Mr. Hawes presented a petition of the heirs of James Armstrong, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Armstrong was entitled as an officer in the army of the revolution. Mr. Hawes presented a petition of the heirs of Robert Powell, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Robert Powell was entitled as an officer in the army of the revolution. Mr. Hawes presented a petition of Colonel Abraham Bowman, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which he conceives himself entitled as an officer in the army of the revolution. Mr. Patton presented the petition of John Roberts, of Virginia, setting forth, by the act of 1832, providing for the payment of his commutation of half pay as a revolutionary officer, he was allowed the same interest as if he had received his commutation in due time, and funded it under the act of August, 1790, and remonstrating against that mode of computing interest, and praying that he may be allowed simple interest on his said commutation. Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a petition of the widow and heirs of Colonel Charles Lewis, of the Virginia continental line of the revolutionary army, praying to be paid the seven years' half pay promised by the resolution of the old Congress of 24th August, 1780, to the widows and children of officers killed or dying in service. Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Brown Edwards, a soldier of the revolution, praying to be paid for property taken from him for the use of the army, and for his services as soldier in said army. Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. On motion of Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of making payment to the heirs of Samuel Gibbs, Michael Gratz, Benjamin Jacobs, Benjamin Bird, John Bayard, and Grove Pomeroy, respectively, the amount of sundry loan office and final settlement certificates, issued in the revolutionary war, which certificates have been lost or destroyed. On motion of Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of allowing and paying to the heirs or legal representatives of Colonel William Bond, Colonel William Douglass, Captain Nathaniel Goodwin, Captain Abraham Riker, and Doctor David Holmes, respectively, the seven years' half pay promised by the resolution of Congress of the 24th of August, 1780, to the widows and children of officers who may have died or been killed in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of the heirs of Moses Hawkins, 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. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of the heirs of Joseph Spencer, praying to be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which he was entitled as an officer in the revolutionary army. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented papers of Thomas Theobold, representative of Doctor Samuel Y. Keene, of the revolutionary army, relative to a claim of said Doctor Keene for his revolutionary services. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, viz. By Mr. McIntire: The petition of John Lord, presented on the 28th December, 1828. By Mr. Whallon: The petition of Amable Monty, presented 17th December, 1832. By Mr. Cramer: The petition of John Ball, presented 11th December, 1832. By Mr. Chinn: The petition of the heirs and representatives of Presley Thornton, presented 30th April, 1832. By Mr. Archer: The petition of the legal representatives of Everard Meade, presented 14th December, 1831. By Mr. Archer: The petition of the administrator of John Syme, presented 4th June, 1832. By Mr. Patton: The petition of Thomas Minor, presented 21st December, 1830. By Mr. Patton: The petition of the heirs of Thomas Wallace, presented 30th January, 1832. By Mr. Foster: The petition of James Hooper, senior, presented 21st February, 1831. By Mr. Marshall: The petition of Francis and Judith Taylor, heirs of Henry Field, presented 30th December, 1830. By Mr. Clay: The petition of the heirs of John Taylor, presented 17th December, 1832. By Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio: The petition of the heirs of Enos Grannis, presented 4th February, 1833. On motion of Mr. Bull, Ordered, That the petitions of inhabitants of the State of Missouri, presented January 11, 1830, and February 28, 1831, be referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, praying that the said Territory may be admitted into the Union as a separate and independent State, and on a footing with the original States; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Lyon also presented a memorial of inhabitants of the mining country west of Lake Michigan, in relation to the establishment of a separate Territorial Government west of Lake Michigan; the sale of the mineral lands, pre-emption rights, establishment of land offices, and the making roads from Galena to Prairie du Chien, and from Galena to the Blue Mound. Ordered, That so much of said memorial as relates to the organization of a new Territorial Government, be referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Lyon presented another copy of the last mentioned memorial from inhabitants of the mining country west of Lake Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Chilton Allan, Ordered, That the memorial of the Trustees of the Transylvania University, presented March 2, 1830, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, Ordered, That the petition of Ephraim Shaler, presented December 9, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Whallon, Ordered, That the petition of David A. Ames, presented December 17, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Ordered, That the petition of John Allen, presented February 20, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, viz. By Mr. Joseph M. Harper: The petition of Benjamin Thompson, presented January 12, 1833. By Mr. William Slade: The petition of Abraham Laurence, presented December 23, 1830. By Mr. Vanderpoel: The petition of James Vandenburgh, presented January 16, 1830. On motion of Mr. Evans, of Maine, Ordered, That the petition of Gilman B. Shaw, presented January 28, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Edward Everett presented a petition of Francis Mallet, of the State of Massachusetts; Mr. Beardsley presented a petition of John S. Campbell, of the State of New York; Mr. Whallon presented a petition of Squire Ferris, of the State of New York; Mr. Pierson presented a petition of Benedict Alford, of the State of New York; Mr. Cramer presented a petition of David Goodhard, of the State of New York; Mr. Henderson presented a petition of John Brewer, of the State of Pennsylvania; Mr. Hawes presented a petition of Esther Hughes, widow of John Hughes, of the State of Kentucky; Mr. William Slade presented a petition of Pearson Freeman, of the State of Vermont; praying to be placed on the roll of revolutionary pensioners. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. John J. Allen presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Virginia, praying Congress to amend the act of the 7th June, 1832, so as to extend its benefits to the widows of soldiers of the revolution, and to include those who served in the Indian wars on the Western frontier, down to the treaty of Greenville, in 1795; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. William Slade presented a petition of Thomas Ward, of the State of Vermont; Mr. Joseph M. Harper presented a petition of Daniel Page, of the State of New Hampshire; Mr. Whallon presented a petition of Daniel Robinson, a petition of Benjamin Vaughan, and a petition of John A. Ferris, of the State of New York; Mr. Burges presented a petition of Moses Smith, of the State of Rhode Island; Mr. Patton presented a petition of Peter Triplett, of the State of Virginia ; praying, respectively, to be paid the arrearages of pension to which they conceive themselves entitled. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Binney presented a petition of George Hood, of Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Loyall presented a petition of Stephen Carney and Joseph Moore, guardian of Jeannet and Mary Owens, children of John Owens, deceased, late of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, praying to be paid for two male slaves who were killed by accident, while engaged as laborers in the construction of the dry dock at Norfolk. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of William Trigg, a major in the army of the United States in the late war with Great Britain, praying to be paid for a horse and other property lost in service. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented papers relative to claims of Alphonso Wetmore, late a paymaster in the army, and to their offset against a balance claimed of him by the United States; which papers were referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Ellsworth presented a petition of David Watkinson and Company, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, merchants, praying that a certain portion of the duties paid by them on imported iron may be refunded, for reasons set forth in said petition. Mr. Foot presented a petition of George Spalding and John T. Collins, both of Middletown, in Connecticut, trading under the firm of Spalding and Collins, praying that a portion of the duties paid by them on silk thread imported to be used in their manufactory, may be refunded. Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of sundry insurance companies of the city of New York, praying an indemnity for certain expenses incurred by said companies in prosecuting suits for damages against the marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, for the unlawful seizure of the property of said companies. Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of sundry merchants of the city of New York, importers of goods on which the duties, by the tariff of 1828, are levied from and after the 30th June, 1828, praying for the return of certain duties levied under said tariff. Mr. Binney presented a petition of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, praying that the principle of the 18th section of the act of the 14th July, 1832, which authorized a deposite in the custom-house of articles enumerated in said act, and that those remaining there on the 3d March, 1833, should be subject to no other duty than if thereafter imported, may be extended to each successive reduction of duties enacted by the act of March 2, 1833. Mr. Binney presented a petition of merchants and traders of the city of Philadelphia, praying for a return of duties under the 18th section of the act of 14th July, 1832, upon goods deposited in the custom-house on 3d March, 1833, without regard to the period of importation, having been within three years, (act 6th January, 1829.) Mr. Binney presented a memorial of the President and Directors of the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad, and Coal Company, praying for an extension of the time of laying railroad iron imported by the company, with the benefit of the act of 14th July, 1832, to a period longer than three years; also, praying return of duties on locomotive engines imported, and an exemption from duties on others, but not yet imposed. Mr. Binney presented a memorial of the Philadelphia Exchange Company, praying for the remission of duties on certain sculptured marble imported for the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of George Adshead, late of the city of New York, merchant, stating that he has twice paid the duties on certain goods imported by him, and praying that one of the said payments may be refunded. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Thomas Dixon and Company, of the city of New York, merchants, praying that the sum of $733 40, paid by them as duties on goods imported in 1821, may be refunded, for reasons set forth in the petition. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Lewis H. Bates and William Lacon, late copartners under the firm of L. H. Bates and Company, praying to be indemnified for damages sustained by them in a suit for duties which were decided, by law, not to be due. Mr. Ashley presented a petition of George C. Sibley, of the State of Missouri, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to receive from him a conveyance of certain lands in discharge of a debt due from him to the United States. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, Ordered, That the petition of Stewart and Matthews, presented December 15, 1828, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, viz. By Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut: The petition of Peter Saunders, presented February 4, 1833. By Mr. Ward: The petition of Allen W. Hardie, presented December 11, 1832. By Mr. Fillmore: The petition of Abraham Forbes, presented Februáry 10, 1831. By Mr. Patton: The petition of the heirs of James Kennedy, presented December 21, 1831. By Mr. Patton: The petition of the heirs of Nathaniel Welsh, presented December 11, 1832. By Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio: The petition of Isidore Moore, presented December 15, 1832. By Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana: The petition of John L. Lobdell, presented December 12, 1831. By Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana : The petition of Luther L. Smith, presented February 18, 1828. |