14, 15, 17, 18, 20, and 21, be engrossed, and severally read a third time on Monday next.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the resolution of the House of Representatives for the appointment of a Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, and have appointed Mr. Robbins, Mr. Poindexter, and Mr. Bibb, of the committee, on their part.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on sundry bills, viz.

No. 22. A bill for the relief of Abraham Forbes;

No. 23. A bill for the relief of John Bills;

No. 24. A bill for the relief of Daniel Hazelton and William Palmer;
No. 25. A bill for the relief of Francis Barnes;

No. 26. A bill for the relief of Joseph M. Harper;
No. 27. A bill for the relief of Martha Bailey;

and, after some time spent in Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Edward Everett reported the bills numbered 23, 24, 25, 26, without amendment, and 27 with an amendment, and asked leave for the Committee of the Whole House to sit again on bill No. 22. It was then

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on bill No. 22, and that the bills numbered 23, 24, 25, 26, be engrossed, and severally read a third time on Monday next.

The amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole to the bill No. 27, for the relief of Martha Bailey, was read, and concurred in by the House, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday next.

The House then again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on sundry bills, viz.

No. 1. A bill granting pensions to certain persons therein named ; No. 3. A bill for the relief of George Chinn;

No. 5. A bill for the relief of the heirs of the widow Robert Avart; No. 16. A bill for the relief of Edward Willett;

No. 19. A bill for the relief of Joseph C. Brown;

and, after some time spent in Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ward reported the bills numbered 1, 3, 5, 19, without amendment, and No. 16 with an amendment. It was then

Ordered, That bills numbered 1, 3, 5, be engrossed, and severally read a third time on Monday next, and that the bill No. 19 do lie on the table. The amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House to the bill (No. 16) for the relief of Edward Willett, was read, and concurred in by the House, and the said bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday next.

And then the House adjourned until Monday next, 12 o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1833.

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of William C. Parke, of the State of New Hampshire, whose father was captain of marines on board the frigate Alliance, in the revolutionary war, praying to be paid prize money which he alleges to be due, and which he says has been assumed by the Government of the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Nathan Taylor, of the State of New Hampshire, an officer in the army of the revolution, praying for a grant of the bounty land to which he conceives himself entitled.

Mr. Edward Everett presented a petition of the legal representatives of Thomas Frothingham, late of Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, deceased, praying to be paid interest on the sum allowed by act of the last session of Congress, for buildings belonging to said Thomas Frothingham, and destroyed in 1776.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of Jesse Putnam, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid for services rendered by him as a soldier in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of Abigail Brink, formerly Abigail Dodson, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be allowed a pension, or annuity, in consideration of sufferings while a prisoner among the Indians in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Mercer presented a petition of John P. Du Val and others, heirs at law of Thomas Tebbs, deceased, late of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the five years' full pay as the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Thomas Tebbs was entitled as a surgeon in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Foster presented a petition of Rebecca Allison, representative of Colonel John Allison, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which she conceives the said John Allison to have been entitled as a lieutenant colonel in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Chilton presented a petition of the heirs at law of Henry Conway, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which the said deceased was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented sundry papers in relation to a claim of the heirs and representatives of Michael Knies, deceased, a lieutenant in the navy in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Pope presented a petition of John Hughes, of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which he is entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Pope presented a petition of the heirs at law of Major William Taylor, deceased, late of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which he was entitled as an officer in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Pope presented a petition for the same object from the heirs at law of Captain Conway Oldham, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, Mr. Pope presented a petition for the same object from the heirs at law of Captain John Harrison, deceased, late of the State of Virginia.

Mr. Pope presented a petition for the same object from the heirs at law of Captain George Gray, deceased, late of the State of Virginia.

Mr. Pope presented a petition for the same object from the heirs at law of Captain Reuben Taylor, deceased, late of the State of Virginia.

Mr. Cave Johnson presented a petition of the heirs at law of Reuben Chapman, deceased, late of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay to which the deceased was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, viz. By Mr. Chambers: The petition of James Irwin, presented December 15, 1832.

By Mr. Barnitz : The petition of Charles Drish, presented February 15, 1830.

By Mr. Watmough: The petition of John Polhemus, presented March 1, 1830.

Mr. Foot presented a petition of Ithial Town, of the city of New York, praying that the letters patent granted him in 1820 for his improvement in bridges may be renewed.

Mr. Allen, of Virginia, presented a petition of James McCally, of the State of Virginia, praying to be exonerated from the effects of a judgment recovered against him at the suit of the United States, which judgment he declares to have been surreptitiously obtained.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Huntington presented a petition of Nathan Fay, of the State of Connecticut, praying to be paid for extra services rendered by him while a soldier in the army in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of Sarah Harford, of the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Charles Harford, and formerly widow of William Ewing, of Maumee, in the State of Ohio, praying to be paid for property used by the troops of the United States at Maumee, in 1812.

