Elections, upon depositions of the sheriff and others that no such persons were known to them in the county, be counted for Robert P. Letcher, was agreed to.

And the said amendment, as agreed to by the House, is as follows:

That all the votes given by qualified voters, which were received in Lancaster, Garrard county, whilst Moses Grant, Esq. acted as one of the judges on the first morning of the election in August last, and those of a like character given on the second day of the election, in the absence of the sheriff, ought to be estimated in ascertaining the result of the election.

That the votes of David McKee, Alfred W. Buford, Elijah Mount, Clayton Fitzpatrick, William R. Preston, R. L. Berry, Blackburne Leffler, Robert McKeown, Giles M. Ormond, and Lewis L. Mason, theological students, given in Mercer county, be counted, the first nine for R. P. Letcher, and the last one for T. P. Moore.

That the votes of John McHan, Reuben Young, Vincent Inge, William Jenkins, and the Rev. David Robertson, being the persons whose votes were erased from the list of votes given to Letcher, and transferred to the list of those given to Moore, be taken from the number of votes allowed by the majority of the committee to Moore, in Mercer county, and added to those counted for Letcher.

That the votes of Montgomery Vanlandingham, Joseph Murrain, and Hickman Evans, of Jessamine county, rejected by the Committee of Elections, upon depositions of the sheriff and others that no such persons were known to them in the county, be counted for R. P. Letcher.

A motion was made by Mr. Pope that the first resolution reported by the Committee of Elections be further amended by adding to the amendment proposed by Mr. Banks, as adopted by the House, the following, viz.

That the votes of A. Kavenaugh, George Elliott, junior, Moses Bryant, John Shipman, Shelton Harris, John Floyd, Jeremiah Anderson, Garret Voris, John D. Stone, M. B. Moseley, William Wooley, Cornelius Naves, James Moorman, John Cornett, Robert Figg, and George Catlett, be stricken from Mr. Letcher's poll, it having been proved that they were minors at the time of the election.

That the votes of William Quinn, John McCoy, and William Wright, who voted in Garrard and Lincoln counties; and of Greenbury Peyton and William Welch, who voted in Jessamine county; and of Elijah Carlton, who voted in Mercer county; be stricken from Mr. Letcher's poll; it having been proved that they were not citizens of Kentucky at the time of the election.

That the vote of Rowland Shields ought to be counted for Mr. Moore on the Lincoln poll book, it having been wrongfully stricken off by the judges of the election.

That the vote of John Brady be taken from Mr. Letcher's poll and restored to that of Mr. Moore, on the ground that he had in the first instance, bona fide and without mistake, voted for Mr. Moore.

And, after debate,

A motion was made by Mr. Banks that the House do adjourn.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Edward Everett
Those who voted in the

Mr. John Adams

Joseph B. Anthony
Benning M. Bean
Andrew Beaumont

John Blair

Charles Bodle

John W. Brown

Mr. James Turner

Joel Turrill

Aaron Vanderpoel

And thereupon the House did adjourn until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1834.

Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 512) regulating the rates and toll for crossing the Eastern Branch bridge; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public lands, made a report on the memorial of Henry M. Shreve, accompanied by a bill (No. 513) granting him the right of pre-emption to eighteen sections of the public land lying on Red river, in the State of Louisiana; 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 were referred sundry petitions of citizens of the State of Illinois, reported a bill (No. 514) granting a quantity of land to the State of Illinois, to assist in constructing a road from a point on the Wabash river, opposite Vincennes, to Chicago, accompanied by a report in writing; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. McKennan, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 515) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bailey E. Clarke; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Hall, of Maine, from the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, made a report on the contingent expenditures of that department; which report was read, and laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. McKinley,

Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of sundry insurance companies in the city of New York, and other papers in relation to claims for indemnity for expenses in prosecuting suits against the marshal of Pennsylvania for seizures of certain teas, and that the same do lie on the table.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Nathaniel Platt, Peter Rambo, and Richard Poole; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 516) granting the right of pre-emption to certain lots in the town of Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Origen Eaton, accompanied by a bill (No. 517) to increase the pension of Origen Eaton; which bill was

read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

An engrossed joint resolution (No. 6) providing for the distribution of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, from the peace of 1783 to the 4th of March, 1789, was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 158) entitled "An act granting a township of land to certain exiles from Poland," reported the same without amendment. The bill was then committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

The bill from the Senate (No. 77) entitled "An act for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the Territory of Arkansas," was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz.

No. 13. An act for the relief of John Chandler and William Johnson; No. 90. An act for the better organization of the United States marine corps;

No. 92. An act granting to General Philemon Thomas, of Louisiana, a tract of land, in consideration of the military services rendered by him in taking possession of that portion of West Florida included in the district of Baton Rouge;

were severally read the first and second time, and referred

No. 13. To the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

No. 90. To the Committee on Naval Affairs.

No. 92. To the Committee on the Public Lands.

An engrossed bill (No. 492) entitled "An act to authorize the sale of lots in the town of St. Mark's, in Florida," was read the third time, and passed.

An engrossed joint resolution (No. 3) giving the right of way through the United States property at Harper's Ferry, to the Winchester Railroad Company, was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill and resolution.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 77) for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the Territory of Arkansas, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-day.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on bills of the following titles, viz.

No. 295. A bill repealing certain acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida;

No. 441. A bill increasing the salaries of the judges of the United States for the Territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida;

No. 301. A bill to establish an additional land office in the Territory of Arkansas;

No. 395. A bill for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida;

The bill from the Senate (No. 41) authorizing the President of the United States to cause certain roads to be opened in Arkansas;

No. 274. A bill authorizing a road to be cut out from the northern boundary of the Territory of Florida to the town of Appalachicola ; No. 279. A bill to mark and open a road from Columbia to Little Rock, in the Territory of Arkansas;

The bill from the Senate (No. 29) to aid in the construction of certain roads in the Territory of Michigan;

No. 270. A bill supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the Territory of Florida from the State of Georgia," passed on the 4th of May, 1826;

No. 416. A bill authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of the United States from the State of Missouri;

The bill from the Senate (No. 77) for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the Territory of Arkansas;

The bill from the Senate (No. 70) for the relief of Charles Burkham and others, employed as spies on the frontier of Arkansas in 1830;

No. 421. A bill for the relief of Peter Alba and his assigns;

No. 348. A bill for the survey of certain rivers and roads, and for the improvement of a harbor in the Territory of Michigan;

No. 146. A bill to create two additional land districts in the State of Illinois, and two new land districts north of said State, in the territory now attached to Michigan, which lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river;

No. 323. A bill for the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas who lost their improvements in consequence of a treaty between the United States and the Choctaw nation of Indians;

No. 432. A bill to authorize an extra session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan;

No. 202. A bill to authorize the President of the United States to cause the lead mines in the State of Illinois and Territory of Michigan to be sold, and for other purposes;

and, after some time spent in Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Wayne reported the said bills to the House; those numbered 295, 441, 301, 395, 146, 274, 270, 416, 323, and 202, with amendments to each, and those numbered 41, 279, 29, 77, 70, 421, 348, and 432, without amendment.

The House then proceeded to consider the said bills, and the amendments to those numbered 295, 441, 301, 395, 146, 274, were severally concurred in by the House, and the said bills were ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

The bills numbered 279, 421, 348, 422, reported from the Committee of the Whole House without amendment, were ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

The amendments of the Committee of the Whole House to the bill numbered 416 were read, and concurred in, and the bill was then further amended, and, on motion of Mr. Foster, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow.

The further consideration of the bills numbered 270, 323, and 202, was