sented February 15th, 1828; Frederick Stull, presented March 5th, 1828; Charles Stearns, presented December 31st, 1827; Samuel Sykes, presented December 18th, 1826; Elie Sugart, presented December 20th, 1826; Joshua Spear, presented December 5th, 1820; Andrew Small, presented February 5th, 1827; Frederick Sheckler, presented May 8th, 1828; William Scott, (of Conn.) presented February 18th, 1828; Thomas Salisbury, presented January 14th, 1828; Samuel Snow, presented February 7th, 1828; William Turney, presented December 12th, 1828; Rachel Turner, presented December 17th, 1827; Philemon Tiffany, presented February 7th, 1828; James J. Voorhes, presented December 8th, 1826; George Wunder, presented December 18th, 1828; Asa Wilkins, presented January 7th, 1828; Stephen Willcox, presented December 21st, 1825; Joseph Wilson, presented March 24th, 1828; Caleb Wiseman, presented January 7th, 1828; William Walker, presented February 19th, 1828; Frederick Wilhied, presented February 4th, 1828; Jacob Zimmerman, presented February 24, 1822. In Bill No. 440.

Amos Andrews, presented December 29th, 1828; Obed Cushman; presented January 24th, 1829; David Colson, presented December 22d, 1828; Eliakim Clap and Justin Granger, presented December 29th, 1828; Reuben Cartel, presented December 16th, 1828; Nathaniel Fuller, presented January 24, 1829; Simon Fobes, presented February 2d, 1829; Samuel Gerock, presented December 29th, 1828; Henry Houser, presented January 12th, 1829; Jacob Holland, presented February 2d, 1829; Samuel Howell, presented December 15th, 1828; Archibald Jackson, presented December 11th, 1828; Dennis Jones, presented February 5th, 1829; Joseph Jenkins, presented December 5th, 1828; John Jenkins, presented December 24th, 1828; Nathaniel Lockwood, presented December 10th, 1828; James Long, presented January 6th, 1829; Josiah Mott, presented January 30th, 1826; Roger Merrill, presented December 22d, 1828; James Needs, presented January 31st, 1829; Ephraim Oakes, presented December 16th, 1828; William Pew, presented February 9th, 1829, Silas Pease, presented

; Joseph Randall, presented December 9th, 1828; William Rockwell, presented December 16th, 1828; James Royal, presented December 13th, 1822; Joseph Smith, presented January 2d, 1829; Anthony Sluthour, presented January, 1829; Peter Shite, presented January 26th, 1829; Stephen Shea, presented January 12th, 1829; Christopher Sype, presented December 28th, 1829; Tan-de-het-se, presented January 5th, 1829; Benjamin Trein, presented December 22d, 1828; William Vickory, presented December 11th, 1827; Christopher Ward, presented December 18th, 1828.

Mr. Hammons presented a petition of Joseph Roberts, of the State of New Hampshire, praying compensation for services rendered as a soldier in the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Powers presented a petition of Bar. J. Van Valkenburgh, of the State of New York, praying for a grant of the bounty, in land, to which he is entitled as an officer of the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Powers presented a petition of Jesse Thompson, of the State of New York, praying for a pension, and for such further rewards as he may be entitled to, for services as an officer in the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Lecompte presented a petition of Daniel M'Clelland, of the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for services as a soldier in the army of the Revolution.

The Speaker presented a petition of Robert H. Saunders, of the State of Virginia, praying to be allowed and paid the commutation of five years full pay, in lieu of the half pay for life, to which he is entitled as an officer of the army of the Revolution.

Ordered, That these petitions be 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. Storrs, of Connecticut: The petition of Josiah Savage, Ebenezer Roberts, and Samuel Frothingham, a Committee on behalf of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers, in the State of Connecticut, presented 15th December, 1828.

By Mr. Cambreleng: The petition of Jacob Van Tassel, presented February 5th, 1829.

By Mr. Maxwell, of New York: The petition of Frederick Raymer, presented January 23d, 1826.

By Mr. Fry: The petition of Caspar Reeser, presented Nov. 24th, 1827. By Mr. Johns: The petition of George Concklin and William Warner, of the City of New York, Executors of Joseph Falconer, late of said City, deceased, and of Rebecca Williams, now of Newcastle, in Delaware, sister of said Joseph Falconer, presented December 10th, 1828.

