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gers, in the state of Indiana, heretofore presented on the 31st January, 1820, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Ordered, That the petition of Benjamin Hufman, heretofore presented on the 10th December, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Moore, of Alabama, presented a petition of Robert Henry, of that state, praying permission to change his entry of a tract of land purchased of the United States, and paid for, having, as he alleges, through mistake, entered a tract different from the one he intended to enter, and believed he had entered.

Mr. Conway presented a memorial of the General Assembly of the territory of Arkansas, praying that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may be directed to furnish the government of said territory with a list, shewing the military bounty lands in said territory, and to whom and when granted.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Mosher, his Secretary, which was read, and is as follows:

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

By an act of the last session of Congress, it was made the duty of the accounting officers of the Treasury to adjust and settle the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late Governor of the state of New York, on principles of equity and justice, subject to the revision and final decision of the President of the United States. The accounting officers have, in compliance with this act, reported to me a balance of thirty five thousand one hundred and ninety dollars, in favor of Governor Tompkins, which report I have had under consideration, together with his claim to an additional allowance, and should have decided on the same before the present time, had I not delayed my decision at his request. From the view which I have taken of the subject, I am satisfied, considering all the circumstances of the case, that a larger sum ought to be allowed him than that reported by the accounting officers of the Treasury. No appropriation, however, having been made by the act, and it appearing, by recent information from him, that the sum reported would afford him an essential accommodation at this time, the subject is submitted to the consideration of Congress, with a view to that object. JAMES MONROE.

WASHINGTON CITY, 7th December, 1823.

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

The resolution submitted on the 5th instant by Mr. M'Kim, was taken up, read, and agreed to by the House.

On motion of Mr. Little,

Resolved, That the subject of Revolutionary Pensions, under the acts of March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820, be referred to a select Committee.

Mr. Edwards, of North Carolina, Mr. Kremer, Mr. Kidder, Mr. Robert B. Vance, Mr. Cassedy, Mr. Hogeboom, and Mr. Arthur Smith, were appointed the said Committee.

Mr. Webster submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an agent or commissioner to GREECE, whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment.

The said resolution was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Wilson, of South Carolina,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Cambridge, by Scuffletown and Broyle's to Greenville Court House, in South Carolina.

On motion of Mr. Herrick,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to consider the expediency of placing on the Pension List John L. Polereczky, an officer in the French troops, allied with the American army in the war of the Revolution.

On motion of Mr. Brent,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the laws of the United States as to abolish "imprisonment for debt."

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the policy and expediency of establishing "a Criminal Code" for the government of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Beecher,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Cumberland Road be instructed to inquire into the expediency of further extending the Cumberland Road, by opening and making the same from Wheeling to Zanesville, in the state of Ohio.

Mr. Owen moved that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending a Circuit Court of the United States to the state of Alabama.

The said resolution being read,

Mr. Call moved to amend the same by adding thereto "and the territory of Florida;" which motion to amend being decided in the negative,

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Mr. Rankin moved to amend the same by striking out the words "to the state of Alabama," and inserting to those states in which no Circuit Court has been established."

It was then

Ordered, That the said resolution do lie on the table; and

The House proceeded to the election of a Chaplain to Congress for

the present session, on their part, and, upon an examination of the second ballot, it appeared that the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was duly elected.

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.
And then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1823.

Two other members, to wit: from the state of Maine, Stephen Longfellow; and from the state of Virginia, William C. Rives: appeared, were qualified and took their seats.

On motion of Mr. Plumer, of New-Hampshire,

Ordered, That the petition of Ezekiel Knowles, heretofore presented on the 11th Dee. 1821, be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Isacks presented a petition of Sarah Chitwood, widow of John Chitwood, late of the state of Tennessee, who, she states, died of disease contracted while in the military service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain, praying that the benefits of the acts heretofore passed for the relief of the widows and children of militia who died in service, may be extended to her and her children; which petition was referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Ordered, That the petition of Samuel Littell, heretofore presented on the 19th February, 1823, be also referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Baylies presented a memorial of the citizens of New-Bedford, in the state of Massachusetts, exhibiting a view of the languishing state of the spermaceti whale fishery, and praying that an additional duty may be imposed on tallow and tallow candles, upon their importation into the United States, by way of protection of the fisheries, and of the agricultural interest of the country," which memorial was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Sibley presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of the dis trict of Norfolk, in the state of Massachusetts, contesting the election and return of John Bailey, as one of the members of this House, from that state, on the ground that he was not an inhabitant of the state at the time of his election, and praying that the seat of said Bailey may be declared vacant; which memorial was referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a memorial of the tallow-chandlers and soap-boilers of the city of New York, combatting the representations contained in the memorial presented this day from the citizens of New Bedford, upon the subject of the sperm, whale fishery, and the importation of tallow and tallow candles, and declaring that the said representations are fallacious; and stating, that they are entirely satisfied with the duty, as it now stands, on foreign tallow and tallow candles; yet, if any alteration be determined on, they pray that tal

low may be admitted free of duty, as most, if not all other raw materials are now admitted.

