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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
MASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-
NINTH CONGRESS.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
[Public—No. 7.]
AN ACT to provide for the payment of any interest falling
due on the public debt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby au-
thorized and directed to cause to be paid, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any interest falling
due or accruing on any portion of the public debt authorized
by law.
JOHN W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. M. DALLAS,
President of the Senate.
Approved, February 9, 1847.
JAMES K. POLK.
[Public—No. 8.]
AN ACT to change the time of holding one of the terms o^
the Circuit Court of the United States for the district o1
North Carolina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the term of the Circuit Court of the United States for
the district of North Carolina, now by law appointed to be
held on the first Monday of December, shall hereafter be held
on the last Monday of November (instead of the first Monday
of December) in each and every year, and all actions, suits,
appeals, recognisances, writs, processes, and other proceed-
ings whatever pending in said court, or returnable thereto,
shall have day, and be heard, tried, proceeded with, and de-
cided accordingly.
Approved, February 15, 1847.
[Public—No. 9.]
AN ACT to extend the time for selling the lands granted to
the Kentucky Asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the further time of five years, from and after the expi-
ration of that time heretofore allowed, be and the same is
hereby allowed and permitted the Trustees of the Centre Col-
lege of Kentucky, who are also Trustees of the Kentucky
Asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb, to sell the lands
heretofore granted said Asylum, and confirmed to said Trus-
tees for the use of said Asylum by acts of Congress hereto-
fore passed : Provided, That the provisions of this act shall
not extend to any lands heretofore granted lying in the State
of Arkansas.
Approved, February 18, 1847.
[Public—No. 10.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of Revolu-
tionary and other pensions of the United States for the year
ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-sight.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums be and the same are hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, for the payment of pensions for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-
eight:
For revolutionary pensions, under the act of the eighteenth
of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, sixty-
seven thousand two hundred dollars.
For invalid pensions, under various acts, one hundred and
sixty-six thousand dollars.
For pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the
fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, two
hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For pensions to widows, under the act of the seventh of
July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the
acts supplementary thereto, two hundred and seventy thou-
sand dollars.
For pensions to widows, under the act of the third of March,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, fifty-six thousand
dollars.
For pensions to widows, under the act of the seventeenth
of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, four hun-
dred and eighty thousand dollars.
For halt-pay pensions to widows and orphans, payable
through the Tnird Auditor’s Office, five thousand five hundred
dollars.
For arrearages prior to July first, one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen, payable through the Third Auditor’s Office,
one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And. be it further enacted, That from and after the
passage of this act, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized
to make such compensation to agents for paying pensions as
may be just and reasonable, to be paid out of the fund appro-
priated for the payment of revolutionary pensions, but in no
case to exceed two per centum on moneys disbursed by them ;
the said compensation to be in full for all their services, and any
contingent expenses that may arise in the discharge of their
official duties, books, printing, and stationery excepted : Pro-
vided, That the amount of compensation allowed to any one
pension agent shall not exceed one thousand dollars per an-
num s And provided further, 1'hat the Secretary of War
shall so regulate the remittances made to pension agents as to
prevent an undue accumulation of balances in their hands.
Approved, February 20, 1847.
[Public—No. 11.]
AN ACT to regulate the carriage of passengers in merchant
vessels.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That if the master of any vessel owned in whole or in part by
a citizen of the United States of America, or by a citizen of
any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel at any
foreign port or place a greater number of passengers than in
the following proportion to the space occupied by them and
appropriated for their use, and unoccupied by stores or other
goods, not being the personal luggage of such passengers, that
is to say, on the lower deck or platform one passenger for every
fourteen clear superficial feet of deck, if such vessel is not to
pass within the tropics during such voyage, but if such vessel
is to pass within the tropics during such voyage, then one
passenger lor every twenty such clear superficial feet of deck,
the orlop deck (if any) one passenger for every thirty such
superficial feet in all cases, with intent to bring such passen-
gers to the United States of America, and shall leave such port
or place with the same, and bring the same, or any number
thereof, within the jurisdiction of the United States aforesaid ;
or if any such master of a vessel shall take on board of his
vessel at any port or place within the jurisdiction of the Uni-
ted States aforesaid any greater number of passengers than the
proportions aforesaid admit, with intent to carry the same to
any foreign port or place, every such master shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before
any circuit or district court of the United States aforesaid, shall
for each passenger taken on board beyond the above propor-
tions be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and may also be im-
prisoned for any term not exceeding one year : Provided,
That this act shall not be construed to permit any ship or ves-
sel to carry more than two passengers to five tons of such ship
or vessel.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the passengers
so taken on board of such vessel, and brought into or trans-
ported from the United Slates aforesaid, shall exceed-the num-
ber limited by the last section to the number of twenty in the
whole, such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States afore-
said, and be prosecuted and distributed as forfeitures are under
the act to regulate duties on imports and tonnage.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any such ves-
sel as aforesaid shall have more than two tiers ot berths, or in
case, in such vessel, the interval between the floor and the
deck or platform beneath shall not be at least six inches, and
the berths well constructed, or in case the dimensions of
such berths shall not be at least six feet in length, and at least
eighteen inches in width, for each passenger as aforesaid,
then the master of said vessel and the owners thereof, several-
ly, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each and
every passenger on hoard of said vessel on such voyage, to be
recovered by the United States as aforesaid, in any circuit or
district court of the United States where such vessel may ar-
rive, or from which she sails.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the purposes
of this act, it shall in all cases be computed that two children,
each being under the age of eight years, shall be equal to
one passenger, and that children under the age of one year
shall not ba included in the computation of the number of
passengers.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the
several penalties imposed by this act shall be liens on the ves-
sel or vessels violating its provisions ; and such vessel may be
libelled and sold therefor in the district court of the United
States aforesaid in which such vessel shall arrive.
Approved, February 22, 1847.
[Public—No. 12.]
