John Roane, William Russel, Jonah Sanford, Augustine H. Shepperd, Jesse Speight, Richard Spencer, James Standefer, William L. Storrs, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John W. Taylor, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, John W. Weeks, Elisha Whittlesey, Lewis Williams, and Joel Yancey.-99. Another motion was then made by Mr. Hemphill to amend the said bill, by striking out from the enacting words to the end of the said bill, and, in lieu of the part so stricken out, inserting the following, viz: "That, for the public services, losses, and sacrifices, the sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid to James Monroe immediately after the passing of this act, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; which shall be in full of all demands of the said James Monroe for his claims aforesaid." Whereupon, a motion was made by Mr. Potter to amend the said amendment, by inserting therein, after the word "sacrifices," these words, viz: "<in addition to the sum of three hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars heretofore paid to said James Monroe for the same consideration." And after debate, The question was put to agree to this motion, And was decided in the negative. A motion was then made by Mr. Rencher, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Hemphill, by adding thereto the following, viz: "Provided, That the accounting officer of the Treasury Department shall, upon an examination of his accounts, believe so much is due him upon principles of equity and justice." Mr. Hemphill accepted this proviso as a modification of his amendment; and modified his said amendment accordingly. And the question was then put, that the house do agree to the said amendment as modified, And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, 84. Messrs. William S. Archer, Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, John S. Barbour, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Thomas Beekman, John Bell, Elias Brown, James Buchanan, Samuel Butman, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John Campbell, Samuel P. Carson, Timothy Childs, Richard Coke, jr., Nicholas D. Coleman, Richard Coulter, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr., Jacob Crocheron, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, John Davis, Edmund Deberry, Harmar Denny, Charles G. De Witt, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W. Eager, Jonas Earll, jr., George Evans, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Isaac Finch, Chauncey Forward, John Gilmore, William F. Gordon, Innis Green, George Grennell, jr., Henry H. Gurley, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hemphill, Thomas Hinds, James L. Hodges, Cornelius Holland, Benjamin C. Howard, Thomas H. Hughes, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Leonard Jarvis, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, James Lent, Chittenden Lyon, John Magee, Rollin C. Mallary, Henry C. Martindale, William D. Martin, William Mc Creery, George McDuffie, Charles F. Mercer, Daniel H. Miller, George E. Mitchell, Ebenezer F. Norton, William T. Nuckolls, Walter H. Overton, John Mercer Patton, Dutee J. Pearce, Spencer Pettis, Isaac Pierson, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Abram Rencher, Joseph Richardson, Robert S. Messrs. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, Willis Alston, John Anderson, William G. Angel, William Armstrong, Noyes Barber, Robert W. Barnwell, Robert E. B. Baylor, James Blair, John. Blair, Abraham Bockee, Ratliff Boon, Peter I. Borst, John Broadhead, William Cahoon, Thomas Chandler, Thomas Chilton, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Clay, James Clark, Henry W. Conner, Richard M. Cooper, Henry B. Cowles, Robert Craig, Joseph H. Crane, Thomas H. Crawford, Henry Daniel, Warren R. Davis, Robert Desha, Clement Dorsey, Joseph Draper, William Drayton, William W. Ellsworth, James Findlay, James Ford, Thomas F. Foster, Joseph Fry, Thomas H. Hall, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Michael Hoffman, Henry Hubbard, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W.: Huntington, Peter Ihrie, jr., Jacob C. Isacks, Cave Johnson, John Kincaid, Perkins King, Adam King, Henry G. Lamar, Pryor Lea, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, Robert P. Letcher, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, Thomas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, William McCoy, Rufus McIntire, Henry A. Muhlenberg, James K. Polk, Robert Potter, John Roane, Jonah Sanford, Augustine H. Shepperd, Jesse Speight, James Standefer, William L. Storrs, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, Wiley Thompson, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, Samuel F. Vinton, John W. Weeks, Elisha Whittlesey, Charles A. Wickliffe, Lewis Williams, and Joel Yancey. -84. The question then recurred, Shall the said bill be engrossed and read a third time? when The House adjourned. On leave given, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1831, The Speaker presented a petition of George Ficklin and Daniel Ward, setting forth that they purchased certain lands belonging to a certain John Morrison; that, subsequently to the said purchase, the United States obtained a judgment against said Morrison, as the surety of a contractor for furnishing arms to the United States, and that said lands are now held liable for the satisfaction of said judgment; and praying relief in the premises; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Polk, Ordered, That the petition of James Sykes, presented December 13, 1826, be referred to the Committee on Military Pensions. Mr. Mallary presented a petition of Israel Phillips, of the State of Vermont, praying to be allowed a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Pensions. Mr. Broadhead presented a memorial of inhabitants of the town of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, praying that measures may be adopted to arrest the circulation of small foreign silver coins, and that such an issue of coins of the United States, of small dimensions, may be ordered, as shall be commensurate with the public wants; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. White, of Florida, presented a petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Florida, praying that Saint Andrew's bay may be established as a port of entry; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Coke presented a petition of James Davis, of the State of Virginia, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a forfeiture to the United States of the sum of fifty dollars, arising from a contingency which he had no power to control; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Test presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a post route; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: No. 507. An act to authorize the construction of three schooners for the naval service of the United States. No. 145. An act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights. No. 526. An act for the relief of Matthias Roll and William Jackson. No. 78. An act making provision for the compensation of witnesses, and payment of other expenses attending the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck. On motion of Mr. Pettis, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Joseph Bogy, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 105,) entitled "An act for the relief of William Smith, administrator of John Taylor, deceased," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Mallary, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which had been referred the memorial of the manufacturers of salt in Kenhawa county, in the State of Virginia, made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 595) to repeal a part of an act to reduce the duty on salt; which bill was read the first time. And opposition being made thereto by Mr. Chilton, The question was stated, Shall this bill be rejected? when, On motion of Mr. Wilde, a call of the House was ordered. And the roll having been called, one hundred and ninety-three members answered to their names, viz: Messrs. