Mr. Joseph M. White presented a resolution of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, requesting Congress to pass an act allowing to each of the judges of said Territory a salary equal to that of the district judge of the district of Louisiana.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a resolution of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, requesting such an alteration of the laws for the government of said Territory, as that the people may be authorized to elect the Governor and Secretary of the Territory; and that a Senate may be added to the Territorial Legislature.

Mr. Lucius Lyon presented a memorial of the inhabitants of the country north of the State of Missouri, on the west bank of the river Mississippi, praying that the protection of the Government of the United States may be extended to them, either by attaching them to the Territory of Michigan, or by the organization of a separate Territorial Government west of the Mississippi river, and north of the State of Mis

souri.

Ordered, That the said resolutions and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, praying Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, in said Territory, by a grant of land to, and a subscription of stock in, the company incorporated to construct said railroad.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a resolution of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, requesting Congress to make a donation of public land to the Tallahassee Railroad Company.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a resolution of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, requesting Congress to make a grant of public land to "the Florida, Alabama, and Georgia Railroad Company," to aid said company in the construction of a railroad from Pensacola, in Florida, to Columbus, in Georgia.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, praying that an appropriation of nine thousand dollars may be made to improve the navigation of Chipola

river.

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

Mr. Duncan presented a petition of John Dowling, of Galena, in the State of Illinois, praying that certain moneys advanced by him to Lieutenant Gale, of the United States army, may be refunded; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Lucius Lyon,

Ordered, That the petition of Daniel Wilmarth, presented February 11, 1833, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Lucius Lyon,

Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of the borough of Michilimackinac, in the Territory of Michigan, presented March 12, 1832, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Ashley presented a memorial of merchants and traders from the interior of the United States, at present in the city of Philadelphia, disapproving the removal of the public deposites from the Bank of the

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United States, and praying the restoration thereof; as, also, that the charter of said Bank may be renewed; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Ashley presented documents in relation to a claim of Richard Brannin, on account of depredations committed on his property by Osage Indians; which documents were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

On motion of Mr. White, of Florida,

Ordered, That the petition of George Fisher, presented February 13, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Lucius Lyon presented resolutions of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, in favor of the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara; which resolutions were referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Sutherland presented a memorial of Charles Callaghan, of the city of Philadelphia, praying Congress to indemnify him for losses he has sustained from the illegal and oppressive conduct of officers of the Government of Mexico, the particulars of which are set forth in his memorial and the documents accompanying the same; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Cage presented a petition of Greenwood Leflore, of the State of Mississippi, praying that he may be permitted to purchase, at Government price, the south half of section number thirty-three, in township number twenty, in range number one east of the public land of the United States, which has not been offered at sale on account of some difficulty in the location of two sections of land reserved to your petitioner in the treaty with the Choctaw tribe of Indians, made at Dancing Rabbit creek.

Mr. Cage presented a petition of Eliza S. Williams, widow of Isaac Williams, deceased, late of Wilkinson county, in the State of Mississippi, praying that she may be permitted to re-enter a certain fractional section of land, and that she may be allowed credit for the amount heretofore paid by the said Isaac Williams on account of the first entry thereof, for the reasons therein set forth.

Mr. Cage presented a petition of R. C. Archer, of the State of Mississippi, praying that a grant of pre-emption may be made to him, for reasons set forth in his said petition.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of Daniel Whitney, James Boilieu, John P. Arndt, Augustine Grignon, Lewis Grignon, and Michael Dousman, citizens of Green Bay, praying that certain lots of land, confirmed to them in the years 1823 and 1828 may be surveyed, and patents issued for the same; or that so much thereof as may be required for military purposes may be paid for by the United States, so that the owners of the land may not be deprived of it without a fair compensation.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of Augustine Grignon, Charles Grignon, Poliete Grignon, Dometille Brunett, and the heirs of John B. Grignon, all of Green Bay, in the Territory of Michigan, praying that the lots numbered one and two, situated on Fox river, surveyed and confirmed to them at Green Bay, may be extended back eighty arpens in depth, from front to rear.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of John Lawe, of Green

Bay, in the Territory of Michigan, praying that a law may be passed authorizing the rear boundary line of lots numbered nineteen, twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven, situated on Fox river, to be altered so as to embrace eighty arpens between the front line of said lots on Fox river, and the said rear lines, so that they may correspond with the rear lines of the adjoining tracts.