AN ACT to regulate the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court of the United States, in certain cases,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That all and singular the records of the proceedings in the
several cases which were pending in the Superior Courts of
the late Territory of Florida, under and by virtue of the act of
Congress of the twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and
twenty-eight, entitled “An act supplementary to the seve-
ral acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of pri-
vate land claims in Florida,” and under and by virtue of an
act entitled “ An act to provide for the final settlement of
land claims in Florida,” approved twenty-sixth May, eighteen
hundred and thirty, and in the several cases which were pend-
ing in the Court of Appeals of the same Territory on the third
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-five, and all and singular the records of
the proceedings in the several cases in which judgments or
decrees had been rendered in the said courts on or before that
day, and from which writs of error could have been sued out,
or appeals could have been taken, or from which writs of
error had been sued out, or appeals had been taken and prose-
cuted to the Supreme Court of the United States, according to
the laws of the United States which were in force on the said
third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-five, shall, from and after the passing of this
act, be transferred to and deposited in the District Court of the
United States for the district of Florida.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Judge of the District Court of the United States
for the district of Florida, immediately after the passing of
this act, to cause the same to be notified to the several clerks
of the superior courts, or to other officers or persons haying
in their possession or custody the records of the proceedings
in the^irst section of this act referred to and described, and
to demand the delivery of the same, to be deposited as in and
by the said first section of this a»t is required ; and on the re-
fusal of such clerk or other officer or person to comply with
such demand, the said judge of the district court of the United
States is hereby authorized and required to compel the de-
livery of the said records by attachment or otherwise according
to law.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in
which judgment or decrees have been rendered in the said su-
perior courts or court of appeals of the late Territory of Flori-
da, and from which writs of error have been sued out or ap-
peals have been taken to the Supreme Court of the United
States, the said Supreme Court shall be and is hereby au-
thorized to hear and determine the same, and the mandates
of the said Supreme Court for the execution of the judg-
ments or decrees so to be rendered by them, and all other
writs which may be necessary in the exercise of the appellate
jurisdiction of the said court in such cases, shall be directed to
the district court of the United States for the district of Florida,
and the said district court shall cause the same to be duly exe-
cuted and obeyed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district court
of the United States for the district of Florida shall take cog-
nizance of ali cases which were pending and undetermined
in the said superior courts, under and by virtue of the act of
Congress of twenty-third May, eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-eight, entitled “An act supplementary to the several acts
providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land
claims in Florida,” and under and by virtue of an act entitled
“ An act to provide for the final settlement of land claims in
Florida,” approved twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and
thirty ; and of all cases which were pending and undetermin-
ed in the court of appeals of the late-Territory of Florida, and
from the judgments or decrees to be rendered in which writs
of error could have been sued out or appeals could have been
taken to the Supreme Court of the United States under the
laws which were in force on the third day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five,
and shall proceed to hear and determine the same ; and from
the judgments or decrees to be rendered by the said district
court writs of error may be sued out, or appeals may be taken
to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same
manner as if such judgments or decrees had been rendered
in the court of appeals of the Territory of Florida ; and the
mandates, and all writs necessary to the exercise ol the appel-
late jurisdiction of the said Supreme Court in such cases, shall
be directed to the district court of the United States for the dis-
trict of Florida, and the said district court shall cause the same
to be duly executed and obeyed.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases not
legally transferred to the State courts in which judgments
or decrees have been rendered in the superior courts or court
of appeals of the late Territory of Florida, from which writs
of error could have been sued out or appeals could have been
taken to the court of appeals of said Territory, or to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, under the laws which were
in force on the third day of March, in the year of out Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and in which
writs of error have not hitherto been sued out or appeals have
not hitherto been taken, there shall be allowed to the parties
in the said cases the term of one year from and after the pass-
ing of this act, for sueing out such writs of error or taking
such appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States, which
shall have jurisdiction to review the same.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That any unfinished
business or proceedings now remaining or pending before
the judge of the superior court at St. Augustine as a com
missioner, under and by virtue of the “ Act for the relief of
certain inhabitants of East Florida,” approved twenty-sixth
June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, or under any other
act granting special powers or imposing special duties upon
said judge, be and the same are hereby transferred to the
judge of the district court of the district of Florida, to be pro-
ceeded in and finished, or decided in the same manner provi-
ded for by law ; and the said district judge shall have, exer-
cise, and possess the same duties, powers, and rights which
have, by virtue of the act of twenty-sixth June, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-four aforesaid, or otherwise been possessed
and exercised by the said judge of the superior court at St.
Augustine, so far as may be necessary to enable the said Dis-
trict judge to determine and finish any matter, business, o
proceedings now pending and undetermined before the judge
of the superior court aforesaid, by virtue of any such special act.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all and singular
the provisions of this act, so far as may be, shall be, and they
are hereby, made applicable to all cases which were pending
in the supreme or other superior courts of and for the late
Territory of Michigan at the time said Territory was admitted
as a State into the Union, and to all cases in which judgments
or decrees have been rendered in said supreme or superior
court of said late Territory of Michigan, and not hitherto re-
moved as aforesaid by writ of error or appeal.
Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That in all cases pend
ing in any of the superior courts of said Territory of Florida,
or in the court of appeals of said Territory, on the third day
of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and not legally
transferred to the State courts of the State of Florida, and
which said territorial courts continued to hold cognizance of,
and proceeded to determine after said day, or which are claim-
ed to have been since pending therein as courts of the United
States ; and in all cases of federal character and jurisdiction
commenced in said territorial courts after said day, and
which judgments or decrees were rendered, or which areclaim-
ed to have been since pending therein, the records and pro-
ceedings thereof and the judgments or decrees therein are here-
by transferred to the district court of the United States for the
district of Florida ; and writs of error and appeals may be ta-
ken by either party to remove the judgments or decrees that
have been or may be rendered in such cases unto the Supreme
Court of the United States, and the Supreme Court may hear
and decide such cases on such writ of error or appeal, and is-
sue its mandate to said district court : Provided, however,
Such writ of error or appeal shall be taken within one year
from the passage of this act, or one year from the rendition of
such judgment or decree hereafter rendered: And provided,
also, That nothing in this act shall be construed as affirming
or disaffirming the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the ter-
ritorial judges to proceed in or try or determine such cases after
the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, but the
same may be referred to said Supreme Court for its decision
in all cases on such writ of error or appeal.
