THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1835. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Thomas Spicer; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 665) for the relief of Doctors J. E. B. Findly and A. E. Deas; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject was referred by resolutions on the 10th of December ultimo, and the 17th of January instant, reported a bill (No. 666) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to revive the act entitled An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,"" approved May 29, 1830; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until February 1st proximo. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of B. M. Hays; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject was referred on the 7th of January instant, reported a bill (No. 667) granting school lands to fractional townships; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Slade, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of inhabitants of the parish of St. Landry, presented December 10, and that the said memorial do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Foster, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the justices of the inferior court of the county of Baldwin, in the State of Georgia, and that the said memorial do lie on the table. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (No. 668) to authorize letters patent to be issued to Francis B. Ogden; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Foster, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the commissioners of the county of Augusta, in the State of Virginia; also, from the consideration of the memorial of John James Giraud; and that said memorials do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Foster, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary, which was instructed, on the 2d instant, "to inquire into the expediency of making more effectual provision for the punishment of perjuries committed under the pension laws, " and which committee was also instructed, on the 14th instant, "to inquire whether any further legislation be necessary to convict of perjury under the pension law of June 7, 1832," be discharged from the further consideration of said inquiries. Mr. Foster, from the Committee. on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That a communication, with the accompanying documents, from the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, dated 31st of December last, on the subject of the proposed discharge of Joseph L. Dias from a judgment obtained by the United States against him in the southern district of New York, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to consider and report thereon. The said resolution was read, and adopted by the House. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That the communication from the Secretary of State to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the 15th of January instant, relative to the punishment of consuls and commercial agents, and also relative to the commission of frauds in obtaining patents for inventions for which patents have been already obtained, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to consider and report on the several subjects embraced in said communication. The said resolution was read, and agreed to by the House. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred, on the 15th instant, the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, returning the report on private land claims in Missouri, referred to him on the 30th of June, 1834, reported a bill (No. 669) confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes; 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. Young, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Lewis Boyers; which report was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Young, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Sarah Gray, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. On motion of Mr. Clayton, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the Willoughby University of Lake Erie, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Carr, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Chadwell Miller, and that it lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Inge, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Robert Smith, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 670) for the relief of James M. Tuttle, of Arkansas; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 671) to authorize the settlement of claims of deputy surveyors for surveying Spanish land claims in Florida; 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. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (No. 672) to regulate the sittings of the United States courts in the districts of East and West Tennessee; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Kinnard, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing William Bowman, of Morgan county, Indiana, to relinquish to the United States certain lands erroneously entered at the land office at Crawfordsville, and to enter certain other lands in lieu thereof, as shown by his petition and the papers on file in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Mr. Grayson, by leave, presented a petition of the heirs of Captain John De Treville, deceased, of the State of South Carolina, praying to be paid the commutation of half pay to which the deceased was entitled as a captain in the army of the revolution; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Parker, by leave, presented a petition of sundry owners and masters of coasting vessels in the district of Great Egg Harbor, praying for an appropriation for the purpose of procuring two buoys, one to be placed at Absecum, and the other at New inlet, near that of Great Egg Harbor; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Gillet, by leave, presented a petition of Daniel Kinney, of the State of New York, praying to be allowed the arrears of pension to which he conceives himself entitled for services rendered during the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. White, of Florida, by leave, presented a petition of Elias Waller, praying to be allowed additional compensation for losses incurred by him in a contract entered into with the Government of the United States, by its agent, John Rodman, Esq., by which he bound himself to repair the Government house in the city of St. Augustine, in the Territory of Florida; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Plummer, by