revenue with the currency of the country, to the reduction and modification of the duties imposed so as not to exceed an amount of taxation beyond what is necessary for an economical administration of the government, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. 3. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the condition of the army of the United States, to fortifications, securities of cities and roadsteads, to the establishment of military posts on the line of land travel to Oregon, together with the report of the Secretary of War, excepting such parts as may be otherwise referred, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 4. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to Indian tribes, Indian affairs, and the removal of all the tribes residing within the limits of the several States, together with so much of the report of the Secretary of War as relates to these matters, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 5. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the navy of the United States, to the propriety of a division of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, to the establishment of a navy-yard at Memphis, and a ropewalk in connexion therewith, together with the report of the Secretary of the Navy, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 6. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the occupation and settlement of Oregon, to the enactment of laws for the government of said territory, and for the protection and security of the persons and prop erty of our citizens and inhabitants therein, be referred to the Committee on the Territories. 7. Resolved, That so much as relates to the Post Office Department, to the alteration of the tariff of postage, to the mode of sustaining the department, together with the report of the Postmaster General, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 8. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the policy of establishing a regular line of steamships to ply between this country and foreign ports, and upon our own waters, for the transportation of the mail, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads; and so much as relates to the propriety of placing such ships under the command of experienced officers of the navy, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 9. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to appropriations made by Congress for the improvement of the rivers of the west and of the harbors on the lakes, and impresses on Congress the great importance of withholding appropriations from improvements "which are not ascertained by previous examination and survey," be referred to the Committee on Commerce. 10. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the District of Columbia, be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. A motion was made by Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll that the petition and accompanying papers in the case of the executors of James Reeside be referred to a select committee, to consist of five members. Mr. Cave Johnson moved that the said papers be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. And the question was put, first, Will the House agree to the said motion of Mr. Cave Johnson? And decided in the affirmative. In conformity with the standing order of the House, the diagrams accompanying the annual message of the President of the United States were referred to the Committee on Engraving. The following petitions, memorial, and papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Parmenter: The petition of Ebenezer A. Lester, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts-heretofore presented January 27, 1834. By Mr. Levy: The petition of John W. Simonton, and others, of the island of Key West, in the Territory of Florida-heretofore presented December 22, 1843. By Mr. Relfe: A petition of David Myerle, of Loudonville, in the State of Kentucky, for remuneration for services and sacrifices in promoting the manufacture of water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Cranston: The petition of David Melville, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented February 19, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, the petition of citizens of Bristol and Warren district, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented April 16, 1844; Also, the petition of citizens of the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island-heretofore presented April 16, 1844; Also, the petition of Samuel Allen, collector of the ports of Bristol and Warren, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 31, 1840; Also, the petition of Samuel Gladding, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 22, 1843; Also, the memorial of merchants and navigators of the city of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 21, 1843. Ordered, That said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Also, the petition of Philip Allen, and others, citizens of the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 22, 1843: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, the petition of the heirs of Godfrey Wenwood, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 14, 1841: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Also, the petition of the president and directors of the Union Bank of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 22, 1843: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Preston King: The petition of Elizabeth Fitch, of Southfield, Richmond county, in the State of New York-heretofore presented May 18, 1840: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Joseph A. Wright: Additional papers in the case of James McAvoy, to sustain his claim for work on the Cumberland road: which were referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Boyd: A petition of the heirs of Gabriel Green, of Henderson county, in the State of Kentucky, for compensation on account of the services of their father in the revolutionary war: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Robert Smith: