made an unfavorable report on the case of William Walker; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Sally Sperry; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Muhlenberg, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Charles Yancey, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Muhlenberg from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of the representatives of Giles Russell; which report was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 662) for the relief of Sarah Carr, widow of Richard Carr, deceased; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John K. Goff, and that the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 663) making appropriations for the erection of certain fortifications; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Charles Benns; which was read, and the resolutions therein submitted were agreed to by the House, viz. 1. Resolved, The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to take further testimony as to each and every allegation made in the petition of Charles Benns, giving to the said Charles Benns and Mr. Mott, deputy collector at Burlington, in the State of Vermont, reasonable notice of the time and place he may designate for taking such testimony as they or either of them may offer; and that he ascertain the value of the clothing and articles not dutiable, if any, that were taken and sold, with the value of the goods, and the amount for which they were sold. 2. Resolved, That the petition and papers of Charles Benns be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, to enable him to carry the above resolution into effect; and that he report said testimony to the House when it shall have been taken. Mr. Bullard, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of James Crawford; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr Bullard, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of William G. Davis, and Mary Ann, his wife; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Bullard, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of James Mennie; and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 664) granting pensions to John H. Genther, Reynhart Trougot, and Andrew Michael, with an explanatory report in each case; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 464) granting pensions to certain persons therein named. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Rebecca Spencer, Abigail Clough, and Michael Anthony; and that the said petitions do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Henry Collins, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 665) granting permission to Edmund Brooke to bring certain slaves therein named into the District of Columbia; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. On motion of Mr. Clay, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of James Kinney, and that the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Washington, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the message from the President of the United States upon the subject, reported a bill (No. 666) in relation to the Potomac bridge; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Washington, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 667) for the benefit of the Female Orphan Asylum of Georgetown; which bill was read first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Washington, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 668) to remove an obstruction in the channel of the Potomac river below Alexandria; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 669) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1833; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McKennan, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 670) to incorporate the Clerks Savings' Company in the city of Washington; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, Ordered, That the bill (No. 598) to prevent the confirmation of illegal and fraudulent French and Spanish grants to land within the United States, or Territories thereof, be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Armstrong, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred, on the 2d instant, the memorial from citizens of Georgetown, reported a bill (No. 671) to improve the navigation of the Potomac river below Georgetown and Alexandria, and for other purposes; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the House House to-morrow. Ordered, That the bill (No. 660) to revive and continue in force an act entitled "An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States," be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution reported by Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, on the 3d instant, viz. The question which was depending, on the 4th instant, to wit: Shall the main question be put? recurred: when A motion was made by Mr. Denny, that the said resolution do lie on the table. A motion was then made by Mr. Stewart, that there be a call of the House. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, { Yeas, Nays, 71, 117. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, said resolution do lie on the table; Nays, The question was then put on the motion made by Mr. Denny, that the N The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Q. Adams Chilton Allan Heman Allen Robert Allison Nathan Appleton Thomas D. Arnold William Babcock John Banks Noyes Barber Isaac C. Bates George N. Briggs George Burd Tristam Burges William Cahoon Rufus Choate Lewis Condict Silas Condit Eleutheros Cooke Bates Cooke Richard M. Cooper Thomas Corwin Joseph H. Crane Thomas H. Crawford John J. Milligan William Creighton, jr. John Davis Jeremiah Nelson Henry A. S. Dearborn Thomas Newton Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Adair Mark Alexander Robert Allen John Anderson William G. Angel William S. Archer William Armstrong William H. Ashley Mr. John S. Barbour Robert W. Barnwell John Bell Mr. Ratliff Boon Joseph Bouck Thomas T. Bouldin John Brodhead John C. Bucher Churchill C. Cambreleng Mr. William B. Shepard Augustine H. Shepperd Lewis Williams John T. H. Worthington. 78, 111. Mr. Dutee J. Pearce Edmund H. Pendleton Nathaniel Pitcher David Potts, jr. Erastus Root William Russel George C. Washington John Carr Samuel P. Carson Mr. Thomas Chandler Nathaniel H. Claiborne Robert Craig Lewis Dewart Mr. William Hogan Cornelius Holland The previous question was then put, viz. Shall the main question be now put? Yeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Daniel Newnan John M. Patton Lewis Williams John T. H. Worthington. 107, SS. Mr. Henry Horn Benjamin C. Howard Henry Hubbard Edward Kavanagh |