II. OF R.] Kentucky Election. [MAY 31, 1834. justice to me, this body will be under the necessity of T. Dunbar, page 89, testifies that John Murphy was a considering every question decided by the committee, as journeyman shoemaker in his employment; told him, both well upon single votes, as general principles. Should I before and after the time of the election, that he was not lose any portion of the majority assigned me by the com- twenty-one years of age, but said he had voted for Mr. mittee, upon a revision by the House of the principles on Letcher, and would whip any man that had his vote which they have decided, I should unquestionably gain erased, and has now left the county. There are two upon a revision of their decisions upon single cases. John Murphys on the poll-book, and witness knows no other in the county. Mordecai Howard, page 87, testifies that Murphy told him and Dunbar that he had voted for Letcher, and "would not be twenty-one years of age until some time next year." But surely the House will not undertake to take separate votes on every decision of the committee. If they act upon one point separately, they must, to do justice, act upon all. Nor would they, in that event, be certain to express, in the end, the real opinion of the House upon the final question; that can be done only 'by leaving W. S. Scott, page 110, testifies that there is one John each member to vote on the general result. All have the Murphy only on the commissioner's books, and two on whole case before them-the reports of the majority and the original poll-book: witness knows but one in the minority-the abstracts of evidence-the evidence itself-county. every argument and memorandum made by the parties and the committee. I cannot, however, pass from the report of the minority, without adverting to some cases of error and inconsistency in the opinions expressed by them upon certain votes in Anderson and Jessamine counties. A palpable error, as I think, was committed by the committee, in taking from me the vote of Henry Long, of Anderson county. The committee had unanimously adopted the following resolution, viz: That all declarations or statements made by voters after the election, relative to the right of suffrage, be rejected." The only proof of Henry Long's minority is his own declaration to G. B. Taylor, page 74, after the election. In reply to a question, Taylor says: "I do know a young man by the name of Henry Long, and he told me since the August election, 1833, that he was not twenty-one years of age." The occasion on which this declaration was made, and the circumstances which followed, are not at all calculated to give it weight. Taylor says: "I purchased a note executed by said Long to Mr. Watts; and when I presented the note, he observed that he was under age, and would plead infancy; and this was the only conversation I ever had with him on the subject. I handed the note to an officer-he was warranted-and then he came forward and settled the amount before it ever came to a trial." Put his declaration and his act together, and what is the natural inference? Why, that he said he was a minor only to avoid being pressed for his note; but when he could no longer escape, admitted that he was of age by settling it. The whole taken together, is rather evidence that he was of age, than that he was not. Nor was there any evidence that he gave the vote standing in that name on the poll-book, other than the declaration of the witness that he knew no other man of that name in the county. This vote was taken from me, therefore, in opposition to a principle settled unanimously by the committee, and upon evidence much weaker than that which I produced against the votes of George Elliott, Jr., John Shipman, Moses Bryant, Shelton Harris, Garret Voris, and many others. Yet the minority did not discover this error, which I request the House to correct. The following will illustrate some of the inconsistencies and errors into which the minority have fallen in Jessamine county: George Catlett voted for Mr. Letcher. John Catlett, page 111, testifies positively that his brother George was under age, and that he told him he voted for Mr. Letcher at the last election. This vote was permitted to stand as good, and the minority find no error in that