plain. and a light on Cumberland Head, presented at the last session of Congress, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Hogan, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce inquire into the expediency of erecting a light house at the entrance of Oswegatchie river. Mr. Hogan presented a petition of inhabitants of the northern frontier of the State of New York, praying that measures may be adopted to improve the navigation of the river St. Lawrence, within the boundary of the United States; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Hogan, Ordered. That the petition of Michael Hogan, presented February 6, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Randolph presented a petition of Sally Sperry, widow of Truman Sperry, a soldier in the army in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a grant of the bounty in land, and for three months extra pay, to which the conceives her late husband to have been entitled; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Lewis, Ordered, That the petition of William Coleman, presented December 13, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion of Mr. Lewis, Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong, presented January 5, 1881, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion of Mr. Lewis, Ordered, That the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, for compensation to certain half-breed friendly Creek Indians, for losses sustained during the late war, presented February 20, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion of Mr. Wing, Ordered, That the memorials of citizens of the Territory of Michigan, residing in the Mining district, west of Lake Michigan, presented March 12, 1832, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Stewart presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to subscribe one million of dollars towards the construction of the western section of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal; which petition was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On Motion of Mr. Richard M. Johnson, Ordered, That the petition of Benjamin B. Bruce, presented January 18, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee on Claims, made a report on the petition of Whitford Gill, accompanied by a bill (No. 620) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 621) making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 1833, and for certain expenditures of the year 1832; 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. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following resolution; which was read, and agreed to by the House: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire and report what law or other regulation may be necessary for diminishing the annual expenses for holding the Supreme, Circuit, and Districts Courts of the United States, and including the contingent charges of the judiciary establishment, and the expenses of suits and prosecutions chargeable to the United States. The resolution submitted by Mr. White, of Florida, on the 15th instant, and laid on the table, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House. On motion of Mr. McIntire, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of conferring staff rank on the officers of the pay department of the army. On motion of Mr. Mason, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the mail route, now established by law, from Danville to Hicksford, so as to pass by Jerusalem and Monroe, in Southampton, to Suffolk, in Nansemond county, in Virginia. On motion of Mr. Barringer, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Hillsborough, North Carolina, by Long's Mills, Troy's Store, Hone Factory, to Ashborough, North Carolina. Mr. Wickliffe submitted the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule, viz. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following be proposed to the States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to take effect from and after the ratification of the same by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, viz. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office of trust or profit under the authority of the United States. On motion of Mr. Arnold, Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, for the more general distribution of the Journals of Congress, and the laws of the United States, among the people and voters of the several States. Whereupon, Mr. Arnold, Mr. White, of Louisiana, Mr. Henry King, Mr. Corwin, Mr. Barstow, Mr. Allen, of Vermont, and Mr. Nelson, were appointed the said committee. On motion of Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing the widow of Richard Carr the military bounty land due to her deceased husband, late a private soldier in the 21th infantry United States. On motion of Mr. E. Whittlesey, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the time until the next session of Congress, for carrying into effect an act passed at the last session for the relief of Robert C. Jennings and of the executors of James Roddey, deceased. On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Ohio, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Foulkston through Clarkson, to East Fairfield, Columbia county, in the State of Ohio. On motion of Mr. Leavitt, Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of refunding to David Goorley, late a private in the marine service of the United States, the amount expended by him for his homeward passage from the port of Leghorn, at which he was discharged from the service. On motion of Mr. Wing, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so modifying the laws in relation to the mineral lands of the Government, as to enable the President to bring them into market in the same manner that other public lands are sold. Mr. White, of Florida, moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to this House the correspondence between the French and Spanish Ministers with the State Department on the subject of the duties on the cargo of the French ship Pactole, at Mobile. Ordered, That the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of David M. Lewis, made the 2d March, 1832, be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Third Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting the papers called for by the House on the 14th inst., in relation to claims for damages claimed on account of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore, in the late war with Great Britain; which letter and papers were referred to the Committee of Claims. Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz. No. 175. An act for the relief of the heirs of Jean Baptiste Saucier; No. 176. An act for the relief of Eugene Borel; No. 180. An act for the relief of Daniel Johnson; No. 181. An act for the relief of Joseph Eaton, an assistant surgeon in the army of the United States. No. 183. An act for the relief of Frederick Raymer; No. 185. An act for the relief of Joel Wright; No. 197. An act for the relief of Russell Hotchkiss and others, owners of the brig Stranger; No. 198. An act for the relief of Josiah P. Creesy and others; No. 199. An act for the relief of Gabriel Godfroy and Jean Baptiste Beaugrand; No. 200. An act for the relief of John Thomas and Peter Foster; No. 201. An act for the relief of the children of Charles Combes and Marguerite Laviolet, his wife; No. 203. An act for the relief of Chastelain and Ponvert; No. 211. An act for the relief of Jane Dauphin, administratrix of John Dauphin; No. 215. An act in aid of an act, entitled An act for the relief of James Barnett;" No. 216. An act for the relief of James Brownlee; No. 218. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Col. John Thornton, deceased; No. 219. An act for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased; No. 552. An act for the relief of Sylvester Havens; were, severally, read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. An engrossed bill (No. 196) entitled " An act for the relief of Joseph Du Commun," was read the third time; And, on the question, Shall this bill pass? Yeas, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Mark Alexander Robert Allen Thomas D. Arnold John Banks Daniel L. Barringer Thomas T. Bouldin John Carr Henry W. Connor Richard M. Cooper Robert Craig John Davis Lewis Dewart Joseph Draper Joseph Duncan William W. Ellsworth Horace Everett John M. Felder Mr. William Fitzgerald Thomas F Foster 58, 115. Mr. Job Pierson Nathaniel Pitcher George C. Washington Frederick Whittlesey Mr. John Y. Mason Thomas A. Marshall David Potts, jr. Mr. Aaron Ward Daniel Wardwell Mr. Samuel J. Wilkin Grattan H. Wheeler Mr. Charles A. Wickliffe John T. H. Worthington. Ordered, That the bill (No. 238) declaring the effect of judgments in the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes, be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 220) establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin; when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of said bill be postponed until Tuesday, the 25th of December, instant. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 304) to incorporate the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church in Georgetown; when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of said bill be postponed until Tuesday, the 25th of December, instant. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 497) to secure to mechanics and others payment for labor and materials done and furnished in the erection of buildings in the city of Washington; and the amendment thereto reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the 11th day of April, 1832, being read, was concurred in by the House; and it was Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 350) to amend an act, entitled "An act to alter and amend an act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," approved January 19, 1831; when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of said bill be postponed unti Thursday next, the 20th instant. Ordered, That the bill (No. 591) making Calais and Pembroke, in the State of Maine, ports of delivery, be engrossed and read a third time to morrow. Ordered, That the bill (No. 598) to prevent the confirmation of illegal and fraudulent French and Spanish grants to lands within the United States or Territories thereof, be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1832. Mr. Anderson presented a petition of Marcus Quincy and William Gorham, of the State of Maine, praying that the foreign tonnage duty, paid by them in Boston in August last on the brig Neptune, may be refunded, for reasons set forth in the petition. Mr. Harper presented a petition of merchants, owners and masters of vessels, and others, of the port of Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that a custom-house and public storehouse may be erected in said port. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com- merce. On motion of Mr. Heman Allen, Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of Burlington, in the State of Vermont, and of Whitehall, Troy, and Albany, in the State of New York, for the erection of a pier or breakwater in Burlington bay, on Lake Champlain, presented February 27, 1832, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. |