Mr. John A. Rockwell, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the case of William A. Duer: which report was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. John A. Rockwell, Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of the president, directors, and company of the Union Bank of the State of Rhode Island, and that it be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Giles, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 138) authorizing the erection of certain light-houses, and for other purposes: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Giles, from the Committee on Commerce, made an adverse report upon the memorials of Walter Titus & Co., and Thomas H. Leggett & Co., merchants of the city of New York, for a return of duties: which report was laid upon the table. Mr. Tibbatts, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the petition upon the subject was referred, reported a bill (No. 139) making an appropriation for the improvement of Newark bay: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Edsall presented a resolution of the legislature of the State of New Jersey, relative to the navigation of the Passaic river; Also, a petition of citizens of the same State, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the said river. Ordered, That the said resolution and petition be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. McClelland, Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the consideration of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, relative to the completion of marine hospitals at Pittsburg, Louisville, and Cleveland; and that it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. McClernand, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 140) to cede certain land in the State of Tennessee to that State, and for other purposes, accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McClernand, from the same committee, reported a bill (No. 141) to repeal a part of the act entitled " An act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of the public lands, approved 5th April, 1832, and for other purposes," accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Thomas Smith, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Wiley B. Parnell, accompanied by a bill (No. 142) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Relfe, from the Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the joint resolution (No. 7) in relation to mineral lands, reported an amendatory resolution. Ordered, That the said resolution be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. 306 Mr. John G. Chapman, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 143) to provide a free bridge across the eastern branch of the river Potomac, in the city of Washington, accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pettit, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report upon the memorial of William Lanphier and Joseph Harris, accompanied by the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the said William Lanphier and Joseph Harris are not entitled to any relief. Mr. Lumpkin, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of Harry Richardson: which report was laid upon the table. Mr. Rathbun, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill (No. 70) to regulate the times of holding the courts of the United States in the northern and southern districts of New York, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. St. John, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report upon the petition of Henrietta Barnes, one of the representatives of Lathrop Allen: which report was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Joseph Johnson, Ordered, That the same committee be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Isaac Davis, heir of Cornelius Davis, and that it be laid upon the table. Mr. Joseph Johnson, from the same committee, made a report upon the case of the heirs of Thomas Wishart, accompanied by a bill (No. 144) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bayly, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of Gustavus B. Horner: which report was laid upon the table. Mr. Clarke, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of the heirs of Count De Grasse: which report was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Clarke, Ordered, That the same committee be discharged from the consideration of the memorial and resolutions of the legislature of Kentucky on the subject of compensation to the heirs of Christopher Miller; and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Jacob Thompson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to report to this House a detailed statement of the investment and disbursement of the several sums of money set apart by the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota, in the year 1835, and the further sum of $1,047,067, appropriated in the second section of the act approved June 12, 1838, so as to exhibit the disposition which has been made of the $5,000,000 provided for under the first article of the said treaty; how much of said fund has been permanently invested, and in what stocks; how much has been paid to individuals, and to whom paid, and on and by whose account; by virtue of what article in the treaty, or under what law, has the same been done; and, also, to exhibit the disposition of the $6,000,000 provided for in the third article of the supplementary treaty, and the $1,047,767 provided for in the act of 1838, above referred to, and how much of said sums yet remain undisbursed; distinguishing in each case the article in the treaty by virtue of which the disbursements were made, and out of what funds the claims arising under the 9th, 13th, and 16th articles have been satisfied respectively. The said resolution was read, and, by unanimous consent, it was considered and agreed to. Mr. Haralson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 145) to authorize the President of the United States, under certain circumstances therein mentioned, to accept the services of volunteers, and for other purposes: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Baker, from the same committee, to which the petition of John, Stockton was referred, reported a bill (No. 146) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James A. Black, from the Committee on the Militia, reported a bill (No. 147) more effectually to provide for the national defence by organizing and classifying the militia of the United States, and providing for calling the same into the service of the United States, and for other purposes; accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Thomas Butler King, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report upon the memorial of John Ericsson, accompanied by a bill (No. 148) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas Butler King, from the same committee, reported a joint resolution (No. 11) relative to an