have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September last on the books of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury; which letter and statement were laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey,

Ordered, That the report of the Engineer Department on the case of John Bruce be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The House resumed the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Polk, on the 11th instant, that the House do reconsider the order adopted on the 10th instant, 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 after further debate on the said motion,

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

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1833.

On motion of Mr. Kavanagh,

Ordered, That the petition of Parker McCobb, presented January 26, 1829, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the petition of Julien Chastelain and Eli Ponvert, presented December 22, 1831, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Kavanagh presented a petition of Abiel Wood, of the State of Maine, praying that, in a suit now pending against him in behalf of the United States, he may be allowed to offset such sums as may be found to be due to him upon an equitable settlement of his accounts; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Kavanagh,

Ordered, That the petitions of shipmasters and shipowners of Thomaston, and on St. George's river, in the State of Maine, for the erection of buoys and beacons in the said river, presented December 13, 1831, and December 26, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island,

Ordered, That the petition of Remington Arnold, junior, presented March 6, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Whallon presented a petition of inhabitants of Plattsburg, in the State of New York, praying that provision may be made for the construction of a breakwater and light-house at Plattsburg; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Parks,

Ordered, That the case of James Thomas, presented January 13, 1829, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Leapresented a petition of Hannah Perry, formerly Hannah Harlan, widow of Ezekiel Harlan, of the Cherokee nation of Indians, praying to be paid for her improvement in the Highwassie district, ceded to the United States by the treaty of 1819, commonly called Calhoun's treaty; which petition was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Selden,

Ordered, That the memorial of Janette Taylor, on behalf of herself and other representatives of John Paul Jones, presented December 21, 1831, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the claim of Henry Eckford, presented February 4, 1828, together with the report of the Secretary of the Navy thereon, communicated to this House on the 10th December, 1828, and the other documents in the case, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Beardsley presented a petition of Nicholas Otman, of the State of New York, praying for a pension.

Mr. Page presented a petition of Jonathan Chandler, of the State of New York, praying for a pension.

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

On motion of Mr. Halsey,

Ordered, That the petition of Frederick Raymer, presented January 23, 1826, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Adams, of New York,

Ordered, That the petition of Alexander and Sylvester Humphrey, presented February 23, 1824, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Whallon presented a petition of Nathan Carver, of the State of New York, praying compensation for the use of his house by a detachment of troops in 1814; as also payment for damage done his property by said troops.

Mr. Heath presented a petition of Henry Northup, praying to be paid for a horse lost at the surrender of Detroit, in 1812.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson,

Ordered, That the memorials and other documents and reports in relation to the claims of Willie Blount, late Governor of Tennessee, now on file in the office of this House, be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey,

Ordered, That the petition of Captain David Bartlett, presented December 12, 1832, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Page presented a petition of Doctor Sylvester Nash, of the State of New York, praying for a pension in consideration of injuries received in service in the late war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Heath presented a petition of Benjamin P. Cookerly and John Cookerly, heirs at law of Captain Benjamin Price, deceased, who was killed at St. Clair's defeat, in 1791, praying to be allowed and paid the five years' half pay promised to the widows and children of officers who were killed or died in service; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Heath,

Ordered, That the petition of Robert Wilmot, presented on the 12th April, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Briggs presented a petition of Oliver Johonnot, of Boston, on behalf of himself and the other heirs of Doctor William Johonnot, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which the said William Johonnot was entitled as assistant apothecary general of the revolutionary army.

Mr. Mercer presented a petition of Ann R. Rose, of the State of Vir

ginia, one of the heirs of Alexander Rose, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which her father was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Wise presented a petition of William P. Oliver and others, heirs at law of William Oliver, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which said William Oliver was entitled as a captain of artillery in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Deberry presented a petition of Mary Clarke and Daniel Clarke, of North Carolina, praying to be paid for certain articles of food and clothing taken from their father, Archibald Clarke, for the use of the army of the revolution.

Mr. Deberry presented a petition of Margaret Cameron, of the State of North Carolina, widow of John Cameron, deceased, praying to be paid for provisions and other property taken from her late husband, for the use of the army of the revolution.

Mr. Chilton presented a petition of the heirs at law of Robert Powell, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay for life to which the said Powell was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

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

On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson,

Ordered, That the petition of Nathaniel Hatton and others, presented February 1, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Mardis,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Derbanne, presented December 12, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Mardis,

Ordered, That the petition of Jean Arnaud Agness, presented December 12, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Slade, of Vermont,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the invalid pension of Russell Jefferson, of the State of Vermont, back to the commencement of his disability.

