By Mr. Allen of Vermont: Of inhabitants of Cambridge, in the State of Vermont. By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of the Franklin Association of Ministers, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Giddings: Of 57 inhabitants of Tallmadge, in the State of Ohio. These petitions and memorials, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Petitions praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of 23 inhabitants of Ohio county, in the State of Virginia; Of 85 legal voters of Northborough, in the State of Massachusetts; Of 195 citizens of West Boylston, in the State of Massachusetts; Of males and females of the town of Shelburne, in the State of Massachusetts; Of Thomas Dodge and 40 citizens of Truro, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Putnam: Of inhabitants of Middlebury, in the State of New York. By Mr. Sheffer: Of inhabitants of Adams county, in the State of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Sheplor: Of inhabitants of Stark county, in Ohio. By Mr. Giddings: Of females of Tallmadge, in Ohio. These petitions, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th of December instant. Memorials remonstrating against the admission of any new slave-hold. ing State, and against the annexation of Texas, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. Slade: Six memorials of inhabitants of Hardwick, Waterford, Londonderry, West Randolph, Windham, in the State of Vermont, and of Newtown, in the State of Connecticut. By Mr. Allen of Vermont: Of citizens of Cambridge, in the State of Vermont. By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of Wm. B. Fox and 453 other citizens of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Giddings: Of citizens of Tallmadge, in the State of Ohio. By Mr. Peck: Of inhabitants of Centerville, in the State of New York. By Mr. Putnam: Of inhabitants of Bethany, in the State of New York. These petitions, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Memorials praying for the prohibition of the slave trade among the States were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of 321 women of Perry, in the State of New York; Of 25 citizens of Ohio county, in Virginia; Of Milley Cummings and 221 citizens of Ashburnham, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Hall: Of inhabitants of Cavendish, in the State of Vermont By Mr. Putnam: Of inhabitants of Middlebury, in the State of New York. By Mr. Giddings: Of inhabitants of Monroe, in the State of Ohio. These memorials, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Memorials remonstrating against the admission of Florida or any new slave-holding State into the Union of these States were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of Thomas Dodge and 32 inhabitants of Truro, in Massachusetts; Of the Rev. Joseph Allen and 87 inhabitants of Northborough, in the State of Massachusetts; Of 199 citizens of West Boylston, in the State of Massachusetts; By Mr. Russell: Of inhabitants of Fort Ann, in the State of New York. These memorials, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Memorials praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and in the Territories of the United States, and to prohibit the slave trade, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. Slade: Of women of Manlius, in the State of New York. By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of 88 inhabitants of Courtlandville, in the State of New York; Of 24 inhabitants of Ohio county, in the State of Virginia; Of William B. Fox and 403 citizens of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts. By Mr. Hall: Of inhabitants of Cavendish, in the State of Vermont. By Mr. Peck: Of inhabitants of Centerville, in the State of New York. By Mr. Russell: Of inhabitants of Fort Ann, in the State of New York. By Mr. Putnam: Of inhabitants of Bethany, in the State of New York. By Mr. Henry: Of inhabitants of Beaver and Butler counties, in the State of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Giddings: Of inhabitants of Monroe, in the State of Ohio. Mr. Sheplor presented two memorials of inhabitants of Stark and Portage counties, in the State of Ohio, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union of these States. These memorials, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Memorials praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the prohibition of the slave trade in the United States, were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of Eunice Nutting and 95 women of Palmer, in the State of Massachusetts; Of Mary Niles and 352 women of Abington, in the State of Massachusetts; Of women of West Boylston, in the State of Massachusetts; Of women of Westfield, in the State of Massachusetts. Mr. Putnum presented a memorial of inhabitants of Middlebury, in the State of New York, remonstrating against the admission of any new slave State into the Union. Mr. Giddings presented a like memorial of inhabitants of Monroe, in the State of Ohio. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a petition of Isaac Davis and 42 citizens of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the emancipation and education of every slave in the United States. Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a memorial of Kinsman Atkinson and 37 males and females of Millville, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the abolition of slavery. Mr. Cushing presented a memorial of inhabitants of Salisbury, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and between the States, and remonstrating against the admission of Florida or any new slave State into this Union, and praying also for the suppression of the slave trade between this country and Texas. These memorials, as presented, were laid on the table, under the order of the House of the 12th instant. Memorials remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the Union of these States were presented as follows, viz: By Mr. John Quincy Adams: Of women of Plympton, in the State of Massachusetts; Of 100 women of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts; Of 37 citizens of Ohio county, in the State of Virginia. By Mr. Putnam: Of inhabitants of Middlebury, in the State of New York. By Mr. Giddings: Of inhabitants of the town of Monroe, in the State of Ohio. Ordered, That the said memorials do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Everett, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to James Tyler. On motion of Mr. Everett, Resolved, That the Committee on Patents be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to issue a patent to Oliver Perrin and John V. Faunce, on their application, filed in the Patent Office on the 1st September, 1834, and that the accompanying papers be referred to said committee. Mr. Fillmore presented documents in relation to the case of John Mendeville; which were committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 477) for