The question was then put on the motion made by Mr. Polk that the said memorial be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means,

And passed in the affirmative.

Mr. McKennan presented a memorial of inhabitants of Georgetown, Washington, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying Congress to make provision for an adequate endowment of free schools in

the District of Columbia; which memorial was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

On motion of Mr. McKennan,

Ordered, That the petition of Gideon Davis, William C. Lipscomb, and Ninian Beall, on behalf of the Methodist Protestant Church of Georgetown, presented January 23, 1832, be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Pope presented a petition of William Buchanan, of the State of Kentucky, praying for a grant of bounty land, for services as a soldier in the army in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Barber,

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of War, made to this House on the 23d of February, 1832, relative to the claims of the State of Connecticut for services of militia, and disbursements made during the late war with Great Britain, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Ward presented a memorial of Major General Alexander Macomb, praying that his claim for brevet pay may be allowed, and applied to the payment of his liability as surety of Lieutenant Champlain, late paymaster in the army, and the balance, if any, after discharging his said liability, to be paid to him.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Hazeltine,

Ordered, That the memorial of Nathaniel Bird, heretofore presented on the 10th December, 1828, praying to be paid for his revolutionary services as a soldier, be again referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, viz. By Mr. Ward: The petition of Jonathan Ward, presented 13th February, 1832.

By Mr. Chinn: The petition of Robert Beale, presented 13th December, 1832.

By Mr. Wise: The petition of Martha Jones and others, representa. tives of William Langbourne, presented 11th December, 1832.

By Mr. Mercer: The petition of Simon Summers, presented 14th December, 1832.

By Mr. Mercer: The petition of Luke Cannon, presented 14th February, 1833.

Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of the widow and heirs of Colonel Zebulon Butler, praying to be paid the arrearages of pay due him, and the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Colonel Butler was entitled as an officer of the revolutionary army.

Mr. Wise presented a petition of the heirs of Thomas Baytop, praying that they may be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which they conceive he was entitled for his services as an officer in the army of the revolutionary war.

Ordered, That said petitiens be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell,

Ordered, That the several memorials of inhabitants. of the State of

New York, for the improvement of Salmon river harbor, on Lake Ontario, presented at the two last sessions, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Denny presented a petition of inhabitants of the city of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to purchase the Louisville and Portland canal, and to make it free of toll.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of inhabitants of the western part of the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to appropriate a million of dollars, to be applied towards the construction of the western section of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.

Mr. Pope presented a petition of owners and masters of steamboats and other vessels navigating the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and other persons interested in the navigation of those rivers, praying Congress to purchase the Louisville and Portland canal, and to make it toll free.

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

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the memorials of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, respecting the national road, presented February 23, 1829, and February 28, 1831, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the petition of the inhabitants of St. Charles, in the State of Missouri, upon the subject of the national road, presented February 17, 1831, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Turrill presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Jefferson and Oswego, in the State of New York, praying that an appropriation may be made to improve the harbor at the mouth of Salmon river, on Lake Ontario.

Mr. Sevier presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that a road may be constructed from Batesville, through the Richwood settlement, to intersect the road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson.

Mr. Sevier presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that a road may be constructed from Greenville (Clarke court-house) to Fort Smith.

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

Mr. Foot presented a petition of Henry Whitney, of the State of Connecticut, praying to be paid for extra duties performed by him while captain's clerk on board the frigate Guerriere, Commodore C. B. Thompson, during the cruise of that frigate in the Pacific Ocean in the years 1829

and 1830.

Mr. Connor presented a petition of Samuel P. Anderson, late naval storekeeper at the navy yard at New York, and who was charged with the superintendence of the transportation of ordnance and naval stores intended for the operations on Lake Ontario in 1814, praying that an act may be passed to authorize the settlement of his accounts upon the prin– eiples of equity and justice.

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

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Jef

ferson and Lawrence, in the State of New York, praying for the establishment of a post route on the military road from Theresa to Hammond.

Mr. Williams presented a petition of the inhabitants of Surry county, State of North Carolina, praying for the establishment of a post road from Little Yadkin to Rockford court-house.

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

Mr. Mercer presented a memorial of James M. Garnett, Muscoe Garnett, and Maria H. Garnett, of the State of Virginia, complaining of an inequitable, unjust, and unconstitutional act of the Territorial Legislature of Florida, for imposing taxes on the slaves of non-residents of said Territory; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Mr. Clayton presented a petition of Alfred Stewart, of the State of Georgia, praying to be paid for slaves, and other property, of which his father was robbed by Cherokee Indians about the year 1780, his father, mother, and brothers being at the time of the robbery murdered by said Indians; which petition was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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

By Mr. Polk: The petition of Joseph Brown, presented December 17, 1830.

By Mr. Lewis: The petition of Thomas T. Triplett, presented February 16, 1833.

By Mr. Sevier: The petition of John Winslett, presented January 3, 1833.

On motion of Mr. Wilde,

Ordered, That the petition of Ferdinando 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, presented December 15, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Duncan presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Tazewell, in the State of Illinois, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of public lands on which they have settled may be granted to them.

Mr. Murphy presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Washington, in the State of Alabama, resident on lands lately belonging to the Washington College, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of the lands on which they have settled may be granted to them.

Mr. Murphy presented a petition of Jeremiah Worsham, of the State of Alabama, praying that scrip certificates may be issued to him for money which he has paid on account of lands purchased of the United States, Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the several memorials of the State Legislatures and of the people of the new States, for a reduction in the price of the public lands, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Kinnard presented a petition of Richard Nance, of the State of Indiana, stating that he purchased a tract of land of the United States, and that a patent has been granted to him in the name of Richard Vance, and

praying that the error may be corrected; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Mason,

Ordered, That the petition of Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, presented January 2, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. On motion of Mr. Campbell P. White,

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to in-quire into the expediency of making an appropriation to construct and equip two small vessels of war, to be rigged either as brigs or schooners, under the direction of the Navy Department, to supply the places of the Porpoise and Dolphin; and that said committee be authorized to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio, from the Committee of Claims, reported sundry bills, viz.

No. 2. A bill for the relief of Samuel Thompson;

No. 3. A bill for the relief of George Chinn;

No. 4. A bill for the relief of Benjamin Sherfey;

No. 5. A bill for the relief of the heirs of widow Robert Avart;

No. 6. A bill for the relief of Thomas Richardson;

No. 7. A bill for the relief of William S. Anderson;

No. 8. A bill for the relief of George H. Jennings ;

No. 9. A bill for the relief of James H. Brewer;

No. 10. A bill for the relief of John Webber;

No. 11. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of James Morrison, deceased;

No. 12. A bill for the relief of John Thompson;

No. 13. A bill for the relief of Richard Bagnall, executor of James C. Vaughan;

No. 14. A bill for the relief of Whitford Gill;

No. 15. A bill for the relief of Peregrine Gardner;

No. 16. A bill for the relief of Edward Willett;

No. 17. A bill for the relief of Jotham Lincoln, administrator of Samuel Burr Lincoln, deceased;

No. 18. A bill for the relief of John H. Maguire;

No. 19. A bill for the relief of Joseph C. Brown;

No. 20. A bill for the relief of Russell Hunt, David Hunt, and Amos Hunt;

No. 21. A bill for the relief of Philip Hickey;

which several bills were read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Abraham Forbes, reported a bill (No. 22) for his relief; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Carr, from the same committee, reported a bill (No. 23) for the relief of John Bill; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported sundry bills, viz No. 24. A bill for the relief of Daniel Haselton and William Palmer No. 25. A bill for the relief of Francis Barnes;

No. 26. A bill for the relief of Joseph M. Harper;