consideration, particularly the bill (No. 641) to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports; and had come to no resolution thereon.

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

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1833.

Mr. Semmes presented a memorial of the Corporation of the city of Washington, setting forth the pecuniary embarrassments under which the said Corporation labors, and praying Congress to relieve it by assuming the subscription made on behalf of said city, of one million of dollars, to the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; which memorial was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Bucher presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Huntington, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the duties on insports may be reduced; which memorial was referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 641) to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports.

Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 19) entitled "An act for the relief of Elizabeth Magruder, of Mississippi," made a report thereon, recommending that the said bill be rejected.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 695) to regulate the conspensation of certain officers of the revenue cutters; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petitions of Jean Baptiste, Louis Metoyers, Etienne Lacasses, Barthelemy Rachal, Francis Roubien, Julian Rachael, and Pierre S. Compere, accompanied by a bill (No. 696) for the relief of Julian Rachael and others; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Bullard, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Elihu Hall Bay and others; which report was read, and laid on the table..

On motion of Mr Joseph M. White,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of erecting a light-house at the northern entrance of Eg nont, or the southwest channel leading from Key West into the Gulf of Mexico, on the coast of Florida.

Mr. Wicklife moved the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That, after this day, the daily hour to which the House shall stand adjourned, shall be eleven o'clock A. M. until otherwise ordered. The said resolution being read, it was,

On motion of Mr. Ingersoll,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Saturday next, the 26th instant.

On motion of Mr. Hall, of North Carolina,

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives cause the several acts of ratification of the Federal Constitution, by State Conventions, with the dates of the time and place of the same, to be collated and printed for the use of the members of the House.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. John Quincy Adams on the 16th instant; and, after further debate thereon, the hour elapsed, and the debate was suspended.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary, as follows:

WASHINGTON, January 19, 1833.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I transmit, herewith, the fourth annual report of the Board of Inspectors of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, which is required by the act of the 3d of March, 1829, to be laid before Congress.

ANDREW JACKSON.

Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

The House again resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Wayne reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 641) to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports, and had come to no resolution thereon.

And then the House adjourned until Monday next, twelve o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1833.

Joseph Johnson, elected to supply the vacancy in the representation from the State of Virginia, occasioned by the death of Philip Doddridge, and who appeared on Saturday, the 19th instant, was sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took his seat.

Hiland Hall, from the State of Vermont, also appeared, was sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took his seat.

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.

Mr. Verplanck presented a memorial of sundry insurance companies in the city of New York, praying further indemnity for losses sustained by said companies in consequence of the unlawful seizure, by the Government, of the ships Superior, Addison, and Woodrop Sims, and their cargoes, to satisfy duties on merchandise owing by Edward Thomson.

Mr. McCarty presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying that an appropriation may be made for carrying on the work on the Cumberland road, in that State.

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

Mr. Kavanagh presented a petition of John Dwight and Sullivan Dwight, praying for the renewal of their patent for the invention of a machine for sawing or cutting stone, and polishing the same and other substances; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a petition of merchants and other citizens of the district of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that a custom-house and a public store house may be erected in the town of Plymouth.

Mr. Lansing presented a memorial of the Corporation of the city of Albany, in the State of New York, praying that an appropriation may be made to improve the navigation of Hudson river, between the cities of Hudson and Troy.

Mr. Sutherland presented a memorial of merchants of the city of Philadelphia, praying that the port of New Castle, in the State of Delaware, may be established as a port of entry.

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

Mr. Brodhead presented a petition of Moses Turner, of the State of New Hampshire, praying to be allowed and paid arrears of pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Burges presented a petition of Daniel Eldridge Updike, of the State of Rhode Island, praying to be paid the amount due on a certificate of revolutionary debt.

Mr. Richard M. Johnson presented a petition of the heirs of William Slaughter, late of the State of Virginia, deceased, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay which the said Slaughter was entitled as a lieutenant in the army of the revolution.

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

Mr. Edward Everett presented a petition of George S. Bourne, bearer of despatches from the Charge des Affaires of the United States in Mexico to the Government of the United States, praying to be allowed compensation for time and expenses in returning to Mexico; which petition was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Bates Cooke,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Ephraim F. Gilbert, a captain in the late war, on the invalid pension list.

Mr. John Davis presented a petition of Benjamin Green, of the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. John Reed presented a petition of William Doggett, of the State of Massachusetts;

praying, respectively, that their names may be placed on the list of revolutionary pensioners.

