The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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FRIDAY, February9
| The SPEAKER communicated the notice Of nj.
resignation, BY the Honorable HENRY A. MulIJF%'
BERG, Of his seat 10 the House.
lMr M. resigned hs sesI IA consequence OF ka,ir,
accepted the appointment Of Minister 10 Austus1
| Mr. l.. MHlltTLESEY called for line re.dp, -,
The letter. i having been read,
Mr. WISE rose aud said he begged leave to expre,,
on tins OCCASION the personal regret lie felt al b
annuneiailon Of the departure hom The capital Of r
Honorable Gehtlelnan, whose letter bad just been read
ne had known him ever since he Mr.. Wsel had
entered upon public life. And, SIR SAID he he poe,
rom tins body With my peTsonal good wishes lave
know him, SIR as the ahoiious aud useful charr,n,r 90
the Committee Revolutionary Claims, and as -
member Of my Committee last winter His personal
sinabliy IA these SilusliOns endeared HIM 10 rs IN
As politician he Of the most warm adle,sr,
to his party and he bore with extraordinary ua,,epc
the burthens by them imposed upon him / rep,e
that he has thus opposed the resolution OF wbTb T
recently had the honor report, prohibiting the sppoin
ment Of members Of Congress 10 office | rr,o,co
that he Is relieved from the scene Of political uIuod
and trouble, which he had before him, both here and IN
Pennsylvania, and sent TO a haven Of rest abroad
Mr. BELL reported without amendment the Sonata
bill to amend an act entitled for the sppolpr.
ment OF Commissioners for the adjustment Of claim,
under the Choctaw treaty
The House, on motion Of Mr. BELL, went into
Committee Of the Whole upon the bill, and il wa,
amended, ard reported to the Honse,
Alter some discussion in which Messrs BELL
DAN son, MCKAY, LYON, HAYNES, PARKER
and POPE participated, the bill postponed to- and
made the order OF the day for Tomorrow
Mr.. CURTIS presented memorial from sundry pei
sons engaged IN The navigation Of the Hudson river
by steam, III relation the bill for the regulating Of
steam vessels laid on the table
Mr.. THOMAS reported the Senate bill TO amend
the act Of Sd March, 1887, for the amendment Of the
in relation to the Judicial System Of the United
States committed.
Al o'clock, the CHAIR resumed the private
calender The order OF the day.
Mr.. FAIRFIELD moved the suspension Of the rules
for the purpose Of resunlng the consideration OF the
Executive Message, in relation to the North Eastern
Boundary. Lost.
ORDERS DAY
The House proceeded 10 the consideration OF private
bills
The following bills were read third time and passed
The act 10 authorize the Washington Monument
Association TO erect monument OH the public grounds
The act to provide for the establishment OF PEN
sion Agency at Tuscaloosa in the State OF Alabama
The bill for the relief OF the heirs Of Robert Fulton
was taken up, and the question being on its third read
ing,
Mr.. MCKAY moved its postponement till Friday
next. Lost
After some discussion, in which Mcssrs Owens,
Mckay, Whittlesey, Hoffman, Craig, RUSSELL Legare
and Duncan took part,
Mr.. DUNCAN moved TO postpone the further con-
sideration Of the bill till March next Lost.
Mr.. PETRlKEN moved that the House adjourn.
Lost.
Mr.. RUSSELL moved TO strike out 500 900 lost
yeas So nays ! IL.
Mr.. WISE urged the House to take the question.
After some remarks from Mr. HAYNES against tho
bill,
Mr.. WISE moved the previous question which
ordered.
The main question was ordered to be put, viz =
" Shall the bill be engrossed aud read third time "
and it was decided in the airmatveyeas IL, nays 60
So the bill was ordered to be engrossed
The bill was then read third time and passed
Mr. GRIFFIN moved to suspend the rule to
BILE him 10 submit motion, that when the House ad
lourns, it adjourn Monday next. Agreed to-
The motion was then offered, and after oppo
sition from Mr.. f. WHITrLESEY, it was agreed to
yeas N, nays 81.
The House then adjourned TO Monday.