Rutger B. Miller

TO AMEND H.R. 776 (APP. MAR. 3, 1837), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR 1837, BY INCREASING SALARIES OF CLERKS AND MESSENGERS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 756, ELIMINATING THE SECOND SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS REVENUE (OVER $5,000,000) BY DEPOSITING SAME WITH THE SEVERAL STATES AS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS.

TO INSIST UPON ITS DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 756 ELIMINATING THE SECOND SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS REVENUE (OVER $5,000,000) BY DEPOSITING SAME WITH THE SEVERAL STATES, AS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS.

TO PASS S. 247 (APP. MAR. 3, 1837), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR BUILDING LIGHT-HOUSES, LIGHT BOATS, BEACON-LIGHTS, BUOYS, AND DOLPHINS FOR THE YEAR 1837.

TO INSIST UPON ITS DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 756 ELIMINATING THE SECOND SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS REVENUE (OVER $5,000,000) BY DEPOSITING SAME WITH THE SEVERAL STATES, AS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS.

THAT THE HOUSE DISAGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 756, ELIMINATING SECOND SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS REVENUE (OVER $5,000,000) BY DEPOSITING SAME WITH THE SEVERAL STATES, AS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS.

TO ADD TO AMENDMENT OF SENATE TO H.R. 754, WHICH AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $100,000 FOR LAUNCHING AND SECURING THE SHIP OF THE LINE PENNSYLVANIA, A PROVISION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO SELECT AND CAUSE TO BE PURCHASED FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF SICK SEAMEN AND BOATMEN ON THE WESTERN WATERS, SUITABLE SITES FOR MARINE HOSPITALS, NOT EXCEEDING 3 UPON THE OHIO RIVER, 3 UPON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 1 UPON LAKE ERIE.

CALL OF THE HOUSE, DURING DEBATE ON S. 20, AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS EXCEPT TO ACTUAL SETTLERS IN LIMITED QUANTITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

TO TABLE S. 20, AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS EXCEPT TO ACTUAL SETTLERS IN LIMITED QUANTITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 895 (APP. MAR. 3, 1837), A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN HARBORS, AND FOR THE REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN AND AT THE MOUTHS OF CERTAIN RIVERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES DURING THE YEAR 1837.

TO AMEND H.R. 776 (APP. MAR. 3, 1837), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR 1837, WHICH AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR THE OUTFIT AND SALARY OF A DIPLOMATIC AGENT TO BE SENT TO THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. MAY RECEIVE SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE THAT TEXAS IS AN INDEPENDENT POWER, AND SHALL DEEM IT EXPEDIENT TO APPOINT SUCH MINISTER.

TO DISPENSE WITH FURTHER PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CALL OF THE HOUSE.

TO AMEND H.R. 756, BY PROVIDING THAT THE MONEY WHICH SHALL BE IN THE TREASURY OF THE U.S. ON JAN. 1, 1838, RESERVING THE SUM OF $5,000,000, SHALL BE DEPOSITED WITH THE SEVERAL STATES ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE 13TH, 14TH, AND 15TH SECTIONS OF THE ACT TO REGULATE THE DEPOSITS OF THE PUBLIC MONEY, APP. JUNE 23, 1836.

TO AMEND H.R. 756, BY PROVIDING THAT SAID DEPOSITS SHALL BE MADE WITH SUCH STATE IN PROPORTION TO THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATION OF SUCH STATES IN THE H. OF R.

CALL OF THE HOUSE, DURING DEBATE ON H.R. 756, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN FORTIFICATIONS OF THE U.S. FOR THE YEAR 1837.

H.R. 754, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR 1837, BY ELIMINATING THE APPROPRIATION FOR COMPLETING AND EQUIPPING THE SHIP PENNSYLVANIA.

