The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-16

The roll was again called, and two hundred and
nine votes were cast
OF these
Mr.. Glossbrenner, of Penn, received. .107
Mr.. Giddings.. :...........:l V2
The frst-named gentleman having received a
majority of all the votes, was declared duly elected
Sergeant at arms, and the oath of office was adj
ministercd to him by the Speaker.
Mr.. billiard asked leave to offer a resolution,
declaring the present Doorkeeper (Mr HoRsEn)
and Postmaster of the House Mr. JoHssoN) to be
rcappointcd to these Offices
The SPEAKER ruled the resolution out Of order.
MIR. billiard inquired whether the order of the
House TO vote vocs) would not be carried out
by taking the question ON the resolution by yeas and
nays.
fhe SPEAKER replied that on a former occasion
he had decided otherwise, and that the decision was
acquiesced in.
Mr.. HOUSTON inquired whether the resolution
had not been exhausted, not TO apply TO the
election OF Doorkeeper and Postmaster.
The SPEAKER informed him that the House
were acting under the resolution which APP
piled TO the election of Clerk and Sergeant-at-
arms.
Mr.. BAKER moved to postpone the further exc
cution of the order until Monday next.
Several questions were asked of the Chair, and
answered; when
An Intellectual motion was made that the House
adjourn.
Mr.. BAKER modified his resoluton--to post
pone, indefinitely. the election Of Doorkceper and
Mr.. ASHMUN understood the Chair to say that
il the further execution VI tho order postponed
indefinitely, il could not be called up this session
but that IL would be in order 10 10 proceed 10
the election Of officers. He hoped, therefore, that
II any gentleman should move to proceed TO the
election, that the motion would be voted down.
Mr.. BAKER moved TO postpone indefinitely the
further execution Of the order.
The question was taken, and decided in the neg
ative-yeas 50, nays 100
And the House adjourned.
The following petitions and notices were present
ed, under the rule, viz:
by Mr.. SlBLEY: Petition OF Elizabeth Odell, a
halfbrcc woman Of the Sioux nation, praying that
scertsin sum Of money, due under treaty Of 1887,
be paid her.
Petition Of Mary Woodbury., half breed woman
OF the Sioux nation, praying that certain sum Of
money, due under treaty Of 1887, be paid her.
BY Mr.. TAYLOR; The petition of Benjamin
Daniels, senior, Peter Spark, James Il. Turner, and
forty -four others, citizens of Pike county, Ohio
expressing the opinion that soldiers Of the war OF
1912, and those Of the several Indian prior and
since that period, pre- eminenty entitled to the
same measure Of reward accorded 10 those who
served in the with Mexico; and praying Con.
gress to grant to them the same system of reward
which was awarded 20 those who served in the Mex
lean war.
The petition of Peter Kinney, of Portsmouth
Ohio, surviving partner Of the late firm Of p. Kin
ney Co., brokers, praying Congress 10 refund 10
him the sum OF 1914, mailed by them at Ports
mouth aforesaid for Wheeling Virginia, on the
Path February, lst9, and lost by the conduct of
some of the mail officers of the United States. Re-
ferred TO the Committee ON Poet Offices and Post
Roads.
by Mr.. STANTON, of Kentucky: The petition
OF Geo. w. Billings, praying that the proper Off
Ger, on behalf Of the United States, be directed 10
conclude contract with him for the furnishing Of
water-rotted hemp for the use Of the navy, in ac-
cordance with his proposals made July 81 and Au-
gust 2, 1S49, under an advertisement of the Navy
Department.
Mr.. BOWLIN gave notice, under the rule, that,
on Tomorrow. or soon thereafter as he could OBJ
tain hearing, he would ask leave 10 introduce a
bill granting the States Of Missouri and Arkansas
certain swamp lands for the purpose Of retaining
them, and increasing the value of the public lands
in the vicinity thereof
BY Mr.. BURROWS: The petition Of John Van
Horn and others, citizens of the county of Niarara
New York, asking Congress TO grant an appropria.
ton for the improvement Of the harbor nj the mouth
of Eighteen mile creek, in said county.
BY Mr.. BAY The petition Of Alton Long, Of 81.
Louis county, Missouri, praying for an act To au-
thorfze him to change an entry, made by mistake,