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| Invalid PensiOns-MessEs. Taylor, Williams of Ky Allen of Vermont, Mcclellan of New-York, Herod, St4nlys Mallory, Aycngg and Piumer.

 Kennon, Snyder, Fillmore, Johnson of Maryland, White of Indiana, Graves and Grant. Patents-Messrs. Fletcher of Vermont, Menefee, Bicknell, M. Morriss of Pennsylvania.

 Public Buildings and Grounds-Messrs. Lincoln, Legare, Pratt, Mercer and Jackson, of Geo. Revisal and Unfinished Business-Shepler of Ohio. Noble, SOuthgate, Henry and Peck. Accounts-Messrs. Johnson of Virginia, Johnson of Maryland, S. w. Morris of Pennsylvania, Bicknells and Hawes.

 Election of ChapLdin-The House, proceeded to the election of Chaplain.

 On the 4th ballot the Rev. Mr. Levi R. Reese, hay ing majority of all the votes, was declared duly | elected l HOUSE OF REPREsENTATvEs.-DEc.1 12. Petitions were in order, and the presenta- ton began with Maine and went on to Mas Sacnusetts without interruption or debate.- Mr. Adams rose with petitions from twenty | thousand petitioners and moved their refer ence to the Committee on the District of Go. lumbia.

 MT. Wise moved that MT. Adams motion tor commit be laid upon the table. Mir. Adams called for the yeas and nays, which call was responded to by the House,. and decided as follows:

 In favor of laying on the table 1851;

 Mr. Adams followed with another petition from 500 persons, against slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia

 MT. Wise moved to lay the petition on the= table.

 The House vipa uoce decided in the affirma- tive.

 Mr. Adams followed with another from Pennsylvania, praying the Abolition of Slave ry in the District of Columbia.

 Mir LaWler of Alabama n1oved that fba- petition be not received. Mir. Underwood, of Kentucky, inquired where the petitioners liv- ed: MT. l.. answered, in some county in Pennsylvania.

 MT. Lawler pressed his motion to reject the petition.

 Mir. Adams called for the yeas and nays.

 The House responded to the call, and the vote stood as follows-IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING THE PETITION, ONE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-F1vE! ! AGAINST RECEIVING THE PETITION FIrTY-NINE!

 MT. Wise then moved that the petition be laid on the table, carried uiuo voce

 MT. Adams presented still another petition. MT. Wise renewed his former motion, and begged MT. Adams to present his petitions all together.

 MT. Adams replied that he should not-.that he could not--that he owed duty to his con-. stituents and his country which forbid him. Another petition was therefore presented.

 Mir. Wlse With some excitement, renewed his motion to lay on the table, and said he wished his motion to stand now and forever before the House, because he was determined to fight the question at every step.

 MT. Adams said that the petition he had just presented was of a different character than any that had been prescnted-it referred to the territories and not to the District of Colum- bia, and he would therefore call for the yeas and nays upon the petitions. The yeas and nays were therefore called, and decided in favor of laying on the tablc.-i5id: