Also, the petition of the Merchants of the city of New York, praying for the refunding of the excess of duties charged by the collector of customs for theport of New York. By Mr. Millson: The petition of Osmond Peters and others, officers of the revenue marine service-heretofore presented January 19, 1858. Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. John Cochrane: The petition of Lieutenant Colonel Martin Burke-heretofore presented December 18, 1857. By Mr. Davidson: The petition of Doctor Charles McCormickheretofore presented January 7, 1858. By Mr. Otero: The petition of John C. McFerran-heretofore presented December 23, 1857. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Reuben Davis: The petition of the heirs of John Nealheretofore presented January 19, 1857. By Mr. Burlingame: The petition of Eleanor Bixly, heir of Abraham Howe-heretofore presented April 3, 1856. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Hawkins: The petition of citizens of Key West, for the continuance of the steamer Isabel on the line from Charleston to Havana. By Mr. James Craig: The memorial of citizens of the State of Missouri, for an amendment to existing laws in relation to the transmission of newspapers through the mails. By Mr. Jackson: The memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Savannah, in the State of Georgia, and other citizens, in relation to the Havana mails. By Mr. I. I. Stevens: The memorial of the legislature of the State of Oregon, asking relief for John G. Sewell, for carrying the mails on board the steamship Southerner. By Mr. E. Joy Morris: Sixty-five petitions of citizens of Philadel phia, asking that the post office of that city may be located at the Pennsylvania Bank building. By Mr. I. Washburn, jr.: The petition of Joseph D. Green, praying for increase of compensation. By Mr. Burch: Two petitions from citizens of the State of Califor nia for a mail-route from Weaverville to Summerville, in said State. By Mr. Davidson: A joint resolution of the legislature of the State of Louisiana, relative to a stage line from Harrisonburg to Winsboro', in said State. By Mr. Florence: The memorial of newspaper publishers in Philadelphia, praying Congress to modify the rates of postage on printed matter. By Mr. Briggs: The petition of A. E. Morris, executrix of R. H. Morris-heretofore presented December 14, 1857. By Mr. Miles: The memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, praying the making of a contract with the owners of the Isabel steamship line to carry the mails between Charleston and Key West. By Mr. Gurley: The memorial of newspaper publishers in Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying Congress to modify the rates of postage on printed matter. By Mr. Duell: The memorial of publishers of New York, praying an amendment to the post office laws. By Mr. I. I. Stevens: The petition of Allen L. Porter, praying compensation for carrying the mail from Steilacoom to Bellingham Bay from September 28, 1856, to February 28, 1857. By Mr. Parrott: The petition of W. S. Phillips, praying the estab lishment of a mail-route from Lawrence to Salina, via Smoky Hill river, in the Territory of Kansas. Ordered, That the said petitions, resolution, and memorials be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. By Mr. James Craig: The memorial and evidence of Hockaday & Smoot, for restoration of mail service on the route from St. Joseph to Salt Lake City, and for allowance of extra services; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. By Mr. Humphrey: The petition and papers of A. V. Frazer, praying remuneration for rations furnished by him to the United States revenue brig Lawrence in 1849. By Mr. Harris: The memorial of Adelaide Adams, widow of George Adams, praying for a pension. By Mr. Leach: The petition of Thomas Satterlee, praying for an invalid pension. By Mr. Humphrey: The petition of Katherine K. Russell, praying for a pension; Also, the petition of Rachel McMillan, praying for a pension. By Mr. Conkling: The petition of Margaret Doig, praying for arrears of pension. By Mr. Buffintou: The petition of Edward Babbitt, praying for a pension. By Mr. Sedgwick: The petition of Mary Lowther, and other citizens of the State of New York, praying for a pension. By Mr. Cox: Seven petitions of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for pensions. By Mr. Campbell: The petition of two hundred citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to enact a law granting pensions to the soldiers of the wars of 1812-'14. By Mr. Alley: The petition of Charles Appleton, praying for a pension. By Mr. Wells: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, for a law granting pensions to the soldiers of the wars of 1812 and 1815. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Hamilton: The petition of John James, praying for the payment of timber taken by order of the officers of the United States army from his lands, near Fort Davis, in the State of Texas, and for damages sustained thereby; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Stokes: The petition of William Haynie, administrator of Ann and Thomas B. Haynie, praying for a pension. By Mr. Pryor: The petition of Edward T. Oldham, administrator of Isaac Oldham and Winefred Oldham, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Pryor: The petition of Sarah Emmons, praying for an allowance of land on account of the services of her father during the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Stokes: The petition of Jane Smith and Mary Franklin, heirs of John and Elizabeth Yancey, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Humphrey: The petition of Anton L. C. Portman, praying for compensation for services as interpreter in the negotiation of the treaty with Japan; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. John Cochrane: The memorial of C. A. S. Graham and Sarah T. Hazzard, heirs of Thomas Hazzard, asking indemnity for moneys advanced for services rendered in support of the war of the revolution; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. E. B. Washburne: The petition of Charity Bates, for return