J On motion of Mr. Wing, Ordered, That the petition of John Lawes, presented January 23, 1832, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Gordon presented a petition of Harry Smith, of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid for twelve days' services of a horse in the revolutionary war, also for three months' services of himself as a non-commissioned officer in the said war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Smith presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the duties on imports may be reduced; which petition was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which is committed the bill (No. 641) to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports. Mr. Coulter presented a memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying Congress to make provision for the gradual abolition of slavery within the said District, and, in the mean time, to prohibit the traffic in slaves in said District; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. John Blair presented a similar memorial from citizens of the State of Tennessee; which was also referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey presented a petition of James Alcorn, of the District of Columbia, praying for a grant of land in consideration of long and faithful services in the navy of the United States. Mr. Fitzgerald presented a petition of Green Pryor, of the State of Tennessee, praying that his title to a tract of land therein described may be confirmed. Mr. Wing presented a petition of Louis Rouse, of the Territory of Michigan, praying that his title to a tract of land therein described may be confirmed. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Wing presented a petition of Martin Nadaux, of the Territory of Michigan, praying that he may be permitted to locate lands of the United States in lieu of a tract which was confirmed to him, and which has since been sold by the United States. Mr. Duncan presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, praying that the right of pre-emption in the purchase of public lands may be granted to certain inhabitants of that State Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. McDuffie presented the following preamble and resolution, adopted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, viz. SOUTH CAROLINA. IN SENATE, 13th December, 1832. The Committee on Federal Relations, to whom was referred that portion of the Governor's message, No. 3, which relates to the call of a Convention of the States, respectfully report the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas serious causes of discontent do exist among the States of the Union, from the ex. ercise, by Congress, of powers not conferred or contemplated by the sovereign parties to the compact: Therefore, Resolved, That it is expedient that a Convention of the States be called as early as practica ble, to consider and determine such questions of disputed power as have arisen between the States of this confederacy and the General Government. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit copies of this preamble and resolutions to the Governors of the several States, with a request that the same may be laid before the Legislatures of their respective States, and also to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, to be by them laid before Congress for consideration. Resolved, That the Senate do agree Ordered to the House of Representatives for concurrence. IN SENATE, 19th December, 1832. The House of Representatives returned, with their concurrence, the report of the Committee on Federal Relations on that portion of the Governor's message, No. 3, which relates to a call of a Convention of the States. A true copy from the journals: JACOB WARLEY, Clerk of the Senate. Mr. Stewart presented the following resolutions, adopted by the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, viz. RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE TARIFF. Whereas an alteration in the tariff system is proposed in the House of Representatives of the United States by the Committee of Ways and Means, and now under is consideration in that body: And whereas it is believed that, if the bill now under consideration should become a law, its operation will be very injurious to the great manufacturing interests of the country, and consequently prejudicial to the interests of agriculture, and to the industry and prosperity of the people generally: Therefore, Resolved by the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That, in their opinion, the bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives of the United States ought not to become a law, and that no reduction of duties ought to be made, calculated to affect the successful prosecution of our domestic manufactures, or in any way to impair the faith of the Government, by which the enterprise of our own citizens would be checked, and successful domestic competition retarded. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, to be laid before their respective bodies. SAMUEL ANDERSON, Approved the 18th day of January, Anno Domini 1833. GEO. WOLF. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Harrisburgh, January 18, 1833. This is to certify that the foregoing is a true exemplification of the original roll on file in this office. Witness my hand and seal. S. McKEAN. Mr. Appleton presented a memorial of merchants of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that the duty on foreign hemp may be repealed or greatly reduced. Mr. Burges presented sundry resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, expressive of the opinion of the said Assembly of the inexpediency and impolicy of the reduction, now proposed in Congress, of the duties on imports, and of the ruinous consequences which would be produced on the industry of the country by such reduction. Mr. Verplanck presented a memorial of merchants and ship owners in the city of New York, praying that the duty on foreign salt, and on crude or mineral salt, may be abolished, or that the duty on salt may be greatly reduced. Mr. Sutherland presented a memorial of merchants, ship owners, and other inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, of the same tenor and effect as the memorial last presented by Mr. Verplanck, from