Mr. Edward D. White presented a petition of Miguel D. Estava, guardian of the minor children of Thomas F. Townley, deceased, late of New Orleans, praying to be paid damages on protested bills of exchange drawn on the Treasury of the United States by public officers, and purchased or negotiated by said Townley.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of John McDowell, assignee of Pierre Le Blanc, deceased, late of the Territory of Michigan, praying compensation for property impressed and taken by and for the use of the troops of the United States in 1813.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. McKim,

Ordered, That the petitions of James J. Pattison, presented December 16, 1829, and February 4, 1833, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Selden presented a memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of New York, praying that the duty on foreign coal may be repealed; which memorial was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Ashley presented sundry documents in relation to the claims of the militia of Missouri; which documents were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the petition of Brown and Havens, on behalf of the owners, officers, and crew of the private armed brig Warrior, presented February 6, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Stewart presented a memorial of inhabitants of the fourth, fifth,

and sixth wards of the city of Washington, praying Congress to make provision for Macadamizing certain streets in the said city; which memorial was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. William Cost Johnson presented a memorial of inhabitants of the county of Montgomery, in the State of Maryland, praying the aid of the Government in constructing a turnpike road from Rockville, in said county, to the river Monocacy, a distance of twenty-four miles, which is the only part of the great mail route from Washington to the Western States which is not paved.

Mr. Pope presented a petition of inhabitants of the Western States, praying Congress to authorize the purchase of the Louisville and Portland canal, in Kentucky, and that said canal may be made free of toll. Mr. Duncan presented a similar petition from other inhabitants of the Western States.

Mr. Casey presented a memorial of the Wabash Navigation and Canal Company of Illinois and Indiana, praying for a grant of public land.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that provision may be made for the improvement of the navigation of Alleghany river from Pittsburg to Olean.

Mr. Sevier presented five memorials of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, viz.

First. In relation to the construction of a canal from the bayou Bartholomew to the Mississippi river.

Second. In relation to a survey of White and St. Francis rivers.

Third. For the construction of a road from Columbia, in Chicot county, by Pine Bluffs, to Little Rock.

Fourth. For the construction of a road from Washington, in Hempstead county, to the western boundary line of the Territory of Arkansas, in the direction of Fort Towson.

Fifth. For the construction of a road from the Missouri line, by Jackson, Little Rock, and Washington, in Hempstead county, to the southern boundary line of the Territory of Arkansas.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Stoddert presented a petition of William Lawrence, late a colonel in the army, praying for a pension.

Mr. McKim presented a petition of Richard Hall, of the State of Maryland, praying for a pension.

Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of John Bennett, of the State of Virginia, praying for a pension.

Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of James Corbin, of the State of Virginia, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

On motion of Mr. John J. Allen,

Ordered, That the petition of John Thompson, of Virginia, presented April 10, 1830, and the petition of Beverly Roy, presented December 29, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Lansing presented a petition of Douro Fonda, of the city of Albany, in the State of New York, praying for a pension.

Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of Henry Berkhammer, of the State of Virginia, praying for a pension.

Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of Joseph Cunningham, of the State of Virginia, praying for a pension.

Mr. Bates presented a petition of James Taylor, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Mardis presented applications for pensions from William Vance, Henry Gragg, John Tubb, Moses Nunnally, Samuel Madry, and Matthew Robinson, all of the State of Alabama; which applications were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Nicholas, Lewis, and Kenhawa, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. Polk presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Wayne and Perry, in the State of Virginia, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland, in the Territory of Michigan, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Moore presented a memorial of the Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb asylum of Virginia, praying for a donation of public lands.

Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a petition of John McCarroll, junior, praying that scrip may issue to him for a certain land warrant therein mentioned.

Mr. Bull presented a petition of John Yantes, of the State of Missouri, praying permission to enter a certain tract of public land lying in said State, and described in his petition.

Mr. McKinley presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, praying Congress to afford relief to those persons who became purchasers of public lands in said State in the years 1818 and

1819.

Mr. Mardis presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Sumpter, and State of Alabama, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of a certain tract of land may be granted to Daniel E. Harper and George W. Harper, on condition of erecting a mill on said land.

Mr. Sevier presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying Congress to grant to assignees of original patentees of military bounty lands the right to float their claims, and to locate other lands in lieu thereof.

Mr. Sevier presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying a reduction in the price of the public lands, and that certain lands be given up to the said General Assembly, to be disposed of by said Assembly.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. McKay,

Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of the town of Wilmington, in North Carolina, upon the subject of a marine hospital, presented January 18, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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