igating the waters of the Union may be compelled to use Evans's patent safety-valve which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Giddings; A petition of citizens of Ashtabula county, State of Ohio, praying a reduction of the rates of postage and the abolition of the franking privilege: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Of fice and Post Roads.

By Mr. Carroll: A petition of citizens of Ontario county, State of New York, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia; Also, a petition of citizens of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, of like import.

By Mr. Hardin: A petition of citizens of Adams and Pike counties, in the State of Illinois, of like import.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Harper: Additional evidence in support of the petition of Catharine Stephenson, widow of George Stephenson, deceased, for a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Severance: A petition of citizens of Penobscot county, State of Maine, praying that the province of New Brunswick may be re-annexed to the United States.

By Mr. Catlin: A memorial of citizens of Pomfret, in the State of Connecticut, remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union. Ordered, That said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Giddings: A memorial of citizens of Mount Pleasant, in the State of Ohio, praying the immediate abolition of the Military Academy.

By Mr. Lyon: A petition of John P. Arndt, of Green Bay, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying compensation for certain articles of outfit furnished to the Menomonie Indians who were mustered into service in the "Black Hawk war."

Ordered, That said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Henry Dodge: The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Iowa-heretofore presented April 15, 1842: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Tilden: A memorial of John B. Fitch and others, of the State of Ohio, descendants of John Fitch, praying a grant of money or land, in consideration of the distinguished service rendered to his country and the world by their ancestor, the said John Fitch, by his invention for propelling boats by steam which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Adams: A petition of Joseph Pollard, of the State of Vermont, remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union;

Also, two petitions of citizens of Pittsfield and Washington, in the State of Maine, of like import;

Also, a petition of inhabitants of Mansfield, in the State of Massachusetts, of like import.

Ordered, That said petitions be laid upon the table.

Also, a memorial of citizens of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, praying a reduction of the rates of postage which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Also, a petition of citizens of Albany, in the State of New York, praying the immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia;

Also, a petition of citizens of Pittsfield, in the State of Maine, of like import;

Also, a memorial of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, repudiating the constitution of the Union as a "covenant with death and an agreement with hell," and praying that immediate measures may be taken, by a national convention or otherwise, for dissolving the Union of these States; Also, a memorial of citizens of Boston, in the same State, of like import; Also, a memorial of women of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be relieved from all participation in support of American slavery;

Also, a petition of inhabitants of the same State, praying that no slave may be compelled to return to any State where the laws prevent him from being taught to read the Bible;

Also, a petition of inhabitants of Albany, State of New York, praying an inquiry into the constitutionality of the government of South Carolina, and to guaranty to that State a republican form of government;

Also, a memorial of citizens of Pittsford, in the State of Vermont, remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union; and, also, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia; and, also, for an amendment of the constitution, so as to absolve all persons in the free States from the task of supporting slavery.

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

The House then resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 439) to organize a territorial government in the Oregon territory; the main question (which was ordered "to be now put" on Saturday last) was then statedFirst, Will the House agree to the amendments to the said bill reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union? when, A division of the said amendments being called for, the first of the said amendments was read, and agreed to; and

The second of the said amendments was then read, as follows: Add at the end of the 6th section the following-" Provided, however, That there shall neither be slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."

And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?

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

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Jacob Collamer
Henry Y. Cranston
Amasa Dana
Cornelius Darragh
Richard D. Davis
John W. Davis
Ezra Dean
John Dickey
Paul Dillingham, jr.
Stephen A. Douglass
Alexander Duncan
Robert P. Dunlap
Chesselden Ellis
Lucius Q. C. Elmer
Isaac G. Farlee
Orlando B. Ficklin

Mr. Hamilton Fish

Elias Florence
Solomon Foot
Henry D. Foster
George Fuller

Joshua R. Giddings

Byram Green

Joseph Grinnell

Henry Grider
Hannibal Hamlin
John J. Hardin
Alexander Harper
Samuel Hays
Thomas J. Henley
Joshua Herrick
Joseph P. Hoge
William S. Hubbell

Mr. William A. Moseley
Henry C. Murphy
Moses Norris, jr.
Robert Dale Owen
William Parmenter
Thomas J. Paterson
John Pettit

J. Phillips Phoenix
James Pollock
Elisha R Potter
Emery D. Potter
Alexander Ramsey
George Rathbun
John R. Reding
John Ritter
Orville Robinson
Julius Rockwell
George B. Rodney
Charles Rogers
Henry St. John
Samuel C. Sample
Robert C. Schenck
Luther Severance
Thomas H. Seymour
David L. Seymour
Samuel Simons

So the second amendment was agreed to.

The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth of the said amendments were then severally read, and agreed to; and

The seventh of the said amendinents was then read, as follows:

"SEC. 43. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, required to cause due notice to be given to the British government of the desire and intention of the government of the United States to annul and abrogate the convention with Great Britain relative to territory on the northwest coast of America, concluded August 6, 1827,' agreeable to the provisions of the 2d article of that convention: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed or carried into effect by any of the officers or citizens of the United States, as to interfere in any way with any right which any of the subjects of Great Britain may have in the territory herein mentioned, as provided for in the

convention aforesaid, until the expiration of twelve months after notice shall be given, as above provided, by the President of the United States." And the question was put, Will the House agree thereto?

And decided in the affirmative,

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

All the said amendments being agreed to, the bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time.

The said bill was accordingly read the third time.

The question was stated, Shall the bill pass? when

Mr. Jameson moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass?

And decided in the affirmative, Nays,

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