Mr. Marks presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, praying that further provision be made by law for completing the light-house on the Brandywine Shoal, in Delaware bay.

Mr. Barnard presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, praying that an appropriation may be made for the improvement of the navigation of Back Creek, in Maryland.

Ordered, That the three memorials last mentioned be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Hendricks presented the memorial of the inhabitants of Princeton and its vicinity, in Indiana.

and

Mr. Marks presented the memorial of several citizens of Philadelphia;

Mr. Barnard presented the memorial of a large number of the citizens of Philadelphia, severally praying for a repeal of so much of the Post Office law as requires the ordinary transportation of the mail, and the delivery of letters on Sunday.

Ordered, That the three memorials last mentioned be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Willey presented the petition of Daniel Loomis, of Connecticut, praying for an equitable settlement of his claims for work done on the Cumberland road; and

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Barnard presented the petition of Garsed, Raines, & Co. of Frankfort, Pennsylvania, praying for a repeal or a reduction of the duty on Flax, imported into the United States; and

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. White presented the memorial of the General Baptist Association of Pennsylvania, for missionary purposes, praying that a permanent home may be provided for the Indians within the United States, in the region of country West of the Mississippi; and

Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.

On motion by Mr. Barnard,

Ordered, That the report received from the Secretary of War on the 19th instant, relative to desertions in the Army, be printed.

Mr. McKinley, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to extend the time for commencing the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee river, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the subject was referred, by a resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, reported a bill for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading.

Mr. Hendricks laid on the table several documents in relation to the last mentioned bill; and

Ordered, That they be printed.

Mr. Barton, from the Committee of Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, reported a bill for its benefit; which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading.

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred so much of the President's message, at the commencement of the Session, as relates to the subject, made a report, accompanied by a bill to provide

for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the States, or Territories, and for their removal West of the Mississippi. The bill was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading, and that 6,000 copies of the report be printed.

Mr. Livingston, from the select committee to whom had been referred the several memorials of Francis R. Glavarry, and others, on the subject, made a report, accompanied by a bill to provide for the ratification of claims due to certain American citizens, for spoliations committed on their commerce, prior to the year eighteen hundred. The bill was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading, and that the report be printed. Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on Finance, reported a bill for the benefit of the creditors of Bennet & Morte: which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading.

Mr. Barnard, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, by a resolution of the Senate of the 18th ultimo, reported a bill to authorize the Secretary of War to purchase sites, and for the erection of a powder magazine, arsenal, and other buildings, in the vicinity of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes; which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading.

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Watson, of Connecticut, made a report, accompanied by the following resolution:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be not granted.

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Caroline Langdon Eustis, and others, widows of certain deceased officers who served in the army of the Revolution, made a report, accompanied by a request that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial.

Mr. Foot, from the same committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Celestine T. Wilkinson, widow of the late General James Wilkinson, made a report, accompanied by the following resolution:

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to grant the prayer of the memorial.

Mr. Foot, from the same committee, who was instructed by a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, to inquire into the expediency of continuing to Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, the pay for life allowed to her late husband, Captain William Anderson," made a report, accompanied by a request to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Mr. Foot, from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of Sally Russell, of New Hampshire, made a report, accompanied by a request to be discharged from the further consideration of the petition.

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines, of the sloop of war Hornet," reported it with an amendment.

Mr. Rowan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to provide for taking the Fifth Census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," reported it with amendments. On motion of Mr. McKinley,

Ordered, That William Kelly, attorney of John Smith T., have leave to withdraw his petition and papers presented at the last session.

On motion by Mr. Bibb,

Ordered, That the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An act to alter the time of holding the sessions of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida," be re-committed to the Committee on the Judiciary, together with the acts of the Legislative Council of Florida of 1829.

On motion by Mr. Rowan,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Joseph Nourse, late Register of the Treasury.

Mr. Rowan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of the executors of Thomas Worthington, late of Ohio, deceased, made a report, accompanied by the following resolution:

Resolved, That the prayer of the memorial ought not to be granted.

Mr. Foot, from the joint committee, reported, that they had examined and found duly enrolled, the bill, entitled An act making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year 1830."

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted by Mr. Foot, on the 30th December last, as modified by him on the 20th ultimo, in relation to future sales of the public lands, together with the motion to postpone the same indefinitely; and, after debate,

On motion by Mr. Bell,

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1830.

Mr. Sanford presented the memorial of the Indian Board for the Emigration, Preservation, and Improvement of the Aborigines of America, in the State of New York, praying for the speedy adoption of measures for the removal of the Indians, within the several States, to such place or places as will put them within the exclusive control of the Federal Government;

and

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Mr. Frelinghuysen presented the memorial of the ladies of the city of Burlington, in New Jersey, praying that the tribes of Indians within the United States may be protected in the possession of their lands, and the full enjoyment of their rights.

