The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-03
Tx enly ninth Congress;
E FIRST LES SION. tst .a@,.
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TUEspAY. FEBRUARY 8, ,.l846.

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The presiding officer presented cof1nfdn1ca.
tions from the War Department. 9Accon,pa
nymg one Of them, was a map Of FLORIDA;
which was taken possession Of by Mr.. West
cott Reie red to Committee on the Miltis.
Mr. Archer presented petition for reform
Of the NATURALIZATION laws. g4" .t63eS
/ Mess:s. J. M. Clayton and +. CLAYTON pre-
se.ited petitions that the port OF Newcastle be
made port Of entry. inasmuch, as there is al
resent but one port of entry on the Delaware
river south Of Philadelphia. 7g d II ~
4 Messrs. Dix and Dickinson. presented pe,i-
! tions IN favor ofimprcvement and lighting Of
| Catlaragus harbor, on Lake Erie. g1 81
! Mr. Upton presented petition from some
! non-resstant members Of TIE peace party.
| against war as a mode Of settling national diff
I fcu!tes. 8it C'ai ba8 .S7tdatssts4
I Messrs. Yulee, Cass. Allen, Bright, and
Johnson presented several private petitions,
which were referred. and Messrs. jafniean.
Hanengan, Fairfield, Turney and Johnson OF
Louisiana, brought in from their respective
counties several adverse reports to the prayers
OF petitions, and asking to be discharged from
the further consideration of other matters, some
OF which were referred to more appropriate
committees N N f'l. .5IisA =
Mr.. Calhoun presented the memorial Of the
Memphis Convention, and moved that il be
printed and referred TO a select committee Of
| five, 70 be appointed by the Char. Mr.. Dali
las subsequently announced them as follows !:
Mr.. Calhoun. Chairman, Messrs AtGhison,
Semple, Barrows, and Chalmers. 90 a1h hP~
Mr.. Bright was excused from serving on the
COMMITTEES on Revolu,ionafy Claims, and Mr.
Phelps was appointed in his stead NJ .pFl E
Mr. Breese offered a resolution for the fevi.
sal Of the act Of 1918, in relation to the regula.
ton of seanlen. Htod ia .EsW !ii ~
Mr.. Pierce made SOME remarks ia relation
to publishing loo additional copies of the mar
| raiive OF the Exploring Expedition for distri-
| button 10 colleges and TO other scientific men
and associations. The addition should be for
the purpose Of furnishing the common schools,
instead OF colleges, which are little else than
nurseries OF arlstocracy' in this country. as
much as IN the old countries where there OBJ
Jects are ayowedly so. There il no reason why
the public should be taxed TO enlighten rich
mems sons, by furnishing them gratuitously
WIN valuable and goygsously embelIished
works, al the expense ofthe poorer and more
numerous class Of the tax paving consumers
referred. The subject was referred to the Con,
mttee on The Library. fsJlTl 8f..lu rte' y
Mr.. Wescou presented some documents re.
iative to the boundary line between Florida
and GeoIgn and Alabanra. And also a feso
luton in relation to public school and sesnna.
ry lands IN Florida, both ofwhich resolutions
were appropriately referred. sln u a-aj a
Mr. falee presented resolution relative 10
the dry dock at Pensacola !. I'll. Ia ia@sh
Aftef some other local business. the special
order, "Navy bill, 4l,o came up; bu,it was
passed over again, Mr. Westco,t being vet un-
able or unwilling to occupy the floor, which
ne obtained nearly week ago. g q .ss
4 MI. bright moved that Mr.. Evans amend.
smentto theDTexas restitution bilrreported YES
terday be considered. The amendment pxoyii,sIls
ed ior the pay ment of 81. .975. instead Of abou,
$55.0O0, which the bill contemplated. and the
bill, as amended, was Yesterday laid on the.
table. Mr.. b. SAID he hid voted for the amend
ment and had NOT charged his opio op.g bu, he
moves arerfonsdtrat al the request otson,e
Senators who lad Voted against ,hsr Thieves,
hnanays wer6 osdsrta and resuItecbin ,ie-22
70 22 and Mfs pSilxs xsve his casting vote n
iayorof thaNx Moderation. 6a..sa "A
FIhe Sedale oiihnolion of Mi. Speight, then
went into eTeehliSe session. Az, i., -.
q HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. " I
.--ssss.~, 'Ttrsbsr, February g.. 1886.
Nj. rAshb,un offered The following resolu.
90. which lies over
\ Resoturd. That the President be requested 10.
comnlunicate TO the House any information
in bis possession not heretofore Communicated
which affects the relations existing between
the phI@d States and Mexico !; and Jparticul
lriy whether the army Or navy of The United
bsAfes. or any psrt Of either. has beer, ordered
to move toward that Republic, and whs, cc-