S. 61. Bill for the benefit of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company;

S. 62. Bill for the benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company.

The said bills were read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 63) granting to the State of Illinois the right of way through the public lands of the United States, and for other purposes; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 64) authorizing the President of the United States to cause the re served lead mines in the State of Illinois and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa to be sold as other public lands; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Robbins submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed, who, with a like number to be appointed by the House of Representatives, shall direct the expenditure of the money appropriated for the Library of Congress.

On motion,

It was agreed that the President pro tempore appoint the committee; and Mr. Robbins, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Wall were accordingly appointed. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

Mr. Wall submitted the following motion for consideration:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to communicate to the Senate the sums of money paid out of the Treasury, under private appropriations made, or private bills passed by Congress, since the first Monday in December, 1833, distinguishing the amount thereof made at each session of Congress, during the said period, and the persous to whom and for what purpose paid, and also what sums, if any, remain unpaid.

Mr. McKean submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to :

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an allowance for house rent, to the officers of the navy yard at Philadelphia.

Mr. Fulton submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to enable the Secretary of War to continue the service of a suitable boat and crew, to be employed in preventing the formation of a raft in Red river, in that part of said river from which the old raft has been removed.

Mr. Walker submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the Senate, at as early a period as practicable, the number of superficial acres within cach of the States of Alabama and Mississippi, embraced

in the treaty at Dancing Rabbit creek, with the Choctaw Indians, designat ing, in said report, what quantity of said land in each of said States has been surveyed, what quantity still remain unsurveyed, what portion has been offered at public sale, how much has been sold, and what quantity is now subject to entry at private sale in each of said States.

Mr. Tipton submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to transmit to the Senate a plat of the townships of public lands through which the line of a road from New Albany, by Coridon, Fredonia, and Princetown, Indiana, to Mount Carmel, Illinois, will pass, distinguishing between the tracts of land remaining unsold, and those which have been sold and situate within six miles of said road.

Mr. Young submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be direcred to report to the Senate whether certain exiles from Poland, to whom a grant of thirtysix sections of land was made by the act of Congress of June 30th, 1834, upon certain conditions expressed in said act, have complied with said conditions; and, if not, whether the said grant will be considered as forfeited by the department, and the lands selected by their agent on the waters of Rock river, in the State of Illinois, subject to sale and entry as other public lands, without further legislation on the subject.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution (H. R. 28) presenting the thanks of Congress to George Washington Lafayette, the son, and to the surviving family of General Lafayette; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 1) providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands; and,

On motion by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky,

Ordered, That it be postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Monday next.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bills:

S, 5. A bill for the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama ;

S. 6. A bill for the relief of William Jones;

S. 17. A bill to establish an additional land district in the State of Alabama; and no amendment being made thereto, they were severally reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That they be engrossed, and read a third a time.

After the consideration of Executive business,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1838.

The honorable Samuel L. Southard, from the State of New Jersey, attended.

Mr. Walker presented the credentials of the honorable Thomas H. Wil

liams, appointed a Senator by the Governor of the State of Mississippi, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the honorable James F. Trotter; which were read.

The oath prescribed by law was administered to the honorable Thomas H. Williams, and he took his seat in the Senate.

On motion by Mr. McKean,

Ordered, That the petition of the executors of Henry Eckford, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The President pro tempore presented the petition of C. G. Gunter, praying confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion by Mr. Prentiss,

Ordered, That the petition of Gaetano Carusi, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion by Mr. Smith, of Indiana,

Ordered, That the petition of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt, deceased, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, presented the petition of Edward Cook and others, citizens of the State of New York, engaged in the manufacture of pins, praying Congress to lay a duty upon imported pins, equal to that now laid upon foreign brass wire; which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, presented the memorial of a number of citizens of the State of New York, praying the adoption of measures to institute a congress of nations, for the purpose of improving the present code of international law; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, presented the memorial of John Shallcross and others, engaged in steamboat navigation, praying Congress to alter and amend the act to provide for the security of the lives of passengers on board. of boats propelled by steam; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Benton presented the memorial of Harriet Leavenworth, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, praying to be allowad a pension, in consideration of her husband's military services; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Bayard presented the petition of a number of the officers of the line of the army, praying that the officers of the line of the army may be placed upon the same footing with the officers of the staff, as to pay and promotion; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Bayard,

Ordered, That the memorial of the president and directors of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Prentiss,

Ordered, That the petition of Ira Day, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Hubbard submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Abigail Newman, the widow of the late Timothy Newman, master commandant of the ship of war

Warren, and who died in August, 1800, while in the naval service of the United States.

Mr. Hubbard submitted documents in relation to the claim of Abigail Newman; which were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making a further appropriation for the construction of a marine hospital in the city of Mobile.

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom the following bills were referred:

S. 21. A bill to confirm the sale of certain reservations;

S. 38. A bill granting to the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, the right of pre-emption to a quarter section of land, aud for other purposes;

S. 42. A bill for the relief of John Newton; reported the same severally without amendment.

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 51) for the relief of Jean B. Vallé, reported the same without

amendment.

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 26) to amend an act entitled "An act to require the judge of the district of East and West Tennessee to hold a court at Jackson, in said State," approved June 18, 1838, reported the same without amendment.

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill (S. 65) further to postpone the fourth instalment of deposite with the States.

The said bill was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and considered as in Committee of the Whole.

A motion having been made by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, to amend the same, a debate arose; and,

On motion by Mr. Preston,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to

morrow.

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill (S. 66) for the relief of Laurent Millaudon and others; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill (S. 67) in addition to an act for the relief of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay, approved July 2, 1836; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 68) explanatory of the act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

On motion by Mr. Benton, and by unanimous cousent,

Ordered, That the bill (S. 1) providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands, be referred to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to consider the same in a financial point of view, and to report their opinion on the probable effect thereof, in diminishing or increasing the revenue from the public lands.

On motion by Mr. Walker,

It was agreed that when the Senate adjourn, it be to Monday next; and,

On motion by Mr. Niles,

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1838.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication relating to the execution of the act of the 7th July, 1833, entitled "An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and making surveys for the year 1838;" which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and printed. The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, made in obedience to a resolution of May 29, 1830; which was read.

Ordered, That it be printed.

On motion by Mr. Wall,

Ordered, That the petition of Royal Hopkins, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Wall presented the memorial of William A. Whitehead, on behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, in the Territory of Florida, praying that Indian Key, in said Territory, may not be made a port of entry; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

On notion by Mr. Hubbard,

Ordered, That the petition of Peter Bargy, jr., and the petition of David Stone, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Tipton presented the petition of F. H. Stevens and others, citizens of the State of Michigan, praying the right of pre-emption to a tract of land; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Lyon presented the memorial of Edwin H. Lothrop, agent for the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, praying the right of preemption to a quarter section of land.

Mr. Benton presented the petition of John M. Hepburn, a clerk in the War Department, praying an increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Wright presented the petition of Electa Hutchins, widow of Lemuel Luddington, a soldier in the last war, praying to be allowed the bounty land to which her late husband was entitled at the time of his death; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Prentiss presented the memorial of James H. Bradford, late an assistant surgeon in the army of the United States, praying to be allowed arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Tipton presented the memorial of a number of citizens of New Albany, in the State of Indiana, praying a grant of the public lands for the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Davis presented the petition of William A. Crocker, agent for the Taunton Branch Railroad Company, praying to be allowed extra compensation for transporting the mail on Sundays; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Davis presented the memorial of James F. Baldwin, executor of