can find a foreign market for that additional quantity. That is the difficulty. Cotton must find a market, if it is only at one cent per pound. You must put it into the hands of the manufacturer and take such prices as he can afford to give.

Having accounted for the increased amount of exportation since 1846, by the fact that 160,000 bales of cotton, formerly manufactured here, were sent abroad, I proceed to show that the amount of exportation of articles of agricultural produce, other than cotton, have been greatly and uniformly diminished by the tariff of 1846, and increased by that of 1842.

The tariff of 1842 did not, to any extent, get into operation before 1843, nor was its career materially broken off before 1847. The capital invested was not withdrawn to any considerable extent until about the latter period. But in order to be fair, I have put the year 1847-the year of the famine-into each period, making the first period run from 1842 to 1847 inclusive, and the fatter from 1847 to 1851 inclusive. Here is the table:

Value of breadstuffs and provisions exported annually from 1843 to 1851, inclusive-omitting fractions. In 1843....

In 1844.

In 1845.

In 1846.

In 1847.

In 1848.

In 1849.

......

In 1850.
In 1851.....

$11,000,000

16,000,000 17,000,000 27,000,000 68,000,000 37,000,000

38,000,000

26,000,000

21,000,000

Now here is a regular flight of steps. You have to go up one set and come down the other. It is as plain as argument can make it. It is like a swell in music. And yet the gentleman from Massachusetts argues to Missouri farmers that the quantity of exports of agricultural production has increased under the tariff of 1846, and diminished under the tariff of 1842. As I remarked, I am bound charitably to conclude that he has not looked over these tables. Commencing with 1843, the swell increases regularly till 1847, and then diminishes down to the present time, thus: 68, 37, 38, 26, 21. At 1851 you are almost brought back again to the original eleven millions from which you set out in 1843. If gentlemen do not believe that the tariff of 1842 increased the quantity of exports, here are the figures, and they may examine them for themselves.

But here is another table: This gives the entire amount of exports, including cotton, and also the entire amount of imports; showing, also, the amount of specie exported, and the balance against us, from 1843 to 1847, inclusive, omitting fractions. These items the gentleman from Massachusetts has wholly omitted. This table shows that the exports from 1843 to 1847 were: Domestic produce.. Specie....

Reëxported...

.......

Making in all. Total imports..

Balance, for us.. Showing a balance of $31,000,000 in our favor, with an exportation of specie to only $28,000,000; so that we might have kept our specie at home, and still been creditors to the amount of $3,000,000.

That is from the period from 1843 to 1847, inclusive. How is it with the period covered by the present tariff, from 1847 to 1851, inclusive? It is as follows:

Total imports and exports from 1847 to 1851, inclusive, omitting fractions.

Exports. Specie......

$61,000,000 Domestic produce... 724,000,000 Reexported...... 41,000,000

Total exports..
Total imports for the same
period....

.$826,000,000

.$851,000,000

Balance, against us........ $25,000,000 This balance against us, added to the $61,000,000 of specie exported, makes a total balance against us, from 1847 to 1851, inclusive, of $86,000,000. In the other case, from 1843 to 1847, inclusive, the same balance was $3,000,000 in our favor.

Here is another musical swell-steps up, up, and then down again; and yet the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. RANTOUL] advances an argument designed to prove-if it was designed to prove anything-that the importation of iron has been diminished by free trade, and increased by a protective tariff. By this table, you will perceive the exports of iron, from '43 to 247 inclusive, runs down from 89,000 tons to 60,000 tons, and that from '48 to 51 inclusive, they run up from 153,000 to 341,000 tons. That is the importation of iron alone.

The gentleman from Massachusetts says, that in 1840 we manufactured only 295,000 bales of cotton, and that in 1850 we manufactured 641,000 bales. For what purpose is that comparison made? Why, to prove that the tariff of 1846 has increased the amount of the manufacture of domestic cotton. Does the gentleman believe that proposition? Can he believe it? The tables will show him, as I have said, that the domestic manufacture of cotton has fallen off 160,000 bales since 1846. Let him compare the years 1846 and 1851, and he will see that there is that difference in favor of the former year. He says, that the domestic manufacture of cotton has quadrupled within the last twenty years. Suppose it has, what has effected the result? tariffs of 1828, 1832, and 1842. No thanks, for that result, to the tariff of 1846. Its work has been all in the opposite direction.

The

The same may be said of iron, the domestic manufacture of which, says the gentleman, has in the last twenty years, increased from 165,000 tons to 627,000 tons. That is the work of our protective tariffs of 1828, 1832, and 1842. The effect of the tariff of 1846 on iron, is shown by the tables. It increased the importation from 60,000 tons in 1846, to 341,000 tons in 1851. How can the gentleman, then, take any credit to the tariff of 1846, from the increase of the domestic manufacture of iron during the last twenty years? None is due to it. Had we been under its blighting influences during the whole period, that branch of business would have languished and died out, and England would now be furnishing us all our iron; and such will be the result, should that tariff be suffered to continue for twenty years to come.

But in the midst of the gentleman's free trade argument, he says, among other things, "take off your restrictions and limitations, and let the raw materials come in free." Why, Mr. Speaker, that is a tariff argument, and not a free trade argument. What is that but a restriction and limitation on commerce. It is nothing else, unless you propose to let everything come in free, and to raise your revenue by direct taxation. I, too, say, let the raw material come in free, or, at least, with discriminations in favor of its importation. That is one of the two leading principles of a protective tariff; low duties on raw materials, and higher duties on the manufactured article. Both look to the encouragement of the domestic manufacture. The gentleman favors one, but opposes the other.

The gentleman's leading idea seems to be to open up roads to the West, as a "means" to prevent the springing up of manufactures in the West. His means are good, but his end is, in my opinion, bad. Has it ever occurred to the gentleman that here is another high protective tariff doctrine of his? Means to keep down, or break down, manufacturing in the West, for the benefit of "manufacturers" on the "Eastern slope!" That doctrine from a free trade man! What means? Why, to cheapen and facilitate the transportation.

