sage of the President of the United States, of the thirtieth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, enclosing the copy of a letter from the Governor of North Carolina, covering a resolution of the Legislature of that State ; as also, the petitions of Thomas Person and others, proprietors of lands in the Territory of the United States South of the river Ohio, and of the trustees of the University of North Carolina; 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 directed him to report to the House their disagreement to the same. An adjournment was then called for: Whereupon,

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 30.

A memorial of sundry manufacturers of hemp, in the town of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a drawback of the duty imposed by law on the importation of foreign hemp, may be allowed on the exportation of the same, when manufactured into cordage within the United States. Also,

A memorial of sundry manufacturers of chocolate, in the state of Massachusetts, praying that so much of an act passed at the last Session of Congress, as imposes an additional duty of two cents per pound on cocoa imported from foreign countries, may be repealed; and that such measures may be adopted for encouraging the manufacture of the said article within the United States, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet. Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Watts, and Mr. Heister; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opi nion thereupon, to the House.

The memorial of John Sears, and the petitions of Luke White and Elizabeth Lovel, in behalf of themselves, or as legal representatives of others, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying compensation for military services rendered in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions, together with the petition of Israel Jones, in behalf of Joshua Ashbridge, presented the seventeenth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and the petition of Andrew Jackson, presented the sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, stat ing "that, pursuant to the duty enjoined by law, upon the head of that Department, he has prepared a report, containing some suggestions for the improvement and better management of the several branches of the actual revenues of the United States, which is ready to be communicated, as the House may please to direct."

The said letter was read: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be informed that this House is ready to receive the report therein referred to.

Mr. Tracey, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Schreffwar, made a report; which was read: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his said petition. ́

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom was referred the message from the President of the United States, of the thirtieth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, enclosing the copy of a letter from the Governor of North Carolina, covering a resolution of the Legislature of that State; as also, the petitions of Thomas Person and others, proprietors of lands in the Territory of the United States South of the river Ohio, and of the trustees of the University of North Carolina, to which the Committee of the Whole House had, yesterday, reported their disagreement: Whereupon,

The first resolution reported by the committee, being again read, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Executive of the State of North Carolina to subscribe, by way of loan to the United States, the amount of all such certificates as have been deposited in payment for any lands (reserved by the act of cession aforesaid) in payment for any lands which may have been relinquished to the Indians by the treaty aforesaid, in trust for the persons by whom they were so deposited, according to their respective rights and interests:"

The question was taken, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House in their disagreement to the said first resolution,

And resolved in the affirmative.

The second resolution reported by the committee being again read, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, That the United States ought to reimburse the said persons the money which they have expended in having entries and surveys made, and in obtaining grants, and any other incidental charges which they have necessarily incurred, with interest; and that they should moreover make a reasonable allowance for the loss and damage which the petitioners have sustained, by having possession of the said land withheld from them:"

The question was taken, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House in their disagreement to the said second resolution,

And resolved in the affirmative.

The third resolution reported by the committee being again read, in the words following, to wit:

"And whereas the grants to the aforesaid lands, made by virtue of an act of the Legislature of North Carolina, are valid to all intents and purposes, as coming fully within the purview of a condition contained in the act of cession from the said State to the United States: Therefore,

"Resolved, That, whenever the United States shall think proper to extinguish the Indian claim to the said lands, by purchase, or otherwise, it will be just and reasonable that the several persons who have obtained grants, or made surveys or entries, should have such rights confirmed and established, and their titles perfected, in preference to any other persons, on repaying to the Treasury of the United States, the amount of what they may now receive, as a compensation for their disbursements and losses, in case such persons shall think proper to make such re-payment within a certain time, to be limited by Congress for that purpose."

The question was taken, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House, in their disagreement to the said third resolution,

And resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was then made, and the question being put, that the House do agree to the following resolution :

Resolved, That such persons as have entered land, agreeable to the laws of North Carolina, in the Territory ceded by that State to the United States, and on the Indian side of the line established by the treaty of Holston, ought to be re-imbursed by the United States the amount of the purchase-money actually paid for the same, and the necessary expense of locating and surveying, where the survey has been made: such persons first relinquishing their right thereto, to the United States:

The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

William Irvine,

Aaron Kitchell,

Amasa Learned,

William Lyman,
James Madison,
William Montgomery,
Andrew Moore,
Peter Muhlenberg,
William Vans Murray,
Anthony New,
John Nicholas,
Nathaniel Niles,

Alexander D. Orr,
Josiah Parker,

Andrew Pickens,
Francis Preston,
Thomas Scott,
John S. Sherburne,
Jeremiah Smith,
Samuel Smith,
Zephaniah Swift,
George Thatcher,
Uriah Tracey,
Jonathan Trumbull,
John E. Van Allen,
Peter Van Gaasbeck,
Artemas Ward, and
Paine Wingate.

Another motion was then made and seconded that the House do come to the follow ing resolution:

"Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause a treaty to be entered into with any Indian tribes who may claim, hold, possess, or be entitled to, any lands within the Territory ceded by the State of North Carolina to the United States; and to endeavor to obtain, by such treaty, an extinguishment of the Indian claims to all lands, the pre-emptive right to which has been sold by the said State, in pursuance of the act of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, opening an office for the sale of the said lands."

