John Quincy Adams, Denny, Dickerson, of New Jersey, Martindale, McComas, Osgood, Clowney, Cramer, and Jackson, of Connecticut. A Committee on Agriculture was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Bockee, Taylor, of Virginia, Hathaway, Barnitz, Bean, Dunlap, Clowney, Turner, and Beaty. A Committee on Indian Affairs was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Gilmer, McCarty, Everett, of Vermont, Graham, Allen, of Ohio, David W. Dickinson, Howell, Love, and Grennell. A Committee on Military Affairs was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Johnson, of Kentucky, Vance, Speight, Ward, Thomson, Coffee, Bunch, McKay, and Anthony. A Committee on Naval Affairs was appointed, consisting of Messrs. White, of New York, Milligan, Watmough, Lansing, Reed, Grayson, Parker, Smith, and Wise. A Committee on Foreign Affairs was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Wayne, Everett, of Massachusetts, Hall, of North Carolina, Coulter, Jarvis, Pierson, Patton, Letcher, and Peyton. A Committee on the Territories was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Chilton Allan, Potts, Johnson, of New York, Wilson, Jones, of Ohio, Ewing, Gamble, Cage, and Trumbull. A Committee on Revolutionary Pensions was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Wardwell, Barringer, Tompkins, Moore, of Virginia, Lea, of Tennessee, William K. Fuller, Fowler, Bell, of Ohio, and Lay. A Committee on Invalid Pensions was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Miller, Beale, John Adams, Schenck, Chilton, Chaney, Mitchell, of Ohio, Brown, and Janes. A Committee on Roads and Canals was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Mercer, Blair, Vinton, Stewart, Rencher, Johnson, of Maryland, Lucas, Pope, and Reynolds. A Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Dickson, Harrison, McVean, Shinn, and Taylor, of New York. A Committee of Accounts was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Mann, of Pennsylvania, Lee, of New Jersey, Mitchell, of New York, Crockett, and Osgood. On motion of Mr. Grennell, Resolved, That two Chaplains of different denominations be elected by Congress, one by each House, to serve during the present session, who shall interchange weekly. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate of the adoption of this resolution. The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances; which report was ordered to lie on the table, and ten thousand copies thereof were ordered to be printed for the use of the members of the House. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1833, prepared in pursuance of the standing order of the House of Representatives of the 30th December, 1791; which letter was read, and laid on the table. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of two reports of the register and receiver of the land office for the district of St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, prepared in obedience to the third section of the act of March 2, 1829; which letter and reports were laid on the table. IV. The annual statement of expenditures on account of contingencies for the House of Representatives of the United States for the year ending November 30, 1834, and of the clerks and other persons employed in the service of the said House, prepared by the Clerk in obedience to the joint resolution of March 1, 1823; which statement and accompanying papers were ordered to lie on the table. V. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the support of Government for the year 1835; which was ordered to lie on the table. VI. A letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting transcripts of sundry accounts of his office for the year 1834; which letter and accounts were laid on the table. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary; which was read, and is as follows, viz. To the House of Representatives: WASHINGTON, December 4, 1834. I transmit to Congress a communication addressed to me by Mr. George Washington Lafayette, accompanying a copy of the Declaration of Independence, engraved on copper, which his illustrious father bequeathed to Congress, to be placed in their library, as a last tribute of respect, patriotic love, and affection for his adopted country. I have a mournful satisfaction in transmitting this precious bequest of that great and good man, who, through a long life, under many vicissitudes, and in both hemispheres, sustained the principles of civil liberty asserted in that memorable Declaration, and who, from his youth to the last moment of his life, cherished for our beloved country the most generous attachment. ANDREW JACKSON. The said message was read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Wardwell submitted the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table one day, under the rule, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to report to this House the amount expended in erecting the ship-house at Navy Point, in the county of Jefferson, and State of New York, and the expense of keeping the same in repair; also, the like information in relation to the vessel built, and lately sold, at Storrs' Harbor, in said county, and the amount of compensation allowed to the officer or officers, person or persons, who have, from time to time, had charge of the same; also, the reasons, if any exist, for the further preservation of the vessel and shiphouse at Navy Point; also, that he report the amount heretofore paid for the use and occupation of the land now belonging to the heirs of Henry Eckford, deceased, at Navy Point and Storrs' Harbor, on which the ves sels New Orleans and Chippewa were built; and, also, the terms of any contract which may have been made with the Government, or its authorized agent, for the use and occupation of such land. On motion of Mr. White, of Florida, Ordered, That the message from the President of the United States, communicated to the House of Representatives on the 9th December, 1833, accompanied by surveys of canal routes in the Territory of Florida, be printed for the use of the House. On motion of Mr. Mann, of New York, Ordered, That when this House shall adjourn this day, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next, the 8th instant. And then the House adjourned until Monday, the 8th instant, at 12 o'clock meridian. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1834. Several other members appeared, and took their seats, From the State of Massachusetts-Benjamin Gorham. From the State of Pennsylvania-George Burd. From the State of Virginia-William S. Archer and John Y. Mason. From the State of Louisiana-Rice Garland. From the State of South Carolina-Robert B. Campbell. From the State of Alabama-Dixon H. Lewis. Two new members, viz. from the State of South Carolina, Richard J. Manning, in the place of James Blair, deceased, and Francis W. Pickens, in the place of George McDuffie, resigned, appeared, were sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took their seats. Mr. Jarvis presented a petition of Ezekiel Foster, of Eastport, in the State of Maine, praying that certain extra or discriminating duties on tonnage paid by Ezekiel Foster & Co., in 1822, on a British brig called the Superior, may be refunded. Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of merchants, pilots, and ship masters, of and trading to the city of Philadelphia, praying that a light-house may be erected on the southern end of Reedy island. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com merce. Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Edmund Roberts, of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, praying to be allowed and paid additional compensation for services performed by him as the diplomatic agent from the Government of the United States to the Governments of Cochin China, Siam, and Muscat. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a memorial of Thomas Aspinwall, consul of the United States at London, in England, praying that the allowance for official expenses heretofore to the consulate at London may be confirmed and continued. Mr. Edward Everett presented a memorial of John Downes, a captain in the navy of the United States, praying to be reimbursed the expenses incurred by him as late commander of the squadron in the Pacific, in holding diplomatic and official intercourse with sundry foreign nations; as, also, that a ration may be allowed to his secretary. Mr. Barber presented a memorial of Francis Allyn, of New London, in the State of Connecticut, praying remuneration for losses he sustained in consequence of giving to General Lafayette a free passage from France to the United States, in the ship Cadmus, in the month of July, 1824. Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz. By Mr. Bates: The petition of the Springfield Manufacturing Company, in the State of Massachusetts, by Benjamin Jencks, their agent and attorney, presented January 13, 1834. By Mr. Wardwell: The petition of Clarke Allen, presented December 11, 1833. By Mr. Fillmore: The petition of Lieutenant Frederick Richmond, presented February 25, 1833. By Mr. Fillmore: The petition of Robert Kaene, presented December 30, 1833. By Mr. Fillmore: The claim of Daniel Brayman, presented January 16, 1833. By Mr. Chambers: The petition of Sampson S. King, presented May 19, 1834. By Mr. Sutherland: The petition of Rebecca Comly, presented December 15, 1829. Mr. Heath presented a memorial of Thomas Spicer, of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, praying compensation for services rendered as assistant clerk of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Maryland. Mr. Loyall presented a memorial of Stephen Harris, of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, praying to be paid for a vessel taken and sunk for the defence of the harbor of Norfolk, during the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Lyon presented a petition of David S. Campbell, late a sergeant in Captain Reeve's company of Colonel Barbour's regiment of Kentucky militia, in service in the year 1812, praying to be paid for a rifle gun lost in service. Mr. Ashley presented a petition of Thomas R. Ezzell, of the State of Missouri, late a mounted ranger, praying payment for a horse lost in the military service of the United States in the year 1832. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials do lie on the table. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, viz. By Mr. Ward: The petition of Samuel Young, presented December 17, 1827. By Mr. Chambers: The petition of John Murphy, presented March 24, 1834. By Mr. Chinn: The petition of Francis A. Thornton and Eliza P. Gwynn, representatives of Presley Thornton, deceased, presented April 30, 1832. By Mr. Parker: The petition of George Townley, presented January 19, 1829. By Mr. Parker: The petition of Margaret White, widow of Colonel Anthony Walton White, deceased, presented December 12, 1833. By Mr. Chinn: The petition of Thomas Wishart, presented December 11, 1833. By Mr. Gholson: The petition of the heirs of Richard Kennon, deceased, presented January 6, 1834. Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of the children and heirs at law of William Hooper Smith, deceased, a surgeon in the army of the revolution, praying that the commutation of half pay promised to officers of the army of the revolution may now be granted to them. Mr. Patton presented a petition of Thacker Vivian Webb, executor of the last will and testament of William C. Webb, deceased, late of Orange county, in the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the amount due the estate of the deceased for a number of beef cattle sold to the commissary's department of the revolutionary army in 1780. Mr. Gholson presented a petition of John Cole, of Dinwiddie county, in the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which he conceives his father, John Cole, deceased, was entitled as an officer of the revolutionary army. Mr. Pope presented a petition of the heirs at law of John Chilton, deceased, who was a captain in the army of the revolution, and killed in the battle of Brandywine, praying that the seven years' half pay promised to the widows and children of officers killed in service may now be paid to them. Mr. Lyon presented a petition of D. S. Morrison, executor of Isaac Morrison, deceased, a captain in the army of the United States, and who became supernumerary prior to October, 1780, praying that the one year's pay to which he conceives his testator to have been entitled may be paid to him. Mr. Marshall presented a petition of the legal representative and heirs at law of Robert Power, deceased, who was a captain of cavalry in the Virginia line of the army of the revolution, praying payment for the service of the said Robert Power in the capacity aforesaid. Mr. Marshall presented a petition of the heirs at law of Nicholas Taliaferro, deceased, who was a lieutenant in the Virginia line of the army of the revolution, praying that the five years' full pay as the commutation of half pay for life promised to the officers of said army, to which the said Nicholas Taliaferro was entitled, may now be paid to them. Mr. Vinton presented a petition of John Peebles, eldest son of William Peebles, deceased, who was killed while a captain in the army of the revolution, praying for a grant of the bounty land to which he conceives the heirs of said Captain Peebles entitled. Mr. White (Delegate from Florida) presented a memorial of the daughters of the late French General, the Marshal de Rochambeau, deceased, who commanded the army of France serving in America during the war of the revolution, praying pecuniary aid from the Government of the United States. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, presented a petition of Elizabeth Mays, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, mother of Wilson Mays, de |