By Mr. Lyon: The petition of Thomas Blackwell, presented February 18th, 1828.

On motion of Mr. Drayton,

Ordered, That the petition of James D. Cobb, presented January 7th, 1829, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Crowninshield,

Ordered, That the petition of Philip Bessom, presented February 16th, 1829, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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

By Mr. Pearce: The petition of Elizabeth Mays, presented February 18th, 1828.

By Mr. Storrs, of New York: The petition of Jarius Loomis, and James Basset, presented January 9th, 1818.

By Mr. Cambreleng: The petition of Penelope Denney, presented December 14th, 1825.

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, viz:

By Mr. Pearce: The petition of Charles Collins, presented December 15th, 1828.

By Mr. Swift: The petition of Jonathan M. Blaisdell, presented December 5th, 1828.

By Mr. Bartley: The petition of J. W. Hollister & Co. and George Anderson, presented December 16th, 1828.

On motion of Mr. Swift,

Ordered, That the petition of King and Thurber, presented February 28th, 1821, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Howard presented a petition of James J. Pattison, of the City of Baltimore, praying compensation for property destroyed by the British for.ces during the late war, in consequence of being occupied by troops in the

service of the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz:

By Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky: The petition of Andrew Boyle, presented January 20th, 1829.

By Mr. Lyon: The petition of Theophilus Cooksey, presented February 2d, 1823; and the petition of John Long, presented December 11th, 1828. By Mr. Blair, of Tennessee: The petition of Joseph Carr, presented February 13th, 1826.

On motion of Mr. Powers,

Ordered, That the petition of Captain John Burnham, presented December 31, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

On motion of Mr. White, of Florida,

Ordered, That the petition of F. M. Arredondo and others, presented December 15th, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Norton presented a petition of John Silsbe, of the State of New York, praying to be permitted to commute the pension he now receives from the United States, for a tract of public land described in his petition.

Mr. Gurley presented a petition of John Buhler, of the State of Louisiana; and a petition of John M'Donough, of the City of New Orleans; praying, respectively, for confirmation of their claims to land.

Mr. Overton presented a petition of John F. Girod, of the State of Louisiana, praying that a title may be made to him, for a certain tract of land; and that moneys which he has been compelled to pay for the same, may be refunded.

Mr. Overton presented a petition of Garrigues Flaujac, of the State of Louisiana, praying to be permitted to locate the quantity of lands confirmed to him by an Act of Congress, in different parcels, and at different places. Ordered, That these petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, viz:

By Mr. Norton: The petition of Abraham Forbes, presented January 28th, 1828.

By Mr. Gurley: The petition of Bast & Youce, presented December 11th, 1828; the petition of Alexander Fridge, presented December 9th, 1828; the petition of Charles Everard, presented March 10th, 1828; the petition of Dorothy Wells, presented January 14th, 1828; the petition of Robert Hillen, presented December 9th, 1828; the petition of Joseph and Maria Trahand, presented December 9th, 1828; the petition of the heirs of John Tuillier, presented December 9th, 1828; the petition of Francis Isidore Tuillier, presented December 9th, 1828; the petition of the heirs of Antoine Bonnabel, presented February 12th, 1827; the petition of Susanna M'Hugh, presented December 27th, 1827; the petition of the heirs of Baptiste Le Gendre, presented December 9th, 1828; and the petition of Alexander Boyd, presented December 11th, 1828.

By Mr. Overton: The petition of Iredell L. Philips, Aram King, Ransom Philips, and William King, presented February 25th, 1828; and the petition of Pierre Bonneveillon, Alexander Lancelot, Louis Estevan, and Gregoire Artacho, presented February 25th, 1828.

By Mr. Pettis: The petition of Peter P. M'Cormick, presented December 5th, 1828; and the petition of Isidore Moore, presented January 9th, 1826.

By Mr. Hinds: The petition of Thomas B. Magruder and Ann Brashiers, presented January 2d, 1827.

By Mr. White, of Florida: The petition of Alexander Love, presented January 26th, 1829.