Approved, February 22, 1847.
shall also hold extra sessions of said court from time to time,
at such places in said district as occasion may require, to dis-
patch the business of said court; and, for the purpose of
hearing and deciding all eases of admiralty and maritime ju-
risdiction, the said court shall be at all times open.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no vessel nor
master thereof shall be regularly employed in the business of
wrecking on the coast of Florida without the license of the
judge of said court; and, before licensing any vessel or mas-
ter, the judge shall be satisfied that the vessel is seaworthy,
and properly and sufficiently fitted and equipped for the busi-
ness of saving property shipwrecked and in distress ; and that
the master thereof is trustworthy, and innocent of any fraud
misconduct in relation to any property shipwrecked or sav-
ed on said coast.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be al-
lowed to the judge aforesaid an annual salary of two thou-
sand dollars, to be paid to him quarterly from the time of his
appointment.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there shall be ap-
pointed in the said district a person learned in the law to act
as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his
stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars
as a full compensation for all extra services.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall heap-
pointed in said district a marshal, who shall perform the same
duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and
be entitled to the same fees as are allowed to marshals in the
district of Louisiana, and shall, moreover, be entitled to the
sum of two hundred dollars annually as a compensation for
nil extra services#
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
the act passed at this session, entitled “An act to regulate the
exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes,
shall be held to apply to all records, proceedings, judgments or
decrees transferred to the court hereby established ; and ail
and singular the records and proceedings, judgments or de-
crees specified in said act, that arose or pending, or claimed to
be pending as stated in said act, in or before the superior court
of the southern district of the late Territory of I' lorida, and
provided by said act to be transferred to the District Court of
the United States for the district of Florida, shall be, and are
hereby, transferred to the court hereby created; and all the pro-
visions of said act relating to said District Court of the United
States for the district of Florida, or respecting the removal of
judgments or decrees in such cases to the Supreme Court of
the United States, or otherwise relating to such cases, shall be
deemed and held to apply to the court hereby created, the same
to said district court of the United States lor said district of
Florida, and to the cases so as aforesaid transferred to the
court hereby created.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the title and name
of said district court of the United States for the district of
Florida shall hereafter be the “ district court of the United
States for the northern district of Florida and that thejudge
of said northern district shall, in addition to the terms of his
court heretofore prescribed to be held within said northern dis-
trict, hold one term of the court for said district at Apalachi-
cola on the first Monday in February of each year, and one
term of said court at Pensacola, on the first Monday in March
of each year, for the trial of causes arising in the western sec-
tion of the State of Florida.
Approved, February 23, 1847.
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Monday, March 1, 1847.
[Public—No. 15.]
AN ACT in addition to an act to establish a court at Key
West, in the State of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the jurisdiction at present exercised under the existing
laws by the District Court of the United States lor the district
of Florida, shall continue to be exercised by the said court
until a judge shall have been appointed and qualified under
the provisions of an act of this session, entitled ‘ ‘ An act to
establish a court at Key West, in the State of f iorida, any
thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, February 23, 1847.
[Public—No. 16.]
AN ACT to authorize the issuing of a register to the brigan-
tine Ocean Queen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
oj the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury, a register for the brigantine Ocean Queen, for-
merly a British colonial vessel, but now owned by lrusten P.
McColley and Hiram W. McCoSley, citizens of the State of
Delaware ; and which said vessel, having been wrecked and
condemned on Cape Henlopen beach, was purchased by them,
and which they have caused to be repaired and refitted for sea
again : Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of the repairs made in
the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the
present owners, exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of
building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States.
Approved, February 25, 1847.
RECRUITING FOR THE VOLTIGEURS,
(Armed with the Rife and with Rocket and Howitzer
Batteries.)
TTNITED STATES ARMY.—Wanted for the United
U States Army, able-bodied men, between the ages of 18
and 35 years, being above 5 feet 3 inches high, of good char-
acter, and of respectable standing among their fellow-citizens.
None need apply to enter the service but those who are deter-
mined to serve the period of their enlistment, honestly and
faithfully, viz. “ during the war” with Mexico.
Table of established rates of pay agreeably to existing laws.
Grade.
To the Serg’t Major, Quar-
termaster Sergeant, Chief
Musician, and Chief Bu-
gler, each..............
To the 1st Serg. of a co..
Ordnance Sergeant.......
All other Sergeants, each.
Corporals...............
Buglers..................
Musicians...............
Farriers and Blacksmiths.
Artificers...............
Privates................
Pay of artillery
and infantry sol- p of drag00ns
diers,andoldra- J -
goons and rifle-
men when serv-
ing on foot.
Pay per month.
$17
16
18
13
9
8
8
11
11
7
and riflemen,
when mount’d.
Pay per month.
$17
16
13
10
9
[Public—No. 13.]
AN ACT to authorize the issuing of a new register for the
American barque Pons, of Philadelphia, by the name ot
the Cordelia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury, a new register for the American barque Pons,
by the name of the Cordelia, of Philadelphia, which vessel
was recently sold in that city, in pursuance of an order of the
United States District Court of the eastern district of Penn-
sylvania, as having been unlawfully engaged in the slave-trade,
and is now owned by E iward Harris Miles : Provided, That
this act shall not be so construed as to dispense with the re-
quirements of existing laws relating to new registers to he is-
sued to vessels, except as to the name thereof; and that satis-
factory evidence of a full compliance with those requirements
shall ba furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury before a
new register shall be issued as herein provided.
Approved, February 23, 1847.
A bounty of twelve dollars will be paid to each recruit en-
listed for the Artillery or Infantry arm.