decision. John Murphy voted for Mr. Letcher. His vote was struck off by the majority; but the minority say it ought to be restored. Now let us look at the evidence W. P. Daniels, page 111, same. James H. Lowry, page 89, testifies that Thomas Harris told him he was not of age, and he heard him vote for Mr. Letcher. Samuel Mays, page 114, testifies that he was shown "the original family record of births," in which it is recorded that Thomas Harris was born on "7th August, 1813," and that the father, mother, and voter, all confirmed the record; and the latter said he "would not have voted if the judges had asked him a question about it." J. P. Lowry, page 111, testifies that Harris told him he was under age at the time of the election, and he is not listed as a tithe on the book for 1833, but is for State tax. Yet the minority say this vote ought not to have been taken from Mr. Letcher! John Scofield voted for Mr. Letcher, and his vote was struck off upon the following evidence: Jeremiah King, page 103, testifies that he knows John Scofield was born in May or June, 1813; that Scofield told him, before the election, that he intended to vote for Mr. Letcher if he could; that he has understood he did, and sees his name on the poll-book; and that he knows no other John Scofield in the county. James Carrol, page 103, testifies that John Scofield is his nephew, and was born in June, 1813; heard him say he voted for Letcher, sees his name on the poll-book, and knows no other John Scofield in the county. Even the erasure of this vote is declared by the minority to be erroneous, and they propose to the House to restore it! But the inconsistency of the minority appears still more glaringly in other cases. Richard Curd voted for Mr. Letcher, and his vote was stricken off upon the following evidence, viz: W. S. Scott, page 109, testifies that Curd's name is not on the commissioner's book, and he knows of no such man in the county. W. P. Daniel, 112, same. J. P. Lowry, page 153, testifies that "he knows Richard Curd; that he (said Curd) has been living down in the Green river country for two or three years last past; and at the time he voted, was here on a visit." But the minority say this evidence was not sufficient, and that this vote ought to be restored to Mr. Letcher. Levi Nunnery voted for Mr. Letcher, and his vote was struck off on the following evidence: W. S. Scott, 110, testifies that Nunnery's name is not on the commissioner's book, and he knows no such man in the county. W. P. Daniel, 112, same. Joseph Lowry, page 89, testifies that he is not on his tax-book, and he does not know him. MAY 31, 1834.] J. P. Lowry, 91, same. T. T. Coger, 98, does not know him. Kentucky Election. John Smith, 117, testifies that "he lives near Mrs. Foley's, in Fayette county, and knew a certain Levi Nunnery, whose name he sees on the poll-book of the late congressional election at Nicholasville, given for R. P. Letcher for Congress; he states that, to his own knowledge, said Nunnery was working at said Mrs. Foley's, in Fayette county, four or five weeks before said election, where he also boarded, and also worked on and boarded there, without interruption, as far as he knows and believes, for two or three weeks after the election." Yet the minority say it was an error to strike off the vote upon this evidence, and asked the House to restore it. Now, let us look at the other side. William Rew voted for me, and his vote was assailed by the following testimony, viz: J. P. Lowry, page 152, testifies that Rew's name is not on the commissioner's books, and he does not know such a voter in the county. [II. or R. voted in Jessamine, and that repeated violations of the constitution and laws make it lawful to violate them. Most certainly these three votes ought to be taken from Mr. Letcher; and it is marvellous that the vigilant minority did not discover the error of deciding them to be good votes in Jessamine county. Among the light matters which my competitor has introduced into his address to this House is the case of old Billy Stean, a worthy old foreigner, but not naturalized, whose vote my agent in Garrard proved to be illegal by his own deposition, with which he attempted to contrast that of John Findley, a British pensioner, who was permitted to