leave, Ordered, That the petition of James S. Douglass, heretofore presented on the 27th of December, 1832, be again presented, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Sevier, by leave, presented a petition of John Burton, praying remuneration for the loss of his improvements under the treaty with the Cherokee Indians on the 28th of May, 1828; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Chinn, by leave, presented a petition of the Grand Jurors of the county of Washington, stating the great imperfections and defects of the present county jail, and asking the construction of an entire new building upon such an extended scale as humanity and the interests of the community appear to require; which petition was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. May, by leave, presented a petition of sundry citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for the establishment of a post route from Laporte, in the State of Indiana, to Rock Island, on the Mississippi river. Mr. Tompkins, by leave, presented a petition of inhabitants of Monroe county, in the State of Kentucky, praying for the establishment of a post route from Gainsboro' to Burksville, in the State of Kentucky. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Gorham, by leave, presented a memorial of the hatters and hat manufacturers of the city of Boston, praying Congress to refuse the renewal to Joseph Grant, of Providence, Rhode Island, of his patent for setting up hat bodies, called "Grant's Improved Winding Machine for setting up hat bodies," for reasons therein set forth. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, by leave, presented a petition of William Thomas, of the State of Kentucky, praying remuneration for services rendered by him in the revolutionary war; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution reported by Mr. Turrill on the 17th instant, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, directing certain papers relating to revolutionary services to be delivered to the Secretary of War, to be used in deciding claims to pensions; and the same being amended, was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Pinckney on the 16th instant, and laid on the table, calling for copies of the correspondence with the Government of Spain, relative to the trade with the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico; and the said resolution being read, was agreed to by the House. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Richard M. Johnson, and adopted by the House on the 15th instant, and which was reconsidered on the 17th instant. The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Gillet to the amendment moved by Mr. Mann, of New York, on the 17th instant; when Mr. Mann withdrew his said amendment. A motion was then made by Mr. Lane to amend the said resolution by striking out these words, viz. "at the rate of compensation paid to the committee for preparing a code of laws for the District of Columbia, of which Philip Doddridge was chairman, viz. eight dollars per day during the recess, without any other allowance;" and, in lieu thereof, inserting the following, viz. "by allowing to each member of said committee eight dollars per day, from the time said committee met at Washington until the commencement of the present session." A motion was then made by Mr. Parker to amend this amendment by adding the following, viz. "with the usual allowance of mileage to the city of Washington." This motion was disagreed to by the House. And the question was put on the amendment moved by Mr. Lane, And passed in the affirmative. The said resolution was then agreed to by the House as amended, viz. Resolved, That the Committee of Accounts be directed to audit the accounts of the members of the committee appointed by the House of Representatives on the 26th day of June last, for investigating the condition and proceedings of the Post Office Department, by allowing to each member of said committee eight dollars per day, from the time said committee met at Washington until the commencement of the present session. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. McCarty on the 12th instant, in relation to Indian reservations of land. The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Clay that the consideration of the said resolution be postponed until the 27th instant. And, after further debate, the House, on motion, proceeded to the business on the Speaker's table, and to the orders of the day. The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A letter from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingencies of the army for the year 1834; which letter and statement were ordered to lie on the table. II. A letter from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief Engineer, containing the information called for by the House on the 17th instant, in relation to the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Cumberland road in Indiana; which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table. III. A letter from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the persons employed as clerks in the Department of War in the year 1834, with the compensation of each; which letter was read, and laid on the table. IV. A letter from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of all licenses to trade with the Indians, granted by the superintendents and agents within the year commencing on the 10th March, 1833; which letter was read, and laid on the table. Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 16. An act to exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances from the operation of the act of the 19th of May, 1828, entitled "An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports;" No. 71. An act for the relief of Charles Lynch, of Mississippi; were read the first and second time, and referred No. 16. To the Committee of Ways and Means. No. 656. An act to extend the time for issuing scrip certificates on United States military land warrants; No. 662. An act to authorize the city council of St. Augustine to widen a street in St. Augustine; were severally read the third time, and passed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have rejected the bill from this House (No. 575) entitled "An act for the relief of Nicholas D. Coleman." The Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, viz. No. 581. An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department for the year 1835; No. 308. An act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the State of Louisiana and the Territory of Arkansas; |