for services rendered as purser's steward in the United States navy under the orders of Purser Thatcher.

Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Williams presented a petition of shipmasters of the State of Maine for the location of certain buoys in Penobscot bay.

Mr. Wood presented a memorial of masters, owners, and pilots of the State of New York, praying the erection of a light-house on Teller's point; also, a lamp light on Prime hook, both on the east side of Hudson river.

Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll presented a memorial of the board of trade of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, for an appropriation. for the survey of the Ohio river; together with an estimate of the expense necessary for a slack-water navigation from the headwaters of that river to a point nearly opposite or below the city of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. Mr. Giles presented a memorial of the legal representatives of James Rumsey, deceased, late of Berkeley county, in the State of Virginia, praying some remuneration on the ground that the said James Rumsey was the first to apply steam power to the propulsion of vessels.

Mr. Alexander D. Sims presented a memorial of citizens of Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, praying the erection of additional lighthouses; and also for a survey of the bar at the entrance of Winyaw bay. Ordered, That said petition and memorials be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Harper presented the petition of Clarinda Mix-heretofore presented February 1, 1845.

Mr. Woodruff presented a memorial of William F. Piatt, of the city of New York, on behalf of himself and other heirs of his father, William Piatt, deceased, a captain in the army of the revolution, for compensation on account of the services of their father.

Mr. Woodward presented the petition of Francis Sumpter, of the State of South Carolina-heretofore presented February 6, 1844.

Mr. Bayly presented the petition of the heirs of Gustavus B. Hornerheretofore presented December 20, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. William W. Campbell presented a memorial of the institution for the education of the deaf and dumb in the city of New York, praying for a grant of a township of land to aid said institution.

Mr. St. John presented a petition of the trustees of Tynochtee township, Wyandotte county, in the State of Ohio, for permission to select a suffcient amount of land from the Wyandotte reservation to satisfy the deficiency in section sixteen for school purposes.

Mr. Cathcart presented a petition of citizens of Cass county, in the State of Indiana, praying a donation of land for Simon Kenton, a soldier of the last war with Great Britain.

Mr. Jacob Thompson presented documents relating to certain private entries of land in the northwestern land district of the State of Mississippi. Mr. Reuben Chapman presented a petition of Wiley B. Pannel, of Blount county, in the State of Alabama, praying permission to withdraw a certain entry of land made through mistake.

Mr. Bowlin presented a petition of William Moss, of Jefferson county,

in the State of Missouri, praying permission to float his land claim of six hundred and forty acres.

Ordered, That said memorial, petitions, and other papers be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Winthrop presented the petition of citizens of Boston-heretofore presented February 11, 1845: which was referred to the Joint Committee on the Library.

Mr. Strohm presented four petitions of citizens of Berks county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a mail-route from New Holland, in Lancaster county, to Reading, in Berks county, in said State.

Mr. William G. Brown presented a petition of citizens of Randolph county, in the State of Virginia, praying for a mail-route from the town of Stanton, in Augusta county, to the town of Parkersburg, in Wood county, in said State.

Mr. Cullom presented a petition of citizens of Jackson county, in the State of Tennessee, praying the establishment of a mail-route in said State.

Mr. Cathcart presented a petition of citizens of Elkhart county, in the State of Indiana, praying the establishment of a mail-route.

Mr. Yancey presented a petition of citizens of Coosa county, in the State of Alabama, for a mail-route.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Foster presented the petition of Robert Graham-heretofore presented December 16, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Preston King presented the petition of Thomas Brownell-heretofore presented February 5, 1845: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. John A. Rockwell presented the petition of the heirs of Lieutenant Daniel Starr-heretofore presented December 16, 1843: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Henley presented the petition of William Marshall-heretofore presented January 30, 1845: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Ramsey presented the petition of the heirs of Hawkins Brone-heretofore presented December 14, 1841.

Mr. Buffington presented the petition of the heirs of Alexander Stevenson-heretofore presented December 23, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Tilden presented the petition of John Boden Fitch-heretofore presented February 3, 1845: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Wick presented the petition of James McAvoy-heretofore presented December 9, 1844, accompanied by additional evidence in support of said claim.

Mr. John A. Rockwell presented a petition of Nathan Smith and Charles H. Smith, of Stonington, Connecticut, owners of the fishing schooner "Washington," praying for a fishing bounty.

Mr. Preston King presented a petition of Zenas King, of Canton, St. Lawrence county, State of New York, praying compensation for certain

custom-house services at Oswegatchie under the direction of the United States marshal, in the years 1838 and 1839.

Mr. Preston King also presented a petition of Asa Sprague, of De Kalb, in the county of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, praying for compensation as a non-commissioned officer in the last war, and injuries sustained by being removed while sick at the capture of Ogdensburg.

Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll presented the petition of Cornelius Tiers, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a reconsideration of his claim for remuneration for losses sustained by him under a contract with the Board of Navy Commissioners to furnish, "upon the requisitions of the commandant of the navy-yard at Philadelphia, all the blocks, dead-eyes, and hearts of every description and size, required for one ship of the line, one frigate, and one sloop of war," to be made according to certain descriptions laid down in said contract, and subject to the inspection of the said yard, or such other inspection as the commissioners of the navy might prescribe-heretofore presented February 9, 1835.

