The committee, however, are of opinion that, should the petitioners have been guilty of a crime against the United States by a voluntary or otherwise culpable infraction of its laws, the dictates of humanity no less than the principles of justice, ought to influence the Legislature of the United States to adopt the proper means of restoring them to their country, in order that they may expiate the offence by a punishment suited to but not transcending the magnitude of their crime. The committee, therefore, beg leave to submit the following resolution for the consideration of the House. _Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested to adopt the most immediate and efficacious means in his power to obtain from the Viceroy of Grenada, in South America, or other proper authority, the liberation of thirty-six American citizens, condemned on a charge of piracy, and now held in slavery in the vaults of St. Clara, in Carthagena, and that the sum of ---- dollars be appropriated for that purpose. TUESDAY, November 22. Two other members, to wit: from New York, PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT, and from South Carolina, RICHARD WYNN, appeared, and took their seats in the House. _Additional Revenue Cutters._ Mr. NEWTON called for the order of the day on the bill authorizing the President to employ twelve additional revenue cutters. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. NEWTON rose to state that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures had understood, from the proper authorities, there was a necessity for the proper execution of the revenue laws, that the force under the direction of the Treasury Department should be considerably increased. Mr. DANA inquired whether any written information touching the necessity there might be for twelve revenue cutters had been received by the committee--any letter from the Secretary of the Treasury? He thought it was necessary, if so, that it should be submitted to the House. Mr. NEWTON replied that there had been no written communication from the proper Department to the committee. They had not thought it essential, having also understood that the Secretary of the Treasury was particularly occupied. However, he had taken the shortest method, by waiting upon the Secretary himself, and had received the information before alluded to. He had understood that the probable expense of each cutter would be about $10,000, or $120,000 for the whole, each cutter to carry about twenty men.