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Mr. Taylor, Mr. Cuthbert, and Mr. Condict, were appointed of the said committee, on the part of this House,

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

An engrossed bill, entitled "An act appropriating a certain sum of money for the relief of Daniel D. Tompkins," was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk do carry the said bill to the Senate and ask their concurrence therein.

On motion of Mr. Newton,

Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next.

And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1823.

Another member, to wit, from Virginia, Burwell Bassett, appeared, produced his credentials and took his seat: the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, being first administered to him.

On motion of Mr. Cushman,

Ordered, That the petition of sundry inhabitants of the state of Maine, presented on the 26th of December, 1821, and the petition counter thereto, from sundry inhabitants of Clinton, in the county of Kennebec, in the said state, presented on the 7th of January, 1822, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and PostRoads.

Mr. Condict presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex, in the state of NewJersey;

Mr. McKean presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Lycoming and Bradford, in the state of Pennsylvania, respectively praying for the establishment of Post-routes.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads.

On motion of Mr. Poinsett,

Ordered, That the petition of Thomas W. Bacot, heretofore presented on the 1st of February, 1822, be referred to the same Committee.

Mr. Allen, of Mass. presented a petition of Nathaniel White, of the state of Massachusetts, stating that his father, Joseph White, now deceased, became entitled, by a Resolve of the old Congress, to a reward of five hundred dollars, for discovering and prosecuting to conviction, a certain person, for forging final settlement certificates, and praying that the said reward may be paid to him, as the legal representative of said Joseph.

Mr. Findlay presented a petition of Felty King and Barbara Doupart, late Barbara King, children of Peter King, deceased, praying compensation for the services of the deceased, as a soldier in the Revolutionary army.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of Andrew Garner, praying for a pension.

Mr. John S. Barbour presented a petition of William Broadus, of the state of Virginia, praying compensation for his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary army.

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

On motion of Mr. O'Brien,

Ordered, That the petition of Lewis F. Delesdernier, heretofore presented on the 3d of February, 1823, be also referred to the same Committee.

Mr. Eddy presented a petition of a Committee appointed by, and acting in behalf of, those who are interested in the manufacture of wool, in the state of Rhode Island and vicinity thereof, praying that an addition of twelve and an half per cent. may be added to the duty imposed on imported manufactures of wool, together with a further Countervailing duty, should the British government allow a drawback on the export duty imposed in that country; which petition was referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, presented documents in support of the petition of Josiah Savage and others; which were referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Sharp presented a memorial of Archibald Gracie, of the city of New York, merchant, of the same tenor and effect with the memorial presented by Mr. Hemphill, on the 8th instant, from merchants and underwriters in the city of Philadelphia, respecting the unlawful and injurious operation of the Berlin Decree of France; which first mentioned memorial was also laid on the table.

Mr. Lawrence presented a petition of Charles Humphrey, of the state of New-York, late a Captain in the army of the United States, praying that the sum of fifty-two dollars may be refunded to him, which sum he overpaid the United States, in the settlement of his recruiting accounts; also, to be reimbursed the amount expended as costs in successfully defending a suit instituted against him by the United States.

Mr. Forsyth presented a petition of Major Henderson, of the state of Georgia, praying compensation for two horses impressed into the military service of the United States, in the war against the Seminole Indians, in the year 1818, and which were never returned to him.

Mr. Tucker, of South Carolina, presented a document in support of the petition of Samuel Wharton.

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

The following petitions, heretofore presented, were again presented, and referred to the Committeee of Claims, viz:

By Mr. Findlay, the petition of Jacob Snider, presented on the 27th January, 1823.

By Mr. Plumer, of Pennsylvania, the petition of Brintnell Robbins, presented on the 25th February, 1818.

By Mr. Kent, the petition of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, and others, presented on the 18th December, 1822.

By Mr. M'Arthur, the petition of Solomon Sibley, presented on the 10th December, 1822, and the petition of Adelaide Brush, presented on the 9th December, 1822.

Mr. Buchanan presented a petition of Elizabeth Will, of Pennsylvania, praying that the pension granted to her late husband, Conrad Will, deceased, in his life time, may be continued to her, for reasons set forth in the petition.

