ers" from Texas and elsewhere, as members of the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. John G. Chapman presented the petition of Frances Swann, widow and administratrix of the late William T. Swann-heretofore presented December 21, 1844: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. George S. Houston presented the petition of the sureties of Chillon White-heretofore presented December 23, 1843.

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

Also, a petition of citizens of Barbour county, in the State of Virginia, praying the establishment of certain mail routes.

Mr. Darragh presented two petitions of citizens of Alleghany county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying a reduction of the rates of postage to. two cents for any distance.

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

Mr. Leib presented a petition of William W. Hubbell, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying appropriation for the purpose of continuing experiments on his explosive shell;

Also, a petition of said William W. Hubbell, praying the purchase of his patent musket for the use of the United States army and navy.

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

Mr. Rathbun presented a memorial of James Robinson, of the city of New York, proposing to furnish a new and efficient plan of coast defence.

Mr. Pendleton presented a memorial of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, praying to be restored to the list of navy pensioners, on account of disa bility incurred in the naval service of the United States.

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

Mr. Schenck presented a petition of Thomas Abbott, of Montgomery county, in the State of Ohio, praying compensation for services rendered by him as a volunteer, in the time of the whiskey insurrection in 1794: which was referred to the Committee on the Militia.

Mr. Albert Smith presented the petition of Abraham Forbes-heretofore presented December 11, 1833: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims;

Also, a petition of Marcus Spalding, of Erie county, Pennsylvania, a pensioner of the United States, praying for a grant of land: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Daniel P. King presented a petition of citizens of Ipswich, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that Congress will not interfere with the domestic relations of foreign nations, especially with Hayti: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Delano presented the petition of William Gavet-heretofore presented December 27, 1844.

Mr. McHenry presented a petition of Sarah Triplett, of Daviess county, in the State of Kentucky, widow of an officer of the United States army in the revolutionary war, praying for a modification of the pension laws.

Mr. Grider presented a petition of Sarah Miles, widow of Captain William Miles, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pen

sion.

Mr. Fries presented a petition of Daniel Flick, of Columbiana county, in the State of Ohio, praying for a pension in consideration of services rendered in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war.

Mr. William G. Brown presented a petition of Nathan Ashby, of the State of Virginia, a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Edmund W. Hubard presented a memorial of Lucy Johnson, of the State of Virginia, praying for the payment to her of the balance of pension due the heirs of her deceased mother, Sarah Victor, who was the widow of a revolutionary soldier;

Also, a petition of Ann O. Wright, of the State of Virginia, executrix of Anna Byrd, deceased, praying for the payment to her of the balance of pension due to the heirs of said decedent.

Mr. Joseph Johnson presented the petition of George Roush-heretofore presented December 11, 1844.

Mr. Pollock presented a petition of Samuel Jordan, of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension in consideration of his services to the United States in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Hungerford presented a petition of Ebenezer Conaut, of Jefferson county, New York, praying for a pension for services to the United States in the revolutionary war;

Also, a petition of Lois Mattison, of Jefferson county, New York, widow of Benjamin Mattison, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Wood presented the petition of Sarah Scovel, widow of Jonah Scovel-heretofore presented December 21, 1844.

Mr. Isaac E. Holmes presented the petition of Mary E. Thompsonheretofore presented January 25, 1844.

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

Mr. Dunlap presented ten memorials from citizens of the State of Maine; Mr. Sawtelle presented two memorials from citizens of the State of Maine;

Mr. Hamlin presented five memorials from citizens of the State of Maine; Mr. Vance presented two memorials from citizens of the State of Ohio; Mr. Fries presented three memorials from citizens of the State of Ohio; Mr. Giddings presented eight memorials from citizens of the State of Ohio;

Mr. Ewing presented two memorials from citizens of Chippewa, Beaver county, Pennsylvania;

Mr. Strohm presented a memorial from citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania;

Mr. Edsall presented a memorial from citizens of Sussex county, New Jersey;

Mr. Grover presented a memorial from citizens of Almond and Hornellsville, in the State of New York;

Mr. Rathbun presented two memorials from citizens of the State of New York;

Mr. Hungerford presented a memorial from citizens of Ellisburgh, New York;

Mr. White presented a memorial from citizens of Quaker Street, Schenectady county, New York; and two from citizens of Duanesburg, in the same county and State;

Mr. Culver presented three memorials from citizens of the State of New York;

Mr. Elias B. Holmes presented a memorial from citizens of Sweden, New York;

Mr. Wood presented a memorial from citizens of Ithaca, in the State of New York, one from citizens of Albany, and one from citizens of Rensselaer county, in the same State;

Mr. Preston King presented a memorial from Lyndon King, of the State of New York;

Mr. Russell presented a memorial of citizens of Warren county, in the State of New York;

Mr. Marsh presented two memorials of citizens of the State of Vermont; Mr. Truman Smith presented five memorials from citizens of the State of Connecticut, residing in the towns of Southbury, Westport, Derby, North Milford, and Winchester, in said State;

Mr. John A. Rockwell presented two memorials from citizens of Griswold and Ashford, in the State of Connecticut;

Mr. Ashmun presented five memorials from citizens of the State of Massachusetts, residing in the towns of Deerfield, Hatfield, and Brimfield, and in the counties of Hampshire and Hampden, in said State;

Mr. Julius Rockwell presented a memorial from citizens of Sunderland, Franklin county, Massachusetts;

Mr. Abbott presented two memorials from citizens of Massachusetts and two from citizens of New Hampshire;

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented nine memorials of citizens of the seventeenth congressional district, and of Rutland, Ellisburg, and Salisbury, in the State of New York;

Also, three memorials of citizens of Dover, and of the counties of Cheshire and Sullivan, in the State of New Hampshire;

Also, two memorials of citizens of the State of Connecticut; Also, a memorial of citizens of the State of Massachusetts; Also, a memorial of citizens of the State of Maine; and A memorial from citizens of the Territory of Wisconsin; which said memorials severally remonstrate against the admission of Texas as a slave State.