Besides the monthly pay, as above stated, one ration per day
is allowed every soldier, which is amply sufficient for his sub-
sistence : also, a large supply of comfortable and genteel cloth-
ing. Good quarters and fuel are at all times furnished ; and
every attention will be paid to makingthose men who may en-
list, and are determined to serve their country in good faith,
comfortable and contented with their situation The best me-
dical attendance is always provided for the sick soldier, and
no deduction of pay is made daring the period he is unable to
perform his duty. Should the soldier be disabled in the line of
his duty, the laws provide a pension for him. Also, 160 acres
ot best land, in any of the States in which the United States
have land ; provided he obtains by his good conduct an honor-
able discharge; or $100 in Treasury scrip, to hear interest, it
he prefers it to the land.
By the above it is seen that the pay and allowances are re
spectable ; and that, with prudence and economy, the monthly
pay of the soldier may be laid up—as every thing requisite
for his comfort and convenience is furnished by the Govern-
ment, including his sugar and coffee. The prudent soldier,
therefore, may readily save from $420 to $1,020 during his
enlistment; and at the expiration of the term he can, if he
chooses, settle his farm in any of the Western States, eqidthere
stablish himself comfortably, on his own land, for the rest of
his life.
The sum of two dollars will be paid to any citizen, non-
commissioned officer, or soldier who shall bring to the rendez-
vous au able-bodied recruit, who shall be regularly enlisted.
The citizen should present his recruit to the Lieutenant or
Captain, and not to the Recruiting Sergeants.
JAMES D. BLAIR, Capt. U. S. A.
Washington, Feb. 26, 1847. Recruiting Officer.
Rendezvous : Haslup’s building, at the west end of Centre
Market, and between Louisiana avenue and C street.
mar 2—eolw
IN SENATE.
Mr. ARCHER presented the credentials of Mr. R. M. T.
Hunter, Senator elect from the State of Virginia, for six
years from the 4th day of March next.
Mr. CASS presented resolutions of the Legislature of Mi-
chigan, giving it as the decided opinion of the said Legisla-
ture that the war with Mexico was brought on solely by the
acts of that Republic, and that it should be prosecuted with
vigor, &c. . ,
Mr. DAYTON presented resolutions of certain citizens ot
New Jersey, vindicating the military character and conduct of
Gen. Zachary Taylor, from the war of 1812to the Seminole
war, and down to the storming at Monterey.
MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.
The following memorials and petitions were presented and
appropriately referred :
By Mr. DICKINSON : Five several memorials from New
York, asking, that a public vessel may be employed to trans-
port provisions to the famishing poor of Ireland.
By Mr. DIX : From citizens of Seneca county, New York,
_sking that the Tonawanda band of Indians may be exempted
from the operations of the treaty between the United States
and the Seneca Indians.
Also, six memorials from citizens of New York, asking
that a public vessel may be employed in transporting food to
Ireland.
By Mr. CAMERON : From citizens of Alleghany coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, asking that tea and coffee may not be sub-
jected to a duty.
Also, from citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that the war
with Mexico may be brought to a speedy close.
On motion of Mr. SEVIER, ordered that the Senate take
a recess from 4 until 6 o’clock P. M.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
By Mr. BADGER, from the Committee on Military Af-
fairs : The joint resolution from the House giving the thanks
of Congress to Gen. Taylor, his officers and men, for their
brilliant operations at Monterey, with an amendment, substi-
tuting swords for medals; which amendment having been
concurred in, the resolution was read a third time and passed.
By Mr. HUNTINGTON, from the Committee on Fi-
nance : The bill, as amended by the House, to amend the act
entitled “An act to raise for a limited time an additional mili-
tary force, and for other purposes.”
The report of the committee having been concurred in, the
bill was passed.
By Mr. DIX, from the Committee on Military Affairs :
The bill, as amended by the House, making provision for an
additional number of general officers, and for other purposes,
with other amendments, concurring in some of the amend-
ments from the House and non-concurring in others.
Mr. D. gave notice that he should call up the bill during
the day or to-morrow.
By Mr. DAVIS, from the Committee on Commerce :
House bill authorizing the erection of certain lighthouses,
without amendment.
The bill was then considered as in Committee of the Whole,
read a third time, and passed.
By Mr. EVANS, from the Committee on Finance : House
bill making appropriations for the support of the army and vo-
lunteers for the year ending 30th June, 1848, with amend-
ments. ,
The amendments were considered in Committee ot the
Whole and concurred in, and the bill, having been further
amended, was read a third time and passed.
By Mr. EVANS, from the Committee on Finance:
House bill for the relief of the Bank of the Metropolis, with-
out amendment; which bill was considered in Committee of
the Whole, read a third time, and passed-
By Mr. ASHLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary :
House bill to establish the territorial government of Minesota,
without amendment.
By Mr. NILES, from the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads : House bill to establish certain post routes,
with several amendments.
The amendments having been concurred in, the bill was
further amended, and read a third time and passed. [These
amendments embrace the post route to Oregon, and to allow
letters to be free of postage to and from the army.]
By Mr. DIX, from the Committee on Military Affairs : The
joint resolution to refund money to the States that had sup-
plied volunteers and furnished them transportation to the
place of being mustered into service.
The joint resolution was amended, and read
^B^Mr!1 CAMERON, from the Committee for the District
of Columbia : The joint resolution from the House granting
certain unserviceable brass cannon to the Jackson monument
committee, without amendment.
By Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland, from the Committee
for the District of Columbia : House bill to extend the char-
ter of the Union Bank of Georgetown, without amendment.
The bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, and
read a third time and passed.
By Mr. WESTCOTT, from the Committee on Patents :
House bill in addition to and in amendment of the several acts
to promote the progress of the useful arts, by resolution, recom-
mending that the further consideration he postponed until the
next session ; which was agreed to.