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

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the petition of James Ross and Stephen Donohoe, presented December 27, 1827, be again presented, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

On motion of Mr. White, of Florida,

Resolved, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation of deputy surveyors for surveying private land claims in Florida.

Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 96) entitled "An act for changing the term of the district court for the western district of Louisiana," reported the same without amendment.

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

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 51) entitled "An act for the relief of Peter Mills," 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. Bell, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of John A. Ferris, Daniel Robinson, John H. Quackenboss, David H. Quackenboss, and others, and that the said cases do lie on the table.

Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the petition of Caroline E. Clitherall, accompanied by a bill (No. 390) for her 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 petitions of Peter Doxtator and Jacob Weaver, accompanied by a bill (No. 391) for their 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. Wardwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Elizabeth Josiah; and from the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, for the establishment of a pension agency at Tuscaloosa, &c.; and that the said petition and memorial do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the petition of John H. Barney, and that leave be given to withdraw the same.

Mr. Tompkins, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the case of John Dal, accompanied by a bill (No. 392) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed ted to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of George W. Howard and Philip Lehr; which reports were laid on the table.

Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 393) to complete the improvements on Pennsylvania avenue; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the Directors of the Society of the United Brethren in the Southern States, and that the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Stoddert, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the memorial of the Corporation of the city of Washington, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (No. 394) for the benefit of the said city; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. By consent, sundry resolutions were moved, viz.

On motion of Mr. Hannegan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Dempsy Hicks, a soldier of the revolution, on the pension roll.

On motion of Mr. A. H. Shepperd,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Germantown, in Stokes county, North Carolina, by Bethania, Vienna, and Shore's ferry, to Rockford, in Surry county.

On motion of Mr. Brown,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from the village of Milton, in the county of Ulster, and State of New York, westwardly, following the turnpike road, by way of Modena and Young's post office, to Tuthill, and from thence across the mountain at the Traps, to Acord, in the town of Rochester.

On motion of Mr. Plummer,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Jackson to Winchester, Mississippi.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to inform this House whether a survey of the Memphis and Little Rock road has been made, and, if so, whether that survey has been returned to the War Department; and if not, the reasons why it has not been returned; and, further, that he inform this House when it is intended to commence the work upon that road.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the

Treasury, transmitting a report prepared in obedience to the eighth section of the act of the 2d of March, 1831, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States; which report was read, and, laid on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry during the year 1833, so far as the returns have been made; which letter and abstract were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from U. P. Levy, a lieutenant in the United States navy; which was read, and is as follows:

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

WASHINGTON CITY, March 23, 1834.

I beg leave to present, through you, to my fellow-citizens of the United States, a colossal bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, author of the declaration of our independence.

This statue was executed under my eye in Paris by the celebrated David and Honore Gonou, and much admired for the fidelity of its likeness to the great original, as well as the plain republican simplicity of the whole design.

It is with pride and satisfaction that I am enabled to offer this tribute of my regard to the people of the United States through their representatives, and I am sure that such disposition will be made of it as best corresponds with the character of the illustrious author of the declaration of our independence, and the profound veneration with which his memory is cherished by the American people.

With profound respect, I have the honor to be

Your obedient and very humble servant,

U. P. LEVY, Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.

Ordered, That the said communication be referred to the Committee on the Library of Congress.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, containing the information called for by the House on the 19th instant in relation to the fortifications proposed to be built on Castle island, in the harbor of Boston, and on Throg's point, in East river, in the State of New York; which report was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Jarvis,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 207) making appropriations for the public buildings and grounds in the city of Washington, be discharged, and that said bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Public Buildings and Public Grounds.

Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred, on the 13th of December, the petition of F. M. Arredondo, on behalf of himself and others, for payment for property destroyed by the military operations of the American army in East Florida, in 1812 and 1814, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (No. 395) for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.