Ordered, That the said memorials be laid upon the table.

Mr. Strohm presented a petition of citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia: which was laid upon the table.

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

By Mr. Hunter: The petition of J. W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, jr., and Hugh Stewart-heretofore presented May 17, 1844: which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. McCrate: The petition of John Fossett, of Pemaquid, Lincoln county, in the State of Maine-heretofore presented December 16, 1843: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Grinnell: The petition of citizens of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts-heretofore presented December 13, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of Truro, in the State of Massachusettsheretofore presented December 13, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of Dennis, in the State of Massachusettsheretofore presented December 13, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts-heretofore presented December 13, 1844;

Also, the petition of Elisha Luce, of Rochester, in the State of Massachusetts heretofore presented December 13, 1844;

Also, four memorials of citizens of Bristol, Barnstable, Nantucket, and Dukes counties, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts;

Also, the petition of citizens of the town of Welfleet, in the State of Massachusetts, for improvement of Welfleet harbor-heretofore presented January 30, 1844;

Also, the petition of citizens of the same town and State-heretofore presented January 30, 1845;

Also, the petition of citizens of the town of Westport, in the State of Massachusetts, for a light-house at Westport-heretofore presented February 1, 1845.

By Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll: The petition of Bohlen and Borie-heretofore presented December 20, 1843.

By Mr. Daniel P. King: The petition of Ebenezer Wheelwright-heretofore presented December 16, 1844;

Also, the petition of Daniel Gaffney-heretofore presented December 16, 1844.

By Mr. Lawrence: The petition of the citizens of Long Island, New York, for a port of entry at Coldspring-heretofore presented December 20, 1844.

By Mr. McCrate: A petition of the citizens of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for an appropriation for the purpose of erecting a breakwater at Monhegan harbor, on the island of Monhegan, in the State of Maine.

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

By Mr. Moseley: A petition of Ephraim F. Gilbert, of the town of Aurora, Erie county, and State of New York, praying that the act of Congress passed on the 29th May, 1830, for his relief, may be carried into effect: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A petition of John Binns, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to subscribe for copies of his splendid edition of the Declaration of Independence, published some years ago: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: The petition of Thomas L. Franks, administrator of Lewis Gregnon and John Lawe-heretofore presented May 25, 1840.

By Mr. Grinnell: The petition of A. Allen, of the State of Massachusetts-heretofore presented December 18, 1843.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Henley: The petition and papers of Colonel Francis Vigo's heirs, of the State of Indiana-heretofore presented December 18, 1843.

By Mr. Harmanson: The petition of Henrietta Barnes, one of the representatives of Lathrop Allen, deceased-heretofore presented December 18, 1843.

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

By Mr. McCrate: A petition of Joseph Pulcifer, of Bath, in the State of Maine, a pensioner of the United States, praying Congress to pass a law granting him back pension from the month of July, 1814, till the 6th of May, 1839, in consequence of injuries received as a soldier of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain;

Also, the petition of James Mains-heretofore presented December 28, 1843;

Also, the petition of John Farnham-heretofore presented February 7, 1842.

By Mr. Daniel P. King: The petition of Aquilla Goodwin-heretofore presented December 16, 1844.

By Mr. Henley: A petition of Andrew Moddrell and John Moddrell, of the State of Indiana, praying for a pension for services rendered the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

By Mr. Tibbatts: The petition of Jesse Campbell-heretofore presented December 16, 1844.

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

By Mr. Boyd: A petition of Leah Gray, of Hopkins county, in the State of Kentucky, widow of Samuel Gray, a soldier of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, praying for a pension: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Reuben Chapman: The memorial of the legislature of the State of Alabama-heretofore presented December 23, 1844.

By Mr. St. John: The petition of citizens of Big Spring township, Seneca county, State of Ohio-heretofore presented March 6, 1844;

Also, a petition of the trustees and other citizens of Tymochtee township, Wyandott county, State of Ohio, praying for the appropriation of government lands, to make up the deficiency in section sixteen in said township, for school purposes.

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

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A petition of Benjamin E. Green, praying for compensation for his services as acting chargé d'affaires at Mexico: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Wheaton: A memorial of citizens of the town of Otisco, Onondaga county, State of New York, remonstrating against the admission of Texas as a State of the Union, with a constitution allowing slavery.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A memorial, of citizens of the county of Walworth, and Territory of Wisconsin, of like import.

By Mr. Samuel D. Hubbard: A memorial of sundry citizens of the State of Connecticut, remonstrating against the admission of Texas as a State of this Union, because its constitution supports and perpetuates slavery.

By Mr. Benjamin Thompson: Two memorials of like import with the foregoing, signed by a number of citizens and ladies of Pepperell, Middlesex county, and State of Massachusetts.