and from South Carolina, William Lowndes, appeared and took their seats. On motion of Mr. King, of Massachusetts, Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Cutts, pre. sented on the 9th of December, 1813, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Fisk, of New York, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of New York, praying that an act may be passed to incorporate a national bank. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Lattimore, Ordered, That the petition of the legislature of the Mississippi territory, relative to the right of suffrage, presented on the 12th of February, 1814, be referred to Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Dana and Mr. Vose. On motion of Mr. Lattimore, Ordered, That the petition of Margaret Hynum, presented on the 16th of April, 1814, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Lattimore, Ordered, That the petition of Edwin Lewis, relative to the destruction of timber, presented on the 18th of April, 1814, be referred to the Committee of Claims. A message from the Senate by Mr. Turner, their Secretary, pro tem. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution for the appointment of two chaplains, one by cach House, who shall interchange weekly, in which resolution they ask the concurrence of this House. The said resolution was read and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, The House resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by him yesterday, and the same being again read, and modified by consent of the mover, was agreed to by the House to read as follows: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the success of the enemy in his recent enterprises against this metropolis, and the neighbouring town of Alexandria, and into the manner in which the public buildings and property were destroyed, and the amount thereof; and that they have power to send for persons and papers. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stockton, Mr. Miller, Mr. Goldsborough, Mr. Barbour and Mr. Pickens, were appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution. The House then proceeded by ballot to the election of a chaplain to Congress on their part; and upon an examination of the ballots it appeared that the reve rend Obadiah B. Brown was duly elected. Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Wheaton, Ordered, That when the House adjourns it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next. And then the House adjourned until Monday morning, eleven o'clock. MONDAY, September 26, 1814, Several other members, to wit: from New York, Samuel Sherwood; William Irving and John Lef ferts, appeared and took their seats. A new member, to wit: from Massachusetts, John W. Hulbert, elected to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Daniel Dewey, appeared and took his seat, the oath to support the constitution of the United States being first administered to him. Mr. Kent, of Maryland, presented a petition of the president and directors of the Washington bridge company; also a petition from the president and directors of the Eastern branch bridge company, respec tively praying compensation for said bridges, they having been destroyed by the armed forces of the United States. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of War. Mr. Barbour presented a petition of Alexander Turner; also a petition of Willis Rumscy, late soldier in the army of the United States, respectively praying for pensions. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Eppes presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of the counties of Charlotte and Lunenburgh, in the state of Virginia, praying that a post-route may be established from Petersburgh to Charlotte court house. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Post-office and Post-roads. On motion of Mr. Montgomery, Ordered, That the petition of sundry inhabitants of Knox county, in Kentucky, presented on the 27th of January, 1807, be referred to the Committee of Claims, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Duvall presented a petition of Christopher Miller, of the state of Kentucky, praying compensation for services rendered the army under the command of general Wayne in the year 1794. Mr. Clarke presented a petition of Elijah Browning and Charles Gilkey, praying compensation for a waggon and horses which was lost while in the service of the north-western army. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Lattimore presented a petition of John Freth and William Brown, respectively praying permission to change their entries of public lands, for reasons stated in the petition. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Lattimore, Resolved, That the Committee to whom was referred the petition of the House of Representatives of the Mississippi territory, praying an extension of the right of suffrage, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the number of the members of the legislative council of said territory; and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise. A message from the Senate by Mr. Turner, their Secretary pro tempore. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to have the application of the money appropriated for the use of the library, in which they ask the concurrence of this House. The said resolution was read and concurred in by the House, and Mr. Seybert, Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Gaston, were appointed of the said committee on the part of this House. Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Coles his Secretary, who delivered in the same, and withdrew. The following resolution was submitted by Mr. Fisk, of New York, for consideration. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of government during the present session of Congress to a place of greater security and less inconvenience than this city, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. And on the question that the House do now proceed to consider the said resolution. It passed in the affirmative, > Yeas 79, The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, |