8. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the subject of revenue, be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

9. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the District of Columbia, be referred to the committee for the said District.

10. Resolved, That the said select committees have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Barbour, of Virginia, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Allen, of Vermont, and Mr. Hopkinson, were appointed a committce pursuant to the first resolution.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Reed, Mr. T. M. Nelson, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Gage, Mr. Stewart, of North Carolina, and Mr. Peter, were appointed a committee pursuant to the second resolution. Mr. Pleasants, Mr. Silsbee, Mr. Parrott, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Bateman, were appointed a committee pursuant to the third resolution.

Mr. Southard, Mr. Williams, of New York, Mr. Murray, Mr. Walker, of North Carolina, Mr. Richards, Mr. Butler, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Pegram, were appointed a committee pursuant to the fifth resolution.

Mr. Middleton, Mr. Upham, Mr. Lawyer, Mr. Floyd, Mr. Mumford, Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Linn, were appointed a committee pursuant to the seventh resolution.

Mr. Taylor, then submitted the follwing resolutions, which were read and agreed to by the House, as follows:

1. Resolved, That the subject of an improvement in the organization and discipline of the militia, be referred to a select committee.

2. Resolved, That the subject of roads and canals, be referred to a select committee.

3. Resolved, That the subject of the public buildings, be referred to a select committee.

4. Resolved, That the subject of revolutionary pensions, be referred to a select committee.

5. Resolved, That the said select committees have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Harrison, Mr. Alexander Smyth, Mr. Quarles, Mr. Morton, Mr. Jones, Mr. Savage, and Mr. Owen, were appointed a committee pursuant to the first resolution.

Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, Mr. Storrs, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Sergeant Mr. Porter, Mr. Crafts, and Mr. Marchand, were appointed a committee pursuant to the second resolution.

Mr. Bassett, Mr. Bellinger, Mr. Adams, Mr. Claggett, Mr. Folger, Mr. Bayley, and Mr. Rice, were appointed a committee pursuant to the third resolution.

Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Burwell, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Drake, Mr. Herkimer, and Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, were appointed a committee pursuant to the fourth resolution.

On motion of Mr. Tallmadge,

Ordered, That the daily hour to which the House shall stand adjourned, until otherwise ordered, be twelve o'clock, meridian.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee, to consist of three members from each House, who "shall have the direction of the money appropriated for the purchase of books and maps, for the use of the two Houses of Congress;" and have appointed the committee on their part. They have also passed a resolution for the appointment of two chaplains to Congress during the present session, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly: in which they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The said resolutions were read, and severally concurred in by the House; and,

Mr. Seybert, Mr. Mason, of Massachusetts, Mr. Irving, of New York, were appointed of the library commmittee on their part. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Bloomfield,

Resolved, That this House will, to day, proceed to the election of a chaplain on their part.

The House then proceeded, by ballot, to the election of a chapJain on their part; and, upon an examination, it appeared that the Rev. Burgiss Allison was duly elected.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.
And then the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, November 19, 1818.

Three other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Jeremiah Nelson; from Pennsylvania, William Maclay, and from Kentucky, Richard C. Anderson, junr. appeared and took their seats.

Mr. Huntington presented a petition of Henry Jilson, praying for a pension.

Mr. Williams, of Connecticut, peresented a petition of Shubael P. Hibbard,

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Nicholas Welsh, respectively praying for an increase of their pensions.

Mr. Bloomfield presented a petition of James Heard, praying to be paid the sum of fifty dollars, with the interest thereon, which he deposited in the year 1783, with the paymaster general, with directions to pay the same to the treasurer of the society of Cincinnati, which he neglected to do, and the money now remains in the public Treasury.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Linn presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Sussex County, in the state of New Jersey, praying for the establishment of a post road.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

On motion of Mr. Smith, of Maryland,

Ordered, That the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, presented on the 17th April, 1818, be referred to the committee of Ways Means.

Mr. Forsyth presented a petition of the inspectors of the revenue, for the port and district of Savannah, in the state of Georgia, praying for an increase of their compensation.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the commitee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Poindexter presented a petition of Philip C. S. Barbour, son and only heir of Col. Philip Barbour, deceased, stating that certain lands which were granted by the colonial government of Virginia to his father, on which he resided until his death, have been surveyed and laid off as public property, and a part thereof sold by the United States, and praying such relief in the premises as to Congress may seem meet and proper.