the merchants and ship-owners of the city of New York. Mr. Howard presented a memorial of the same tenor and effect from the merchants and ship owners of the city of Baltimore. Ordered, That the said memorials be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which is committed the bill (No. 641) to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports. On motion of Mr. Sevier, Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation, according to the estimate of John C. Jones, for making a road from Villemont, in Arkansas, by Pine Bluffs to Little Rock, and to extend and complete the Little Rock and Memphis road from the house of William Strong, on the Saint Francis river, by Litchfield, in Jackson county, to Batesville. On motion of Mr. Plummer, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the relief of John C. Naylor, be discharged from the consideration thereof, and that it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Ihrie, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of the heirs of Septa Fillmore, deceased; which report was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 697) authorizing the reimbursement of certain discriminating duties levied upon foreign vessels and their cargoes; 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. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the cases of Hiram Steele and Daniel Brayman; which reports were read, and laid on the table. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of the heirs of Doctor Samuel Kennedy; which was committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-mor row. On motion of Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the presentment of the grand jury of Hamilton county, in the Territory of Florida, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of the heirs of William Eppes, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 698) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ward, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the case of the widow and childen of George Ludlum, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No 699) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 700) supplementary to an act entitled "An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Arkansas," approved March 2, 1827; which bill was read the first time. On motion of Mr. Duncan, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be in. structed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Brownsville to Nashville, and from Macomb to Quincy, in Illinois. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the persons employed as clerks in the Department of War in the year 1882, with the salary paid to each; which letter was read, and laid on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution (No. 2) authorizing the delivery of certain papers in the Department of State to the commissioners for settling claims under the treaty with France of the 2d of February, 1832, in which resolution I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary, was follows: WASHINGTON, 19th February, 1832. I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1832. ANDREW JACKSON. The said message was read, and laid on the table. Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the location and construction of the Cumberland road from Vandalia, in the State of Illinois, to the city of Jefferson, in the State of Missouri. The House 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, 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 to-morrow, twelve o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1833. Ordered, That Mr. Hogan have leave to be absent from the service of this House till the 6th day of February next. On motion of Mr. Mardis, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William Walton, and that leave be given to withdraw the same. Mr. Mardis, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Christopher A. Green and Robert Lawson; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petitions of Baptiste Jeansonne and Joseph Pierre Pitre, accompanied by a bill (No. 701) 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. Wickliffe, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of H. A. De Saussure, guardian of Alester Garden, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the inquiry into the expediency of granting extra pay to registers and receivers of the land offices for extra services. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William Wickersham, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Moses Turner, Daniel Barber, Moses Smith, and Elizabeth Pierce, and that they lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Bucher, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged front the further consideration of the cases of William Doggett, Benjamin Green, and Elwiley Smith, and that they lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Bucher, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Mary Henry, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Johnson Cook, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (No. 702) to authorize the issuing of a patent or patents to Samuel Hall; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration was postponed until the 29th instant. Mr. John Quincy Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred the resolution requiring information whether the order of this House of the 28th of May last, directing the returns of the agents employed by the Treasury Department to collect information in relation to the manufactures of the United States, has been executed, and if not, the reason why it has not been executed, made a report; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Hoffman, Resolved, That the Clerk of this House direct the Printer to Congress to furnish for the use of the members of this House, from time to time, document No. 308 of the last session, containing the returns of manufactures, as the same shall be printed. Mr. Wickliffe, by leave of the House, submitted a joint resolution explanatory of the third section of the act of Congress approved 3d July, 1832, entitled "An act for liquidating and paying certain claims to the State of Virginia;" which resolution was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. |