TO AMEND H.R. 754, BY ADDING A SECTION TO BILL AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. TO SELECT AND PURCHASE A SITE FOR A NAVY YARD AND DEPOT IN THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, S.C., AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FOR SAME- APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY DOCK AT THE SAID NAVY YARD- AUTHORIZES SEC. OF THE NAVY TO APPOINT A CLERK OF THE WORKS AT A SALARY OF $1,500 PER ANNUM, AND AN ASSISTANT CLERK AT A SALARY OF $1,200 PER ANNUM- DUTIES PRESCRIBED.

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH RESOLUTION WAS TABLED, REGARDING INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT THE SPEAKER OF THE H. OF R. ISSUE A SUBPOENA, REQUIRING REUBEN M. WHITNEY TO APPEAR AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING INTERROGATORY BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO WHICH THE HON. MR. GARLAND OF VA., IS CHAIRMAN- "WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE ANONYMOUS LETTER HEREWITH FURNISHED, DATED WASHINGTON, NOV. 8TH. 1834, A COPY OF WHICH WAS ENCLOSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT."

TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT THE SPEAKER OF THIS HOUSE BE DIRECTED TO ISSUE HIS SUBPOENA REQUIRING REUBEN M. WHITNEY TO APPEAR AT THE BAR OF THIS HOUSE TO TESTIFY TOUCHING THE AUTHORSHIP OF A CERTAIN ANONYMOUS LETTER WHICH HE SAID WHITNEY SENT ENCLOSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK AT BURLINGTON, VT. IN HIS LETTER OF JAN. 23RD, WHICH ANONYMOUS LETTER BEARS DATE NOV. 5TH. 1834.

TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON A RESOLUTION THAT IT IS INEXPEDIENT TO PROSECUTE FURTHER THE INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF REUBEN M. WHITNEY AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THIS HOUSE; AND THAT SAID REUBEN M. WHITNEY BE NOW DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT IT IS INEXPEDIENT TO PROSECUTE FURTHER THE INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF REUBEN M. WHITNEY AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THIS HOUSE; AND THAT SAID REUBEN M. WHITNEY BE NOW DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY.

TO ADJOURN.

IN THE R. WHITNEY CONTEMPT OF HOUSE CASE, TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. BELL SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. FAIRFIELD-VIZ: HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE COURSE OF MESSRS WISE AND PEYTON AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DURING THE PAST AND PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS?

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION THAT THE HON. HENRY A WISE AND THE HON. BALIE PEYTON, BE PERMITTED TO SUMMON WITNESSES TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN THE INVESTIGATION NOW PENDING BEFORE THE HOUSE (R.M. WHITNEY CHARGED FOR AN ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE IN NOT APPEARING BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE.)

TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE RESOLUTION THAT R.M. WHITNEY BE DIRECTED TO ANSWER UPON OATH, BEFORE THE HOUSE OR BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF WHICH THE HONORABLE JAMES GARLAND IS CHAIRMAN, THE FOLLOWING INTERROGARORY, "WAS, OR WAS NOT, AMOS KENDALL, POSTMASTER-GENERAL, THE AUTHOR OF A LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE COMMUNICATION MADE BY VERMONT," (MR. WHITNEY HAVING BEEN CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF HOUSE.)

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. PEYTON SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER A WITNESS-VIZ: HAVE YOU HEARD ANY MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE (AND IF YES, WHO) STATE THAT BY COMMENCING THIS PROCEEDING AGAINST WHITNEY IN THE HOUSE, THE WHOLE CONDUCT AND DECLARATIONS OF MESSRS WISE AND PEYTON WOULD BE PROVEN AND THEREBY BRING THEM AS FAR AS POSSIBLE INTO DISGRACE BEFORE THE NATION.

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. WISE WHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER, A WITNESS, VIZ: "FROM THE FACTS WITHIN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR FROM REMARKS MADE TO YOU OR IN YOUR PRESENCE BY MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE OR BY MR. R.M. WHITNEY, HAVE YOU A DOUBT OF THE FACT THAT THIS INVESTIGATION WAS AND IS INTENDED BY SAID MEMBERS AND SAID WHITNEY TO AFFECT MESSRSI WISE AND PEYTON, REGARDING R. WHITNEY'S ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE.

