The main question, that the said bill do pass, being put, It was resolved in the affirmative, The House being equally divided, viz : Yeas And Mr. Speaker declaring himself with the yeas. 32, 32. The yeas and nays, as demanded by one-fifth of the members present, were as follow Resolved, That the title of the said bill be, "An act to authorize a loan in the certicates or notes of such States as shall have balances due to them, upon a final settlement of accounts with the United States." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence On motion, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to whom was referred the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act in addition to the act, entitled 'An act to esta blish the Judicial Courts of the United States," be discharged from the farther consderation of the same; and that the said bill be committed to Mr. Benson, Mr. Hillhouse. Mr. William Smith, Mr. White, and Mr. Kittera. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lear, his Secretary, as followeth: UNITED STATES, January 25th, 1793. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : I lay before you an official statement of the expenditure, to the end of the "year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, from the sum of ten thousand dollars granted to defray the contingent expenses of Government, by an act passed on the twenty-sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. Also, an abstract of a supplementary arrangement made in the District of North Carolina, in regard to certain surveys, to facilitate the execution of the law laying a duty on distilled spirits. G. WASHINGTON. The papers accompanying the said message were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the motion of the eighteenth instant, for making provision of half pay for seven years, to the widows and orphans of such officers of the Army of the United States as have been killed in the service since the third day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, or who may hereafter be killed in the service of the United States, and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Key reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said motion 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 motion. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29. The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War on the petition of Thomas Wishart: Whereupon, Resolved, That Thomas Wishart is entitled to the pay of a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, from the fifteenth of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, until the fifteenth of October, one thousand seven hundred and eightyone; and that the Comptroller of the Treasury be authorized to settle and adjust the account of the said Thomas Wishart accordingly. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Parker, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Ashe, do prepare and bring in the same. Mr. Benson, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Robert Heaton, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. 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 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. The said bill, together with the amendments thereto, was then read the third time, and the question being put, that the same do pass, It was resolved in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions," with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to amend an act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Steele reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill 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 bill. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY SO. Another Member, to wit: William Hindman, returned to serve in this House, for the State of Maryland, in the room of Joshua Seney, who has resigned his seat, 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. A petition of Melchior Baker, in behalf of himself and others, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for their services, and consequent captivity, on an expedition against the Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the letter from the Governor of Kentucky, enclosing a representation from the Legislature of the said State, respecting an adjustment of a claim of that State against the United States, for the expense of certain expeditions against the Indians, which lay on the table, be referred to the consideration of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. A petition of Patrick Dennis, of New York, master of a revenue cutter in the service of the United States, was presented to the House and read, praying that the compensation allowed by law to the officers and crews of revenue cutters, may be augmented, and rendered more adequate to their services. Ordered, That the said 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 sundry printers and booksellers, of the City of Philadelphia, was presented to the House and read, praying that so much of the existing revenue laws of the United States as imposes a duty on certain kinds of paper, chiefly used in the printing business, also on imported rags used in the manufacture of the same, may be repealed. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-second instant, the memorial of the manufactures of cordage, lines, and packthread, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of John Hoge, late a Lieutenant in the sixth Pennsylvania regiment of the Continental Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the pay and other emoluments allowed to officers of the same rank in the service of the United States, to which he conceives himself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress. 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. A petition of John Webb, of the county of Northumberland, in the State of Pennsyl vania, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for loss of, and damages done to the property of the petitioner, by a detachment of the American Army, under the command of General Sullivan, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table. A petition of George Brown, late of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, in behalf of himself and others, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for the services of a volunteer company of militia, on an expedition against the Indians, under the command of Colonel William Crawford, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and in which the petitioner received a wound that has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Findley, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Shearjashub Bourne; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. The House proceeded to the consideration of the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions:" Where upon, Ordered, That the said amendments be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. The House then, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to amend an act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Steele reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under consideration, and made a farther progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 687 A petition of Brown & Francis, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, mer chants, was presented to the House and read, praying to be allowed the amount of the drawback on a quantity of gin and cod fish, exported from the port of Providence, and duly landed at Calcutta, in the East Indies, and St. Eustatia, in the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, of which they are possessed of sufficient evidence, although not in the form prescribed by law. Ordered, That the said 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 Dirk Van Ingen, of the town of Schenectady, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services as a Surgeon of the General Hospital in the Northern Department, during the late war, Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Grove, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to reimburse Henry Emanuel Lutterloh, for expenses incurred in coming to America to join the Army of the United States; 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. Parker, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the Comptroller of the Treasury to settle the account of Thomas Wishart, late a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States; 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 to-morrow. Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Jacob Bell, which lay on the table, be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to amend an act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Steele 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. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, do lie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the amendments proposed by this House to the bill, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes," with an amendment to the last amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. I am also directed to bring to this House, a letter received and read in the Senate, from Monsieur Le Brun, heretofore Royal Commissioner at the Tribunal of the District of Coutances, in France, addressed to the Congress of the United States, stating the delay of payment of a debt due to the heirs of Jerom Michael Le Brun, late an officer in Armand's legion, for services in the United States, during the late war. And he delivered in the same, and then withdrew. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. A petition of Robert Lyon was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for his services in the militia, and as a volunteer in Colonel Hartley's regiment, on several expeditions against the Indians, in one of which he was dangerously wounded and taken prisoner, in the neighborhood of Fort Jenkins, on the Northeast branch of the Susquehannah, the last day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the consideration of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The letter from Monsieur Le Brun, communicated in a message from the Senate yesterday, was read, and ordered to be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and make report thereupon to the House. The House proceeded to the consideration of the amendment proposed by the Se nate to the last amendment of this House to the bill, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes:" Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth agree to the said amendment to the amendment. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. White reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said amendments under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their agreement to some and disagreement to others of the said amendments. The House proceeded to consider the said report and amendments: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth agree to the amendments to the first and second sections. Resolved, That this House doth disagree to the amendinents to the fourth and fifth sections of the said bill. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Giles, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of James Warring. ton, attorney in fact of James Blachford, surviving partner of Harris & Blachford, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House proceeded to the consideration of the amendments reported yesterday by the Committee of the Whole House to the bill to amend an act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts;" and the same being read, were agreed to. And then, the said bill being further amended at the Clerk's table, was, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time, on Monday next. A petition of James Montgomery, master and commander of the revenue cutter called the General Greene, in behalf of himself and the officers of the said cutter, was presented to the House and read, praying that the compensation allowed by law to the officers and crews of revenue cutters may be augmented, and rendered more adequate to their services. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. A memorial and petition of the manufacturers of cordage, lines, twine, and packthread, in Philadelphia, was presented to the House and read, praying that so much of the existing revenue laws of the United States as allows a drawback on foreign cordage, lines, twine, and pack thread, may be repealed, and the duties imposed on said articles increased, and that the duty on heinp, when manufactured within the United States, and exported therefrom, may be refunded to the exporter. Ordered, That the said memor:al and petition be referred to the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-second ultimo, the memorial of the manufacturers of cordage, lines, and packthread, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. Mr. Greenup, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Richard Chinowith, reported that, in the opinion of the committee, the prayer of the sed pettion ought not to be granted: Whereupon, Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his said petition. The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. A memorial of Rawleigh P. Downman, late a Captain in the third regiment of the Georgia line, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the pay and other emoluments allowed to officers of the same rank in the service of the United States, to which he conceives himself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. A petition of Timothy Bradly, of Woodbridge, in the State of Connecticut, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim against the United States, for services and supplies as an Assistant Commissary of Purchases, during the late war. Also, A petition of George Fechem, of Watertown, in the State of Massachusetts, praying |