The joint resolution for the settlement of the accounts of
Purser G. R. Barry was considered, and read a third time
and passed. _
THE THREE MILLION BILL.
The consideration of this bill having been lesumed—
Mr. JOHN M. CLAYTON addressed the Senate. He
was opposed to the passage of the bill. He considered it
hostile to the spirit of the federal constitution, inasmuch as it
demanded an appropriation, the purposes to which such ap-
propriation was to be applied not being specifically set forth. He
adduced evidence to show that the proposition was contrary to
the doctrines heretofore laid down by eminent men of the De-
mocratic party. A further objection to the bill was, that it
proposed not only a delegation of power which belonged only
to Congress, hut it was in his opinion an usurpation of power
which belonged to another and a future Congress. It be-
longed to the Congress which should exist at the time of the
formation of a treaty to decide as to the nature and extent of
the indemnity to be obtained from Mexico.
Mr. C. went on to demonstrate that the war had originated
from the act of the President, and quoted from various docu-
ments to show the fact that the course taken by him must
inevitably lead to a war between the two nations was within
his own knowledge when he took upon himself to act without
the consent of Congress.
Mr. C. spoke at very great length ; a report of his remarks
is necessarily deferred.
The Senate then took a recess and reassembled at 6 o clock,
but of the proceedings of the Evening Session our Reporters
had no opportunity to furnish any account, the Senate still
being in session at 12 o’clock, when we last heard from the
Capitol. ______
MILITARY ACADEMY.
The bill making appropriations for the support of the Mili-
tary Academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1848,
was taken up ; when—
On motion of Mr. McKAY, it was
Resolved, That the House do insist upon their disagreement
to the said amendments of the Senate to said bill, and agree to
the conference asked by the Senate.
Mr. Hungerfohb, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Caleb B. Smith
were appointed as the managers of the conference on the part
of the House.
RELIEF OF IRELAND.
The Senate bill to provide some relief for the suffering peo-
ple of Ireland was read twice ; when—
Mr. G. V/. JONES moved that it be laid upon the table.
The question was put, and decided in the negative,
as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. John Q. Adams, Stephen Adams, Arnold,
Barringer, Bayly, Bedinger, Bell, Benton, James A. Black,
Boyd, Brinkerhoff, William G. Brown, Burt, Augustus A.
Chapman, R. Chapman,Chase, Cobb, Cocke, Cullom,Collamer,
Collin, Cottrell, Cranston, Cummins, Cunningham, Daniel,
Dillingham, Dobbin, Dockery, Ellett, Ellsworth, Ficklin,
Garvin, Gentry, Gordon, Graham, Grover, Harmanson, Hop-
kins, Geo. S. Houston, Edmund W. Hubard, Hungerford,
James H.-Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Geo.
W. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Kaufman, Preston King, Leake,
McKay, Marsh, J. P. Martin, B. Martin, Morris, Moulton,
Norris, Perrill, Perry, Pilsbury, Reid, Rhett, Ripley, Ritter,
Roberts, Sawyer, Seddon, A. D. Sims, Leo. H. Sims, Simp-
son, Starkweather, Thibodeaux, Jacob Thompson, Tredway,
Wilmot, Woodward—75.
NAYS—Messrs. Abbott, Ashmun, James Black, Brod-
head, Carroll, Cathcart, John G. Chapman, Crozier, Dar-
gan, Darragh, Garrett Davis, Dixon, Douglass, Dunlap,
Edsall, Erdman, John H.‘ Ewing, Foot, Giles, Goodyear,
Grinnell, Hale, Hamlin, Harper, Hastings, Henley, Henry,
Elias B. Holmes, Samuel D. Hubbard, Hudson, Washington
Hunt, C J. Ingersoll, J. R. Ingersoll, Jenkins,Daniel P. King,
La Sere, Lewis, Lone, Maclay, McClean, McClelland, Mc-
[Public—No. 14.]
AN ACT to establish a court at Key West, in the State of
Florida, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled,
That all that part of the State of Florida lying south of a line
drawn due east and west from the northern point of Charlotte
harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors,
bays, and inlets south of said line, shall be erected into a new
judicial district, to be called the southern district of Florida ;
a district court shall be held in said southern district, to consist
of one judge, who shall reside at Key West in said district,
and be ea’led a district judge ; and shall in all things have and
exercise the jurisdiction and powers of a district and circuit
court of the United States within the district aforesaid ; and
appeals may be allowed and writs of error sued out and
made returnable in the Supreme Court in the same manner
and under the same rules and regulations as appeals and writs
of error are allowed and sued out from and to a circuit court.
The judge shall appoint a clerk, who shall reside and keep
the records of the court at the place of holding the same ; and
shall receive for the services he may perform the same fees to
which the clerk of the Louisiana district is entitled for similar
services.
Sec. 2. And be further enacted, That the judge of said
district shall hold two regular terms of court in each year at
Key West—the one commencing on the first Monday in May,
the other on the first Monday of November in each year. He 1
third time
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. ELLET said he was present on Saturday evening
rgriHE RAFFL14 of Rich Fancy Goods at Guion’s
JL Bazaar will take place to-day, at 4l o’clock P. M-
Subscribers are respectfully requested to settle for then-
chances before the drawing takes place. Those persons wish
ins’ to take the remaining chances are requested to call in the
morning at GUION’S BAZAAR,
march 2_It corner of st. and Penn, avenue.
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ON SATURDAY, March G,
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CAPITALS.
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For sale by 4- k C. IV1AURY, Agents,
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mar 2—dScciftd
when the vote was taken on agreeing to the substitute report-
ed by the Committee of the Whole to the bill to increase the
duties derivable from imports, &c., and voted in the negative.
Mr. G. DAVIS moved a call ol the House.
Mr! ASHMUN inquired of the Speaker whether, if Mr.
Ellet’s vote were recorded, it would alter the result ?
The SPEAKER said that that question was not pertinent
to the matter before the House ; the only question was, whe-
ther Mr. Ellet had a right to vote or not.
