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

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 23rd Congress, 2nd Session

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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 Amendatory of the act entitled ''An act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.'' (H.R. 558)

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 Solomon Case. (H.R. 700)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next, the 6th instant. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Stewert. (H.R. 702)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elijah Blodget, of Connecticut. (H.R. 703)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John F. Lewis. (H.R. 720)

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 Confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (H.R. 669)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 628)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the State of Alabama to apply the two per centum on the sales of the public lands, under the act of compact, to the construction of a canal or railroad between the ... (H.R. 649)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To grant school lands to fractional townships. (H.R. 667)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burges, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the Rhode Island brigade in the revolutionary war, their heirs and personal ... (H.R. 769)

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 Authorizing the construction of a dry dock for the naval service. (H.R. 658)

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 Authorizing the enlistment of boys in the naval service. (H.R. 573)

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 For the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines of the United States schooner Wild Cat. (H.R. 639)

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. 659)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to extend the time allowed for the execution of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France. (H.R. 704)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's Office for the State of Illinois. (H.R. 597)

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 Concerning the orphans' court of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 746)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Corwin, from the Committee of Ways and Means reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain roads, and for examinations and surveys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 632)

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 Authorizing the payment of an outfit, and the reimbursement of certain expenditures, to Nathaniel Niles. (H.R. 634)

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 For the relief of Commodore John Downes. (H.R. 727)

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 To alter the times and places of holding the circuit and district courts for Kentucky. (H.R. 617)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the employment of additional clerks in certain departments. (H.R. 755)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one ... (H.R. 648)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the settlement of claims of deputy surveyors for surveying Spanish land claims in Florida. (H.R. 671)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on the Public Buildings, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the public buildings and grounds, and for other purposes. (H.R. 741)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on the Public Buildings, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for erecting a fireproof building for the accommodation of the Departments of the Treasury and of State. (H.R. 713)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making provision for the repair of the fortifications on Castle Island, in Boston harbor. (H.R. 701)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the War Department to purchase a site for an arsenal at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, and to provide for the erection of an ... (H.R. 680)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McKinley, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish branches of the Mint of the United States. (H.R. 731)

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 amend the act entitled ''An act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the ... (H.R. 604)

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 provide for the improvement of the harbor of Clinton river, in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 717)

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 provide for the opening of certain roads in the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 716)

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 To provide for an expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. (H.R. 719)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, from the Committee on Commerce reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for a custom-house at the town of Newbern, in the State of North Carolina. (H.R. 574)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, 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. 562)

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 for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 566)

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 for Indian annuities and other similar objects, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 664)

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 for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 616)

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 for the current expenses of the Indian Department for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 581)

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 for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 599)

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 for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 580)

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 authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds standing to his debit ... (H.R. 601)

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 regulate the disbursement of public money, and prohibit allowances not authorized by law. (H.R. 725)

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 authorize the Secretary of War to purchase certain land near Baltimore. (H.R. 635)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for building light-boats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 660)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for building light-houses, beacon-lights, and making surveys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 645)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 646)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow drawbacks of duties on merchandise exported from the United States, via Missouri, to the provinces of New Mexico. (H.R. 699)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To fix the number and compensation of officers of the customs, and to alter certain collection districts. (H.R. 754)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize a compromise, and to secure to the United States the title to the Pea Patch island, in the river Delaware. (H.R. 673)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to appoint agents to examine pensioners, in order to prevent frauds, and for other purposes. (H.R. 620)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. (H.R. 587)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wayne, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the allowance of certain charges in the accounts of the American consul at London. (H.R. 571)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to cause to be constructed a steam prow-ship. (H.R. 707)

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 Isaac Eckright. (H.R. 691)

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 Justus Cobb. (H.R. 687)

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 Lambert L. Van Valkenburg. (H.R. 688)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Allan, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the several acts for the establishment of the Territorial Government in Florida. (H.R. 593)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvester Day, an assistant surgeon in the army of the United States. (H.R. 738)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize John Whitzett to enter a certain tract of land. (H.R. 770)

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 James Baldridge. (H.R. 765)

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 Howell. (H.R. 766)

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 the assignees and legal representatives of Peter Alba. (H.R. 685)

