of the Secretary of War, respecting the fortifications of the United States; 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 report 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 report.

Mr. Madison, from the committee to whom was re-committed the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization," reported an amendatory bill to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject; 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 Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the several petitions of Samuel Aborn, John F. Amelung, Daniel Barnet, and James Worley, executors of Barnet Eichelberger, deceased, Robert Bigham, executor of Thomas Armor, deceased, Sluyter Bouchell, Timothy Bradley, Brown and Francis, Duncan Campbell, John Clark, citizens of New York, holders of certain bills of credit, citizens of North Carolina, Jacob Clemens, Tristram Coffin, comb-makers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania, Commissioners of the City and County of Philadelphia, William Constable and Company, George Crowninshield and others, Gustavus Conyngham, George Craghead, dealers in painters' colors of the City of Philadelphia, Patrick Dennis, John Baptist Dumon, Andrew Dunscomb, William Ellery, William Brown Foggo, Ebenezer Foster, Alexander Fowler, Samuel Fowler, Thomas Frothingham, Lawrence Furlong, Thomas Geese, John Gibbon, Aquila Giles, Mary Catherine Goddard, Thomasin Gordon, Daniel Graham and Philip Newhouse, Daniel Gray, Stephen Haight, John Halstead, Mary Harper, executrix of Thomas Harper, deceased, Benjamin Harwood, Udney Hay, Moses Hazen, Adam Hill, Hugh Hughes, John S. Hunn, inhabitants of the City of Hudson, Robert Johnston, Peter Le Maigre, Aaron Lyons, Macomb and Edgar, Thomas Matthews, merchants of Philadelphia, merchants of Providence, in Rhode Island, John McGowan, John Miller and others, Jacob Milligan, William Minns, James Montgomery, Zedekiah Morgan, William Moulton, Caleb Newbold, Jeremiah Nicols, Sarah Parker, John Pearson, Dorsey Pentecost, Perry and Hayes, Jacob Philips, Richard Philips, William Piercy, Oliver Pollock, Francis Porie and Stephen Carpenter, John Pray and others, Robert Ralston, assignee of Thomas Barclay, John Ross, John M. Russell, Isaac Sherman, James Simpson, Abraham Skinner, Isaac Spencer, William Story, Abraham Supplee, Jonathan Sturges and others, Joseph Tatlow, Andrew Taylor, Isaiah Thomas, John Torrey, Aaron Vail, Abraham J. Van Alstyne, Killian Van Rensselaer and others, Martha Walker, James Warington, James Watson, Reuben Weed, Hezekiah Wetmore, Joseph Wheaton, Jonathan Wheeler, William Whitlock, George Williams and Eleazer Johnson, Beverley Winslow and Joseph Hawkins, and John Wood, returned pursuant to an order of this House, of the fifteenth ultimo. Also, a letter from Monsieur Le Brun, in behalf of the heirs of Jerom Michael Le Brun; the exemplification of an act of the Legislature of New York, ceding the light-house and land at Sandy Hook; a copy of an act of the Legislature of South Carolina, ceding the light-house on Middle Bar Island, within the bar of Charleston Harbor; and the proceedings of the Legisla ture of the said State of South Carolina, respecting certain regulations at the post of Fort Johnson, heretofore referred by order of the House; which letter was 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.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6.

An engrossed bill for the ascertainment of certain losses of the officers of Government and other citizens, by the insurgents in the Western counties of Pennsylvania, and providing some present relief to the sufferers, 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 ascertainment of certain losses of the officers of Government and other citizens, by the insur gents in the Western counties of Pennsylvania, and providing some present relief to the sufferers."

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

An engrossed bill making further provision in cases of drawbacks 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 making further provision in cases of drawbacks."

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

A petition of Timothy Concklin, of Dutchess county, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for a pair of oxen, the property of the petitioner, which was taken by a detachment of the enemy, during the late war. Also,

A petition of David Barns, of Cheshire, in the State of Connecticut, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of injuries received, while a soldier in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petitions, together with the petition of Benjamin Titcomb, which was presented to this House on the tenth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and the petitions of Samuel Aborn, Thomas Frothingham, Sarah Parker, and Joseph Tatlow, returned yesterday, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A memorial and remonstrance of the sugar refiners, in the city of Philadelphia, was presented to the House and read, praying a revision of the excise laws of the United States; and that so much of the act passed at the last session of Congress, entitled "An act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar," as imposes a duty on sugar refined within the United States, may be repealed.

