the case of Larnard Swallow, accompanied by a bill (No. 608) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Forester, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the case of John Saunders and Purley Putnam, accompanied by a bill (No. 609) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, Ordered, That the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 16th of December ultimo, transmitting a report of the causes which have retarded the issuing of patents to claimants to lands in the State of Louisiana, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Chilton on the 3d instant, upon the subject of internal improve ments. And, after debate thereon, The House, on motion, proceeded to the disposal of the business on the Speaker's table, and to the orders of the day. The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz. I. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of all the patents for discoveries, inventions, and improvements, which have expired within the year 1834, with the names of the patentees, alphabetically arranged; prepared in obedience to the act of July 3, 1832; which letter and list were laid on the table. II. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of patents issued during the year 1834, for any new or useful art, machine, or manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon; prepared in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 13, 1812, and the act of April 2, 1830; which letter and list were laid on the table. III. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, containing a list of the persons who have made application for a pension, and whose cases have been rejected; which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table. IV. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for by the House on the 12th of December ultimo, respecting the Cumberland road east of the Ohio; which letter was read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. V. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with an order of the House of the 23d of December ultimo, reports on the progress of the works of internal improvement now carried on by the General Government in the State of North Carolina, to which is annexed a statement of the amount of appropriations expended in the prosecution of the same; which letter and reports were ordered to lie on the table. The consideration of the bill (No. 501) for the benefit of the city of Alexandria, having been postponed until this day, it was, On motion of Mr. Chinn, Ordered, That the consideration of said bill be further postponed until Thursday, the 8th instant. Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz. No. 437. An act for the relief of James Young; No. 438. An act for the relief of Henry Awkward; No. 515. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bailey E. Clarke, deceased; No. 533. An act to authorize the Secretary of State to issue letters patent to James Jones; No. 365. An act for the relief of the heirs of William Tyler, deceased; were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. A motion was made by Mr. Lewis that the House do reconsider the vote taken on the 3d instant on the question that the bill (No. 50) to compensate Susan Decatur, widow and representative of Captain Stephen Decatur, deceased, and others, do lie on the table; and, on motion of Mr. Lewis, it was agreed that the consideration of the motion to reconsider be postponed until Friday, the 9th instant. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, Resolved, That the report of the Secretary of War, relative to the extension and completion of the pier at Cunningham creek, in Ohio, with the documents that accompany the said report, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of making the necessary appropriations for extending and completing such work. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the fees allowed to the deputy surveyor of the United States for the State of Louisiana, in those cases where it is found impracticable to procure the work to be executed for the present maximum fixed by law, and into the expediency of allowing to the registers of the land offices of the United States for the State of Louisiana an additional salary, instead of the fees payable by the claimants of lands for issuing patent certificates and delivering patents. On motion of Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to transmit to the House of Representatives a copy of the survey, made by authority of the United States, for a canal from Portage summit, in the State of Ohio, to Kearney's line, so called, in the State of Pennsylvania, and a map route and an estimate of the cost of said canal. On motion of Mr. Clay, of the Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of relinquishing to the State of Alabama the two per cent. of the nett proceeds of sales of the public land which have taken place since the first day of September, 1819, or may hereafter take place, reserved by the terms of the compact between the United States and that State, on her admission into the Union, for making a road or roads leading to the said State, to be applied, under the direction of the Legislature of Alabama, in the construction of a railroad or canal, to connect the waters of Mobile bay with those of the Tennessee river, or to create a fund for the support of primary schools, as said Legislature may determine. 1 Mr. Gamble moved the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to digest and prepare, and communicate to this House, a detailed plan by which the public revenue of the United States may be collected, safely kept, and disbursed, without the agency of a bank or banks, either State or national. Mr. Ewing moved the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table, viz. