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Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of James McCarty; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was recommitted the bill (No. 42) granting pensions to certain persons therein named, with instructions so to amend the same as that the pension proposed to be granted to Leslie Combs be made to commence at the time of closing his testimony, instead of the time of receiving his disability, reported the same amended accordingly.

Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Margaret Meade, executrix of Richard W. Meade, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 183) for the relief of the legal representatives of said Richard W. Meade, deceased; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill (No. 184) to provide for the settlement of the claim of Mary O'Sullivan; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. John Quincy Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following resolution, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to this House copies of such instructions as have been given to the collectors of the customs since the 26th of December last, regulating their duty under the act passed at the last session of Congress, entitled "An act to modify the act of the 14th of July, 1832, and all other acts imposing duties on imports."

The House, by unanimous consent, proceeded to the consideration of the said resolution, and the same being read, it was agreed to.

Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 37) entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims of the United States against the late firm of Minturn and Champlin, and their securities," reported the same without amendment.

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Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 39) entitled "An act for the relief of John Haggerty and David Austin, of New York," reported the same with an amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 40) entitled "An act for the relief of John Hone and Sons, of New York," reported the same without amend

ment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject was referred by resolutions of the 17th and 18th of December

last, reported a bill (No. 185) providing for a surveyor general's office in certain States and Territories; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Charles Cramer and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 186) to refund to certain owners of the schooner "Joseph and Mary" the sum paid into the Treasury, by reason of the condemnation of said vessel; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the Committee had examined two enrolled bills, viz.

No. 3. An act for the relief of George Chinn ;

No. 5. An act for the relief of the heirs of widow Robert Avart; and found the same to be truly enrolled: when

The Speaker signed the said bills.

Mr. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the memorial of Samuel D. Walker, accompanied by a bill (No. 187) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill (No. 188) for the relief of Alexander J. Robinson; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

On motion of Mr. Muhlenberg,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the consideration of the memorial of the heirs of General Thomas Nelson, late Governor of Virginia.

A motion was then made by Mr. Wise that the said memorial be referred to a select committee; which motion was agreed to; and

Mr. Wise, Mr. Wilde, Mr. Ward, Mr. White, of Louisiana, Mr. Milligan, Mr. Barnitz, and Mr. Baylies were appointed the said committee. Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of William Woodcock; which report was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of James Freeman; which was read, and laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Marshall,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of George Putnam, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Thomas Reynolds, representative of William G. Christopher, accompanied by a bill (No. 189) for the relief of the heirs at law of said Christopher; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Turrill, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of R. S. Barton, executor of Anthony Barton, deceased; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Casey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was

referred the bill from the Senate (No. 31) entitled "An act for the relief of Noah Staley," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Casey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 32) entitled "An act for the relief of George Staley," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Love,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Joseph Cunningham, and that the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made an unfavorable report on the petition of inhabitants of the town of Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio; which report was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the petition of David Kilbourn, accompanied by a bill (No. 190) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Bates,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of Benjamin Joyner, William Brooks, and Thomas Leverett, and that the said cases be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 191) further to provide for the location of certain land claims in the Territory of Arkansas; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until Tuesday, the 21st January instant.

Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 192) to authorize the establishment of an army asylum; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Lawrence, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 193) for the relief of the widows of William B. Doliber and others, owners, and the heirs of the crew of the schooner Mary and Hannah; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Young; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made a report on the petition of the legal representatives of James Brown, accompanied by a bill (No. 194) for the relief of the said representatives; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow.

Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Robert Kaene; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The resolution moved by Mr. Anthony on the 24th of December ultimo, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House.

Leave being given, sundry resolutions were submitted, viz.

On motion of Mr. Lyon, of Michigan,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for constructing a ship canal between the navigable waters of the river Raisin and Lake Erie, on La Plaisance bay, being a part of the improvements at that place already authorized by law.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Carrollton, Georgia, by way of Drayton, in Benton county, Natt's island, in Coosa river, to Ashville, Alabama; also, a post route from Montgomery, Alabama, by way of the court-houses of Coosa, Taledega, and Benton counties, to the head of Coosa river, in Georgia.

On motion of Mr. Harrison,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be directed to inquire into the propriety of placing John Myers, of Butler county, Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, on the pension roll.

On motion of Mr. Bockee,

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

Mr. Gilmer moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this House all correspondence which he may have had, or other information in his possession, in relation to the death of Hardeman Owens, a citizen of Alabama, who was lately put to death by a party of regular soldiers; whether said Owens was put to death in pursuance of orders from the War Department or any officer of the United States. And that he also communicate to this House any correspondence which he may have had, or other information in his possession, in relation to any obstructions thrown in the way of the execution of the process of the courts of Alabama, issued for the purpose of bringing to trial those by whom said Owens was killed; and any correspondence in relation to the removal of said prosecutions to the district court of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Ewing,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from Bedford, in the county of Lawrence, through Mount Pleasant, in the county of Martin, to the town of Portersville, in the county of Dubois; and of extending post route No. 3,014 (Post Office Register) from Greencastle, through Manhattan, and Pleasant Garden, towns in the county of Putnam, Bowling Green, and New Brunswick, (Rawley's mill,) towns in the county of Clay, to Caledonia, and thence to Carlisle, towns in the county of Sullivan, in the State of Indiana.

Mr. Mardis moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz.

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to

inquire into the expediency of designating, by law, the future depository for the public moneys of the United States; and also as to the expediency of defining, by law, all contracts hereafter to be made with the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the safe keeping, management, and disbursement of the same.

Mr. Adams, of Massachusetts, moved the following resolution; which, by consent, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House, viz.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House a list of the presents now deposited in the Department of State, and referred to in his message of the 6th instant, received by persons holding offices of profit or trust under the United States, from any king, prince, or foreign State, specifying in each case the king, prince, or foreign State, from whom, the name and office of the person by whom, the time when, and the authority, if any, by which such present was received, and the estimated value of the same.

On motion of Mr. Potts,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Nottingham, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, to the brick meetinghouse in Cecil county, Maryland.

On motion of Mr. McComas,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Poplar hill, in the county of Giles, the residence of Thomas Shannon, up Walker's creek, to the town of Mechanicsburg, in the county of Giles, and from thence to the head of Walker's creek, and down the Holston river, to the salt works, in the county of Smyth.

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 Danville, by the way of Rocky mount, in the county of Franklin, to Salem, in Botetourt county, Virginia.

On motion of Mr. Wilde,

Resolved, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 24th February, 1820, on the currency, made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, be reprinted for the use of Congress. On motion of Mr. Foster,

Resolved, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with regard to the removal of the public deposites, shall be the standing order of the day at 10 o'clock, daily, Fridays and Saturdays excepted; and that, until that hour, the business of the House shall proceed in the order prescribed by the rules of the House.

Mr. Foot moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to prepare and lay before this House a plan for the reorganization of the Treasury Department, with a view to simplify the forms of keeping and settling accounts, and rendering them more intelligible, of making a more equal distribution of the labor and duties, of abolishing some of the subordinate branches, and reducing the number of clerks in the Executive Depart

ments.

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