That is the same, in effect, as it would be to remove the duties on foreign importations, and give to them a cheap and free transit. A tariff of thirty per cent. is an obstruction between New York and London. The hills and rocks and rivers are the obstructions between Lowell and Missouri. It has been the business of England to use these means to prevent the establishment of manufactories on our "Eastern slope," for many years. It has been ours to counteract them. The struggle has continued during the whole period of our existence as a nation. I am afraid we are about to pull down the barriers, and give up the if we do, the gentleman's own logic shows that we will be to England what he wishes to make Missouri to his manufactories on the "Eastern slope"-hewers of wood and drawers of water-and that, too, without any wood to hew, or water to draw. The East will then be mere conduit pipes, through which to carry the agricul tural products of the valley of the Mississippi to Europe. In that state of things the gentleman thinks he sees the future glory of this country.

contest.

Mr. Speaker, my plan is the converse of all this. I desire, so far as we reasonably can, to do our own manufacturing; to live within our own resources, and keep out of debt; to husband our means, and build our own roads with our own money, and not with money borrowed from Eng land, and for which we are mortgaging the roads as fast as made, as well as the lands through which they pass. I think, Mr. Speaker, that bankruptcy will be the future of this country, if we follow out his views.

But I will not follow the gentleman further. This is no place for a tariff speech. When a proper occasion occurs, I may say more upon the subject. Mr. BENNETT obtained the floor.

Mr. HUNTER. I wish to inquire whether the amendment of my colleague (Mr. WELCH] was read yesterday simply for information, or whether it is now under consideration?

The SPEAKER. It was read only for information.

Mr. GREY. I would ask the gentleman from New York [Mr. BENNETT] to allow an amendment, which I intend to offer at a proper time, to be read to this House.

Mr. BENNETT. I have an amendment which will consume considerable time.

Mr. GREY. I only want my amendment read. Mr. BENNETT. Other gentlemen will desire the same privilege. Mr. Speaker, before proceeding with this debate, and to say what I have to say about this bill, I desire to propose an amendment, or rather a substitute for the bill. I move that the bill be recommitted, or referred back to the Committee on Public Lands, with instructions to report as a substitute for it the bill which I send to the Speaker's table.

The bill sent up to the Chair was the bill introduced, with the following additional sections:

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby sev erally granted to each State in which there are public lands, to aid in the construction of railroads, except that State to which the largest amount has been granted for that purpose, a sufficient amount of the lands of the United States, including the amount (if any) heretofore granted for the purpose aforesaid, to each of said States respectively, to make each of said States equal according to representation by the last census, in the grants of land for railroad purposes, and a grant of the right of way and to aid in the construction of railroads in said States respectively, to the amount aforesaid, is hereby severally made to each of said States on the same terms, with the same reservations, and upon the same conditions in every respect as are contained in the act entitled "An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile," passed September 20, 1850, and all the provisions of said act are hereby extended and applied to the grants hereby made to the said several States, and to all railroads in proportion to their length, made in any of said States wholly, or in part, by means of the land granted by this act. The amount of land to which each of said States shall be entitled under this act, shall be determined in conformity thereto by the Commissioner of Public Lands, and located under such regulations as he may prescribe. Each State, so far as may be, shall locate its lands within its own lim its: Provided, The lands hereby granted, shall be used to construct or aid in constructing railroads, and so much as remains undisposed of for more than ten years after it has been located, shail revert to the United States.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby severally granted to each State in which the United States have no public lands, a sufficient amount of public lands for railroad purposes, to grant to each of said States respectively, according to representation by the last census, one half the amount granted to the first mentioned States, for the same purpose. The United States mail shall be at all times transported on the railroads made, either wholly, or in part, by means of lands granted by this act, under the

directions of the Post Office Department, and for such prices as Congress may by law direct; aud all the provisions of the said act for aiding in the construction of the railroad from Chicago to Mobile, so far as the same can be made applicable, are hereby extended and applied to all railroads made wholly, or in part, by means of land hereby granted. The amount to which each of the said last mentioned States shall be entitled to be determined by the Commissioner of Public Lands, in conformity with this act, and located under such regulations as he may prescribe; but no State shall locate any of the lands hereby granted within the limits of any other State without its consent: Provided, The lands hereby granted, shall be used to construct or aid in constructing railroads, and shall not be sold for higher prices than the United States lands are sold, and so much as remains undisposed of for more than ten years after the same has been located, shall revert to the United States.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the amount of lands granted to the State of Missouri by this act, to aid in the construction of the railroads mentioned in the first section thereof, shall be deducted from the amount to which the State of Missouri shall be entitled under the tion of this act.

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The SPEAKER. There is a motion pending to commit the bill to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and it is not in order either to amend the bill, or to commit it to any other committee, until the vote is taken upon the pending motion to commit.

Mr. BENNETT. I did not suppose that my motion would be in order until the pending motion shall have been disposed of. But cannot the motion be entertained and decided after the pending motion has been voted upon?

The SPEAKER. It cannot. Mr. BENNETT. Then I give notice that I intend to submit such a motion.

Mr. Speaker, I entertain some views upon this subject differing somewhat from those which have been presented to the House. In regard to this bill, it will be remarked that it is only one, and the first of a series of bills, to be hereafter introduced, of a similar character. This is the first of the railroad bills. There have been presented to the Committee on Public Lands probably some thirty bills for

their consideration, of a like character with this; and from this number some thirteen or more are to be reported upon favorably to this House. As many more have been presented in the Senate and are under consideration. If these bills succeed, they will make immense grants-amounting to many millions of acres of the public domain-to aid in the construction of railroads. There is no State in which there are public lands but will apply for this aid for one or two or more roads. I am not one of those who believe that grants of this kind are unconstitutional. Neither do I think that an open question. If anything can be settled by the action of the Government, that question is settled; because it has been the practice of the Government, for thirty years, to grant these lands to the several States for the construction of roads and canals; so that the whole argument of the gentleman who last but one addressed the committee on this subject, [Mr. ORR,] to show the constitutionality of it, it seems to me, was to prove a point decided. This is no objection to me. I believe it is constitutional to make these grants; and I believe that that question has been settled by the action of the Government, by every Congress, and by the decisions of the courts.

