lief of Daniel D. Tompkins," and found the same to be truly enrolled when the Speaker signed the said bill.

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Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. M'Lane, of Delaware, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Jacob Greer, and the resolution therein recommended was concurred in by the House, as fol. lows:

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

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of Julia Lawrence, widow of Captain James Lawrence, deceased, late of the Navy of the United States, accompanied by a bill further extending the term of half-pay pensions to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the same committee, also made a report on the petition of Penelope Denney, accompanied by a bill making provision for her support; 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 Committee of Claims, made a second unfavorable report on the case of the Levy Court of Calvert county, in the state of Maryland; which was committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Williams, from the same committee, also made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Charles Minifie and Lawrence Muse; which were, respectively, ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Sarah Boyles; which was read, and the resolution, therein recommended, was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be not granted.

Mr. Little, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Samuel Littell, Samuel Finley, William Blair, Charity Williams, and Joseph Ligon; which were, respectively, ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered. That the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of Samuel Young, William Davis, David Bunch, and Matthew N. Sanborn, and that they be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions; also, from the petition of William Tennery, and that it be referred to the Secretary of War.

The resolution submitted yesterday, by Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, was taken up, read, modified, and agreed to, as follows: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to lay before this House any information he may have received, and which he may not deem it improper to communicate, relating to the condition and future prospects of the Greeks.

On motion of Mr. Allen, of Massachusetts,

Resolved, That, in addition to the six hundred copies of the Public

Documents, ordered to be printed by a resolve of this House, passed on the 25th day of March, 1818, the further number of thirty copies be printed, to supply the present deficiency for the Members of the House.

On motion of Mr. Test,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Oxford, in the state of Ohio, by the way of Liberty and Brownsville, in the county of Union, Connersville, in the county of Fayette, and so on to Rushville, in the county of Rush, and state of Indiana.

Mr. Owen moved, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to be styled "The Committee on French, British, and Spanish Land Claims."

The said resolution being read, Mr. Scott moved to add thereto as follows: "except those arising in the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas." It was then

Ordered, That the said resolution do lie on the table.

Mr. Beecher moved the consideration of the bill for the continuation of the Cumberland road; which motion was disagreed to by the House.

On motion of Mr. Call,

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a naval depot in the harbor of Pensacola.

Mr. Wright moved, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Cumberland Road be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an examination and survey of the routes from Washington, in Pensylvania, by Steubenville, in Ohio, and Wellsburg, in Virginia, to ascertain if a less expensive and more eligible route can be found, for the National Road, from Washington, to Columbus, the seat of government of Ohio, than the one heretofore proposed; and also, to inquire into the expediency of changing the location of said road.

The said resolution was read, and disagreed to by the House. Ordered, That, when this House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next.

And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1823.

Mr. O'Brien presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the towns of Bangor, Frankfort, Orington, and Hampton, in the state of Maine, praying for the formation of a new collection district, and that Frankfort may be made the Port of Entry thereof; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Reed,

Ordered, That the petition of Martin T. Morton, heretofore presented on the 24th Dec. 1822, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Crowninshield presented a petition of Henry Hallowell, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Hogeboom presented a petition of Samuel Shaw, of the state of New-York, praying for an increase of the pension heretofore granted to him.

Mr. Brent presented a petition of John Prichard, of the state of Louisiana, late a soldier in the Army of the United States, praying for a pension.

Mr. Livingston presented a petition of Margaret Maheé Desportes, and Louise Maheé Desportes, minors, by Catharine Lacoste, widow of John Baptiste Desportes, who was killed while a militia man in actual service, in the late war with Great Britain, praying that the allowance of five years' half pay, or a grant of land, may be made to them, in consideration of the loss of their father.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Ten Eyck,

Ordered, That the petition of Stephen Brace, heretofore presented on the 20th January, 1823, be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Storrs,

Ordered, That the case of Nathan Ford, communicated to this House by the late Commissioner of Claims, on the 14th March, 1818, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Wood presented a petition of Samuel Ward, of the state of New York, praying for the renewal of a final settlement certificate, issued, in the year 1786, to Abraham Whipple; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Jenkins presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Sullivan and Delaware, in the state of New York, praying for the establishment of a post route; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Hemphill presented a memorial of sundry insurance companies and merchants of the city of Philadelphia, praying that the Government of the United States may adopt measures to procure them redress for spoliations committed on the lawful commerce of citizens of the United States by French cruisers; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Hemphill also presented a memorial and petition of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, praying for the aid and assistance of the General Government in carrying the contemplated canal into effect; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. White presented a petition of Medley Shelton, of the state of Kentucky, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, praying to be restored to the pension list, from which he has been stricken by reason of the estimated amount of property.