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, Willis Alston, John Anderson, William G. Angel, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, Benedict Arnold, John Bailey, Noyes Barber, Robert W. Barnwell, Daniel L. Barringer, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Robert E. B. Baylor, Thomas Beekman, John Bell, James Blair, John Blair, Abraham Bockee, Ratliff Boon, Peter I. Borst, John Broadhead, Elias Brown. James Buchanan, Tristam Burges, William Cahoon, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John Campbell, Samuel P. Carson, Thomas Chandler, Timothy Childs, Thomas Chilton, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Clement C. Clay, James Clark, Richard Coke, jr., Nicholas D. Coleman, Lewis Condict, Henry W. Conner, Richard M. Cooper, Richard Coulter, Henry B Cowles, Robert Craig, Joseph H. Crane, Thomas H. Crayford, David Crockett, William Creighton, jr, Jacob Crocheron, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Henry Daniel, Thomas Davenport, John Davis, Edmund Deberry, Harmar Denny, Robert Desha, Charles G. De Witt, John D. Dickinson, Philip Doddridge, Clement Dorsey, Joseph Draper, William Drayton, Joseph Duncan, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel W Eager, Jonas Earll, jr., William W. Ellsworth, George Evans, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, James Findlay, Isaac Finch, James Ford, Chauncey Forward, Thomas F. Foster, Joseph Fry, Nathan Gaither, John Gilmore, William F. Gordon, Henry H. Gurley, Thomas H. Hall, Jehiel H. Halsey, Joseph Hammons, Jonathan Harvey, Joseph Hawkins, Charles E. Haynes, Joseph Hemphill, Thomas Hinds, James L. Hodges, Cornelius Holland, Michael Hoffman, Benjamin C. Howard, Henry Hubbard, Thomas H. Hughes, Jonathan Hunt, Jabez W. Huntington, Peter Ihrie, jr., Ralph I. Ingersoll, Thomas Irwin, William W Irvin, Leonard Jarvis, Kensey Johns, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Cave Johnson, Joseph G. Kendall, William Kennon, John Kincaid, Perkins King, Adam King, Henry G. Lamar, Pryor Lea, Humphrey H. Leavitt, Joseph Lecompte, James Lent, Robert P. Letcher, Dixon H. Lewis, George Loyall, Wilson Lumpkin, Chittenden Lyon, John Magee, Rollin C. Mallary, Henry C. Martindale, William D. Martin, Thomas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, William McCreery, William McCoy, George McDuffie, Rufus McIntire, Charles F. Mercer, Daniel H. Miller, George E. Mitchell, Robert Monell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Ebenezer F Norton, William T. Nuckolls, Walter H. Overton, John Mercer Patton, Dutee J. Pearce, Spencer Pettis, Isaac Pierson, Robert Potter, William Ramsey, James F. Randolph, John Reed, Abram Rencher, Joseph Richardson, John Roane, Robert S. Rose, William Russel, Jonah Sanford, John Scott, William B. Shepard, Augustine H. Shepperd, James Shields, Thomas H. Sill, Jesse Speight, Ambrose Spencer, Richard Spencer, Michael C. Sprigg, James Standefer, John B. Sterigere, Philander Stephens, William L. Storrs, James Strong, Joel B. Sutherland, Samuel Swan, Benjamin Swift, John Taliaferro, John W. Taylor, John Test, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, Phineas L. Tracy, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, Joseph Vance, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel F. Vinton, George C. Washington, James M. Wayne, John W. Weeks, Elisha Whittlesey, Campbell P. White, Edward D. White, Richard H. Wilde, Lewis Williams, Ephraim K. Wilson, Joseph F. Wingate, Joel Yancey, and Ebenezer Young. 193. Further proceedings on the call were then dispensed with. And the question was again stated, Shall the bill be rejected? Upon which debate arose, and continued until the hour allotted by the rules of the House for the consideration of reports and motions expired. And then, on leave, sundry resolutions were introduced, viz: On motion of Mr. McCoy, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Harrisonburg, in the State of Virginia, by Dinkletown, and Miller's ironworks, to Strebling's Spring. On motion of Mr. Grennell, Resolved, That the Com nittee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Israel Bullock, of Massachusetts, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners. On motion of Mr. Randolph, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of replacing Darby Oram, of New Jersey, on the revolutionary pension list. On motion of Mr. Doddridge, Ordered, That Thursday next, the 10th instant. be set apart for the cousideration of business, relating, exclusively, to the District of Columbia. On motion of Mr. Fry, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the law relating to patents, so as to place aliens who have applied to become citizens on an equal footing with citizens, or aliens who have resided two years in the United States. An engrossed bill, (No. 588,) for the sale of the lands in the State of Illinois, reserved for the use of salt springs on the Vermillion river, in that State, was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall it pass? when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until to-morrow. Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz: No. 590. An act to repeal the charges imposed on passports and clear ances; No. 591. An act to direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land claims in the Territory of Florida; No. 592. An act to authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds; were, severally, read the third time, and passed. 1 Ordered, That the clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, being in answer to the call made on him, on the 1st instant, to inform the House whether it is expedient to erect fortifications at or near Ocracock inlet, with a view to the more permanent security of that section of North Carolina; which letter was read, and laid on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 330) for the relief of James Monroe." The question recurred, Shall the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time? And after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts; and being demanded by a majority of the members present, The said previous question was put, viz: Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The said main question was then put, viz: Shall the bill be engrossed, and read a third time? |