Mr. Scoot presented a petition of Auguste Brazeau; a petition of Thomas Caulk; a petition of Richard Caulk; a petition of Daniel Griffith; and a petition of Samuel Love, assignee of James Drybread, respectively praying that their titles to lands in the territory of Missouri, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,

Ordered, That the petition of Robert Reed presented on the 27th January, 1818, be also referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Desha presented a petition of the Bracken Association of Baptists, composed of fourteen churches, by their delegates assembled in the county of Fleming in the state of Kentucky, in the month of September last, praying for the adoption of such regulations as may appear best calculated to promote the welfare and civilization of the Indian tribes, and that provision may be made for the education of their children in the English language.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the Indian tribes.

Mr. Taylor, from the committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, made a report, in part, which was ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Govenor of the state of Pennsylvania, enclosing the credentials of Samuel Moore, as a member of this House, in the room of Samuel D. Ingham, resigned, which was referred to the committee of Elections.

The Speaker laid before the House a lettor from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Officers of the army of the United States, their grade, where stationed, the number on duty, and those on furlough, with the period of furlough; made in obedience to

the resolution of this House, of the 20th of April last; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That Mr. Bassett be excused from serving on the committee on the Public Buildings, and that Mr. Barbour, of Virgi nia, be appointed of that committee in his place.

On motion of Mr Irving, of New York,

Resolved, That the committee on Naval Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending for the further term of five years the pensions heretofore granted to the widows and orphans of the officers, sailors, and marines, who were killed on board of the armed ships of the United States, during the late war.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the territory of Michigan, a delegate in Congress; and,

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Beccher, and Mr. Patterson, were appointed the said committee.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole to which is committed the 4th resolution submitted at the last session, (December 9, 1817,) by Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that it be referred to the committee on Militray Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Sawyer,

Resolved, That the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for staking the channel of Currituck sound, from the inlet to Powel's point.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That the committee on Military Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing one or more additional military academies.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the assistant postmaster general.

On motion of Mr. Jones,

Resolved, That the committee on Military Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the payment for property lost, or destroyed by the enemy; and for horses lost for want of forage, during the late war between the United States, and the Seminole nation of Indians.

Ordered, That the consititution of the state of Illinois, be referred to a select committee; and,

Mr. Auderson, of Kentucky, Mr. Poindexter, and Mr. Hendricks, were appointed the said committee.

And then the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, November 20, 1818.

Two other members, to wit: from Connecticut, Samuel B. Sherwood; and from North Carolina, Joseph H. Bryan; appeared and took their seats.

Mr. Ruggles presented a petition of James Price, only son and executor of James Price deceased, praying to be allowed and paid the interest on the sum of one thousand dollars paid him in Ápril last, being the amount of an advance, in specie, by his said father to General Gates, in the year 1778, for the public service.

Mr. Lawyer presented a petition of Henry House, praying to be paid the amount of a "final settlement note, "with the interest thereon, given to him for his services in the revolutionary army, which was consumed by fire, at the burning and destruction of his house in the year 1789.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Henry Brown, praying compensation for his services as a volunteer in the French army, in this country in the revolutionary war; as also, for a pension in consideration of the wounds received in the said service.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Lucy Cottineau, widow of Dennis Cottineau, commander of the American frigate Pallas in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension in consideration of the rank and services of her deceased husband.

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, presented a petition of Oliver Pollock, detailing his services and sacrifices in the cause of his country in the revolutionary war, and of his just claims upon the government at this time, but inasmuch as he despairs of being able to subtantiate them to the satisfaction of the House, and from his advanced age must soon cease to be a burden upon the generosity of his country, he prays for such support as a grateful recollection of his public services may suggest.

Mr. Edwards presented a petition of William Kersey, praying compensation for his services in the revolutionary army.

Mr. Cobb presented a similiar petition from John Black. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,

Ordered, That the petition of Dean Weymouth, presented on the 30th December, 1817, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Richards presented a petition of Cephas L. Rockwood, a captain in the army in the late war, praying that he may be allowed a credit for the sum of $300 being the amount advanced by him to ensign Shield, a recruiting officer for the public service, who afterwards absconded, as also the sum of $75 expended in collecting and marching the recruits of said Shield, to their general rendezvous.

Ordered, that the said petition be referred to the committee on Military Affairs.