Ordered, That the said memorial and remonstránce be referred to the committee appointed to inquire and report whether any, and what, alterations ought to be made in the act imposing duties on snuff manufactured within the United States; and that Mr. Fitzsimons and Mr. Madison be added to the said committee.

A memorial of the Transylvania Company, commonly called Richard Henderson and Company, was presented to the House and read, praying that such compensation may be made to the memorialists, and their legal representatives, for a quantity of land which they purchased from the Cherokee Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, and has since been ceded to the United States, by the treaty of Holston, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

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

Mr. Hartley, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry soldiers in the late Army of the United States, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the House on Monday next.

A petition of James Denniston, of Ohio county, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying that the location which he has made of the proportion of land, due for his services during the late war, in the second range of townships on the river Ohio, together with the improvements thereon, may be confirmed to him, and 2 grant issued for the same. Also,

A petition of Elijah Woods, to the same effect.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of the Whole House. on the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry soldiers in the late Army 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 supplementary to the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States; 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 amend ments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, do lie on the table.

Mr. Tracey, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of Peter Perrit, made a report; which was read, 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 Whole House on the bill to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject; 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.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, do 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.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7.

A petition of William Mead, of the county of Saratoga, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the depreciation of pay due to him, as Surgeon in the first New York regiment of the Continental Army, from the first of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, to the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. Also,

A petition of Jellis D. Van Voorst, late a Sergeant in the regiment under the command of Colonel Seth Warner, praying that he may receive the arrearages of pay, and other emoluments, due to him for military services rendered the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petitions 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 Blake, of the city of Albany, in the State of New York, adminis trator of Daniel Tucker, deceased, late a Deputy Quartermaster in the Army of the United States, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may be exonerated from the payment of certain sums of money, or specie certificates, received by the deocased, during the late war, to discharge the demands of sundry persons employed in public service; the vouchers for the due application of the said sums of money, or speeie certificates, having been delivered to Hugh Hughes, Quartermaster for the State of New York, and afterwards destroyed by fire. Also,

A petition of Dirck Swart, of the county of Saratoga, in the State of New York, praying that he may receive compensation for a quantity of ashes, the property of the petitioner, which was deposited in a storehouse, for the purpose of having the same manufactured into pot and pearl ashes, and lost during the late war; the said storehouse having been taken for the use of a detachment of the American Army. Also,

A petition of John Van Sice, and others, of the county of Albany, in the State of New York, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for services rendered, and supplies furnished, the Indians in the Northern department of the United States, by order of Henry Glen and Philip Schuyler, late Agents for Indian Affairs in the said depart ment; of which the petitioners have been hitherto debarred by the operation of the acts of limitation.

Ordered, That the said petitions, together with the petition of William Parsons, by his attorney Stephen Parsons, which was presented to this House on the sixteenth of April last, and the petitions of John Clark, Caleb Newbold, and others, Oliver Pollock, and William Story, returned by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the fifth instant, and the petition of Francis Galvan de Bernoux, returned by the Secretary at War, on the thirty-first ultimo, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A petition of James Caldwell, of the city of Albany, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duties imposed by law on a quantity of snuff manufactured by the petitioner, which, together with his manufac tory, and other property, was consumed by fire, on the twelfth day of July last.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed to inquire and report whether any, and what, alterations ought to be made in the act imposing duties on snuff manufactured within the United States.

A memorial of John Field, Jesse and Robert Waln, and Hartshorne, Large & Company, merchants, of the city of Philadelphia, was presented to the House and read, praying that the exportation of lead from the United States may be permitted in all vessels engaged in the India or China trade.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Goodhue, and Mr. Rutherford; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with 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 committee to whom was referred the memorial of Mary S. Jones, widow and administratrix of William Jones, deceased; 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 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.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments, reported yesterday, from the Committee of the Whole House, to the bill to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject; and the same being read. some were agreed to, and others disagreed to.

