provision for the continuation of the national road from Wheeling to the river Mississippi; which resolution was referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the continuation of the Cumberland road. The Speaker presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, praying for the aid of Congress in opening a canal navigation between the river Wabash and the river Miami of Lake Erie; which memorial was referred to the committee of the whole to which the bill upon that subject is committed. Mr. Livingston presented a petition of Joseph Cameron, a sergeant in the army, praying that he may receive a bounty in land for long and faithful services in the army of the United States, in which he has been engaged upwards of twenty-one years, without intermission. Mr. Wickliffe presented a petition of Susannah Bishop, administratrix of the estate of John Bishop, deceased, on behalf of the heirs of the said John Bishop, praying that the provisions of the act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, may be extended to the said heirs, for reasons set forth in their petition. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Jennings presented a resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, respecting the continuance of the national road to the Mississippi river, a copy of that this day presented by the Speaker. Ordered, That the said resolution be referred to the select committee appointed on the 9th of December last, upon the subject of the two per cent. fund, set apart from the proceeds of the sales of public lands to the making of roads. Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Major William Cammack; which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Rankin, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to whom the subject was referred, by resolution on the 15th of December, and to whom was referred a memorial of inhabitants of Fernandina, in Amelia Island; reported a bill granting donations of land to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Rankin, from the same committee, to whom the subject was referred by resolution, on the 24th of December, and to which was also referred, on the 22d December, a petition of inhabitants of that part of West Florida now attached to the state of Louisiana, reported a bill supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the Saint Helena and Jackson Court House land districts; 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 the Public Lands be discharged from the consideration of the petition of David Ryal, and the petition of Neal Munn and John M Kellar, and that they be laid on the table. Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Joseph C. Tucker and Elisha Dwelle, and that it be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill for the relief of William King; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Mareen Duvall, accompanied by a bill for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Mattocks, from the same committee, made a report on the petition of Lemuel Arms, accompanied by a bill for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the same committee, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Ebenezer Averill and Charles Townsend; which were severally committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Ordered, That John Biddle, who contested the election and return of Gabriel Richard, the delegate from the territory of Michigan, have leave to withdraw his memorial and documents. Two messages, in writing, were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Everett, his Secretary, the first of which is in the words following: To the House of Representatives of the United States: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th of December last, requesting the President of the United States to communicate to the House all such parts of the correspondence with the government of Spain, relating to the Florida treaty, to the period of its final ratification, not heretofore communicated, which, in his opinion, it might not be inconsistent with the public interest to communicate, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of the correspondence requested. JAMES MONROE. Washington, February 2d, 1824. The said message was read, and ordered to lie on the table. To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit, herewith, to the House of Representatives, a report from the Secretary of State, together with a digest of recent commercial regulations of foreign countries, prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House, of the 30th of January, 1823. JAMES MONROE. The said message was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Rankin laid before the House a communication addressed to him, as Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, detailing the situation and state of the business in that office, and asking that provision may be made for the temporary employment of an additional number of clerks; which communication was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Moore, of Alabama, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the propriety of establishing a post route from Bellfonte, in Jackson county, Alabama, by the way of Gunter's Landing, to Blountsville. On motion of Mr. Brent, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pre emption right to all persons who are settled upon the public lands on the banks of the Mississippi, for the purpose of aiding and facilitating steam navigation upon said river. Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law to encourage settlements on the public land upon the banks of the Mississippi river, with a view to improve the navigation of said river. Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the rights of the state of Louisiana to the cypress swamps within the limits of said state, and that such report be made as the rights, justice, and expediency of the case may require. On motion of Mr. Barber, of Connecticut, Resolved, That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Joshua Bill, of Groton, Connecticut, an invalid soldier of the Revolutionary army, on the pension roll. On motion of Mr. McCoy, Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a branch of the district court for the western district of Virginia, at Staunton. On motion of Mr. Floyd, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Fincastle, in Botetourt county, by Blacksburgh, in Mont. gomery, to Giles Court House, Virginia. On motion of Mr. Moore, of Kentucky, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Frankfort, in Kentucky, to Springfield, in Kentucky, by the way of Girts Yocums and Mcs Ville, in Washington county. The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to authorize the appointment of two additional Indian agents; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Condict reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein, and directed him to ask leave to sit again. The question was taken, Shall the committee of the whole have leave to sit again on the said bill? And was determined in the negative. Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table. Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Samuel Wharton;" and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by the requisite number of the printed Naval Register for the year 1824; which letter was ordered to lie on the table. And then the House adjourned. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1824. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Buhler, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ، An act rewarding the officers and crews of two gigs, or small boats, under the command of Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory, of the United States Navy," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harvey, from the same committee, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Catharine Young, which was ordered to lie on the table. Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Elishe Carter, and that it be laid on the table. Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Francis Stringer, and the petition of the Trustees of the University of Michigan; and that they be laid on the table: also, from the consideration of the petition of the heirs of William Tarvin, the petition of Sefroy Dolive, of Louis Dolive, and of the heirs of Cornelius M'Curtin, and that they be referred to the committee of the whole House to which is committed the bill supplementary to the several acts providing for acertaining and adjusting the title and claims to land in the Saint HelenaTM and Jackson Court House land districts. Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of John Henry Rentrope, reported a bill authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Edwards, of North Carolina, from the Committee on Revo Feb. 3.] lutionary Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the case of John L. Polereczky, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Edwards, from the same committee, to which was referred the petition of Sewall Fullam, reported a bill for the relief of Samuel Rist; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made an unfavorable report on that part of the petition of Thomas Porter, of South Carolina, which prays for bounty land and retained bounty; which report was read, and ordered to lie ou the table. Mr. Newton, from the Committee on Commerce, made a report on the petition of William Porter, accompanied by a bill to authorize the issuing a register to the brig William of New York; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to lie on the table. The resolution submitted on Friday last by Mr. Tracy, was taken up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Cocke laid the following resolution on the table for consideration on to-morrow: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to this House a statement, shewing the situation of any suit or suits which have been, or are now depending, in which the United States are interested, for the recovery of the possession of a tract of land, commonly called "the Peapatch," and on which fort Delaware is situated, specifying the amount of money paid by the United States in each case, to whom paid, and the times, respectively, by whom, on what account, and from what fund. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the year 1823, shewing the amount appropriated under each specific head, the amount expended under each, and the balance remaining unexpended in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1823; which letter and statement were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Speaker also laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with all the books and reports of the several Boards of Commissioners and Recorder of land titles, made out and transmitted to the Treasury Department, under the several acts of Congress, and the instructions predicated thereon, relative to the adjustment of land titles in the former district of Louisiana and territory of Missouri, now state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, forwarded in obedience to a resolution adopted in this House on the 14th ultimo; which were referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Ordered, That the message of the President of the United States, dated on the 22d January, 1823, communicated to this House at the last session of Congress, accompanied by a report of a survey of the rivers Ohio and Mississippi, from the rapids of the river Ohio at the mouth of the river Mississippi, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. On motion of Mr. Cocke, |