Mr. Strong, from the Committee on the Territories, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of giving the assent of Congress to the provisions of the sixth section of the seventh article of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, relative to the boundary line between that State and the Territory of Michigan, made a report, accompanied by a bill [No. 307] for ascertaining the latitude of the southerly bend of Lake Michigan, and of certain other points, for the purpose, thereafter, of fixing the true northern boundary lines of the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

Mr. Verplanck, from the Commmittee of Ways and Means, reported a bill [No. 308] to refund the moiety of the forfeiture of the schooner Volant; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of William Otis, accompanied by a bill [No. 309] for his relief; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of William Tennille and Stephen Hook, and that they be, severally, laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Hobbie,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Militia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing to be published and distributed among the States, for the use of the militia thereof, The Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including the Exercises of Light Infantry and Riflemen, for the use of the Militia of the United States." prepared by the Board of Officers, convened by order of the President of the United States, and reported by them to the Secretary of War, on the 5th December, 1826: also, The System of Exercise and Instruction of Field Artillery, including Manœuvres for Light or Horse Artillery, prepared for the use of the Militia of the United States." and reported by the said Board of Officers on the 7th December, 1826; and The System of Instruction and Manœuvres for the use of the Cavalry of the United States," prepared and reported by said Board of Officers on the 11th of December, 1826. On motion of Mr. Weems,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of recommending an immediate appropriation, sufficient to carry into effect the provisions of the act of the last session of Congress for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.

Mr. Richardson moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz :

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House a statement of the amount of import duties, on which, at the several custom houses in the United States, credit has been allowed, during the eight years next preceding the 4th of March, 1828; together with a statement of the effects of the credit allowed by Government,

First. On the Revenue;

Second. On the Navigation;

Third. On the Mercantile Interest;

Fourth. On the Manufacturing Interests of the United States:

On motion of Mr. Ward,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing William Mosher, Nathaniel Lockwood, and Reuben Merritt, Revolutionary soldiers, on the pension list.

On motion of Mr. Bartley,

Resolved, That the letter from the War Department, of the 17th of January last, accompanied by a report and plan of the survey of the Sandusky Bay, in the State of Ohio, be referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion of Mr. Duncan,

1. Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appointing a Superintendent and Receiver at the United States' lead mines, near Fever River, on the Upper Mississippi, and of providing by law for the future government of said lead mines.

2. Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to inquire into the propriety of encouraging permanent settlements in the vicinity of the lead mines, by selling, leasing, or granting pre-emptions to actual settlers of such lands as are known not to be mineral; and, also, to inquire into the expediency of requiring all rents due the United States in lead, to be received at the smelting establishments where said lead is made.

On motion of Mr. Ramsey,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from Mifflintown, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, by the Run Gap, Ickisburgh, in Perry county, in the same State.

On motion of Mr. Sevier,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing immediately for the defence and protection of the Arkansas frontier.

On motion of Mr. Smith, of Indiana,

Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire what further regulations and provisions, if any, are necessary to be made by law, to secure the United States the exclusive right to purchase from the Indians their reserve lands, so as to prevent private speculators from defrauding the Indians and Government out of the same.

On motion of Mr. Polk,

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Sassnet Roach, a soldier of the Revolution.

On motion of Mr. Owen,

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an additional appropriation for improving the harbor of Mobile.

Mr. Condict moved the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to inquire into the expediency of modifying the revenue laws in such manner as to levy the duties upon the value of the goods at the place of importation, instead of the cost at the place whence exported.

Whereupon, Mr. Whipple demanded the question of consideration thereon: And on the question, Will the House now consider the said resolution? It was decided in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Little,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which is committed the bill [No. 1] fixing the ratio of repre

sentation after the 3d of March, 1833, be discharged from the consideration thereof, and that the said bill be referred to the Committee on the Fifth Census.

Mr. Weems moved the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing such laws as may have been enacted contrary to the restraining provisions of the Constitution, and the limited powers granted therein, by the States, to the General Government ; and to report a tariff bill, compatible with the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes," and fully adequate to meet all the demands of revenue, Whereupon, Mr. Mallary demanded the question of consideration : And on the question, Will the House now consider the said resolution? Nays..

It was decided the negative, {Yeas.

_51,

122.

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

Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, Willis Alston, John Anderson, Philip P. Barbour, John Barney, Daniel L. Barringer, Burwell Bassett, John Bell, John H. Bryan, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Samuel P. Carson, John Chambers, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Henry W. Conner., David Crockett, John Calpeper, Thomas Davenport, Warren R. Davis, Robert Desha, William Drayton, John Floyd, of Georgia, George R. Gilmer, Thomas H. Hall, Charles E. Haynes, Thomas Hinds, Jeromus Johnson, John Long, Wilson Lumpkin. John H. Marable, William D. Martin, William McCoy, George McDuffie, John McKee, James C. Mitchell, Gabriel Moore, George W. Owen, James K. Polk, James W. Ripley, William C. Rives, John Roane, Lemuel Sawyer, Augustine H. Shepperd, John Taliaferro, Wiley Thompson, James Trezvant, Starling Tucker, Daniel Turner, Gulian C. Verplanck, John C. Weems, John J. Wood.-51. Those who voted in the negative, are,