The question was then taken on ordering a call, and it was
agreed to.
The roll was then called, and 141 members answered to
their names.
The roll was again called, when it appeared that 31 other
members were present, making 1 / 2 in all.
The call was then dispensed with ; and the subject of re-
cording Mr. Ellet’s name again coming up—
The SPEAKER said that, according to the practice of the
House, the gentleman was allowed to record his vote now.
Mr. ELLET then voted in the negative.
Several gentlemen here stated that there was another gen-
tleman who had also voted, and whose name was omitted in
the record.
Mr. EDSALL, of New Jersey, stated that he had voted,
but his vote was not recorded. Mr. E. was thereupon per-
mitted to vote, and he voted in the affirmative.
This left the vote on the substitute just as it had stood
before.
Mr. DOUGLASS said that, in the report as given in the
Union, he was represented as having voted on that question
both in the affirmative and negative. Now, he was quite
sure he had no right to give more than one vote, and he had
given that in the negative.
The CHAIR replied that on the Journal of the House he
was so recorded.
NAVAL BILL.
The bill making appropriations for the naval service for the
year ending the 30th of June, 1848, with the amendments
of the Senate thereto, was taken up, when the House passed
a resolution insisting upon its disagreement to the amend-
ments of the Senate, and asking a conference upon the said
disagreeing votes. ,
The bill increasing the marine corps of the United States,
which was reported back from the Senate with amendments,
was then taken up, and the amendments of the Senate con-
cur*3d in.
HEIRS OF PAUL JONES.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the bill
for the relief of the heirs of John Paul Jones, with the amen
ments of the Senate thereto ; when—
Mr. HUNGERFORD moved that the said bill and amend-
ments be laid upon the table; which motion was agreed to»
La Sere, Lewis, Long, Maclay, McClean, McClelland, M<
Crate, J. J. McDowell, McGaughey, McHenry, Mcllvaine,
Morse, Moseley, Newton, Niven, Parish, Pollock, Ramsey,
Relfe, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Root, Runk, Rus-
sell, Scammon, Schenek, Severance, Truman Smith, Albert
Smith, Thomas Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stanton, Stewart,
Strohm, Thomasson, Benjamin Thompson, James Thompson,
Tibbatts, Vinton, Wentworth, White, Williams, Winthrop,
Wright—78.
Mr. LEVIN moved that the said bill be referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means, with the following instruc-
tions :
“ Whereas the proposed relief for Ireland cannot even apply
an emollient to the evil, and is designed to afford Jood for par-
ty vultures to feed upon, rather than bread tor the starving
people of Ireland :
“And whereas the people of the United States themselves are
contributing in the most liberal manner to afford that aid
which the Congress of the United States cannot constitution-
ally grant:
“ And whereas there are thousands of American poor, who
are excluded from the benefit of American almshouses and
poorhouses because ot the influx ol foreign paupers and crim-
inals who now fill them to overflowing :
“ And whereas the American poor have claims upon the
American Government equal to those in a foreign land: There-
fore—
'■'■Be it enacted, That the like sum of five hundred thousand
dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
purchase of fuel and flour, for the benefit of such American
poor as maybe found in a state of distress, and the President
of the United States is hereby directed to distribute the same
in such manner and in such proportion as he may deem ex-
pedient.”
The SPEAKER decided that the motion to refer with these
instructions was not in order,
Mr. LEVIN appealed from this decision.
And the question being put, “Shall the decision of the
Chair stand as the judgment of the House ?” it was decid-
ed in the affirmative.
Mr. CARROLL moved that the bill be referred to the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means, with instructions to report the
same forthwith.
Mr. WASHINGTON HUNT moved to commit the bill
to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
and make it the special order of the day for two o’clock this day,
and moved the previous question.
The SPEAKER ruled the motion out of order.
Several points of order and inquiries were here made ; after
which—
The SPEAKER said he had decided the motion of Mr.
Hunt to refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union out of order, as the motion to refer to the
Committee of Ways and Means took precedence. This was
an erroneous decision : the motion to commit to a Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union took precedence of all
other motions to refer, and the question would accordingly be
first put on Mr. Hunt’s motion.
Mr. BOYD inquired what would be the effect of the pre-
vious question, if seconded ?
The SPEAKER said it would bring the House to a direct
vote on committing the bill to the Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union.
The previous question was seconded and the main question
ordered, viz. Shall the bill be committed to a Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union ?
It was decided in the negative : Yeas 69, nays 107.
1 The motion recurred on referring the bill to the Commit-
tee of Ways and Means—the previous question still operating.
Mr. CARROLL inquired if the question on the amend-
ment to the motion to refer to the Committee of Ways and
Means, viz. “ with instructions to report the bill forthwith,”
was not to be put ?
The CHAIR stated it was not, as Mr. C. had withdrawn it.
Mr. CARROLL said he had only withdrawn it that the mo-
tion to refer to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union might be put.
The question was stated on agreeing to the motion to refer
the bill to the Committee of Ways and Means; and, being
put, it was decided in the affirmative.
So the said bill was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Mean^E][RS QF pAUL J0NES} AGAIN.
Mr. WOODWORTPI moved to reconsider the voce by
which the bill for the relief of the heirs of John Paul Jones
was laid on the table, and moved the previous question.
Mr. McKAY moved to lay the motion for reconsideration
on the table ; which motion to lay on the table was decided
in the negative : Yeas 85, nays 89.
The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider,
and it was decided in the affirmative : Yeas 86, nays 79.
The question recurred on concurring with the Senate in
their amendments to the bill.
Mr. WOODWORTH moved the previous question, but the
House refused to second it.
Mr. GORDON and Mr. COBB made inquiries of the
Chair, which could not be heard by the Reporter.
A short debate then arose, in which Messrs. BOWLIN
and WHITE participated.
Mr. BOWLIN moved to refer the bill and amendments to
the Committee of Claims; which motion was agreed to.
