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

Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Manning, which lay on the table, be referred to the Secretary of State, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

The Speaker laid before the House a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of a statement of the actual tonnage of American vessels employed in the commerce between the United States and foreign countries, for one year, ending the thirtieth of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, pursuant to the order of this House, of the third instant; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of State on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States, in foreign countries; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull 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.

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 14.

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, yesterday, approve and sign an act, which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act making an alteration in the flag of the United States." And then he withdrew.

A petition of James Gamble, Deputy Commissary General in the Northern Department, during the late war, was presented to the House and read, praying that an allowance may be made, in the settlement of his account, for a certain sum of money, which he received for public use, and was stolen out of a storehouse, in which it was deposited, on the night of the twenty-first March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. 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.

A petition of John Carey was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered and injuries received in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Also, a petition of William Shepherd, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received in an engagement with the Indians, at Point Pleasant, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.

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.

The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Daniel Parker; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of State on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States in foreign countries; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull 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.

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 15.

A petition of Lieutenant Colonel Tousard was presented to the House and read, praying that such a sum of money may be paid him, in lieu of the pension during life, granted by a resolution of the late Congress, as may be deemed equitable and proper. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Thatcher, and Mr. Learned; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition of Philip Audebert and others, Clerks in the War Office, was presented to the House and read, stating the insufficiency of the salaries allowed them by law, and praying that the same may be augmented, and rendered more adequate to their services. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Madison, Mr. Foster, and Mr. Griffin; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

On motion,

Ordered, That Mr. Watts, Mr. Sherburne, Mr. Hancock, and Mr. Locke, be added to the committee to whom are referred the several petitions of the Clerks in the Executive Departments of Government.

A petition of Jacob Milligan, of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered, and injuries sustained, as an officer in the Navy of the United States, during the late war.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution, proposing to the several States the following article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to wit: "The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State ;" to which resolution they desire the concurrence of this House, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution of the United States. And then he withdrew.

The said resolution was read the first time.

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of State on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States, in foreign countries; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull 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.

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

UNITED STATES, 15th January, 1794.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives :

I lay before you, as being connected with the correspondence already in your possession, between the Secretary of State and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, the copy of a letter from that Minister, of the twenty-fifth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three; and a copy of the proceedings of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina.

G. WASHINGTON.

The said message and papers were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Boudinot, from the committee appointed to examine the laws of the United States, and report to the House such as have expired, or will expire before the next session, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee on the petition of Ephraim Kimberly, which was made on the eighteenth of February last; and, the same being read,

Ordered, That the said report be referred to Mr. Hillhouse, Mr. Orr, and Mr. Smilie, with instruction to prepare and bring in a bill or bills pursuant thereto.

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 16.

The resolution sent from the Senate, "proposing to the several States an article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the judicial power," was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

A petition of the Inspectors of the Revenue at the port of New York was presented to the House and read, stating the insufficiency of the fees and other emoluments allow

ed them by law, and praying that the same may be increased, and rendered more adequate to their services.

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.

A petition of John Matthews and Elijah Bodwell was presented to the House and read, praying to be allowed the balance of an account for erecting a stockade fort, with blockhouses, at the settlement of Galliopolis, on the Northwest side of the Ohio, for the use of the Army; also, that they may receive compensation for a quantity of powder and lead furnished a party of militia in the service of the United States, some time in the month of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.

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 House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of State on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States in foreign countries; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull 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.

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

UNITED STATES, 16th January, 1794.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:

I transmit, for your information, certain intelligence lately received from Europe, as it relates to the subject of my past communications.

G. WASHINGTON.

The said message and papers were read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Boudinot, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; 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 a statement of the expenses of the Commissioners of Loans, on which the estimate of forty thousand dollars is founded, made pursuant to the order of the tenth instant; which were read, and ordered to be committed to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the bill making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.

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 17.

A memorial of Andrew G. Fraunces, of the city of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying to be furnished with an official copy of the proceedings on the subject of his memorial, presented the nineteenth ultimo, and that the House will speedily determine on the legality of his claim for the payment of certain warrants issued by the late Board of Treasury.

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

A petition of John Bryant was presented to the House and read, praying compensa. tion for services as a soldier in the fifteenth Virginia regiment, 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.

Mr. Beatty, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill for completing, and better supporting, the military establishment of the United States, reported an amendatory bill; 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

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Whole House on the bill making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill.

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to examine the articles in which the present estimate exceeds the appropriations and actual settlements of preceding years; and that they report the causes, with their opinion of the expediency of such excess.

And a committee was appointed, of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Greenup, Mr. Forest, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Neville.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Daniel Parker: Whereupon,

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether Daniel Parker and Company have any equitable or other claim to a deduction from the balance on the public books, against them, and report specially thereon to the House.

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Ames, Mr. Nicholas, and Mr. Wingate. The House resumed the consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Andrew G. Fraunces, and made a farther progress therein. The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next. And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20.

A memorial of George Craghead, of the State of Delaware, in behalf of himself, and as attorney in fact for sundry officers and privates of militia, of the said State, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for a quantity of clothing, arms, and military stores, which were taken from a vessel belonging to the enemy, and delivered to a detachment of the American Army under the command of General Smallwood, during the late war, of which they have been debarred by the operation of the acts of limitation. Also,

A memorial of Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that compensation may be made for a schooner, the property of the memorialist, which was taken into the service of the United States, and burnt by the enemy some time in the month of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

A memorial of the People called Quakers, at their yearly meeting held in Rhode Island, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, was presented to the House and read, praying that Congress will adopt such measures as in their wisdom may be deemed expedient and effectual for the abolition of the slave trade.

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

A memorial of Martha Dow, widow and administratrix of Alexander Dow, deceased, late a Lieutenant in Colonel Malcolm's regiment of the Continental Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that she may receive the allowance of one year's full pay for the services of the deceased, to which she conceives herself justly entitled, by resolutions of the late Congress.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

Mr. Fitzsimons, from the committee appointed to report to this House the naval force adequate to the protection of the commerce of the United States against the Algerine corsairs, together with an estimate of the expense, and the ways and means for defraying the same, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion,

Resolved, That the President be requested to direct the Secretary of State to examine whether, among the papers relative to Great Britain by him laid before the House, a letter from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Hammond, of the fifth December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, has not been omitted; and, if so, to cause the same, or so much thereof as he shall think proper, to be laid before the House.

Ordered, That Mr. Cadwalader and Mr. Holten be a committee to wait on the President with the foregoing resolution.

Mr. Kittera, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of James Smith and William Smith, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That Mr. Gilman, Mr. Watts, Mr. Orr, Mr. Patton, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Israel Smith, be added to the committee appointed to report to this House the naval force adequate to the protection of the commerce of the United States against the Algerine corsairs, together with an estimate of the expense, and the ways and means for defraying the same.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for completing and better supporting the military establishment of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Trumbull 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 read, and ordered to 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, January 20th, 1794.

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:

Having already laid before you a letter of the sixteenth of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, from the Secretary of State to our Minister at Paris, stating the conduct, and urging the recall, of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France, I now communicate to you that his conduct has been unequivocally disapproved, and that the strongest assurances have been given that his recall should be expedited without delay.

The said message was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

G. WASHINGTON.

Mr. Baldwin, from the committee appointed to examine the articles in which the present estimate exceeds the appropriations and actual settlements of preceding years, and report the causes, with their opinion of the expediency of such excess, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the copy of a letter to him from the Commissioner of the Revenue, stating the causes which have delayed the report on the revenue arising from spirits distilled within the United States, and from stills, required by the order of this House of the second of March last; which were 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 21.

A petition of several of the late officers and privates of the first Pennsylvania regiment, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for military services rendered, and losses and injuries sustained, in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petition of Catherine Myler, which lay on the table, be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

A petition of William Brown Foggo was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for services as a midshipman and master's mate in the Navy of the United States, during the late war.

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.

Ordered, That the memorial of the People called Quakers, at their yearly meeting, held in Rhode Island, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, which lay on the table, be referred to Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Ward, Mr. Giles, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Grove; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Mr. Venable, from the committee appointed to inquire into and report a state of facts respecting sundry French vessels which have taken refuge in the ports of the United States, and their opinion on the propriety of remitting the foreign tonnage thereon, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday, by the Committee of the Whole House to the bill for completing and better supporting the military establishment of the United States: Whereupon,

The first amendment, to strike out the second section, was, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.