Mr. Storrs presented a memorial of the persons engaged in manufactures in the county of Oneida, in the state of New-York, praying that efficient measures may be devised and adopted, to protect the manufacturers of cotton goods from the hostility of foreign manufacturers and capitalists.

Mr. Govan presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of Richland district, in the state of South Carolina, in opposition to any alteration or increase of the tariff of duties on foreign manufactures, by way of protection to domestic manufactures.

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

Mr. Storrs presented a petition of Thomas L. Ogden, on behalf of himself and of Herman Le Roy, William Bayard, Cornelius Ray, Joshua Waddington, Robert Lenox, James Lenox, Benjamin W. Rogers, Duncan P. Campbell and Henry Brevoort, praying compensation for the use of, and damage done to, a large and valuable tract of land, lying near the village of Sackett's Harbor, in the state of New York, by the military forces of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Jennings presented a petition of Eliza Dill, one of the daughters of the late Major General Arthur St. Clair, of the Revolutionary army, on behalf of herself and sisters, praying to be allowed and paid the amount which she conceives to be equitably and justly due to the estate of her deceased father, on account of personal services rendered, and advances made for the public account, in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Test presented a petition of Jean Daniel Cler, late of Switzerland, and now a citizen of the United States, praying compensation for services rendered to the sick and suffering emigrants, who embarked from Holland in the same vessel with the petitioner; as, also, to be reimbursed the money expended by him for the relief of the said emigrants.

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

The following petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committee of Claims, viz.

By Mr. Andrew Stevenson, the petition of Nathaniel Childers, heretofore presented on the 7th January, 1822;

By Mr. Neale, the claim of the Levy Court of Calvert county, in the state of Maryland, heretofore presented on the 10th Dec. 1817; By Mr. Swan, the petition of Jeremiah Manning, heretofore presented on the 15th April, 1820;

By Mr. Ten Eyck, the petition of Lemuel Arms, heretofore presented on the 12th December, 1821.

On motion of Mr. Strong,

Ordered, That the petition of Archibald Jackson, heretofore presented on the 30th January, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Litchfield presented a petition of Edward W. Lewis, by his father, Samuel Lewis, jun. praying compensation for services as an extra clerk in the War Department, for one year ending July, 1819; which petition was referred to the Secretary of War, to report thereon.

Mr. Marvin presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Ontario, Seneca, and Wayne, in the state of New-York, praying that a light-house may be erected on Great Sodus Bay, on Lake Ontario;

Mr. Farrelly presented petitions of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Erie and Crawford, in the state of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Wilson, of South Carolina, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Pendleton District, in the state of South Carolina;

Mr. Isacks presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Jasper, in the state of Tennessee; respectively praying for the establishment of post routes.

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

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Ordered, That the petition of John D. Hay, heretofore presented on the 18th March, 1822, be also referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. M.Kim presented a petition of Alexander Mactier, merchant, of the city of Baltimore, praying to be indemnified for a loss sustained in the capture of the ship America, at the commencement of the late war between the United States and Great Britain, which capture he alleges was entirely consequent upon the arbitrary and illegal conduct of the collector of the customs for the port of Baltimore.

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

On motion of Mr. William Smith,

Ordered, that the petition of Jacob Shaffer, heretofore presented on the 13th Dec. 1819, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Gazlay presented a petition of Osborne Parsons, of the state of Ohio, praying for the renewal of a warrant for bounty land, granted him in consideration of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary army, which warrant he has lost.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Poinsett presented a petition of John B. Lemaitre, merchant, of Charleston, in the state of South Carolina, praying to be paid the drawback of duties on a quantity of cotton shipped by him in 1819, to a port in France, which drawback is withheld solely on account of an informality in executing the export bond.

Mr. Brent presented a petition of Joseph Aborn, Collector of the port of Nova Iberia, in Louisiana, praying payment for services rendered by him as deputy collector, from April, 1817, to January, 1819; also, for pay as inspector for the same time; which petition also represents the want of means to aid in executing the reve

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