But in justice, some provisions should be made for the old States, also, out of these public lands; and it is to that I wish to call the attention of the

House upon this occasion. It is not known generally what the amounts of these grants are, and I have taken some pains to ascertain how much has already been granted to the new States and to the Territories. For that purpose I have an official statement from the Land Office, which shows that there has been granted to the land States some twelve in number-for all purposes, and to the Territories, 84,000,000 and over of the public lands. There has been granted to a part of these States, as follows:

And there have been sold of the public lands only one hundred and one millions and some odd acres. So that there has been actually given away, by grants to the new States and to the Territories, an amount of the public domain equal to all that has been sold for the public benefit, less only by about 16,000,000 of acres. This fact ought to be borne in mind. So far as lands are sold, and the proceeds thereof paid into the Treasury of the United States, they are disposed of for the benefit of all the States.

New York was the first State that ceded her lands to the General Government, and in her cession thereof she expressly asserted that it was to place them as "a common fund to defray the expenses of the war." Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, made similar cessions, and in every one of them it was expressed that the lands thus ceded were to be used for the "common benefit" of all the States.

What is the practical effect of these grants? The practical effect, and the claim here set up is, that as far as the lands are granted to the States, they belong exclusively to the twelve land States, and you may go on granting as much as you choose; and yet the old States have no right to share in these grants. My opinion may be very different from that of other gentlemen here, but my opinion is, that it is not justice to the old States to grant so much land to the Western States. I claim for the old States only justice, and I am willing to do justice and to be generous to the Western States. I do not want to be unjust or ungenerous to them. I do insist, however, that while large grants are made to them for railroad purposes, the old States have a right to ask grants for the same purpose, to some extent at least. And it is as right for the one as for the other. We have but one Constitution, and all the States are upon an equal footing by the Constitution and the laws, and these lands are the common property of all the States. I should like to know how one or a dozen of these States are constitutionally entitled to these grants, and yet it is unconstitutional to make them to the others? Upon what principle is it? If it is right to grant lands for one road, it is right to make grants for another.

There is an ingenious argument used here, which I shall notice. It is this: You have no right to ask these grants for the old States. Why? Because the western States double the value of the alternate sections on each side of the road, and therefore you have no right to ask these lands for the old States, for they cannot do that. If gentlemen will look into these railroad bills, they will find that the roads proposed for the purpose of getting their sections have a range of thirty miles -fifteen on each side of the road-to locate their sections upon. Every one knows that railroads are not made where there are no settlements. They are constructed for business purposes between settlements, and villages, and cities. They are usually made through the most settled parts of the country, and consequently will pass through lands located and settled. For this reason it is that they must have thirty miles in width from which to make their selection, in order to get their lands, which they are to take in alternate sections. How is it with the other sections left for the Government? By the law they are doubled for only six miles on each side of the road, making in all twelve miles; therefore less than one half as much land as is granted to the roads is doubled in price in point of fact. Only the land lying in a strip two fifths as wide as is granted to the roads from which to make their selection, is doubled in price to the Government. This two fifths lying along the road is the part most thickly settled, and on which, therefore, will be found the least land in proportion for the road. I believe it may be safely said that these road bills will not double the price of one half as much land as is granted to the roads; and in addition to that, not one half of the land doubled in price will probably ever be sold at that double price.

Mr. DUNHAM, (interposing.) Mr. Speaker, has not the morning hour expired? The SPEAKER. It has.

Mr. DUNHAM.. I then move that the House proceed to the business upon the Speaker's table. [Cries of "No!" "No!" "Let him go on with his speech!"]

Mr. CLEVELAND. This is the only argument that has been advanced upon the other side of the question.

The question was taken, and, upon a division, there were-ayes 45, noes not counted.

Mr. HOUSTON. I call for the yeas and nays. It is important that the special order should be disposed of.

The yeas and nays were not ordered.

Mr. CLINGMAN called for tellers; which were not ordered.

Mr. CLEVELAND. The gentleman from New York says that it is immaterial to him whether he proceeds now or waits until to-morrow morning. He is willing to continue his remarks on to-morrow, and I make this statement with the

object of preventing the unnecessary consumption

of time.

The question was again taken upon the motion to proceed to the business upon the Speaker's table; and, upon a division, there were-ayes 59, noes 48-no quorum.

Mr. TAYLOR. It is very evident that the House did not understand the question, and I hope tellers may be ordered.

Mr. CABELL, of Florida. Tellers have been refused.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. I move for a call of the House.

Mr. ORR. By unanimous consent I think tellers may be ordered.

Mr. MARSHALL withdrew his motion for a

call.

There being no objection, tellers were ordered; and Messrs. P. KING and FOWLER were appointed.

The question upon the motion to proceed to the business upon the Speaker's table, was again taken, and decided in the affirmative-the tellers having reported-ayes 76, noes not counted.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I move that he House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

KOSSUTH'S LETTER OF THANKS.

The SPEAKER. The first business in order is on the motion to print the communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of thanks from Louis Kossuth to the Government and Congress of the United States, upon which the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. EVANS] is entitled to the floor.

Mr. ANDREWS. Some two weeks since I introduced to the House resolutions passed by the Legislature of Maine. I intended then to have submitted some remarks upon them, but had not the opportunity. I would beg as a favor of the gentleman from Maryland, that he will yield me the floor, that I may now present my views.

Mr. EVANS yielded for that purpose. Mr. ANDREWS then addressed the House in favor of the Maine resolutions and on the question of intervention. His remarks will be found

in the Appendix.

Mr. A. having concluded

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maryland [Mr. EVANS] is entitled to the floor.

Mr. DUNHAM. I hope now that the gentleman from Maryland will yield for a motion that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

Mr. EVANS. If it is the desire of the House that the consideration of the bounty land bill shall be proceeded with, as I am indebted to my friends for many favors, I will yield the floor until tomorrow, In thus yielding, it is understood that I still retain my right to the floor.

Mr. DUNHAM moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union; which motion was agreed to.

The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. OLDS in the chair.)

The CHAIRMAN. The special order before the committee is joint resolution No. 1, explanatory of the act approved September 28, 1850, granting bounty land to certain officers and sol

diers who have been in the military service of the United States.

