Mr. Miller presented a petition of Anthony Gale, late Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Marine Corps of the United States, praying that he may be placed on the pension list, or that some provision may be made for his support.

Mr. Blair presented a petition of Robert Strains, of the state of Tennessee, praying compensation for two rifles, impressed into and lost in the public service.

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

Petitions from the persons undermentioned, which have been heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz:

By Mr. Cady, the petition of Samuel Allen and James H. Leonard, presented on the 25th March, 1822.

By Mr. Burleigh, the petition of Thomas Cutts, jun. presented on the 18th Dec. 1818.

By Mr. Little, the petition of Francis Zock, presented on the 17th January, 1820.

By Mr. Richard, of Michigan, the petition of Henry B. Brevort, presented on the 21st Dec. 1821.

Mr. Hobart presented a petition of Benjamin Ellis and other inhabitants of the town of Carver, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, praying that additional duties may be imposed on iron castings which may hereafter be imported into the United States.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of the merchants, traders, and other citizens of the City of New York; praying that a duty of ten per centum may be imposed on sales at auction, excepting the effects of bankrupts, of deceased persons, goods sold for the benefit of underwriters, shipping, and real estate.

Mr. Tod presented a memorial signed by sundry members of the Legislature of the state of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Tod also presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Miller presented a memorial of sundry other inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania; Mr. Breck presented a memorial of sundry other inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania;

Respectively praying that efficient measures may be taken for the security and protection of the manufacturing interest of the country. Mr. Hemphill presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, praying that additional duties may be imposed on iron and iron-castings which may hereafter be imported into the United States.

Mr. Beck presented a memorial of Kreymborg and Hagedom, quill manufacturers in the city of Philadelphia, praying that so much of the acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposes a duty on raw quills, may be repealed.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Webster presented a memorial signed by a committee on behalf of the inhabitants of the city of Boston, and its vicinity, praying that the situation of the Greeks, now engaged in arms in rescuing their oppressed country and brethren from Turkish bondage, may engage the early and favorable attention of Congress; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Buck presented a petition of Thomas Marsh and Joseph Yaw, of the state of Vermont, setting forth that, in consequence of one of the petitioners having driven a number of fat cattle into the British province of Canada, in the year 1814, they have been subjected to heavy damages; and that the Supreme Court have decided, subsequently, that driving fat cattle on foot into Canada, was no offence against the statute of the United States, under which the petitioners were prosecuted, and praying that the money paid by them may be refunded.

Mr. Buck also presented a similar petition and memorial from Asa Bulkley and Luke Dewing, of the state of Vermont.

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

On motion of Mr. Richards, of New York,

Ordered, That the petition of George B. R. Gove, heretofore presented on the 9th of March, 1820, be referred to the same committee. Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of Phoebe Reynolds, of the state of New York, widow of William L. Reynolds, who died while a sailor in the Navy of the United States, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Tracy presented a memorial of George Lowry, of the state of New York, complaining of oppression and illegal conduct of the judicial authorities of the state of Pennsylvania, and praying for the interposition of Congress in his behalf.

Mr. Mercer presented a memorial and petition of sundry merchants and underwriters of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying for the interposition of Congress in procuring redress for spoliations committed on their lawful commerce on the high seas, by French cruisers, between the years 1793 and 1800.

Mr. Blair presented a memorial of the ninth convention of the Manumission Society of Tennessee, praying Congress to adopt measures for the prevention of slavery in future in any state where it is not now allowed by law, as, also, for its proscription in states hereafter to be formed and admitted into the Union.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina,

Ordered, That the petition of the executors of Thomas Chapman, heretofore presented on the 21st of December, 1821, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Markley presented a petition of Lewis Schrack, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for a quantity of gun stocks, made and delivered under a contract with the United States; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Harris presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Berrysburg, Dauphin county, state of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a post route; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Breck presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce, in the city of Philadelphia, praying that an act may be passed, prescribing an uniform system of bankruptcy for the United States; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. McKim presented a petition of Adam Clackner, an officer in the army of the Revolution, praying to be restored to the roll of Revolutionary pensioners, from which he has been stricken, in consequence of the estimated value of his property; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Prince presented a petition of Frederick Dayhoff, of the state of Indiana, praying to be permitted to change the entry of a tract of land purchased of the United States, having, through mistake, entered a tract different from that which he intended to enter, and, until recently, supposed he had entered.

