the Delaware breakwater, and the compensation of the persons employed on that work; which letter and report were read, and ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (No. 62) entitled "An act to provide for the construction and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad within the District of Columbia ;" in which bill I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of Daniel Whitney, accompanied by a bill (No. 483) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Andrew Dodge, accompanied by a bill (No. 484) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of James Cross; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report on the memorial of Thomas Cooper, accompanied by a bill (No. 485) for his relief; which bill was read the first and seond time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which the subject was committed on the 28th of April, reported a bill (No. 486) for the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years 1792, 1793, and 1794; 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. Pearce, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 487) making appropriations for the erection of marine hospitals in the city of Baltimore and other places; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of Union. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following resolution : Resolved, That Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th days of June next, be set apart for the consideration of bills in relation to the District of Columbia. The said resolution was read, and laid on the table for one day, under the rule. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 110) entitled "An act for the relief of Hishe Homa, otherwise called Captain Red Pepper, an Indian of the Choctaw tribe," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Horace Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to Indian affairs, made a detailed report, accompanied by three bills, viz. No. 488. To provide for the organization of the Department of Indian Affairs; No. 489. To regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers ; No. 490. To provide for the establishment of the Western Territory, and for the security and protection of the emigrant and other Indian tribes therein; which bills were severally read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and ten thousand copies of the said report were then ordered, by unanimous consent, to be printed for the use of the members. Ón motion of Mr. Tompkins, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Relief Harris, and that it lie on the table. Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 62. An act to provide for the construction and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad within the District of Columbia; No. 168. An act in addition to the act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1825; No. 158. An act granting a township of land to certain exiles from Poland; were severally read the first and second time, and referred No. 62. To the Committee for the District of Columbia. No. 158. To the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Jones, of Georgia, Resolved, That Robert P. Letcher and Thomas P. Moore, Esquires, have leave to be heard at the bar of this House, in support of their respective claims to a seat in this House. The House proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections on the contest between Thomas P. Moore and Robert P. Letcher for the seat as the member for the fifth congressional district of the State of Kentucky; when A motion was made by Mr. Banks that the said report be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, { Nays, 84, 106. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen Mr. Isaac C. Bates Robert B. Campbell Mr. George Chambers Thomas Chilton Augustine S. Clayton Thomas Corwin Edward Darlington sdo William P. Taylor b d fob Philemon Thomas.o hae Christopher Tompkins Usta Levi Lincoln Those who voted in the negative, are," Mr. William Allen Benning M. Bean Abraham Bockee John W. Brown Samuel Bunch Robert Burns Churchill C. Cambreleng John Carr Zadok Casey John Chaney Joseph W. Chinn Samuel Clark John Coffee Abel Huntington stin Noadiah Johnson minich Cave Johnson Amos Lane Henry A. Muhlenberg James Parker John M. Patton William Patterson Dutee J. Pearceir Job Pierson James K. Polk Patrick H. Pope Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley Aaron Vanderpoel The first resolution recommended in the said report was then read as follows: Resolved, That Thomas P. Moore, Esquire, is entitled to the seat in this House to represent the fifth congressional district of the State of Kentucky. A motion was made by Mr. Banks to amend the said resolution by striking out all thereof after the word Resolved, and inserting the following, viz. "That all the legal votes which were received in Lancaster, Garrard county, whilst Moses Grant, Esquire, acted as one of the judges, on the first morning of the election in August last, and those of a like character given on the second day of the election in the casual absence of the sheriff, ought to be estimated in ascertaining the result of the election." And, after debate, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1834. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill (No. 101) entitled "An act for the relief of John S. Flemming, administrator de bonis non of John Syme, deceased," and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bill. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dickins, chief clerk in the Department of State, which was delivered at the Speaker's table. The House resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections on the contest between Thomas P. Moore and Robert P. Letcher for the seat as the member for the fifth congressional district of the State of Kentucky. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Banks to the first resolution recommended by the Committee of Elections. A division of the question on the said amendment was called for-the: question to be first put on so much as relates to the votes taken whilst M. Grant acted as one of the judges. And, after further debate, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1834. On motion of Mr. McComas, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of subscribing stock to the James River and Kenhawa Company, in the State of Virginia. The House, by consent, proceeded to the consideration of the resolu tion reported by Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, on the 20th instant; when Mr. Williams moved to amend the same by setting apart Thursday, the 5th of June, for the consideration of bills in relation to the Territories; which motion was agreed to. The said resolution was then agreed to as amended, viz. Resolved, That Thursday, the 5th day of June next, be set apart for the consideration of bills in relation to the Territories; and that Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th days of June, be set apart for the consideration of bills in relation to the District of Columbia. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of George Bender, accompanied by a bill (No. 491) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Eli Davis, junior, Bernard Fowler, and Samuel Overton, Andrew Flannigan, and others, and Samuel C. Duncan; which reports were ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Whittlesey, Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the consideration of the memorial of Louis Marchand, and that the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Leave being given, Mr. Wayne submitted the following joint resolution, viz. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Congress be authorized to deliver to each member of the present Congress who was not a member of the last Congress, two copies of the return of the last census of the inhabitants of the United States; and that it may be lawful for the said members to transmit the said copies free of postage, by mail. The said resolution was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 492) to authorize the sale of lots in the town of St. Marks, in Florida; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Connor, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill (No. 493) to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, 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. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report on the petition of John McColgan; which report was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Pierce, of New Hampshire, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of citizens of the State of New York, presented on the 5th of March, for a change in the place of holding the district court of the United States for the northern district of New York, and that the said memorial do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Wayne, by leave, it was Ordered, That two thousand copies, extra, be printed of the report of the committee on the subject of the compensation of naval officers, made on the 17th instant. Mr. Stoddert, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 62) entitled "An act to provide for the construction and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad within the District of Columbia," 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. Thomas, of Louisiana, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce examine into the expe |