When the committee rose on yesterday, the question pending was the motion of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CARTTER] to amend the amendment of his colleague, [Mr. GAYLORD,] to strike out the third section of the joint resolution, and to insert in lieu thereof the fourth section of the Senate bill.

The amendment of Mr. CARTTER was read, as follows:

And it is further provided, That the persons entitled to bounty land under the provisions of this act, or of the act to which this is an amendment, and who may be residents of said Territory of Oregon at the date of the passage of this act, or who may hereafter become residents of said Territory, shall be permitted to locate their warrants upon any unclaimed lands in said Territory, and that upon such survey and location patents shall issue therefor, as in other

cases.

Upon this question tellers were ordered, and Messrs. HEBARD and TOWNSHEND appointed.

The question was taken upon the amendment of Mr. CARTTER, and it was disagreed to-the tellers having reported-ayes 22, noes not counted.

The question then recurring upon the amendment of Mr. GAYLORD, to strike out the third section, and in lieu thereof to insert the fourth section of the Senate bill, it was put and agreed to.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I offer the following amendment, to come in as an addition to the section that has just been adopted:

And that the provisions of the fifth section of the act of July 19, 1848, granting three months' extra pay to the soldiers and officers of the Mexican war, be extended so as to include the North Carolinia recruits, taken into the service by Lieutenant James W. Tatham, and discharged at Fort Moultrie, after nearly twelve months' service.

The CHAIRMAN. This is the same amendment that was offered when we were in committee upon the Senate bill. The Chair thinks the amendment is in order, but he feels constrained, in consequence of the decision of the committee then made, to rule it out of order.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I will beg leave to say that this is a different bill from the other one. I then thought the decision of the Chair was right, and I hope the Chair will decide this question independently of that decision. The gentleman who at that time took exception is now satisfied that it is in order.

The CHAIRMAN. This is precisely a similar amendment, and the Chair rules it out of order. Does the gentleman take an appeal?

Mr. CLINGMAN. I do as a matter of form, understanding that the objection has been withdrawn.

The question was put, and the decision of the Chair was overruled-ayes 35, noes not counted. Mr. CLINGMAN. I beg leave to call the attention of the committee, for a moment, to the provisions of the law, which I wish to make applicable to one company-a company who enlisted for the Mexican war as volunteers. They were taken from my district down to Fort Moultrie, and when they arrived there, the Government did not suppose that it was necessary to send them to Mexico, but they were kept for about twelve months at that point and discharged. They were placed in a climate which was as unpleasant to them as any to be found in Mexico. They were extremely anxious to go forward and serve in Mexico, but they were denied that privilege, and regulars were sent forward into Mexico in their stead, while they were thus obliged to take their places as a garrison. I desire simply to read the provisions of the law, which I think the committee will see is clearly applicable to this case, and ought to be held by the Department, to include them now:

And be it further enacted, That the officers, non commissioned officers, musicians and privates engaged in the mili

the Revolution. Why these troops stationed there would have been in their proper place. When men engage in the service of the United States they obey the officers, and remain where they are ordered to be placed while they are in such service. It seems to me a narrow, straightened, absurd, and most erroneous construction, to say that those troops who did not get to Mexico-those stationed upon our frontier, upon our sea-coast, or upon the border of the Rio Grande-for a large body of them were there-should be excluded from the benefits of this bounty. I regard the case of these persons, therefore, as coming within the equitable provisions of that act, as well as its plain meaning. There is but one single company in that situation to be included in my amendment, and I hope the committee will adopt it. They are desirous of being included among those entitled to this bounty, and having received many letters on this subject, I have felt that it was my duty to make the motion, and I hope the committee will adopt the amendment.

Mr. DUNHAM. What is the section? Mr. CLINGMAN. It is the fifth section of the act approved July 19, 1848, and my motion, is so to amend the bill as to extend its provisions to those individuals. I think the act ought to be construed so as to embrace them without any further provision. The Department does not put that construction upon it."

The question was then taken upon Mr. CLINGMAN's amendment, and it was rejected.

Mr. BELL. I propose to amend the same section by adding the following, viz:

That the provisions of the act entitled "An act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed September 28, 1850, be and are hereby intended to and for the service of any commissioned officer, musician, or private, who engaged to serve for a definite or indefinite period of time, and actually did serve some time, though less than thirty days in any of said wars enumerated in the first section of said act, so as to allow to such person or persons entitled thereto forty acres.

Mr. BELL. I have but a word or two to say upon this amendment. If it should prevail, it will relieve all those enumerated in the act of 1850, who actually served in war the length of time they agreed to serve, or had served any length of time, although it was less than thirty days. It is placed upon the same principle, so far as regards that, embraced in the section referred to by the honorable gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CLINGMAN] in the Mexican bounty land bill. There is in the law of 1850, a restriction to those who shall have served thirty days. I know men in the State of Ohio, who marched from near the city of Cincinnati to Sandusky, and who were discharged there. Their time was not counted, although they actually served from the time they left home, and were recognized as being accepted into the company until they were discharged at Sandusky, from twenty-four, twenty-five, and twenty six, and in one case twenty-nine days. I know men in that region of country who were in battle-volunteers-who ran risks and hazards

much more than those even who will draw one hundred and sixty acres. This amendment recognizes the smallest grade of service, and embraces the principle of the law granting forty acres to those who were engaged to serve and were honorably discharged in the Mexican war. I might call the attention of gentlemen from New York, Vermont, and other Eastern States, to those who were engaged in battles upon Lakes Champlain and Erie, and those who left their homes at the first intelligence of hostilities, and marched to the battle-fields of Plattsburg, Chippeway, and Lundy's Lane, and who did service in other short campaigns. All I ask is, to vote for a provision which will bring that class of men in the same

and who served out the time of their engagement, or may have been honorably discharged, &c., shall be entitled to receive three months' extra pay, provided this provison of the 5th section shall only apply to those who have been in actual service during the war.

Now, the Secretary of War has decided that those troops who did not get into Mexico are not to receive the bounty. No one will pretend that all troops engaged in Mexico were in actual battle. A great many of them had no opportunity of engaging with the enemy. The only limitation is, that they shall have been in the service of the United States during the war with Mexico. Suppose Mexico had brought an armament to Fort Moultrie, as Great Britain did during the war of

who have served in the other wars; and I believe this House will sanction that principle.