Mr. Livingston presented a petition of Jane Baker, widow of Capt. Thomas Baker, deceased, late of the Navy of the United States

praying that the pension granted to her husband in his life time may be continued to her.

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

Mr. Gurley presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of that part of West Florida now attached to the state of Louisiana, praying for an examination and confirmation of their respective claims to land.

Mr. Moore, of Alabama, presented a petition of James Ore, of that state, praying that he may be permitted to make leases of a tract of land, secured to him during life, in the treaty with the Creek Indians, concluded on the 9th July, 1817.

Mr. Owen presented a petition of the proprietors and occupants of lots on the east side of Water-street, in the city of Mobile, in the state of Alabama, praying Congress to relinquish to, and vest in, the proprietors and occupants of the lots east of Water-street, commonly called and known in said city as water-lots, all the rights of the United States in and to said lots.

Mr. Richard presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the borough of Michilimaekinac, in the territory of Michigan, praying for a grant of a lot of the Public Land, for the purpose of enabling them to erect a church thereon.

Mr. Richard also presented a petition of Mary Loveliss and Mary Ann Bond, daughters and heirs of Hugh Smith, deceased, a soldier under General George Rogers Clark, in his Indian wars during the war of the Revolution, praying for the grant of the bounty of 400 acres of land, to which the deceased was entitled for his services in the capacity aforesaid.

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

Mr. McCoy, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Brintnel Robbins, accompanied by a bill for his relief; which 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 Jacob Snider, William and John 'ierce, and John Whipple; which were, severally, ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Williams, from the same committee, reported a bill for the relief of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, and others; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Rich, from the same committee, reported a bill for the relief of Loudon Case; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from the consideration of the memorials of the citizens of New-Bedford, and Nantucket, referred on the 9th and 10th inst. and that they be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. M.Duffie, from the committee appointed" to inquire into the expediency of recommending to the several states the propriety of

amending the Constitution of the United States, in such manner that the mode of electing the Members of the House of Representatives in Congress may be uniform throughout the United States; also, that the mode of choosing Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States may be, in like manner, uniform; and also, that the election of the said officers may, in no event, devolve upon the House of Representatives;" made a detailed report, accompanied by a jointresolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in respect to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States; which resolution was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. M'Duffie, from the same committee, also reported a jointresolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as respects the election of Members of the House of Representatives; which resolution was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Livingston laid the following resolutions on the table, for consideration on to-morrow, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report what progress has been made in erecting light-houses on the Dry Tortugas, and at or near Cape Florida; and that he also report, whether the security of the navigation of the Gulf Stream, between Florida and the Bahama Banks, does not require the erection of lighthouses, or beacons, or the placing of buoys or floating lights on some other places, on or near the coast of Florida.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to negotiate with the Government of Great Britain for a cession of so much land on the Island of Abaco, at or near the Hole in the Wall, and at such other places, within the acknowledged dominion of that power, on the islands, keys, or shoals, on the Bahama Banks, as may be necessary for the erection and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, or floating lights, for the security of navigation, over and near the said Banks, and to be used solely for such purposes.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to ascertain and report to this House, whether the rocks called the double-headed shot keys, or any other of the rocks or desert islets, near the Bahama banks, but separated therefrom by a deep channel, and on which the security of navigation of the Gulf of Florida, requires that lighthouses or beacons should be placed, are within the dominion of any, and what, foreign kingdom or state, or whether they are not now subject to be appropriated, by the right of occupancy.

Mr. Herrick laid the following resolution on the table, for consideration on to-morrow, viz.

Resolved, That the Postmaster General be directed to lay before this House a statement of the extent of each post route in the United States; the number of miles the mail is annually transported on each route, with the annual expense of transportation, under existing contracts, and the amount of postage, which accrued on each route, af