land claims in the southeastern district of the State of Louisiana;" which letter and reports were referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with sundry documents, showing the progress made by the Department, since the last report, on the subject of erecting a bridge in the District of Columbia across the Potomac river; which letter and documents were ordered to lie on the table.

IV. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of the persons employed as clerks in the offices of the Navy Department, in the year 1835, with the compensation of each; which letter and list were ordered to lie on the table.

V. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment; which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1836.

Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of Samuel Giles; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of James Collier, Samuel P. Scott, Samuel Hicock, and William N. Ivy; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Bond from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Timothy Shay and Joseph Powell; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Bond,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the case of William Smith, and that it be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the case of the heirs of Captain Peter Garland; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Everett from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 36) entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians, in the month of December, 1828," reported the same without amendment, accompanied with a recommendation that the said bill do not pass.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Lowrie their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill (No. 69) entitled "An act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians" with amendment; the Senate have also passed a bill (No. 29) entitled an act for the relief of the representatives of Robert Jouett, deceased," in which bill and amendment I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House: and then he withdrew.

Mr. Lay, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the case of Benedict Alford, which was read: when,

Mr. Lay submitted a joint resolution (No. 2) to place the name of Benedict Alford on the pension list; which resolution was read the first time.

Mr. Howell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the petition of Theophilus E. Beekman, accompanied by a bill (No. 139) granting him a pension; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Howell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Col. Gideon Morgan, of the State of Tennessee, accompanied by a bill (No. 140) granting him a pension; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Howell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Philip Coleman; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made a report on the petition of James Alexander and Ira Nash, accompanied by a bill (No. 141) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Bond, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Alexander Noel; which was read: when,

Mr. Williams, of Kentucky, submitted the following resolution, viz :

Resolved, That said petition is reasonable: and that the same be referred back to the said committee, and that said committee be instructed to report a bill allowing said Noel full pay as a pensioner for the residue of his life. Ordered, That the said petition, report and resolution be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Chapin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Margaret Cooper, Sarah Kirk, and Jemima Van Antwerp, representatives of John Campbell, deceased, which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Philo C. Fuller, from the Committee of Claims, made an adverse report on the petition of James Maguire; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Phillips, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred, on the 16th of December, memorials from citizens of Gloucester and Plymouth, in Massachusetts, reported a bill (No. 142) making appropriations for the erection of custom-houses at those places; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report on the memorial of General John E. Wool, Inspector General of the United States Army, accompanied by a bill (No. 143) allowing rations to that officer; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Storer, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported a bill (No. 144) for the relief of Israel Ingalls; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

Mr. Janes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Joseph Winch; which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Private Land

Claims, made a report on the petition of John A. Parker and others, accompanied by a bill (No. 145) for the relief of the heirs of William Forbes, deceased; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Sutherland,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of James H. Caldwell; and that it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Muhlenberg,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of John H. Genther; and that it he referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Jarvis, on the 6th instant, in relation to slavery within the District of Columbia.

The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Wise on the 6th instant: when

Mr. Jarvis modified his said resolution so as to read as follows:

Whereas, any attempt in this House to agitate the question of slavery is calculated to disturb the compromises of the constitution, to endanger the Union, and, if persisted in, to destroy the peace and prosperity of the country; therefore,

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the subject of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, ought not to be entertained by Congress; and it is further

Resolved, That in case any petition praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia be hereafter presented, it is the deliberate opinion of the House, that the same ought to be laid upon the table, without being referred or printed.

A motion was made by Mr. Chilton Allan, that the said resolution, and the amendments pending thereto, do lie on the table.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

A motion was then made by Mr. Holsey, that the further consideration of said resolution be postponed until Tuesday next, the 19th instant, and that it be made the special order of the day for that day:

And the question being put,

It passed in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

The House then proceeded to the orders of the day.

The amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill (No. 69,) entitled "An act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians," was read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

The bill from the Senate, (No. 29,) entitled "An act for the relief of the representative of Robert Jouet, deceased," was read the first and second. time, and committed to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey and examination made by Captain Canfield, of the national road between Springfield, in the State of Ohio, and Richmond, in the State of Indiana, called for by the House on the 6th instant, which letter and report were referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

The Speaker also laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the persons employed as clerks in the various offices of the Treasury Department, in the year 1835, with the compensation of each, which letter and list were ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the consideration of the bill, (No. 51,) making a partial appropriation for the support of Government for the year 1836, be postponed until to-morrow.

The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Connor reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union, generally, under consideration, and particularly the amendment of the Senate to the bill, (No. 69,) entitled "An act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities com menced by the Seminole Indians," to which he was directed to report their concurrence: also, the bill (No. 53) making appropriation for the naval service for the year 1836; and had come to no resolution thereon.

The amendment of the Senate to the bill (No. 69,) entitled "An act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians," was then again read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That a committee on enrolled bills be now appointed on the part of this House, pursuant to the joint rules of the two Houses; and Mr. Hall, of Maine, and Mr. Briggs, were appointed of the said committee.

Ordered, That the clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1836.

Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made unfavorable reports in the cases of the heirs of Capt. Seley Saunders, and Eliza Causin, and Ann Turner, daughters of Col. John H. Stone; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of John McCarroll, jr. accompanied by a bill (No. 146) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Beale, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of William D. White, James C. Hallack, and Daniel Palmer; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

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