Mr. BELL demanded tellers upon his amendment; which were not ordered.

The question was then taken, and decided in the negative.

So the amendment was rejected.
Mr. EVANS. 1 propose the following amend-

ment as an additional section:

And be it further enacted, That one hundred and sixty

acres of land be, and the same are hereby granted to every officer and soldier, whether of regulars, militia, or volunteers, who may have been actually engaged in any action or encounter with the enemy, in any of the wars specified in the act approved September 28, 1850, without regard to

his length of service; or in case of the death of any such soldier or officer, the warrant to be issued may be granted to such person or persons as would be entitled under the act of 1850, above mentioned, or any other act, as if this enactment had constituted a part thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to grant more than one hundred and sixty acres of land to any per son who may already be entitled to it under the act above mentioned for his services in any one war.

And be it further enacted, That the warrants of one hun dred and sixty acres, so as above to be issued, shall be assignable.

And be it further enacted, That the act of September 28, 1850, is hereby extended to all naval officers, sailors, flotilla men, and marines serving with land troops in cases where they could not be entitled to prize money.

Mr. E. said: I am aware that there are persons upon the floor of this House, who think, because this bill is just, it will be lost. I have, however, a better opinion of the judgment, and discretion,. and probity of members. There seem to be many words contained in the additional section I have offered, but the whole matter may be embraced in a statement or two. The last section proposes to give bounty land to those marines who served on shore with the land troops, in cases where they would not be entitled to prize money. I will give the committee an illustration of the justice of such a provision. In the war with Great Britain there was a battle fought at a place called Bladensburg, not a great way from this Capitol. It is a fact in the knowledge of all those who pretend to know anything of the history of their country, that every body ran away from there except a few of the flotilla men and marines, under Commodore Barney. Those who ran away have received or are entitled to bounty land, but Barney and his men got none. I know it has been heretofore a part of the principle of those who were engaged in these transactions, to reward the unmeritorious and neg. lect those who are really meritorious. I hope that practice will be now abandoned. I hope, in view of this great series of compromise land meas ures, that a little returning sense of justice will actuate the members of the House, and that they will see the necessity of putting this matter right. The other section proposes also, that any man who was actually in any battle or encounter with the enemy of his country, no matter whether he had served a month or not, shall receive bounty land for his service. I take it for granted that gentle men will not attempt a contradiction of what ! say, that the man who has been actually engaged in a serious encounter with the enemy, as some of our gallant friends have been, only for a few hours, is at least as deserving of bounty land as those who ran away from Bladensburg, or disgraced themselves by surrender. He who has been five years in the service of his country, and performed garrison duty, is not more meritorious than the soldier who has periled his life on the battle-field. If the committee think otherwise, I hope they will vote down my amendment. I hope it will be made a test here, and before our constit uents, whether those who have really fought the battle, whether those who came on shore, and sustained the brunt of action when others were running away, shall also have their reward; or whether the undeserving and unmeritorious only, who ran away, shall receive the bounty of this Government. That is the question for the committee to deter mine now. I leave that question with them, confiding in their sense of justice. I have a high opinion of their probity, and do not believe they will make this unjust distinction.

Mr. WALSH. I desire to say but a few words, partly in support of the amendment and partly against it.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will inform the gentleman that he can say what he desires to say against the amendment, but not that in favor of it.

Mr. WALSH. I understand that I have a right, under the five minutes rule, to speak against the amendment, and I oppose it for the reason that I do not suppose it embraces Barney's flotilla men. I should like to have them described by the proper

Those men were then entitled to their discharge, and nine men out of ten would have fled from the danger, but not so with them. They volunteered under their immortal leader, came to Bladensburg, and the British record of that battle says that the valor and gallantry evinced by these sailors and the marines was never exceeded upon the field of battle. I wish I had the book here to show you what the British historian says of them.

Sir, these men were engaged in the general defence; they were not acting on the battle field, in defense of their own firesides; they were not rushing to the protection of their own homes, for they scarcely had homes; but they came here to defend your capital, and in that point of view, were engaged in the general defence.

Justice requires the grafting of exceptions on all general rules and general laws. This case constitutes such an exception, and we have acted on this principle in the case of the pensions granted to the seamen who were entitled to pensions under the law relative to the Mexican war. We have singled out those men to bestow our benevolence upon them; and here is a case of men who left their native element, came on land, and put themselves under the control of a military commander-men who, the British historian tells you, managed their guns with a skill and success unexampled in European war.

Sir, I have a word now to say, with the permission of the House, for the purpose of correcting history. It is said that the Maryland troops ran from the field of Bladensburg. Sir, they ran only when no other troops could have stood. They ran only when their ammunition was exhausted. I call the attention of the House to that same British record, which says that the fifth regiment of Maryland militia drove back the first advances of the British army, and these were raw militia,|| who had scarcely got upon the field of fight before the fight began.

The question was then taken on Mr. EVANS'S amendment, and on a division there were-ayes 46, noes 17-no quorum voting.

Tellers were accordingly ordered, and Messrs. HAMILTON and CHANDLER appointed. And the question being again put, there were-ayes 78, noes 44.

So the amendment was agreed to.

The Clerk then reported the fourth section, as follows:

SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That nothing in the first section of the act of the twenty-eighth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, shall be so construed as to exclude any commissioned or non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, or militia, who was mustered into the service of the United States for the suppression or prevention of Indian hostilities, and served the length of time required by said act, or whose services were subsequently recognized by the United States.

Mr. DUNHAM. The committee, in adopting the fifth section of the Senate bill, have already adopted the substance of this section, and there is therefore no necessity for keeping it in.

I move to strike out the fourth section, and in

kept upon the frontier one, two, three, or four months in active service of the most arduous description.

The question now being upon striking out and inserting, it was put, and there were-ayes 38, noes 30-no quorum voting.

[Cries of "Tellers!" "Tellers!" and "Call the roll!"]

Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. CARTTER and CLEVELAND were appointed.

The question was then taken, and the tellers reported-ayes 47, noes 63-no quorum.

