Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1847-1848. TUESDAY, April 25, 1848. Page 722.

State of Illinois, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Mount Carroll to Howardsville, in said State;

Also, the petition of citizens of De Kalb county, in the State of Illinois, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Sycamore, in said county, to Savanna, on the Mississippi river.

By Mr. Starkweather: The petition of citizens of Schoharie county, in the State of New York, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Byrnville to Jefferson, in said county. By Mr. Andrew Johnson: The petition of citizens of Carter county, in the State of Tennessee, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Elizabethton, in said county, to Kingsport, in Sullivan county. By Mr. Tweedy: Two petitions of citizens of Jefferson county, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Watertown, in said county, to Plover Portage; Also, the petition of citizens of Watertown, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Watertown, in Jefferson county, to Stevensport, in Portage county;

Also, the petition of citizens of Walworth and Wakeesha counties, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Geneva to Summit, in said county.

By Mr. Jamieson: Sundry petitions of citizens of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying for a change in mail route No. 4,717, in said State. By Mr. Wentworth: The petition of Frink and Hadduck, citizens of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, praying compensation for mail service rendered under a contract made with the postmaster at Peoria, in said State. By Mr. Turner: The petition of L. P. Sanger, of Galena, in the State of Illinois, praying compensation for mail services rendered on mail routes abandoned by O. Hinton & Co. By Mr. Richard W. Thompson: The petition of citizens of Vermillion and Putnam counties, in the State of Indiana, praying for a reduction of postage in favor of juvenile publications, and on all newspapers not containing more than five hundred square inches. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Wilson: The petition of John Plumbe, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, praying Congress to adopt such early action as shall secure the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific: which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. T. Butler King: The memorial of C. H. Todd, praying that the contract of Arnold Harris, made with the Secretary of the Navy, to carry the United States mail to and from Panama and Oregon, by steam vessels, may be annulled, and given to him as the highest bidder: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.