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

Mr. Robert Allen presented a petition of Mary Henry, of the State of Virginia, praying to be allowed the arrears of pension which she conceives to be due to her late husband, Nathaniel Henry, deceased; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Beardsley,

Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Gilbert, presented January 4th, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of John B. Gaynor, of the city of New York;

Mr. James Blair presented a petition of Joseph Gatson, of the State of South Carolina;

Mr. Marshall presented a petition of James R. Higgins, of the State of Kentucky;

praying, respectively, that their names may be placed on the list of invalid pensioners.

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

Mr. McCarty presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying that a pension may be granted to William Warren; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Archer presented a petition of Henry Tatum, of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay to which he is enti. tied as a lieutenant in the army of the revolution; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Hogan presented sundry statements in relation to the subject-matter of the inquiries set forth in the resolution submitted by him on the 17th instant, which statement was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr Joseph M White,

Ordered, That the petition of Jane Baker, presented January 7, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs

Mr. Wardwell 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 for the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Salmon river.

Mr. Stewart presented proposals for publishing a practical treatise on laying out and constructing McAdamized roads, together with general observations on the best mode of making and improving other roads, by John S. Williams, engineer.

Mr. Joseph M. White presented a document in relation to the Saint Andrew's Bay and Chipola Land Company.

Mr Duncan presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, praying permission to appropriate the proceeds of the lands granted to said State for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan, to the construction of a turnpike road, railroad, or canal, as either of them shall be found most advantageous or convenient.

Mr. Duncan presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, praying that the Cumberland road may be so located as to pass through the town of Alton, on the river Mississippi.

Mr. Creighton presented a petition from inhabitants of the county of Logan, in the State of Ohio, praying Congress to purchase the Louisville and Portland canal, and that the said canal may be made free of toll.

Mr. Russel presented a similar petition of inhabitants of the counties of Brown and Ripley, in the State of Ohio.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Ashtabula, in the State of Ohio, praying that a national road may be constructed from the town of Washington, in Pennsylvania, by Georgetown, and thence northwardly to Lake Erie.

Mr. Vance presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Ohio, praying that a road may be constructed from Belle Fontaine, in Logan county, to the seat of justice of Hancock county.

Mr. Carr presented a petition of inhabitants of the district of Lawrenceburg, in the State of Indiana, praying Congress to purchase the Louisville and Portand canal, and that the said canal may be made free of toll.

Mr. Wing presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Herkimer, in the State of New York, intending to remove to the Territory of Michigan, praying that a road may be opened from Detroit to the mouth of Grand river, on Lake Michigan.

Mr Wing presented a petition of inhabitants of Green Bay, in the Territory of Michigan, praying that provision may be made for improving the navigation of Fox river, and for the construction of a road from Green Bay to Chicago, in said Territory.

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

Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of inhabitants of the towns of Watertown and Rodman, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of New York; Mr. Wardwell presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Jefferson, in the State of New York;

Mr. Bates, of Maine, presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Somerset, Kennebec, and Penobscot, in the State of Maine;

Mr. Isacks presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Fentress, in the State of Tennessee;

Mr. Jarvis presented a petition of inhabitants of the town of Lincoln, in the county of Penobscot, in the State of Maine;

Mr. Jarvis presented a petition of inhabitants of the town of Lee, in the county of Penobscot, in the State of Maine;

Mr. Foster presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Morgan, in the State of Georgia;

Mr. Wayne presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Jefferson and Pulaski, in the State of Georgia;

Mr. Fitzgerald presented a petition of inhabitants of Denmark, in the State of Tennessee;

Mr. Kennon presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Ohio; praying, respectively, for the establishment of post routes therein mentioned and described.

Mr. McCarty presented a petition of Henry Weist, of the State of Indiana, praying compensation for carrying the mail from Baltimore, in Maryland, to Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, for one year, ending in October, 1804. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Lansing presented a petition of Gerrit J. Groesbeck, of the State of New York, praying to be remunerated for expenses and losses incurred by him in consequence of the fracture of his leg whilst in the service of the United States,

Mr. Washington presented a petition of Henry Knowles, senior, of the District of Columbia, praying to be paid for a horse which was impressed into the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Letcher presented a petition of Alexander Hopkins, praying to be paid for two horses lost in the military service of the United States in taking possession of Louisiana in the year 1804.

Mr. Letcher presented a petition of Joel Sartain, of the State of Kentucky, praying to be paid for a horse lost in the military service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain:

Mr. Wing presented a petition of Louis Rouse, of the Territory of Michigan, praying further compensation for a quantity of whiskey taken from him in the year 1818, by a military officer, for the use of troops of the United States.

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