on the case of Joseph Russ and Stephen J. Roach, accompanied by a bill (No. 531) for their 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 a report on the memorial of John S. Stiles, accompanied by a bill (No. 532) to amend an act passed on the 29th of May, 1830, entitled "An act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore;" which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof postponed until Friday next, the 20th instant. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Joseph Shaw; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 75) entitled "An act for the completion of the road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the Territory of Arkansas," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 125) for the repair of Mars hill military road, in the State of Maine, reported the same without amend ment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a bill (No. 534) authorizing the construction of certain roads and harbors in the United States, and the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers in the United States; 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. Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to this House, if the public service will permit, any information which may have been received relative to the unfortunate event which is said to have occurred in the harbor of Toulon, on occasion of a salute fired from on board an American frigate in that harbor, in order that Congress may be enabled to make proper provision for the families of those unhappily killed, and for the wounded survivors. The said resolution was read, and the House refused to suspend the rule to consider the same. Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on Patents, reported a bill (No. 533) to authorize the Secretary of State to issue letters patent to James Jones; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until Tuesday next, the 24th instant. On motion of Mr. Rockee, Ordered, That the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Doctor Henry Perrine, and that it lie on the table. The bill from the Senate (No. 108) entitled "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of James P. Hainesworth, deceased," was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Hardin, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 420) relinquishing the claim of the United States to certain public grounds in the city of New Orleans to the mayor, aldermen, and inhabitants thereof, be discharged; and that said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, Ordered, That the case of Nathaniel Platt be recommitted to the Committee of Claims. The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Dickerson, of New Jersey, yesterday, that the House do reconsider the vote of yesterday on the resolution reported by Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, that the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 92) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands, be discharged, and that the said bill be made the special order of the day for Friday, the 20th instant. A motion was made by Mr. Patton that the motion to reconsider do lie on the table; when A call of the House was ordered, on motion of Mr. Williams; and The roll being called, 197 members answered to their names, viz. Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams John J. Allen Samuel Bunch Mr. Thomas Chilton Samuel Clark William Clark Clement C. Clay Horace Everett Millard Fillmore James H. Gholson Mr. John N. Steele Francis Thomas Further proceedings in the call were then dispensed with. And the question was put on the motion made by Mr. Patton that the motion made by Mr. Dickerson to reconsider do lie on the table, And passed in the affirmative, Nays, 111, 87. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Joseph B. Anthony Charles A. Barnitz Tristam Burges Jesse A. Bynum Richard B. Carmichael George Chambers Rufus Choate William Clark Thomas Corwin Richard Coulter Edward Darlington Thomas Davenport William W. Ellsworth George Evans Edward Everett Horace Everett George Grennell, jr. Mr. William Hiester Jabez W. Huntington Henry C. Martindale Moses Mason, jr. Rufus McIntire James J. McKay Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim Charles F. Mercer Jesse Miller John J. Milligan Samuel McDowell Moore Henry A. Muhlenberg Dutee J. Pearce Mr. David Potts, jr. Ferdinand S. Schenck Dudley Selden Augustine H. Shepperd Mr. Francis O. J. Smith Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen Samuel Beardsley Martin Beaty Abraham Boćkee Ratliff Boon John W. Brown Harry Cage Churchill C. Cambreleng Robert B. Campbell John Carr Zadok Casey John Chaney Thomas Chilton Clement C. Clay Augustine S. Clayton Henry W. Connor John Cramer David Crockett Warren R. Davis David W. Dickinson Joseph Duncan William C. Dunlap Mr. John Ewing John B. Forester Edward A. Hannegan Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt Chittenden Lyon Robert T. Lytle Mr. Samuel F. Vinton Mr. Samuel W. Mardis William Patterson Henry L. Pinckney James K. Polk Patrick H. Pope Aaron Vanderpoel Campbell P. White Mr. Mason, of Maine, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills and resolutions of the following titles, viz. No. 25. An act for the relief of Francis Barnes; No. 28. An act for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased; No. 44. An act for the relief of Aaron Bellamy ; No. 51. An act for the relief of the widow and children of George Ludlum, deceased; No. 55. An act for the relief of Lucy Loomis; No. 105. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Doctor John Berrien ; No. 330. An act to extend the time allowed for the discharge of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France; No. 435. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the 14th day of October, 1832; No. 518. An act making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper's Ferry, for the year 1834; No. 486. An act for the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years 1792, 1793, and 1794; No. 35. An act for the relief of John Percival, master commandant in the United States navy; No. 49. An act further to extend the term of certain pensions chargeable to the Privateer Pension Fund; No. 90. An act to grant to the State of Ohio certain lands for the support of schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve; No. 19. An act to revive the act entitled "An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands," approved May 29, 1830; No. 6. Resolution providing for the distribution of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, from the peace of 1783 to the 4th of March, 1789; No. 4. Resolution for distributing returns of the last census; and found the said bills and resolutions to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bills. The amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 1) entitled "An act granting pensions to certain persons therein named," were read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The amendments of the Senate to the bill (No. 255) entitled "An act regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States," were read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. An engrossed bill (No. 529) entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a right of way in a certain case, in the city of New York," was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and survey of the harbor of Portland, in the State of Maine, being a portion of the information called for by the House on the 11th of June instant; which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz. No. 84. An act concerning the duties on lead; No. 206. An act concerning the orphans' courts of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia; in which bills I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary, which he delivered in at the Speaker's table. year The House resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 269) making additional appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors, and removing the obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, for the 1834. The amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the 17th of May, were read; and several being concurred in, The question was put, that the House do concur in that amendment which proposes to strike out thirty thousand dollars, the amount appro |