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. WISE SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER, A WITNESS-VIZ: DO YOU KNOW, OF YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE OR FROM INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, OR ANY MEMBER OR MEMBERS WITH WHOM HE MAY HAVE CONSULTED OR ADVISED OR TO WHOM HE MAY HAVE SUGGESTED AN OPINION AS TO THE PROCEEDINGS UPON THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE, WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. HAS NOT ADVISED AND RECOMMENDED TO MEMBERS THE COURSE WHICH HAS BEEN PURSUED BY THE HOUSE IN THIS MATTER OF ALLEGED CONTEMPT.

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. PEYTON SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER, A WITNESS-VIZ;"HAVE YOU HEARD ANY MEMBER OF THIS HOUSE DECLARE THAT ANY PROCEEDING SHOULD BE ADOPTED OR PROSECUTED RELATING TO THE OCCURENCES IN THE COMMITTEE, REGARDING R. WHITNEY'S ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE."

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. GHOLSON SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER, A WITNESS-VIZ: SUPPOSE THE MAJORITY OF THIS HOUSE HAD REFUSED ALL INQUIRY INTO THE MATTER OF R. M. WHITNEY'S ALLEGED CONTEMPT OR TO BRING HIM TO THE BAR ON THE CHARGE OF SUCH CONTEMPT IN THE REPORT OF THE COMM. WHEREOF THE HOUSE MR. WISE IS CHAIRMAN.

TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. PEYTON SHALL PROPOUND A QUESTION TO MR. HAMER, A WITNESS-VIZ: HAVE YOU HEARD ANY MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE (AND IF YEA, WHO) STATE THAT THEY HOPED OR WISHED WHITNEY WOULD REFUSE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE SO AS TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE INTO THE TRANSACTION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE?"

TO ADJOURN DURING EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES IN THE CASE OF REUBEN M. WHITNEY, FOR AN ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE IN NOT APPEARING BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE.

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WHICH PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT REUBEN M. WHITNEY BE NOW PERMITTED TO EXAMINE WITNESSES BEFORE THIS HOUSE IN RELATION TO HIS ALLEGED CONTEMPT: AND A COMMITTEE OF 5 BE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE SUCH WITNESSES ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE; THAT THE QUESTIONS PUT SHALL BE REDUCED TO WRITING BEFORE THE SAME ARE PROPOSED TO THE WITNESS; AND THE ANSWERS ALSO SHALL BE REDUCED TO WRITING; IF PAROL EVIDENCE IS OFFERED THE WITNESS SHALL BE SWORN BY THE SPEAKER AND BE EXAMINED AT THE BAR, UNLESS THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, IN WHICH CASE THEY CAN BE EXAMINED IN THEIR PLACES.

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WHICH REJECTED A RESOLUTION THAT ANY MEMBER WHO SHALL HEREAFTER PRESENT ANY PETITION FROM THE SLAVES OF THIS UNION OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS REGARDLESS OF THE FEELINGS OF THE HOUSE THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, AND UNFRIENDLY TO THE UNION.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT AN INQUIRY HAVING BEEN MADE BY AN HONORABLE GENTLEMAN FROM MASS. WHETHER A PAPER WHICH HE HELD IN HIS HAND PURPORTING TO BE A PETITION FROM CERTAIN SLAVES AND DECLARING THEMSELVES TO BE SLAVES, CAME WITHIN THE ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF JAN. 18TH. AND THE SAID PAPER NOT HAVING BEEN RECEIVED BY THE SPEAKER, HE STATED THAT IN A CASE SO EXTRAORDINARY AND NOVEL HE WOULD TAKE THE ADVICE AND COUNSEL OF THE HOUSE. (THIS HOUSE CAN NOT RECEIVE THE SAID PETITION WITHOUT DISREGARDING ITS OWN DIGNITY, THE RIGHTS OF A LARGE CLASS OF CITIZENS OF THE SOUTH AND WEST AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.)

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT SLAVES DO NOT POSSESS THE RIGHTS OF PETITION SECURED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION.

