Mr. Selden, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of Stephen Kingston, accompanied by a bill (No. 215) 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, to which was referred the several petitions, memorials, and resolutions, asking that the benefits provided by the act of June 7, 1832, for certain officers and soldiers of the revolution, may be extended to other persons engaged in the war of the revolution, but who are excluded by said act from a participation in its benefits, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (No. 216) extending the provisions of the act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Dennis E. Hayden; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Smith; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Mary Flesher, Susanna R. Riffle, and Mary Nail, widows of Virginia militia men; which report was laid on the table.

Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 217) to organize the several fire companies in the District of Columbia; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Chinn,

Ordered, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of inhabitants of the fourth, fifth, and sixth wards of the city of Washington, respecting the site of the Executive offices, and that the said memorial be referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings and Public Grounds.

Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Lieutenant Mervin P. Mix, accompanied by a bill (No. 218) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the memorial of George Hervey, accompanied by a bill (No. 219) making a further appropriation for the relief of Alexander Claxton; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Parker,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the two petitions of Peirce and Van Voorhis, and that the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 220) supplementary to the act entitled "An act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes;" which bill

was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 221) making appropriations for continuing the Cumberland road in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and repairing the same road east of the Ohio, and continuing certain territorial roads, for the year 1834, accompanied by a report in relation to the repairs of the Cumberland road east of the river Ohio; 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. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Tuffs and Clark, accompanied by a bill (No. 222) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Weston Allen, Noble E. Bates, Joseph Allen, and David Lewis; which report was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the memorial of Dominick Lynch, accompanied by a bill (No. 223) supplementary to an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Jesse Gove; which was read, and laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Benjamin Roach, and that' the said petition do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the two petitions of Abner Turner, and that they lie on the table.

Ón motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged frm the further consideration of the petition of inhabitants of the State of Missouri, purchasers of public lands, presented yesterday, and that the said petition do lie on the table.

Mr. Baylies, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Jenks; which report was read, and laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Archer,

Ordered, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Samuel Woodward, and that it lie on the table.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the memorial of Eloy Segura, and others, representatives of Francis Segura, deceased; which report was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on

the memorial of Commodore Isaac Hull, accompanied by a bill (No. 224) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 225) for the relief of Asa Hartfield, his assignee or legal representative; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. Loyall, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Humphrey B. Gwathmey, accompanied by a bill (No. 226) 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. Reed,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval affairs be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Lydia Parkhurst, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of all the patents for discoveries and improvements which have expired within the year 1833, with the names of the patentees, alphabetically arranged; which letter and list were laid on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons who have invented any new or useful art or machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, and to whom patents have been issued for the same within the year 1833, with the dates and general objects of such patents, and the residence of patentees; which letter and list were laid on the table.

Mr. Chinn, by leave, presented a copy of the proceedings of a very numerous meeting of the citizens of Loudoun county, in the State of Virginia, opposed to the removal of the deposites of the public revenue from the Bank of the United States; which proceedings were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Clayton, by leave, presented a memorial of Seaborn Jones and Joel Crawford, of the State of Georgia, sureties of Thomas F. Greene, late postmaster at Milledgeville, in said State, praying to be exonerated from their liability as surety aforesaid, for reasons set forth in the memorial; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Pope, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 41) entitled "An act authorizing the President of the United States to cause certain roads to be opened in Arkansas," reported the same without amendment.

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

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate adhere to their second amendment to the bill (No. 36) entitled "An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 1834." And then he withdrew.

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

Paducah, by Lovelace's, West Fork, Mellburn's, and Clinton, to Moscow, Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Grennell,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route: from Gill, through West Northfield, in Massachusetts, to Vernon, in Vermont.

On motion of Mr. Pope,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a national armory at Louisville, in the State of Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Patton,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for payment of the heirs of Thornton Taylor, deceased, his commutation of five years' full pay in lieu of half pay for life, for his services in the revolutionary war. Mr. Beardsley moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inform this House what amount of money had been received into the Treasury on or before the 30th September, 1832, as proceeds of lands embraced in the Louisiana purchase, and which had been sold by the United States, exhibiting also a statement of payments from the Treasury for roads or other improvements within the limits of said purchase; also exhibiting the amount of payments by the United States of and upon any claim or claims to lands within said purchase; also payments and expenditures to obtain title to any Indian rights of such land; also payments to commissioners, officers, &c., who have been employed in the management and sale of lands within said purchase, &c., so as to exhibit clearly the receipts and expenditures (except the original purchase money) for said lands so purchased by the United States to the day aforesaid; also similar information concerning the land embraced in the Florida purchase. Mr. Adams, of Massachusetts, moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table, viz.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House, if not inconsistent with the public interest, a copy of the instructions to Richard Rush, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Court of Great Britain, of the 6th of November, 1817; and also a copy of the instructions referred to in his message of the 6th instant, forbidding all the ministers and agents of the United States abroad to accept in future, unless previously authorized by Congress, presents of any description, from foreign States, under any circumstances.

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

Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House the correspondence and papers relating to the claim of Juan Madrazo, a Spanish subject, for losses occasioned by the acts of the Government of the United States, and that of the State of Georgia, if not incompatible with the public interest.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to furnish to this House a copy of a report and survey made by Colonel Kearney, United States engineer, of a harbor at the mouth of Elk creek, on Lake Erie ; and also a copy of a report and survey made by Major Maurice, United States engineer, of a harbor on Lake Erie, at the mouth of Twenty Mile creek, in Erie county, Pennsylvania.

On motion of Mr. Lay,

Resolved, That the papers of Samuel Butler, asking payment for a wagon and horses lost at the burning of Buffalo, presented at the last Congress, and referred to the Committee of Claims, and now on the files of the Clerk of this House, be taken from the files, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Heath,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to deepen the harbor at Baltimore, and to remove the obstructions therein.

On motion of Mr. Pearce,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of purchasing a site in or near Newport, Rhode Island, and erecting thereon a marine hospital.

On motion of Mr. Chambers,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill limiting the time of prosecuting suits against the sureties of deceased, resigned, or removed public officers, on any bond or other security to the United States.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the provisions of the act of the 2d March, 1833, entitled "An act for improving certain rivers in the Territories of Florida and Michigan, and for other purposes," so as to embrace in its operations the examination of such rivers and other watercourses on either side of the boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, as cause the inundation of many thousand acres of the public lands lying within the counties of Lawrence, New Madrid, Scott, and Cape Girardeau, with a view to reclaim said lands, to render those streams useful, and to improve the health of the surrounding country.

On motion of Mr. Stewart,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting certain arrearages of pensions to Reuben Mickle, a revolutionary soldier.

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 post route from Athens, to Tellico Plains, in Tennessee, via Haynes and Turk's store.

On motion of Mr. Plummer,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the act of the 24th of February, 1804, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territories ceded to the United States by the treaty of the 30th