ty-three; the said brig being condemned as British property, and the original register detained by the captors. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Carnes, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. Hancock; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of Daniel Perkins, of the County of Hampshire, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the arrearages of pay and other emoluments due to him as a soldier in the Army of the United States, during the late war. Also, a petition of Philip Duck, in behalf of himself and others, late soldiers in the fifth Pennsylvania regiment, praying the liquidation and settlement of their claims for military services rendered the United States, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. A petition of Allen Gilbert was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the arrearages of pension due to him in consideration of wounds and other inju ries received while a soldier in the Army of the United States, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Joab Stafford. A petition of William Hill Serjeant and Nathan Richardson, merchants and partners, of the town of Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying that they may be allowed the amount of the drawback on a quantity of wine exported from the port of Petersburg, and duly landed at Rotterdam, in the United Netherlands, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two; a judgment having been obtained in the District Court of the United States for the State of Virginia, on the bond given for the duties accruing on the said wine, previous to receiving the evidence required by law for relanding the same. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Giles, Mr. Gilber, and Mr. Latimer; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of John Finley, late a Captain in the Pennsylvania line of the Continental Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that the location which he has made of the proportion of land due for his military services, during the late war, in one of the ranges of townships on the river Ohio, together with the improvements thereon, may be confirmed to him, and a grant issued for the same. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the report of the committee on the petition of sundry soldiers in the late Army. Mr. Venable, from the committee to whom were referred the petitions of William and Archibald M'Neil, and of Nehemiah Somes, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next. Mr. Goodhue, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Epaphras Jones, and others; 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 message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act to anthorize the settlement of the claim of Samuel Prioleau;" 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 report of the committee appointed to prepare and report a plan for the better organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia 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, 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, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House, as followeth : Resolved, That the act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States," ought to be amended; and that further provision ought to be made by law for arming the militia of the United States, and for enforcing the execution of the militia laws, by adequate and uniform penalties. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Giles, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. He'ster, Mr. Locke, Mr. Van Cortlandt, Mr. Dayton, Mr VOL: IL-37 Samuel Smith, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth, do prepare and bring in the same. Mr. Fitzsimons, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of John Field, Jesse and Robert Waln, and Hartshorne, Large, and Company, merchants, of the City of Philadelphia, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to authorize the settlement of the claim of Samuel Prioleau," was 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 several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next. MONDAY, JANUARY 12. A memorial of sundry merchants, and other citizens, of the towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the State of Virginia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that the most speedy and effectual measures may be adopted by Congress to obtain restitution for the depredations committed on the property of the citizens of the United States, by the subjects of Great Britain, under the authority of that Government. Ordered, That the said memorial do lie on the table. A memorial of sundry citizens of the State of New York, who respectively carry on the business of auctioneers, was presented to the House and read, praying a revision and amendment of the act passed at the last session of Congress, entitled "An act laying duties on property sold at auction." Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Watts, Mr. Hancock, and Mr. Holten; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of Andrew Lee, of the State of Pennsylvania, late a Lieutenant in the regi ment commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for military services rendered in the Army of the United States, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petitions of Joseph Barnard, Henry B. Livingston, James Richardson, and James Taylor, returned on the thirty-first ultiino, by the Secretary of War; and the petitions of Nicholas Schuyler, Abraham J. Van Alstyne, and Killian Van Rensselaer, and others, returned on the fifth instant, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be referred to the Committee of Claims. A petition of Francis Nash, of Greenwich, in the State of Connecticut, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of a certain loan-office certificate, the property of the petitioner, which was burnt, or otherwise destroyed, by a detachment of the British Army, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. Also, A petition of Philip Bush, of the town of Winchester, in the State of Virginia, praying the renewal of a certificate of public debt, which was lost or destroyed some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five. Ordered, That the said petitions 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. Mr. Watts, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Joze Roiz Silva, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary, as followeth: UNITED STATES, January 12th, 1795. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: I lay before Congress, for their consideration, the copy of a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by an extract from a memorandum of James Seagrove, Agent of Indian Affairs. G. WASHINGTON. The said message and papers were read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next. Mr. Goodhue, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill supplementary to the act "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 to-morrow. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Attorney General, accompanying a report of such tables of fees and regulations as are proper to be established for the Courts of the United States, pursuant to a resolution of this-House, of the fifth of June last; which were read, and ordered to be referred to Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Kittera, and Mr. Sherburne, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. On a motion made and seconded that the message of the President of the United States, of the thirtieth ultimo, and the report from the Secretary of War, referred to therein, be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio: It was resolved in the affirmative. Mr. Samuel Smith, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Dannery, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Wednesday next. 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 to authorize the settlement of the claim of Samuel Prioleau;" 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 some progress therein. On motion, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the farther consideration of the said bill, and that it be recommitted to the Committee of Claims. 