Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that provision be made by law, for the maintenance of the intercourse with foreign nations.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that measures ought to be taken for the redemption of so much of the public debt, as by the act, entitled "An act making provision for the debt of the United States," the United States have reserved the right to redeem; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report a plan for that purpose.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report the plan of a provision for the reimbursement of the loan made of the Bank of the United States, pursuant to the eleventh section of the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States."

The first and second resolutions were severally again read, and, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

The third resolution being again read, a motion was made, and the question being put, to amend the same, by striking out the words, "And that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report a plan for that purpose,"

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present.

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

And then the main question being put, that the House do agree to the said third resolution, as reported by the Committee of the Whole House,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

After which, an adjournment being called for,

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22.

Another member, to wit, John Milledge, returned to serve in this House for the State of Georgia, in the room of Anthony Wayne, whose seat was declared vacant,

appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the House, the oath to support. the Constitution of the United States, being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law.

The House proceeded to consider the fourth resolution reported on Tuesday last by the Committee of the Whole House on the speech of the President of the United States, and the same being again read at the Clerk's table, was, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House, as followeth:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report the plan of a provision for the reimbursement of the loan made of the Bank of the United States, pursuant to the eleventh section of the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States."

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the first resolution reported by the Committee of the Whole House and agreed to yesterday, and that Mr. Parker, Mr. Macon and Mr. Heister, do prepare and bring in the same.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the second resolution reported by the Committee of the Whole House and agreed to yesterday, and that Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Dayton and Mr. Learned, do prepare and bring in the same.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Laurance reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendinent thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lear, his Secretary, as followeth:

UNITED STATES, November 22d, 1792.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives :

I send you, herewith, the abstract of a supplementary arrangement which has been made by me, pursuant to the acts of the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and the eighth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, for raising a revenue upon foreign and domestic distilled spirits, in respect to the sub-divisions and officers which have appeared to me necessary, and to the allowances for their respective services to the Supervisors, Inspectors, and other officers of Inspection, together with estimates of the amount of compensations and charges.

G. WASHINGTON.

The said message, and papers therein referred to, were read, and ordered to lie on

the table.

On motion,

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, containing estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, which lay on the table, be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Joseph Henderson, and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Laurance reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and made some progress therein.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from farther proceeding on the said report, and that it be committed to Mr. Ames, Mr. Benjamin Bourne, and Mr. Clarke, with instruction to examine the same, and report their opinion thereupon to the House.

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills to reimburse certain extra expenses of the late Commissioners for treating of peace with the Creek Indians, and that Mr. Ames, Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Jeremiah Smith, be the said committee.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his reports on the following petitions, to wit: Abraham Van Alstine, Joseph Ball, and Isaac Ledyard, Thomas Barclay, Joseph Beale, Jacob Bell, George Blanchard, in behalf of Edward Blanchard, Jabez Bowen, Benjamin Brown, Brown and Francis, William Browner, Pitman Collins, Patrick Colvin, Ezekiel Conklin and others, Nicholas Covenhoven and others, Lemuel Cravath, Hugh Cunningham, Margaret FishVOL. 1.--79.

er, Benjamin Fuller, Jacob Garrigues, Aquila Giles, Thomas Grant, John Griffith, junior, Udney Hay, John Haverd and others, James Hubbs, George and Jonathan Hunter, Prudent la Jeunesse, Inspectors of Baltimore, Inspectors of New York, Inspectors of Philadelphia, John Jones, Israel Jones, John Lewis, William M'Gilton, Merchants and Traders of Newburyport, Merchants of Wilmington, in North Carolina, Inhabitants of the Western Territory within the Miami purchase, Reuben Murray, John Nicholson, Isaac Osgood and Sons, sundry Citizens of Pennsylvania, Inhabitants of Portland, Ebenezer Prout, Thomas Randall, David Meade Randolph, executor of Richard Randolph, deceased, Elizabeth Rockwell, administratrix of William Rockwell, deceased, Citizens of Salem, John Spalding, Stephen Steele, John Wereat, Joseph Whipple, and Thomas Wickes; which were severally read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23.

Mr. Ames, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to reimburse certain extra expenses of the late Commissioners for treating of peace with the Creek Indians; which was received, and read the first time.

A petition of sundry inhabitants of the towns of Washington, Greeneville, and Tarborough, in the State of North Carolina, was presented to the House and read, praying that a cross post may be established from Washington to Tarborough, through Greeneville, in the said State.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed to examine and report whether any, and what, alterations may be necessary in the act, passed last session, for the regulation of the Post Office.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled “An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Sedgwick reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill.