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to this House, copies of every circular letter of instruction emanating from the Treasury or War Departments, since the 30th day of June last, and addressed to either the receiving or the disbursing officers stationed in States wherein land offices are established, or public works are constructing, under the authority of Congress. The House resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 334) to equalize and regulate the pay of the officers of the army and navy of the United States. The question recurred on the amendment proposed on the 30th of Deeember ultimo by Mr. R. M. Johnson, in relation to the pay of passed midshipmen. And on the question, Will the House agree to said amendment? A motion was made by Mr. Grennell to amend the said bill by striking out these words: "Clerks of a yard, nine hundred dollars. "First clerk to a commandant of a navy yard, nine hundred dollars. "Second clerk to a commandant of a navy yard, seven hundred and fifty dollars. "Clerks to commanders of squadrons, captains of fleets, and commanders of vessels, five hundred dollars." And inserting, in lieu thereof, the following: Clerks of navy yards, and to commandants of squadrons, one thousand one hundred dollars. And, pending the question on this motion, A motion was made by Mr. Allen, of Virginia, that the said bill be committed to the Committee on Naval Affairs; when A motion was made by Mr. Mann, of New York, to amend the motion by appending thereto the following, viz. "With instructions to report a bill to equalize the pay of the officers of the army and navy." And, pending the question on this motion, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1835. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 41) entitled "An act for the relief of Colonel John Eugene Leitensdorffer," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Jared Buckingham, accompanied by a bill (No. 610) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Foster, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the consideration of the inquiry ordered on the 15th of December ultimo, as to the expediency of allowing Benjamin Reeder, late marshal of the western district of Virginia, to transfer a Treasury warrant to his successor in office. On motion of Mr. Lay, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of John McFarlane and Roger R. Harlan, and that they lie on the table. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the petition of the heirs of Thomas F. Reddick, accompanied by a bill (No. 611) confirming to the representatives of the said Reddick a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. On motion of Mr. Williams, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the memorials of the Polish exiles, the West Feliciana Railroad Company, and of Remy Poissot, and that the said memorials do lie on the table. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 612) granting an additional quantity of land for the satisfaction of revolutionary bounty land warrants; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 613) for the relief of James Moore and William Moore; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until the 13th instant. Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the case of Henry Thompson; which report was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Boon, Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Benjamin Collins and Charles G. Johnson, and of Abraham Boring, and that the said petitions do lie on the table. Mr. Carr, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made a report on the petition of Richard T. Archer, accompanied by a bill (No. 614) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until the 13th instant. Mr. Potts, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill (No. 474) entitled "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Mullowny," and found the same to be truly enrolled; when The Speaker signed the said bill. Mr. Hubbard, from the joint committee appointed to make the neces sary arrangements to carry into effect the last resolution adopted on the 24th of June, 1834, in relation to the death of General Lafayette, which committee was instructed, on the 2d of January instant, to communicate to John Quincy Adams the joint resolution of that day, presenting to him the thanks of Congress for the appropriate oration delivered by him on the life and character of General Lafayette, and to request Mr. Adams to furnish a copy for publication, reported the following correspondence, viz. To the Hon. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: SIR: We have the honor to present to you official copies of two joint resolutions adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives on the 2d instant, expressing the thanks of Congress for the appropriate oration delivered by you in the hall of the House of Representatives, on the 21st ultimo, on the life and character of General Lafayette, and authorizing a request to be made to you for a copy of it for publication. Having shared the high gratification of hearing the oration, we take pleasure, in pursuance of the second of the joint resolutions, in requesting you to furnish a copy of the oration for publication. To Messrs. HENRY CLAY and HENRY HUBBARD, chairmen of the joint committee of arrangements of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States to carry into effect the resolution of Congress in relation to the death of General Lafayette : GENTLEMEN: I received, with deep sensibility, your communications of the joint resolutions of both Houses of Congress upon the oration delivered before them on the life and and character of Lafayette. The kind indulgence with which they have accepted the endeavor to give effect to their purpose of paying a last tribute of national gratitude and affection to the memory of a great benefactor of our country, will be impressed upon my heart to the last hour of my life. With this sentiment, I shall take pleasure in furnishing, as requested, a copy of the address for publication. I am, gentlemen, with the highest respect, Your fellow-citizen and obedient servant, The letters being read, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following preamble and resolution, viz. Whereas it was resolved, at the last session of Congress, that John Quincy Adams be requested to deliver an oration on the life and character of General Lafayette, before the two Houses of Congress; and, in pursuance of that resolution, and sundry other resolutions which have been subsequently adopted, Mr. Adams, on Wednesday, the 31st day of December, 1834, in the hall of the House of Representatives, and in the presence of both Houses of Congress, and also in the presence of the President of the United States, of the heads of the respective departments of the National Government, and of a most numerous assembly of citizens, did deliver an oration, replete with those pure and |