Albert G. Brown: The petition of citizens of Amito county, in the State of Mississippi, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Liberty to Natchez, in said State. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Gerry: The petition of John Edgecomb and William Davis, seamen on board the United States ship Adams, in her cruise of 1814, praying that the benefits of the act of September 28, 1850, in relation to giving bounty lands to soldiers, be extended to them. By Mr. Albert G. Brown: The petition of the register and receiver of public lands at Augusta, in the State of Mississippi, praying for additional compensation for locating military bounty-land warrants. By Mr. Moore: The petition of citizens of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an amendment to the bounty land act of September 28, 1850, so as to place the soldiers of 1812 upon the same footing with the soldiers of the late war with Mexico. By Mr. Albert G. Brown: The petition of citizens of the State of Mis sissippi, praying for the establishment of a land office at Monticello, in said State. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Gerry: The petition of John Edgecomb, of the State of Maine, praying for relief from the loss of clothes and other property sustained by him by the voluntary destruction of the United States ship Adams, in the year 1814. By Mr. Job Mann: The petition of William P. Bowhay, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for compensation for services rendered to the government in ship-building by his invention and improvements, being "a coguing or drilling instrument," accompanied by his letters-patent. By Mr. Chandler: The petition of Amelia L. Dumas and Louisa F. Dumas, praying for relief for a claim formerly against the Spanish gov ernment. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Calvin: Three petitions of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the modification of the tariff. By Mr. Chandler: The memorial of citizens of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, of like import with the foregoing. Ordered, That said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Chandler: The memorial of citizens of the city of Philadel phia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an amendment to the bounty land law, so as to place the soldiers of 1812 on an equal footing with those in the late war with Mexico; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Wentworth: The letter of A. S. Anable, of the State of Wis consin, in relation to the improvement of the harbor at Sheboygan, in said State. By Mr. Brooks: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Richmond island, adjacent to Cape Elizabeth, on the coast of the State of Maine. Ordered, That said petition and letter be referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Littlefield: The petition and accompanying papers of Daniel Winslow, of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for relief under a contract with the United States to furnish beef for the United States navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Disney: The petition of citizens of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying for the removal of obstructions to navigation around the falls of the Ohio river; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Seddon gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a bill of the following title, viz: A bill to guard sureties to official bonds from incurring liabilities in ignorance of existing defaults of their principals. Mr. Daniel moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House for the consideration of private bills. Pending which, Mr. Bayly moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the special order for this day. And the question being put upon the latter motion, it was disagreed to. The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Daniel, it was put and decided in the affirmative. The House accordingly resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House for the consideration of bills upon the private calendar; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Olds reported that the committee having, according to order, had the private calendar under consideration, had directed him to report bills of the fol lowing titles, viz: H. R. 198. A bill for the relief of the heirs-at-law of Colonel David Hopkins; H. R. 200. A bill for the relief of the heirs of Semoice, a friendly Creek Indian; H. R. 201. A bill further to amend an act approved the 2d of July, 1836, for the relief of Samuel Smith, Linn McGhee, and Semoice, Creek Indians; and also an act passed the 2d July, 1836, for the relief of Susan Marlow; H. R. 202. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of Frederick Durrive," approved August 14, 1848; H. R. 206. A bill for the relief of William Hawkins; H. R. 207. A bill for the relief of Alden and Williams; H. R. 211. A bill for the relief of Gustavus A. De Russey, late an acting purser in the navy; H. R. 213. A bill for the relief of Edmund L. Du Barry; H. R. 215. A bill for the relief of Mary Kirby Smith; H. R. 220. A bill for the relief of Adam Garlock; H. R. 228. A bill granting a pension to Asel Wilkinson; H. R. 247. A bill for the relief of Dunning R. McNair; H. resolution 12. A joint resolution providing for the adjustment of the accounts of John D. Colmesnil, president of the Ohio and Mississippi Mail Line Company; H. R. 248. A bill for the relief of Josiah P. Pilcher; H. R. 258. A bill for the relief of the Virginia Woollen Company; H. R. 260. A bill for the relief of the securities of Robert S. Moore, deceased; H. R. 262. A bill for the relief of Eli Darling; H. R. 268. A bill for the relief of James F. Green; H. R. 271. A bill for the relief of George C. Thomas; H. R. 276. A bill for the relief of William B. Edwards; H. R. 281. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Robert S. Burroughs and Stephen Hopkins; H. R. 284. A bill for the relief of Isaac Cook and others; H. R. 285. A bill for the relief of Malvina Cruzat; H. R. 286. A bill for the relief of Child, Farr, and Company, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri; H. R. 287. A bill for the compensation of James W. Low and others, for the capture of the British private armed schooner Ann, during the late war with Great Britain; severally without amendment. Also bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 221. A bill for the relief of Rebecca Freeman, widow of Pearson Freeman; H. R. 222. A bill for the relief of Thomas Flanagan; H. R. 223. A bill for the relief of Jonas D. Platt; H. R. 225. A bill for the relief of William Gove; H. R. 226. A bill granting a pension to Benjamin Cressey; H. R. 227. A bill for the relief of Lot Davis; H. R. 231. A bill for the relief of Alanson Pool; H. R. 233. A bill for the relief of Fielding G. Brown; H. R. 236 A bill for the relief of Charles S. Matthews, Charles Wood, and James Hall; H. R. 239. A bill for the relief of Manoah D. Robinson; H. R. 265. A bill for the relief of Isaac Cobb; H. R. 266. A bill for the relief of Martha Dameron; H. R. 267. A bill for the relief of William Lynch; H. R. 275. A bill for the relief of Sylvanus Blodgett; H. R. 283. A bill for the relief of the administrators of Oliver Lee, deceased; severally with an amendment. Bills numbered 200, 201, 202, 206, 207, 211, 215, 219, 220, 228, 238, 245, 247, 248, 258, 260, 262, 268, 271, 276, 281, 284, 285, 286, and 287, severally reported without amendment, were ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time. And, being engrossed, they were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Objection being made to H. R. 198, H. resolution 12, and H. R. 213, severally reported without amendment, they consequently lie over. Bills of the House, numbered as follows, viz: 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 233, 236, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 273, and 275, severally reported with amendments, were objected to, and consequently lie over. The amendments reported to bills of the House numbered 239, 231, and 283, were severally read and agreed to, and the said bills ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. The said bills being engrossed, they were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Bill of the Senate (No. 322) entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch," heretofore placed upon the Speaker's table, was objected to, and consequently lies over. Bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 182. A bill for the relief of Andrew Smith; H. R. 92. A bill for the relief of Sayles J. Bowen;-heretofore reported from the Committee of the Whole, were severally ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time. The said bills being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Objection being made to H. R. 91, "A bill for the relief of A. Bandoin and A. D. Robert, of the city of New Orleans," it consequently lies over. H. R. 98. A bill for the relief of William J. Price, heretofore reported from the Committee of the Whole House, was next taken up. Mr. Williamson R. W. Cobb moved to amend the same by striking out the following, viz: "And after his death transferred by his widow and heirs at-law to said William J. Price." And the question being put, it was decided in the affirmative. So the said bill was amended. The question being on its engrossment, it was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Bills of the House (No. 101) " for the relief of Christopher H. Pix," and (No. 104) "for the relief of Robert Davidson," heretofore reported from the Committee of the Whole House, were taken up, and severally ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. The said bills being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Objection being made to the bill of the House (No. 94) " for the relief of Daniel Steenrod," heretofore reported with a recommendation that it do not pass, it consequently lies over. Mr. Wentworth, by unanimous consent, moved that the votes by which the several bills this day passed, had been passed, be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Kerr, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition and papers of James Bell, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw the same from the files of the House. The said papers were thereupon handed to Mr. Kerr. On motion of Mr. Marshall, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the petitions and papers in the cases of James Chenowith, of Kentucky, and Joseph Fitzgerald, of Virginia, for the purpose of reference to one of the departments. The said papers were thereupon handed to Mr. Marshall. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills and a resolution of the following titles, viz: S. 101. An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801; S. 423. An act for the relief of John B. Barton, and the other surviving children of the late General William Barton; |
