The petition of John Bill, presented February 23, 1832.

The petition of John C. Williams, representative of Francis and Field-ing Barham, presented March 26, 1828.

Mr. Wise presented a petition of Thomas Griffin, of the State of Virginia, praying for a part of the bounty land to which his father, Doctor Corbin Griffin, was entitled from the State of Virginia, as a hospital surgeon in the Virginia line of the revolutionary army.

Mr. Claiborne presented a petition of the heirs of Peter Handy, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, stating that, through the error of an officer of the Government, a tract of land in the Territory of Arkansas has been sold for non-payment of taxes, the taxes having been, by the error aforesaid, placed to the credit of a tract of land not the property of the petitioners, and praying relief in the premises.

Mr. Claiborne presented a petition of John E. McCreary, of the State of Virginia, who complains of having lost his land in the Territory of Arkansas, by a sale for taxes, through an error of an officer of the Government, and praying relief.

Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana, presented a petition of William Marbury, of the State of Louisiana, praying permission to locate a confirmed claim so as to include improvements which he has made on public lands.

Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Marguerite Baron,.. widow of John Pierre Ledoux, late of the State of Louisiana, praying for a confirmation of the title of certain lands therein described.

Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Robert Haile, of the State of Louisiana, praying that a land warrant granted to Thomas P. Howard, one of the company of Lewis and Clarke, and which was the property of the petitioner, and has been lost, may be renewed.

Mr. Kinnard presented a petition of Archibald Small, of the State of Indiana, praying to be permitted to correct an error in the entry of a tract of land purchased of the United States in 1831.

Mr. Ashley presented a petition of Isidore Moore and others, heirs of Nicholas Moore, deceased, late of the State of Missouri, praying that their title to a certain tract of land therein described may be confirmed. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, presented a remonstrance of citizens of the county of Livingston, in the State of Kentucky, remonstrating against the appointment of Chaplains to Congress; which remonstrance was laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. McKennan,

Ordered, That the memorial of citizens of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, upon the subject of the Orphan Asylum in that town, presented January 17, 1833, be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

The Speaker presented a memorial of Abraham Hegler and John Mace, on behalf of themselves and others, residents of the seventh congressional district, in the State of Ohio, complaining of illegality in the election and return of William Allen as the member for said district; and declaring that Duncan McArthur received a majority of the legal votes in said district, and praying that said Duncan McArthur may be declared entitled to the seat now held by said William Allen.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Foster presented a petition of Jonathan Johnson, of Georgia, praying payment for corn cut down and destroyed by the agent of the United 'States in the Cherokee nation of Indians.

Mr. Standifer presented a petition of Jacob Moore, of the State of Tennessee, praying to be indemnified for losses occasioned by the purchase certain Indian improvements on lands ceded by the Indians to the 'United States.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Foster presented a petition of Jonas Fauche, of the State of Georgia, praying to be paid for property captured and stolen from him by Indians previous to the year 1802.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of providing for carrying into full effect the fourth article of the treaty of the 8th of January, 1821, between the United States and the Creek Indians, so far as it relates to claims of the citizens of Georgia against said Indians, done prior to the year 1802.

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

By Mr. Wilde: The petition of G. W. Walthour, presented December 12, 1831.

By Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky: The petition of Silas D. Fisher, presented December 14, 1832.

By Mr. Clay: The petition of Marston Mead, presented February 1, 1832. By Mr. Standifer: The petition of John McClenahan, presented January 9, 1833.

The petition of James Rogers, presented April 17, 1832.

The petition of James Brown, presented March 2, 1830.

Mr. Clay presented a memorial of the Trustees of Pendleton Academy, in the State of Alabama, praying for a grant of public land as an endowment of said academy.

Mr. Clay presented a petition of William Walker, of the State of Alabama, praying to be permitted to correct an error in the entry of a tract of land purchased of the United States.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented several memorials from inhabitants of various parts of the Territory of Michigan, praying for a grant of public land to the Territory of Michigan, the proceeds of which to be applied to the construction of a railroad across the peninsula which separates Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of the Trustees of the Michigan and Huron Institute, praying for a grant of a township of land, to be applied in aid of the means of education.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, praying Congress to make a grant of public land, to aid in constructing a road from the head of Lake Erie, westward, towards the river Mississippi.

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying Congress to grant a donation of land to each actual settler on the western frontier of said Territory.

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that a tract of public land may be granted to each county in said Territory, for county purposes.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, presented a memorial of inhabitants of the mining country west of Lake Michigan, relative to various subjects.

