MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1829.

Several other members, viz: from Pennsylvania, Philander Stephens; from North Carolina, Edward B. Dudley; and from Georgia, Richard H. Wilde; appeared, were qualified, and took their seats.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to th. 30th September, 1829, as appears from the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury; which letter and statement were laid on the table.

And then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1829.

Mr. Evans presented a memorial of Reuel Washburn, praying to be admitted to a seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the Twentyfirst Congress, in the place of James W. Ripley, returned as a member for the district of Oxford, in the State of Maine.

The Speaker presented a memorial of George Loyall, praying to be admitted to a seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the Twentyfirst Congress, in the place of Thomas Newton, returned as a member for the district composed of the Counties of Princess Anne, Nansemond, Norfolk, and Elizabeth City, and the Borough of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia.

The Speaker also presented a memorial of Thomas D. Arnold, praying to be admitted to a seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the Twenty-first Congress, in the place of Prior Lea, returned as a member for the second district, in the State of Tennessee.

Mr. Hoffman presented a memorial of Silas Wright, Junior, praying to be admitted to a seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the Twenty-first Congress, in the place of George Fisher, returned as a member for the twentieth district, in the State of New York.

Mr. Hoffman also presented memorials from inhabitants of the said twentieth Congressional district, in support of the claim of the said Silas Wright, Junior.

Ordered, That these memorials be referred to the Committee of Elections. Mr. Richardson presented a petition of Jotham Lincoln, administrator of the estate of Samuel Burr Lincoln, deceased, late of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an allowance for damages, in consequence of the failure of the Agent of the Government to fulfil a contract entered into with the said Samuel Burr Lincoln.

Mr. Miller presented a memorial of Rebecca Comly, of the City of Philadelphia, representative and heir at law of Isaac Worrell, deceased, late a Major General of Militia in the service of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain; praying to be allowed and paid a commission on moneys disbursed by the said Worrell in the payment of the troops under his command.

The Speaker presented a petition of Nathaniel Childers, of the State of Virginia, praying for an extra compensation for his services in taking the last Census of the County of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia.

Mr. Drayton presented a petition of Jane Muir, widow and administratrix of William Muir, late of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, deceased, praying compensation for damages done to a house, the property of the estate of the deceased, at Fernandina, in East Florida, by troops of the United States, in the year 1818.

Ordered, That these memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee on Claims.

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

By Mr. McIntire, the petition of Thomas Cutts, Junior, presented on the 15th January, 1828.

By Mr. McIntire, the petition of Joseph Dixon, presented on the 17th January, 1825.

By Mr. Cambreleng, the petition of Lewis Rouse, presented on the 13th December, 1825.

By Mr. Norton, the petition of Joseph Wells, presented on the 11th February, 1822.

By Mr. Sterigere, the petition of Lewis Schrack, presented on the 5th January, 1824.

By Mr. Dorsey, the petition of Robert Brooke, husband of Caroline Fenwick, presented on the 9th January, 1826.

By Mr. Dorsey, the petition of the Levy Court of Calvert County, in the State of Maryland, presented on the 9th December, 1823.

By Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, the petition of Wm. Schley, executor of J. G. Posner, deceased, presented on the 21st December, 1826.

By Mr. Wickliffe, the petition of Nathaniel B. Wood, presented on the 5th December, 1828.

By Mr. Chilton, the petition of James McCarty, presented on the 18th December, 1826.

By Mr. Whittlesey, the petition of Joel Byington, presented on the 5th December, 1817; the petition of Richard Biddle, administrator of John Wilkins, Jr. presented on the 11th December, 1828; the petition of Luther Chapin, presented on the 15th December, 1819; the petition of Peter Ford, presented on the 24th March, 1828.

By Mr. Swift, the petition of James Fisk, presented on the 2d of Janua

Ordered, That the papers on file in the office of the Clerk of this House, relative to a balance due by the United States to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as ascertained by the books of the Treasury Department, be referred to the Committee on Claims.

On motion of Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts,

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the petition and documents of Samuel Lee, presented at the last Congress.

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Joseph Allen, of New Hampshire, guardian of Abel Allen, an insane person, praying for a pension for his ward; Mr. Dwight presented a petition of Andrew Andrews, of the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Dwight presented a petition of Stephen Stevens, of the State of MasBachusetts;

Mr. Richardson presented a petition of Nehemiah Manson, of the State of Massachusetts;

Mr. Pearce presented a petition of Samuel Corey, of the State of Rhode Island;

Mr. Ingersoll presented a petition of Samuel Dean, of the State of Connecticut;

Mr. Huntington presented a petition of Joshua Yeomans, of the State of Connecticut;

Mr. Hoffman presented a petition of Alexander Hubbs, and a petition of Nicholas Schuyler, both of the State of New York;

Mr. Verplanck presented a petition of William Ward, of the City of New York;

Mr. Swan presented a petition of Joseph Boss, John Macollam, John Vankirk, John Sains, John Muirheid, John James, and James Hunt, all of the State of New Jersey;

Mr. Condict presented a petition of John Kinney, of the State of New Jersey; also, a petition of Robert Young, of the same State;

Mr. Cooper presented a petition of David Cox, of the State of New Jersey; Mr. Blair, of South Carolina, presented a petition of James Spann, Senior, of the State of South Carolina;

Mr. Chilton presented a petition of James Jones, of the State of Kentucky; Mr. Polk presented a petition of Aaron Reynolds, of the State of Ten

nessee;

praying, respectively, to be placed on the pension list of the United States. Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of Robert M. Wilson, of the City of Philadelphia, praying for an increase of pension.

The Speaker presented a petition of William Price, of the City of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the five years' full pay, as the commutation of half pay for life, to which he conceives himself entitled, as an officer of the army of the Revolution.