Mr. Moore, of Alabama, presented a petition of Louis Dolive, and a petition of Lefroy Dolive, respectively praying that their titles to lots of ground in the city of Mobile, may be confirmed.

Mr. Moore also presented a petition of Cornelius McCurtin, praying that his title to a tract of land on Dog river, in the state of Alabama, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Scott,

Ordered, That the petition of Clement B. Penrose, heretofore presented on the 14th of December, 1819, and the petition of sundry inhabitants of Missouri, presented on the 21st of January, 1823, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Joseph Janey, which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Richard G. Morris, which was committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Little. from the same committee, made a report on the petition of Mary James, accompanied by a bill for her relief, which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was recommitted the engrossed bill concerning costs in certain cases, with instructions, reported the same amended in conformity to said instructions; which amendment was concurred in by the House, and the question was stated on the third reading of the bill: when,

A motion was made by Mr. Clark, that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the law upon the

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subject of the violation of patents, as provides for the recovery of triple damages in suits brought by patentees for such violation; and that, where judgment shall pass for defendant, or the plaintiff become non-suited, or suffer discontinuance, the defendant shall recover dou. ble costs.

And, on the question to agree to this motion,

It passed in the affirmative.

Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz:

An act appropriating a certain sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana;

An act to authorize the laying out and opening certain public roads in the territory of Florida;

An act for the relief of Samuel Wharton;

Were, respectively, read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the titles be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk do carry the said bills to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein.

An engrossed bill to authorize the surveying and making a road from Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas, was read the third time; and, being on its passage, it was Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Mosher, his Secretary, which he delivered in at the Speaker's table.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the relief of Penelope Denney; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Taylor reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein.

The question was stated, Shall the committee of the whole have leave to sit again on the said bill? When,

The House adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1824.

The message from the President of the United States, received yesterday, was read; and is as follows:

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 18th of December last, requesting copies of contracts for cannon, cannon shot, muskets, and other small arms, which have been entered into since the 1st of January, 1820, and for other detailed information therein specified, I herewith transmit a report, with accompanying documents, from the Department of War. JAMES MONROE.

Washington, 5th December, 1824.

Ordered, That the said message, and accompanying documents, be laid on the table.

Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Jesse Wilson; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the consideration of the memorial of Daniel W. Coxe, for a confirmation of a grant of land to the Marquis de Maison Rouge; and that the said memorial be laid on the table.

Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom has been referred sundry memorials upon the subject, reported a bill to alter the Judicial districts of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Webster, from the same Committee, made a report on the memorial of Peter L. Jackson; which was read, and the resolution therein recommended was concurred in by the House, viz:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. Mr. Newton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill for the relief of Isaac Collyer and others; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Jesse Thompson, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions; also, from the consideration of the petition of John Prichard, and that it be laid on the table.

Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Margaret M'Keon, which was read, and the resolution therein recommended was concurred in by the House, viz:

Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw her petition. Mr. Eddy, from the same Committee, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Mary Treadwell and John Hoff; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was re-committed the bill to authorize the surveying and making a road from Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas, reported the same with an amendment; which was agreed to by the House, and the said bill was ordered to be re-engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. Mercer, from the committee upon the subject of the proposed canal to unite the waters of the Chesapeake Bay with those of the river Ohio, to which was referred the letter of William H. Jones, accompanied by a copy of Shriver's map of the country though which the said canal is proposed to pass, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to provide such charts, maps, and other furniture, for the several committees of the House, under the instruction of the Speaker, as may be, in his judgment, calculated to facilitate the performance of their respective duties.

The said resolution was read, and agreed to by the House.