The petition of Lemuel Vinal, of Scituate, Plymouth county, State of Massachusetts-heretofore presented January 20, 1834 which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A petition of Henry Simpson, surviving administrator of George Simpson, deceased, of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, for the payment of a stipulated compensation for the negotiation of a loan to the United States government: which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. E. R. Potter: A petition of Lucy Davis, of Madison county, in the State of New York, widow of William Davis, deceased, for the pay. ment of arrearages of pension granted to her husband, and unlawfully withheld by the Commissioner of Pensions: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Stiles: A petition of William B. Stokes, surviving partner of J. N. C. Stockton & Co., late mail contractors, praying relief for services rendered by said company: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A petition of Isaac Bigelow and James Davis, seamen in the service of the United States, for compensation for loss of their property by the burning of the steamship Missouri, in the port of Gibraltar, on the 26th day of August, 1843: which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a petition of merchants, and others, citizens of the city of New York, to refund certain duties collected on coffee brought from the Netherlands which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Boyd: The petition of Joseph Bowlin, of Marshall county, in the State of Kentucky-heretofore presented March 26, 1844. By Mr. Hannibal Hamlin: The petition of Aaron Rollins, of Lee, in the county of Penobscot, and State of Maine-heretofore presented December 18, 1843. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Hungerford: A petition of Elvert V. Hungerford, of Watertown, Jefferson county, in the State of New York, to refund the sum of two hundred dollars, paid into the treasury for land fraudulently entered by John T. Osgood; Also, the petition of John Otis, of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, State of New York-heretofore presented March 14, 1842; Also, the petition of Augustus Ford, of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York-heretofore presented January 20, 1842; Also, the petition of Jonathan Scott, of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, State of New York-heretofore presented May 18, 1840; Also, the petition of Daniel Duggan, of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York-heretofore presented January 16, 1844; Also, the petition of Joseph Kimball, of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York-heretofore presented December 16, 1843. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Barnard: The petition of Andrew McDowell, of the city of Albany, State of New York-heretofore presented May 6, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Joseph A. Wright: The petition of James McAvoy, of Stiles ville, in the State of Indiana-heretofore presented February 28, 1844: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Strong: The petition of Allen Gorham, of the city of New York -heretofore presented December 22, 1843: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. And then, at twenty minutes after 2 o'clock, on motion of Mr. Vance, the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1844. The following named members appeared, and took their seats, viz : From the State of North Carolina, Kenneth Rayner. From the State of South Carolina, John Campbell. On motion of Mr. Brodhead, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire and report what amount of unclaimed dividends remains in the hands of the officers, agents, or trustees of the old Bank of the United States, whose charter expired in 1811, and what action (if any) it would be proper for Congress to take in relation thereto. Mr. John Quincy Adams gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill for the relief of Joseph Holmes and others, owner and legal representatives of the crew of the schooner Industry. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Hoge asked, obtained leave, and introduced a bill (No. 433) to direct the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead-mines in the State of Illinois, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, to be exposed to public sale: which bill was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a memorial of a committee of the American Statistical Association, representing that various and gross errors have been discovered in the printed edition of the Sixth Census of the United States, and setting forth at length what they conceive to be those errors: which memorial was referred to a select committee consisting of nine members. Ordered, That Mr. Adams, Mr. Rhett, Mr. Rayner, Mr. Stiles, Mr. Maclay, Mr. Brengle, Mr. Foster, Mr. Shepherd Cary, and Mr. Caleb B. Smith, be the said committee. A motion was made by Mr. Adams that the said memorial be printed. Mr. Boyd moved that the motion to print be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas, . 101 . 79 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Archibald H. Arrington Mr. James B. Bowlin John B. Ashe Archibald Atkinson Thomas H. Baily Daniel M. Barringer Charles S. Benton Julius W. Blackwell Linn Boyd Mr. Thomas L. Clingman Walter Coles Stephen A. Douglass Byram Green Mr. Joseph Grinnell Henry Grider Thomas J. Paterson Alexander Ramsey Mr. Jeremiah Russell Mr. Georg Rathbun Alexander H. Stephens Lemuel Stetson Andrew Stewart George W. Summers William P. Thomasson A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Captain Waggaman; which was delivered in at the Speaker's table. Mr. John Q. Adams offered to present a petition of citizens of the city of New York, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Mr. Edward J. Black demanded that the question "Shall the petition. be received?" be put. Mr. William J. Brown moved that the question "Shall the petition be received?" be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas, Nays, 89 . 100 |