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

The undermentioned petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and also referred to the Committee on Military Pensions, viz:

By Mr. McIntire, the petition of Reuben Ricker, presented March 11th, 1826; the petition of Robert Whall, presented on the 9th February, 1829; and the petition of John Pearl, presented on the 19th January, 1829.

By Mr. Wingate, the petition of John L. Polerezcky, presented on the 14th December, 1825; the petition of Isaac Plummer, presented on the 21st January, 1826; the petition of Samuel Payson, presented on the 14th January, 1828; and the petition of William Lawrence, presented on the 4th December, 1827.

By Mr. Richardson, the petition of Jane Mary Lawrence, presented on the 22d January, 1825.

By Mr. Varnum, the petition of Robert Gumbleton, presented on the 11th February, 1828; and the petition of Daniel Smith, presented on the 5th December, 1828.

By Mr. Huntington, the petition of John Fanning, presented on the 31st December, 1827.

By Mr. Hoffman, the petition of Henry Staring, Junior, presented on the 21st December, 1826.

By Mr. Norton, the petition of William Harris, presented on the 14th December, 1826.

By Mr. Tracy, the petition of Robert Huggins, presented on the 27th December, 1827; and the petition of Simeon Hosmer, Phineas Dodge, and George Sloan, presented on the 5th December, 1828.

By Mr. Martindale, the petition of Nathan Durkee, presented on the 23d February, 1829.

By Mr. Condict, the petition of Mary S. Hunter, Susanna Armstrong, Susan Dayton, and Sarah Cummings, widows of officers of the Revolutionary army, presented on the 16th February, 1829; and the petition of A. Poor, Elizabeth Adams, Lydia Fogg, Mary Emory, T. Tenny, and Caroline E. Eustis, also widows of officers of the Revolutionary army, presented on the 16th February, 1829.

By Mr. Mitchell, the petition of John McClain, presented on the 28th December, 1826.

By Mr. Lea, the petition of William Tipton, presented on the 24th March, 1828.

By Mr. Kennon, the petition of Thomas Thorla, presented on the 31st December, 1828; and the petition of George W. Morrison, presented on the 10th March, 1828.

Mr. McIntire presented a petition of William Johnson, of the State of Maine, praying payment of a due bill, given him for services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Dwight presented a petition of the representatives and heirs at law of John Reynolds, deceased, praying payment of the balance due for the services of the said John Reynolds, as an officer in the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Bates presented a petition of Justin Alvord, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for a grant of the bounty land to which he is entitled, by reason of the services of his father, Job Alvord, as a Captain in the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Verplanck presented a petition of William Ward, of the State of New York, praying compensation for his services in the Quartermaster's Department of the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Ramsey presented a petition of Archibald Bard, and John Findlay, executors of the last will and testament of Robert Johnson, deceased, late of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid the interest on certain public certificates, issued during the Revolutionary war, the principal of which was paid, in pursuance of an act passed at the last session of Congress.

Mr. Lyon presented a petition of Samuel Gordon, of the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, presented a petition of the heirs and representatives of Doct. Samuel Kenedy, deceased, formerly of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services rendered by their ancestor in the Medical Department of the army of the Revolution.

Mr. Lyon presented a petition of Charles Brown, of the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for services rendered as a soldier in 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. Crowninshield, the petition of Joseph Vincent, presented on the 18th December, 1827.

By Mr. Condict, the petition of George Townley, presented on the 19th January, 1829.

By Mr. Drayton, the petition of Richard Wall, presented on the 11th December, 1827.

By Mr. Davis, of South Carolina, the petition of John Moffit, presented on the 22d December, 1826.

Mr. McIntire presented a petition of inhabitants of the County of Hancock, in the State of Maine;

Mr. Ihrie presented a petition of inhabitants of the County of Wayne, in the State of Pennsylvania,

Mr. Desha presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Sumner, in the State of Tennessee;

praying, respectively, for the establishment of post routes therein designated. Mr. Duncan presented a petition of Josiah H. Webb, praying for an increase of the pension heretofore granted him, for a wound received whilst a carrier of the mail.

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

On motion of Mr. White, of Florida,

Ordered, That the petition of inhabitants of Key West, presented on the 9th of February, 1829, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Gorham presented a memorial of distillers of rum from foreign molasses, residing in the City of Boston, praying for the allowance of drawback of duties on molasses, on the exportation of the rum distilled therefrom.

Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, presented a similar memorial of distillers of rum, residing in Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts.

Mr. Richardson presented a petition of inhabitants of the towns of Hingham, Weymouth, and Quincy, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that buoys may be placed so as to mark two sunken ledges of rocks, called Tunken Island, and Big Rocks, in Boston harbor.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Peter Crary, John S. Crary, Henry Todd, and Oliver E. Cobb, merchants of New York, trading under the firm of P. and J. S. Crary, & Co. praying to be allowed and paid the drawback of duties on certain goods sold by them, and exported to Colombia, in South America, which is withheld by reason of informality in complying with the requirements of the law.

Mr. Spencer, of New York, presented a petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Albany, in the State of New York, and of citizens of that city, praying that an appropriation of money may be made for the improvement of the navigation of Hudson river.

Mr. Drayton presented a memorial of the City Council of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, praying to be reimbursed the advances made by it on account of the United States' Marine Hospital, in the City of Charleston.

Mr. White, of Florida, presented a petition of inhabitants of Key West, in Florida, praying that the right of drawback may be allowed on goods exported from Key West to a foreign port, although said goods may have been imported into that place from any other port of the United States.

Ordered, That these petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce. On motion of Mr. Barber, of Connecticut,

Ordered, That the petition of Henry Dickins, Thomas Dunbar, Jr. and Tristam Dickins, presented on the 26th January, 1829, be referred to the Committee of Commerce.