The said bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, 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 appointed to report what further provisions are necessary for the more general promulgation of the laws; 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 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.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments, reported yesterday, from the Committee of the Whole House, to the bill supplementary to the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and the same being read, were agreed to.

The said bill was further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

Mr. New, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported, that the committee did, this day, wait on the President of the United States, and present for his approbation an enrolled bill, entitled "An act providing for the payment of certain instalments of foreign debt, and of the third instalment due on a loan made of the Bank of the United States."

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 petition of Epaphras Jones, in behalf of himself, Stephen Gorham, Shubal Gorham, and Charles Selden; 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 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 it shall and may be lawful for the Collector of the District of New York, to remit to Epaphras Jones, Stephen Gorham, Shubal Gorham, and Charles Selden, owners of the brigantine called the Peru, the duties of impost and tonnage which may be incurred, in consequence of the incompetent or invalid register of the said brigantine; provided they shall obtain, within one hundred and twenty days, a new register for the said brigantine, in the manner prescribed by law.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Coffin, and Mr. Gilman, do prepare and bring in the same. 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, JANUARY 8.

An engrossed bill supplementary to the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, 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 supplementary to the several acts imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States."

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

An engrossed bill to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject, 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 to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

A petition of Francis Peyrinnaut, of the town of Edenton, in the State of North Carolina, administrator of Pierre Decamps, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of certain loan-office certificates, the property of the deceased, which were destroyed by an armed banditti, some time in the month of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two; the loss of which, owing to unavoidable circumstances, has not been advertised within the time, and in the manner prescribed by law.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Dent, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Hartley,

that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Ordered, That the petition of Gilbert Dench, which was presented to this House the twelfth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and the memorial of Anna Welch, presented the third of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninetytwo, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered, That the memorial of the Transylvania Company, commonly called Richard Henderson & Company, which lay on the table, be referred to Mr. William Smith, Mr. Blount, Mr. Carnes, Mr. Orr, and Mr. Preston; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary, as followeth:

UNITED STATES, January 8th, 1795.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:

I lay before Congress copies of acts passed by the Legislatures of the States of Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York, ratifying the amendment proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives, at their last session, to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the judicial power thereof.

The Minister of the French Republic having communicated to the Secretary of State, certain proceedings of the Committee of Public Safety, respecting weights and measures, I lay these also before Congress.

The letter from the Governor of the Western Territory, copies of which are now transmitted, refers to a defect in the judicial system of that Territory, deserving the attention of Congress.

The necessary absence of the Judge of the district of Pennsylvania, upon business connected with the late insurrection, is stated by him, in a letter, of which I forward copies, to have produced certain interruptions in the judicial proceedings of that district, which cannot be removed without the interposition of Congress.

G. WASHINGTON.

Ordered, That so much of the said message as relates to the letters from the Judge of the District of Pennsylvania, and the Governor of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio, be referred to Mr. Dexter, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Harrison, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Ordered, That such other parts of the said message as relate to the ratification of the amendment proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States, by the Legislatures of the States of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, and the proceedings of the Committee of Public Safety of the French Republic, respecting weights and measures, do lie on the table.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, this day, approve and sign an act which originated in this House, entitled "An act providing for the payment of certain instalments of foreign debts, and of the third instalment due on a loan made of the Bank of the United States."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.
Ordered, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, or what, alteration
is necessary to be made in the laws respecting lost or destroyed certificates; and that
Mr. Lee, Mr. Dent, and Mr. Gregg, be the said committee.

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, JANUARY 9.

A petition of Thomas Heslep, of the County of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlemennt of a claim for supplies furnished a detachment of the American Army, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight.

Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table.

A petition of Charles Heems, of the State of Georgia, was presented to the House and read, praying that a new register may be granted in the case of the brig Solitaire, an American bottom, which was captured by the British, and afterwards retaken by the French, and carried into Aux Cayes, in the year one thousand seven hundred and nine