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION THAT ANY MEMBER WHO SHALL HEREAFTER PRESENT ANY PETITION FROM THE SLAVES OF THIS UNION, OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS REGARDLESS OF THE FEELINGS OF THE THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AND UNFRIENDLY TO THE UNION.

TO TABLE RESOLUTIONS THAT ANY MEMBER WHO SHALL PRESENT TO THE HOUSE ANY PETITION FROM THE SLAVES OF THIS UNION OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS REGARDLESS OF THE FEELINGS OF THE HOUSE THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, AND UNFRIENDLY TO THE UNION, AND THAT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS HAVING SOLEMLY DISCLAIMED ALL DESIGN OF DOING ANY THING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE HOUSE IN THE INQUIRY HE MADE OF THE SPEAKER AS TO THE PETITION PURPORTING TO BE FROM SLAVES AND HAVING ALLOWED HIS INTENTION NOT TO OFFER TO PRESENT THE PETITION IF THE HOUSE WAS OF OPINION THAT IT OUGHT NOT TO BE PRESENTED; THEREFORE ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN REGARD TO HIS CONDUCT DO NOW CEASE.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT THE HOUSE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, HAVING SOLEMNLY DISCLAIMED ALL DESIGN OF DOING ANY THING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE HOUSE IN THE INQUIRY HE MADE OF THE SPEAKER AS TO THE PETITION PURPORTING TO BE FROM SLAVES AND HAVING ALLOWED HIS INTENTION NOT TO OFFER TO PRESENT THE PETITION IF THE HOUSE WAS OF OPINION THAT IT OUGHT NOT TO PRESENTED; THEREFORE ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN REGARD TO HIS CONDUCT DO NOW CEASE.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT ANY MEMBER WHO SHALL HEREAFTER PRESENT ANY PETITION FROM THE SLAVES OF THIS UNION OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS REGARDLESS OF THE FEELINGS OF THE HOUSE, THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, AND UNFRIENDLY TO THE UNION.

TO SUSTAIN CHAIR'S DECISION THAT IT IS IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THE PETITIONS FROM PEOPLE OF STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RELATIVE TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND MOVE THAT THE PAPER SUBMITTED BY MR. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (MASS.) PURPORTING TO BE A PETITION OF RACHALL STEERS, AND EIGHT OTHER WOMEN OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. RELATIVE TO ABLOITION OF SLAVERY IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHICH PAPER HAD BEEN TABLED, BE RETURNED TO MR. ADAMS.

TO PASS H. R. 123, (5-STAT-180, APP. MAR. 3, 1837), A BILL FOR THE CLAIM OF DAVID KILBORUN (HE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS A CANADIAN SPY, AND AFTER MUCH SUFFERING SUCCEEDED IN ESCAPING WITH THE TOTAL LOSS OF HIS PROPERTY, BY CONFISCATION.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND 3RD. READING OF H. J. RES. 6, APP. MAR. 3, 1837), PAYING A PENSION TO THE WIDOW OF COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR.

TO SET ASIDE THE RULES IN ORDER TO BRING UP FOR 3RD READING BILLS H. R. 755, (ARMY APPROPRIATION) AND H. R. 757 (INDIAN APPROPRIATION) AND FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. R. 754, (NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS), HR. 776 (CIVIL AND DIPLOMTIC APPROPRIATION) H. R. 792 (ROAD CONSTRUCTION APP.), H. R. 801 (MILITARY ACADEMY APP.), H. R. 895 (RIVER AND HARBOR APP.)

TO SUSPEND RULES AND RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMM. OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION AND CONSIDER H. R. 754, (APP. MAR. 3, 1837), MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVY FOR 1837.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND PERMIT MR. ADAMS TO SPEAK ON THE RIGHT OF PETITIONERS TO HAVE READ THEIR PETITIONS PRAYING FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE D. OF C. AND SOME OF THEM FOR THE SAME ABOLITION IN THE TERRITORIES; THE PROHIBITION OF THE INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE AND OF THE EXPORTATION OF SLAVES TO TEXAS, OR THE DOMINIONS OF ANY FOREIGN POWER.