The bill making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic
expenses for the year ending June 30, 1848, which had been
returned from the Senate with amendments, was taken up,
and the bill and amendments were referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
The bill from the Senate making appropriations for certain
fortifications for the year ending the 30th of June, 1848, was
read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
TOLLS ON JAMES RIVER.
The Senate bill giving the consent of Congress to an act of
the General Assembly of Virginia authorizing the levy of tolls
on the James river was read twice.
Mr. SEDDON asked that the bill be put upon its passage.
Mr. GEO. W. JONES moved that the said bill be referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
Mr. WHTTE moved to commit the bill. Disagreed to.
The question recurred on the motion to refer to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and was decided in the negative.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Mr. H. to the first amendment of the Senate ? and it was de-4
cided in the affirmative.
The question was then put on agreeing to the first amend-
ment of the Senate as amended, and it was agreed to.
The second amendment of the Senate was then read and
agreed to.
The third and fourth of the Senate’s amendments were then
read and disagreed to.
PRIVATE.
Mr. POLLOCK, from the Committee of Claims, to which
was referred the Senate bill for the relief of the heirs and rep-
resentatives of the late Robert Sewall and a bill for the relief
of Jas. F. Sothoron, reported the same without amendment.
. The bills were committed.
Mr. POLLOCK, from the same committee, reported a bill
for the relief of Wm. Greer. Read a first and second time,
and committed.
MEXICAN CLAIMS.
Mr. GEORGE S. HOUSTON moved that the House re-
solve into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union
for the purpose of taking up the bill authorizing an examina-
tion of certain Mexican claims.
Mr. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL expressed his hope that
the bill would not be taken up, as it would lead only to a
useless and profligate waste of the public time.
Mr. HOUSTON said the gentleman from Pennsylvania
knew nothing at all about the bill.
Mr. INGERSOLL said it was untrue : it was false.
[Mr. H Uston here crossed over from his place, and as he
approached Mr. Ingersoee inquired in rather a menacing
manner what it was that Mr. I. had said.]
[Cries of “ Order,” “ order”—“ Sergeant at Arms!”]
Several members left their seats and interposed between the
gentlemen, when some explanations (not heard by the Re-
porter) took place between them, and Mr. Houston returned
to his seat.
Mr. J. R. INGERSOLL, at a subsequent period of the
sitting, and shortly before the recess, rose and said : that he
desired, at the earliest proper moment, to relieve himself from a
position which several of his friends had assured him was an
erroneous one. A remark of undue severity had fallen from
him in relation to a gentleman from Alabama, with whom his
personal relations had always been friendly. It had been
caused by an observation from that gentleman which he (Mr.
Ingersoll) regarded at the time as unparliamentary : but he
was satisfied that he was mistaken, and regretted that he had
so expressed himself. It would give him much pain to per-
mit the impression to remain that he had been guilty of an
indecorum, and of improperly using offensive language to
a fellow member.
Mr. HOUSTON said that the gentleman from Pennsylva-
nia could not regret more than he did that the slight and momen-
tary interruption of good feeling had taken place to which the
gentleman had just alluded. And as the gentleman, without
solicitation and with so much magnanimity, expressed a desire
to withdraw the words he had used, Mr. H. would cheerfully
state that his own remark had not been intended to be offen-
sive to him personally.
Mr. RATHBUN moved to discharge the Committee of the
Whole from the consideration of the bill for the relief of Eli-
jah White and others, for the purpose of taking up and acting
on the bill in the House. Disagreed to : Ayes 83, noes 49—
two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.
Mr. McKAY moved that the House take a recess this day
from half past 2 to 5 o’clock. Agreed to.
Mr. LEAKE asked leave to offer a resolution. Being ob-
jected to—
Mr. L. moved a suspension of the rules ; which motion was
disagreed to.
CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.
Mr. BOWLIN asked leave to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That, in order to encourage, preserve, and dis-
tribute for general reference a full and accurate Register ot
Debates, each member of this House be authorized to subscribe
for the same number of copies of the Congressional Globe and
Appendix, and on the same terms and conditions that each
member of the Senate takes the same under the regulations of
the Senate resolution of August 7, 1846.
The resolution being objected to—
Mr. BOWLIN moved a suspension of the rules.
The question was put, and the rules were suspended.
The rules being suspended, the resolution was received.
Mr. BOWLIN moved the previous question, and, under
its operation, the resolution was agreed to, as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. Abbott, Arnold, Ashmun, Bowlin, Brink-
erhoff, Buffington, John H. Campbell, Carroll, Chipman,
Cranston, Cummins, Cunningham, »«rragh, Garrett Davis,
Delano, De Mott, Dockery, Douglass, luclsall, Dlls worth, John
H. Ewing, Edwin H. Ewing, Foot, Giddings, Giles Gordon,
Hale, Hamlin, Hastings, Henry, Elias B. Holmes, Samuel D.
Hubbard, Hudson, Washington Hunt, James B. Hunt, Jen-
THE MADISON AND HAMILTON PAPERS.
The bill from the Senate for the relief of Mary McRea, wi-
dow of Lieut. Col. Wm. McRea, was taken up, and read a
first and second time, and referred to the Committee of the
Whole. , ,
And the bill from the Senate to provide for the purchase ot
the manuscript papers of the late James Madison was also ta-
ken up, and read a first and second time, and referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. WINTHROP moved to reconsider the vote by which
the Senate bill for the relief of Mary McRea, widow of Lieut.
Colonel Wm. McRea, was referred to the Committee of the
Whole, in order that it might be referred to the same commit-
tee to which the bills for the relief of Mrs. Hamilton, widow
of Alexander Hamilton, and the bill to provide for the pur-
chase ot the manuscript papers of the late James Madison
were referred. The motion was agreed to, and the bill ac-
cordingly referred.
Mr. BOWDON moved to discharge the Committee of tne
Whole on the state of the Union from the consideration of the
bill to remove the land office at Lebanon, in Alabama, to
Jacksonville, in the same State. Disagreed to.