vote in Mercer county. He was as pathetic in favor of the old soldier, as if he had some experience of the hardships and privations of the tented field. I have so much respect for brave old soldiers myself, that I would not have called in question Mr. Stean's vote, had I been acting in Garrard county in person, although it was notoriously in law a bad vote. But my agent and friends in Garrard, in the honest and faithful discharge of the services they had undertaken for me, procured evidence in relation to every vote reported to be bad, Thomas Reynolds, Jun., 144, testifies that Rew was and included Stean's among the rest. The evidence was residing at Henry Reynolds's, in Garrard county, on the sent here not subject to my control, and it became the 11th of July last; that he saw him at Nicholasville on duty of the committee to decide on Stean's vote. It was the first day of the election, and having agreed with not my fault that, by the constitution and laws of the Moses Reynolds to try and prevent him from voting as country, and the decision of the highest judicial tribunal a resident of Garrard, asked him if he had voted, and he in it, they were obliged to decide that he had no legal said he had not; that Rew was afterwards, about the 11th right to vote. My competitor's complaints should be of August, married in Jessamine; that he might, or might levelled against the constitution and laws, and the decinot, have changed his residence from Garrard to Jessa- sions of the supreme court, which permit no foreigner mine between the 11th of July and the election; witness to exercise the right of a citizen, until he chooses to pass had seen him in Jassamine often, and remembers two through the process of naturalization. As to Mr. Findplaces where he saw him. ley, he is a scholar and a gentleman, against whose right to vote-a right he had exercised for many years, there was no proof. The most attempted was to show that he received money from the British Government as a pensioner--a pretty conclusive evidence that he was considered a man of merit in his native country. Although every presumption arising from this testimony is, that Rew had become a resident of the county before the election, and there is not a particle of evidence to the contrary, the minority say this vote ought to have been taken from me by the majority. They propose to take from me three others in Jessa- But my competitor's love for old soldiers seems to be mine, one of whom, William Sutton, voted for Mr. confined to those only who voted for him. In Mercer Letcher, and has already been taken from him as a bad county he assailed the vote of John George, another old vote; and, as to another, J. Dixon, I do not find that soldier, who had lived in Mercer county upwards of thirty any such vote was contested in the county. While I am years, and the minority insist to the last that he ought gratified that the minority find one vote given to Mr. to be struck off. This old man served during the whole Letcher to be illegal, I cannot consent that they shall of the revolutionary war, for which he is now receiving change it to me on that account, nor that they shall take a pension, and he beat the first drum ever heard by me from me votes never given in the county to any one. and probably by my competitor, as he also resided in There are three votes for Mr. Letcher, in Jessamine, Mercer county. I wonder that the recollection of that as clearly proved to have been given by citizens of Wood-drum had not awakened the soldier in his heart, and inford, as it is possible to prove any thing; and yet the duced him to spare the vote of old Mr. George. But committee have omitted to strike them off. The voters' George voted for me. That is not the kind of a soldier names are, John McMurtry, Thomas Champion, and which excites his sympathies. Those are due only to Henry Kirby. the old soldier who, after all his other battles, is ready to go the death for Mr. Letcher. Thomas Steele testifies that he has lived at his present place of residence since 1795; that John McMurtry is his son-in-law, and lives on his farm; that he has generally voted in Jessamine, but his house is within the limits of Woodford; that Thomas Champion also lives on his farm, still further within the limits of Woodford; and