for preventing dry rot in timber, for which he has obtained a patent.On motion of Mr. VINTON,Rtolvtd, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to Edward Fergurson, of Lawrence county, Ohio, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and to the only chilJ and heir at law of Uosea Neal, also a soldier in the late war. military bounty land.On motion, the House then adjourned.