invention of James Montgomery: which was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report in the case of the heirs of Robert Fulton, accompanied by a bill (No. 149) for their relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stanton, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition . of Francis Martin, a lieutenant in the revenue service, accompanied by a bill (No. 150) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stanton, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Rodolphine Claxton and Ellen Woolsey, widow of W. G. Woolsey, accompanied by a bill (No. 151) to amend an act entitled "An act reviving certain naval pensions for the term of five years;" Also, a report upon the petition of James F. Miller, accompanied by a bill (No. 152) to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending 30th June, 1846, and for other purposes:" which bills were severally read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole) House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, Ordered, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from 308 the consideration of the memorial relative to the conduct of the commander of a British man-of-war toward the colony of Liberia, on the coast of Africa; and from the message of the President of the United States of the 7th March, 1844, upon the subject of the said colony; and that the said memorial and message be laid upon the table. Mr. Dodge offered the following resolution; and the rule requiring the same to lie one day upon the table being dispensed with, it was read, considered, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to transmit to this House the report of Captain Joshua Barney, the officer having charge of the public works in the Territory of Iowa. Mr. Hoge, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report upon the petition of John Otis: which report was laid upon the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their secretary: • Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he has approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz: No. 26. An act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions; No. 22. An act to repeal the act which abolishes the office of one of the inspectors general of the army, and to revive and establish said office. They have passed a bill (No. 34) entitled an act establishing certain post routes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. And, thereupon, The said bill (No. 34) was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Sawyer: A memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying an appropriation for the establishment of a naval depot at the harbor of Toledo, in the State of Ohio; Also, four memorials of citizens of the State of Ohio, remonstrating against the contemplated improvement in the Maumee river, and that no appropriation be made at this time for that object. By Mr. Darragh: A memorial of the select and common council of the city of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a sufficient appropriation to improve the navigation of the Ohio river. By Mr. Seddon: The memorial of citizens of the city of Richmond, Virginia, praying an appropriation for the improvement of James river, be tween Richmond and Warwick-heretofore presented January 5, 1843. By Mr. Sawyer:, A memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying an appropriation for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Maumee river, in that State. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Lewis: A petition of shipmasters, merchants, and other citizens of the State of New York, praying for the completion of the ports of refuge upon the United States frontier opposite the Canadian shore, in that State, for the completion of Cattaraugus harbor, and the erection of a light-house at its outlet: which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. By Mr. Leonard H. Sims: A petition of James W. Day, a messenger employed at the Executive mansion, praying that his pay may be so increased as to equal that of others who perform similar duties: which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Wick: A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, for an appropriation for the construction of a canal around the falls of the Ohio river, on the Indiana side. By Mr. Pettit: A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, of like import. Ordered, That said joint resolutions be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Kennedy: A memorial of citizens of La Grange county, and State of Indiana, praying the enactment of such laws as to protect our citizens in the Territory of Oregon; and for an appropriation to construct a national railroad from some point on the Mississippi to the mouth of the Columbia river, on the Pacific ocean: which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. Joseph Johnson: The petition of Peter Ambler-heretofore presented February 14, 1838: which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Bell: A memorial of Nancy Haggard, of Cumberland county, and State of Kentucky, only child and heir of Major William Grymes, deceased, who was an officer in the army of the war of the Revolution, praying an allowance of interest due her upon a claim of her late father for revolutionary services; which claim was allowed by Congress in 1835. By Mr. Joseph Johnson: A petition of Isaac Jones and Polly Jones, of Marion county, in the State of Virginia, children and heirs-at-law of Joshua Jones, deceased, a soldier of the army of the war of the Revolution, and late a pensioner of the United States, praying the passage of a law authorizing them to draw the arrears of pension due their deceased father; Also, the petition of John Cottrell, of Harrison county, in the State of Virginia-heretofore presented January 8, 1838. Ordered, That said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A memorial of George Boyd, of Green Bay, in the Territory of Wisconsin, late Indian agent, praying the allowance of his account for services rendered to the United States government. By Mr. Pettit: A petition of Shapendoshia and nine other Miami Indians, on behalf of themselves and their families, and of David Foster and one hundred other white men, residing in the Miami reservation in the State of Indiana, praying that said Indians may be permitted to remain in the country, and be allowed to purchase lands, &c., instead of removing west of the Mississippi river. Ordered, That said memorial and petition be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Morris: A petition of citizens of Washington, Monroe, and Belmont counties, in the State of Ohio, praying the establishment of a mail route from Lowell, in Washington county, through the counties of Monroe and Belmont, to Morristown, on the national road, in the State of Ohio. By Mr. Lumpkin: A petition of citizens of Gwinnett county, in the State of Georgia, praying the establishment of a mail route from Stone |