[Loud cries of "Call the roll!"}

The Clerk then proceeded to call the roll, and the absentees having been noted, the committee rose, and the Speaker having resumed the chair, the Chairman [Mr. OLDS] reported that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union having found itself without a quorum, had directed the roll to be called and the absentees noted, and had instructed him to report the facts to the House with the names of the absentees.

A quorum now being present, the committee again resumed its session.

The tellers again resumed their places, and the question being taken, they reported-ayes 62, noes 58.

So the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I am satisfied that we cannot do anything by remaining here, and I move that the committee do now rise.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. I hope the committee will not rise now. There is but one more section of the bill, and I hope we shall first dispose of it.

Mr. DUNHAM. I move to strike out the fifth section of the bill under consideration, and insert the seventh section of the bill reported by the select committee. I would suggest that the substance of that section has already been adopted,

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and the section will of course be stricken out. move to insert the whole of the seventh section of the bill of the select committee, with an amendment which I have added.

The fifth section proposed to be stricken out is as follows, viz:

"SEC. 5. And be it further resolved, That in all cases where the militia or volunteers, or State troops were called out under the laws or executive authority of any State, and who served in defence of the country, and whose services have been recognized and paid by the United States Gov ernment, shall be considered as having been in the service of the United States, and shall be entitled to the benefit of the act of which these resolutions are explanatory,"

That proposed to be inserted by Mr. DUNHAM is as follows, viz:

And be it further enacted, That the proviso to the second section of the act of which this act is explanatory be and the same is hereby repealed.

The question was then taken, and the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. HUNTER. section of the bill. agreed to. The question was taken, and the motion was

I move to strike out the fifth

Mr. MOORE, of Pennsylvania. I move the following as an additional section:

And be it further provided, That every male citizen of the United States, of twenty-one years of age, or upwards, who has served his country by paying its taxes and attend

The Clerk read the matter proposed to be inserted, as follows:

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in computing the term of service of the officers and soldiers of militia, volunteers, and rangers, for the purposes of this act, or of the act of which this act is explanatory, such term shall be computed from the time they were mustered into the service of and paid by the United States to the time they were discharged therefrom: Provided, That this section shall not extend to the cases provided for in the second section, and in the provisos to the first section of the act of which this act is explanatory.

Mr. DUNHAM. I will explain to the committee the purport of the section which I propose to insert in lieu of the fourth section. It is simply to provide that in computing the time of service of the soldiers, it shall be computed from the time they were first engaged in service until they were discharged; in other words, that you shall compute the full term that they were in active service.

The proviso is designed to obviate the difficulty in reference to that section, suggested by my colleague [Mr. FITCH] a few days ago. It is simply to meet the case where soldiers who had been called out in Indian wars and for the suppression of Indian hostilities were, after peace was made,"

in a position second to none in the world, shall be entitled to enter upon and take any one quarter section of the public lands which may be open to entry at private sale, for the purpose of residence and cultivation, and that when such citizen shall have resided on the same land for three years, and cultivated the same, or if dying in the meantime, the residence and cultivation shall be held and carried on by his widow or his heirs, or devisees for the space of full three years from and after making entry of such land, then a patent to issue for the same to the person making entry, or otherwise to his heirs or devisees, as the case may require: Provided nevertheless, That such person so entering and taking the quarter section as aforesaid, shall not have, nor shall his devisees or heirs have, any power to alienate such land nor create any title thereto in law or equity, by deed, transfer, lease, or any other conveyance except by devise by will.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair decides that the amendment is not in order.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. I move that the committee do now rise, and report the bill.

Mr. EVANS. I rise to a point of order. I want to put this bill right. When this matter was first introduced into the House, it was introduced as a joint resolution; and, on motion by the gentleman from Georgia, it was changed into an enactment, and the word "resolved" stricken out. It was then referred to a select committee who reported back a substitute for it, with the form of

"Be it resolved." 1 offered an amendment with the form of "And be it further enacted." Now, I do not care which is adopted, but for the sake of uniformity, I want to have the form settled, and either mine changed to conform with the bill, or the bill changed to conform with mine.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I make a question of order upon that amendment. The question which the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. EVANS] raises is one which has never been settled. The Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union has had a joint resolution under consideration, and they report it back to the House, having first adopted the amendment of the gentleman from Georgia, [Mr. STEPHENS,] to change it from a joint resolution to an act. Before the House acted upon that amendment, it was referred to a select committee, who reported back a substitute for it as a joint resolution. The House has, therefore, never decided whether it should be a joint resolution or an act.

Mr. EVANS. I ask the permission of the committee to strike out of my amendment the words "Be it resolved," and to insert "Be it enacted." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. I move that the committee do now rise, and report the bill.

Mr. SACKETT. I desire to offer an amendment.

Mr. MARSHALL. The bill has been read through, and acted upon by sections; now I ask if it is not competent for the committee to rise, and report the bill? We have gone through the bill, and if gentlemen are allowed still to offer amendments, the opponents of the bill may prevent the bill from ever being brought to a vote.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair supposes it is not competent to return to any of the sections of the bill to amend them, but it is competent to amend by adding additional sections.

Mr. SACKETT. I desire to offer an additional section to the bill.

Mr. WALSH. I submit this question of order. Until the question is put upon the motion of the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. MARSHALL] that the committee rise, the gentleman from New York [Mr. SACKETT] cannot get the floor to offer his amendment.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair decides that so long as gentlemen desire to offer amendments which are in order, it is not competent, under the rules, for the committee to rise and report the bill.

Mr. MARSHALL. Do I understand the Chair to decide that after the bill has been read through, so long as gentlemen may choose to offer amendments, it is not competent for the committee to rise and report the bill?

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair decides that, under the rules, it is not competent for the committee to rise and report the bill so long as gentlemen desire to offer amendments which are in order. But it is not in order to return to any sections of the bill to amend them.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I understand that it is in order to offer a proviso to the last section, or an additional section.

The CHAIRMAN. It is in order to offer an additional section to the bill.

Mr. DUNHAM. I would inquire if the Chair decides that an amendment may be offered when a motion has been made to rise and report the bill?

The CHAIRMAN. It is not competent to entertain a motion to rise and report, as long as gentlemen choose to offer amendments which are in order.

