half pay of a captain from January, 1782, to November, 1811, to which he believes the said Purvis was entitled, for his services during the revolutionary war.

Mr. Allan, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Humphrey Hinkstone, administrator of Thomas Ravenscroft, an officer of Colonel George Rogers Clarke's regiment, setting forth that the Secretary of the Treasury has refused to allow the half pay to which he conceives the said Hinkstone was entitled under the act of Congress of the 5th July, 1832, assuming the payment of the claims of certain officers of the Virginia State line of the revolution.

The Speaker presented a petition of the heirs of Colonel Thomas Bullett, praying to be allowed the pay which they believe to be due for his revolutionary services.

Mr. Dunlap presented a petition of Samuel P. Ask, of the State of Tennessee, praying to be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which his father, John Baptiste Ask, was entitled, as an officer in the army of the revolutionary war.

Mr. Peyton presented a petition of the heirs of William Camp, praying to be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Camp was entitled as an officer in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Crane presented a petition of John and Sarah Addison, representatives of Major Andrew Leich, who was killed while in the army of the revolutionary war, praying to be allowed the seven years' half pay promised by the resolution of Congress of 24th August, 1780, to the widows and children of officers killed or dying in service.

Mr. Leavitt presented a petition of the heirs of Abner Prior, praying to be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which they believe the said Prior was entitled as a surgeon's mate in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Plummer presented a petition of the heirs of Henry King, heretofore presented, praying to be allowed for money expended and services rendered in the issuing department during the revolutionary war.

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

Mr. Ward presented a petition of George W. Walker, a first lieutenant in the marine corps, praying payment for extra duties performed by him in the quartermaster's department of said corps.

Mr. Lansing presented a petition of Ephraim D. Whitlock, late a lieutenant in the navy, praying to be allowed his full pay and rations from December 6, 1824, to August 7, 1825, which have been refused for reasons unsatisfactory to the petitioner.

Mr. Watmough presented a petition of William Kearns, praying for a pension, in consequence of disability contracted in the naval service of the United States.

Mr. Pinckney presented a petition of George Hervey, attorney in fact of the owners, underwriters, and consignees of the ship James Mitchell, and cargo, stating that the said owners, underwriters, and consignees are entitled to the taxable costs decreed to be paid by Alexander Claxton, at master commandant in the navy, and for the payment of which an appropriation was made in the act of the 28th May, 1830, for the relief of the said Alexander Claxton, but that they cannot obtain the said costs because the appropriation to pay the same has been carried to the surplus

fund; and praying relief by the passing of an act reappropriating the amount of the said costs.

Mr. Sutherland presented a memorial of James Renshaw, a captain in the navy of the United States, praying to be indemnified for damage he sustained by suits at law, and otherwise, for acts done in his official capacity as commander of a gun boat in the year 1808.

Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, viz.

By Mr. Watmough: The petition of Captain Charles G. Ridgeley, of the United States navy, presented December 20, 1832.

By Mr. Watmough: The petition of William P. Zantzinger, presented January 8, 1833.

By Mr. Sutherland: The petition of Sarah Coleman, widow of John Coleman, presented March 29, 1830.

By Mr. Carmichael: The petition of Samuel Hambleton, presented January 5, 1833.

Mr. Campbell P. White presented a petition of Amos Butler, of the city of New York, praying to be paid his claim for advertising official notices for Thomas Morris, late marshal of the southern district of New York, in the newspaper called "The Mercantile Advertiser," of which paper he is sole owner; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.·

Mr. Briggs presented a petition of Robert Van Valkenburgh, of Berkshire county, in the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Page presented a petition of Thomas J. Haight, of the State of New York;

Mr. Stoddert presented a petition of Colonel William Lawrence; praying, respectively, that their names may be inscribed on the list of invalid pensioners.

Mr. Slade, of Vermont, presented a petition of Lieutenant Daniel Farrington, praying to be allowed the arrears of pension to which he conceives himself entitled.

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

Mr. Pierson presented a petition of Abiel Sherman, praying to be allowed the increase of pension to which he thinks he is entitled.

Mr. Beardsley presented a petition of Richard Reynolds, praying to be placed on the list of invalid pensioners.

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

Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Gorham presented a petition of Samuel Morgan, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Choate presented a petition of Andrew Munroe, of Danvers, in the county of Essex, in the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, presented a petition of John D'Wolf, Nathaniel Merrill, and Peleg Cranston, of Portsmouth, in the State of Rhode Island;

Mr. C. P. White presented a petition of Cornelius Roosa, of the city of New York;

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of Abel Potter, of the town of Ellisburgh, in Jefferson county, in the State of New York;

Mr. Lansing presented a petition of John L. Schermerhorn, of the county of Albany, in the State of New York;

Mr. Dunlop presented a petition of Robert Clarke, of Tipton county, in the State of Tennessee;

praying, respectively, that their names may be placed on the list of revolutionary pensioners.

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

On motion of Mr. Turner,

Ordered, That the petition of William Wilgis, of Harford county, in the State of Maryland, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Deming presented a petition of Ira Day and Mahlon Cotrill, of Washington county, in the State of Vermont, praying to be allowed compensation for losses sustained by them in the transportation of the United States mail from Montpelier to Burlington, in the State of Vermont.

