an increase of their salaries, which have been reduced by the Postmaster General.

By Mr. Holmes: The petition of the clerks in the post office in Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, of like import with the foregoing. Ordered, That said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Freedley: The petition of citizens of Delaware county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the "bounty-land" act of September 28, 1850, be so amended as to give each person intended to be benefited by it 160 acres of land; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Allen: The petition of Seneca Thomas, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for a correction of an error in the allowance of his pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Howell Cobb: The petition of James Crocker, of the State of Georgia, praying for a pension on account of disability incurred from wounds received while in the military service of the United States during the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Marshall: The memorial of the mayor and city council of the city of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, praying for a grant of public land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany to St. Louis, in the State of Missouri; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Bingham: The petition of citizens of Hampton, in the State of Michigan, praying for the repeal of the "fugitive-slave law;"

Also, the petition of citizens of Livingston, Oakland, and Washtenaw counties, in the State of Michigan, of like import with the foregoing; Also, the petition of citizens of Saginaw county, in the State of Michigan, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Crowell: The petition of citizens of Summit county, in the State of Ohio, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Allen: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the right of trial by jury to all persons claimed as fugitives from labor.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Haralson: The petition of William R. Chesnut, of the State of Georgia, praying for compensation for flour furnished General Nelson's brigade on their march to Florida, in November, 1837; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Marshall: The memorial of the mayor and council of the city of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, praying for an appropriation to build a custom-house, post office, &c.; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Fowler: The petition of citizens of Sullivan county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the adoption of some mode of adjustment of national difficulties without war; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Robert M. McLane: The petition of George W. Hughes, late colonel of the District of Columbia and Maryland regiment of volunteers, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the light battery of said

regiment, praying for increase of pay for them for their services; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Walden: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying that Rouse's Point be made a port of entry and delivery, and that the collector of the district be required to reside there;

Also, the petition of citizens of Clinton and Essex counties, in the State of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the "Canadian reciprocity bill."

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

By Mr. Tuck: The petition of citizens of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, praying for a modification of the patent laws so as to prevent frauds; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Disney: The memorial of citizens of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying for the removal of the obstructions to a free navigation at the falls of the Ohio river.

By Mr. Mason: The petition of citizens of the town of Catletts, in the State of Kentucky, of like import with the foregoing.

Ordered, That said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Wildrick, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did on the 27th instant present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 43. An act to renew and continue in force the charter of the Potomac Insurance Company of Georgetown;

S. 68. An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain purchasers and settlers on the "Maison Rouge grant," in the event of the final adjudication of the title in favor of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Sibley, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (No. 138) entitled "An act to reduce and define the boundaries of the military reserve at the St. Peter's river, in the Territory of Minnesota, and to secure the rights of the actual settlers thereon," was taken from the Speaker's table, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

The regular order of business having been called for, the Speaker announced as first in order the bill of the House (No. 448) "to encourage agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and all other branches of industry, by granting to every man who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land out of the public domain, upon condition of occupancy and cultivation of the same for the period herein specified;" the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Andrew Johnson to commit the said bill to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and print the

same.

After debate,

Mr. McClernand moved the previous question.

Pending which,

Mr. Andrew Johnson withdrew his aforesaid motion to commit the bill. Mr. Vinton moved that the said bill be laid on the table.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

SYeas...
Nays..

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Those who voted in the negative are—

So the House refused to lay the said bill on the table.

The question recurring upon the demand for the previous question, the House refused to second the same.

The question then recurring on the engrossment of the bill, Mr. Conger moved that it be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and printed.

Mr. Conger moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill be committed, and printed? and

It was decided in the affirmative,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. John W. Houston
Andrew Johnson
George W. Jones
Orsamus B Matteson
John A. McClernand
James X. McLanahan
Robert M. McLane
Fayette McMullen
Daniel F. Miller
Henry D. Moore
Jonathan D. Morris
William A. Newell

Mr. Andrew J. Ogle

Edson B. Olds
Emery D. Potter
Gideon Reynolds
Elijah Risley
John Robbins, jr.
John L. Robinson
Julius Rockwell
Joseph M. Root
William A. Sackett
Elbridge G. Spaulding

So the said motion was agreed to.

Mr. William Sprague
Frederick P. Stanton
James H. Thomas
John R. Thurman
Abraham W. Venable
Albert G. Watkins
John Wentworth
Willlam A. Whittlesey
Christopher H. Williams
George W. Wright
Timothy R. Young.

And the bill was accordingly committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Julian moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Hall, 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 bill of the House (No. 433) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1851, being the special order for this day, had found itself without a quorum, and that he had caused the roll to be called, when it appeared that the following members were absent, viz:

George R. Andrews, George Ashmun, Edward D. Baker, James M. H. Beale, Franklin W. Bowdon, James B. Bowlin, Daniel Breck, William J. Brown, Lewis D. Campbell, Chauncey F. Cleveland, William Duer, Cyrus L. Dunham, Charles Durkee, Nathan Evans, Meredith P. Gentry, Elbridge Gerry, James S. Green, Thomas C. Hackett, Willard P. Hall, Henry W. Hilliard, Moses Hoagland, Isaac E. Holmes, David Hubbard, James L. Johnson, David S. Kaufman, Preston King, John C. Mason, Joseph E. McDonald, Finis E. McLean, William McWillie, John K. Miller, George W. Morrison, Edson B. Olds, Alexander G. Penn, Emery D. Potter, William A. Richardson, Joseph M. Root, John H. Savage, John L. Schoolcraft, Augustine H. Shepperd, Peter H. Silvester, Alexander H. Stephens, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sweetser, James H. Thomas, John B. Thompson, Robert Toombs, Amos Tuck, John Van Dyke, Marshall J. Wellborn.

A quorum having appeared,

The House again 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: (H. R. 433) "A bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851," had come to no resolution thereon. Mr. Dickey, from the Committee on Enrolled bills, reported that the committee had examined a bill of the Senate (No. 322) entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch," and found the same truly enrolled;

when

The Speaker signed the said bill.