that Henry Kirby also lives in Woodford, although he has long voted in Jessamine. There are many other points in the address and in the voluminous case before the House, which merit remark; but I fear I shall weary your patience, and therefore leave all the rest to your reflection and judgment. Whatever may be the decision of the House, I cannot but express my gratification that this contest is approaching its close. To have been so long in a state of doubt I am at a loss to perceive why these votes were not and restraint, with my character assailed, my person asstruck from Mr. Letcher's poll. It is not possible by saulted, and my life threatened, has been inexpressibly more direct and positive testimony to prove that they painful to me. Your tables have borne witness to the lived out of Jessamine county, and even out of the 5th rancor and malevolence with which I have been pursued. congressional district. Their right to vote was clearly The vilest of fabrications have been gotten up, printed, in another county and district, and to vote in Jessamine and laid before you, with the evident object of poisoning was not only a violation of law, but of the constitution. your minds against me, and influencing the decision of Their names are on the poll-book, and the fact that they this contest. I do not advert to these facts to enlist the usually voted in Jessamine is quite conclusive that they sympathy of the House. No. 1 invoke stern justice. gave the votes. The only ground on which a show of More I do not desire, and less I have no right to expect. defence can be set up for them is, that they had before But I may, I hope, be allowed to say, that I owe infi called. [MAY 31, 1834. The CHAIR decided it to be out of order. The question was then put on Mr. BANKS's first amendment. nite obligations to both the majority and minority of the Mr. WILLIAMS suggested that the absentees had committee, who have so minutely examined the testimo- not all appeared, and moved that their names be again ny, for a complete acquittal of all charges of improper conduct on my part, said or insinuated. Although neither the friends nor enemies who know me needed this testimonial to satisfy them of the injustice with which I have been pursued; yet it is most gratifying to be spontaneously furnished with an evidence so conclusive, to disabuse the minds of others of my countrymen, who have had less opportunity to observe the passing scenes Mr. BEARDSLEY conceiving that votes on the sevein the 5th congressional district of Kentucky. Those ral amendments proposed would have no effect on the who have labored to deprive me of my honor, as well as final result, because they would not change the opinion of of my rights, are already defeated; and as the entire com- those who dissented from them, moved the previous quesmittee have vindicated the one, I trust with perfect confi- tion; but the House refused to second the call: Ayes dence to this House to vindicate the other. 89, noes 108. After Mr. MoORE had concluded his argument-Mr. LEAVITT moved for the previous question; but the House refused to second the call: Ayes 88, noes 102. Mr. HARDIN then rose, and went into an argumentative speech of considerable length and much animation, in opposition to the report of the Committee of Elections, and in support of Mr. LETCHER's right to a seat. Mr. McKINLEY was unwilling to vote without giving his reasons for his vote; but, conscious that the House must be weary, he would either proceed now, or defer his remarks, as the wishes of the House might seem to indicate. Mr. ADAMS, of Massachusetts, moved that the House adjourn. The yeas and nays being demanded, were thereupon taken, and resulted as follows: Yeas 81, nays 121. So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. McKINLEY then took the floor, and argued the case as a naked question of law, which he contended it to be. Mr. MARSHALL moved to amend it by adding the words "theological students at Danville;" which was agreed to. Mr. S. McD. MOORE suggested to Mr. BANKS to modify his amendment, so as to move it only as an addition to the first resolution reported by the Committee of Elections, and leave the name of Mr. Moonɛ to be stricken out, or retained, upon the final vote. Mr. BANKS assented to this, and