On motion of Mr. Norton,

Ordered, That the petition of Robert Kaine, presented March 13th, 1826, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Condict,

Ordered, That the petition of William Jacocks, presented February 2d, 1829, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Spencer, of New York, presented a petition of Isaiah Townsend, of the City of Albany, in the State of New York, praying to be released from his liability to the United States, as one of the sureties of Gerrit L. Dox. late Postmaster of said City, for reasons set forth in his petition.

Mr. Maxwell, of New York, presented a petition of inhabitants of the towns of Erin, Elmira, and Cayuta, in the County of Tioga, in the State of New York;

Mr. Sill presented a petition of inhabitants of the County of Crawford, in the State of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Scott presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Venango, in the State of Pennsylvania;

praying, respectively, for the establishment of post routes therein designated. Mr. Blair, of South Carolina, presented a petition of Robert M'Queen, Postmaster at the town of Cheraw, in that State, praying to be reimbursed money paid by him as costs and damages on a suit which originated from conduct strictly within the line of his official duties.

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

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

By Mr. Armstrong: The petition of Lewis Wernwag, presented February 11th, 1828.

By Mr. Haynes: The petition of the heirs and representatives of Francis Tennille, deceased, presented December 29, 1828.

Mr. Howard presented a petition of the legal representatives of John Donnell, deceased, late of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, praying indemnity for a vessel and cargo lost in 1812, while in possession of the U. S. frigate, called the "Congress," from which frigate she was boarded by an officer, under the assumed character of an enemy.

Mr. Lewis presented a petition of the members of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, praying that the salary of the Judge of the United States District Court in that State, may be increased.

Ordered, That these petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Gaither presented a petition of the representatives and heirs at law of John Motley, deceased, praying to be permitted to make the last and final payment on a tract of land purchased of the United States, and which became forfeited, on the 4th of July last, for the non-payment of the said last instalment.

Mr. Test presented a petition of John Clark, of the State of Indiana, who states that he is very old, and has been entirely blind since he was three years of age, that his wife is also very aged, and that he is the father

of eleven children, and is withal very poor; he therefore prays for the donation of a tract of land.

Mr. Duncan presented a petition of John Burnett, and Benjamin Franklin Burnett, praying that a piece of land adjoining their ferry, over the river Mississippi, may be granted to them.

Mr. Lewis presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Conecuh, in the State of Alabama, praying that they may be permitted to purchase of the United States, at the minimum price, a tract of land therein described, upon which they propose to construct buildings for the Belleville Academy.

Mr. Lewis presented a petition of George Stiggins, of the State of Alabama, praying permission to make sale in fee, of the land secured to him during life, as a half blood Creek Indian, by the treaty of Fort Jackson.

Mr. Hinds presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Mississippi, on behalf of John Dinkins, who claims a pension on account of wounds received whilst a soldier in the Army of the United States, or a grant of land in lieu thereof.

Mr. Hinds presented another memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Mississippi, praying for a grant of public lands, the proceds to be applied to objects of internal improvement within the same; and that provision may be made for the repair of the great mail road passing through said State.

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of Lewis Marius Stanislaus Holleville, of the territory of Arkansas, praying permission to purchase the tract of public land on which he resides, it having been classed as land unfit for cultivation, and cannot, therefore, be sold without an act of Congress authorizing the same.

Mr. Sevier presented a petition of Persis Lovely, widow of Major L. S. Lovely, an officer of the Army of the Revolution, and lately Agent for the Emigrating Cherokee Indians, complaining that, in a treaty recently concluded between the United States and said Indians, land secured to her by a former treaty has been arbitrarily and illegally taken from her, and otherwise disposed of, and praying relief.

Ordered, That these petitions be referred to the Committee on the Publie Lands.

On motion of Mr. Wickliffe,

Ordered, That the petition of Mary Swope, presented January 2d, 1829, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Whittlesey,

Ordered, That the resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, respecting lands for schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve, in that State, presented January 21, 1828, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Boon,

Ordered, That the resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, relative to a graduated price for the public lands, presented January 22d, 1827, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Daniel Davis, of the State of Ohio, praying payment of the bounty of eighty dollars, to which he is entitled as a soldier of the Army of the Revolution, under the resolution of Congress of the 15th of May, 1778, as also payment for a horse lost in service, in the late war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That so much of this petition as relates to the claim for bounty,