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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 23rd Congress, 1st Session

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Amendments Proposed in Committee of the Whole to the bill to equalize the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United States. Amendments proposed by Mr. Watmough. (H.R. 334)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Mercer submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates for the construction of roads, and for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors, shall be taken up for ... (H.R. 502)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 541) making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an (H.R. 541)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Duncan, submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 443) regulating the deposites of the money of the United States in certain local banks shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. (H.R. 443)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled ''An act to revive and amend an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, passed on the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the fourteenth of ... (H.R. 397)

Mr. Duncan submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 443) regulating the deposites of the money of the United States in certain local banks, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. (H.R. 443)

Ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Armstrong Bailey. (H.R. 439)

Presented by Mr. Lyon, of Michigan, and ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Lucius Lyon as an addition to the proposed amendment of Mr. Sevier to the bill to authorize the Territory of Arkansas to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, ... (H.R. 362)

Printed as amended and passed in Committee of the Whole House on the 5th of June last, and not further acted on. Note.--The amendments are printed in italics. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark the line dividing the territory of the ... (H.R. 416)

Printed as proposed to be modified by the chairman of the Select Committee on the subject. Note.--Parts within brackets are proposed to be stricken out; those to be inserted are in italics. A Bill To regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (H.R. 334)

Printed as reported from the Committee of the Whole House. Note.--The parts to be stricken out are included in brackets; those to be inserted are printed in Italics. A Bill To regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (H.R. 334)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. A Bill To regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (H.R. 334)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Gordon to the bill regulating the deposits of the money of the United States in certain local banks. (H.R. 443)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Jones, of Georgia, to the bill regulating the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks. (H.R. 443)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Vinton submitted the following, which, when the hill (H.R. No. 511) to prohibit the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, from issuing promissory notes or bills of any denomination less than ten dollars, after the period therein mentioned, and for ... (H.R. 511)

Read and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Watmough, from the select committee consisting of Mr. Watmough, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Wayne, Mr. Selden, and Mr. Mason, of Maine, to which had been recommitted the bill (H.R. No. 334) to equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United ... (H.R. 334)

Read first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to amend the Judicial System of the United States. (H.R. 455)

Read the first and second time. Mr. Beardsley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Declaring the effect of judgments in the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 542)

Read the first and second time. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights. (H.R. 419)

Read the first and second time. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill For establishing the northern boundary line of the country purchased of the Chickasaws by the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two. (H.R. 464)