his relief. Mr. Fillmore presented a communication from the Hon. Alfred Conkling, district judge of the northern district court of New York, in relation to defects of the laws for the preservation of the peace on the borders between the United States and the British possessions. Ordered, That so much of said communication as relates to courts and to piracy, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; so much thereof as relates to neutrality, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and so much as relates to steamboats, be referred to the Select Committee on the subject of steamboats. On motion of Mr. Jenifer, Resolved, That the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which is committed the message of the President at the commencement of the session, be discharged from the consideration of so much thereof as relates to the tobacco trade with foreign nations, and that the same be referred to a select committee. Mr. Jenifer, Mr. Coles, Mr. Shields, Mr. Howard, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Leadbetter, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, were appointed said select committee. On motion of Mr. Graham, of North Carolina, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a mail route from the Pleasant Gardens, in Burke county, North Carolina, by Turkey Cove, Grassy Creek, and Roach Creek, to Jonesboro', in Tennessee. On motion of Mr. Dawson, Ordered, That the memorial of Matthew St. Clair Clarke, agent of the State of Georgia, for the payment of a certificate of revolutionary debt, presented February 2, 1835, be referred to a select committee. Mr. Dawson, Mr. Potter, Mr. Aycrigg, Mr. Hunter of Virginia, and Mr. Southgate, were appointed said select committee. On motion of Mr. Harlan, Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the papers of Mary O'Bannon from the files of the House. Mr. Graves presented a memorial of citizens of the city of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers by steam, setting forth the defects and the hardships and irregularities in the law passed at the last session of Congress to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of boats or vessels propelled by steam, and praying that modifications and amendments may be made to said law, which modifications and amendments are set forth in said memorial; which was referred to the Select Committee on the subject of steamboat explosions. On motion of Mr. May, Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to transmit to this House the papers in relation to the claim of Richard F. Barrete to fractional section 4, in township 4 north, in range 9 west of the 4th principal meridian in Illinois. On motion of Mr. Miller, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of creating an additional land district in the State of Missouri, so as to embrace within the limits of said land district what is usually called the Platte country, recently annexed to said State. On motion of Mr. Yell, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of so amending the act of 1836, as to authorize the Secretary of War (if, in his opinion, the defence of the Western frontier demand it) to continue the occupation of Fort Gibson; and to construst the military road on or near the western boundary-line, passing within the limits of the State of Arkansas, if the situation of the country and the good of the service require it. On motion of Mr. Downing, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the improvement of the navigation of the Appalachicola river. On motion of Mr. Downing, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the payment of horses and equipages which have been turned over to the officers of the United States by mounted volunteers who served in Florida. The Speaker presented a petition of Samuel Martin, of Tennessee, suggesting various modifications in the course of instruction at the Military Academy at West Point; and, among other things, that horses be furnished the cadets, that they may be taught horsemanship, as useful in war; and praying that the Smithsonian bequest may be made the foundation of a literary institution for the instruction of females. So much of said petition as relates to the Military Academy was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs; and so much as relates to the Smithsonian bequest, was referred to the Select Committee raised upon that subject. Mr. Naylor presented a memorial of Abigail Dumas, widow of the late John F. Dumas, merchant of Philadelphia, deceased, praying that the claims of the estate of the said John F. Dumas, arising out of Spanish spoliations, and which ought to have been paid out of the indemnity provided in the Florida treaty of 1819, between the United States and Spain, may now be paid by the United States; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Cranston, Ordered, That the petition of Fauvel Gouraud de la Martinique, vice consul of France for the State of Rhode Island, presented May 21, 1838, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Toland, Ordered, That the petition of John F. Ohl, presented February 22, 1827, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Cranston, Ordered, That the petition of Elliot Smith, master of schooner Coasting Trader, and Nathan Farnsworth, master of schooner Benjamin D. Jackson, their owners and crews, presented February 14, 1838, be referred to the Committee on Commerce; also, that the petition of Lemuel C. Richmond, presented February 13, 1837, be referred to the Committee on Com .merce. On motion of Mr. Howard, Ordered, That the petition of Samuel Hoffman, of Philadelphia, presented December 17, 1816, be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Vanderveer presented a petition of David Griffing, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying to be paid for a sloop engaged in the coasting trade, and which was destroyed by the British forces in the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Vanderveer presented a petition of Thomas H. Dollay, of the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying compensation for various services rendered the United States in the naval and military service; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Marvin presented a petition of inhabitants of the county of Chautauque, in the State of New York, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Van Buren, on lake Erie; which petition. was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Rencher presented a memorial of inhabitants of the counties of Orange and Chatham, in the State of North Carolina, praying Congress to mediate between France and Mexico; to act as mediator in general in the various cases in dispute between nations; to arbitrate all cases of dispute between the United States and other nations; and to propose a general congress of nations to establish a code of international law; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. |