UNITED STATES, November the 21st, 1794. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : Ilay before Congress copies of a letter from the Governor of the State of New York, and of the exemplification of an act of the Legislature thereof, ratifying the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives, at their last session, respecting the judicial power. G. WASHINGTON. The said message and papers were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House resumed the reading of the papers, communicated yesterday, by message, from the President of the United States; and made a farther progress therein. And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24. The petitions of Thomas Marshall and of Robert Peling were presented to the House and read, respectively praying compensation for services rendered, and injuries sustained, in the Army of the United States, during the late war. Also, a petition of Abigail Lewis, widow and legal representative of the Reverend Ichabod Lewis, deceased, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for damages done to the property of the deceased, by a detachment of the American Army, some time in the year 1776. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. The Speaker laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of War on the memorial of Peter Perrit; which 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 address to the President of the United States, in answer to his speech to both Houses of Congress; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cobb reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said address 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 address. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. Another Member, to wit: James Gillespie, from North Carolina, appeared, and took his seat in the House. Mr. Murray, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time; 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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill extending the privilege of franking to James White, the Delegate from the Southwestern Territory, and making provision for his compensation; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cobb reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. On motion, Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to direct the proper officer to state to this House the difficulties and inconveniences which have occurred in the execution of the act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform Militia throughout the United States.” Ordered, That Mr. Moore and Mr. Gordon be appointed a committee to wait on the President with the foregoing resolution. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the Address to the President of the United States, in ar swer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cobb reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said address under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table. Ordered, That the said Address, with the amendments, do lie on the table. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary, as followeth: UNITED STATES, November 25, 1794. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: I lay before you a statement of the troops in the service of the United States, which has been submitted to me by the Secretary of War. It will rest with Congress to consider and determine whether further inducements shall be held out for entering into the military service of the United States, in order to complete the establishment authorized by law. G. WASHINGTON. The said message and statement were read, and ordered to lie on the table, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. An engrossed bill extending the privilege of franking to James White, the Delegate from the Southwestern Territory, and making provision for his compensation, was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act extending the privilege of franking to James White, the Delegate from the Territory of the United States South of the river Ohio, and making provision for his compensation." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. A petition of Samuel Miller, of the county of Westchester, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received in the Army 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 Speaker laid before the House a letter signed Oliver Wolcott, Jun. on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year 1795; also, statements of the application of certain sums of money granted by law; which were read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A motion was made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to increase the pay, and regulate the other allowances hereafter to be given to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the troops on the Military Establishment of the United States, and of the Militia, when called into actual service, and to ascertain the time when the pay of the Militia shall in future commence; and to make farther and more ample provi sion for the pay of the Militia on the present expedition to Fort Pitt:" Ordered, That the said motion be referred to the committee appointed to prepare and report a plan for the better organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia of the United States. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cobb 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. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. The House proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday, from the Committee of the Whole House to whom was referred the Address to the President of the United States, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress; and debate arising thereon, after some time spent therein, The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27. An engrossed bill to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time, 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 to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of the Militia in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. Mr. Coit, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of John R. Livingston; which was received, and read the first time. Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of Peter Perrit, which lay on the table, be referred to the Committee of Claims. The House resumed the consideration of the amendments reported, on Tuesday last, from the Committee of the Whole House, to whom was referred the Address to the President of the United States, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress: Whereupon, The first amendment being under consideration, to insert as the second clause of the said Address, the words following, to wit: "In tracing the origin and progress of the insurrection, we can entertain no doubt that certain combinations of men, careless of consequences and disregarding the truth, by disseminating suspicions, jealousies, and accusations, of the Government, have had all the agency you ascribe to them, in fomenting this daring outrage against social order and the authority of the laws:" A motion was made and seconded to amend the said clause by inserting, after the word "certain" in the second line, the words "self-created societies and:" And, on the question thereupon, It was resolved in the affirmative, SYeas Nays ... 47, 45. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, William Hindman, Samuel Holten, John Wilkes Kittera, Henry Latimer, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, Francis Malbone, William Vans Murray, Thomas Scott, Paine Wingate, Thomas Claiborne, William Findley, William B. Giles, James Gillespie, Christopher Greenup, Joseph M'Dowell, Alexander Mebane, William Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Another motion was then made and seconded, further to amend the said clause, by inserting, after the words "combinations of men," the words "in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, and parts adjacent,” And on the question thereupon, It was resolved in the affirmative, the House being equally divided, Yeas To wit: {Xays... The Speaker declaring himself with the yeas. The yeas and nays, as demanded by one-fifth of the members present, were as follow : |