Mr. Isaac E. Holmes presented a petition of John T. Frost, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, praying compensation for making an index to the manuscript reports of committees and executive documents in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, from 1789 to 1832.

Mr. Edward D. Baker presented a petition of Henry Bogardus and the other heirs of the late Peter Bogardus, of Tazewell county, Illinois, praying remuneration for losses sustained by the destruction of property by the British during the revolutionary war.

Mr. E. Carrington Cabell presented a memorial of the citizens of Florida, praying indemnity for losses sustained during the Seminole war. Mr. Ligon presented the petition of James W. Gray and Betty H. Beard, heirs of John Gray-heretofore presented December 10, 1844.

Mr. Bayly presented the petition of Mary Willing Harrison-heretofore presented December 14, 1842.

Mr. Kennedy presented the petition of Benjamin Sayre-heretofore presented January 4, 1841.

Mr. Winthrop presented the petition of Ebenezer Atwill-heretofore presented January 13, 1845.

Mr. John A. Rockwell presented the memorial of Francis Allyn-heretofore presented January 28, 1836.

Mr. John G. Chapman presented the petition of George D. Spencerheretofore presented December 12, 1844;

Also, the petition of Robert D. Sewall-heretofore presented December 18, 1843;

Also, the petition of the heirs of John G. Mackall-heretofore presented January 18, 1842.

Mr. Bowlin presented the petition of Orange H. Dibble-heretofore presented December 23, 1843.

Mr. Robert Smith presented the petition of Peter Shaffer heretofore presented December 17, 1844;

Also, the petition of John W. Hackett-heretofore presented December 11, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The following petitions, memorials, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Hunter: The petition of the heirs of Presley Thornton-heretofore presented December 26, 1843;

Also, a petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Colonel William Grayson, praying for five years' pay, due to the said William Grayson, as a colonel in the continental line of the United States army.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of the heirs of Godfrey Wenwood, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844;

Also, the petition of the heirs of Seth Chapin-heretofore presented February 17, 1844;

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Hunter: The petition of Thompson Hutchinson, of Prince William county, in the State of Virginia-heretofore presented December 11, 1844;

Also, the petition of the heirs of John Carr-heretofore presented December 11, 1844.

By Mr. Foot: A petition of Pearson Freeman, of Rutland county, in the State of Vermont, a soldier of the Revolution, praying Congress to grant him an additional pension under the act of 1818.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Cranston: A letter from Lieutenant Colonel B. K. Pierce, of the United States army, relative to an appropriation by Congress for the construction of a military road from Fort Adams to Newport, in the State of Rhode Island: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The memorial of the administrator of Robert Carroll Brent, of Stafford county, in the State of Virginia-heretofore presented December 21, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Reid: The petition of Mary Crysal, of Wilkes county, State of North Carolina-heretofore presented March 25, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of the administrator of Benjamin Fry, deceased-heretofore presented December 9, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Maclay: The memorial of the heirs of John Paul Jones-heretofore presented December 26, 1844.

By Mr. Giles: A memorial of Samuel S. Anderson, of the city of Baltimore, with accompanying documents, praying Congress to grant him a pension from the time he contracted disease in the naval service of the United States, in the month of October, 1814, till July 1, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. McCrate: A petition of the inhabitants of Waldoborough, Lincoln county, in the State of Maine, praying for an appropriation for the purpose of erecting a pier and buoys at "the narrows" of the Miscongus river, in said State.

By Mr. Tibbatts: The memorial of steamboat owners of the State of Ohio, and the valley of the Mississippi-heretofore presented January 20, 1345.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of Samuel S. Allen-heretofore presented December 9, 1844;

Also, the memorial of the citizens of the city of Providence, Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of Bristol and Warren district, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Andrew Johnson: The petition of James S. May and others, legal representatives of Samuel May, sen., deceased-heretofore presented May 31, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

By Mr. Harper: The petition of James Hampson, of Zanesville, in the State of Ohio-heretofore presented December 19, 1844.

By Mr. Daniel: The petition of the legal representatives of William D. Cheever-heretofore presented December 22, 1843.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: The petition of Susan Gratiot and J. P. B. Gratiot heretofore presented January 2, 1845.

By Mr. John A. Rockwell: The petition of William Culver, of New London, in the State of Connecticut-heretofore presented January 13, 1845.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The petition of G. T. Beyer-heretofore presented February 27, 1844.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of the president and directors of the Union Bank of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Pendleton: A petition of George Taylor, of Washington city, District of Columbia, praying indemnity for spoliations committed by the French government previous to the year 1800.

By Mr. Cranston: The petition of Philip Allen and others, citizens of the State of Rhode Island-heretofore presented December 9, 1844.

Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. James B. Hunt: A petition of citizens of Mackinaw, Michigan, praying for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Severance: A memorial of citizens of Franklin county, in the State of Maine, remonstrating against the admission of Texas, as a slaveholding state, into this Union;

Also, a memorial of similar import from citizens of Hallowell, in the State of Maine.

By Mr. Foot: A memorial of similar import from citizens of the State of Vermont;

Also, a memorial of similar import from citizens of Bennington county, in the State of Vermont.

By Mr. Lewis: A memorial of similar import from citizens of the State of New York;

Also, a memorial of similar import from citizens of Randolph, in the State of New York;