Also, the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, praying for a change of the system of trade and intercourse with the Indians-heretofore presented March 14, 1844;

Also, the memorial of the legislature of the Territory of Iowa, relative to the removal of the Winnebago Indians from the tract of land known as the neutral ground, &c.-heretofore presented January 30, 1844.

Ordered, That the said memorials, petition, resolution, and documents, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. Lumpkin: The petition of citizens of Cass county, in the State of Georgia, praying the establishment of a national foundery on the Etowah river, in said State-heretofore presented January 27, 1844: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Henley: A petition of Eunice Buckman, of the township of Jackson, in the county of Washington, and State of Indiana, widow and relict of Benjamin Buckman, deceased, a soldier of the United States in the army of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

By Mr. De Mott: A petition of Abigail Walkins, of the town of Galen, county of Wayne, and State of New York, widow of Seth Walkins, deceased, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and a pensioner of the United States, praying for a pension under the act allowing pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldiers.

By Mr. Albert Smith: A petition of Anna Giffin, widow of Benjamin Farnam, who was a soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension under the act of the 4th July, 1836, to commence on the 4th of March, 1831, on account of the services of her late husband in the war of the Revolution.

By Mr. Ficklin: A petition and other papers of Robert Gill, of Clark county, and State of Illinois, praying for a pension for services performed as a soldier of the United States in the army during the war of the Revolution.

By Mr. Tibbatts: The petition of Sarah Hammond, of Fleming county, State of Kentucky, widow of John Hammond, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension-heretofore presented February 27, 1844.

By Mr. Lewis: The petition of Nathaniel Bird, of the State of New York, a soldier of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, praying the passage of an act granting him a pension from the time his pension was suspended, on the 1st May, 1820, until his name was again restored to the pension roll, on the 26th April, 1832-heretofore presented December 12, 1837.

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

By Mr. Julius Rockwell: A memorial of Elisha Deming, of the village of Chester, in the State of Massachusetts, an invalid pensioner of the United States, praying for arrears of pension on account of his services as a soldier of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. By Mr. De Mott: A petition of Elijah Buchanan, an invalid pensioner of the United States, praying the passage of an act granting him the back pension from the passage of the invalid pension act to the 21st May, 1845, on account of wounds and disabilities incurred by him as a soldier of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

By Mr. Trumbo: A petition and other documents of James Fugate, of the county of Bath, and State of Kentucky, praying a pension on account

of wounds and disabilities incurred by him as a soldier of the United States in the year 1813 in the war with Great Britain.

By Mr. Delano: A petition of Jonathan Neereamer, of the city of Columbus, and State of Ohio, praying Congress to grant him a pension for wounds and disabilities incurred by him in the service of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

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

By Mr. Hudson: A petition of James F. Miller, a lieutenant of the United States navy, praying to be relieved from the operation of the 4th section of the act of the 3d March, 1845, making appropriations for civil and diplomatic expenses of government, &c.: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Daniel P. King: A memorial of citizens of Beverly, in the State of Massachusetts, praying the passage of an act whereby a congress of nations may be assembled to form a code of international law: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: A memorial of the judges of the supreme court, and members of the bar, of Iowa Territory, praying an appropriation for the increase of the law library of said Territory: which was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

By Mr. Maclay: A memorial of George Wilkes, relative to the project of a national railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, for the purpose of obtaining a short route to Oregon and the Indies.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A memorial of citizens of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying an appropriation of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of further constructing and repairing the United States road leading from Milwaukie to Madison, in said Territory.

By Mr. James Thompson: A memorial of citizens of western Pennsylvania and Ohio, praying the passage of an act making an appropriation for the construction of a steamboat canal around the falls of St. Mary, in the State of Michigan.

Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Lewis: A memorial of citizens of the State of New York, remonstrating against the admission to either house of Congress of any persons offering themselves as Senators or Representatives from the State of Texas;

Also, five memorials of citizens of the State of New York, remonstrating against the admission of Texas as a State to this Union with a constitution which establishes and perpetuates slavery.

By Mr. Wheaton: Two like memorials from citizens of the towns of Spafford and Dewitt, county of Onondaga, and State of New York.

By Mr. Washington Hunt: A memorial of citizens of Orleans county, and State of New York, of like import.

By Mr. Strong: A memorial of citizens of Tioga county, and State of New York, of like import.

By Mr. De Mott: A memorial of citizens of the town of Ovid, and vicinity, in the State of New York, of like import.

By Mr. Samuel D. Hubbard: A memorial of citizens of the State of Connecticut, of like import.

By Mr. Wentworth: A memorial of citizens of La Salle county, State of Illinois, of like import.

By Mr. James Thompson: A memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, of like import.

By Mr. Caleb B. Smith: A memorial of citizens of the State of Indiana, of like import.

By Mr. Kennedy: A memorial of citizens of Grant county, and State of Indiana, of like import.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: Two memorials of citizens of Walworth county, Territory of Wisconsin, of like import.

By Mr. Hudson: Three memorials of citizens and ladies of the State of Massachusetts, of like import.

By Mr. Severance: Six memorials of citizens of the towns of Litchfield, Waterville, and Charlotte, of the State of Maine, of like import.

By Mr. Preston King: Three memorials of citizens of the towns of Leydon and Lowville, Lewis county, and the town of Fowler, St. Lawrence county, in the State of New York, of like import.

By Mr. Hamlin: Three memorials of citizens of the State of Maine, of like import.

Ordered, That said memorials be laid upon the table.