Read the first and second time. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants during the late war. (H.R. 410)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the estate of the Union. Mr. Hubbard, from the select committee on the subject of the militia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide more effectually for the national defence, by organizing, arming, and establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States, and to provide ... (H.R. 434)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida. (H.R. 395)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making provision for the families of those killed on occasion of firing a salute at Toulon, and for the wounded survivors. (H.R. 540)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on ... (H.R. 435)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To carry into effect a Convention between the United States and Spain. (H.R. 526)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers and books of General Washington. (H.R. 446)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the execution of certain surveys of the public lands. (H.R. 458)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for constructing three steam batteries. (H.R. 521)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for rebuilding the frigate Congress. (H.R. 480)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. C. P. White, from the Select Committee on Coins, reported the following bill: A Bill Concerning the gold and silver coins of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 313)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. C. P. White, from the Select Committee on Coins, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States. (H.R. 312)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize merchandise to be deposited in the public stores, and for other purposes. (H.R. 353)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the rates and tolls for crossing the Eastern Branch bridge. (H.R. 512)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. E. Everett, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making compensation for certain diplomatic services, and for other purposes. (H.R. 404)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Edward D. White, from the select committee to which had been referred the petition of Benjamin Phillips, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to make experiments for the safety of the steam engine. (H.R. 452)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Edward Everett, from the Committee on the Library, reported the following bill: A Bill Making provision for the purchase of the fac simile of General Washington's accounts. (H.R. 551)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize a writ of error in certain cases relating to patent rights to the Supreme Court of the United States. (H.R. 431)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Grayson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a navy yard in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. (H.R. 548)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. H. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the establishment of the Western Territory, and for the security and protection of the emigrant and other Indian tribes therein. (H.R. 490)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. H. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the organization of the Department of Indian Affairs. (H.R. 488)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. H. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. (H.R. 489)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hardin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nathaniel Tyler. (H.R. 365)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of certain roads and harbors, and the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers. (H.R. 534)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates for the construction of roads, and the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. (H.R. 502)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish rations for the Navy. (H.R. 522)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the erection of marine hospitals in the city of Baltimore, and other places. (H.R. 487)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Pinckney, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill In addition to the act passed on the thirteenth of July, eighteen hundred, and thirty-two, entitled ''An act concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels.'' (H.R. 482)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper's Ferry, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four. (H.R. 518)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. (H.R. 541)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks. (H.R. 443)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To prescribe the mode of paying pensions heretofore granted by the United States. (H.R. 299)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill For the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years one ... (H.R. 486)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the erection of a national armory on the Western waters. (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the printing of five thousand copies of a system of cavalry instruction, for the use of the militia. (H.R. 440)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide more effectually for the defence of the Arkansas frontier. (H.R. 292)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Vinton, from the select committee on the subject of patents and the patent laws, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for erecting a fire proof building for the Patent Office, and for other purposes. (H.R. 471)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Watmough, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United States on a peace establishment. (H.R. 334)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the salaries of the judges of the United States for the Territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida. (H.R. 441)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wise, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To carry into effect a resolution of Congress, passed on the twenty-ninth day of October, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, to erect a marble column at ... (H.R. 497)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Reprinted as reported from the Committee of the Whole at the last session, June 25, 1834, and made the special order of the day for Tuesday, January 6, 1835. Note.--Parts to be stricken out are printed within brackets; those to be inserted are printed in Italics. ... (H.R. 490)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the erection of a national armory on the Western waters. (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the printing of five thousand copies of a system of cavalry instruction, for the use of the militia. (H.R. 440)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Enoch Blaisdel. (H.R. 352)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Josiah H. Brown and John Conkin. (H.R. 343)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Josiah Westlake. (H.R. 322)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Benjamin Leslie. (H.R. 428)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to William Baden and James Harrington. (H.R. 459)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pension of Origen Eaton. (H.R. 517)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Allen, of Virginia, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Awkward. (H.R. 438)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Allen, of Virginia, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Young. (H.R. 437)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Allen, of Virginia, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported, the following bill: A Bill Further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. (H.R. 470)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Hewitt. (H.R. 436)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Leslie. (H.R. 