Mr. Burges presented a memorial of merchants of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, setting forth that the duties imposed in the Spanish island of Cuba upon American ships and cargoes are so disproportionate to those which are levied upon Spanish ships and cargoes entering the ports of the United States, that, if continued, they will give the carrying trade between Cuba and the United States exclusively to Spanish vessels; and that the duties upon American rice in the kingdom of Portugal and its dependencies are so high as to amount to a prohibition, notwithstanding a recent reduction of the duties upon Madeira and other Portuguese wines imported into the United States: the memorialists, therefore, pray Congress to adopt such measures as may be deemed most expedient to remedy the evils complained of; which memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr. Young, Ordered, That the case of Elizabeth Magruder, daughter of Rignal Hillary, be recommitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Coke moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be required to furnish to this House, as soon as may be practicable, the names of all commissioned officers, now of the navy, who have applied for pensions on account of wounds received in battle during the late war with England; designating such as have been admitted on the pension roll, the amount of pension in each case granted; designating, also, such officers, if any there be, whose claims or applications for pension may have been rejected, with the reasons in each case for such rejection. The House resumed the consideration of the memorial from inhabitants of the town of Southampton, in the county of Hampshire, in the State of Massachusetts, presented by Mr. Edward Everett on the 7th instant. The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Everett on the 14th instant," that the said memorial be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with instructions to report a bill making further provision for executing the laws of the United States on the subject of intercourse with the Indian tribes, and, also, for the faithful observance of the treaties between. the United States and the said tribes;" And after further discussion thereon, the debate was suspended: Engrossed bills of the following titles, viz: No. 641. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Antoine Bonnabel; No. 267. An act for the relief of James McCarty; No. 268. An act authorizing the Fourth Auditor to examine into and report upon the claims of Gates Hoit against the United States; No. 269. An act for the relief of Edward Lee; No. 277. An act for the relief of Stephen Hook; No. 283. An act for the relief of Captain Thomas Payne; No. 284. An act for the relief of Matthew Flournoy and R. J. Ward, of Mississippi; No. 286. An act for the relief of William T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States; No. 425. An act for the relief of the representatives of Anthony Fore man; No. 288. An act for the relief of Samuel Watson and George Hoppas; No. 289. An act for the relief of the widow and heirs of Joseph Hulse; . No. 298. An act for the relief of the citizens of Shawneetown; No. 300. An act to remit the duties upon certain articles imported for the use of the theological seminary and Kenyon college in Ohio; No. 302. An act for the relief of Eleanor Courts, widow of Richard Henley Courts, deceased; No. 396. An act for the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget; No. 303. An act for the relief of Timothy Risley; No. 306. An act for the relief of John Bruce, administrator of Philip Bush; No. 307. An act for the relief of Peter Bargy, jr., Stephen Norton, and Hiram Wolverton; No. 308. An act for the relief of William D. King, James Daviess, and Genland Lincecum; No. 309. An act for the relief of the sureties of George Brown, deceased, late collector of internal duties; No. 312. An act for the relief of James Gibbon; No. 314. An act for the relief of John F. Girod; No. 316. An act for the relief of John Frugé; No. 318. An act for the relief of Antoine Dequindre, Richard Smyth, and others; No. 319. An act for the relief of Eliakim Crosby; No. 322. An act for the relief of John Heard, jr., surviving assignee of Amasa Davis. jr.; No. 323. An act for the relief of the heirs and representatives of John Campbell, of New York; No. 328. An act for the relief of Richard G. Morris; No. 333. An act for the relief of John Knight; No. 337. An act for the relief of Robert A. Forsyth; No. 431. An act for the relief of William Clower; No. 564. An act to alter the bridge and draw over the river Potomac, in the District of Columbia; were, severally, read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills The resolution from the Senate in relation to certain evidence to be admitted by the several Executive Departments in the adjudication of all claims under any act of Congress of the United States, was read the third time, and ordered to lie on the table. An engrossed bill (No. 634) entitled "An act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise," was read the third time; And the question was stated, Shall the said bill pass? And after debate thereon, The House adjourned. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1831. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 107,) entitled "An act for the relief of Thomas Porter, of Indiana," made a verbal report thereon, recommending that the said bill be rejected, Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table. Mr. Pettis, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was recommitted the bill from the Senate, (No. 80,) entitled "An act for the relief of James Sprague," made a verbal report thereon, recommending that the said bill be rejected. Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until Friday next. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was recommitted the bill from the Senate, (No. 69,) entitled "An act for the relief of Samuel Coburn, of the State of Mississippi," reported the same with amendments. Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Hoffman, Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Daniel Harper, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was recommitted the bill (No. 602) for the relief of Clarissa B. Harrison, with certain instructions, reported the same with an amendment; which was read, and concurred in by the House: the bill was then further amended, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd, from the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, made a report on the expenditures of that Department during the year 1830; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Dorsey submitted to the House a report from the Secretary of War to the Committee on Naval Affairs, accompanied by a statement of the sums. paid to officers of the army on account of extra pay or compensation for the whole or any part of the year 1829; showing the amount to which each was entitled to in the line of the army, and the amount received for extra pay or compensation; which report was committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 633) inceasing the pay of Captains and Masters Commandant in the navy of the United States. Mr. Draper, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the case of Bast and Youce, reported a bill (No. 642) for the relief of John Bosseler, his heirs or assigns; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred, on the 4th January, a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report on certain land claims of John McDonough, reported a bill (No. 643) for the relief of said McDonough; which bill was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Daniel Sayre; also, the petition of inhabitants of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of an endowment of Ripley college; and that the said petitions do lie on the table. Mr. White, of New York, from the committee appointed on the 23d of December "to inquire into the expediency of providing by law that dollars of the new American Governments, and five franc pieces, shall be a legal tender in the payment of all debts and demands, and, also, whether any additional regulations are necessary relative to the recoinage of foreign silver coin at the Mint," made a report, accompanied by a bill (No. 644) regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and three thousand additional copies of the said report and bill were ordered to be printed for the use of the members of the House. Mr. White, of New York, from the said select committee, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 6,) entitled "An act concerning the gold coins of the United States," reported the same with amendments, accompanied by a detailed report thereon. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and that three thousand additional copies of the said report be printed for the use of the members of the House. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 645) to carry into effect certain Indian treaties; which was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was recommitted the bill (No. 376) to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern and northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes, reported the same with amendments; which were read, and concurred in by the House: the bill was then further amended; and it was Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time on Thursday next. On motion of Mr. Carson, Resolved, That two thousand copies of the report of the select committee upon the establishment of assay offices in the gold region of the south, be printed for the use of the members of the House. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, suggesting the expediency of making an appropriation towards the repair of fort Delaware, recently damaged by fire; which letter was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to the 10th section of the act of the 19th May, 1828, in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports, a copy of the instructions given by him to the collectors of the principal ports on the 5th and 9th of August, 1830, and to the appraisers at New York on the 30th of June, 1830; which letter was read, and laid on the table. The Speaker presented a memorial of George Davis, of the city of New Orleans, late a surveyor of public lands south of Tennessee, complaining of wrongs done him in the judicial tribunals of the United States, and praying redress from Congress; which memorial was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the papers called for by the House on the 18th instant, relating to the capture and detention of several negroes on board the vessels Constitution, Louisa, and Mariano; which letter was read, and laid on the table. Mr. White, of Florida, by leave, presented a petition of Theodore Owens, praying to be allowed additional compensation for taking the census of the southern judicial district of Florida; which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. An engrossed bill (No. 639) respecting the navy pension fund, and certain pensions chargeable thereon, was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall it pass? when A motion was made by Mr. Sill that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs, with instructions to make provision for the widows and orphans of officers, seamen, and marines, in the naval service of the United States, who shall, at any time since the 18th day of June, 1812, have died, or shall hereafter, die, of the yellow fever, contracted in the line of duty, and in the said service; And the question being put, It was decided in the negative. The question was then put, Shall the bill pass? Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. An engrossed bill (No. 634) entitled "An act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise," was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall the bill pass? when The said bill was, by unanimous consent, amended; And the question was then put, Shall the bill pass? Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. An engrossed bill (No. 522) for the relief of the sureties of Amos Edwards, was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall the said bill pass? when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until to-morrow. An engrossed bill (No. 310) entitled "An act for the relief of the personal representatives of Colonel John Laurens, deceased," was read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill (No. 523) entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification under the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of Denmark, of the 28th March, 1830, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sum to be paid by the Danish Government to that of the United States, according to the stipulation of such convention;" the Senate have also passed the bill (No. 545) entitled "An act making appropriations for certain fortifications during the year 1831," with amendments to the last mentioned bill; in which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the Senate, (No. 43,) entitled "An act supplementary to an act passed on the 31st March, 1830, entitled An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of lands of the United States."" The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Irvin, of Ohio, on the 15th instant, to strike out the second section of the said bill: when A motion was made by Mr. Hunt to amend the said second section; which motion being agreed to, |