ceased, late of the navy of the United States, praying that the pension heretofore allowed her may be renewed and continued. Mr. Loyall presented a petition of David G. Farragut, a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, praying to be paid for extra duties performed by him as an assistant quartermaster in the marine corps; also, for the usual compensation for recruiting seamen for the ship Natchez; also, compensation for his services in paying off the crew of the schooner Boxer, in July, 1834. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to -the Committee on Naval Affairs. On motion of Mr. Letcher, Ordered, That the memorials of Colonel Anthony Gale, late commanding officer of the marine corps, heretofore presented to the House of Representatives, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. On motion of Mr. Letcher, Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Buford, presented December 19, 1831, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Mann, of New York, presented a petition of Robert Little, of New Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut, praying for a grant of the bounty land to which he conceives himself entitled as a soldier in the army in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Josiah Brown, of the county of Merrimack, in the State of New Hampshire, praying that the letters patent heretofore granted him for improvements in the winnowing machine may be renewed for an additional period of fourteen years. Mr. Pope presented a petition of inhabitants of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, praying that a district court, with jurisdiction over maritime causes, may be established at Louisville. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of John Hunter, of the city of Philadelphia, a seaman in the navy in the war of the revolution, praying for a pension. Mr. Beardsley presented a petition of John Wilson, of the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, praying for a pension. Mr. Wayne presented a petition of Benjamin Thomson, of the State of Georgia, praying for an increase of pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Vinton presented documents in relation to an error committed by James Morman, of the State of Ohio, in an entry of land purchased by him of the United States. Mr. Mardis presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Pickens, in the State of Alabama, praying that the act of June 19, 1834, granting rights of pre-emption in the purchase of public lands may be so amended as to authorize transfers of pre-emption rights. Mr. Ashley presented a petition of James Rubey, of the State of Missouri, praying for a grant of public land as a remuneration for losses sustained by the recent burning of his dwelling-house. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Garland presented a petition of George Rowe, of the State of Louisiana, praying permission to locate a claim to land which he con tends to be valid, on any unlocated public land in the State of Louisiana; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Cage, Ordered, That the report of the Postmaster General, dated December 14, 1827, and communicated to the House of Representatives on the 17th day of the same month, in relation to the obstructions that exist on the great mail route from Natchez to New Orleans, by the Homochitto swamp, and the probable expense of removing the same, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Ashley presented a petition of M. McNair, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, widow, praying compensation for depredations committed on her property by Indians; which petition was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Sutherland presented a memorial of Catharine Rinker, widow of Samuel Rinker, deceased, formerly of the navy of the United States, praying to be allowed a pension from the Navy Pension fund; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of Elizabeth Rapp, of the city of Philadelphia, widow, praying Congress to purchase 300 copies of Seybert's Statistics, which belong to her, and which she proposes to dispose of at a very low price. Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Joseph M. White (Delegate from Florida) presented to the House a book, in French, entitled " Histoire de la Louisiane et de la cession de cette Colonie par la France aux Etats Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale; précédée-D'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats Unis-Par M. Barbé Marbois, avec une carte relative á l'etendue pays cédés;" which work he said he had been requested by the author, a Peer of France, to present to this House, to be deposited in the Library of Congress. On motion of Mr. Clay, Ordered, That the petition of Isaac Wellborn, junior, presented on the 26th of May, 1834, be again referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Jarvis presented a petition of Robert Ramsay, of the State of Maine, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a wound received during the revolutionary war. Mr. McIntire presented a pétition of Leonard Smallwood, of the State of Maine, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a wound received while in the military service of the United States. Mr. Bean presented a petition of John Bryant, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a wound received by him during the late war, while in the service of the United States. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, presented a petition of Simon S. Morrill, praying that his name may be placed on the pension roll of the United States, in consequence of a disability incurred in the service of the United States. Mr. Halsey presented a petition of Archer Green, of the State of New York, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a disability incurred by him while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier in the late war. Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Moses Archer, of the State of Kentucky, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a wound received by him during the late war, while in the military service of the United States. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Ward presented a petition of William A. Weaver, praying to be allowed and paid arrears of pension to which he conceives himself entitled on account of wounds received while a midshipman, in the action between the United States frigate Chesapeake and the British frigate Shannon, in the late war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Robert Spedden, of the city of New Orleans, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of a wound received by him while in command as a lieutenant in the United States navy of one of the gunboats attached to the flotilla during the late war. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Anna Little, widow of William Little, praying to be allowed a pension in consequence of services rendered by her husband in the revolutionary war. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. On motion of Mr. Harper, Ordered, That the petition of Captain Cole, presented December 26, 1832, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, be again referred to the same committee. On motion of Mr. Beardsley, Ordered, That the petition of Chester Griswold, presented January 2, 1833, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, be again presented, and referred to the same committee. On motion of Mr. Harper, Ordered, That the petition of Daniel Page, presented on the 11th December, 1833, be again presented, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Clay, Ordered, That the memorial of the commissioners appointed to superintend the improvements of the Tennessee river, within the State of Alabama, in conformity with the act of Congress of May 23, 1828, presented April 3, 1834, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of James Taylor, formerly a quartermaster general in the army, praying that the accounting officers may be directed to settle his accounts on the principles of equity; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Wardwell on the 4th instant; and the same being modified, was agreed to by the House, as follows, 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 expenses 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 ship-house 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 vessels 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; and any other information in possession of the department relative thereto. The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac, in the city of Washington, authorized by the act of June 30, 1834, and on the claim of O. H. Dibble on account of damage sustained under a contract to erect said bridge under a law formerly passed for that purpose; which report was laid on the table. II. A report of the Secretary of the Treasury of a plan for the reorganization of the Treasury Department, prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the House of the 18th of February, 1834; which report was ordered to lie on the table. III. A report of the Comptroller of the Treasury, accompanied by a statement of the accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1834, on the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury; which report was ordered to lie on the table. IV. A report of the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances which have remained unsettled, or appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1834, on the books of receipts and expenditures in the office of the Register of the Treasury; which report was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Watmough, Ordered, That Tuesday, the 16th of December instant, be assigned for the consideration of the bill (No. 334,) to equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the navy of the United States. On motion of Mr. Edward Everett, Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of this House, who, together with three persons to be appointed on the part of the Senate, shall direct the expenditure of the money appropriated for the Library of Congress. Mr. Edward Everett, Mr. Wayne, and Mr. Loyall, were appointed of the committee on the part of this House. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution. On motion of Mr. Jarvis, Resolved, That a committee be appointed, whose duty it shall be to consider all matters referred to them touching the public grounds and buildings in the city of Washington. Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Ward, Mr. Watmough, Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. William B. Shepard, were appointed the said committee. On motion of Mr. Clayton, Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of establishing a branch of the mint in some central position of what is denominated the gold region lying between the States of Virginia and Alabama. On motion of Mr. Pearce, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Wickford, in the State of Rhode Island, to Newport, in the same State, by the most direct course from one place to the other by water. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the publication, semi-annually, in those newspapers printed in the respective States which, from their location, may be best calculated to give information, and which shall be designated for that purpose by the Secretary of War for the time being, the names and the residences of all those persons represented to be living in said States who are on the rolls of the invalid and revolutionary pensioners and annuitants under the several acts of Congress. Mr. Beaty moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to send to this House the aggregate amount of revenue collected on imported merchandise, tonnage, &c. in each State of this Union for the year 1833. Mr. Hawes moved the following resolution : Resolved, That a select committee, consisting of one member from each State, be appointed, with power to inquire into the expediency of amending the laws relating to the Military Academy, at West Point, in the State of New York, or whether it would not comport with the public interests to abolish said institution. The said resolution was read; when A motion was made by Mr. Parker to amend the same by striking out these words, "consisting of one member from each State;" as, also, these words," or whether it would not comport with the public interests to abolish said institution." Mr. Williams moved to amend the said resolution by striking out these words, "a select committee, consisting of one member from each State, be appointed, with power," and inserting the following: "the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed." A motion was made by Mr. Hardin that the said resolution do lie on the table. And the question being put, that the House do agree to this motion, Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 20. 190. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Chilton Allan William S. Archer Mr. William H. Ashley Samuel Clark Mr. George Evans |