Mr. DUNHAM. In this instance the motion to rise was made first.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair supposes that such a motion does not change the order of business at all, and gentlemen have still a right to offer amendments in order.

Mr. SACKETT then offered the following amendment as an additional section, which was read:

And be it further enacted, That the word "children," whenever it occurs in this act, shall be construed to mean descendants from the soldier.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair hardly supposes that amendment in order. It is merely explanatory of the act itself.

Mr. SACKETT. If I could have the attention

of the committee for a few moments, they will be able to see the propriety of it.

The CHAIRMAN.' The Chair decides it out of order.

Mr. SACKETT. I can satisfy the chairman that the amendment is in order, if I can have his attention.

The CHAIRMAN. The question is not debatable.

Mr. HOWARD. I desire to offer a proviso to the last section of the bill.

The proviso was then read, as follows:

Provided, That nothing in the first section of the act of the twenty eighth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, shall be so construed as to exclude any commissioned or non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, or militia, who was mustered into the service of the United States for the suppression or prevention of Indian hostilities, and served the length of time required by said act, or whose services were subsequently recognized by the United States.

The CHAIRMAN. Has not this amendment been once offered in the committee?

Mr. GAYLORD. I would inquire if the fourth section does not cover it?

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair thinks this proposition has been voted upon already.

Mr. HOWARD. It is a distinct proposition. The CHAIRMAN. The committee have acted upon a similar proposition.

Mr. GAYLORD. There is a similar provision in the fourth section of the Senate bill.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is of the opinion that it is out of order.

Mr. LANE. I desire to offer the following as an additional section to the bill.

The amendment was then read, as follows:

And be it further provided, That all persons who are entitled to a bounty of land for services rendered, and who are at this time residents of Oregon Territory, shall be entitled and permitted to locate their warrants upon any unclaimed lands in said Territory, and upon such survey and location patent shall ssue therefor as in other cases.

The CHAIRMAN. This amendment is so nearly like the one voted upon already, that it is out of order.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. I move that the committee rise and report the bill to the House.

The question was then taken on the motion, and it was agreed to.

The committee accordingly rose, and the Speaker having resumed the chair, the chairman of the committee reported that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union had had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the special order of the House, joint resolution No. 1, being an act "explanatory of the act approved September 28, 1850, entitled 'An act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States,"" and had directed him to report the same to the House with sundry amendments thereto.

The bill as adopted by the committee, is as fol

lows:

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the registers and receivers of the United States land offices shall each be entitled to receive fifty cents for his services in locating each bounty land warrant by him located, to be paid by the person or persons locating the same; but this act shall not be so construed as to allow any register or receiver to receive any greater maximum of salary and fees than by law he is now entitled.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or soldier who would, if living, have been entitled to the benefit of the act of Congress, passed September 28, 1850, shall have died leaving no widow surviving him, the child or children of such officer or soldier shall be entitled to the benefit of said act; and if there are no children living, then the father and mother of such officer or soldier shall be entitled, or in default of father or mother, the right shall descend to the brothers and sisters of such officer or soldier in as full a manner as though said soldier or officer had himself received the bounty, any act to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event of the death of a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, who shall have made application for bounty land under the provisions of said act, during the pendency of such application, any warrant issued in the name of any such deceased applicant, such warrant so 18sued shall not become void, but shall inure to and for the benefit of those entitled thereto, the same as if such officer or soldier had been deceased at the passage of said act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the militia or volunteers or State troops of any State or Territory were called into military service, and whose services have been paid by the United States, the officers and soldiers of such militia, volunteers, or troops, shall be entitled to all the benefits of the act entitled "An act grant

ing bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved September 28, 1850, and shall receive lands for their services according to the provisions of said act, upon proof of length of service as therein required; and that the last proviso of the ninth section of the act of 11th of February, 1847, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize bounty land to those who have heretofore received or become entitled to the same.

SEC. 5. And be it further engeted, That one hundred and sixty acres of land be, and the same are hereby, granted to every officer and soldier, whether of regulars, militia, or volunteers, who may have been actually engaged in any action or encounter with the enemy, in any of the wars specified in the act approved September 28, 1850, without regard to his length of service; or in case of the death of any such soldier or officer, the warrant to be issued may be granted to such person or persons as would be entitled under the act of 1850, above mentioned, or any other act, as if this enactment had constituted a part thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to grant more than one hundred and sixty acres of land to any person who may already be entitled to it under the act above mentioned for his services in any one war.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the warrants of one hundred and sixty acres, so as above to be issued, shall be assignable.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the act of September 28, 1850, is hereby extended to all naval officers, sailors, flotilla men, and marines serving with land troops in cases where they could not be entitled to prize money.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in computing the term of service of the officers and soldiers of militia, volunteers, and rangers, for the purpose of this act, or of the act of which this act is explanatory, such term shall be computed from the time they were mustered into the service of and paid by the United States to the time they were discharged therefrom: Provided, That this section shall not extend to the cases provided for in the second section, and in the provisos to the first section of the act of which this act is explanatory.

The SPEAKER. The question is now upon the amendments reported by the committee. Mr. BRECKENRIDGE demanded the previous question, and also tellers upon that motion. Tellers were ordered, and Messrs. DAVIS of Indiana, and BRECKENRIDGE were appointed.

The question was then taken, and the tellers reported-ayes 98, noes 28; so the previous question received a second.

Mr. GOODENOW. I move to lay the bill upon the table.

Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. Upon that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. HENN. Will it be in order to call for the reading of the amendments?

The SPEAKER. It will be in order.

Mr. CLINGMAN. I desire to make a privileged motion, in order to enable the House to understand what the condition of the bill is. I move the House do now adjourn.

[Cries of "No!" "No!" "No!"]

Mr. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. Upon that motion I demand tellers.

Mr. STANTON, of Ohio, demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered. Tellers were also refused.

Mr. STUART. The House will understand this question in one moment. [Cries of "Order!” “ Order!"] The question was then taken on the motion to adjourn, and it was agreed to.

So the House adjourned to to-morrow, at twelve o'clock.

NOTICE OF A BILL.