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 the legal representatives of Henry Duchuquette, William Hebet, dit La Compte, J. B. Dubois, and Charles Sangunette. (H.R. 726)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain John Downes, of the United States navy. (H.R. 638)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob B. Gilbert. (H.R. 763)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Stephen Crittenden. (H.R. 630)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Springfield Manufacturing Company. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of Nicholas Kern. (H.R. 772)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Barringer, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Taylor. (H.R. 657)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Barringer, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Sykes. (H.R. 743)

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 For the relief of William Kellar. (H.R. 679)

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 Placing Captain Cole, a Seneca Indian chief, on the pension roll. (H.R. 647)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jared Buckingham. (H.R. 610)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Moore. (H.R. 588)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bunch, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Buford. (H.R. 561)

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 Chastelain and Ponvert. (H.R. 621)

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 Concerning the purchasers of the public lands. (H.R. 721)

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 George Douglass and others. (H.R. 676)

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 Barkley. (H.R. 734)

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 Silvia C. Vick, widow, and the heirs of Hartwell Vick, deceased. (H.R. 723)

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 heirs of Louis Pellerin. (H.R. 624)

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 Zebulon Baxter. (H.R. 625)

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 Jolin S. Conger. (H.R. 722)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Bright. (H.R. 579)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Jean Charles Boudreau. (H.R. 627)

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 James Colvin. (H.R. 718)

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 Noah Miller, an invalid major of the militia. (H.R. 629)

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 Authorizing the circuit court of the District of Columbia to hold special sessions for the trial of criminal causes. (H.R. 735)

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 Making appropriation for the support of the Penitentiary, in the District of Columbia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 758)

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 Bank of Alexandria. (H.R. 705)

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 Union Bank of Georgetown. (H.R. 742)

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 charters of the Bank of Potomac and of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria. (H.R. 690)

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 jurisdiction of the corporation of the city of Washington. (H.R. 674)

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 Confirming to the legal representatives of Thomas F. Reddick a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land. (H.R. 611)

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 Isaac Wellborn, Jun and William Wellborn. (H.R. 583)

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 Granting an additional quantity of land for the satisfaction of revolutionary bounty land warrants. (H.R. 612)

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 survey of certain lands adjacent to the canal reservoir, on the Licking Summit, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 576)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. (H.R. 631)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas M. Burland. (H.R. 697)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Arkansas for the completion of a public building for a legislative house. (H.R. 692)

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 children of William Crawford, deceased. (H.R. 768)

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 heirs and legal representatives of Joseph Young, deceased. (H.R. 689)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickinson, of Tennessee, from, the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: For the relief of certain Choctaw Indians. Whereas, by the fourteenth article of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw tribe of Indians, concluded at Dancing Rabbit ... (H.R. 745)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles M. Frasier. (H.R. 764)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Saunders and Perley Putnam. (H.R. 609)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joshua Cullumber. (H.R. 618)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Benjamin Bently, deceased. (H.R. 663)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Michael Fenwick, deceased. (H.R. 586)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abner Stelson. (H.R. 757)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin W. Dudley, executor of Charles Wilkins, deceased. (H.R. 651)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David S. Campbell. (H.R. 603)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Cowper. (H.R. 736)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Beacham. (H.R. 737)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Galbraith, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert Allison, a lieutenant in the revolutionary war. (H.R. 733)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Galbraith, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the ... (H.R. 715)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gilmer, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To secure, in perpetuity, to the Cherokee Indians residing east of the Mississippi, a country west of that river; to extinguish their right of occupancy in Georgia; to provide for the removal ... (H.R. 747)

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 George Gott and others. (H.R. 637)

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 Gilbert A. Smith and others. (H.R. 709)

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 Isaac Champlin, owners, officers, and crew of the schooner Buffalo, of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut. (H.R. 654)

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 Reuben Colburn. (H.R. 675)

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 William Stannard and others. (H.R. 744)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the settlement of the account of Edmund Roberts. (H.R. 589)

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 To carry into effect a Convention between the United States and Spain. (H.R. 590)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Larnard Swallow. (H.R. 608)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Daniel Stoddard. (H.R. 767)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. King, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the suppression of lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 750)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of William Vawter. (H.R. 678)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. May, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of James Latham, deceased. (H.R. 595)

