Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. Archibald H. Arrington Mr. Richard French

Those who voted in the negative are—

So the said resolution was laid on the table one day, under the rule. On motion of Mr. Dromgoole,

Ordered, That when this House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet on Monday next.

On motion of Mr. Jacob Thompson,

Resolved, That all petitions and memorials presented to this House at the last session of Congress, and referred to the several standing commit

tees, on which no report was made, or in relation to which bills were reported which were lost in either house, may again be referred to the same committees, at the pleasure of the members by whom they were respectively presented, on being handed, or a list thereof presented, to the Clerk. Mr. Barnard gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill to make an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, near Albany.

Mr. Robert Smith gave notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill for the relief of William McCauley; also, a bill for the relief of Isaac Barker.

In conformity with the order of the House of the 3d instant, the following standing committees were appointed:

Committee of Elections.-Mr. Lucius Q. C. Elmer, of New Jersey ; Mr. Augustus A. Chapman, of Virginia; Mr. Willoughby Newton, of Virginia; Mr. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine; Mr. Chesselden Ellis, of New York; Mr. Stephen A. Douglass, of Illinois; Mr. Garrett Davis of Kentucky; Mr. Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio; and Mr. Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee.

Committee of Ways and Means.-Mr. James J. McKay, of North Carolina; Mr. George C. Dromgoole, of Virginia; Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania; Mr. John B. Weller, of Ohio; Mr. Absalom H. Chappell, of Georgia; Mr. Daniel D. Barnard, of New York; Mr. Moses Norris, jr., of New Hampshire; Mr. George Rathbun, of New York; and Mr. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky.

Committee of Claims.-Mr. Joseph Vance, of Ohio; Mr. Thomas Smith, of Indiana; Mr. Willis Green, of Kentucky; Mr. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee; Mr. James B. Bowlin, of Missouri; Mr. William P. Thomasson, of Kentucky; Mr. Selah B. Strong, of New York; Mr. Shepherd Cary, of Maine; and Mr. Alexander Ramsey, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Commerce.-Mr. Isaac E. Holmes, of South Carolina; Mr. Robert P. Dunlap, of Maine; Mr. J. Phillips Phoenix, of New York: Mr. Preston King, of New York; Mr. Henry Williams, of Massachusetts; Mr. John P. Kennedy, of Maryland; Mr. Alcee Labranche, of Louisiana; Mr. Robert McClelland, of Michigan; and Mr. Edward Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Public Lands.—Mr. John W. Davis, of Indiana; Mr. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky; Mr. Washington Hunt, of New York; Mr. Edmund W. Hubard, of Virginia; Mr. George S. Houston, of Alabama; Mr. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina; Mr. John Jameson, of Missouri; Mr. John A. McClernand, of Illinois; and Mr. Thomas J. Paterson, of New York.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.-Mr. George W. Hopkins, of Virginia; Mr. Andrew Kennedy, of Indiana; Mr. Joseph Grinnell, of Massachusetts; Mr. William H. Stiles, of Georgia; Mr. John J. Hardin, of Illinois; Mr. Amasa Dana, of New York; Mr. David S. Reid, of North Carolina; Mr. James H. Relf, of Missouri; and Mr. Richard H. Jenks, of Pennsylvania.

Committee for the District of Columbia.-Mr. Lemuel Stetson, of New York; Mr. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire; Mr. George W. Jones, of Tennessee; Mr. Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Alexander H. Stevens, of Georgia; Mr. William C. McCauslen, of Ohio; Mr. Samuel

Chilton, of Virginia; Mr. Gustavus M. Bower, of Missouri; and Mr. John M. S. Causin, of Maryland.

Committee on the Judiciary.-Mr. Romulus M. Saunders, of North Carolina; Mr. Richard French, of Kentucky; Mr. Paul Dillingham, jr., of Vermont; Mr. Armistead Burt, of South Carolina; Mr. Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio; Mr. John Pettit, of Indiana; Mr. George W. Summers, of Virginia; Mr. Stephen A. Douglass, of Illinois; and Mr. Richard Brodhead, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims.-Mr. Richard D. Davis, of New York; Mr. William Lucas, of Virginia; Mr. Daniel P. King, of Massachusetts; Mr. James W. Stone, of Kentucky; Mr. Robert Smith, of Illinois; Mr. John Dickey, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Benjamin White, of Maine; Mr. William T. Senter, of Tennessee; and Mr. Jacob A. Preston, of Maryland.

Committee on Public Expenditures.-Mr. James G. Clinton, of New York; Mr. James Mathews, of Ohio; Mr. William Wright, of New Jersey; Mr. George Fuller, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Smith M. Purdy, of New York; Mr. Henry Grider, of Kentucky; Mr. George Sykes, of New Jersey; Mr. Perley B. Johnson, of Ohio; and Mr. Jacob S. Yost, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Private Land Claims.-Mr. John Slidell, of Louisiana; Mr. George S. Catlin, of Connecticut; Mr. James Dellet, of Alabama; Mr. William J. Brown, of Indiana; Mr. Jeremiah E. Cary, of New York; Mr. Elisha R. Potter, of Rhode Island; Mr. William L. Yancey, of Alabama; Mr. Luther Severance, of Maine; and Mr. Charles Rogers, of New York.

Committee on Manufactures.-Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts; Mr. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont; Mr. Joseph A. Woodward, of South Carolina; Mr. Charles Hudson, of Massachusetts; Mr. John H. Lumpkin, of Georgia; Mr. Cornelius Darragh, of Pennsylvania; Mr. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire; Mr. William A. Moseley, of New York; and Mr. Henry Y. Cranston, of Rhode Island.

Committee on Agriculture.-Mr. Edmund Deberry, of North Carolina; Mr. Isaac G. Farlee, of New Jersey; Mr. Henry St. John, of Ohio; Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Byram Green, of New York; Mr. Samuel Hays, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Thomas J. Henley, of Indiana; Mr. Elias Florence, of Ohio; and Mr. John Dickey, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Indian Affairs.-Mr. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee; Mr. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi; Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont; Mr. Benjamin A. Bidlack, of Pennsylvania; Mr. James B. Hunt, of Michigan; Mr. Osmyn Baker, of Massachusetts; Mr. Charles S. Benton, of New York; Mr. James M. Hughes, of Missouri; and Mr. John I. Vanmeter, of Ohio.

Committee on Military Affairs.-Mr. Hugh A. Haralson, of Georgia; Mr. Walter Coles, of Virginia; Mr. James Irvin, of Pennsylvania; Mr. James A. Black, of South Carolina; Mr. Felix G. McConnell, of Alabama; Mr. Duncan L. Clinch, of Georgia; Mr. Joseph J. McDowell, of Ohio; Mr. Thomas H. Seymour, of Connecticut; and Mr. Hamilton Fish, of New York.

Committee on the Militia.-Mr. Ezra Dean, of Ohio; Mr. John W. Tibbatts, of Kentucky; Mr. William A. Moseley, of New York; Mr. Gustavus M. Bower, of Missouri; Mr. Edmund W. Hubard, of Virginia; Mr.

Solomon Foot, of Vermont; Mr. Samuel Hays, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Lucius Lyon, of Michigan; and Mr. Edward S. Hamlin, of Ohio.

Committee on Naval Affairs.-Mr. William Parmenter, of Massachusetts; Mr. Henry C. Murphy, of New York; Mr. Daniel M. Barringer, of North Carolina; Mr. Reuben Chapman, of Alabama; Mr. Richard F. Simpson, of South Carolina; Mr. Joseph H. Peyton, of Tennessee; Mr. John Stewart, of Connecticut; Mr. Archibald Atkinson, of Virginia; and Mr. George P. Marsh, of Vermont.

Committee on Foreign Affairs.-Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania; Mr. R. Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina; Mr. John White, of Kentucky; Mr. John B. Dawson, of Louisiana; Mr. William H. Hammett, of Mississippi; Mr. Samuel C. Sample, of Indiana; Mr. Thomas H. Baily, of Virginia; Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts; and Mr. Chesselden Ellis, of New York.

