A petition of inhabitants of the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor heretofore presented February 5, 1840;

Two petitions of citizens of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented February 5, 1840; Four several petitions of citizens of the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented February 6, 1840;

A petition of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented March 16, 1840;

The proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Rock county, in the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented March 16, 1840;

A petition of citizens of the town of Delaware, in the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented March 16, 1840;

Two petitions of citizens.of the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor heretofore presented March 30, 1840;

The report of Captain Thomas Jefferson Cram, of the Topographical Engineers, accompanied by six several petitions of citizens of the Territory of Wisconsin, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented May 14, 1842;

A petition of citizens of Michigan city, in the State of Indiana, in favor of said harbor-heretofore presented May 25, 1840.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

By Mr. J. W. Davis: The petition and papers of Colonel Francis Vigo, of the State of Indiana, praying for a pension-heretofore presented December 30, 1833.

By Mr. Tibbatts: A petition of Philip R. Rice, of the State of Kentucky, praying to be paid the value of a vessel impressed into the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and lost-heretofore presented February 8, 1842.

By Mr. Dana: A petition of Nathan Beard, of the county of Dresden, State of New York, praying for the redemption of five thousand six hundred and five dollars, continental money, paid him for services in the war of the Revolution-heretofore presented February 17, 1843.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Beardsley: A petition of Mary Ward, of Floyd, Oneida county, New York; of Rhoda Adams, Lucy Niles, Mary Hungerford, and Abigail Fuller, of Rome, in the same county and State, widows of revolutionary soldiers, and now pensioners of the United States, praying for the passage of a law to continue their pensions for four years from the 4th of March, 1844;

Also, a petition of Frederick Weller, of Rome, Oneida county, New York, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying to be restored to the pension list;

Also, a petition of Phebe Hall, formerly Phebe Torrence, widow of Alexander Torrence, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension for the revolutionary services of the said Alexander Tor

rence.

By Mr. Clinton: A petition of Elizabeth Gardiner, Eunice Hartford, Elizabeth Elmore, Elizabeth Peck, Mary McCleanning, Sally Cyelder, Leah Sparkes, Elizabeth Koat, and Ruth Black, who are widows of sol

diers of the revolutionary war, and now pensioners of the United States, praying for the passage of a law to continue their pensions during their lives, from the 4th of March, 1844.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Dana: A petition of Jacob Kerr, of Seneca Falls, Seneca county, New York, praying for compensation for four land warrants, delivered by the said petitioner to an agent of the Government, and converted by the said agent to his own use: which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

By Mr. Nes: A petition of citizens of Adams county, Pennsylvania, praying for the reduction of postage and reform in the post office system. By Mr. Tibbatts: A petition of Alexander Connelly, late postmaster of Covington, Kentucky, praying for the passage of a law to refund to him. certain moneys collected of him by the Post Office Department.

By Mr. Hubard: A petition of citizens of Prince Edward county, Virginia, praying for a post-route.

By Mr. Kennedy: A petition of citizens of the city of Utica, New York, praying for the reduction and better regulation of letter postage.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Hamlin: A petition of Aaron Rollins, of Penobscot, Maine, who was a soldier in the late war, praying for arrears of pension.

By Mr. White: A petition of Robert E. Kelly, of Richmond, Kentucky, who was a soldier in the late war, praying for arrears of pension.

By Mr. Frick: A petition of John P. Schuyler, of Pennsylvania, who was a soldier in the late war, praying for arrears of pension.

By Mr. Smith, of Illinois: A petition of the heirs of William Arnold, deceased, who was a soldier in the late war, praying Congress to grant them the right to locate the one hundred and sixty acres of land, falling to the said Arnold, in the State of Illinois.

By Mr. Grinnell: A petition of A. Allen, of the State of Massachusetts, praying a compensation for a boat built by him for the revenue service. By Mr. Dana: The petition of Captain Ira Baldwin-heretofore presented December 18, 1837.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Murphy: A petition of John Sweeney, of the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying for the remission of duties on a pipe of gin, which was accidentally lost.

By Mr. E. R. Potter: A petition of Asa Armington, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, praying for relief from a bond for revenue service.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Murphy: A petition of Daniel Ingalls, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Dodge, of Iowa: A petition of Samuel D. Enocks, praying for compensation for a horse lost in the Black Hawk war: which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Dodge, of lowa: The case of John Morgan, presented hereto

fore January 7, 1842, was again presented, with additional evidence, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Kennedy: The petition of citizens of the counties of Jay and Adams, in the State of Indiana, praying Congress to make a donation of certain lands in said counties to Dickson Milligan, for the purpose of having them drained: which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

By Mr. Relfe: The petition of citizens of the Territory of Iowa, in relation to the Territory of Oregon: which petition was referred to the Committee on the 'Territories.