By Mr. Pettit: A petition of citizens of the State of Indiana, praying the extension of the pre-emption laws over the lands lately purchased of the Miami Indians in said State: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Herrick: A petition of Eli Merrill, of Bellville, in the State of New Jersey, praying for the passage of an act authorizing a warrant to be issued to him to locate a quarter section of land, as a bounty for services rendered during the last war: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

By Mr. Cathcart: A memorial of citizens of Fulton county, in the State of Indiana, praying for a grant of other land in lieu of that heretofore granted for school purposes: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands;

Also, a memorial of the trustees of township thirty-eight north, of range five east, in the county of Elkhart, in the State of Indiana, praying for a donation of land to make up a deficiency in land heretofore granted for school purposes: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: The memorial of citizens of the Territory of Iowa, praying that the mineral lands may be put into market-heretofore presented January 6, 1844.

Also, the memorial of citizens of Iowa, praying that an act may be passed giving to the persons having possession of mineral lands in Illinois, or the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin, a pre-emption right-heretofore presented December 30, 1842;

Also, the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, for like purposes-heretofore presented February 6, 1840;

Also, the memorial of the same, for like purposes--heretofore presented March 8, 1844;

Also, the memorial of the legislature of the Territory of Iowa, praying the creation of a new land district, the office of which shall be located at Iowa city-heretofore presented February 3, 1845;

Also, the memorial of citizens of Dubuque county, in the Territory of

Iowa, praying that the mineral lands in that district may be immediately put into market-heretofore presented January 19, 1843.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A memorial of citizens of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Ordered, That the foregoing memorials be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Lewis: A petition of the ship-masters, merchants, and other citizens of the United States, praying appropriations for the completion of the "ports of refuge," upon the frontier of the United States, opposite the Canada shore, in the State of New York, and more particularly for the harbor at Cattaraugus;

Also, one for like purposes, from the citizens of Irving, Chautauque county, in the State of New York.

By Mr. Sawyer: Four petitions of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the Maumee river and bay.

By Mr. Yost: A petition of citizens of Delaware county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an appropriation for the repair of the piers at Marcus Hook, in the Delaware river.

By Mr. Rathbun: A petition of citizens of Cayuga and Wayne counties, in the State of New York, praying for an appropriation for the establishment of a harbor at Little Sodus bay.

By Mr. Daniel P. King: A memorial of the merchants and citizens of Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts, in favor of placing beacons and buoys in Gloucester harbor.

By Mr. Maclay: A memorial of citizens of the city of New York, praying for the establishment of a branch mint in the city of New York.

By Mr. Lawrence: A petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying that Cold Spring harbor, on Long island, may be constituted a port of entry.

By Mr. Morgan L. Martin: A petition of citizens of Southport, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation for the building of a light-house at that place;

Also, a petition of the same, praying for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Southport.

By Mr. Moseley: A petition of citizens of western New York, praying for an appropriation to complete the harbor and erect a light-house at the mouth of Cattaraugus creek, in the State of New York.

By Mr. Dodge: A memorial of citizens of Burlington, in the Territory of Iowa, praying for the improvement of the Des Moines rapids, in the Mississippi river.

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

By Mr. Maclay: A petition of Haym M. Saliman, of the city of New York, praying remuneration for moneys advanced by his father to the United States government, and for other services, during the revolutionary

war;

Also, a memorial of owners of the New York pilot boat "Washington," injured by collision with the United States steamer "Colonel Harney," on the 2d October, 1844, at sea, praying for remuneration.

By Mr. Lewis: A petition of George M. Fowle, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, praying remuneration for services as deputy collector and inspector at Portland Harbor, in the State of New York.

By Mr. Dodge: The petition of Benjamin S. Roberts-heretofore presented June 14, 1844.

By Mr. Giles: The petition of the legal representatives of William S. Tillard-heretofore presented December 22, 1843.

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

By Mr. ——: A petition of John Skirving, of the District of Columbia, praying remuneration for drawing plans and superintendence of the alterations at the old jail, and converting the same into a lunatic hospital: which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Reid: The petition of Elizabeth Tays-heretofore presented May 31, 1844.

By Mr. Dixon: The petition of the heirs of Thomas Knowlton-heretofore presented January 14, 1845.

By Mr. Winthrop: The petition of the heirs of Lewis Whiting-heretofore presented December 18, 1844.

By Mr. De Mott: The petition of Sarah Mandeville-heretofore presented February 19, 1844.

By Mr. Lewis: The petition of Nathaniel Bird-heretofore presented December 23, 1834.

By Mr.

The petition of the heirs of Thomas Armor, praying for reimbursement of advances made, and payment for services rendered by him during the revolutionary war.

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

A message was received from the President of the United States, by James K. Walker, his private secretary, notifying that the President had approved and signed an enrolled joint resolution (No. 2) for the admission of the State of Texas into the Union.

A message from the President of the United States, heretofore received, was read, and is as follows:

WASHINGTON, December 22, 1845.

I transmit to Congress a communication from the Secretary of State, with a statement of the expenditures from the appropriation made by the act entitled "An act providing the means of future intercourse between the United States and the government of China, approved the 3d of March, 1843.

JAMES K. POLK.

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

The engrossed joint resolution (No. 3) relative to the Biennial Register was read the third time, and the question was stated, Shall it pass? when, On motion of Mr. Vance,

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

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (No. 27) entitled An act to establish a collection district in the State of Texas, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. And then he withdrew.