Ordered, That the said petitions do lie on the table. Mr. Sedgwick, from th committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to augment the military force 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 Thursday next. On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That, until the Government of Great Britain shall cause restitution to be made for all losses and damages sustained by the citizens of the United States, from armed vessels, or from any person or persons acting under commission or authority of the British King, contrary to the laws of nations, and in violation of the rights of neutrality; and also, until all the posts, now held and detained by the King of Great Britain, within the territories of the United States, shall be surrendered and given up, all commercial intercourse between the citizens of the United States and the subjects of the King of Great Britain, so far as the same respects articles of the growth or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, shall be prohibited; provided such prohibition shall not extend to vessels, or their cargoes, arriving in any of the ports of the United States, before the day of next: Ordered, That the said motion be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill directing a detachment from the militia 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 Thursday next. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the fifth instant, approve and sign an act, which originated in this House, entitled "An act for placing buoys on certain rocks off the harbor of New London, and in Providence river, and other places." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for raising and organizing a corps of artillerists and engineers; 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 Thursday next. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the motion of the second instant, authorizing the President of the United States to grant to the citizens of the United States commissions of marque and reprisals against the Regencies of Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said motion under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth: Resolved, That the President of the United States be authorized to grant to the citizens of the United States, commissions of marque and reprisals against the Regencies of Algiers and Tunis. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Samuel Sin th, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Parker, do prepare and bring in the same. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the motion of the twenty-seventh of February last, providing for the payment of the interest on the balances credited certain States in the books of the Treasury; also, for the payment, by annual instalments, of the balances due from sundry of the States, on the final settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth: Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law, for payment of the interest on the balances credited certain States in the books of the Treasury, upon the final settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual States. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Hillhouse, Mr. Murray, and Mr. Thatcher, do prepare and bring in the same. Mr. Samuel Smith, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill authorizing the President of the United States to grant letters of marque and reprisal against the Regencies of Algiers and Tunis; 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 Thursday next. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. TUESDAY, APRIL 8. A memorial of sundry merchants of the town of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, was presented to the House and read, praying that further ti ne may be allowed for the payment of the duties on sundry articles of the growth and manufacture of the French West India Islands, which they have imported into the United States, under circumstances of relief and accommodation to sundry of the distressed inhabitants of the Island of Saint Domingo. Also, A memorial of Oliver and Thompson, of the town of Baltimore, praying that certain errors made to the injury of the memorialists, in the payment of the duties on fifteen boxes of Irish linens, and thirty pipes of Madeira wine, imported into the United States in the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, may be rectified. Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Page, and Mr. Coles; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of Samuel Royer, of Franklin county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of losses sustained by the petitioner, in the purchase of cattle for the use of the American Army, during the late war. Also, A petition of Joze Roiz Silva, of the city of New York, merchant, praying that he may be permitted to send the ship called the King David, with her cargo, from the port of New York to Oporto, in Portugal, she being actually cleared out for the place of her destination, previous to the arrival of any account of an embargo being laid by the United States on all vessels bound to foreign ports. Ordered, That the said petitions do lie on the table. A petition of Bryan Mona, and others, late soldiers in the Army of the United States, was presented to the House and read, praying a liquidation and settlement of their claims for military services rendered during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Carnes, Mr. Smilie, and Mr. Nicholas; 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 report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the representation from the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, respecting the adjustment of a claim of that State against the United States, for the expense of sundry expeditions against the Indians; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Ordered, That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to fortify the City of Annapolis, and that Mr. Murray, Mr. Jeremiah Smith, and Mr. Williams, be the said com mittee. On a motion made and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to examine into, and report on, the prac ticability of obtaining a statement of the principles on which the accounts of the individual States with the United States, have been settled, and a statement of the several credits allowed in the said settlement:" The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Fisher Ames, James Armstrong, Abraham Baldwin, Shearjashub Bourne, David Cobb, Peleg Coffin, Jonathan Dayton, Thomas Fitzsimons, Nicholas Gilman, James Hillhouse, John Page, Josiah Parker, Robert Rutherford, Benjamin Williams, and Joseph Winston. Samuel Holten, John Hunter, John Wilkes Kittera, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, William Lyman, Ordered, That Mr. Forest be added to the committee to whom was re-committed the report of the committee on the petition of Arthur St. Clair, in the room of Mr. Hindman. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for erecting a light-house on the Island of Seguin, in the District of Maine; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, acccording to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of Leffert Lefferts and Thomas Carpenter: Whereupon, Resolved, That the Collector for the District of New York be authorized and directed to remit to Leffert Lefferts, Thomas Carpenter, Jeremiah Condy, and William Condy, owners of the brigantine called Susan and Polly, the duties and imposts of tonnage, which may be incurred in consequence of the incompetent or invalid register of the said brigantine. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Thatcher, and Mr. Bailey, 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 allowing Lieutenant Colonel Tousard an equivalent for his pension for life; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Ordered, That a committee be appointed to select and report such parts of the confidential communications made by the President of the United States on the twenty-fourth of February last, as are proper to be made public; and that Mr. Lyman, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Benjamin Bourne, be the said committee. Mr. Gilbert, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Leffert Lefferts, and others; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be engrosed, and read the third time to-morrow. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Nicholas Rieb; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth : Resolved, That the Accountant to the Department of War be directed to adjust and settle the account of Peter Rieb, late an artificer in Colonel Benjamin Flower's regiment of artillery, in the service of the United States, from the first of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, being the time of his enlistment, until the twenty-second of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, on the same principle on which the accounts of those who served in the same corps were adjusted and settled. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Findley, Mr. Gregg, and Mr. Gilbert, 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 report of the committee appointed to inquire whether any, and what, alterations are necessary to be made in the act, entitled "An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on Continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying Northwest of the River Ohio, between the little Miami and Sciota;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and come to several resolutions thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House, as follow: Resolved, That the second and sixth sections of the said act be repealed; and that, in lieu thereof, the President of the United States be authorized to issue patents to any grantee or grantees, their heirs or assigns, upon application of such grantee or grantees, their heirs or assigns; provided that the plat or plats, duly authenticated, of the location and surveys of such lands, be first returned to the office of the Secretary of State. Resolved, That provision be made by law, that all locations and surveys heretofore duly made upon the said lands, agreeably to the present laws and regulations of the State of Virginia, by, or on account of, the said troops, be ratified and confirmed. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolutions, and that Mr. Heath, Mr. Neville, and Mr. Orr, do prepare and bring in the same. Mr. Samuel Smith, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of David Porter, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Ordered, That the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom was referred, on the eighth of January last, the petition of Erasmus Pierce, be discharged from the farther consideration of the same. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the committee appointed to consider and report on the propriety of remitting the duty on imported bar iron, in certain cases; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker 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 Benjamin Keeft, who presented a petition to this House on the twenty-fourth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, have leave to withdraw the same. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to locate the land warrant issued to him for services in the late American Army; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Carnes, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the Repre sentatives of the People South of the River Ohio, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. An engrossed bill for erecting a light-house on the Island of Seguin, in the District of Maine, was read the third time, and a blank therein filled up. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title bc, "An act for erecting a lighthouse on the Island of Seguin, in the District of Maine." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. An engrossed bill for the relief of Leffert Lefferts, and others, was read the third time, and a blank therein filled up. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of Leffert Lefferts, and others." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. An engrossed bill to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to locate the land-warrant issued to him for services in the late American Army, was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to locate the land warrant issued to him for services in the late American Army." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. An engrossed bill allowing Lieutenant Colonel Tousard an equivalent for his pension for life was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act allowing Lieutenant Colonel Tousard an equivalent for his pension for life.” Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. A petition of John Gibbon, Treasurer of the State of Georgia, was presented to the House and read, praying that separate certificates may be issued for the pay of the offi cers of the late Georgia line, agreeably to a general certificate of the list of balances due to them, signed by the late Commissioner of Army Accounts, and lodged in the Treasury of the said State. 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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the motion of the seventh instant, to prohibit all commercial intercourse between the citizens of the United States and the subjects of the King of Great Britain, so far as the same respects articles of the growth or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Sherburne 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. Mr. Heath, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to amend the act, entitled "An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on Continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying Northwest of the River Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota;" 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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the |