May 29.] Mr. Charles Slade HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Jonathan Sloane Jesse Speight Joel B. Sutherland William Taylor William P. Taylor Mr. David D. Wagener 669 重量 Mr. Francis Thomas Aaron Ward Mr. Beardsley then withdrew his motion to amend by striking out "twenty-third," and inserting "sixteenth ;" when Mr. Spangler renewed the said motion to strike out "twenty-third," and insert "sixteenth." A motion was then made by Mr. Clayton that the House do reconsider the vote on the motion made by Mr. Hardin to amend the resolution by striking out "twenty-third of June," and inserting "thirtieth of June." And, after debate, The prevous question was moved by Mr. Speight; 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 main question was then put, viz. Will the House reconsider the vote aforesaid? And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 122, 84. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen William Allen Joseph B. Anthony James M. Bell James W. Bouldin John Bull George Burd Tristam Burges Churchill C. Cambreleng William Clark Augustine S. Clayton Mr. George Evans James Graham Thomas L. Hamer Humphrey H. Leavitt George Loyall Mr. Edward Lucas Thomas M. T. McKennan Jeremiah McLene Charles McVean Charles F. Mercer Jesse Miller Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore Henry A. Muhlenberg John Murphy Gayton P. Osgood James K. Polk David Potts, jr. Ferdinand S. Schenck Dudley Selden Mr. John G. Watmough Edward D. White Mr. Gerrit Y. Lansing Levi Lincoln Augustine H. Shepperd The question then again recurred on the motion to amend by striking out "twenty-third of June," and inserting "thirtieth of June.' Yeas, 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 Quincy Adams Heman Allen William Allen Joseph B. Anthony James M. Bell James W. Bouldin John Bull George Burd Tristam Burges Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng Mr. Richard B. Carmichael John Chaney Augustine S. Clayton Henry W. Connor Mr. John Galbraith Ransom H. Gillet Thomas L. Hamer Samuel S. Harrison Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen Chilton Allan John Banks Noyes Barber Robert B. Campbell John Carr John Cramer David Crockett Thomas Davenport Mr. Benjamin F. Deming John Dickson Samuel G. Hathaway Gerrit Y. Lansing Thomas Lee Mr. Charles Slade Christopher Tompkins Isaac B. Van Houten Mr. Levi Lincoln James Love Patrick H. Pope Ferdinand S. Schenck Augustine H. Shepperd Francis O. J. Smith The question was then put, that the House do agree to the said resolution as amended, And passed in the affirmative. As amended and adopted, the said resolution is as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives close the present session of Congress, by an adjournment of their respective Houses, on Monday, the thirtieth day of June next. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Zebulon Ketchum; which was laid on the table. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of Israel Ketchum; which was laid on the table. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of John McDonell, accompanied by a bill (No. 499) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 83) entitled "An act to remove the office of the Surveyor General of the public lands in Ohio, Indiana, and the Michigan Territory," reported the same with an amendment. Mr. Harper, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Abiel Roads and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 500) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled 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, and found the same to be truly enrolled. Mr. Watmough, by leave, presented a memorial of sundry surgeons and assistant surgeons in the navy of the United States, met together in the city of Philadelphia, remonstrating against the unequal and unjust bearing upon their class of the new code of regulations recently prepared for the navy; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Ellsworth, by leave, presented a memorial of Edward Hopkins, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, asking the patronage of the Government in the publication of a new Gazetteer of the United States; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Library. Mr. Hard, by leave, presented a memorial of William and James Crooks, residing in the British province of Lower Canada, praying indemnity for losses sustained by the illegal capture of their schooner called the Lord Nelson; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock A. M. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1834. Mr. Speaker Stevenson rose, and informed the House that he had taken the chair this morning, though still laboring under severe and continued indisposition, for the purpose of opening the House, and preventing any delay in its business, and likewise for the purpose of announcing his determination of resigning the Speaker's chair and his seat in Congress. This he proposed doing on Monday next at 11 o'clock. He had formed this resolution under a deep sense of duty, and because his state of health rendered it impossible for him (as must be apparent to the House) to discharge, in person, the laborious duties of the chair, and he had therefore deemed it respectful and proper to give this early notice of his intention to retire. A motion was made by Mr. Chilton that the rule prescribing the order of business be suspended, to afford him an opportunity of submitting a resolution to change the hour of meeting in the morning, and for the purpose of holding evening sessions. And on the question, Shall the rule be suspended for the purpose aforesaid? Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 59, 87. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams Heman Allen Chilton Allan William Allen George Chambers Clement C. Clay David Crockett Edmund Deberry Benjamin F. Deming Harmar Denny John Dickson Mr. David W. Dickinson William F. Gordon Abner Hazeltine Luke Lea Humphrey H. Leavitt Thomas M. T. McKennan Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John J. Allen Joseph B. Anthony John Banks- Benning M. Bean Andrew Beaumont Thomas Davenport John M. Felder Samuel Fowler William K. Fuller John H. Fulton Mr. James H. Gholson William Cost Johnson Levi Lincoln George Loyall Edward Lucas Abijah Mann, jr. Henry C. Martindale Mr. Isaac McKim Henry A. Muhlenberg Patrick H. Pope Robert Ramsay Dudley Selden Francis O. J. Smith- Mr. Moses Mason, jr. Edward D. White Richard H. Wilde Lewis Williams Henry A. Wise Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, by leave,, made a report on the memorial of the Corporation of the city of Alex |