the Speaker and the members of this House an opportunity of attending the funeral obsequies of William Wirt, deceased, it was

Ordered, That the House do now adjourn.

And the House did then adjourn.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1834.

The journal of yesterday being read,

Mr. John Quincy Adams proposed that, by unanimous consent, it should be so amended as to state that the adjournment of the House was for the purpose of affording the Speaker and the members an opportunity of attending the funeral obsequies of William Wirt, deceased.

This proposition being objected to,

A motion was made by Mr. Adams that the journal be amended as proposed.

And the question being put,

It passed in the affirmative.

And the journal was amended accordingly.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the memorial of M. Gelston, executor of David Gelston, accompanied by a bill (No. 314) for the relief of the said executor; 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 John Pierce and Van Voorhis, accompanied by a bill (No. 315) for their 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. Gorham,

Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the consideration of the several petitions of Philip and Eliphalet Greely, Stephen T. Natham, and John G. Whitehorne and Samuel Whitehorne, Nathaniel Blake, N. and L. Dana and Company, Amos Wade, and George C. Sibley; and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Joab Lawler, and that it lie on the table.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of inhabitants of the town of Wetumpka, in the State of Alabama, and the petition of Tallassee Fixis, a Creek Indian, reported a bill (No. 316) for the relief of George Taylor and Jesse Taylor; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of John Attwood and Samuel, Walker; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Ón motion of Mr. Barringer,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of David Goodhard and Moses Smith, and that they lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be dis

charged from the further consideration of the cases of Earl Potter, Nicholas Correll, Mary Henry, and Eunice Clark, and that the said cases do lie on the table.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of William G. Davis; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Carr,

Ordered, That the petition of Benjamin Oden, representative of William Williams, be recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Beale, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Henry Myers, Robert Clarke, and Alpheus McIntire; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Henry Smith and Michael Anthony; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of William King, Thomas J. Haight, Salathiel Harris, and Richard Reynolds; which reports were ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Evans,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Nathan Chapman, and that leave be given to withdraw the same.

On motion of Mr. Bell, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the Washington National Monument Society, and that the said memorial be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Philip Taber, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; also, from the consideration of the petition of Ebenezer Graves, and that it lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Lea, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of George Martin and George McFadden, and that they lie on the table.

Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred memorials of inhabitants of the towns of Gloucester and Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, reported a bill (No. 317) making appropriations for custom-houses in said towns; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Chilton,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of William Puckett and Benjamin Stevens, and that they lie on the table.

Ón motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Ohio,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of John Holt, and that it lie on the table.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January, as modified on the 19th of February instant; and, after further debate thereon, the hour elapsed, and the debate was further suspended until to-morrow.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements, viz.

First. A statement of contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, during the year 1833;

Second. A statement of contracts relative to light-houses, beacons, buoys, &c.;

Third. A statement of payments in 1833, on account of miscellaneous claims;

Fourth. A statement of expenditures from the marine hospital fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, during the year 1832; which letter and statements were laid on the table.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on sundry bills, viz.

No. 50. A bill for the relief of Susan Decatur and others;

No. 101. A bill for the relief of John S. Fleming, administrator de bonis non of John Syme, deceased;

No. 132. A bill for the relief of Edmund Brooke;

No. 111. A bill for the return of duties on certain pieces of sculpture; No. 154. A bill granting pensions to persons therein named;

No. 155. A bill for the relief of Henry Oakes;

No. 156. A bill for the relief of Francoise Suzore;

No. 157. A bill for the relief of Henry and Robert Sewall;

No. 158. A bill for the relief, in part, of the crew of the brig Sarah George;

No. 162. A bill for the relief of William S. Cockerille;

No. 163. A bill for the relief of James Marsh;

No. 215. A bill for the relief of Stephen Kingston;

No. 166. A bill for the relief of John C. Naylor;

No. 171. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of William Rogers, deceased;

No. 173. A bill for the relief of William Enos;

No. 175. A bill for the relief of Judith Thomas and Daniel Palmer; and, after some time spent in Committee of the Whole, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Connor reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bills under consideration, and made some progress therein, and directed him to ask leave to sit again.

