734 Mr. Joseph Hall Thomas L. Hamer Edward Howell Henry Hubbard Benjamin Jones Gerrit Y. Lansing Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt Mr. John Quincy Adams George N. Briggs John Bull George Burd Tristam Burges Harry Cage Robert B. Campbell George Chambers Thomas Chilton Rufus Choate William Clark David Crockett Thomas Davenport Mr. George Loyall the Henry A. Muhlenberg Gorham Parks Abner Hazeltine William Hiester Henry C. Martindale [June 11. Mr. Thomas A. Marshall Jonathan McCarty William McComas Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan Samuel McDowell Moore John M. Patton Henry L. Pinckney Abraham Rencher Dudley Selden William B. Shepard Jonathan Sloane Christopher Tompkins Samuel Tweedy Joseph Vance an de fur of fer And pending the appointment of a time for which the said report shall be the order of the day, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1834. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Lieutenant Washington Seawell, accompanied by a bill (No. 525) 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 an unfavorable report on the petition of John Rodriguez; which report was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Leavitt, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Senate (No. 35) for the relief of Calvin Smith, of the State of Mississippi, and that the said bill be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Tompkins, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Israel Baxter, and that the said petition do lie on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the bill from the Senate (No. 129) entitled "An act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio." The motion to refer to the Committee on the Judiciary, was withdrawn ; and The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Allen, of Ohio, that the consideration of the said bill be postponed until Thursday, the 19th instant; when A motion was made by Mr. Vance that the said bill be referred to a select committee of twenty-three members, one from each State, except the State of Ohio. And, after debate, the hour expired, and the debate was suspended until to-morrow. The House then resumed the consideration of the contested election between Thomas P. Moore and Robert P. Letcher; when A motion was made by Mr. Sutherland that the report of the Committee of Elections, which was yesterday committed to a Committee of the Whole House, with certain instructions, be made the order of the day for this day. Mr. Stewart moved that it be the order of the day for Monday next; which motion was disagreed to by the House. And the question was put on the motion of Mr. Sutherland that it be the order for this day, And passed in the affirmative. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report of the Committee of Elections; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Hubbard reported that, in obedience to the instructions of the House, the Committee of the Whole had come to the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That there be a new election for a member of this House from the fifth congressional district in Kentucky, it being impracticable for this House to determine, with any certainty, who is the rightful Representative of said district. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said resolution; when Mr. Clayton moved to amend the same by striking out all after the word Resolved, and inserting the following, viz. "That Robert P. Letcher is entitled to a seat in this House as a Re. presentative from the fifth congressional district of Kentucky." A call of the House was then ordered, on the motion of Mr. Moore. And the roll being called twice, 224 members answered to their names, viz. Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams Heman Allen John J. Allen Chilton Allan Charles A. Barnitz Abraham Bockee George Burd Tristam Burges Jesse A. Bynum Harry Cage Churchill C. Cambreleng John Carr Zadok Casey George Chambers John Chaney Thomas Chilton Joseph W. Chinn Rufus Choate Samuel Clark William Clark Clement C. Clay Mr. John Coffee Hiland Hall Nicoll Halsey Mr. James Harper Samuel S. Harrison Abner Hazeltine Henry Hubbard William Jackson Leonard Jarvis William Cost Johnson Humphrey H. Leavitt Henry C. Martindale Samuel W. Mardis James J. McKay Thomas M. T. McKennan Mr. John McKinley John J. Milligan Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore Henry L. Pinckney James K. Polk Patrick H. Pope Mr. David Potts, jr. Abraham Rencher The doors were then closed, and Mr. Christopher Tompkins Excuses were offered and received for the absence of Isaac C. Bates, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Amos Davis, Thomas H. Hall, Edward Lucas, John Y. Mason, and George McDuffie. A motion was then made by Mr. Mann, of New York, that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. And the question being put, It passed in the affirmative, {Nays, 148, 65. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams William Allen John W. Brown Samuel Bunch Robert Burns Jesse A. Bynum Harry Cage Churchill C. Cambreleng Robert B. Campbell Richard B. Carmichael John Carr Zadok Casey George Chambers John Chaney Joseph W. Chinn Samuel Clark William Clark Clement C. Clay Augustine S. Clayton Mr. John Coffee Mr. Edward A. Hannegan Benjamin Hardin George L. Kinnard Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt James Love Chittenden Eyon The question was then put, that the House do agree to the amendment moved by Mr. Clayton, viz. That Robert P. Letcher is entitled to a seat in this House as a Representative from the fifth congressional district of Kentucky, And was decided in the negative, { Xeas, 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 John J. Allen Chilton Allan 1.11 Mr. James M. Bell William S. Archer John Banks Noyes Barber Horace Binney Mr. Augustine S. Clayton Martin Beaty William Clark Harmar Denny |