accepted the modification. After some conversation as to the best form of putting the question, the CHAIR stated it to be as follows: The first resolution reported by the Committee of Elections is in the words following: Resolved, That THOMAS P. MOORE be declared entitled to his seat as representative for the 5th congressional district of Kentucky. The amendment moved by Mr. BANKS, was to add the words following: "Resolved, That all the votes given by qualified voters, which were received in Lancaster, Garrard county, whilst Moses Grant, Esq. acted as one of the judges on the first morning of the election in August last, and those of a like character given on the second day of the election in the absence of the sheriff, ought to be estimated in ascertain Mr. CHILTON ALLAN next obtained the floor, and had commenced his remarks, when he gave way for a motion to adjourn, which was made by Mr. WILLIAMS;ing the result of the election. but the yeas and nays being ordered, Mr. W. withdrew his motion. Mr. ALLAN then resumed, and appealing to the mag. nanimity of the House not to compel a speech at so late an hour, renewed the motion for an adjournment. The yeas and nays were demanded, and, being taken, stood as follows: Yeas 92, nays 106. So the House refused to adjourn. "That the votes of David McKee, Alfred W. Buford, Elijah Mount, Clayton Fitzpatrick, William R. Preston, R. L. Berry, Blackburne Leffler, Robert McKeown, Giles M. Ormond, and Lewis L. Mason, given in Mercer county, be counted; the first nine for R. P. Letcher, and the last one for T. P. Moore. "That the votes of Job M. Hall, Reuben Young, Vincent Inge, Jacob Coffman, William Jenkins, and the Rev. Mr. ALLAN said that, after this decision, he should David Robertson, be taken from the number of votes alforbear to throw himself upon the House, but would pro-lowed by the majority of the committee to Moore, in -pose that there be a call of the House; and that then the question should be taken in succession on the several propositions reported by the committee. The question being put on a call of the House, it was decided in the affirmative: Ayes 96, noes 58. Mercer county, and added to those counted for Letcher. The House was thereupon called, and 210 members answered to their names. The doors were then closed. Mr. HANNEGAN moved to suspend the call. On this question, Mr. WHITTLESEY demanded the Mr. JONES (of the Committee of Elections) having been yeas and nays; whereupon The motion to suspend was withdrawn. divided The question was first put on agreeing to the first clause The absentees were then called in part, and excuses of this amendment, viz: "That all the votes given by were received in their behalf; when Mr. GAMBLE moved to suspend the call. qualified voters, which were received in Lancaster, Garrard county, whilst Moses Grant, Esq., acted as one of Mr. MERCER demanded the yeas and nays; when the the judges on the first morning of the election in August motion was withdrawn. Mr. DICKSON renewed the motion. Mr. MERCER demanded the yeas and nays; and they were ordered. last, ought to be estimated in ascertaining the result of the election." And decided by yeas and nays as follows: Mr. DICKSON said he would withdraw his motion un-J. Allen, Chilton Allan, Anthony, Archer, Ashley, Banks, til the remaining absentees should be called; which having been done, Barber, Barnitz, Barringer, Baylies, Beaty, James M. Bell, Briggs, Bull, Burd, Burges, Cage, Campbell, Carmichael, Casey, Chambers, Chilton, Choate, William Clark, Clayton, Clowney, Corwin, Coulter, Crane, CrockMr. BURD moved an adjournment; but it was negatived. lett, Darlington, Warren R. Davis, Amos Davis, Daven Mr. WARD moved to suspend further proceedings in the call; which was agreed to. MAY 31, 1834.] Kentucky Election. [H. OF R. port, Deberry, Deming, Denny, Dickson, Duncan, Ells-inson, Dunlap, Forester, Fowler, William K. Fuller, Galworth, Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Ewing, braith, Gillet, Gilmer, Joseph Hall, Halsey, Hamer, HanFelder, Foster, Philo C. Fuller, Gamble, Garland, Ghol- negan, J. M. Harper, Hathaway, Howell, Hubbard, son, Gilmer, Gordon, Graham, Grayson, Grennell, Griffin, Jarvis, Noadiah Johnson, Cave Johnson, Seaborn Jones, Hiland Hall, Hard, Hardin, James