On motion of Mr. Letcher, Ordered, That the petition of Roger R. Harlen, presented April 28, 1834, be again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. On motion of Mr. Lucius Lyon, Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, for a road from Fort Gratiot, by Le Pierre and Grand river, to the Chicago road, presented December 5, 1834, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Lucius Lyon, Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of St. Mary's, in the county of Chippewa, Michigan Territory, for a continuation of the military road from Detroit, by Saginaw, to the Sault St. Marie, presented January 30, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Lucius Lyon presented a petition of Henry Chipman and William Woodbridge, judges of the Territory of Michigan, praying compensation for services as members of the Board of Land Commissioners at Detroit, under the act of Congress of the 21st of April, 1806; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Territories. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz. By Mr. Chinn: The petition of the heirs of Thomas Beacham, presented March 12, 1832. By Mr. Heath: The petition of James I. Pattison, presented December 16, 1829. By Mr. Williams: The petition of Robert and Caroline Brooks, presented January 6, 1834. By Mr. Chilton: The petition of Joseph Atwell and Edward Hayden, presented January 27, 1834. By Mr. Crane: The petition of David Hull, presented December 14, 1830. By Mr. Kinnard: The petition of Andrew Hoover, presented April 7, 1834. By Mr. Lucius Lyon: The petition of Henry B. Brevoort, presented December 21, 1821; the petition of Michael Brisbois, presented April 17, 1832; the petition of John Brunson, presented December 27, 1833; the petition of Joseph Loranger, presented April 7, 1834. By Mr. Lucius Lyon: The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, for payment for property lost by citizens of that Territory in the late war with Great Britain, presented March 24, 1834. On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana, Ordered, That the petition of Wright Converse, presented December 11, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Loyall presented a petition of Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws, deceased, praying to be paid a balance due the estate of the deceased, under certain contracts to furnish materials and execute work on the fortifications at Old Point Comfort. Mr. Kinnard presented a petition of Scioto Evans, of Hendricks county, in the State of Indiana, praying payment for a horse lost in the late Indian wars on the frontiers of Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, presented a memorial of David Cooke, of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, praying that his claim against the United States, arising out of a contract made by Morrison, Taylor, & Co., to furnish the public with a certain quantity of gunpowder in the year 1814, may be allowed. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of James Maguire, of the city of Washington, praying an additional compensation for his services as an assistant to the commissary of subsistence in the harbor of New York, from 1827 to 1832. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of William Eaton, of the State of New York, for indemnity for losses sustained by him under a contract to furnish bread for the army on the Niagara frontier, in the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Cambreleng presented another petition of William Eaton, praying indemnity for losses sustained under a contract to construct fortifications on Dauphin island. Mr. Clark, of New York, presented a petition of William Wickham, of Sodus, in the State of New York, praying to be paid for a dwellinghouse destroyed by the British troops in the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Banks presented a petition of John Bentley and George Bentley, of the State of Pennsylvania, heirs at law of Benjamin Bentley, deceased, praying compensation for damages committed on the farm of the said Benjamin Bentley, in the year 1794, by troops of the United States engaged in suppressing what was termed "the Western insurrection." Mr. Lucius Lyon presented a memorial of John McDonell, of the Territory of Michigan, praying indemnity for losses he sustained of property in Canada, by his adherence to the cause of the United States in the late war with Great Britain. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the House of Representatives, as soon as practicable, copies of the correspondence (not heretofore communicated) which has taken place between him and the president of the Bank of the United States, on the subject of the branch drafts, and in relation to the claim made by the Bank for damages, and the course pursued by that institution “ on account of the protest of the bill drawn on the French Government by the Treasury Department." On motion of Mr. Grennell, Resolved, That this House will on this day, at one o'clock P. M., proceed to the election of a Chaplain to Congress on its part. On motion of Mr. White, of New York, Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the establishment of a branch of the Mint of the United States at the city of New York. On motion of Mr. Parker, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the survey of the river Passaic, in the State of New Jersey, below the port of Newark, and of the channel of Newark bay and the Kill Van Kull, to its termi nation in the bay of New York, with a view to improve the navigation thereof. On motion of Mr. Watmough, Resolved, That an additional number of copies of the amendment to bill No. 334, with the accompanying report, regulating the pay of the navy of the United States, be printed for the use of this House. On motion of Mr. Burd, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a survey and examination of the ground from Cumberland, Maryland, via Bedford, to Hollidaysburg, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, with a view of connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio canal with the Pennsylvania canal, by a railroad or turnpike between the points aforesaid; and, if expedient, that said committee be instructed to report a bill making a suitable appropriation for said object. On motion of Mr. William B. Shepard, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing a light-boat in the thoroughfare between Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. On motion of Mr. Pinckney, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of erecting two small additional light-houses at the bar of Charleston, South Carolina. Resolved, also, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of constructing a breakwater at Sullivan's island, South Carolina, with a view to the preservation of the fort and other property thereon. Mr. Chilton moved the following resolution : Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of making an appropriation of a portion of the public funds to aid the States of Kentucky and Tennessee in the improvement of the road leading from the city of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, to Nashville, in the State of Tennessee. The question was put, that the House do agree to this resolution, On motion of Mr. Chilton Allan, Resolved, That the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be discharged from the further consideration of the bill to establish the Territory of Huron. Resolved, That the said bill be referred to the Committee on the Territories. On motion of Mr. Dunlap, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a third judicial district in the State of Tennessee, and of requiring the judge of the district of East and West Tennessee to hold one or more terms of said court annually at the town of Jackson, in said State. On motion of Mr. Dickinson, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Readyville, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, to Beech grove, Bedford county. On motion of Mr. Peyton, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a port of entry at Portageville, at the mouth of Laurel, on the Cumberland river. On motion of Mr. Vinton, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, between the city of Pittsburg and the falls of the Ohio. On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Ohio, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a national armory on the waters of the Muskingum river, in the State of Ohio. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to this House the causes which have retarded the issuing patents in favor of the claimants to lands in the State of Louisiana, which have been confirmed by virtue of the different acts of Congress which have been passed for the adjustment of land claims within the said State. On motion of Mr. Garland, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from the town of Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana, to pass by Washington, Holmesville, and the bayou Rouge, to intersect the principal mail route from New Orleans to Natchez, at such point as may be deemed most convenient by the Postmaster General. On motion of Mr. Garland, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of replacing the buoys that were placed on the coast of Louisiana to mark out the channel from the vicinity of the light-house on Point au Fer, into the Atchafayala bay, which have sunk or been destroyed. On motion of Mr. Hannegan, Resolved, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the further consideration of bill No. 349, being a bill to grant an additional quantity of land to the States of Ohio and Indiana, to aid in the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal. Resolved, That said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Carr, Resolved, That all the memorials, petitions, &c., together with the estimate made by Captain Henry M. Shreve, by order of the War Department, of the probable cost of improving the navigation through the falls of the Ohio river, and heretofore referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, be again so referred, and that said committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the above purpose. On motion of Mr. Lane, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the propriety of establishing a post route from Burlington, Boon county, Kentucky, to Versailles, in Ripley county, Indiana, by the way of the Rising Sun, in the county of Dearborn. On motion of Mr. Lane, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the propriety of permitting any person not owners of land for actual settlement, and those who are cultivators and owners of land, to add to his or her farm, to enter any quantity of the public land, at fifty cents per acre, not exceeding one quarter section, provided such land shall have been offered at public sale, and been subject to entry for twenty years or upwards, and shall remain unsold at the time of such entry. On motion of Mr. Kinnard, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act entitled "An act to provide for the payment of claims for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy while in the military service of the United States, during the late war with the Indians on the frontiers of Illinois and Michigan Territory," approved 30th June, 1834, so as to apply the provisions of said act to. property lost in said service, belonging to other persons besides "volunteers, rangers, and cavalry." Mr. Ewing moved the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table one day, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to this House, a list of all such land claims heretofore noted by, or presented to, the commissioners authorized to receive and adjust the same, as may have been decided unfavorably, or the decision, thereupon suspended, or favorably decided, and not yet satisfied, in the Vincennes land district, with the foundation of the claims and decisions in brief, and such documents in relation to the subjectmatter as he may control and deem proper. On motion of Mr. Casey, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of granting three hundred and twenty acres of land to the widow and heirs of each person killed by the Indians on the frontiers of Illinois and Michigan in the year 1832. On motion of Mr. May, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois, and of appointing a Surveyor General, whose duties shall be confined exclusively to that State. On motion of Mr. Reynolds, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to establish a marine hospital at or near the mouth of the Ohio river, in Illinois. On motion of Mr. Clay, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing registers and receivers of land offices to administer all oaths connected with the entry or sale of the public lands. |