Mr. Abraham Rencher John J. Roane Charles S. Sewall William B. Shepard Nathan Soule Jesse Speight Mr. James Standefer Gulian C Verplanck George C. Washington Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Q. Adams Chilton Allan Heman Allen Robert Allison Nathan Appleton William Babcock Lewis Condict Richard M. Cooper Joseph H Crane Thomas H. Crawford The main question was then put, viz. Shall the resolution pass? And passed in the affirmative, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by-one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Dickson William W. Ellsworth George Evans Joshua Evans Edward Everett Horace Everett George Grennell, jr. James L. Hodges John Leeds Kerr Mr. James M. Wayne John T. H. Worthington. Mr. Jeremiah Nelson Thomas Newton Dutee J. Pearce Erastus Root Jonathan McCarty Grattan H. Wheeler Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer Elisha Whittlesey John J. Milligan Edward D. White Henry A. Muhlenberg Ebenezer Young. Yeas, 116, 82. Mr. Thomas T. Bouldin John Brodhead John C. Brodhead John C. Bucher Churchill C. Cambreleng Samuel P. Carson Richard Coulter Robert Craig Mr. Charles Dayan The resolution moved by Mr. Horace Everett on the 5th instant, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House. On motion of Mr. Leavitt, Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing a pension to Philip Crabb, a private in the late war, from the period of his disability to the commencement of his present pension. On motion of Mr. Taylor, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of revising the act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices, with a view to place the clerks in the Post Office Department on an equal footing with the clerks in the other departments. On motion of Mr. Stewart, Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing the Senators, and requesting the Representatives of that State in Congress, " to endeavor to procure the passage of a law thorizing that a subscription of a million of dollars on the part of ...eral Government, to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to be expended on the western section," be referred to the Commie O Roads and Canals, and that they be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for that purpose. On motion of Mr. Ashley, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the liquidation of the claim of Colonel David Delaunay for services rendered, and property lost, during the late war with Great Britain. Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz. No. 631. An act for the further improvement of Pennsylvania avenue; No. 431. An act for the purchase of Watterston and Vanzandt's Statistical Tables, and to authorize a subscription for the continuance of the same; No. 653. An act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell the land reserved for the support of religion in the Ohio Company's and John Cleves Symmes' purchases; No. 652. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land claims in Missouri;" No. 658. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the State of Alabama, and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur; No. 204. An act for the relief of Riddle, Becktle, and Headington; were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. The House resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 619) to exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances from the operation of the act of the 19th of May, 1828, entitled "An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports." The question, that the bill be engrossed, and read a third time, recurred; And, after further debate thereon, The House adjourned until to-morrow, twelve o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1833. On motion of Mr. Hogan, Ordered, That the case of the representatives of Aaron Smith and William Shute, presented December 22, 1830; and the petition of Sylvester Phelps, presented January 9, 1832; and the petition of Septa Fillmore, presented December 7, 1820; be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Hogan, Ordered, That the petition of Joel Buck, presented December 17, 1830; the petition of John A. Ferris, presented January 5, 1831; and the petition of William Gould, presented January 16, 1832; be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. On motion of Mr. Hogan, Ordered, That the petition of Michael Hogan, presented February 6, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Lewis Condict presented a petition of William P. Zantzinger, a purser in the navy of the United States, praying that certain allowances to which he conceives himself justly entitled, may be made to him in the settlement of his accounts; as, also, for indemnity for losses sustained by wrongs inflicted upon him in the line of his profession, by the unjust sentence of a naval court martial. Mr. Duncan presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, praying that a marine hospital may be erected at or near the mouth of the Ohio river. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Duncan presented a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, requesting Congress to increase the present corps of mounted gun-men in the service of the United States; which resolution was committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 646) for the more perfect defence of the frontier. Mr. Evans, of Maine, presented a petition of William Tozier, of the State of Maine, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Creighton, Ordered, That the petition of Michael Sloop, presented February 13, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Daniel, Ordered, That the petition of George Stockton, presented December 10, 1830, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Boon presented a petition of Overton Harris, of the State of Indiana, praying to be paid for services as a militia man, rendered in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion of Mr. Richard M. Johnson, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Roswell Lee, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bili (No. 672) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the pay of the army of the United States when employed on fatigue duty;" 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. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Ephraim Whittaker, accompanied by a bill (No. 673) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Speight, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William Callender, and that it lie on the table. Also, from the further consideration of the petition of Christiana and Samuel S. Hamilton, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Thomas, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Henry Lee, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Ellsworth, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William Crawford, and that it 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 Joseph Morrell, and that it lie on the table. Also, from the further consideration of the petition of Benjamin B. Bruce, and that it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 674) to amend an act, entitled "An act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution;" which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until Tuesday, the 15th instant. On motion of Mr. Edward D. White, Ordered, That the message from the President of the United States, communicated to the House of Representatives on the 5th of January, 1830, transmitting a inemorial of Bernard Marigny and others, claimants of lands below the 31st degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Corwin, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Wilmington, in Clinton county, Ohio, by way of Harveyburg, to Wayn 'sville, in Warren county, in said State; and that the petition on that subject, addressed to the Postmaster General, be referred to said committee. Mr Chilton Allan moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to make to this House a report upon the condition of the unavailable funds in the Treasury, specifying therein, particularly, the amount due from each bank, and when and how said debts were severally contracted, the measures which have been taken and are now in progress to compel payment, together with his opinion of the probable value of each of these debts. On motion of Mr. Newton, Resolved, That the survey and report made to ascertain the best means of improving the navigation of Deep creek, in Virginia, and the other rivers therein mentioned, transmitted to the House of Representatives the first session of the twenty first Congress, and referred the first session of the twenty-second Congress to the Committee on Roads and Canals, be again referred to that committee. On motion of Mr. Clayton, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions inquire into the expediency of establishing additional pension agencies in the town of Milledgeville, State of Georgia, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and to provide for the paying of pensioners of said State in said town. On motion of Mr. Holland, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be directed to inquire into the expediency of allowing Silas Barnard, esq., of the State of Maine, an addi |