TO ORDER A CALL OF THE HOUSE.

TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE CHAIR, WHICH TABLED, UNDER A HOUSE RULE REGARDING SLAVERY, A MEMORIAL FROM THE YOUNG MEN'S ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA PA. RELATING TO A PROPOSITION NOW BEFORE CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS AND SAID SOCIETY DEMONSTRATES AGAINST SUCH RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF THE SLAVE SITUATION IN SAID TEXAS.

TO SET ASIDE THE RULES IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A RESOLUTION, THAT ON AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT THE HOUSE WILL MEET AT 11 O'CLOCK A.M.

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE REJECTING H. R. 114, A BILL FOR THE CLAIM OF N. AND L. DANA AND COMPANY.

TO READ FOR THIRD TIME S. 81, (APP. JAN. 26, 1837), AN ACT TO ADMIT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION, ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE ORIGINAL STATES.

TO PASS S. 81, (APP. JAN. 26, 1837), AN ACT TO ADMIT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE ORIGINAL STATES.

TO SUSTAIN A DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT THE PETITION OF RALPH SANGER AND FORTY OTHER INHABITANTS OF DOVER, NORFOLK CO., MASS. PRAYING FOR THE ENTIRE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BE TABLED WITHOUT ACTION BY THE RULE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PETITIONS ON SLAVERY.

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON A RESOLUTION THAT ALL PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS, PROPOSITIONS, OR PAPERS RELATING IN ANY WAY, OR TO ANY EXTENT WHATEVER, TO THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY OR TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SHALL WITHOUT BEING PRINTED OR REFERRED, BE LAID UPON THE TABLE AND THAT NO FURTHER ACTION BE HAD THEREON.

TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT ALL PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS, PROPOSITIONS, OR PAPERS RELATING IN ANY WAY, OR TO ANY EXTENT WHATEVER, TO THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY OR TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SHALL WITHOUT BEING PRINTED OR REFERRED, BE LAID UPON THE TABLE AND THAT NO FURTHER ACTION BE HAD THEREON.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H. R. 689, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A MORE UNIFORM RULE OF COMPUTING THE MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT ALL PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, RES., PROPOSITIONS, OR PAPERS RELATING IN ANY WAY, OR TO ANY EXTENT WHATEVER, TO THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY OR TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SHALL WITHOUT BEING PRINTED OR REFERRED, BE LAID UPON THE TABLE AND THAT NO FURTHER ACTION BE HAD THEREON.

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT CONGRESS HAS HERETOFORE MADE DONATIONS OF PUBLIC LANDS (TOTAL OF 11,357,685 ACRES) TO SPECIFIED STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EDUCATION; THEREFORE A SELECT COMM. BE APPOINTED, 1 FROM EACH STATE, TO EQUALIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC LANDS TO INCLUDE ALL STATES.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND CONSIDER S. 81, (APP. JAN. 26, 1837), AN ACT TO ADMIT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE ORIGINAL STATES.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE A RES. PROVIDING THAT JOURNALS OF BOTH HOUSES (AFTER THEIR ADJOURNEMENT "SINE DIE") BECOME PART OF THE NAT'L ARCHIVES AND THE COMM. ON THE JUDICIARY BE DIRECTED TO REPORT A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THE ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF EACH HOUSE IN OFFICE OF THE SEC. OF STATE, AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT NEITHER HOUSE HAVE POWER TO ALTER THE JOURNAL OF A PREVIOUS SESSION.

TO TABLE A MEMORIAL AND PETITION OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY OF FREDERICKSBURG, WAYNE CTY, OHIO PRAYING CONGRESS TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE WITHIN THE D. OF C., AND TO EXTEND THE AID AND PATRONAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, BY GRANT OF MONEY OR OTHERWISE.

