Ordered, That the bill from the Senate (No. 56) entitled "An act making an appropriation for the completion of the military barracks at New Orleans," be read a third time to-day. The said bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1835. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 42) entitled "An act to provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claims to land therein mentioned," reported the same with amendments. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Martin Nedeau; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Briggs, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, viz. No. 205. An act for the relief of Charles Gordon and the crew of the schooner Two Sons; No. 226. An act for the relief of Humphrey B. Gwathmey; No. 205. An act for the relief of Samuel Bragdon, David Chase, and the crew of the schooner Halcyon; No. 12. Resolution giving the right of way through the property of the United States at Harper's Ferry to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company; and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bills and resolution. On motion of Mr. Carr, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of the heirs of Jacob Thomas, and that the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the case of John Taylor; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Chambers, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of André Valentine, and that the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the memorial of Margaret White, accompanied by a bill (No. 640) for the relief of the representatives of Colonel Anthony Walton White; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 302) for the relief of Peter Jacquett. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Colonel Daniel Newnan, accompanied by a bill (No. 641) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 304) for the benefit of John Cullins. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which the subject was referred on the 22d of December last, reported a bill (No. 642) to provide for the widows and orphans of the militia killed, or who died in service in the late war against the Indians; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hard, by leave, presented a memorial of inhabitants of the county of Niagara, in the State of New York, praying that measures may be adopted to ascertain the practicability of constructing a ship canal around the falls of Niagara; which memorial was referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates, with a view to the construction of roads and canals, and the improvement of the navigation of rivers. Mr. Pearce, by leave, presented a petition of Isaac Champlin, Joshua Clarke, Henry Clarke, and Elisha Faxon, of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, praying to be paid the bounty due on a fishing voyage of the schooner Buffalo, withheld for reasons set forth in the said petition; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Boon, by leave, presented a petition of the heirs of Robert Farmer, deceased, praying to be confirmed in their title to a tract of land therein described, near the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Hannegan, by leave, presented a memorial of inhabitants of the county of White, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a post route; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. On motion of Mr. Sutherland, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 282) making appropriations for the survey and improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year 1834, be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Hiester, by consent, presented a petition of inhabitants of the counties of Lancaster and. Dauphin, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a post route ; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Howell, by leave, presented a petition of Levi Doty, of the county of Steuben, in the State of New York, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Lucius Lyon, by leave, presented a memorial of a convention of the citizens of the Territory of Michigan, signed by John Biddle, president thereof, praying a grant of land to the Territory of Michigan, to be applied in aid of the construction of a railroad from Detroit to the mouth of the St. Joseph's river of Lake Michigan; which memorial was committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 201) to grant a certain quantity of land to the Territory of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding said Territory in opening a canal or railroad from Detroit to Lake Erie. Mr. William Taylor, by leave, presented a petition of Christopher Clark, of the State of New York, praying indemnity for losses, and a re imbursement of expenses incurred during the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Chaney, by leave, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Pickington, in the county of Fairfield, by the town of Winchester, to Circleville, Ohio. On motion of Mr. Richard M. Johnson, Resolved, That the Committee of Accounts be directed to audit the accounts of the members of the committee appointed by the House of Representatives on the 26th day of June last, for investigating the condition and proceedings of the Post Office Department, at the rate of compensation paid to the committee for preparing a code of laws for the District of Columbia, of which Philip Doddridge, Esq., was chairman, viz. eight dollars per day during the recess, without any other allowance. On motion of Mr. Trumbull, Resolved, That the message of the President of the United States, communicated to the House of Representatives at a former session of Congress, recommending a compromise of the claim to title to the island in the Delaware called the "Pea Patch," on which Fort Delaware is situated, together with the documents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, returning, in obedience to the order of the 12th instant, the report of the commissioners appointed to adjudicate upon private land claims in Missouri, referred to him on the 30th of June, 1834; which letter, with the said report of the commissioners, was, on motion of Mr. Ashley, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the confirmation of those claims. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of Captain Shreve on the subject of the improvement of the Arkansas river; which letter and report were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Ewing moved the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to cause the late annual report of the Engineer Department to be re-examined in relation to an alleged inaccuracy in the amount of unexpended appropriations heretofore made to construct the national road in the State of Indiana, and transmit to this House, as speedily as may be practicable, the result, together with a statement showing the sum that now remains unexpended, and that which will actually be available for payment of labor on said road in Indiana, during the approaching season. Mr. Williams offered the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That the use of the hall of the House of Representatives be granted to the Colonization Society on Monday evening, the 19th instant. And on the question, Will the House agree to the said resolution? S Yeas, It passed in the affirmative,{ Nays, 123, 51. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams Heman Allen Chilton Allan James M. Bell Horace Binney Tristam Burges Churchill C. Cambreleng Joseph W. Chinn George Evans Rice Garland George Grennell, jr. Hiland Hall Nicoll Halsey Mr. Gideon Hard William Cost Johnson Henry Johnson Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim Mr. John J. Morgan Abraham Rencher Ferdinand S. Schenck William N. Shinn Jonathan Sloane David Spangler Mr. John Laporte Luke Lea George Loyall Isaac B. Van Houten Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instruct ed to inquire into the expediency of placing Peter Bowerman, of Blount county, in the State of Tennessee, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and that the documents in support of his claim be referred to said committee. On motion of Mr. Mann, of New York, - mem Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of revising the statute laws of the United States, and for that purpose of instituting a commission to consist of bers, to report to Congress such revision for its consideration and adoption. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Chilton on the 3d instant, on the subject of internal improvements. And, after further debate thereon, A motion was made by Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire, that the said resolution do lie on the table. And the question being put, { It passed in the affirmative, Nays, 122, 77. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. William F. Gordon James Graham Thomas L. Hamer Mr. Jeremiah McLene Charles McVean Jesse Miller Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore Gayton P. Osgood Francis W. Pickens Henry L. Pinckney James K. Polk Patrick H. Pope Robert Ramsay Abraham Rencher John Reynolds John Robertson Ferdinand S. Schenck Augustine H. Shepperd |