Mr. CHURCHWELL gave notice that he would ask leave to-morrow, or on some subsequent day, to introduce a bill granting public lands to the several States of the Union for the establishment of a permanent and efficient system of common schools.

PETITIONS, &c.

The following petitions, memorials, &c., were presented under the rule, and referred to the appropriate committees: By Mr. HIBBARD: The petition of Content Hutchinson, praying that certain money lost in the mail may be refunded to him.

By Mr. FLORENCE: The memorial of Isaac Weaver, James McCann, Enoch Thorn, and others, citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, remonstrating against the extension of the Woodworth patent for planing boards, &c.

Also, the memorial of Michael Wartinan & Co., E. & A. Kern, George Fites, P. George Warrington, C. D. James, Charles S. Close, Daniel Kane, Henry M. Weaver, G. S. Hendrickson, and more than 800 others, cigar-makers, and residents of the city and county of Philadelphia, representing that in consequence of the existing tariff regulations and the frauds practiced under the law, they are subjected to ruinous competition with foreign cigars, especially those made in the German States, and praying for an alteration of the tariff on cigars of a less valuation than $10 per thousand, so as to afford employment for American workmen at fair and remunerating prices.

Also, the memorial of Joseph Ritchie, John C. Montgomery, Benjamin Orne, and others, citizens of the State

of Pennsylvania, petitioning Congress to pass a law to prohibit absolutely the deportation, banishment, or immigra tion from foreign countries of all convicts, felons, and paupers, publicly recognized as such.

By Mr. KUHNS: The memorial of Benjamin Wakefield, praying to be allowed the difference of pay between that of master's mate and boatswain while performing the duties of the latter grade on board the United States ship Preble.

By Mr. ALLISON: Two petitions signed by Anthony Henderson and 152 others, citizens of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, for a grant of land to be made to the State of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of aiding the Pittsburg and Erie Railroad Company in the construction of their road. By Mr. ROBBINS: A pention signed by George Albertson and 38 other citizens of the county of Philadelphia, stating that the extension of the Woodworth patent had been obtained by fraud and false information, and ask that a committee be appointed with power to send for persons and papers, with a view to inform your honorable bodies of the truths and merits of all matters pertaining to said patent and its several extensions.

Also, the petition of P. M. Manus and 49 other citizens of the county of Philadelphia, asking for the extension of the Woodworth patent by act of Congress.

Also, the petition signed by Levi Lancaster and 19 other citizens of Penn district, in the county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, asking Congress to modify the bounty land act of September 28, 1850, so as to give to each person intended to be benefited by said act, and the seamen and marines who served in said wars, not less than one hundred and sixty acres of land.

By Mr. HENDRICKS: The petition of Thomas Williams and W. W. Painey, of Johnson county, Indiana, praying that additional compensation be made to the assistant marshals for services in taking the Seventh Census. By Mr. MOORE, of Pennsylvania: A remonstrance of citizens of Philadelphia against the extension of the Woodworth patent.

Also, five memorials from citizens of the county of Philadelphia in favor of the extension of the Woodworth pat

ent.

Also, memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, asking for protection to American labor and the industrial interests of our country, by an alteration of the present tariff system.

Also, resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to appropriations for piers in the Delaware river, to complete the Delaware breakwater, and for an ice harbor near Reedy Island.

By Mr. CHANDLER: The memorial of George R. Childs and many other citizens of Philadelphia, asking for the renewal of the patent for Woodworth's planing machine.

By Mr. HENN: The memorial of John D. Elbert, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Lafayette, via Peoria and Burlington, to the Missouri

river.

By Mr. FITCH: The petition of Eber Woolman and Nelson Ferris, assistant marshals of St. Joseph county, Indiana, asking additional compensation for services in taking

the census.

By Mr. SEYMOUR, of New York: Remonstrance of 300 citizens of Troy, New York, against the extension of the Woodworth patent.

By Mr. ALLEN, of Illinois: The petition of Jesse York and 85 other citizens of White county, and State of Illinois, for the extension of the present nail route leading from Benton to McLanesboro', via Carmi and Phillipstown, to New Harmony, Indiana, &c.

By Mr. FAULKNER: The petition of William T. Purcell and other citizens of Jefferson county, Virginia, praying for the establishment of a post road from Charlestown to Kabletown.

Also, the petition of Lewis B. Willis, of Virginia, late a paymaster in the Army of the United States, praying the payment of a judgment rendered in his favor against the United States by the district court of Louisiana.

Also, the petition of John H. King, of Harper's Ferry, praying to be paid for his services as a director of the rifle factory.

Also, the petition of same, praying to be paid for certain improvements of his invention used at the national armory.

By Mr. HARPER: The petition of Samuel McArthur and 85 other citizens of Muskingum and Guernsey counties, Ohio, praying that the law authorizing the transportation of the mail on Sunday may be repealed.

Also, the petition of Mary Young, of Morgan county, Ohio, asking for a pension as heir of William Liggett, a soldier of the Revolution.

By Mr. DEAN: A remonstrance of C. B. Morse, A. Wager, and 70 other citizens of Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, New York, against the further extension of the Woodworth patent.

By Mr. KING, of Rhode Island: The petition of Richard Borden and others, for the establishment of a dolphin or buoy on the south point of Goat Island, in the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.

Also, the memorial of Colonel William Gates, praying for the return to him of certain moneys presented to him by citizens of Tampico, on his retiring from command there, and paid by him into the Treasury of the United States.

By Mr. PHELPS: The petition of citizens of Taney county, Missouri, for a post road from Forsythe, via Big Beaver Creek, to Hartville, Wright county.

Also, the petition of citizens of Wright county, Missouri, for the relief of Littleton Freeman.

Also, the petition of citizens of Lawrence and Greene counties, Missouri, for a post road from Mount Vernon, via Dunkle's store, to Orleans, Polk county.

By Mr. RIDDLE: The memorial of certain citizens, cigar-makers in the city of Wilmington, State of Delaware, praying Congress to make such an alteration of the tariff on cigars of a less valuation than $10 per thousand, as will afford them employment at fair remunerating prices.

Also, resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, in reference to public lands.

By Mr. HASCALL: The petition of Ennice Gilbert, for compensation for property destroyed in the war of 1812.