On motion of Mr. Eppes,

Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be instructed to purchase ten copies of the Laws of the United States, for the use of the members.

The following resolutions were submitted by Mr. Hawkins, for consideration:

Resolved, That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be presented to generals Brown, Scott, Gaines, and their companions in fame.

Resolved, That general Brown be requested to communicate to the other officers and soldiers under his command, the thanks of the United States, in Congress assembled; and the high sense of gratitude entertained for victories so splendid in contests so unequal.

The House proceeded to consider the said resolutions; and,

A motion was made by Mr. Oakley, to commit the same to the committee on military affairs, with in

structions to enquire into the expediency of returning the thanks of Congress to such other officers and soldiers of the United States, as may have distinguished themselves during the present war.

A motion was made by Mr. Sharp, to amend the motion of Mr. Oakley, by inserting, after the word "Congress," the following: "with such other testimonials of the national approbation, as said committee shall deem advisable."

A motion was then made by Mr. Lowndes, to postpone, until Monday next, the further consideration of the said resolutions.

And the question being taken,

It passed in the affirmative.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, 11 o'clock.

THURSDAY, September 29, 1814.

Another member, to wit: from Virginia, Jobn Clopton, appeared and took his seat.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Joseph G. Roberts, surgeon in the navy, praying to be allowed his share of the prize money appropriated for the British fleet, captured on lake Erie.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Lewis presented a petition of William Henry Washington, of Virginia, praying compensation for a house destroyed by order of an officer in the army of the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Kerr presented a petition of sundry inhabi tants of Charlotte and Halifax counties, in Virginia, praying for the establishment of a post-route.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Post-office and Post-roads.

The Speaker laid before the House a resolution of the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia, offering accommodations to Congress in case of removal to that city.

Ordered, That the said resolution be referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of government during the present session.

The Speaker also laid before the House the credentials of the members elected to represent the state of New York in the fourteenth Congress of the United States.

On leave given,

Mr. Lattimore, from the committee appointed on the 23d instant, reported a bill further to extend the right of suffrage and to increase the number of members of the legislative council in the Mississippi territory, which was read the first time; and, on motion, the said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, September 30, 1814.

Several other members, to wit: from New Hampshire, Bradbury Cilley; from New Jersey, James Schureman; from Maryland, Nicholas R. Moore; appeared, and took their seats.

On motion of Mr. Goldsborough,

Ordered, That the petition of Matthew and Elizabeth Roxburgh, presented on the 24th of March, 1812, be referred to the committee on pensions and revolutionary claims.

On motion of Mr. Goldsborough,

Ordered, That the petition of Mary Eccleston, presented on the 10th, and the petition of Solomon Frazier, presented on the 23d of December, 1811, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Barbour presented a petition of Thomas Mallory, a lieutenant of Virginia militia, and lately in actual service, praying to be allowed his pay and rations during the time he was sick.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Jennings presented a petition of sundry inha bitants of the Indiana and Illinois territories, praying for pre-emption rights to the lands on which they are settled.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The Speaker presented a petition of the legislature of the Indiana territory, praying that certain companies of militia called out for the defence of that territory, may be paid by the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of War.

The Speaker also presented a petition of the legislature of the Indiana territory, praying that Henry Bateman may receive the pay due to him for military services in the campaign on the Wabash, and be placed on the pension list.

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

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, on the state of the Union, to whom was referred a proposition submitted by Mr. Jackson of Virginia, to amend the constitution of the United States; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Lewis reported that the committee had had the said proposition under consideration, and made an amendment thereto, by striking out the fourth article of the same.

The House proceeded to consider the said report, and on the question to concur with the committee of the whole House on the state of the Union, in striking out the said fourth article,