of rents paid on lead; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Farnsworth: The petition of Frederick Stephens-heretofore referred January 19, 1857; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Fenton: The petition of Nathaniel Enos, praying for bounty land; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Also, the petition of citizens of New York, relative to invalid pensions; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Also, the petition of George Hall, praying relief for losses, expenses, and sufferings while in the service of the United States in the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Wade: The petition of citizens of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a mail-route from Brecksville to Macedonia Station, in said State; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. By Mr. Cox: The memorial of R. C. Murphy, asking an appropri ation for judicial services rendered by him in China; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Pryor: The petition of Martha H. Barner and her nephew, Richard Connelly, heirs of William Connelly; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Schwartz: The petition of Benjamin Tyson, for commissions as agent for the purchase of anthracite coal for the use of the United States navy. By Mr. Humphrey: The petition of George W. Lee and Henry J. Willett, for equalization of pay to clerks in the navy yard. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Maynard, by unanimous consent, presented joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Tennessee, in favor of the passage of a law appropriating to each soldier of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and all the Indian wars of that date, who served as long as three months, six hundred and forty acres of land; which were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The Speaker announced that in conformity with the practice at the last Congress all such bills from the Court of Claims as were left undisposed of at the close of said Congress would be again read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Claims, and that all adverse reports left undisposed of would be restored to the private calendar. And thereupon The following bills from the Court of Claims were severally read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims, viz: A bill for the relief of Asbury Dickins; H. R. C. C. 2. H. R. C. C. 5. H. R. C. C. 8. H. R. C. C. 11. H. R. C. C. 12. H. R. C. C. 18. A bill for the relief of John Robb; A bill for the relief of Michael Nourse; A bill for the relief of Ernest Fiedler; A bill for the relief of Sturgess, Bennett & Co., merchants, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 20. H. R. C. C. 22. A bill for the relief of Henry and Frederick W. Meyer, merchants, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 26. others; H. R. C. C. 27. A bill for the relief of Otway H. Berryman and A bill for the relief of Nahum Ward; H. R. C. C. 28. A bill for the relief of David Wood, merchant, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 30. A bill for the relief of John Michel, merchant, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 31. A bill for the relief of Atkinson, Rollins & Co., merchants, of the city of Boston; H. R. C. C. 32. A bill for the relief of Aymar & Co., merchants, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 33. A bill for the relief of Wolfe & Co., merchants, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 34. A bill for the relief of Stanwood & Reed, merchants, of Boston; H. R. C. C. 35. A bill for the relief of Samuel A. Way, merchant, of the city of Boston; H. R. C. C. 36. Á bill for the relief of J. D. & M. Williams, merchants, of the city of Boston; H. R. C. C. 37. A bill for the relief of Udolpho Wolfe, merchant, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 38. A bill for the relief of Alfred Atkins, merchant, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 39. A bill for the relief of George W. Wales, merchant, of the city of Boston; H. R. C. C. 40. A bill for the relief of T. B. Wales & Co., merchants, of the city of Boston; H. R. C. C. 41. A bill for the relief of John Ericsson; H. R. C. C. 42. A bill for the relief of George Ashley, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Holgate, deceased; H. R. C. C. 43. A bill for the relief of Egleston & Battell, merchants, of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 82. A bill for the relief of Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker; H. R. C. C. 86. A bill for the relief of Richard Fitzpatrick; A bill for the relief of Thomas Fillebrown; A bill for the relief of Cornelius Boyle, adminis trator of John Boyle, deceased; H. R. C. C. 44. A bill for the relief of Jane Smith, of the county of Clermont, State of Ohio; H. R. C. C. 45. A bill for the relief of Lucinda Robinson, of the county of Orleans, State of Vermont; H. R. C. C. 46. A bill for the relief of Hannah Weaver, of Wayne county, Pennsylvania; H. R. C. C. 47. A bill for the relief of Ann Clark, of Madison county, Tennessee; H. R. C. C. 48. A bill for the relief of Mary Burt, of Scioto county, Ohio; H. R. C. C. 49. A bill for the relief of Esther Stevens, of Van Bu ren county, Michigan; H. R. C. C. 50. A bill for the relief of Mercy Armstrong, of Gloucester county, Rhode Island; H. R. C. C. 51. A bill for the relief of Nancy Madison, of Fairfield county, Ohio; H. R. C. C. 52. A bill for the relief of Anna Parrot, of Clinton county, Ohio; H. R. C. C. 53. A bill for the relief of Margaret Taylor, of Putnam county, Tennessee; H. R. C. C. 54. A bill for the relief of Levina Tepton, of White county, Tennessee; H. R. C. C. 55. A bill for the relief of Lucretia Wilcox, of Wayne county, Michigan; H. R. C. C. 56. A bill for the relief of Mary Robbins, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania; H. R. C. C. 57. A bill for the relief of Tempy Connelly, of Johnson county, Kentucky; H. R. C. C. 58. A bill for the relief of Rosamond Robinson, of Belknap county, New Hampshire; H. R. C. C. 59. A bill for the relief of Jane Martin, of Harrison county, Virginia; |