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on the said bills.

The rule being suspended,

On motion of Mr. Whittlesey, of Ohio, it was

Ordered, That the American Temperance Society have leave to hold its anniversary meeting in the hall of this House on the evening of Tuesday next, the 25th instant. And then,

On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana,

The House adjourned until Monday next, 12 o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1834.

Mr. Parks presented the proceedings and a memorial adopted at a meeting of citizens of Bangor, in the State of Maine, praying that the charter of the Bank of the United States may be renewed with modifications, or that another bank may be incorporated, which shall be the depository of the public money.

Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut, presented a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, in favor of a recharter of the Bank of the United States, and of a restoration of the deposite of the public money to said Bank.

Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut, presented a similar resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut.

Mr. Huntington, of Connecticut, also presented a memorial of the several banks in the city of Norwich, in the State of Connecticut, in favor of rechartering the Bank of the United States, and of restoring to that. Bank the deposite of the public funds.

Mr. Foot presented the proceedings of a meeting of a large number of the citizens of the city of Newhaven, in the State of Connecticut,: held on the 13th of February instant, in favor of rechartering the Bank of the United States, and of restoring to that Bank the deposite of the public funds.

Mr. Selden presented a memorial of merchants, mechanics, and others, of the city of Troy, in the State of New York, setting forth the derangement in the money market, and in the commerce of the country, and suggesting that these derangements have arisen from the want of harmony between the Government and the moneyed institutions of the country, and praying relief from Congress.

Mr. Shinn presented a memorial of citizens of the county of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, praying that the deposite of the public money may be restored to the Bank of the United States.

Mr. Potts presented a memorial of inhabitants of the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the deposite of the public money may be restored to the Bank of the United States.

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

Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of merchants of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that the system commonly called "the warehouse system," may be established; that the cash and short credit system for duties, as now existing, may be abolished, and the former credit system restored; that fees of custom-house officers may be abolished; and that an importer may not be compelled to deposite his original invoice at the custom-house; and, also, complaining of the multiplication of useless and vexatious custom-house oaths; which memorial was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Evans presented a petition of Isaac Carter, of the State of Maine; Mr. Gorham presented a petition of John Jewell, of the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. McVean presented a petition of Frederick Sammons, of the State of New York;

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of Stephen H. Hosley, of the State of New York;

praying, respectively, that their names may be inscribed on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States.

Mr. Whallon presented a petition of Thomas Reynolds, of the State of New York, praying for the arrearages of pension to which he thinks he is entitled.

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

On motion of Mr. Ward,

Ordered, That the petition of Daniel Dunham, presented February 4, 1833, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Kavanagh presented a petition of John Dall, praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Pierce presented a petition of Adam Smith, praying compensation for services rendered in the war of the revolution.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Isaac Johnson, of the State of New York, praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered in the war of the revolution.

Mr. Gillet presented a petition of Daniel Kinney, of the State of New York, praying for the arrears of pension to which he conceives he is entitled.

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

Mr. Hathaway presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Cortlandt and Onondaga, in the State of New York;

Mr. Dickerson presented a petition of inhabitants of Bergen county, in the State of New Jersey ;

praying for the establishment of certain post routes therein designated and described.

Mr. Martindale presented a petition of John Strong, of the State of New York, a sub-contractor for carrying the United States mail on the route from Saratoga Springs, New York, to Manchester, Vermont, praying that a fine of fifty dollars, imposed on him on the first day of October, 1832, for delivering a wet mail, may be remitted.

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

Mr. Jarvis presented a petition of Andrew Harper, of the city of Washington, praying indemnity for losses he sustained by entering into a contract with the Commissioner of the Publie Buildings, to do certain public work in said city; which losses he states were occasioned by the act of the public agents.

Mr. Baylies presented a memorial of inhabitants of Rehoboth, in the county of Bristol, in the State of Massachusetts, praying Congress to abolish slavery within the District of Columbia.

Mr. Whallon presented a memorial of inhabitants of the counties of Essex, Clinton, and Franklin, in the State of New York, praying Congress to abolish slavery within the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Hubbard presented a memorial of the Legislative Council of the