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

Mr. Schenck presented a petition of the inhabitants of Somerset county, in the State of New Jersey;

Mr. McKennan presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of Western Pennsylvania;

Mr. Marshall presented a petition of inhabitants of Mason county, in the State of Kentucky;

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Sandusky, Hancock, and Allen, in the State of Ohio;

Mr. Ashley presented a petition of the inhabitants of Lafayette county, in the State of Missouri;

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Washtenaw and Monroe, in the Territory of Arkansas;

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Arkansas;

praying, respectively, for the establishment of certain post routes therein designated and described.

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

Mr. Bates presented a petition of the Springfield Manufacturing Company, of the State of Massachusetts, by Benjamin Jencks, their agent and attorney, praying to be paid the balance due said company on a contract to furnish arms to the United States, together with the interest due thereon.

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of Marinus W. Gilbert, of the county of Jefferson, in the State of New York, praying to be paid the amount due him and his brother, Thomas Gilbert, by sundry officers and privates of the 13th regiment of the United States army, in the late war with Great Britain, to which regiment his said brother was sutler.

Mr. Gillet presented a petition of Amos Wells, of the county of St. Lawrence, in the State of New York, praying to be paid for services rendered by him as a secret agent in the service of the army of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Gillet presented a petition of Joseph Shaw, of the county of St. Lawrence, in the State of New York, praying to be paid for certain

services rendered by him in the military service during the late war with Great Britain, as also for property lost and destroyed in said war.

Mr. Gillet presented a petition of Gates Hoit, of the county of Franklin, in the State of New York, praying to be paid for services rendered by him as a confidential agent of the commander of the army on the Northern frontier, in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Lansing presented a petition of Smith Weed and John L. Winne, surviving executors of John Stafford, deceased, and William J. Worth, praying that certain moneys paid by them, as the representatives of said Stafford, who was one of the sureties of Solomon Southwick, late postmaster of the city of Albany, on account of said suretyship, may be refunded, for reasons set forth in their petition.

Mr. Denny presented a petition of John Pollock, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid for a boat, and the cargo on board thereof; which boat and cargo were seized and taken for the use of the Kentucky militia, in the service of the United States, and under the command of General Thomas, in the year 1814, while said militia were on the route to New Orleans.

Mr. Milligan presented a petition of John Jones, of the State of Delaware, praying to be paid for repairs on the Pea Patch island, for the preservation of that island, by order of a military officer of the United States.

Mr. Heath presented a petition of William Bryden, of the city of Baltimore, praying to be paid for a horse and saddle and bridle taken into the military service of the United States in the late war, and not returned. Mr. Lucas presented a petition of Thomas Crown, of the city of Washington, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained by him in a contract to furnish brick for the construction of a fort on Oak island, in North Carolina.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz.

By Mr. Fillmore: The petition of Lieutenant Frederick Richmond, presented February 25, 1833.

By Mr. Denny: The petition of John Dickson and others, presented December 29, 1826.

By Mr. Denny: The petition of Wilson Crawford, presented February 22, 1830.

Mr. Lawrence presented a memorial of inhabitants of the city of New York, praying for an appropriation for the purpose of removing obstructions in the Hudson river; which memorial was committed to a Committee of the Whole House on bill (No. 159) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river."

Mr. Selden presented a petition of the Corporation of the city of Albany and the citizens thereof, asking for an appropriation to improve the Hudson river, in the State of New York; which memorial was committed to a Committee of the Whole House on bill (No. 159) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river."

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of several proprietors and inhabitants on the east shore of the Hudson river, remonstrating against an appropriation being made for the removal of obstructions, called the Over

slaughs, in the Hudson river; which petition was committed to a Committee of the Whole House on bill (No. 159) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river."

Mr. Thomson presented the following preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, viz.

OHIO.

Whereas, there is reason to apprehend that the Bank of the United States will attempt to obtain a renewal of its charter at the present session of Congress; and whereas it is abun dantly evident that said Bank has exercised powers derogatory to the spirit of our free ¡nstitutions, and dangerous to the liberties of these United States; and whereas there is just reason to doubt the constitutional power of Congress to grant acts of incorporation for banking purposes, out of the District of Columbia; and whereas we believe the proper disposal of the public lands to be of the utmost importance to the people of these United States, and that honor and good faith require their equitable distribution: Therefore,

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That we consider the removal of the public deposites from the Bank of the United States as required by the best interests of our country, and that a proper sense of public duty imperiously demanded that that institution should be no longer used as a depository for the public funds.

Resolved, also, That we view, with decided disapprobation, the renewed attempt in Con-gress to secure the passage of the bill providing for the disposal of the public domain upʊn the principles proposed by Mr. Clay; inasmuch as we believe that such a law would be unequal in its operations, and unjust in its results.

Resolved, also, That we heartily approve of the principles set forth in the late veto message upon that subject; and

Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their influence to prevent the rechartering of the Bank of the United States, to sustain the Administration in its removal of the public deposites, and to oppose the passage of a land bill containing the principles adopted in the act upon that subject passed at the last session of Congress.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

January 2, 1834.

JOHN H. KEITH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID T. DISNEY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Ordered, That the said resolutions do lie on the table. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Francis B. Ogden, consul of the United States at Liverpool, in England, praying that letters patent may issue to him for a steam engine, invented by himself and a certain John Ericsson, who is not a citizen of the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee upon the subject of Patents and the Patent Laws.

Mr. Hard presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of New York, residing in the vicinity of Lake Ontario, praying Congress to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara.

Mr. Gillet presented a petition of inhabitants of that part of the State of New York bordering on the river St. Lawrence, praying Congress to take measures to improve the navigation of said river from Ogdensburg to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude.