Mr. Leonard Jarvis Richard M. Johnson Mr. Rufus McIntire James J. McKay Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim John McKinley Jesse Miller Franklin E. Plummer John Reynolds Ferdinand S. Schenck Mr. William Schley Augustine H. Shepperd Jesse Speight The question then recurred on the first of the resolutions proposed by Mr. John Quincy Adams; when Mr. Adams modified his said first resolution to read as follows: Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the treaty with France of the 4th of July, 1831, should be maintained, and its execution insisted on. A motion was then made by Mr. Seaborn Jones to amend the said resolution by striking out all after the word Resolved, and inserting the following: "That, with a solemn treaty acknowledging the rights of our citizens, entered into under the usual formalities, and with a nation professing to be governed by that code which prescribes the obligation of such instruments, we have every right to expect that the same will be observed in good faith; and that as this House is officially informed that the law for executing said treaty is now under consideration in the French Legislature, it is inexpedient, for the present, to legislate on the subject." And on the question that the House do agree to this amendment, A motion was then made by Mr. Robertson to amend the said first resolution of Mr. Adams, as modified, by striking out all after the word Resolved, and inserting the following: "That there is satisfactory evidence that the French Government desires that the appropriation for indemnity should be made in pursuance of the stipulations of the treaty of July 4, 1831, and reason to hope that the Chamber of Deputies will adopt that measure, and faithfully discharge the obligations of France to the United States." And on the question that the House do agree to the first resolution proposed by Mr. Adams, as this day modified, as an amendment to the first resolution proposed by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, It passed in the affirmative. The question was then put, that the House do adopt the first resolution as amended by the substitute proposed by Mr. Adams, viz. Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the treaty with France of the 4th of July, 1831, should be maintained, and its execution insisted on, And passed in the affirmative unanimously, every member present voting therefor, viz. Mr. John Quincy Adams James W. Bouldin George Burd Robert Burns Harry Cage Churchill C. Cambreleng Robert B. Campbell Richard B. Carmichael Mr. David W. Dickinson Thomas H. Hall Thomas L. Hamer Edward A. Hannegan Joseph Henderson Mr. George L. Kinnard Robert P. Letcher Rufus McIntire James J. McKay Isaac McKim John McKinley Jeremiah McLene John J. Morgan Henry L. Pinckney James K. Polk David Potts, jr. Robert Ramsay The question then recurred on the second and third resolutions proposed by Mr. John Quincy Adams in lieu of the second and third resolutions reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs; when Mr. John Quincy Adams withdrew the said second and third resolutions. And the question then recurred on the second resolution reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, viz. Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of so much of the President's message as relates to commercial restrictions, or to reprisals on the commerce of France. And being put, that the House do agree thereto, It passed in the affirmative unanimously. The third and last resolution reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs was then read as follows: Resolved, That contingent preparation ought to be made to meet any emergency growing out of our relations with France. The said resolution was, on motion of Mr. Cambreleng, ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill (No. 590) entitled "An act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain," ," with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Senate have also passed a resolution, in the words following, viz. "Resolved, That the joint rule of the two Houses, which prohibits sending bills to the President on the last day of the session for his approbation, be suspended during the present session of Congress;" in which resolution I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Mr. Briggs, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, viz. No. 218. An act for the relief of Mervin P. Mix ; No. 237. An act for the relief of Samuel Butler; No. 260. An act for the relief of David Kincaid; No. 261. An act for the relief of Stevens Smith, and the heirs of Patrick McRown, and crew of the fishing schooner Rising States, of Bath bay, in the State of Maine; No. 263. An act for the relief of Matthew C. Perry, a master commandant in the navy of the United States; No. 264. An act for the relief of E. R. Shubrick, of the United States navy; No. 266. An act for the relief of Riddle, Becktle, and Headington, and their representatives; No. 267. An act for the relief of John J. Avery; No. 271. An act for the relief of Theodore Owens ; No. 273. An act for the relief of the representatives of Thomas Clemmons; No. 281. An act for the relief of Shubael Conant; No. 284. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Aaron Smith; No. 291. An act for the relief of William Haskell and others; No. 304. An act for the relief of John Cullins, a soldier of the revolution. No. 311. An act granting a pension to Amasa A. Tifft; No. 341. An act granting a pension to Isaac Janvier; No. 380. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to Richard Butman the tonnage duty imposed on the schooner Brandywine; No. 411. An act for the relief of Simeon Meachum ; No. 437. An act for the relief of James Young; No. 438. An act for the relief of Henry Aukward; No. 515. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bailey E. Clarke; No. 533. An act to authorize the Secretary of State to issue letters patent to James Jones; No. 561. An act for the relief of Thomas Buford; No. 605. An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto;" No. 619. An act to change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi; No. 614. An act for the relief of Richard T. Archer; No. 626. An act for the relief of John Tice, assignee of William Pennington; No. 652. An act for the relief of William O'Neal and Robert Morrison; No. 662. An act to authorize the city council of St. Augustine to widen a street in the town of St. Augustine; No. 668. An act to authorize letters patent to be issued to Francis B. Ogden; No. 683. An act to authorize the removal of the land office at Wapaghkonetta to Lima, in the State of Ohio; No. 684. An act to prescribe the punishment of consuls, commercial agents, and others, in certain cases; No. 686. An act to authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the University of Michigan; No. 708. An act to change the times of holding the district courts of the United States for the western district of Virginia, held at Clarksburg; No. 729. An act to provide for paying certain pensions at Jackson, in the State of Tennessee; No. 170. An act further to suspend the operation of certain provisoes of "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved the 14th day of July, 1832; No. 142. An act for the relief of Lemuel Tanner, assignee of Pierre Dufresne; No. 166. An act for the relief of John Dougherty, an Indian agent; No. 160. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims allowed by the commissioners under the treaty with the King of the Two Sicilies, concluded October 14, 1832; No. 173. An act further to extend the time allowed for the execution of the duties of the commissioners for carrying into effect the convention with France; No. 104. An act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions; and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bills. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, viz. No. 616. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1835, with amendments. No. 405. An act for the benefit of Samuel M. Asbury, who was wounded in the late war with Great Britain, with an amendment. No. 56. An act to render permanent the present mode of supplying the army of the United States, and fixing the salaries of certain clerks therein named, with an amendment. No. 641. An act for the relief of Colonel Daniel Newnan, with an amendment. No. 425. An act granting a pension to Colonel Gideon Morgan, with an amendment. No. 334. An act to equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United States. No. 472. An act for the relief of Joseph Gilbert, No. 466. An act granting a pension to John Gerodelle. No. 608. An act granting a pension to Larnard Swallow. No. 648. An act making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, for the year 1835. No. 660. An act making appropriations for building light-boats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys, for the year 1835, with amendments. No. 517. An act to increase the pension of Origen Eaton, with an amendmeat. No. 388. An act granting a pension to John F. Wiley, and increasing the pension of George Fields, with an amendment. No.275. An act for the relief of William Lawrence, with an amendment. No. 462. An act for the relief of Ephraim F. Gilbert, with an amend ment. No. 728. An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad into and within the District of Columbia." |