Harper, Hazeltine, Kavanagh, Lansing, Thomas Lee, Loyall, Lucas, Lyon, Heath, Henderson, Hiester, Jabez W. Huntington, Jack- Lytle, A. Mann, J. K. Mann, Moses Mason, McIntire, Mcson, William Cost Johnson, King, Kinnard, Laporte, Lay, Kim, McKinley, McLene, McVean, Robert Mitchell, MuhLewis, Lincoln, Love, Martindale, Marshall, McComas, lenberg, Murphy, Osgood, Page, Parks, Parker, PatterMcKay, McKennan, McKinley, Mercer, Miller, Moore, son, Peyton, Franklin Pierce, Pierson, Plummer, Polk, Patton, Pinckney, Potts, Ramsay, Rencher, Selden, Wil- Schenck, Schley, Shinn, Smith, Speight, Standefer, Stod. liam B. Shepard, Augustine II. Shepperd, William Slade, dert, Sutherland, William Taylor, John Thomson, TurSloane, Spangler, Stewart, Stoddert, William P. Taylor, rill, Vanderpoel, Van Houten, Ward, Wardwell, Whallon, Philemon Thomas, Tompkins, Turner, Tweedy, Vance, Campbell P. White--84. Vinton, Watmough, Wayne, Edward D. White, Elisha Whittlesey, Wilde, Williams, Wilson-112. So the said second clause of the amendment was agreed to. The question was then stated, that the House do agree to the third member of the said amendment, viz: to add to the first resolution reported by the Committee of Elections, the following, viz: NAYS. Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Bean, Lansing, Luke Lea, Thomas Lee, Leavitt, Loyall, Lucas, A further division of the question on this member was So the first clause of the amendment was agreed to. The question was then put on the second member of said amendment, viz: to add to the first resolution of the Committee of Elections, the following, viz: "And those of a like character given on the second day of the election, in the absence of the sheriff, ought to be estimated in ascertaining the result of the election." And, on the question that the House do agree to the same, with the exception of the names of Blackburne Leffler and Giles M. Ormond, was decided as follows: YEAS-Messrs. John Quincy Adams, Heman Allen, Jahn J. Allen, Chilton Allan, Archer, Ashley, Banks, Barber, Barnitz, Barringer, Baylies, Beaty, John Bell, J. M. Bell, Briggs, Bull, Burd, Burges, Cage, Cambreleng, Campbell, Chambers, Chilton, Choate, S. Clark, W. Clark, Clayton, Clowney, Corwin, Coulter, Crane, Crockett, Darlington, Warren R. Davis, Amos Davis, Davenport, Deberry, Deming, Denny, Dickson, Duncan, Ellsworth, Evans, Edward Everett, Hor. Everett, Ewing, Felder, Foster, Philo C. Fuller, Fulton, Gamble, Garland, Gholson, Gilmer, Gordon, Graham, Grayson, Grennell, And decided as follows, in the affirmative: Griffin, Hiland Hall, Hard, Hardin, James Harper, Ha. YEAS.-Messrs. John Q. Adams, Heman Allen, John zeltine, Heath, Henderson, Hiester, Jabez W. Huntington, J. Allen, Chilton Allan, Anthony, Archer, Ashley, Banks, Jackson, Wm. C. Johnson, King, Kinnard, Laporte, Lay, Barber, Barnitz, Barringer, Baylies, Beaty, James M. Lea, Lewis, Lincoln, Love, Loyall, Martindale, Marshall, Bell, Bouldin, Briggs, Bull, Burd, Burges, Cage, Camp- McCarty, McComas, McKennan, McKim, McKinley, Mcbell, Carmichael, Carr, Casey, Chambers, Chaney, Chil- Vean, Mercer, Moore, Patton, Pinckney, Potts, Ramsay, ton, Choate, William Clark, Clay, Clayton, Clowney, Rencher, Schenck, Schley, Seldon, Wm. B. Shepard, Coffee, Connor, Corwin, Coulter, Crane, Crockett, Dar- Aug. 11. Shepperd, Wm. Slade, Sloane, Spangler, Stewlington, Warren R. Davis, Amos Davis, Davenport, De- art, W. P. Taylor, Philemon Thomas, Thomson, Tomp. berry, Deming, Denny, Dickson, Duncan, Ellsworth,kins, Turner, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton, Watmougli, Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Ewing, Felder, Wayne, Webster, E. D. White, Elisha Whittlesey, Foster, Philo C. Fuller, Fulton, Gamble, Garland, Ghol- Wilde, Williams, Wilson--119. son, Gordon, Graham, Grayson, Grennell, Griffin, Hiland NAYS--Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Anthony, Hall, Hard, Hardin, James Harper, Harrison, Hazeltine, Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont, Blair, Bockee, Bodle, Boon, Heath, Henderson, Hiester, Jabez W. Huntington, Jack-Bouldin, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum,_Carmichael, son, William Cost Johnson, Richard M. Johnson, Benja- Carr, Casey, Chaney, Clay, Coffee, Connor, Cramer, Day, min