On motion of Mr. Lansing,

Ordered, That the petition of Francis Jacobs, presented January 30, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Blair, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the petition of the representatives of William Young, presented January 23, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Vance presented a document, signed by William W. Gault, keeper of the Ohio penitentiary, to be used in the contest for the seat held by William Allen, as one of the members of this House for the State of Ohio; which document was referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Bell, of Ohio, presented a petition of Samuel Oslum, of the State of Ohio, praying that his title to certain lands therein described may be confirmed; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the case of Lewis Tesson Honoré, presented January 16, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Duncan presented a memorial of Henry Hill, of the State of Connecticut, praying to be remunerated for losses sustained in the payment of bills drawn in his favor by Captain Biddle, for supplies furnished the United States ship of war Hornet; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Bockee,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Robert Brush, - a soldier of the revolution.

On motion of Mr. Bell,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Cambridge, in Guernsey county, Ohio, through Liberty, in said county, to Plainfield, in Coshocton county.

On motion of Mr. Hannegan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of donating to the State of Indiana each alternate section, heretofore reserved to the United States by the act of March 2, 1827, for the purpose of ensuring a speedy completion of the canal, to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie at navigable points, under a provision that if the same be accepted by the State of Indiana, the work shall, after its completion, become forever a free and public highway for all the citizens of the United States, and the transportation of their property, subject to the collection of no higher amount of toll or other charge than will be sufficient to keep said canal in proper repair.

On motion of Mr. Stewart,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the application of a part of the annual appropriation, under the act of 1824, for surveys, &c. to geological investigations, and to the formation of a geological map of the United States.

On motion of Mr. McKay,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the building of a marine hospital in or near Wilmington, North Carolina.

On motion of Mr. McKim,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the clerk of the United States Supreme Court to receive and transmit all records, documents, and letters, concerning the duties of his office, free of postage.

On motion of Mr. Davenport,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Weldon, in North Carolina, by Charlotte court-house and Brookneal, to Green hill, in the county of Campbell, Virginia. Also, one other route from Green hill, in the county of Campbell, by Rice's meeting-house and Spring Garden, to Danville, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia.

On motion of Mr. Fulton,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to John Carmack, of the county of Washington, Virginia, for services rendered the United States in and prior to the war of the revolution.

On motion of Mr. Pinckney,

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making remuneration to Lieutenant E. R. Shubrick, of the United States navy, for certain expenses incurred by him, during the period he commanded the United States ship Vincennes, in the West Indies; and that the memorial of Lieutenant Shubrick, with the accompanying papers, presented at the last session of Congress, and now on file in the office of the Clerk of this House, be committed to the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Tompkins,

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 Big Barren river, in the State of Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Dunlap,

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 Perryville, in the county of Perry, State of Tennessee, to the town of Reynoldsburg, in the same State.

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 Van Buren, in the county of Hardeman, State of Tennessee, by Nubbin ridge, Simpson's bridge, on the Hatchee river, Cypress, Chamber's store, Woolf's ferry, on the Tennessee river, to Liley's, on the stage road from Florence, Alabama, to Savannah, Tennessee.

On motion of Mr. Vance,

Resolved, That the deposition of Josiah Smith and others, relative to the loss of a horse whilst said Smith was in the service of the United States, and for which he claims compensation from the Government, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Standifer,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route. from Dallas, in Hamilton county, Tennessee, to Ashville, in the State of Alabama, passing through Wills's valley.

On motion of Mr. Leavitt,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of refunding to James Maley a sum erroneously paid by him to the marshal of the district of Ohio, in the purchase of certain real estate, sold by said marshal upon an execution issued at the suit of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Ewing,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the payment of half pay pensions to the widows and orphans of those officers of the late six companies of mounted rangers who died while in the line of their duty on the Northwestern frontier.

Mr. Edward Everett moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table:

Resolved, (if the Senate concur therein,) That when the two Houses of Congress adjourn to-morrow, they adjourn to meet on Monday next.

On motion of Mr. Slade, of Illinois,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections reserved for the use of schools in the State of Illinois, in all cases where the same is barren and unproductive, and the selection and entry of others in lieu thereof.

On motion of Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from Wadesboro', Kentucky, by Humility, to the mouth of Sandy river, Ten

nessee.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an agency for the payment of pensioners, at the branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, in De

catur.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to Morris James, or to his legal representatives, compensation for wood eut and taken away from his land by the troops. of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Lyon, of Michigan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making appropriations to construct certain roads in the Territory of Michigan, described in a bill (No. 85) which passed the Senate at the last session of Congress; and, also, that said committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to survey and mark a road, and to cut away the timber, and bridge the streams on the same, from Saganaw to Mackinac, and thence to the Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan Territory.

On motion of Mr. Horace Everett,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of refunding to Jesse Gove a sum of money paid in 1814 by mistake to the district attorney for the Vermont district, for the use of the United States.

On motion of Mr. E. D. White,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency and justice of granting to the State of Louisiana, in aid of internal improvements, the same extent of land which has heretofore been granted by Congress to other Western States, and particularly to the State of Alabama.

On motion of Mr. Fillmore,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Militia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so modifying the existing law in relation to the militia of the several States, as to permit each State in time of peace, in the discretion of its Legislature, to require no person to bear arms under twenty-one, or over forty years of age, and to permit the inspection of arms to be taken by companies instead of by regiments or battalions; and, also, into the propriety and justice of providing arms and accoutrements at the public expense for those liable to bear arms; and that said committee be required to report to this House by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of Joel Byington, accompanied by a bill (No. 69) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Bouldin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Samuel Hurlbut, on behalf of himself and other heirs of George Hurlbut, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 70) for the relief of the said heirs; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 37) for the relief of Francis and Judith Taylor.

Mr. Bouldin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of the heirs of Colonel Richard Livingston, accompanied by a bill (No. 71) for the relief of the said heirs; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Bell, of Ohio, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Caleb Arnold; which report was laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the case of Frederick Raymer, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Lieutenant Robert Wilmot, accompanied by a bill (No. 72) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Ephraim Whittaker, accompanied by a bill (No. 73) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Maria Mallam Brooks and others, heirs at law of Daniel McNeil, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 74) for the relief of the said heirs; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Asel Wilkinson, accompanied by a bill (No. 75) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the petition of Daniel Page, accompanied by a bill (No. 76) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Thomas Rowand; which report was laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Ellsworth,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of Joseph Grant, John James Girard, and John and Sullivan Dwight; and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Laurentius M. Eiler, accompanied by a bill (No. 77) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of the heirs and representatives of Thomas Blackwell, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 78) for the relief of the said heirs and representatives; which bill was read the first and second time,, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (No. 79) granting pensions to several persons therein named, [Manuel Creecy, Joseph Trimble, Levi Brown, Martin Parker, William Collins, Joseph Chamberlain, Jesse Cunningham, Francis Ducoing, Thomas Mitchell;] which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the case of Edwin C. Brown and wife, legal representatives of Captain James Craine, accompanied by a bill (No. 80) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the case of the administrators of Michael Gratz, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 81) for the relief of the said administrators; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Jonathan Ward; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of the heirs at law of Major James Quarles ;; which was ordered to lie on the table.