Ordered, That so much of the said memorial as relates to the sale of the lead mine lands, the granting of pre-emption rights, and the establishment of land offices, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and the residue thereof be referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Mr. Williams presented a petition of the inhabitants of the county of Surry, in the State of North Carolina;

Mr. Gilmer presented a petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Oglethorpe, Wilkes, and Greene, in the State of Georgia;

Mr. Crockett presented a petition of inhabitants of Gibson county, in the State of Tennessee;

Mr. McLene presented a petition of Doctor S. McClary and others, inhabitants of Scioto valley and the Sandusky plains, in the State of Ohio; Mr. McLene presented a petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Delaware, Union, and Champaign, in the State of Ohio;

Mr. McCarty presented a petition of J. L. Andrews and others, inhabitants of Oxford, Ohio;

Mr. Ewing presented a petition of the inhabitants of Vigo, Clay, and Greene counties, in the State of Indiana;

Mr. Ashley presented a petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Callaway and Boon, in the State of Missouri;

praying, respectively, for the establishment of post routes therein mentioned and specified.

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

Mr. Heath presented a memorial of James Johnson, of the city of Baltimore, praying to be allowed the privilege of franking, for purposes therein specified.

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

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary; which was read, and is as follows:

To the House of Representatives:

WASHINGTON, December 11, 1833.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting certain transfers of appropriations that have been made in that department, in pursuance of the power vested in the President by the first section of the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1809, entitled "An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments."

ANDREW JACKSON.

Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A report from Samuel Moore, Director of the Mint, prepared in obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of March 1, 1833, of such amendments to the existing laws governing and regulating the mint, as are by him deemed necessary to the efficiency of the institution; which report was laid on the table.

II. A letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list received from the Second Auditor of the Treasury of the accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1333; which letter and list were laid on the table.

III. A letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting various statements received from the Third Auditor, viz.

1st. A statement of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year, or have balances unaccounted for, advanced one year prior to the 30th September, 1833;

2d. A statement of the accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1833;

3d. An abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor of the Treasury on the 30th September, 1833;

which letter and accompanying statements and abstracts were laid on the table.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that the Senate have elected the reverend Frederick W. Hatch, Chaplain to Congress, on their part; and then he withdrew.

The House, according to order, resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Quincy Adams reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union under consideration, and had come to sundry resolutions thereupon, which he was directed to report to the House; which said resolutions were read at the Clerk's table, and are as follows, viz.

Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to political relations of the United States with foreign nations, and as recommends a "revision of our consular system," be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the commerce of the United States with foreign nations, and their dependencies, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the report of the Secretary of War, and the public interest, entrusted to the War Department, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the report of the Secretary of the Navy, and the naval service, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Post Office Department, and the report of the Postmaster General, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Indian tribes, and to their removal beyond the limits of the States, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to "accidents which have occurred in that portion of our navigation carried on by the use of steam power, and lessening or removing those evils "by means of precautionary and penal legislation," be referred to a select committee.

A motion was then made by Mr. Polk that the House do reconsider the order adopted yesterday, by which the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the removal of the deposites of public money from the Bank of the United States and its branches to certain State banks, was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

And pending the question on this motion to reconsider,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1833.

Mr. Hubbard presented the following resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire; which were read, and laid on the table, viz.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That the organization of the militia of the United States, being a matter entrusted by the constitution to the General Government, requires its attention, and can be only efficiently and satisfactorily done by that Government.

Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be, and are hereby, instructed, and our Repre sentatives requested, to use their exertions to procure the passage of a law providing for a more perfect and uniform organization of the militia of the several States of the Union.

Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor of this State be directed to transmit to each of our Senators and to our Representatives in Congress a copy of the foregoing resoIntions, and also a copy to the Governors of the other States in the Union, with a view that the same may be submitted to their different Legislatures.

Approved July 5, 1833.

A true copy:

RALPH METCALF, Secretary of State.

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Sherborn Dearborn, of the State of New Hampshire;

Mr. Osgood presented a petition of David Gray, Joseph Peters, Israel Carlton, and John Austin, of the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Taylor presented a petition of William Fox, of the State of New York;

Mr. Vanderpoel presented a petition of Hannah Franklin, widow of William Temple Franklin, of the State of New York;

Mr. Harrison presented a petition of Benoni Williams, of the State of Pennsylvania;

praying, respectively, that their names may be placed upon the list of revolutionary pensioners of the United States.

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

On motion of Mr. Griffin,

Ordered, That the petition of John Smith, presented December 31, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.