On motion of Mr. Evans,

Ordered, That the memorial of Colonel James Thomas, late quartermaster general, presented July 9, 1832, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Stewart moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this House the report of the engineer employed to make a survey, plan, and estimate, with a view to the improvement of the steamboat navigation of the Monongahela river.

On motion of Mr. Beaumont,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of making compensation to the heirs of Benjamin Harvey, deceased, for bounty lands, and services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war.

On motion of Mr. Fulton,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Abingdon, Virginia, to Grayson court-house, in the same State.

On motion of Mr. R. M. Johnson,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an additional appropriation of land to satisfy the warrants in scrip which have issued, or which may hereafter issue, according to the resolutions and laws of the United States and of Virginia, for revolutionary services.

On motion of Mr. R. M. Johnson,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending and continuing the act of Congress entitled "An act in addition to an act entitled 'An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,"" which expires the 4th of March next.

On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson,

Resolved, That all the papers and documents now on the files of the House, in relation to the establishment of an armory on the Western waters, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio, moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, under the rules:

Resolved, That so much of the thirteenth rule of the House, as follows, to wit, "And other persons introduced by the Speaker, or by a member of the House, shall be admitted within the hall of the House of Representatives," be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.

On motion of Mr. Ewing,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing a national currency of thirtyfive millions of dollars, to be founded upon the faith of the United States, and be unconnected with, and independent of, all direct Executive control, except as may be required for the nomination of directors; said currency to be struck, perfected, and issued, in a department of the Mint of the United States, under regulations to secure an impartial distribution thereof among the several States respectively, according to representative population, if the same be required, in virtue of the plighted faith and resources of each State so requiring, to the United States, for

95 its redemption, according to the legal stipulation on its face, and the payment of such bonus to the Treasury of the United States, to defray expense, and to guaranty ulterior responsibility, as may be prescribed. And said currency, so authorized and loaned, according to the prescribed ratio, to States requiring its use, when loaned to the people through State instrumentality, shall be received in payment of public lands, and in payment of all other revenue accruing to the General Government, and shall be obligatory upon the State issuing the same, to redeem on demand at her office of discount and deposite; which said State office, when established under State guaranty to loan, and to redeem said currency, shall be the place of deposite of all public money collected or belonging to the General Government within the limits of the State where it exists. Also, to inquire into the comparative expediency of establishing a national bank based upon a specie capital, to be furnished by the several States, as sole stockholders thereof, on a scale proportionate to the representative population of each, with a branch in each State; the institution to be regulated in strict accordance with uniform general rules adopted by Congress, under a directory of State appointment, and each State to enjoy the benefit of a capital, and exercise a power in accordance with her vested interest therein.

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 necessary survey and construction of a harbor at the mouth of Trail creek, on Lake Michigan.

On motion of Mr. Kinnard,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of embracing the State of Indiana and the Territories of Michigan and Huron in one surveyor general's district, and of locating the surveyor general's office for the same at Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana.

On motion of Mr. Slade, of Illinois,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a survey and estimate of the expense of improving the navigation of the Kaskaskia river, in the State of Illinois, from the town of Shelbyville to its junction with the Mississippi river.

Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a resurvey of the national road from Vandalia, the seat of Government in the State of Illinois, to the Mississippi river. Mr. Ashley moved the following preamble and resolution; which were read, and agreed to by the House, viz.

Whereas the President of the United States entertains doubts as to the action of Congress on the claims of six companies of Missouri militia, for services rendered during the late war with the Indians on the Northern frontier; consequently, payment to those companies has been withheld: Therefore, resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire whether an appropriation for the purpose aforesaid was made at the last session of Congress, and, if not, to inquire into the expediency of appropriating a sufficient sum for that purpose.

On motion of Mr. Duncan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to

inquire into the expediency of affording some efficient aid to the State of Illinois in the construction of a steamboat canal from Lake Michigan to the Illinois river.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of Aaron Bellamy, accompanied by a bill (No. 44) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the same committee, made an unfavorable report on the case of William Jennison; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a repcrt on the petition of Luther L. Smith, accompanied by a bill (No. 45) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Archer,

Ordered, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Caze and Richaud, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the petition of Pearson Freeman, accompanied by a bill (No. 46) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of George Wood, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Joseph S. Thomas, John P. Andross, and Daniel Brayman; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1833.