Ordered, That said memorial be laid upon the table, and printed.

Mr. Bell presented the petition of several of the inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire, praying that the several post offices in the United States may be closed on the Sabbath; and

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

Mr. Barton presented the petition of William Carson, administrator of Charles Markle, Sen. deceased, and the petition of Michael Heather, praying that the money paid on two quarter sections of land in Missouri, which have become forfeited, may be refunded; and that pre-emption rights may be granted to them, respectively, for one-half of said quarter sections; and Ordered, That they lie on the table.

Mr. McKinley presented the petition of William Kelly, attorney in fact of John Smith T., proposing to relinquish to the United States the claim of the said Smith to a quantity of land in the State of Alabama, if the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be paid in cash or lands; and

Ordered. That it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and printed.

Mr. McKinley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, of the 28th ultimo, relative to the Patent Office, reported a bill further to regulate the Patent Office; which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to a second reading.

Mr. Rowan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,"" reported it without amendment.

On motion by Mr. Rowan,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the consideration of the memorials of Thomas F. Gordon and Jesper Harding, and Thomas Fillebrown.

Mr. Woodbury, from the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, to whom was referred the motion, submitted on the 1st instant, "to postpone the subscription, on the part of the Senate, to the compilation of the publict documents, proposed to be printed by Gales and Seaton, until an appropriation shall be made by Congress for that purpose;" and to whom, also, were referred sundry propositions from other persons to print the same documents at a lower price, made a report, accompanied by the following amendment to the said motion: After "Resolved," strike out to the end, and insert, That the resolution of the Senate, passed January 29th, 1830, authorizing a subscription to Gales and Seaton's proposals for reprinting the public documents, be hereby rescinded.

Mr. Woodbury, from the same committee, reported the following joint resolution:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to subscribe for, or otherwise cause to be printed, such of our Legislative and Executive documents, prior to A. D. 1815, as they may think proper to select and prepare for that purpose, not exceeding thirty volumes in number, and seven hundred and fifty copies, bound in calf, printed with brevier type, on paper of a quality worth five dollars per ream, in royal octavo size, of six hundred pages per volume, and containing the quantity per page of the public printing; and the same shall be paid for equally out of the contingent funds of the two Houses, when delivered at any time before the middle of February, A. D. 1831; and at such price per volume as, on proposals issued by said Secretary and Clerk, shall be found most reasonable, but in no event exceeding three dollars per volume.

The amendment and joint resolution having been severally read, the Vice President declared that the last of them could not be in order until after the adoption of the first; and it was thereupon returned to the Committee. Ordered, That the report be printed.

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the abolition of unnecessary duties, to relieve the people of sixteen millions of taxes, and to improve the condition of the agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, of the United States; which was read; and

Ordered, That it pass to second reading.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Clarke, their Clerk: Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The House of Representatives have concurred in the amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled " An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year 1830."

The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate, viz:

"An act for the relief of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of Chillicothe;"

"An act to refund the moiety of the forfeiture upon the schooner Volant;"

"An act for the relief of James Abbott;"

"An act for the relief of Captain Daniel McDuff;"

"An act to alter and amend the sixty-fifth article of the first section of an act, entitled 'An act for establishing Rules and Articles for the government of the Armies of the United States,' passed the tenth of April, one. thousand eight hundred and six;" and

"An act for the relief of James Schols."

The Vice President signed the enrolled bill, last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be laid before the President of the United States.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion, submitted on the 30th December last, by Mr. Foot, as modified by him on the 20th ultimo, in relation to future sales of the public lands, together with the motion for the indefinite postponement thereof; and, after debate,

On motion by Mr. Grundy,

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1830.

The Vice President communicated the following reports from the Secretary of War, viz: 1. Of the licenses to trade with the Indians, granted by the superintendents and agents, during the year ending 30th of September, 1829; and

2. Of the accounts rendered to the Second Auditor of the Treasury, by persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, from the 1st of September, 1828, to the 1st of September, 1829, and of the names of such persons, and the amount entrusted to each.

Mr. McKinley presented the memorial of John Dean, praying for an equitable settlement of his claim for services rendered in investigating the official conduct of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Sparta, in Alabama, in the year 1827; and

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Burnet presented the memorial of the inhabitants of Oxford, in Ohio; Mr. Woodbury presented the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire; and

Mr. Sprague presented the memorial of the inhabitants of North Yarmouth, in Maine;

severally praying for a repeal of so much of the Post Office laws, as requires the mail to be transported and the post offices to be kept open on the Sabbath.