The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE OF EXPERIMENTATION.
PETITIONS.

citizens OF Oregon county Missouri praying change
oc ated upon barren hills, entirely unfit for cultivation
other instead OF his hoine which he designed
Missouri praying grant TO the State of Missouri Of each
of and held by the United States for five
miles on side ola proposed railroad from the city of
Lexington Louis, Ohio city, at the mouth OF the
Ohio the said lands, the proceeds thereof to be
erws and where said lands have purchased or pre-
occupied by settlers on presumption rights that State be
permitted to select equivalent quanty from contiguous
lands along said road OF Hiram Pearsons and 81 others
praying Congress TO provide for draining the swamp or
wood aud % others praying the establishment of post,
route from Fredericktown in Madison county Missouri
boWnds post Office, Wayne county, State, via Dava
BY Mr.; CATHCART. of7ecitizcns of Indiana praying
county to Columbia, IN Whitley cosnty: referred 10 the
C1mmuee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- by Mr.. r. CLAIM: OF merchants and slp-owners of
Wiscasset, Maine, Tor the building of customhouse at
BY Mr. CoNGER OF lI9 adul, ladies OF springport, Ca
yuga county, New York. praying Congress and the Execu-
a 10 nxs s eP TOR securing an h
troops OF this nation from her territory restoring TO her
possession the provinces which we now occupy Offering
may have been inflicted by us, and appointing commits
these two sister republics OF is male czens. of the same
place. tor like purpose Ofs citizens OF Cortland county,
and S' the hue OF CITIZENS ,ss Of Caao
county New York, praying that Congress would examine
constsuonaiiy Of slavery in The States and secure the
right Of the writ of habeas corpus such as are
By Mr.. CRoWELL. OF Thomas Jones and others, ci,
of Mahonng county Ohio, praying the passage of
except actual settlers and quantities not exceeding
10y per cent 70 be discounted from
acres ~ cent 40 acres and SO per cent on 20
acres IeieIred to the Committee Public Lands OfH
ing the reduction OF postage onehalf papers contain
lng not more than soy squarel inches. referred to the
Eaton and Others citizens Mahonng county Ohio nrny
Ing Longress to pass law appropraing sufficient por
a the United Staes referred the Committees on Public
Lands or Billings O. pimpton, Russell Bordon and 9TH
ton Of postage oneha all papers ntaning not more
ihan 90 square inches referred To the Committee the
BY Mr. CUMMlNS: OfJesse V. Walton and twenty 9TH
err c,zens OF Incarhwas county Ohio praying for the
reduction and equalization of postage on newspapers and
periodicals according To their and weight referred
the COMMITTEES on the Post Office and Post Roads OF
~ atkins ana SIXTY Others citizens of Coshocon county,
ho for the reduction and equalization postage
on pers and periodicals according their and
molBn referred TO The Committee the Post Office and
By Mr.. DICKINSON. OF citizens of sanduskv and Han
COCK countess Ohlo praying Congress reduce the
age on newspapers of small dimensions Also petitions
treaty s0o of uns pnx Go s .%s
O. congress relating to road southwardy from Lower
BY Mr.. DUNCAN, of Ohio. or citizen, of Licking coun.
W O No. asHnS Tor reduction on newspaper postage
Israel Cyder for claims against United States for pro.
VISIONS purchased Tor the army during the revolution
Mr. EMBREE: o. W. A. Twisg,y and n orhe, citizen.
OF posey county Indiana, praying reduction Of post
inches Also a memorial of sundry citizens of Orange
county Indiana on the subject: referred Com.
B. Mr. FREEDhEY; Resolutions and proceedings ef a
public meeting held in the fifth district of
:, BY Mr.. GRiNNELL: OF VIM. Mitchell and others, of
Nantucket, for lighthouse be placed on the south
ea &c part Of ha, It, s A on saakoyhsad
Senate and .sembly the State OF New York nsructnp
me senators and requesting the representatives of that
ordinance establishing or Provisional
over New Mexico the CALIFORNIA; provision and guar
punishment for crime Also the petition of James
sloan Tor prize money OF the capors briggs
By Mr.. HAMPTON of Pennsylvania Two remonsir tran
nnmeronsly signed by citizens of Allegheny county
fenn.yvania. against the further extension of Woods
BY Mr. HARRISON: OF sundry citizens of the city of
United States arsenal that places to the Com
mittee Military Affairs.
OF Commerce of Charleston, praying OF
branch an M mint no 81 t GhEses ITO H. vo oe
and others, in behalf OF The claim of Thos Duer money
expended while in the service OF the United States during
By Mr. HOUSTON. of Delaware; Ofnumerous citizens
OF various ports in the United States praying for appro
Pration for the construction of ice haror Delaware
city, on the Delaware river referred to the Committee
BY Mr. HUBBARD: or the inhabitants residing in the
valley OF the Housatonic in the State of Connecticut in
Guiding the town of Derby, port of delivery, praying
the Housaonc river.
BY Mr.. HUNT: or Lyman A. Spaiding, and other citi-
zens OF Lockport, New York also the petition of Samuel
NJ Spencer. and other citizens of Orleans county, New
York, asking Congress to extend the drawback system
Canadian wheat manufactured in the United States for ex-
port.
BY Mr.. INGE: Of citizens the county of Fayette in
the State OF Alabama, for increase of the
luonary pension OF avid Black referred Committee
on Revolutionary Pensions
BY MIR. LUMPklN: OfLowry Williams an tndancoun-
try man. and entitled to all the privileges Cherokee
INDIAN under the provisions OF treaty concluded between
M he pao of diane ir
the 1885, praying that Congress may provide the
payment OF one-half Of the value of his improvements
assessed by the vauing agents. appointed in accordance
with the provisions of said treaty. and which has been
withheld from him illegally.
By Mr.. MORSE. OWN Stinson, and 80 others pray
ing Tor the establishment of post-route from Bellevue the
county seat OF Bossie parish Minden l6 miles referred
70 the Committee the Post Office and Post Ronds OF
praying or an amendment to confirming the heirs
OF lie la Houssaye to tract OF land referred
mitfee on Private Land Claims.
ny Mr. NEWELL: OfAbigail Stafford, for a pension for
to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims
BY Mr. NICOLL; Remonstrancc of the Mutual Safety In
surance Company, the General Mutual pauy
the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and other nsn. |
Cryder and other merchants of said city, against repeal
the of Congress of March 2 1897 regulating pilots
referred to the Committee Commerce The petition OF
the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, and other
companies in the sty OF New York, Woodruff
& Minturn N ~ q. Griswold, Cary ~ Co, Howlands a.
spinwa Grinnel Mnurn, " Co, and othcn of the city
of New York, for lighthouse Saukoty Head on the
portion of the island OF Nantucket referred to the
same committee.
Mr.. POLLOCK asked and obtained leave to Withdraw
from the files of the House the petition and papers of Mrs
Boyd widow of Col. John Boyd revolutionary officer
and the same referred to the Committee on Revol
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