TO TABLE H. R. 829, A BILL TO REDUCE THE REVENUE OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE WANTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

TO ORDER CALL OF THE HOUSE, DURING DEBATE ON H.R. 829, A BILL TO REDUCE THE REVENUE OF THE U.S. TO THE WANTS OF THE

TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT ALL PETITIONS OR PAPERS PRESENTED OR HEREAFTER TO BE PRESENTED ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY, BE LAID ON THE TABLE WITHOUT DEBATE.

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECEIVE A PETITION OF LYDIA LEWIS, AND 150 WOMEN OF DORCHESTER MASS., WHICH PRAYED FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO TABLE A PETITION OF ELIZA T. LORD AND 228 WOMEN OF SOUTH WEYMOUTH MASS., PRAYING TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TO DECLARE EVERY HUMAN BEING FREE WHO SETS FOOT UPON THE SOIL OF THE D. OF C.

TO RECEIVE A PETITION OF ELIZA T. LORD AND 228 WOMEN OF SOUTH WEYMOUTH MASS., PRAYING TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN D. OF C. AND TO DECLARE EVERY HUMAN BEING FREE WHO SETS FOOT UPON THE SOIL OF THE D. OF C.

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT CONGRESS HAS HERETOFORE MADE DONATIONS OF PUBLIC LANDS TO SPECIFIED STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATION (TOTAL OF 11,057,685 ACRES), THEREFORE A SELECT COMM. BE APPOINTED FROM EACH STATE, TO EQUALIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC LANDS TO INCLUDE ALL STATES.

TO AGREE TO THE THIRD RESOLUTION, THAT A COMMITTEE OF 9 BE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE WHETHER THE BANKS FOR THE DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC MONEY HAVE EMPLOYED AN AGENT TO TRANSACT BUSINESS WITH THE TREAS. DEPT., AND TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE EXTENT OF HIS BUSINESS AND THE AMOUNT OF HIS COMPENSATION; AND WHETHER HE IS EMPLOYED BY OR GIVEN COMPENSATION BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY COMMUNICATE TO THIS HOUSE IF WITHIN HIS POWER, THE DIVIDENDS AND SURPLUSES WHICH WERE DECLARED BY, AND THE SURPLUSES AND CONTINGENT FUNDS REMAINING IN, THE SEVERAL BANKS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC MONEY IS DEPOSITED FOR THE YEARS 1833-1834-1835-1836.

TO SUSPEND RULES AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT THE COMM. ON PUBLIC LANDS INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF PROHIBITING BY LAW THE PURCHASE OF LANDS AT AUCTION WITH A VIEW TO FORFEIT THEM AND AFTERWARDS TO OBTAIN THEM AT THE GOVERNMENT PRICE OF $125 PER ACRE.

TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON REFERRING TO THE COMM. ON WAYS AND MEANS THE MEMORIAL FROM CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA SETTING FORTH THE INCREASING ISSUES OF PAPER MONEY BY BANKS INCORPORATED IN DIFFERENT STATES, PRODUCING FLUCTUATIONS AND CONFUSION, AND SUGGESTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RESTRICTING INCORPORATION OF BANKS BY THE STATES.

TO TABLE A MEMORIAL FROM CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA SETTING FORTH THE GREAT AND INCREASING ISSUES OF BANK PAPER MONEY BY COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN THE DIFFERENT STATES PRODUCING FLUCTUATIONS AND CONFUSION IN THE CURRENCY OF THE COUNTRY, AND LEADING TO CONFLICT AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, AND PRAYING CONGRESS TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY AND PROPRIETY OF PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, RESTRICTING THE INCORPORATION OF BANKING COMPANIES HEREAFTER BY THE STATES.

***MISSING TEXT*** OF SUSQUEHANNAH, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, PRAYING FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO AMEND A RESOLUTION THAT WHEN THE HOUSE ADJOURN TO-DAY, IT WILL ADJOURN TO MEET ON MONDAY NEXT, BY CHANGING THE DAY TO TUESDAY.

TO ADJOURN UNTIL MONDAY NEXT.

TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES A PETITION FROM CITIZENS OF BOSTON MASS., PRAYING THAT THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY LAW ON FOREIGN COAL, MAY BE ABOLISHED.