in the Territory of Wisconsin; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from Hernando de Soto county, Mississippi, to the town of Commerce, on the Mississippi river, in the same county.

Mr. Benton submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to Asa Fisk, jr., of Macon county, Missouri, the privilege of surrendering the bounty land to his father, for military service in the late war with Great Britain, as unfit for cultivation, and of entering the same quantity on other public lands; and, also, to inquire into the expediency of providing, by a general law, for all persons, in like circumstances, to surrender bounty land granted to the soldiers of the late war, and found to be unfit for cultivation, and enter the like quantity elsewhere.

Mr. Benton submitted documents relating to the claim of Asa Fisk, jr. ; which were referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported the 22d December, by the Committee on the Contingent Expenses, relating to the accommodation of the reporters of Congressional proceedings.

On motion by Mr. Niles,

That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed indefinitely,

Yeas

It was determined in the affirmative, Nays

On motion by Mr. Niles,

20,

17.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Buchanan, Clay, of Alabama, Fulton, Hubbard, King, Mouton, Nicholas, Niles, Pierce, Roane, Smith, of Connecticut, Strange, Tipton, Walker, Williams, of Maine, Williams, of Mis-sissippi, Wright.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Foster, Knight, Linn, Lyon, Morris, Norvell, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Smith, of Indiana, Swift.

So the further consideration of the resolution was postponed indefinitely. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Garland, their clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 411) for the relief of Pamela Brown.

The bill from the House of Representatives (H. R. 939) to amend an act to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of Mississippi, approved June 18, 1838, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted the 3d instant, by Mr. Rives; and, after debate,

On motion by Mr. Clay, of Alabama,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Tuesday next.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1839.

The Vice President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, respecting the modes of collecting, keeping, and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Vice President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the present situation of the Memphis road; which was read.

Mr. Buchanan presented the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker, praying compensation for extra services in transporting the United States mail; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Allen presented the petition of John Grigsby, a soldier in the revolutionary army, praying a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. White submitted three communications addressed to him by the Secretary of War, relating to the employment of additional clerks in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; to the disbursements of the Indian bureau; and to a contagious disease now prevailing among the Choctaw and other Indians; which were severally referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Prentiss presented the petition of Stephen F. Hemenway, a soldier in the late war, praying arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the subject was referred, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 176) to grant to the State of Indiana a quantity of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany, in the State of Indiana, to Mount Carmel, in the State of Illinois.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report be printed, and that five hundred additional copies be sent to the Senate.

On motion by Mr. Strange,

Ordered, That the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Chauncey Hall. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Blanchard, reported a bill (S. 177) to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

The said bill was read the second time, and considered, as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made thereto, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it be engrossed, and read a third time.

On motion by Mr. Williams, of Maine,

Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Smith, and from the further consideration of the petition of Eunice Fox.

Mr. Walker, agreeably to notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 178) to authorize, on certain conditions, the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock held by the Government of the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The bill (H. R. 411) for the relief of Pamela Brown, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Pensions.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported the 3d instant by the Committee on Commerce on the petition of a number of the officers of the revenue cutters; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

Mr. Allen submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire and to report to the Senate, whether the banks of the District have, in all things, conformed to the conditions of the act entitled "An act to continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia," approved May 31, 1838, and, especially, whether they, or either of them, have evaded, or attempted to evade, the conditions of said act, by using, in any manner, the notes or bills of other banks, corporations, or companies, of a denomination less than that which they are allowed to use of their own notes.

Mr. Norvell submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting one hundred thousand acres of land to the State of Michigan, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the construction of a canal around the falls of St. Marie, to connect the navigation of Lake Huron with Lake Superior.

The bill (S. 16) for the relief of Sarah Angell, and the other heirs at law of Benjamin King, deceased, having been reported by the committee correctly engrossed, was read a third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The Senate proceeded to consider the following bills as in Committee of the Whole:

S. 29. A bill for the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of a treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Indians.

S. 35. A bill making an appropriation for the support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia; and no amendment being made thereto, the bills were reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That they be engrossed, and read a third time.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 1) providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands, together with the amendment reported thereto.

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, having proposed an amendment to the reported. amendment, a debate ensued; and,

On motion by Mr. Crittenden,

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1839.

The Vice President laid before the Senate the following reports:

1. A report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th May, 1838, respecting the value of imports, and amount of duties, which accrued since the 10th of May, 1838.

2. A report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th ultimo, relating to a grant of land made to certain exiles from Poland.

3. A report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, respecting the quantity of land which has been sold during one year, after being subject to entry for five or more years.

4. A report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, relating to claims of the volunteers from Alabama, for horses lost in the service of the United States, in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians.

Mr. Swift presented resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives of said State in Congress, to use their exertions to procure the passage of a law for the more thorough organization of the militia of the United States; which were referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Smith, of Indiana, presented the petition of John Miller, praying to be allowed to relinquish to the United States a tract of land, and to enter another tract in lieu thereof; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Pierce presented the petition of Mary Snow, widow of Jonas Snow, a revolutionary soldier, praying a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, presented the petition of a number of citizens of Benton county, Alabama, who were deprived of their rights of pre-emption, praying to be allowed to locate said rights upon any of the public lands not disposed of; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Allen presented the memorial of a number of citizens of Stark county, Ohio, praying the repeal or modification of the neutrality law, which passed at the last session of Congress; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Prentiss presented a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, requesting the Senators and Representatives of said State in Congress to use their efforts to procure a grant of public land to the colleges in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

On motion by Mr. Prentiss,

Ordered, That the petition of Andrew Bean, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Crittenden presented the memorial of Susan Trigg, praying remuneration for property lost during the last war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Crittenden presented the memorial of Mira M. Alexander, only surviving child and heir of George Madison, praying remuneration for the military services of her late father, during the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Wall presented the petition of a number of officers of the line of the army, praying that officers of the line of the army may be placed upon the same footing, as to pay and promotion, as the officers of the staff; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Young presented the petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying that an act may be passed to direct the holding of a term of the United States district and circuit courts at Chicago, in said State; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Benton presented the petition of W. S. Ketchum, an assistant commissary of subsistence in the United States army, praying the reimbursement of a sum of money alleged to have been stolen from him while in the discharge of his public duty; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. King,

Ordered, That the documents relating to the claim of Edward O. Jones, on the files of the last session, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. King presented the memorial of Joshua Kennedy, praying remuneration for losses sustained during the Creek war; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr King presented the petition of a number of citizens of Benton county, Alabama, who were deprived of their rights of pre emption, praying to be allowed to make locations for the same on the public lands subject to entry. Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Burke, reported a bill (S. 179) for his relief; which was read, and passeù to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report made the 13th of March, 1838, be printed.

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 939) to amend an act to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of Mississippi, approved June, 1838, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the widow of Benjamin F. Nourse, reported a bil (S. 180) for the relief of Josephine Nourse; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a bill (S. 127) for the relief of James H. Ralston, reported it without amendment. He also submitted a special report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E. W. and H. Smith, reported a bill (S. 181) for their relief; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

On motion by Mr. Hubbard,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of John Pritchett; from the further consideration of the petition of the legal representatives of John G. Mackall; from the further consideration of the petition of the heirs of John Ireland; from the further consideration of the petition of Allen Gorham; and from the further consideration of the petition of Royal Hopkins.

On motion by Mr. Hubbard,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further