Ordered, That the said motion be committed to Mr. William Smith, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Swift, Mr. M'Dowell, and Mr. Page.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gilbert Dench; 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 petition ought not to be granted, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw the same.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing certain confidential communications from Major General Wayne, dated the twenty-third of December last; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that the President of the United States did, this day, approve and sign an act, which originated in the Senate, 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." And then he withdrew.

Mr. Watts, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Joze Roiz Silva; 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 several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next.
And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.

The several memorials and petitions of Francis Mentges, Emanuel Sewars, Thomas Alexander, Patrick Collins, Reuben Colborn, Chandler Dinwiddie Fowke, and Reuben King, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying compensation for services rendered, or losses and injuries sustained, in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A petition of Alexander Roxburgh, of Salisbury, in the State of Maryland, a Major in the Army of the United States during the late war, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of a certain certificate of public debt, the property of the

petitioner, which was lost or destroyed some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Murray, Mr. Smilie, and Mr. Van Allen; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A memorial of sundry manufacturers of hemp in the town of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a drawback of the duty imposed by law on the importation of foreign hemp, may be allowed on the exportation of the same, when manufactured into cordage within the United States.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Watts, and Mr. Heister; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opi nion thereupon, to the House.

Mr. William Smith, from the committee to whom was committed the motion of the thirtieth ultimo, authorizing a treaty to be held for the extinguishment of Indian titles to lands within the Territory ceded to the United States, by the State of North Carolina, made a report; which was read: Whereupon,

Ordered, That Wednesday next be assigned to take the said report into consideration. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the report referred to in his letter of the thirtieth ultimo, for the improvement and management of the public revenue; which were read, and ordered to he on the table.

Mr. Giles, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia of the United States; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bil was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the memorials and petitions of Daniel Lombard and others, of the inspectors of the revenue of the port of New York, and of Thomas Russell and others, returned pursuant to an order of this House, of the fifteenth of December last. As also his reports on the several memorials and petitions of Thomas Coit, the corporation of Rhode Island College, William Gardner, and Moses White; which were read: Whereupon:

Ordered, That the report on the petitions of Thomas Colt and Moses White do lie on the table.

Ordered, That the report on the petition of the Corporation of Rhode Island College be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Ordered, That the report on the memorial of William Gardner be referred to Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Sherburne, Mr. Watts, Mr. Lyman, and Mr. New, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

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 examine and report what proceedings have been had under the act "for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States," and report whether any, and what, amendments are necessary to the several laws respecting the military establishment, and the protection of the frontiers 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 directed him to report to the House their disagreement to the same.

The House then proceeded to consider the said report at the Clerk's table: Whereupon,

The resolution reported by the committee being again read, in the words following, to wit:

"Resolved, That two regiments, consisting of nine hundred and sixty non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, each, be formed out of the regiments now in the service of the United States, to compose, with the corps of artillery, the military establishment of the United States, and to continue in service until the first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, unless sooner discharged:"

The question was taken, that the House do agree with the Committee of the Whole House, in their disagreement to the said resolution,

And resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was then made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the present military establishment of the United States ought to be continued, and the corps composing the same completed by enlistments, for a term not exceeding three years, with authority to the President to forbear to raise, or to discharge, after they shall be raised, such part thereof as future events may, in his judg ment, render consistent with public safety, convenience, and economy.

Ordered, That the said motion be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report the nett amount of duties arising on distilled spirits, and on country stills (drawbacks deducted) during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, showing how much thereof was collected in each State; what proportion of the whole has arisen on spirits distilled from foreign, and what from domestic materials, and the total expenses of collecting in each State. Also, the same for 1793, so far as returns have been made; and where they have not been made, that he be requested to furnish an estimate of their nett product, calculated on the return of 1792.

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, FEBRUARY 3.

A memorial of sundry manufacturers of paper, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that so much of the revenue laws of the United States as imposes a duty on rags imported from foreign countries, may be repealed; or that such other measures may be adopted for encouraging the manufacture of paper within the United States, as to the wisdom of Congress shall

seem meet.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Watts, and Mr. Heister; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A memorial of Henry Glen, of the town of Schenectady, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for his services in various departments of the Army of the United States, during the late war. Also,

A memorial of Thomas Rutledge, administrator of William Rutledge, deceased, praying that he may be allowed the arrearages of pay, and other emoluments, due for the services of the deceased, as a lieutenant in the Georgia line, during the late war Ordered, That the said memorials, together with the report of the committee on the petition of Jabez Johnson, and the report on the petitions of Peter Rutan, John Gates, and John Ostrander, which were made to this House at the last session, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A petition of sundry owners of fishing vessels in the towns of Portland and Falmouth, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that they may receive the bounty allowed by law to vessels employed in the cod and whale fisheries of the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Jeremiah Smith, Mr. Peleg Wadsworth, and Mr. Coit; 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 motion of the second instant, for authorizing a continuance of the present military establishment 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 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 present military establishment of the United States ought to be continued, and the corps composing the same completed by enlistments, for a term not exceeding three years, with authority to the President to forbear to raise, or to discharge, after they shall be raised, such part thereof, as future events may, in his judg ment, render consistent with public safety, convenience, and economy.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the said resolution, and that Mr. Dayton, Mr. Samuel Smith, and Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth, do prepare and bring in the same.

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