Samuel Anderson, William Armstrong, John Bailey, John Baldwin, Noyes Barber, David Barker, jun., Stephen Barlow, Daniel D. Barnard, Ichabod Bartlett, Mordecai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Edward Bates, Philemon Beecher, George O. Belden, Thomas H. Blake, Titus Brown. James Buchanan, Richard A. Buckner, Daniel A. A Buck, Samuel Butman, Samuel Chase, Thomas Chilton, John C. Clark, Lewis Condict, Richard Coulter. Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Henry Daniel, John Davenport, John J. De Graff, John D. Dickinson, Clement Dorsey, Joseph Duncan, Jonas Earll, jun., Edward Everett. James Findlay, Chauncey Forward, Joseph Fry, Daniel G. Garnsey, Nathaniel Garrow, Benjamin Gorham, Innis Green. John Hallock, jun., Jonathan Harvey, Joseph Healy, Selah R. Hobbie, James L. Hodges. Michael Hoffman. Jonathan Hunt, Jacob C. Isacks, Kensey Johns, jun., Richard Keese. Adam King, Joseph Lawrence, Joseph Lecompte, Pryor Lea, Isaac Leffler, Robert P. Letcher, Peter Little. John Locke, Chittenden Lyon, John Magee. Rollin C. Mallary, Henry Markell, Henry C. Martindale, Dudley Marvin, Lewis Maxwell, Robert McHatton. Rufus McIntire, Samuel McKean, William McLean, Orange Merwin, Daniel H. Miller, Charles Miner, John Mitchell, Thomas P. Moore, Thomas Newton, Jeremiah O'Brien, Robert Orr, jun.. Dutee J. Pearce, Elisha Phelps, Isaac Pierson, David Plant, William Ramsay, James F. Randolph, John Reed, William Russell, John Sergeant, Thomas Sinnickson, John Sloane, Oliver H. Smith, Michael C.

Sprigg, William Stanberry, James S. Stevenson, John B. Sterigere, Henry R. Storrs, John G. Stower, James Strong. Samuel Swann, Benjamin Swift, Joel B. Sutherland, Thomas Taber, John W. Taylor, Phineas L Tracy, Joseph Vance, Stephen Van Rensselaer, John Varnum, Samuel F. Vinton, Aaron Ward, George C. Washington, Thomas Whipple, jun., Elisha Whittlesey, Charles A. Wickliffe, Richard H. Wilde, James Wilson, Joseph F. Wingate, Silas Wood, John Woods, David Woodcock, George Wolf, Silas Wright, jun.. John C. Wright, Joel Yancey.-122.

The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the case of Henry Eckford; which was read, and laid on the table.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill [No. 28] extending the term within which merchandise may be exported with benefit of drawback; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Taylor reported the same, without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-mor

row.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill [No. 39] to continue the present mode of supplying the Army of the United States, and for other purposes appertaining to the same; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Bassett reported the same, with an amendment, which was read, and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to

morrow.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill [No. 47] allowing an additional drawback on sugar refined in the United States, and exported therefrom; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Condict reported the same, without amendment.

It was then

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until Monday next.

And then the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1828.

Mr. McIntire presented a petition of ship-owners and merchants of the port of Kennebunk, in the State of Maine, praying for the erection of a pier in Kennebunk river.

Mr. McIntire presented a petition of inhabitants of the State of Maine, praying for the erection of a light-house on Cape Porpoise.

Mr. Barber, of Connecticut, presented a petition of Silas Bebee, Amos Tift, and Jediah Randal, of the State of Connecticut, praying to be paid the bounty on a fishing voyage of a vessel, the property of the petitioners.

Mr. Sergeant presented a memorial of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, praying that the credit system for duties on imports may be abolished; that warehouses be provided, and goods stored; and that the duties be paid when the goods are removed.

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

On motion of Mr. Crowninshield.

Ordered. That the petition of the Sandy Bay Pier Company, in the State of Massachusetts, presented on the 8th March, 1824, and that the petition of inhabitants of the town of Marblehead, presented on the 23d January, 1826. be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Whittlesey.

Ordered. That the petition of inhabitants of Ohio, presented on the 13th December, 1827, for the construction of a harbor at Coneaught creek, and that the petition of merchants and masters of vessels at Buffalo. in the State of New York, for the same purpose, presented on the 24th December, 1827, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion of Mr. Crowninshield,

Ordered, That the petition of James Devereaux. Jonathan Neale, James Cook, Samuel Cook, and Charles Saunders, presented on the 29th April, 1828, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Barber, of Connecticut, presented a menorial of merchants, traders, and others, of New London, in the State of Connecticut, praying for the imposition of duties on certain sales at auction.

Mr. Barney presented a petition of Samuel D. Walker. of Baltimore, praying for the allowance of drawback of duties on tobacco imported into the United States, and subsequently exported therefro n.

Mr. Sevier presented a menorial of the General Assembly of the Ter. ritory of Arkansas, praying that James Scull, of that Territory, may be paid money instead of the land allotted to him under a treaty with the Quapaw Indians.

Ordered, That these petitions and memorials be referred to the Commit tee of Ways and Means,

On motion of Mr. Owen,

Ordered, That the petition of Arlson and Hallett, presented on the 14th April. 1828, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Hunt presented a petition of Elijah Baldwin, of the State of Vermont;

Mr. Magee presented a petition of Isaac Train, of the State of New York; also, a petition of Samuel Haskins, of the State of New York; Mr. Lyon presented a petition of Robert Patterson, of the State of Kentucky; also, a petition of David Parent, of the said State; severally, and respectively, praying for pensions.

Ordered, That these petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Pensions.

Mr. Magee presented a petition of inhabitants of Reading, Starkey, and Tyrone, in the State of New York, praying for the establishment of a post route ; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Richard Biddle, administrator of John Wilkins, deceased, formerly a Quartermaster General in the Army of the United States, praying that the accounts of the deceased may be adjusted on the principles of equity.

Mr. Lyon presented a petition of John Long, of the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for a horse lost in the service of the United States. Mr. Blair presented a petition of Ann Hodges, of the City of Washington, praying compensation for property destroyed by fire, at the destruction of the navy yard, in August, 1814.