On motion of Mr. Slade, of Vermont,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Harvey Reynolds, of the State of Vermont, on the roll of invalid pensioners.

On motion of Mr. Page,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the widow and children of the late Lieutenant Benjamin Fitch, late of the United States army, the arrearages of pension to which, by his rank, he was entitled from the time he was placed on the pension roll up to the time of his death, and that the petition and other documents in relation to the same on the files of this House, heretofore presented, be referred to said committee.

On motion of Mr. McVean,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to Andrew Michael, of Montgomery county, New York, a pension for services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war.

On motion of Mr. McVean,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to Reynhart Frongot, of Montgomery county, New York, a pension for services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war.

On motion of Mr. Allen, of Virginia,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of changing the times of holding the United States court for the western district of Virginia, at Clarksburg.

On motion of Mr. Hawes,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Green river, in the State of Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Standifer,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to improve the Tennessee and Coosa rivers, and connect their waters by canal or railroad. On motion of Mr. Leavitt,

Resolved, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of confirming the right of the heirs and representatives of the late Arnold Henry Dohrman to sections No. 8, 11, 26, and 29, in township 13, range 7, of the Steubenville land district, in the State of Ohio, which said township was intended to be granted entire to the said Dohrman, by a resolution of Congress, adopted October 1, 1787. On motion of Mr. Carr,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation, either in money or in Government lands, for the purpose of improving the great Western thoroughfare and mail route between Louisville, Kentucky, and St. Louis, in the State of Missouri.

Be it further resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of improving the navigation in the Indian chute through the falls of the Ohio river opposite Louisville, Kentucky, a sum sufficient to accomplish which, and make the Indian chute navigable for keel and flat boats in a low stage of water, would not, it is presumed, equal the sum liable to be collected as tolls from keel and flat boats for a passage through the canal within the term of one year.

And be it further resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of surveying a route for the construction of a railroad, commencing at the falls of the Ohio river, or at some other convenient commercial point, thence to Indianapolis, the seat of Government of the State of Indiana, and thence to Michigan city, on Lake Michigan, in the State of Indiana.

On motion of Mr. Hannegan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of removing the obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash river.

On motion of Mr. Ewing,

Resolved, That the several memorials and joint resolutions of the Legislatures of Indiana and Illinois, praying of Congress to grant aid to de

fray the expense of removing all obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash and White rivers, (reserved national highways,) which have been presented to this House heretofore at different periods, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals; and that the several memorials and joint resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, praying of Congress. to appropriate aid to improve the great Western thoroughfare and mail route leading through said State of Indiana and the State of Illinois, from Louisville, Kentucky, to St. Louis, in Missouri, heretofore presented to this House at different periods, be also referred to the said Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Cage,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire into the expediency of establishing a new circuit or circuits, extending the circuit court system to the new States, which are now without a full participation in the benefits growing out of the establishment of the federal judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Lane,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of permitting the public lands which have been fifteen years in market, to be purchased by actual settlers or resident cultivators at a reduced price, under the same regulations and restrictions as are prescribed by the act of April 5, 1832, for the purchase of forty acre tracts; and of granting to every settler (being a housekeeper) on such lands the right of pre-emption to enter the quarter section which he has improved. On motion of Mr. Duncan,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing and graduating the price of the public lands, so that the future proceeds of sales shall not exceed the general charge for surveying and selling them.

Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting the right of pre-emption to all settlers on the public lands. Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of selling one hundred and sixty acres of land to each actual settler, who shall cultivate the same for five years, at a less rate than the minimum price of the public lands.

Resolved, That the same committee inquire into the expediency of abolishing all auction sales of the public lands, and of permitting them in future to be purchased at private sale as soon as they are surveyed.

On motion of Mr. McKinley,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands inquire into the propriety of disposing of the public lands by settlement rights of one hundred and sixty acres to each actual settler thereon, upon the payment of all expenses incurred by the United States for surveying, &c., with the right of pre-emption of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining, at the minimum price.

Resolved, That said committee also inquire into the expediency of granting to the States, in which they lie, all public lands which have been offered for sale, and remained unsold ten years or more, on which there are no actual settlers.

On motion of Mr. Sevier,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Territories be instructed to inquire into the expediency of permitting the people of the Territory of Ar