Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 397) entitled "An act to revive and amend an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States," passed on the 2d day of March, 1831, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the 14th of July, 1832, were read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The amendment of the Senate to the bill (No. 27) entitled "An act for the relief of Martha Bailey and others," was read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 61. An act for the relief of Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Lieutenant Richard Wilde, deceased; No. 66. An act for the relief of Henry Waller; No. 74. An act for the relief of Charles J. Hand ; No. 80. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved July 14, 1832; No. 81. An act for the relief of the administrators of Bolitha Laws, deceased; No. 83. An act to remove the office of the Surveyor General of the public lands in Ohio, Indiana, and the Michigan Territory; No. 88. An act for the relief of Lieutenant Archibald S. Campbell; No. 89. An act for the relief of Wolcott Chauncey ; No. 164. An act for the relief of William Mann; No. 172. An act for the relief of Colonel A. R. Woolley; No. 177. An act for the relief of the Roman Catholic Church at St. Louis, Missouri; were severally read the first and second time, and referred— To the Committee on Invalid Pensions. To the Committee of Claims. To the Committee of Claims. No. 61. No. 66. No. 74. No. 80. No. 81. No. 83. To the Committee on Naval Affairs. To the Committee of Ways and Means. To the Committee on the Public Lands. No. 88. No. 164. To the Committee of Claims. No. 172. To the Committee on Military Affairs. No. 177. To the Committee of Ways and Means. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock A. M. TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1834. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Nathaniel P. Tatum, accompanied by a bill (No. 494) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Nahum Fay and William Lytle; which were severally read, and laid on the table. Mr. Patton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Abel Griggs, made an unfavorable report thereon; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Patton, Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Captain F. A. Parker, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Beardsley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Abiel Wood, made a report thereon, accompa nied by a bill (No. 495) for his relief; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. Mr. King, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Benjamin Franklin Stickney, made a report thereon, accomnied by a bill (No.496) for his relief; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the amendment of the Senate to the bill (No. 397) entitled "An act to revive and amend an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, passed on the 2d day of March, 1831, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the 14th day of July, 1832," reported the agreement of the committee to the said amendment. The amendment was then read at the Clerk's table, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Bell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 165) entitled "An act in addition to the act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1825, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Wise, from the committee appointed on the 13th of May instant, on the memorial of citizens of Yorktown, in the State of Virginia, made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 497) to carry into effect a resolution of Congress, passed on the 29th day of October, 1781, to erect a marble column at York, in Virginia; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The rule being suspended for the purpose, The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Miller, yesterday, that 30,000 copies, extra, be printed of the report of the committee appointed on the 4th of April last to make certain inquiries in relation to the Bank of the United States; as, also, of the report of the minority of the said committee. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Briggs to amend the said motion by directing the said reports to be so attached as to form a single pamphlet; and, after debate, Mr. Miller modified his said motion as follows: That- copies, extra, be printed of the report of the committee appointed on the 4th of April last to make certain inquiries in relation to the Bank of the United States; as, also, of the report of the minority of the said committee; and that the said reports be so attached as to form a single pamphlet. The question was then taken on a motion made by Mr. Pinckney that the blank be filled with 40,000, And was decided in the negative. The question was next put on the motion made by Mr. Miller that the blank be filled with 30,000, And passed in the affirmative. The motion as amended was then agreed to by the House. And so 30,000 copies, extra, of said reports were ordered to be printed, and attached together. The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Hawes on the 14th instant, that the House do reconsider the vote on the question that the bill (No. 256) to provide for the settlement of certain revolutionary claims, be recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And on the question, Will the House reconsider the said vote? Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 76, 104. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen William Allen William H. Ashley Daniel L. Barringer John Cramer David Crockett Amos Davis Thomas Davenport Mr. Harmar Denny Chittenden Lyon Mr. Henry C. Martindale Thomas A. Marshall Jonathan McCarty Thomas M. T. McKennan Mr. Churchill C. Cambreleng Mr. David W. Dickinson Robert B. Campbell George Chambers John Chaney Clement C. Clay Augustine S. Clayton Philemon Dickerson Joseph Duncan Luke Lea Mr. Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt Henry L. Pinckney Franklin E. Plummer Campbell P. White The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 255) regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States; and the question recurred, Shall the bill pass? when A motion was made by Mr. Gorham that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, with instructions to amend the same by striking out the first section of said bill, and, in lieu thereof, inserting the following: That, from and after the passage of this act, the following silver coins shall be of the legal value, and shall pass current as money within the United States, by tale, for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rate of one hundred cents the dollar, that is to say, the dollars of Mexico, Peru, Chili, and Central America, of not less weight than as now coined, and those restamped in Brazil, of the like weight, of not less fineness than ten ounces fifteen pennyweights and twelve grains of pure silver in the troy pound of twelve ounces of standard silver; and the five franc pieces of France, when of not less fineness than ten ounces and sixteen pennyweights in twelve ounces troy weight of standard silver, at the rate of ninety-three cents each. And on the question, Shall the said bill be recommitted with said instructions? It passed in the affirmative, {Xaas, 85, 82. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Heman Allen Mr. Robert B. Campbell Thomas Chilton Mr. Harmar Denny John Dickson Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams John J. Allen William S. Archer Benning M. Bean James W. Bouldin Richard B. Carmichael John Carr Samuel Clark Thomas L. Hamer Mr. Edward A. Hannegan Henry Hubbard Mr. Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore Franklin E. Plummer Aaron Vanderpoel 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 the said bill amended agreeably to the instructions of the House. The said amendment was then concurred in by the House, and the bill was ordered to be re-engrossed, and read a third time to-day. The bill being re-engrossed, was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock A. M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1834. Leave being given, A motion was made by Mr. John Quincy Adams that the use of the hall of this House be given for the purpose of holding therein, on |