Mr. Speight, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the joint resolution from the Senate (No. 5)" presenting a gold medal to George Croghan, and a sword to each of the officers under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Fort Stephenson, in 1813," reported the same with an amendment; which was read, and agreed to by the House; and the amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the resolution to be read a third time to-day.

The amendment being brought up engrossed, the said resolution was read the third time, and passed as amended.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Love, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred, on the 23d instant, the resolution submitted by Mr. McCarty on the 12th, in relation to Indian reservations of land, reported the said resolution with amendments.

And the question was stated, that the House do agree to the said amendments.

And, after debate, the hour expired, and the House, on motion, proceeded to the business on the Speaker's table, and to the orders of the day.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz.

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in relation to the call for information made on the 23d instant, that no payments have as yet been made, under the second section of the act of June 27, 1834, to the custom-house officers at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore; which letter was read, and laid on the table.

II. Á letter from the acting Secretary of War, containing the information called for by the House on the 12th instant, as to the probable amount of funds that will be required for prosecuting and completing, with accuracy, the astronomical observations contemplated by the act of the 14th of July, 1832, for establishing the northern boundary of the State of Ohio; which letter was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

III. A letter from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of Captain Delafield's report on the condition of the harbors in the river Delaware, accompanied by an estimate for the repair and preservation of the same, as called for by the resolution of the House of the 20th instant; which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table.

IV. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an original report of J. N. Reynolds, Esq., dated the 24th of September, 1828, describing certain islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean, &c., and which he presumes to be the report called for by the resolution of the House of the 23d instant, and referred to as dated the 9th of October, 1829. The Secretary requests that, as the report is the original, when no longer wanted, it may be returned. The said letter and report were referred to the Committee on Commerce.

A motion was made by Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, that ten thousand copies of the abovementioned report of J. N. Reynolds be printed; which motion was ordered to lie on the table one day, under the rule.

Engrossed bills and a joint resolution, of the following titles, viz. No. 605. An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac river, and repealing all acts in relation thereto;"

No. 561. An act for the relief of Thomas Buford;

No. 17. Joint resolution authorizing a gold medal to be struck in honor of the battle of the Cowpens;

were severally read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills and resolution.

An engrossed bill (No. 672) to regulate the sitting of the United States courts in the districts of East and West Tennessee, was read the third time; and,

On motion of Mr. Peyton, it was

Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report an amendment thereto, to increase the salary of the judge of the district court of the United States for the district of East Tennessee.

Mr. Dickerson, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States enrolled bills of the following titles, viz.

No. 581. An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department for the year 1835.

No. 228. An act for the relief of Robert Haile.

No. 229. An act for the relief of the heirs of Evan Edwards.

No. 560. An act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants during the late war.

No. 570. An act to extend the time of issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army.

No. 209. An act for the relief of William P. Zantzinger, a purser in the navy of the United States.

No. 222. An act for the relief of Tuffts and Clarke.

No. 236. An act for the relief of Francis Lasselle and others, Michigan volunteers.

No. 231. An act for the relief of Samuel S. Lord, and the owners and crew of the fishing schooner Mary and Sally, of York, in the State of Maine.

No. 580. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year 1835.

No. 566. An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States for the year 1835.

No. 56. An act making an appropriation for the completion of the military barracks at New Orleans.

The House resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 616) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1835.

The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Fillmore on the 22d instant to the amendment moved by Mr. Vance to the said bill on that day; when

Mr. Vance accepted Mr. Fillmore's amendment, and modified his amendment accordingly.

The question then recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Vance.
And, after further debate thereon,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1835.

Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which the subject was referred on the 12th instant, reported a bill (No. 680) to authorize the Secretary of the War Department to purchase a site for an arsenal at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, and to provide for the erection of an arsenal on the same; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 117) entitled "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Jean Hudry," reported the same without amendment.

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

On motion of Mr. Gillet,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of merchants of Boston, for the refunding certain excess duties; and that said memorial be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 447) for the relief of John Fraser and Company, of Charleston, in South Carolina.

On motion of Mr. Thomson,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of John R. Smelley and Bethiah Thompson, and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams,

Ordered, That the Committee on Manufactures be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of merchants and traders of the town of Jonesborough, in the State of Tennessee, for additional duties on foreign feathers, and that the said memorial do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams,

Ordered, That the Committee on Manufactures, which was instructed, on the 29th of December ultimo, to inquire into the expediency of so amending the several acts imposing duties on imports, that the same duties be imposed on all books imported hereafter, and printed previous to the year 1814, as are now imposed by law on books imported previous to the year 1775, be discharged from the consideration thereof.

Mr. John Quincy Adams, by leave, presented a memorial of inhabitants of the towns of Dorchester, Milton, and Quincy, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the passage of an act extending to parties to actions arising under the patent laws, the right to a writ of error, or an appeal to the Supreme Court, in all cases where the matter in dispute, or the sum for which judgment is recovered, exceeds five hundred dollars; which memorial was ordered to lie on the table.

The rule being suspended for the purpose, Mr. John Quincy Adams. moved the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table one day, under the rule, viz.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to this House, if not incompatible with the public interest, any correspondence with the Government of France, and any despatches

received from the minister of the United States at Paris, not hitherto communicated to the House, in relation to the failure of the French Government to carry into effect any stipulation of the treaty of the 4th of July, 1831.

Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Commodore James Barron, reported the following joint resolution, viz.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to constitute a board of naval officers, to be composed of three post captains, whose duty it shall be, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Navy, to revise the code of naval signals.

The said resolution was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until Monday next.

Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the memorial of Commodore James Barron, praying compensation for the use of his invention called, "a ventilator of ships," accompanied by a bill (No. 681) to provide compensation to James Barron for said invention; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which have been referred sundry memorials of citizens of various parts of the State of Ohio, in relation to a change in the location of the Cumberland road, reported a bill (No. 682) amendatory of the act for the continuation of the Cumberland road; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Jesse S. Kellam; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Campbell P. White,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John H. Ryan, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Parker,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of sundry officers of the navy and marine corps, officers of the Naval Benevolent Association, for aid in promoting the objects of said association, and that said memorial be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 61) entitled "An act to remove the land office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi,” reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 34) entitled "An act for the relief of J. and W. Beeson and others," reported the same without amend

ment.

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

On motion of Mr. Parker,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William A. Spencer, and that the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Tompkins,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Thomas James, Timothy N. Banneau, Samuel Lord, and William Faris, and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of inhabitants of the State of Mississippi, residing on that part of the lands acquired from the Choctaw Indians, which has not yet been ordered into market; also, the petitions of William L. S. Dearing, John Tucker, and the Board of Trustees of Oakland college, in the State of Mississippi; and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Clarke Allen; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to which were referred the bill from the Senate (No. 33) entitled "An act for improv ing the harbor at the mouth of the river Raisin, in the Territory of Michigan," 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.

Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which were referred sundry petitions from citizens of the State of Ohio, reported a bill (No. 683) to authorize the removal of the land office at Wapaghkonetta to Lima, in the State of Ohio; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to

morrow.

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (No. 684) to prescribe the punishment of consuls, commercial agents, and others, in certain cases; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the case of the assignees of Peter Alba, accompanied by a bill (No. 685) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject was referred on the 27th of December last, reported a bill (No. 686) to authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the University of Michigan; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Justus Cobb, accompanied by a bill (No. 687) 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. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Lambert L. Van Valkenburg, accompanied