The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-17

| of The claims for spolialions by the American
troops in West Florida in the years 1914 and 1918,
and the adjudication thereoni which was read, and,
| on motion of
| MIR. WESrCOTT, the abstract of claims was
| ordered TO be printed, and the report and docu-
ments were referred 10 the Committee on Foreign
| Relations
| "a message was received from the House Of Rep
resentatyes announcing that said House had passed
bill making appropriations for the naval service Of
the United States for the year ending June 3OIh,
| l647l
| ErRODUCTIUN OF BILLS.
| Mr.. J. NJ. CLAYTON, pursuant to notice, asked
and obtained leave TO introduce bill requiring APP
| prentices to be employed on board Of vessels en-
ployed IN the coastlng trade; which was read twice.
and referred 10 the Committee on Commerce.
| Mr. ASHLEY, pursuant 10 notice, asked and
obtained leave 10 introduce oill 10 grant quaint
ty of public lands to the State Of Arkansas for pur-
| poses Of internal Improvement; which was read
twice, and referred to the Committee on Public
Lands.
| RESOLUTION.
| Mr. FAIRFIELD submitted the following reso-
| lutoni which was agreed TO
Rs,otrsd, That the Committee Naval Anairs be in
sucted inquire into the sHPedeney Of allowing James
Wilson the regular compensation Of sailmakeT for
vices performed by him board the United States ship
| YoTktown on her late cruise
Mr. MOREHEAD, from the Committee Of
|
Cogswell, accompanied by a report in writing;
which was ordered to be printed.
| MIR. ASHLEY, from the Committee on the Judi
ciary, asked that said committee be discharged from
the further consideration Of the resolution in relation
TO furnishing relief the widow and children of the
| late Judge Randall, Of Pennsylvania, the committee
deeming il unadVlsable to set precedent Of the
kind proposed. The motion TO discharge was
agreed To.
| Mr.. PHELPS, from the Committee on Reyolu.
| tionary Claims submitted adverse reports upon
the claims Of the administrators Of James Living
ston, the petition Of Jonathan Smith, the petition Of
| Sylyanus Smith, the administrator OF William
| Leroy and the executrix Of James Maxwell; which
| reports were ordered to be printed.
GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY.
The act for the relief Of J. Throckmorton was
read third time and passed.
CHANGE or COMPACT Win ARKANSAS.
The act granting the assent Of Congress to
change Of the compact entered into between the
United States and the State Of Arkansas upon the
admission of that State into the Union, read a
third time and passed.
BENJAMIN ADAMS AND OTHERS.
The act for the relief of Benjamin Adams & Co.
! and others read third time and passed.
Several messages IT, writing were received from
the President Of the United States, by Mr.. Walker,
his private secretary.l
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House naval appropriation bill, received
this morning, was read first and second time, and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
sALrMARsH AND FULLER.
The joint resolution for the relief of Orlando
Saltmarsh and William Fuller was read a third time
and passed
POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The bill making appropriations for the service Of
the Post Office Department for the year ending June
80, lS47, was read a third time and passed
THE HouMAs LAND CLAIM.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the joint
resolution in relation to the issuing of grants Of GER
tain lands in Louisiana; when
Mr. JOHNSON went into a full review Of the
subject, advocating the joint resolution with much
Mr.. HANNEGAN moved that the Joint resou-
ton be laid upon the table, and asked the yeas and
maya thereon.
The yeas and nays were ordered; and, being Ia
ken, resulted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs Allen, Atchson. Bsgby Barrow Breese
Bright Chalmers, Colguitt, Davis Dickinson flanagan
Houston, Jenness, Lewis, McDufhe, MOrehead, Rusk,
NAYs-Messr. Ashley, Atherton, Benton Berrien
Calhoun: Thomas Clayton, John NJ Clayton Dayton Dix
son Of Louisiana, Mangum Miller Miles, Pesrce Penny
hacker, Phelps sempe, SEWER simmons speight stur.
con, Turney, UPham, Woodbridge, and Yulee-sG
So the joint resolution was not laid upon the
table.
Mr.. McDUFFIE moved that the further consd-
Grafton Of the subject be postponed until tomorrow;
which motion was agreed to.
THE FINANCES.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a
message from the President of the United States
in answer to a resolution adopted by the Senate,
calling for information in relation to the finances
&c, which was read, together with portion of the
documents.
THE message and documents were published in
last nights Union
On motion of Mr.. sPEEGHT, the message and
documents were ordered to be printed, and referred
to the Committee on Finance.
GRADUATION AND REDUCTION OF THE PRICE OF THE
PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr.. BREESE moved that the prior orders Of the
day be postponed, in order to take up the bill to
graduate and reduce the price of the public lands
which was the special order for yesterday.
The motion was not agreed to.
LIEUTENANT ABERr's EXPEDITION.
message from the President of the United |
States, transmitting report Of the expedition led by
Lieutenant Albert, on the upper Arkansas, and
through the country of the Cumanche Indians was |
read and referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RrLA-
TONS.
Mr. BERRIEN suggested that the Senate should |
proceed to the special order of the day-to wit the
election Of a chairman Of the Committee on For |
eign Relations; which agreed to-
The Senate proceeded to ballot; and while the |
votes were being taken
Mr.. BAGBY moved to postpone the action in |
this matter until tomorrow.
Mr. HANNEGAN. That would be out of or |
der. Baoting is like calling the list of yeas and
nays, and having been commenced, cannot be dis
continued.
The balloting then proceeded and the senators
having all voted
The CHAIRMAN announced the following re-
suit:
Number of votes cast 40; of which
Mr. Sewer receive IS
Archer %
" Calhoun
Webster
Niles
Bagby
Hannegan