By Mr. Grinnell: The petition of Franklin Whitney, of the town of New Bedford, and State of Massachusetts, in relation to an alleged interference with an application for a patent: which petition was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Relfe: The petition of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying the removal of the circuit court for the Missouri district from St. Louis to Jefferson city, the seat of Government of said State: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith, of Illinois: A letter of Timothy Souther, of Alton, in the State of Illinois, in relation to certain moneys expended by said Souther for the Government: which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Anderson: The petition of citizens of the county of West Ches ter, in the State of New York, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Port Chester, in said county: which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Holmes: A petition of the vestry of St. Philip's church, in the city of Charleston, State of South Carolina, praying the remission of the duty upon a certain church organ, imported from England in the year 1839: which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Edward J. Black: A petition of masters and captains of vessels of Darien, in the State of Georgia, praying that a buoy may be placed on the north breaker, head of the Sap lo inlet: which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Benton: A petition of John Nicholas, of Litchfield, county of Herkimer, State of New York, setting forth his capture by the Indians when a boy, and his deprivations while a prisoner, and praying for relief in the premises: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Hubard: A memorial of Mrs. Ann Scott, a resident of the State of Virginia, and widow of Major Samuel Scott, deceased, an officer in the revolutionary war, praying the granting to her, as such widow, military bounty land and commutation pay for the services of her said husband: which memorial was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of John T. Beck, a resident of the State of Missouri, praying compensation for a horse lost at the battle of Tippecanoe: which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of Gideon Walker, a citizen of the county of Monroe, in the State of Indiana, praying compensation for services rendered as an enlisted soldier in the army of the United States from the year 1792 to the year 1795, inclusive: which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of Cornelius Bogard, a resident of the county of Green, in the State of Indiana, praying remuneration for two horses lost while in the service of the United States during the last war: which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of citizens of the county of Sullivan, in the State of Indiana, praying for the erection of a bridge over the Ohio river, at the city of Wheeling, in the State of Virginia: which petition was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of citizens of the county of Owen, in the State of Indiana, praying likewise for the building of said bridge: which petition was referred to the same committee.

By Mr. John W. Davis: A petition of citizens of the county of Knox, in the State of Indiana, praying for the donation of a quantity of refuse lands to assist in improving the navigation of the Wabash river: which petition was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Holmes: A petition of Margaret Bay and seven others, citizens of the State of South Carolina, heirs of E. H. Bay, deceased, praying for a grant of lands in lieu of certain lands appropriated by the United States, belonging to the late E. H. Bay, deceased: which petition was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Wentworth: A petition of Alva Keweda, a citizen of Kane county, in the State of Illinois, praying for the refunding by the Government of the United States, of certain money paid by him into the land of fice at Chicago, in said State: which petition was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Wentworth: A petition of Garrett Norton, of the county of Du Page, in the State of Illinois, praying likewise for the refunding of certain moneys paid illegally into the land office at Chicago: which petition was referred to the same committee.

By Mr. Murphy: A petition of Eliza Trenchard and others, widows of navy officers, praying for a restoration of the navy pension fund: which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Murphy: A petition of Sarah Hunter, of the county of Richmond, State of New York, praying, as mother of R. A. Hunter, late an apprentice in the United States navy, relief: which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Holmes: A petition of Mary E. Hatch, widow of Robert Hatch, deceased, a pilot in the United States navy, praying to be restored to the navy pension list: which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Thompson: The petition of W. W. Browning and J. S. Skinner, citizens of the State of Mississippi, praying the confirmation of the location of certain lands made to satisfy the claim of Alabatcha, by virtue of the 14th article of Dancing Rabbit creek treaty: which petition was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. John W. Davis: Documents in support of a claim of Alexander Reid, of the State of Indiana, to a pension for his revolutionary services: which documents were referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. -: Two letters in relation to a claim of John Monroe, of Warren county, State of Virginia, for compensation for a wagon and team destroyed by the Indians, whilst in the service of the United States in Florida in the year 1839-heretofore presented April 26, 1842:

which letters, with other documents, were referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Benton: A petition of Darius Hawkins, of Newport, Herkimer county, New York, praying for arrears of pension.

By Mr. Robert Smith: A petition of James Reid, of Bellville, St. Clair county, Illinois, who was a soldier in the late war, praying for a pension. By Mr. Hubard: A petition of the heirs of Captain William Evans, late of Buckingham county, Virginia, deceased, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for arrears of pension: which were referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Holmes: A petition of John Fraser and George A. Trenholm, of Charleston, South Carolina, praying that certain moneys paid by them under a forfeiture, may be refunded to them: referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Giddings: The memorial of Robert D. Sewall-heretofore presented December 19, 1816: which memorial was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Reuben Chapman: The petition of Walker, Caruthers, & Co.heretofore presented January 18, 1842: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr Bidlack: A petition of Edwin Porter of Virginia, praying that payment be made to him of certain moneys withheld by the Post Office Department: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Bidlack: A petition of Reuben Taylor, of Greenfield, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, pray. ing that his pension may be increased, and certain arrears of pension paid to him.

By Mr. Maclay: A petition of Obadiah Newcomb, of the city of New York, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension. By Mr. Thomasson: A petition of Robert Poindexter, of Carroll county, Kentucky, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: A memorial of Jonas Gleason, of Philadelphia, praying for certain modifications of the tariff law: which memorial was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Catlin: The petition of John Morgan, of Hartford, Connecticut-heretofore presented December 16, 1840: which petition was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Slidell: A petition of Laurent Millaudon, Andrew Hodge, and Austin Woolfolk, of the State of Louisiana, praying for the confirmation of certain entries of land in the New Orleans land district.

By Mr. Slidell: A petition of Louis Janin, of the city of New Orleans, praying for the confirmation of the sale of a tract of public land in the New Orleans district.

By Mr. Slidell: A petition of Bernard Hemkin, of the State of Louisiana, praying for the confirmation of the sale of a tract of public land in the district north of Red river.

By Mr. Slidell: The petition of F. Denon and others-heretofore presented January 30, 1843.