Mr. Davis, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Andrew Hoover, accompanied by a bill (No. 127) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrrow.

Mr. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the memorial of Asa Armington, accompanied by a bill (No. 128) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Gillet, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (No. 129) to provide for the seizure and sale of property brought into the United States in violation of the revenue laws in certain cases; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Howell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the petition of James Halloway, and that it lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. McCarty,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the consideration of the case of Henry W. Francis, son of John Francis, and that it lie on the table.

Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of John Scott and Timothy Jordan, which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Jarvis,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Isaac S. Middleton, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Jarvis,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of John C. F. Salomon, relative to a patent safety steam-boiler, and that it be referred to the Secretary of the Navy.

Mr. Kennon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the petition of inhabitants of Perrysburgh, in the State of Ohio, accompa nied by a bill (No. 130) granting a pre-emption right to certain lots in the town of Perrysburgh, in the State of Ohio; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

On motion of Mr. Kennon,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of inhabitants of the State of Ohio, in relation to lots in Perrysburgh, and that said petition do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the cases of J. Cottle and Davis Todd, and that they lie on the table.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Henry Stoddard, accompanied by a bill (No. 131) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on

the petition of John Barkley, accompanied by a bill (No. 132) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Carr, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Amelia Leach, accompanied by a bill (No. 133) for her relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Ingersoll, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 134) for the relief of S. Morris Waln; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

Mr. Ingersoll, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 135) for the relief of John F. Lewis; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

Mr. Beardsley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution, which was read and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the following documents be printed, for the use of the House, to wit:

Resolution of Congress of 30th October, 1779, relative to the appropriation of vacant lands. (Old Journals, vol. 3, page 385.)

Report of a committee, and a resolution of Congress, of 6th September, 1780, relative to cession of unappropriated lands. (Old Journals, vol. 3, pages 516, 517.)

Amended report relative to Virginia cession, as accepted by Congress, September 13, 1783. (Old Journals, vol. 4, page 265, '6, 7.)

Ordinance relative to the Northwestern Territory, 13th July, 1787. (Old Journals, vol. 4, pages 751, 2, 3, '4.)

The act of the 7th of April, 1798, to establish the Territory of Mississippi. (Vol. 3, page 40, Laws United States.)

The acts to create the States of Mississippi and Alabama. (Vol. 6, page 175, vol. 6, 380, Laws United States.)

Memorial of the Legislative Council of Indiana, in the session of 1815, 16. praying the passage of an act of Congress to authorize the Territory to form a State Government. (In manuscript.)

Report of committee on said memorial, accompanying a bill to authorize the formation of a State Government. (No. 21, in printed reports of session, 1815, '16.)

Extract from page 32 of so much of Messrs. Gallatin's and Preble's argument on the northeastern boundary, as respects the use made of Mitchell's map in fixing the boundary of the United States, by the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace of 1783.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Lieutenant Anthony Dade, which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Lawler, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported a bill (No. 136) for the relief of James Moor and William Moor; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Ash,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Henry Fry, and that said petition be laid on the table.

Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 10,) entitled “An act to authorize the allowance of certain charges in the accounts of the American Consul at London;" reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Fry,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Daniel Thurston and Thomas Spratt; and that they lie on the table.

Mr. Huntsman, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Armstrong; which report was laid on the table.

Mr. Huntsman, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Thomas F. Reddick, accompanied by a bill (No. 137) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of Abraham Forbes, a spy in the late war, accompanied by a bill (No. 138) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-mor

row.

Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of John Reily; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Everett,

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs, be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Brown, of the Cherokee nation, and that it be laid on the table.

Mr. White, of Florida, laid before the House sundry acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, viz:

An act to incorporate the East Florida Rail-road Company.

An act to incorporate the Pensacola and Perdido Rail-road and Canal Company.

An act to incorporate the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company. An act to incorporate the Union Rail-road Company in the Territory of Florida.

Ordered, That the said acts be severally referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following resolution, which was read and agreed to by the House, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to lay before this House, the report of the Fifth Auditor, together with the correspondence growing out of the inquiry of the Treasury Department, in relation to the best mode of managing the light-house establishment of the nation.

On motion of Mr. Pinckney, (by leave,)

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

On motion of Mr. Peyton, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Monroe, via Locust Shade, in Overton county, Tennessee; by Celina,

Jackson county, Tennessee; by Garret Moore's, Tennessee, to Tompkinsville, Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Peyton, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Gainsboro, Tennessee, by Major Thomas Butler's and Celina, to Burksville, Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Wise, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Princess Ann, in Somerset county, Maryland, via New Town in Maryland, and Mapp's tavern, Riley's store, Jenkins' bridge, Guilford and Bagwell's mill, in Accomack county, Virginia, to Druminond town in Accomack county, Virginia.

On motion of Mr. Mann, of New York, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the equity and expediency of releasing John Mahon and Asa Munger from the payment of a judgment recovered by the United States against them, as bail for Daniel Holt, formerly a postmaster at Herkimer, in the State of New York.

On motion of Mr. Dutee J. Pearce, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this House, the survey and estimate of Lieutenant T. J. Brown, of the corps of engineers, of the work proposed to be constructed at the eastern termination of Lake Erie, for the protection of the commerce of the lakes.

On motion of Mr. Hamer, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the district judge of Ohio.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the payment of the claim of John H. Holland, marshal of the eastern district of Louisiana, for the expenses incurred in the care, clothing, subsistence, and medical attendance, of a number of Africans placed in his charge, under the laws of the United States relative to the slave trade.

On motion of Mr. Hawes, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Green and Big Barren rivers in the State of Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Hannegan, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making the town of Lafayette, on the river Wabash, a port of entry.

On motion of Mr. Storer, (by leave.)

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing, by law, a subscription to the capital stock of the Ohio and Charleston Rail-road, whenever the corporations created by the Legislatures of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, shall open their books for the subscription of stock.

On motion of Mr. Lay, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be requested to inquire into the expediency of paying the claims of William Russell; and that the accompanying affidavit of Horace Steele, in relation to the claim of William Russell, for remuneration for property taken and appropriated to the use of the Army of the United States, during the late war, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. John Y. Mason, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the message of the President of the United States, of the 25th January, 1834, with the accompanying documents, concerning the claim for indemnification of the owners of the ship Francis and Eliza, now on the files of the House, be referred to the Committe on the Judiciary.

A motion was made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the House do proceed to the orders of the day; which motion being agreed to,

An engrossed bill (No. 51) making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year 1836, was read the third time, and the question was stated that it do pass :

And after debate,

A motion was made by Mr. Cambreleng, that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

A motion was also made by Mr. Underwood, that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means.

And after debate, and pending the question on these motions,

The following message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, viz:

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

Having laid before Congress, on the 9th ultimo, the correspondence which had previously taken place relative to the controversy between Ohio and Michigan, on the question of boundary between that State and Territory, I now transmit reports from the Secretary of State and War on the subject, with the papers therein referred to.

WASHINGTON, January 11, 1836.

ANDREW JACKSON,

Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz:

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of returns rendered to the Treasury Department by the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, showing the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1835; which letter and returns were referred to the select committee appointed on the 31st of December, on the memorials of sundry of said banks.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the reports of the Register and Receiver of the land office at New-Orleans, made to the Treasury Department, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved February 6, 1835, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land claims in the State of Louisiana, and in the Territories of Arkansas and Florida," and the act approved March 3, 1835, entitled "An act supplementary to an act passed the 4th July, 1832, for the final adjustment of