Jones, King, Kinnard, Lane, Laporte, Lay, Luke Dickerson, Dickinson, Dunlap, Forester, Fowler, William Lea, Leavitt, Lewis, Lincoln, Love, Martindale, Mar- K. Fuller, Galbraith, Gillet, Joseph Hall, Halsey, Hamer, shall, Mardis, McCarty, McComas, McKay, McKen- Hannegan, Joseph M. Harper, Harrison, Hathaway, Hownan, Mercer, Miller, Moore, Patton, Dutee J. Pearce, ell, Hubbard, Abel Huntington, Jarvis, Richard M. JohnPinckney, Pope, Potts, Ramsay, Rencher, Selden, Wil-|son, N. Johnson, Cave Johnson, S. Jones, B. Jones, Kayliam B. Shepard, Augustine H. Shepperd, William Slade, anagh, Lane, Lansing, Lee, Leavitt, Lucas, Lyon, Lytle, Charles Slade, Sloane, Spangler, Stewart, William P. A. Mann, Joel K. Mann, Mardis, Moses Mason, McIntire, Taylor, Francis Thomas, Philemon Thomas, Tompkins, McKay, McLene, Miller, Robert Mitchell, Muhlenberg, Turner, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton, Wagener, Watmough, Wayne, Webster, Edward D. White, Elisha Whittlesey, Wilde, Williams, Wilson, Wise-131. NAYS--Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont, John Bell, Blair, Bockee, Bodle, Boon, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Cambreleng, Samuel Clark, Cramer, Day, P. Dickerson, David W. Dick Murphy, Osgood, Page, Parks, Parker, Patterson, D. J. So, as excepted, the third clause was agreed to. H. OF R.] Kentucky Election--Resignation of the Speaker. [JUNE 2, 1834. The question was then put on so much of the said lington, W. R. Davis, Amos Davis, Davenport, Deberry, third member as relates to the names of the said Black- Deming, Denny, Dickson, Duncan, Ellsworth, Evans, burne Leffler and Giles M. Ormond, and passed in the af- Edward Everett, H. Everett, Ewing, Felder, Foster, P. firmative, as follows: C. Fuller, Fulton, Gamble, Garlard, Gholson, Gilmer, YEAS--Messrs. John Q. Adams, Heman Allen, John Gordon, Graham, Grayson, Grennell, Hiland Hall, J. Allen, C. Allan, Archer, Ashley, Banks, Barber, Bar- Hannegan, Hard, Hardin, James Harper, Hazletine, nitz, Barringer, Baylies, Beaty, Jas. M. Bell, Briggs, Bull, Heath, Hiester, Jabez W. Huntington, Jackson, WilBurd, Burges, Cambreleng, Campbell, Chambers, Chil- liam Cost Johnson, King, Kinnard, Lane, Laporte, ton, Choate, William Clark, Clayton, Clowney, Corwin, Lay, Lea, Lewis, Lincoln, Love, Loyall, Martindale, Coulter, Crane, Crockett, Darlington, Warren R. Davis, Marshall, Mardis, McCarty, McComas, McKay, McKenAmos Davis, Davenport, Deberry, Deming, Denny, Dick-nan, McKim, Mercer, Moore, Murphy, Parker, Patton, son, Duncan, Ellsworth, Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Dutee J. Pearce, Pinckney, Potts, Ramsay, Rencher, Everett, Ewing, Felder, Foster, P. C. Fuller, Fulton, Selden, William B. Shepard, Aug. H. Shepperd, Wm. Gamble, Garland, Gholson, Gordon, Graham, Grayson, Slade, Jonathan Slade, Sloane, Spangler, Stewart, StodGrennell, Griffin, Hiland Hall, Hard, Hardin, James Har- dert, William P. Taylor, Francis Thomas, Philemon per, Hazeltine, Heath, Henderson, Hiester, Jabez W. Thomas, Tompkins, Turner, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton, Huntington, Jackson, W. C. Johnson, King, Kinnard, La- Watmough, Wayne, Ed. D. White, Elisha Whittlesey, porte, Lay, Lea, Lewis, Lincoln, Love, Loyall, Martin- Wilde, Williams, Wilson, Wise--119. dale, Marshall, McCarty, McComas, McKennan, McKin- NAYS-Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Anthony, ley, McVean, Mercer, Moore, Patton, Pinckney, Potts, Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont, John Bell, Blair, Bockee, Rencher, Schley, Selden, W. B. Shepard, Aug. H. Bodle, Boon, Bouldin, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Shepperd, William Slade, Sloane, Spangler, Stewart, Carr, Casey, Chaney, Samuel Clark, Clay, Coffee, ConWilliam P. Taylor, P. Thomas, Thomson, Tomkins, nor, Cramer, Day, Philemon Dickerson, David W. DickTurner, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton, Wardwell, Watmough, inson, Dunlap, Forester, Fowler, W. K. Fuller, Galbraith, Wayne, E. D. White, Elisha Whittlesey, Wilde, Wil- Gillet, Jos. Hall, Halsey, Hamer, J. M. Harper, Harrison, liams, Wilson--112. Hathaway, Henderson, Howell, Hubbard, Abel HuntingNAYS--Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Anthony, ton, Jarvis, Richard