A petition of Elizabeth Nelmes, widow of Jeremiah Nelmes, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of three final settlement certificates, the property of the deceased, which were lost at sea.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on lost and destroyed certificates.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next.
And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 26.

Another member, to wit: Jeremiah Wadsworth, from Connecticut, appeared, and took his seat in the House.

A bill to reimburse certain extra expenses of the late Commissioners for treating of peace with the Creek Indians was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

An engrossed bill concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels was read the third time, and the blanks therein filled up.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

A petition of George Williamson and Eleazer Johnson, in behalf of themselves and other members of the late Board of War, for the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying that a sum of money deposited by the Cashier of the said Board, in the Treasury of Massachusetts, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, in part of the proceeds of the sale of the vessel, disposed of by the said Board, pursuant to an order of Congress, may be received by the United States, and a discharge granted for the same. Also,

A petition of Wilham Story, praying the settlement of a claim against the United

States, for his services as Clerk, Cashier, and Paymaster, to the Navy Board in the Eastern Department, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

A petition of sundry masters and owners of coasting vessels, and others, trading between the ports of New London and New York, was presented to the House and read, praying that the tonnage and fees of office imposed on vessels employed in the coasting trade, may be lessened.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed to prepare and bring in a bill or bills for regulating ships or vessels employed in the coasting trade

and fisheries.

A petition of John Manley was presented to the House and read, praying to be allowed the prize money on certain British ships captured by the petitioner, while a Captain in the Navy of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Sedgwick reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be read the third time to-morrow. A memorial and representation of Warner Mifflin, one of the People called Quakers, was presented to the House and read, stating certain reflections for the consideration of Congress, in relation to the African slave trade, and to the humane treatment of slaves in the United States.

Ordered, That the said memorial and representation do lie on the table.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Commissioners for the settlement of the accounts between the individual States and the United States, report to the House the time at which they suppose they will be ready to make their final report; and whether any, and what obstacles remain, to prevent such final report.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27.

Mr. William Smith, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to ascertain the fees demandable on admiralty proceeding, in the District Courts of the United States, and to amend, in part, the act, entitled "An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service;" which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

Mr. Goodhue, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels, to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of State, on the petition of John de Neufville, referred to him by an order of the House at the last session; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House be empowered to purchase maps of the seve ral States, and one of the United States, for the use of the House.

A petition of Duncan Campbell was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of wounds and injuries received in the service of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. William Smith, Mr. Benjamin Bourne, and Mr. Lee; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Governor of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, covering a petition of a number of inhabitants of St. Vincennes, on the Wabash, praying that the re-survey of their lands, directed by a late law, may be made at the public expense; which were read, and ordered to be referred to Mr. Livermore, Mr. Muhlenberg, and Mr. Leonard, with instruction to examine the same, and report their opinion thereupon to the House.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting lost and destroyed certificates; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Sedgwick reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said report.

Ordered, That the report of a Committee on the memorial of Moses Young, which was made to this House on the eleventh of April last, be taken up for consideration on Wednesday se'nnight.

Ordered, That the report of a committee on the petition of Lewis Garanger, in behalf of himself and his brother, Charles Garanger, which was made to this House on the twenty-sixth of April last, be taken up for consideration on Thursday next.

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of the exe cutors of Edward Carnes, deceased, which was made to this House on the twenty-ninth of February last, be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow-morning eleven o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28.

Mr. Parker, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to make compensation to the widows and orphans of certain persons who were killed by Indians, under the sanction of flags of truce; which was received and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

A memorial of John Pray, Frederick Weisselfels, Joseph Crook, and Nathaniel Austin, on behalf of themselves and the other late Collectors of the revenue of the city of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying an increase of the compensation allowed for their services. Also,

A petition of Ludwig Kuhn, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim against the United States, for supplies furnished the Army, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

A petition of Samuel Shaw, Consul of the United States at Canton, in China, was presented to the House and read, praying that a quantity of teas and sundry small artcles, purchased by the petitioner in China, and imported into the United States, may, for the considerations therein stated, be exonerated from the extra duty thereon required by law; and to which, under present circumstances, they will otherwise be subjected.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Gerry, Mr. Hillhouse, and Mr. Kittera; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition of Abigail Hart, widow of Major Jonathan Hart, who was killed in the action with the Indians, on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, was presented to the House and read, praying that there may be granted to herself and orphan son, the pay allowed to the heirs of the officers of the same rank, who fell in the late American war.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Milledge; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition of William Rockhill, was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of injuries received in the service of the United States, during the late war.