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 Joel Sartain. (H.R. 615)

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 Laurentius M. Eiler. (H.R. 592)

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 extend the charters of the Bank of Washington, the Patriotic Bank of Washington, and the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown. (H.R. 740)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Holland. (H.R. 653)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George C. Seaton. (H.R. 606)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to William C. Beard, late a captain in the United States army. (H.R. 693)

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 Granting a pension to John Bryant. (H.R. 607)

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 Granting a pension to Simon S. Morrill. (H.R. 591)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy Haggard. (H.R. 739)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Doctor Absalom Baird, deceased. (H.R. 771)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenburg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain John Winston, deceased. (H.R. 752)

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 Wiltbank. (H.R. 724)

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 Samuel W. Ruff. (H.R. 698)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pinckney, from the Select Committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Thomas W. Bacot, late of Charleston, South Carolina, deceased. (H.R. 751)

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 better organization of the corps of Topographical Engineers. (H.R. 567)

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 To provide for the widows and orphans of the militia killed, or who died in service in the late war against the Indians. (H.R. 642)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thankful Randall. (H.R. 712)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Simpson. (H.R. 711)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Doctors J. E. B. Findly and A. E. Dean. (H.R. 665)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Vanderpoel, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Alexandria Savings Society. (H.R. 749)

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 Walter Phillips. (H.R. 643)

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 Explanatory of an act passed the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, making certain allowances, and granting certain arrearages to the captains and subalterns of the United ... (H.R. 582)

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 For the relief of Elizabeth Mays, mother of Wilson Mays, deceased in the naval service of the United States. (H.R. 557)

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 To provide for the settlement of the claim of Mary O'Sullivan. (H.R. 572)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide compensation to James Barron for the use of his invention, called ''A Ventilator of Ships.'' (H.R. 681)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Mr. Banks, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Moses Bliss. (H.R. 594)

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 Daniel Page. (H.R. 559)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow additional compensation to the district attorney of the United States for the district of South Carolina. (H.R. 655)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 302) for the relief of Peter Jaquet. Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Colonel Anthony Walton White. (H.R. 640)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 304) for the relief of John Cullins. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Colonel Daniel Newnan. (H.R. 641)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 430) for the relief of the legal representatives of Col. Willis Reddick, deceased. Mr. Baylies, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Tristram Coffin, ... (H.R. 714)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 567) for the better organization of the corps of topographical engineers. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the gradual increase of the corps of engineers, and for ... (H.R. 568)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 567) for the better organization of the topographical engineers. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the appointment of additional paymasters. (H.R. 569)

Read twice, and laid upon the table. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the time of issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. (H.R. 577)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. Gilmer, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis to employ a clerk. (H.R. 650)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. 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. 560)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Thursday next, 8th instant. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto.'' (H.R. 605)

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 Tice, assignee of William Pennington. (H.R. 626)

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 To authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the university of Michigan. (H.R. 686)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Caldwell. (H.R. 622)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. C. P. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a dry dock for the naval service. (H.R. 658)

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 the heirs of Jacob Smith, deceased. (H.R. 762)

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 and Robert Morrison. (H.R. 652)

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 extend the time for issuing scrip certificates on United States military land warrants. (H.R. 656)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the city council of St. Augustine to widen a street in the town of St. Augustine. (H.R. 662)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth J. Wilson, Anne C. Wilson, and Malinda A. Campbell. (H.R. 759)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah H. B. Stith. (H.R. 760)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize letters patent to be issued to Francis B. Ogden. (H.R. 668)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi. (H.R. 619)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the times of holding the district courts of the United States for the western district of Virginia, held at Clarksburg. (H.R. 708)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To prescribe the punishment of consuls, commercial agents, and others, in certain cases. (H.R. 684)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the sittings of the courts in the districts of East and West Tennessee, and for other purposes. (H.R. 672)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Middleton Tuttle, of Arkansas. (H.R. 670)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. John Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nicholas D. Coleman. (H.R. 575)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the time of issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. (H.R. 570)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Lea, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for paying certain pensioners at Jackson, in the State of Tennessee. (H.R. 729)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Pierce, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the patent of Robert Eastman for a further period of seven years. (H.R. 761)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. R. M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To revive and continue in force an act entitled ''An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war.'' (H.R. 585)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Tompkins, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a pension agency on the south of Green river, in the State of Kentucky. (H.R. 695)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of the act for the continuation of the Cumberland road. (H.R. 682)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the removal of the land office at Wapaghkonetta to Lima, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 683)