On motion of Mr. Kavanagh,

Ordered, That the memorial of Charles Cramer, presented March 8, 1830, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of James B. Folsom, late a seaman in the United States revenue service, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Anthony,

Ordered, That the petition of John P. Schuyler, presented January 28, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

The Speaker presented the memorial of Charles Yancey, heretofore presented December 29, 1832; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Banks,

Ordered, That the petition of Frederick Tise, presented March 19, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Stoddert,

Ordered, That the case of Benjamin Oden, representative of William Williams, a slave, presented January 16, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Wagener,

Ordered, That the petition of Owen Rice and Jacob Rice, presented February 12, 1833, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Wilson, of Virginia,

Ordered, That the petition of Richard Hardesty, presented February 8, 1830, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the case of the heirs at law of James Reynolds, presented April 30, 1832, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to authorize the subscription of one million of dollars to the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, to be applied in the construction of the western section of that canal; which petition was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Wagener,

Ordered, That the petition of John H. Genther, presented January 28, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Wilson presented a petition of John McFarland, praying that his name may be placed upon the list of revolutionary pensioners.

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

On motion of Mr. Milligan,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Falconer, presented December 14, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Heath presented a petition of the heirs of Leonard Cooper, praying to be allowed the commutation of half pay for life to which they consider he was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Taylor presented a petition of the heirs of Major Alexander Dick, praying to be allowed the commutation of five years' full pay to which they consider he was entitled as a major in the army of the revolutionary

war.

Mr. Patton presented a petition of the heirs of Colonel Francis Taylor, deceased, praying to be allowed the commutation of five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life, to which they consider they are entitled, for services rendered by him in the war of the revolution.

Mr. Patton presented a petition of Elizabeth Burton of the State of Virginia, widow and devisee of James Burton, deceased, praying to be allowed the five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life, to which the deceased was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Wise presented a petition of Thomas Cobb and others, of the State of Virginia, heirs at law of Samuel Cobb, deceased, praying to be allowed and paid the five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life, to which the deceased was entitled as a lieutenant in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Lucas presented a petition of John Bruce, administrator of Philip Bush, deceased, complaining that he has not received the full amount to which he conceived himself entitled under the act of the last session, passed for his relief, and praying redress.

Mr. Lucas presented a petition of Vause Fox, of the State of Virgi-. nia, administrator of William Vause, deceased, praying to be allowed and

paid the five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life, to which the said William Vause was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Loyall presented a petition of Elizabeth Saunders, of the State of Virginia, heir of George Guthrie, deceased, praying to be allowed and paid the five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life, to which the said George Guthrie was entitled as a lieutenant in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Vanderpoel presented a petition of Marcus Brown, of the State of New York, praying to be paid for property taken from his father for the use of the army in the revolutionary war.

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

Mr. Wilson presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Monongahela, in the State of Virginia, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. Chaney presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Morgan, in the State of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a post route. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Patton presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Virginia, praying that a light-boat may be stationed at Windmill point, at the mouth of the river Rappahannock; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Mardis presented a petition of Corneille Roudet, of the State of Alabama, praying to be allowed a grant of land in the tract set apart for certain French emigrants, for the cultivation of the vine and olive.

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Arkansas, praying that all settlers on public lands may have the right of pre-emption in the purchase of the tracts on which they may have settled.

Mr. Murphy presented a petition of Abner Turner, a lessee purchaser of lands belonging to Jefferson college, praying that he may receive a title for these lands at the price he paid, or that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of certain other lands may be granted to him.

Mr. Murphy presented another petition of Abner Turner, praying that a title may be made to him for certain lands purchased from the trustees of Jefferson college, on which he has made full payment.

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

Mr. Ashley presented a petition of Nicholas Boilvin and others, children and heirs at law of Nicholas Boilvin, deceased, late agent to the Winnebago tribe of Indians at Prairie du Chien, praying to be paid a balance due for the services of their father in the capacity aforesaid.

On motion of Mr. Lyon,

Ordered, That the memorials of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respecting a court-house at Detroit, presented February 1 and 4, 1833, be referred to the Committee on the Territories.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from Matthew St. Clair Clarke, late Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, accompanied by a compilation of all the cases of contested elections before Congress since 1789; which letter and compilation were referred to the Committee of Elections.