THE POST OFFICE BILL..
Mr. GEO. S. HOUSTON, by leave, from the Committee
of ‘Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill making
appropriations for the Post Office Department, together with
the Senate amendments, reported the same, with the recom-
mendation that the House concur with the Senate m some
and disagree to other of their amendments. f
Mr. H. moved to amend the first of the Senate s amend-
ments by adding a proviso authorizing that postmasters whose
salaries do not exceed $300 per annum may be allowe to
frank letters written by themselves and receive letters free o
postage not exceeding half an ounce in weight; and also mov-
ed the previous question.
The previous question was seconded and the main ques-
tion ordered, viz- Will the House agree to the amendment of
kins, Preston King, Thos. Butler King, Lewis, Long, Ma-
clay, McClelland, McDaniel, McHenry, Mcllvaine, Marsh,
Morris, Moseley, Parish, Perrill, Perry, Rathbun, Relfe,
Ripley, Julius Rockwell, Jolm A. Rockwell, Runk, Sawtelle,
Scammon, Schenck, Seaman, Leonard H. Sims, Truman
Smith, Albert Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Robert Smith, Ste-
phens, Sykes, Thomasson, Tibbatts, Vance, Vinton, Went-
worth. White, Wilmot, Winthrop, Wright, Young—78.
NAYS—Messrs. Stephen Adams, Anderson, Bedinger,
Bell, Benton, James Black, James A. Black, Bowdon, Boyd,
Brockenbrough, Brodhead, Milton Brown, Wm. G. Brown,
William W. Campbell, Cathcart, John G. Chapman, Reuben
Chapman, Chase, Cobb, Cocke, Cottrell, Crozier, Cullom,
Daniel, Dixon, Erdman, Faran, Ficklin, Garvin, Gentry,
Graham, Grover, Harmanson, Henley, Hilliard, Hoge, Hop-
kins, Jolm W. Houston, George S. Houston, Hungerford,
Joseph Johnson, George W. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Kaufman,
Kennedy, Daniel P. King, Lawrence, Lumpkin, McClean,
McCrate, Joseph J. McDowell, McGaughey, McKay, B.
Martin, Morse, Owen, Payne, Pendleton, Reid, Ritter, Sev-
erance, A. D. Sims, Simpson, Thos. Smith, Stanton, Stark-
weather, Strohm, Thibodeaux, Tredway, Wood, Wood-
worth, Yost—73.
Mr. WENTWORTH moved to reconsider the vote just
taken, and also moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the
table ; which last motion was agreed to.
Mr. RATHBUN moved that the House resolve itself into
Committee of the Whole for the purpose of taking up the bill
for the relief of Elijah White and others. Disagreed to.
Mr. GORDON, from the Committee of Claims, to which
is referred the Senate bill for the relief of Thomas H. Noble,
reported the same with the following resolution :
Resolved, That Senate bill tor the relief of Thomas H. No-
ble, and the accompanying papers, be referred to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, with instructions that he be requested
to direct the proper accounting officer to report to this House,
on the 2d Monday of December next, all the facts pertaining
to the case which are in the possession ot the Treasury De-
partment.
On motion of Mr. GORDON, the Committee of Claims
was discharged from the petition of J. W. Nye ; and it was
laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. _
Mr. HOUGH, from the Committee on the Post Office and
Post Roads, to which was referred the Senate bill to provide
for transporting the mail to Oregon, reported the same without
amendment. Committed.
Mr. McClelland, from the Committee on Commerce,
reported the following resolution, which was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested
to cause all the laws now in force relating to the commerce and
navigation of the country, to be compiled and communicated
to the House at as early a clay as practicable in the next session
of Congress, arranged' under convenient and suitable heads ;
and that he also communicate, in connexion therewith, all such
modifications of such laws as he may deem essential to the pub-
lic service.
Mr. McClelland, by leave, presented certain resolu-
tions from the Legislature of Michigan relative to the existing
war with Mexico. Laid on the table.
Mr. McC., from the Committee on Commerce, reported a
bill authorizing a register to be issued to the brig Ijeveret;
which bill was read three times and passed.
On motion of Mr. McCLELLAND, it was
Resolved, That the 16th joint rule of the two Houses be sus-
pended so far as respects the bill authorizing a register to be
issued to the brig Leveret.
MILITARY BILL—GEN. TAYLOR.
The bill making appropriations for the support of the army
and of volunteers, which had been returned from the Senate
with amendments, was tanen up—
On motion of Mr. McKAY it was, together witn the amend-
ments of the Senate, referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means. ,
The joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Taylor, his officers
and men, for their gallant conduct in storming the city of Mon
terey, which had been returned from the Senate with amend-
ments, was taken up—
And on motion of Mr. CARROLL, the amendments of the
Senate were concurred in.
POST OFFICE BILL.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill making
appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for
the year ending the 30th of June, 1848, with the amendments
of the Senate thereto, when
On motion of Mr. HUNGERFORD, it was
Resolved, That the House do insist upon its amendment to
the said amendments ot the Senate, and insist on their disagree-
ment to sundry of the Senate amendments to said bill, and
agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
Messrs. George S. Houston, George W. Jones, and
Seaman were then appointed managers to conduct said con-
ference on the part of the House.
MILITARY ACADEMY.
Mr. HUNGERFORD, from the Committee on Conference
on the part of the House on the bill making appropriations for
the Military Academy for the year ending June 30, 1848,
made a report, which was agreed to by the Hou-e.
Mr. MORSE, from the Committee on Private Land Claims,
to which were referred Senate bills for the relief of William
B. Keene ; for the relief of the heirs of Louis de la Hong-
sage, deceased : and a hill confirming the claim of the heirs
and legal repiesentatives of Pierre Dufresne to a tract, of land,
reported the same without amendment. .
The said bills were then severally read a third time and
^Mr. MORRIS* by leave, from the Committee on Public
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