M. Johnson, Noadiah Johnson, Cave Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont, John Bell, Blair, Bockee, Johnson, Seaborn Jones, Benjamin Jones, Kavanagh, Bodle, Boon, Bouldin, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Lansing, Thomas Lee, Leavitt, Lucas, Lyon, Lytle, A. Cage, Carmichael, Carr, Casey, Chaney, S. Clark, Clay, Mann, J. K. Mann, Moses Mason, McIntire, McKinley, Coffee, Connor, Cramer, Day, Dickerson, Dickinson, McLene, McVean, Miller, Robert Mitchell, Muhlenberg, Dunlap, Forester, Fowler, William K. Fuller, Galbraith, Osgood, Page, Parks, Patterson, Peyton, Franklin Gillet, Gilmer, Joseph Hall, Halsey, Hamer, Hannegan, Pierce, Pierson, Plummer, Polk, Pope, Schenck, Schley, J. M. Harper, Harrison, Hathaway, Howell, Hubbard, Shinn, Charles Slade, Smith, Speight, Standefer, SutherAbel Huntington, Jarvis, Richard M. Johnson, N. John- land, William Taylor, Thomson, Turrill, Vanderpoel, son, Cave Johnson, Seaborn Jones, Benjamin Jones, Kay- Van Houten, Wagener, Ward, Wardwell, Webster, anagh, Lane, Lansing, Lee, Leavitt, Lucas, Lyon, Ly- Whallon, Campbell P. White--95. tle, Abijah Mann, J. K. Mann, Mardis, Moses Mason, McKay, McKim, McLene, Miller, Robert Mitchell, Muhlenberg, Murphy, Osgood, Page, Parks, Parker, Patterson, Dutee J. Pearce, Peyton, F. Pierce, Pierson, Plummer, Polk, Pope, Ramsay, Schenck, Shinn, Charles Slade, Smith, Speight, Standefer, Stoddert, Sutherland, William Taylor, Francis Thomas, Turrill, Vanderpoel, Van Houten, Wagener, Ward, Webster, Whallon, C. P. White, Wise-103. So the excepted part of the third clause was also agreed to. So the fourth clause, as amended, was agreed to. The question then recurred on the fifth and last member of the amendment proposed by Mr. BANKS to the report of the Committee of Elections, as above stated. Mr. GHOLSON put an inquiry as to the date of the testimony, which was replied to by Mr. JONES, of the the Committee of Elections. Mr. CHILTON ALLAN replied and explained, refer. The discussion was further continued by Messrs. POPE, So the House adjourned at half past eight o'clock. The question then recurred on the fourth member of the said amendment; when Mr. BANKS modified the said fourth member, by striking out the name of "Jacob Mr. MUHLENBERG moved to adjourn. Tellers were Coffman," and, after the name of David Robertson, in-appointed, and the vote stood as follows: Ayes 104, noes serting the following: "being the persons whose votes 48. were erased from the list of votes given to Robert P. Letcher, and transferred to the list of those given to Thomas P. Moore," so as to make the fourth member read as follows, viz: "That the votes of Job M. Hall, Reuben Young, Vincent Inge, William Jenkins, and the Rev. David Robertson, being the persons whose votes were erased from the list of votes given to Letcher, and transferred to the list of those given to Moore, be taken from the number of votes allowed by the majority of the committee to Moore in Mercer county, and added to those counted for Letcher." MONDAY, JUNE 2. As soon as the journal was read- The SPEAKER rose and addressed the House as fol lows: Gentlemen: I have attended in person to-day for the purpose of resigning, as I now do, the office of Speake of this House, with which I have been honored for the last seven years, and of announcing to you the fact, tha And the question, that the House do agree to the said I have this day communicated to the Executive of Virgi fourth member of the amendment, as modified, was de- nia my resignation as one of the representatives from cided as follows: that State in the present Congress. The dissolution, per YEAS--Messrs. John Quincy Adams, Heman Allen, haps forever, of the intimate associations that have exis John J. Allen, C. Allan, Archer, Ashley, Banks, Barber, ed so long between us, is calculated to excite sentiment Barnitz, Barringer, Baylies, Beaty, James M. Bell, of a painful character. I feel it myself deeply and una Briggs, Bull, Burd, Burges, Cage, Cambreleng, Camp-fectedly; and, in quitting a station in itself so honorable bell, Carmichael, Chambers, Chilton, Choate, William one so repeatedly conferred, and in a manner so flatte Clark, Clayton, Clowney, Corwin, Crane, Crockett, Dar-ing; a station endeared to me by so many consideration |