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 13. A memorial of Arthur St. Clair, late a Major General in the Army of the United States, in behalf of himself and his son, Daniel St. Clair, an officer in the same Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that the locations which they have made of the respective proportions of land due for their military services, during the late war, in one of the ranges of townships on the River Ohio, may be confirmed to them, and grants issued for the same. Also, the memorials and petitions of sundry officers and soldiers of the late Army of the United States, whose names are thereunto subscribed, of Samuel Brady, of Absalom Martin, and of Dudley Woodbridge, to the same effect. Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to Mr. Hartley, Mr. Greenup, and Mr. Peleg Wadsworth; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of John Moore, one of the executors of John Okely, late of the County of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for services rendered, and supplies furnished, by the deceased, while a Deputy Quartermaster General in the Army of the United States, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petitions of Timothy Bradley and Ebenezer Foster, returned on the fifth instant, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be referred to the Committee of Claims. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act to establish the Post Office and Post Roads within the United States;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. The said bill was 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. Mr. Dexter, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Appleton, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next. The House, according to the order of the day, again 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, again had the said report under consideration, and made a farther progress therein. On motion, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the farther consideration of the said report, and that it be re-committed to Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Moore, Mr. Heister, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Macon, Mr. Murray, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Beatty, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Orr, Mr. Swift, Mr. Malbone, Mr. Israel Smith, Mr. Dexter, Mr. Wingate, and Mr. White. The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of John Field, Jesse and Robert Waln, and Hartshorne, Large, and Company, which lay on the table: Whereupon, Resolved, That John Field, and the other owners of the ship Pigou, be authorized to export in the said ship a quantity of lead imported in the same ship in the month of last; and that the Collector of the District of Pennsylvania be authorized to grant a clearance for the same. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Goodhue, and Mr. Rutherford, do prepare and bring in the same. Mr. William Smith, from 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 to whom was referred the memorial of the sugarrefiners in the city of Philadelphia, made a report; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was read as followeth: "That, in the opinion of the committee, there is not sufficient experience of the utility of the acts imposing duties on snuff and refined sugar, to recommend a continuance of the said acts beyond the period to which they are at present limited. With respect to the act laying duties on snuff, the committee recommend an immediate alteration of the mode of collecting the duties, by laying the same on the mortar. They, therefore, submit the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill to amend the act laying duties upon manufactured snuff, and to alter the mode of imposing the said duties by imposing the same on the mortar." The said report being again read, Ordered, That so much thereof as relates to the discontinuance of the act "for laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar," beyond the period to which it is at present limited, be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the report of the committee appointed to prepare and report a plan for the reduction of the Public Debt. Ordered, That such other parts of the said report as relate to an immediate alteration of the mode of collecting the duties on snuff manufactured within the United States, be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ordered, That the report of the committee to whom were referred the laws of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio, passed the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, which was made to this House on the twenty-fourth day of May last, be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. A memorial of Parker, Hopkins, and Meers, of the town of Savannah, in the State of Georgia, was presented to the House and read, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, to enable them to complete a work which they have undertaken for the pur pose of making an accurate survey of the sea-coast and inland navigation of the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Ordered, That the said memorial do lie on the table. A memorial of George Latimer, and others, merchants, of the city of Philadelphia, was presented to the House and read, praying that they may be allowed the drawback of the duties on a quantity of sugar and coffee imported by the memorialists into the port of Newbern, in North Carolina, and thence brought to the port of Philadelphia, from which they are desirous of exporting them to a foreign port. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Gooodhue, and Mr. Edwards; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A petition of William Tompkins, of the county of Louisa, in the State of Virginia, legal representative of Robert Tompkins, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the commutation of half-pay, and other emoluments, due for the services of the deceased, as a Lieutenant in the Virginia line, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petitions of George Crowninshield, and others, Lawrence Furlong, Francis Porie and Stephen Carpenter, and Andrew Taylor, returned on the fifth instant by the Secretary of the Treasury, be referred to the Committee of Claims. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the memorial of Thomas Dannery; 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 the prayer of the said memorial is reasonable, and that the tonnage duties on the vessels therein mentioned be remitted. Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Lyman, and Mr. Van Cortlandt, do prepare and bring in the same. Qrdered, That a committee be appointed to report a plan for perfecting a road between the Southern and Eastern States, the expense whereof to be defrayed out of the revenue of the Post Office; and that Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Giles, Mr. Murray, Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Dearborn, and Mr. M'Dowell, be the said committee. Mr. Fitzsimons, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the exportation of a quantity of lead, in the ship Pigou, to China; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act in addition to the act entitled 'An act to regulate the pay of the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the militia of the United States, when called into actual service, and for other purposes;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Mr. Dexter, from the committee to whom was referred so much of the message from the President of the United States, of the eighth instant, as relates to the letter from the Judge of the District of Pennsylvania respecting certain interruptions in the judicial proceedings of that District, 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 to establish the office of Purveyor of Public Supplies; 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 some progress therein. On motion, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the farther consideration of the said bill, and that it be re-committed to Mr. Carnes, Mr. Sedgwick, and Mr. Venable. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the committee appointed to prepare and report a plan for the reduction of the Public Debt; 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. |