On motion of Mr. Strong,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the propriety of restoring the name of Archibald Jackson to the pension roll.

On motion of Mr. Hayden,

Resolved That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing by law a mail route on the canal from Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and state of New York, to Buffalo, in the county of Erie.

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing by law a mail route from Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and state of New York, to Genesee in the county of Livingston.

On motion of Mr. Floyd,

Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of occupying the Columbia or Oregon river, and to regulate the intercourse with the Indian tribes; and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Floyd, Mr. Gurley, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hayden, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Baylies, were appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, that any postmaster, intending to resign his appointment, shall give a reasonable notice, at his office, of such his intention.

Mr. Hamilton submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a navy yard either at Beaufort or Charleston, South Carolina, for the building, repairing, and equipment of sloops of war, and vessels of a smaller class, in the Navy of the United States.

The said resolution was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Cook laid the following resolution on the table, for consideration to-morrow, viz.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to this House a statement, shewing the amount of money remaining to be paid by the purchasers of public lands prior to the 1st day of July, 1820, designating the amount due for lands purchased in each state.

On motion of Mr. Farrelly,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the organization and number of the Engineer Corps, and ascertain whether any alteration be necessary in the same.

On motion of Mr. Richard, of Michigan,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of opening a road between Mount Clemons, in the county of Macomb, and Fultonville, near the mouth of Pine river, in the county of St. Clair, in the territory of Michigan. On motion of Mr. Storrs,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the 30th section of the act, entitled "An act to establish the judicial court of the United States," passed September 24th, 1789.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bil!, entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the use of the territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military bounty lands lying within the same." And then he withdrew.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Garret Fontaine; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Lathrop reported the resolution recommended in said report, with an amendment.

The said resolution, as recommended in the report of the Committee of Claims, is as follows:

"Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted,"

The amendment reported by the committee of the whole is to strike out the word not, so as to make the resolution read "that the prayer of the petitioner ought to be granted."

This amendment was concurred in by the House, and it was Ordered, That a bill be brought in for the relief of the petitioner, and that the Committee of Claims do prepare and bring in the same, A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Mosher, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the 26th instant, approve and sigu " An act appropriating a certain sum of money for the relief of Daniel D. Tompkins.”

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of Jacob Babbit; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Sharpe reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to

morrow.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to repeal in part an act, entitled "An act to lessen the compensation of marshals, clerks, and attorneys, in the cases therein mentioned;" also, on the bill concerning costs in certain cases; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Condict reported the said bills, with an amendment to the latter; which amendment was read, and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bills be engrossed, and that they be, respectively, read a third time to-morrow.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of William Bartlett and John Stearns, owners of the schooner Angler, and Nathaniel Carver, owner of the schooner Harmony, and,others; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, reported the same without amendment,

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to

morrow.

And then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1823.

Another Member, to wit, from Kentucky, Thomas Metcalfe, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat.

Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported, that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the use of the territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military bounty lands lying within the same," and found the same to be truly enrolled: When

The Speaker signed the said bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Kidder presented a petition of Mary Treadwell, of the state of Maine, widow of Captain William Treadwell, of the Revolutionary army, praying that some provision may be made for her future support; which petition was referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Fuller,

Ordered, That the petition of Benjamin King, heretofore presented on the 27th of January, 1823, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the petition of John B. Smith, heretofore presented on the 16th February, 1818, be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Gatlin,

Ordered, That the petition of Charles Grice, heretofore presented on the 5th April, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Hall presented a memorial of John G. Blount, and others, merchants, of Washington, in the state of North Carolina, respecting their claims for spoliations committed on their lawful commerce by the cruisers of France, between the years 1793 and 1800; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Cook presented a petition of John Swaggart and Mary Williams, of the state of Illinois, stating that the said John Swaggart, in 1814, purchased of the United States a tract of land, and sold a part of it to Benjamin Williams, the late husband of the said Mary Williams, and that the same land has been sold, subsequently, by the United States, to a certain Joseph Cornelius, unknown to either of the petitioners, to whom a patent has issued, and praying relief in the premises; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Gurley presented a petition of Joseph Le Blanc, of the state of Louisiana, praying that his title to a tract of land, therein described, may be confirmed; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, who were in

structed, by a resolution of the House, to inquire into the expediency of establishing an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States, made a report, "that it is not expedient to establish such system;" which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. M'Lane, of Delaware, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Thomas Findlay, which was read, and the resolution therein recommended was adopted by the House, viz:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. Mr. McLane, from the same committee, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Lunceford; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of Harriet Carter, which was read, and the resolution therein recommended was adopted by the House, viz.

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the farther consideration of the petition of Harriet Carter, and that it be referred to the Commissioners on the Navy Pension Fund. Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the considoration of the cases of Francis Price and George Burton, and that they lie on the table.

Mr. Kent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill to confer certain powers on the Levy Court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the consideration of the petition of the inhabitants of St. Joseph, of the bay of Miami, of Lake Erie, in the territory of Michigan, and that it be laid on the table.

Mr. Sloane, from the Committee of Elections, made a report on the petition of Parmenio Adams, contesting the right of Isaac Wilson to a seat in this House, as one of the Representatives of the state of New York; which report was committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

The resolution laid on the table yesterday, by Mr. Cook, was taken up, read, and agreed to by the House.

A motion was made by Mr. Floyd, and seconded, that the message of the President of the United States, communicated to this House on the 17th of February, 1825, accompanied with detailed statements of the expenditures in the Ordnance Department, for the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821; of the number and position of the armories, arsenals and magazines; the expense of constructing and repairing the same; the number of cannon and small arms made thereat, and the expenditures at each armory, arsenal, and magazine, be referred to a select committee; and, pending this motion, it was moved to refer the subject to the Committee on Expenses in the War Department.

This motion being decided in the negative, it was

Ordered, That the said message be referred to a select committee; and Mr. Floyd, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Dwight, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Tra

cy, Mr. Sharpe, and Mr. Spence, were appointed the said committee. On motion of Mr. Rich,

Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the practicability and expediency of adopting measures, which shall more effectually restrain either citizens of the United States, or foreigners, from hunting or trapping on lands to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, and exclude foreigner's from a participation in the Indian trade.

On motion of Mr. P. P. Barbour,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the propriety of reinstating Henry Hines, of the county of Louisa, Virginia, on the Revolutionary pension list.

On motion of Mr. Rogers,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Bethlehem, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, to Manch Chunck, in said county.

On motion of Mr. Hayden,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to Inquire into the expediency of explaining and amending the third section of an act, entitled "An act for providing compensation for the marshals, clerks, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, in the Courts of the United States, and to repeal certain parts of the acts therein mentioned, and for other purposes," so far forth as the provisions thereof affect the compensation of the clerks of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Marvin,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from the town of Barre, in the county of Genesee, in the state of New York, to intersect the post route from Rochester to Lewiston, on the ridge road, in the town of Gaines, in the county and state aforesaid; said contemplated post route to pass through the village of Newport, on the Erie Canal.

On motion of Mr. Richard, of Michigan,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from Mount Clemens, in the county of Macomb, to Fultonville, in the county of St. Clair, in the territory of Michigan.

Ordered, That the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Charles Minifie, be committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz:

An act for the relief of Jacob Babbit;

An act for the relief of William Bartlett and John Stearns, owners of the schooner Angler, and Nathaniel Carver, owner of the schooner Harmony, and others;

An act to repeal, in part, an act, entitled "An act to lessen the compensation for marshals, clerks, and attorneys, in the cases therein mentioned;"

Were, respectively, read the third time, and passed.