527)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Stoker. (H.R. 442)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Jordon and the legal representatives of Vincent Fisher, deceased. (H.R. 327)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Alba and his legal representatives. (H.R. 421)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting the right of pre-emption to certain lots of land to the trustees of the town of Louisiana, in the State of Missouri, for the use of schools. (H.R. 473)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting to Henry M. Shreve the right of pre-emption to eighteen sections of the public lands lying on the line of the Great Raft, on Red river. (H.R. 513)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Barriger, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Carmack. (H.R. 296)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Beale, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to certain persons therein named. (H.R. 367)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Beardsley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abiel Wood. (H.R. 495)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of George Wheeler and Caleb Morrison. (H.R. 505)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas McClelland. (H.R. 456)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Relinquishing the claim of the United States to certain public lots or grounds in the city of New Orleans, to the Mayor, Aldermen, and inhabitants thereof. (H.R. 420)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To revive and amend ''An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,'' passed on the second day of March, eighteen ... (H.R. 397)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John F. Ohl. (H.R. 371)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To remit the duties upon an importation by Alexander Delaunay. (H.R. 372)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To remit the duties upon locomotive steam engines heretofore imported, and to allow their importation duty free. (H.R. 370)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To appropriate certain lands within the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the Tennessee and Coosa rivers, and connecting their waters by canal or railroad. (H.R. 344)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burges, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abraham E. Boutwell and David Pearson. (H.R. 550)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burges, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ephraim F. Gilbert. (H.R. 462)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burges, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the invalid pensioners therein named. (H.R. 418)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Hewitt. (H.R. 444)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gratia Ray. (H.R. 356)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. Aulick. (H.R. 507)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Silas Duncan. (H.R. 508)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cage, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William R. Harmer. (H.R. 448)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cage, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize Parish Carter to enter six quarter sections of land, and to authorize Seaton Grantland, administrator of Charles Williamson, to enter two half-quarter sections of land; in lieu ... (H.R. 307)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert Dickey, of New York. (H.R. 377)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert McJimsey, surviving partner of the firm of Jackson and McJimsey. (H.R. 359)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For issuing certain land patents at Green Bay, and for other purposes. (H.R. 415)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Smith. (H.R. 546)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Stoddard. (H.R. 357)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Keytes. (H.R. 374)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John A. Barnes. (H.R. 375)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Leufroi Latiolais. (H.R. 321)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the citizens of the reserved township in Monroe county, in the State of Indiana. (H.R. 310)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Isaac Williams, deceased. (H.R. 414)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Zachariah McGirth. (H.R. 547)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: For the relief of John McCarroll, junior. (H.R. 406)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Dement. (H.R. 379)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the sale and survey of certain portions of the public domain in the Territory of Arkansas. (H.R. 338)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the sale of certain lands in the State of Illinois, claimed by the heirs of Renault. (H.R. 399)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the sale of certain reservations in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 337)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the final adjustment of claims to lands in the State of Louisiana and the Territories of Arkansas and Florida. (H.R. 308)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Oden. (H.R. 408)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Bradford, of Louisiana. (H.R. 475)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Caulfield. (H.R. 424)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jean Baptiste Grainger. (H.R. 340)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Fruge. (H.R. 477)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Eugene Senet. (H.R. 309)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to issue to the heirs of John Campbell a patent for the balance of private land claim number twenty, at Prairie du Chien, in the ... (H.R. 360)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for issuing a land patent to Thomas B. Clarke. (H.R. 476)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pension, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Francis F. Saint Cyr. (H.R. 413)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Amasa A. Tifft. (H.R. 311)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to William Slocum. (H.R. 400)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to William Wilges. (H.R. 403)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: Granting a pension to Joseph Mead. (H.R. 422)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Cullins, a soldier of the revolutionary war. (H.R. 304)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel M. Asbury, who was wounded in the late war with Great Britain. (H.R. 405)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Colonel Gideon Morgan, of the State of Tennessee. (H.R. 425)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to John W. Cox, of the State of Kentucky. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the provisions of an act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution,'' ... (H.R. 320)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of the city of Alexandria. (H.R. 501)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To complete the improvements on Pennsylvania avenue. (H.R. 393)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the charter of the ''Fire Insurance Company of Alexandria.'' (H.R. 449)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the time for completing the Washington City canal, and for other purposes. The corporation of the city of Washington having made known to the Congress of the United States ... (H.R. 536)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Washington National Monument Society. (H.R. 332)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Davenport. (H.R. 294)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Taylor and Jesse Taylor. (H.R. 316)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Making grants of land to the disbanded officers, and others, for services and sacrifices during the late war. (H.R. 386)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of railroads and canals through the lands of the United States. (H.R. 385)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Connor, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported ihe following bill: A Bill For the relief of Patrick Green. (H.R. 373)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Connor, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish certain Post Roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes. (H.R. 493)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Connor, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish assay offices of the United States Mint, in the gold districts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. (H.R. 407)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cramer, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Baker. (H.R. 450)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel Willis Reddick, deceased. (H.R. 430)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elisha Lucas. (H.R. 300)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Gilbert. (H.R. 472)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the widow and heirs of Samuel Southerland. (H.R. 479)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Timothy Jordan. (H.R. 506)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: 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. (H.R. 323)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a quantity of land to the State of Illinois, to assist in constructing a road from a point on the Wabash river opposite Vincennes, to Chicago. (H.R. 514)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Andrew Dodge. (H.R. 484)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Whitney. (H.R. 483)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Bender. (H.R. 491)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Knowles, senior. (H.R. 509)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jane Taylor and her children, the heirs of the late James Plunkett. (H.R. 538)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Smith and others. (H.R. 369)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John McDonell. (H.R. 499)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Peirce and Daniel Van Voorhis. (H.R. 315)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Pollock. (H.R. 510)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Cooper. (H.R. 318)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Russ and Stephen J. Roach. (H.R. 531)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell. (H.R. 525)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of M. Gelston, executor of David Gelston. (H.R. 314)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Marinus W. Gilbert. (H.R. 366)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Marinus W. Gilbert. (H.R. 378)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel P. Tatum. (H.R. 494)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Thomas F. Townsley. (H.R. 324)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Thomas Haliday, deceased. (H.R. 429)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Findlay. (H.R. 363)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Jacob Egerly. (H.R. 523)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the collector and others of the Georgetown district, in the State of South Carolina. (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Luke Voorhise. (H.R. 423)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an arrearage of pension to Edward Nicholas. (H.R. 545)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to Harvey Reynolds and John Casey. (H.R. 319)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To restore to certain invalid pensioners the amount of pension by them relinquished. (H.R. 346)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, of Maine, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Isaac Carter. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, of Maine, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to John F. Wiley, and increasing the pension of George Fields. (H.R. 388)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Evans, of Maine, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to John Gerodelle. (H.R. 466)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the appointment of agents and subagents of Indian affairs, and of interpreters. (H.R. 329)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Cooper. (H.R. 485)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gillet, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the seizure and sale of property brought into the United States in violation of the revenue laws, in certain cases. (H.R. 524)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grayson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Dornin. (H.R. 445)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Nourse. (H.R. 396)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Josias Thompson. (H.R. 554)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard Hardesty. (H.R. 387)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abiel Roads and others, owners, and the officers and crew of the schooner Mary, of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts. (H.R. 500)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph K. Folsom, and the owners and crew of the schooner Galaxy, of Bucksport, in the State of Maine. (H.R. 398)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph W. Green and the owners and crew of the fishing schooner Two Brothers, of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts. (H.R. 478)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Willam Haskell and others. (H.R. 291)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the erection of custom-houses at Gloucester and Plymouth. (H.R. 317)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Heister, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Friendship Benevolent Society of the city and county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 463)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Marcus, of Arkansas. (H.R. 297)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Mullowny. (H.R. 474)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. King, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Franklin Stickney. (H.R. 496)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. King, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Bartlett. (H.R. 389)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lansing, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties and heirs and representatives of Melancton W. Bostwick, deceased. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Lafavre. (H.R. 519)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a right of pre-emption to certain lots in the town of Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 516)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Homans. (H.R. 520)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Giuseppe Franzoni and the heirs of Francis Jardella. (H.R. 333)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Baker, of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 469)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McKennan, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bailey E. Clarke. (H.R. 515)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McKennan, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the charter of the Potomac Fire Insurance Company of Georgetown. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McKinley, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ebenezer Breed. (H.R. 293)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McKinley, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lewis H. Bates and William Lacon. (H.R. 325)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Milligan, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John S. Devlin. (H.R. 331)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Milligan, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the navy of the United States. (H.R. 552)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Mitchell, of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Ashton. (H.R. 460)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Tucker and John Judge. (H.R. 454)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Parks, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph V. Garnier. (H.R. 361)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of Thomas F. Greene, late postmaster of Milledgeville, in the State of Georgia. (H.R. 468)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pinckney, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the repair and completion of the United States marine hospital in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. (H.R. 426)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pope, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill In relation to the Louisville and Portland canal. (H.R. 342)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Pamela Adams. (H.R. 355)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the administratrix of Captain Paschal Hickman. (H.R. 298)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Piatt. (H.R. 328)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. Mitchell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Swartwood. (H.R. 544)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George McFadden. (H.R. 555)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Isaac Janvier. (H.R. 341)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Robert Lucas. (H.R. 553)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Samuel Shelmerdine. (H.R. 467)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Thomas Morton. (H.R. 503)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Slade, of Illinois, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of the mail road between Louisville and St. Louis. (H.R. 381)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Slade, of Illinois, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill For the survey of certain rivers and roads, and for the improvement of a harbor in the Territory of Michigan. (H.R. 348)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Slade, of Illinois, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, granting a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, to aid her in opening a canal to ... (H.R. 349)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill For extending the improvement of the steamboat navigation under the act of the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, from Pittsburg to the Cumberland road at Brownsville, ... (H.R. 461)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stoddert, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of the city of Washington. (H.R. 394)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stoddert, from the Select Committee on Patents and the Patent Laws, reported the following bill. A Bill To renew the patent right of William Perkinson. (H.R. 530)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Fixing the compensation of the Surveyor of the port of Town creek, in the State of Maryland. (H.R. 401)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making Dorchester, in the State of Massachusetts, a port of delivery. (H.R. 383)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to fix the limits of the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia.'' (H.R. 382)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish the collection district of Newark, in the State of New Jersey. (H.R. 384)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Caroline E. Clitherall, widow of Doctor George C. Clitherall, late a surgeon in the army of the United States. (H.R. 390)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Boswell Lee. (H.R. 354)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Tompkins, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Dal, of the State of Maine. (H.R. 392)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Tompkins, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Simeon Meachum, of the State of New York. (H.R. 411)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. W. C. Johnson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize an appropriation to turnpike the mail road between Rockville and the Monocacy bridge, in Maryland. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Doxtator and Jacob Weaver. (H.R. 391)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Triplett. (H.R. 368)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the payment of a certain balance of prize money reported on the books of the Treasury to be due Henry Bell, a seaman in the navy of the United States. (H.R. 335)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wayne, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alexander Scott. (H.R. 453)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark the line dividing the territory of the United States from the State of Missouri. (H.R. 416)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Repealing certain acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. (H.R. 295)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for taking a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan and of the Territory of Arkansas. (H.R. 362)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Jaquett. (H.R. 302)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to Harvey Reynolds and John Casey. (H.R. 319)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. K. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Piatt. (H.R. 328)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Pamela Adams. (H.R. 355)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Caroline E. Clitherall, widow of Doctor George C. Clitherall, late a surgeon in the army of the United States. (H.R. 390)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee, of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Pierre Lafitte. (H.R. 339)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 244) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to David Watkinson & Co. a part of the duties imposed on a quantity of tin and iron imported by them into the port of New York. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported ... (H.R. 380)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 249) for the relief of Thomas Dixon and Company. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Fraser and Company, of Charleston, South Carolina. (H.R. 447)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 259) fop the relief of Asa Armington et al. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dominick Lynch. (H.R. 412)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 282) for the survey and improvement of certain harbors, therein mentioned, for the year 1834. Mr. Pope, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of the harbor of St. Louis, in the State of ... (H.R. 451)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 297) for the relief of William Marcus. Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William W. Stevenson, of the Territory of Arkansas. (H.R. 528)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 362) to provide for taking a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan, and of the Territory of Arkansas. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill ... (H.R. 427)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 362) to provide for taking a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan, and of the Territory of Arkansas. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill ... (H.R. 432)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 396) for the relief of Joseph Nourse. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Willie Blount. (H.R. 556)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 485) for the relief of Thomas Cooper. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To refund a fine imposed on the late Matthew Lyon, under the sedition law, to his heirs and legal representatives. (H.R. 498)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No.95) to establish an additional land office in Missouri. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish an additional land office in Arkansas. (H.R. 301)

