SECOND MESSAGE. WASHINGTON, February 12, 1834. I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information requested by the resolution of the 14th ultimo, with the documents which accompanied that report. ANDREW JACKSON. Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the contracts which have been made in the War Department during the year 1833; which letter and statements were laid on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for by the House on the 27th of January, in relation to the removal of the raft in Red river; which letter was read, and laid on the table. The bill from the Senate (No. 73) entitled "An act authorizing Gassaway B. Lamar to import an iron steamboat in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils therefor, into the United States free from duty, and to provide for the remission of the same," was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. An engrossed bill (No. 64) entitled "An act for the relief of Arnold Henry Dohrman," was read the third time: when A motion was made by Mr. Dickerson, of New Jersey, that the said bill be recommitted, for the purpose of amending the same by striking out the preamble; which motion was disagreed to by the House. And the question was then put, Shall the bill pass? And passed in the affirmative. Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz. No. 66. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Walter Livingston, deceased; No. 191. An act to provide for the location of certain land claims in the Territory of Arkansas; No. 167. An act in reference to pre-emption rights in the southeastern district of Louisiana; were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills, An engrossed bill (No. 256) entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of certain revolutionary claims," was read the third time; and, On motion of Mr. Pierce, of New Hampshire, the further consideration thereof was postponed until Monday, the 17th of the present month. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 60) for the relief of Nathaniel Patton. A motion was made by Mr. Connor that the bill be further postponed till Friday, the 21st of the present month; which motion being disagreed to by the House, The question was put, Shall the bill be engrossed, and read a third time? And was decided in the negative. And so the bill was rejected. The House then resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Briggs reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union, generally, under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 181) making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year 1834; which bill he was directed to report to the House without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to morrow. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on bills of the following titles, viz. No. 50. A bill for the relief of Susan Decatur and others; No. 101. A bill for the relief of John S. Fleming, administrator of John Syme, deceased; No. 108. A bill for the relief of sundry citizens of the United States who have lost property by depredations of certain Indian tribes; No. 111. A bill to return the duties on certain pieces of sculpture; No. 112. A bill for the relief of Frederick Raymer; No. 113. A bill for the relief of Antoine Cruzat; No. 114. A bill for the relief of Abraham Wrinkle : No. 117. A bill for the relief of the owners and crew of the schooner Admiral; No. 118. A bill for the relief of Henry Darling; No. 119. A bill for the relief of Paul Poissot; No. 120. A bill for the relief of Terence Le Blanc; No. 121. A bill for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of William Teas, deceased; No. 123. A bill for the relief of H. A. De Saussure, executor of Alexander Garden, deceased; No. 195. A bill for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Philip Turner, deceased; No. 125. A bill for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Robins, deceased; No. 128. A bill granting pensions to certain persons therein named; No. 130. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of John M. Gregory, deceased; No. 131. A bill for the relief of the widow and heirs at law of Lewis Grant Davidson, deceased; No. 132. A bill for the relief of Edmund Brooke ; No. 133. A bill for the relief of James Tilford; No. 137. A bill for the relief of William Weedon; No. 138. A bill for the relief of Jeremiah Worsham; No. 141. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of John Thompson, junior; No. 142. A bill for the relief of Samuel A. Edmondson; No. 144. A bill for the relief of John Emerson; No. 145. A bill for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux; No. 147. A bill for the relief of George Douglass; and, after some time spent in Committee of the Whole, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Hubbard reported that the committee had made progress in, and directed him to ask leave to sit again on bills numbered 50, 101, and 111; and that he was directed to report the residue of the said bills to the House, with amendments to those numbered 119 and 128. It was then Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on bills numbered 50, 101, 111, and 132. The amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House to the bills numbered 119 and 128, were read, and concurred in by the House; and it was then Ordered, That the said bills, together with the bills reported from the Committee of the Whole House without amendment, with the exception of bill No. 125, be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The question was then stated, that the bill (No. 125) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Robins, deceased, be engrossed, and read a third time. And, pending the said question, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1834. On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Samuel Osborne, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd, Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to in-quire into the expediency of compensating the Society of Moravians or United Brethren for their missionary improvements and expenditures in the Cherokee country within the State of Georgia. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Gilmer on the 14th of January, calling on the Secretary of War to communicate to the House information "in relation to the death of Har- diman Owens, a citizen of Alabama, who was lately put to death by a party of regular soldiers." And, after debate thereon, the hour elapsed, and the debate was suspended until Monday next. Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz. No. 305. An act for the relief of George Gordon, assignee and representative of the heirs of Matthew Ramey, deceased; No. 108. An act for the relief of sundry citizens of the United States who have lost property by the depredations of certain Indian tribes; No. 112. An act for the relief of Frederick Raymer; No. 113. An act for the relief of Antoine Cruzat; No. 114. An act for the relief of Abraham Wrinkle; No. 117. An act for the relief of the owners of the schooner Admiral; No. 118. An act for the relief of Henry Darling; No. 119. An act for the relief of Paul Poissot and J. Eloi Rachal; No. 120. An act for the relief of Terence Le Blanc; No. 121. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of William Teas, deceased; No. 195. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Philip Turner, deceased; No. 123. An act for the relief of H. A. De Saussure, executor of Alexander Garden, deceased; No. 128. An act granting pensions to certain persons therein named; No. 130. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John M. Gregory; No. 131. An act for the relief of the widow and heirs at law of Lewis Grant Davidson, deceased; No. 133. An act for the relief of James Tilford; No. 137. An act for the relief of William Weedon; No. 138. An act for the relief of Jeremiah Worsham; No. 141. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Thompson, junior, late of Louisiana; No. 142. An act for the relief of Samuel A. Edmondson; No. 144. An act for the relief of John Emerson; No. 145. An act for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux; No. 147. An act for the relief of George Douglass, and others therein named; were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 125) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Robins, deceased; when it was Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table. And then the House adjourned until Monday next, the 17th instant, at 12 o'clock meridian. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1834. The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. John Quincy Adams, on the 11th instant, that the House do reconsider the vote of the 10th instant, referring to the Committee of Ways and Means the memorial of merchants of the city of New York in favor of the warehousing system. And on the question, Will the House reconsider the said vote? Yeas, It was decided in the negative, { Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. James M. Bell Rufus Choate Mr. William Clark Augustine S. Clayton Philemon Dickerson Edward Everett Horace Everett Millard Fillmore Samuel A. Foot Mr. Philo C. Fuller Benjamin Gorham James Love Henry C. Martindale Thomas M. T. McKennan Samuel McDowell Moore Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. James M. H. Beale Benning M. Bean Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng John Carr Zadok Casey John Chaney Nathaniel H. Claiborne Samuel Clark Clement C. Clay Henry W. Connor Joseph Hall Mr. Thomas H. Hall George L. Kinnard Gerrit Y. Lansing Cornelius W. Lawrence Humphrey H. Leavitt John McKinley Mr. Jeremiah McLene Henry L. Pinckney James K. Polk Patrick H. Pope Abraham Rencher Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley Augustine H. Shepperd Charles Slade Francis O. J. Smith James Standifer Henry A. Wise Mr. Kavanagh presented a petition of Paul Pearson and George Jones, |