Read twice, and postponed until Friday next, 27th instant. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing letters patent to be issued to John Howard Kyan, on certain conditions. (H.R. 756)

Read twice, and postponed until Friday, the 13th instant Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in relation to the pre-emption of settlers on public lands. (H.R. 696)

Read twice, and postponed until Friday, the 30th instant. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Bowman. (H.R. 677)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 16th instant. Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to an act entitled ''An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad into and within the District of Columbia,'' passed ... (H.R. 728)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 16th of February instant. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to define and punish the forgery or counterfeiting of consular and other certificates and attestations. (H.R. 730)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 19th of January instant. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To suspend, conditionally, the receipt of the bills and notes of the Bank of the United States in payment of debts due to the United States. (H.R. 623)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 22d of December instant. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize registers and receivers of land offices to administer oaths connected with the entry and sale of the public lands. (H.R. 578)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 29th of December instant. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to ''An act to revive the act entitled 'An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,''' approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty. (H.R. 584)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 9th instant. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Tucker, of Arkansas Territory. (H.R. 710)

Read twice, and postponed until Monday, the 9th instant. Mr. Robertson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the provisions of certain laws for the relief of insolvent debtors. (H.R. 694)

Read twice, and postponed until the 1st day of February next. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill 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 twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty. (H.R. 666)

Read twice, and postponed until the 5th of January next. 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. 563)

Read twice, and postponed until the fifth day of January next. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the sale of the bank stock of the United States. (H.R. 565)

Read twice, and postponed until the fifth day of January next. Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To repeal so much of the act entitled ''An act transferring the duties of Commissioner of Loans to the Bank of the United States, and abolishing the office of Commissioner of Loans,'' as requires the ... (H.R. 564)

Read twice, and postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Lay, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an additional agent for paying pensioners of the United States, in the State of Indiana. (H.R. 706)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 13th instant. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard T. Archer. (H.R. 614)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 13th instant. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Moore and William Moore. (H.R. 613)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 26th of January instant. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To prevent evasions of the revenue laws, and for other purposes. (H.R. 644)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 27th instant. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill In relation to patents for public lands sold by the United States, or for private land claims confirmed. (H.R. 661)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday, the 27th of January instant. Mr. Foster, 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. 633)

Read twice, and postponed until Wednesday, the 21st of January instant. Mr. C. C. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen's, Alabama. (H.R. 636)

Read twice, and postponed until Wednesday, the 7th of January next. Mr. Allan, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a new judicial district in the Territory of Florida. (H.R. 598)

Read twice, and postponed until Wednesday, the 7th of January next. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Walker and the heirs of Samuel Brown, deceased. (H.R. 596)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 580)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's Office for the State, of Illinois and Indiana. (H.R. 597)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. An Act Making appropriations for certain roads, and for examinations and surveys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 632)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Dickerson submitted the following, which, when the hill (H.R. No. 644) to prevent evasions of the revenue laws shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as Amendments: (H.R. 644)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Foster submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 563) 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: To the bill regulating the deposite ... (H.R. 563)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Gordon submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 563) regulating the deposite of the public money of the United States in certain local banks shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment: (H.R. 563)

Received. An Act For the relief of Colonel Daniel Newnan. (H.R. 641)

Received. An Act For the relief of the heirs of James Latham, deceased. (H.R. 595)

Received. An Act For the relief of Thomas Simpson. (H.R. 711)

Received. An Act Granting a pension to Simoon S. Morrill. (H.R. 591)

Received. An Act Making appropriations for building light-boats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 660)

Received. An Act Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 616)

Received. An Act To provide for the opening of certain roads in the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 716)

Received. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 599)

Submitted by Mr. Harper, and ordered to be printed. Amendment To the bill (H.R. No. 646) making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five. (H.R. 646)