Committee on the Territories.-Mr. Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee; Mr. Alexander Duncan, of Ohio; Mr. William L. Goggin, of Virginia; Mr. John R. J. Daniel, of North Carolina; Mr. William W. Payne, of Alabama; Mr. Asher Tyler, of New York; Mr. John Wentworth, of Illinois; Mr. Edward J. Black, of Georgia; and Mr. James Pollock, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.-Mr. David L. Seymour, of New York; Mr. Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana; Mr. Milton Brown, of Tennessee; Mr. Joseph P. Hoge, of Illinois; Mr. Orville Robinson, of New York; Mr. Emery D. Potter, of Ohio; Mr. Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio; Mr. Joshua Herrick, of Maine; and Mr. Luther Severance, of Maine.

Committee on Invalid Pensions.-Mr. Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Ohio; Mr. Jeremiah Russell, of New York; Mr. John B. Ashe, of Tennessee; Mr. Joseph Morris, of Ohio; Mr. John W. Tibbatts, of Kentucky; Mr. Albert Smith, of New York; Mr. Henry Nes, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Alvan Cullom, of Tennessee; and Mr. Thomas A. Spence, of Maryland.

Committee on Roads and Canals.—Mr. Robert Dale Owen, of Indiana; Mr. Lewis Steenrod, of Virginia; Mr. Charles H. Carroll, of New York; Mr. John R. Reding, of New Hampshire; Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin, of Illinois; Mr. Willoughby Newton, of Virginia; Mr. Moses G. Leonard, of New York; Mr. Robert W. Roberts, of Mississippi; and Mr. John Wethered, of Maryland.

Committee on Paten's.-Mr. Thomas J. Henley, of Indiana; Mr. Julius Rockwell, of Massachusetts; Mr. James Black, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Jeremiah Russell, of New York; and Mr. George B. Rodney, of Delaware.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.-Mr. Zadock Pratt, of New York; Mr. Henry D. Foster, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Amos Abbott, of Massachusetts; Mr. George W. Jones, of Tennessee; and Mr. Levi D. Carpenter, of New York.

Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.-Mr. Littleton Kirkpatrick, of New Jersey; Mr. Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana; Mr. William S. Hubbell, of New York; Mr. Joseph Buffington, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Isaac E. Morse, of Louisiana.

Committee on Accounts.-Mr. William Taylor, of Virginia; Mr. Orville Hungerford, of New York; Mr. George B. Rodney, of Delaware; Mr. Alre dP. Stone, of Ohio; and Mr. Jacob A. Preston, of Maryland.

Committee on Mileage.-M r. Howell Cobb, of Georgia; Mr. Horace

Wheaton, of New York; Mr. Perley B. Johnson, of Ohio; Mr. John Ritter, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Freeman H. Morse, of Maine.

ommittee on Engraving.-Mr. Samuel Simons, of Connecticut; Mr. Horace Wheaton, of New York; and Mr. Thomas A. Spence, of Maryland.

And then, on motion of Mr. Dromgoole, at half past 12 o'clock, the House adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1844.

Several other members appeared, and took their seats, viz:
From the State of Maine, Shepherd Cary.

From the State of Connecticut, Samuel Simons.

From the State of New York, Richard D. Davis and Washington Hunt. From the State of New Jersey, George Sykes.

From the State of Pennsylvania, Henry D. Foster.

From the State of Georgia, Duncan L. Clinch and Absalom H. Chap

pell.

From the State of Kentucky, Willis Green.

From the State of Tennessee, Alvan Cullom.

From the State of Ohio, Emery D. Potter and John I. Vanmeter. From the Territory of Florida, David Levy, the delegate therefrom, appeared, and took his seat.

On motion of Mr. Burke,

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That a joint committee of three members of each House be appointed to direct and superintend the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for the purchase of books for the library of Congress, and all such other matters pertaining to said library not otherwise provided by law.

Mr. Burke, Mr. Marsh, and Mr. Lyon, were appointed of said committee on the part of this House.

The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cave Johnson reported that the committee. having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 432) to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union, had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, further reported that the said committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, had come to sundry resolutions thereon; which were severally read, and concurred in, viz:

1. Resolved, That so much of the annual message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the present session as relates to our foreign affairs, together with the accompanying correspondence in relation thereto, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2. Resolved, That so much as relates to the condition of the treasury, to treasury notes outstanding, to the payment of the debts of the United States, to the stocks of government, and the re-enactment of a law establishing a sinking fund, to the depositories of the public moneys, and the favors of government in connexion therewith, to the connexion of the