Read twice, and consideration postponed till Friday, the 20th instant. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act passed on the twenty-ninth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled ''An act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore.'' (H.R. 532)

Read twice, and consideration postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To equalize representation in the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes. (H.R. 457)

Read twice, and made the order of the day for the 11th instant. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of claims for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain, and the ... (H.R. 402)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Gordon, assignee and representative of the heirs of Matthew Ramey, deceased. (H.R. 305)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Wilson. (H.R. 433)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William O'Neal. (H.R. 358)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nicholas D. Coleman. (H.R. 336)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Kitchens. (H.R. 347)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the sale of lots in the town of St. Marks, in Florida. (H.R. 492)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the boundary between the southeastern and the western land districts in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 364)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a right of way in a certain case, in the city of New York. (H.R. 529)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issuing of a register to the brig American, of Savannah. (H.R. 326)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Leavitt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the survey of certain lands adjacent to the canal reservoir, on the Licking Summit, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 537)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Des Moins. (H.R. 409)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the removal of the custom-house from Magnolia to St. Mark's, in Florida. (H.R. 549)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time. Mr. Gamble, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To attach the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and north of the State of Missouri, to the Territory of Michigan. (H.R. 543)

Read twice, and postponed until Saturday, the 24th of May instant. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the heirs and legal representatives of James Latham, deceased, to withdraw and relocate a land warrant. (H.R. 481)

Read twice, and postponed until the 11th of March instant. Mr. Vinton, from the Select Committee on the subject of Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize letters patent to be issued to Francis B. Ogden. (H.R. 345)

Read twice, and postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto. (H.R. 303)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday the 15th instant. Mr. Vinton, from the Select Committee on Patents and Patent Laws, reported the following bill: A Bill To renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard. (H.R. 417)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 24th instant. Mr. Vinton, from the Select Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of State to issue letters patent to James Jones. (H.R. 533)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Concerning the Gold Coins of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 313)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Regulating the value of certain foreign Gold Coins within the United States. (H.R. 312)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To establish an additional Land Office in Arkansas. (H.R. 301)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. An Act Further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. (H.R. 470)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Increasing the salaries of the judges of the United States for the Territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida. (H.R. 441)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Repealing certain acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. (H.R. 295)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To attach the Territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river and north of the State of Missouri to the Territory of Michigan. (H.R. 543)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Allan, of Kentucky, submitted the following as an amendment to the bill (H.R. No. 427) establishing the Territorial Government of Huron. A Bill Establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin. (H.R. 427)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Watmough, from the select committee consisting of Mr. Watmough, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Wayne, Mr. Selden, and Mr. Mason, of Maine, to which had been recommitted the bill (H.R. No. 334) to equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United ... (H.R. 334)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Chilton submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 320) to extend the provisions of an act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution,'' ... (H.R. 320)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the aforesaid bill is committed. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 303) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto, shall be ... (H.R. 303)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Cave Johnson submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 308) for the final adjustment of land claims in the State of Louisiana and Territories of Arkansas and Florida, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. (H.R. 308)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Ewing submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 443) regulating the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. A bill to create a national currency, ... (H.R. 443)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Harper submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 317) making appropriations for custom-houses at Gloucester and Plymouth, Massachusetts, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. (H.R. 317)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Pope, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following as an Amendment To the bill (H.R. No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates for the construction of roads, and the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. (H.R. 502)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Pope, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following as an Amendment To the bill (H.R. No. 534) to authorize the construction of certain roads and harbors, and the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers. (H.R. 534)

Read, and laid upon the table. Mr. Connor, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following amendatory bill: A Bill To establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes. (H.R. 493)

Read, and postponed until Friday next. Mr. Stoddert, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To prohibit the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, from issuing promissory notes or bills of any denomination less than ten dollars after the period therein ... (H.R. 511)

Read, and postponed until Wednesday next, the 4th June. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill Giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, respecting the territorial ... (H.R. 504)

Received. An Act Granting a pension to Colonel Gideon Morgan, of the State of Tennessee. (H.R. 425)

Received. Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act To provide for the payment of claims for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain, and the Indian wars subsequent thereto, and for other purposes. (H.R. 402)

Received. Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported with the following amendments, viz. in sections ten, eleven, and twelve, strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide for the payment of claims for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military ... (H.R. 402)

Received. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (H.R. 334)

Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Reynolds, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following as an Amendment To the bill (H.R. No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates for the construction of roads, and the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. (H.R. 502)

Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives, with an amendment, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, 18th instant. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for taking a census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan, and ... (H.R. 362)