Mr. Andrew Stevenson presented a petition of William Phillips, a soldier of the Revolution, praying to be placed on the pension list. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Kent,

Ordered, That the petition of the Levy Court of Alexandria county, in the District of Columbia, heretofore presented on the 30th December, 1822, be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Little presented a petition of Edward De Krafft, of the City of Washington, praying for the patronage of Congress, in publishing an edition of the Journals of Congress, from the year 1774 to 1783, which he contemplates putting to press without delay.

Mr. Campbell of Ohio, presented a memorial of Way & Gideon, of the City of Washington, also praying for the patronage of Congress, in the publication of the same work, which they state they have nearly completed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the joint Library Committee.

Mr. Gatlin presented a petition of sundry merchants, mariners, and others, inhabitants of Edenton, in the state of North Carolina, praying that the floating light, stationed near Shell Castle, may be removed to the point of Nine-foot Shoal, on the channel leading into Teach's Hole; or that a new light may be provided at said point; which petition was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Long presented the petition of Joseph J. Alston and John Mebane, executors and representatives of John B. Mebane, deceased, late a collector of Direct Tax, in the State of North Carolina, praying to be authorized to complete the collection of said Tax, in the district of which the deceased was collector, he, having, in his lifetime, accounted with the government for the whole amount of said Tax imposed on his district; which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Reynolds presented a memorial of Willie Blount, late Governor of the state of Tennessee, detailing his services in the war between the United States and Great Britain, and stating his claims against the Treasury of the United States, arising out of said services, aud praying for an adjustment thereof; which memorial was referred to a select Committee; and

Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Blair, Mr. Isacks, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Long, were appointed said Committee.

Mr. Houston presented a petition of sundry citizens of the state of Tennessee, officers engaged in the expedition against the Seminole Indians, in the year 1818, stating that, by the construction given by the Accounting officers of the Treasury, to the Act of 4th May, 1822, passed for their benefit, they are denied the relief which it was the intention of Congress to grant them, and praying the interposition of Congress; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Speaker presented a memorial of Alfred H. Powell, contesting the election and return of Jared Williams, as one of the representatives in this House from the state of Virginia, and praying to be admitted to a seat in the place of said Williams; which memorial was referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Moore, of Alabama, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Lawrence, in the state of Alabama, on behalf of the Rector and members of a Baptist church in said county, praying for the right of pre-emption in the purchase of a small tract of land, for the purpose of erecting a house of public worship thereon.

Mr. Richard presented a petition of the inhabitants of St. Joseph, of the Bay of Miami, of Lake Erie, praying for a grant of the lands on which they have settled, for reasons set forth in their petition. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Moore, of Alabama.

Ordered, That the petition of the Legislature of the state of Alabama, heretofore presented, on the 23d January, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of all licences granted by the superintendents and agents for Indian affairs to trade with the Indians; showing by, and to whom, when and where granted; with the amount of the bonds and capital employed, as far as the same could be ascertained from the returns which have been made to the Department, prepared in obedience to the act of the 6th May, 1822; which letter and statement were ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker also laid before the House, a report from the Secretary of War, on the petition of Joseph Mareschall; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Speaker also laid before the House a letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list, received from the Register of the Treasury, of the balances on the books of receipts and expenditures, which appear to have been due or unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September last; prepared in obedience to the acts of the sd March, 1809, and 3d March, 1817; which letter and list were laid on the table.

Mr. Rankin, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the cases of Robert Henry and James Mitchell, reported a bill supplementary to an act, approved on the 3d day of March, 1819, entitled "An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the Land Offices;" which bill was read

the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Rankin, from the same committee, to whom the subject was referred, by resolution, on the 9th inst. reported a bill to authorize the state of Indiana to open a canal through the public lands, to connect the navigation of the rivers Wabash and Miami of Lake Erie; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Williams, of N. C. from the Committee of Claims, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Garret Fountaine and of James B Eason, which were read, and respectively ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a bill to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, upon the subject of roads and canals; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. The resolution submitted on the 12th inst. by Mr. Cook, was taken up, read, and agreed to by the House.

The resolution submitted on the same day by Mr. Fuller, was taken up, read, and agreed to by the House.

An engrossed bill, entitled “ An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the use of the territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military bounty lands lying within the same," was read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk do carry the said bill to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein.

On motion of Mr. Sharpe,

Resolved, That the Committee on Manufactures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of imposing a duty upon merchandise sold at public auction.

On motion of Mr. Call,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of further providing for the survey and sale of the public lands in the territory of Florida.

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in East and West Florida.

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting donations, or pre-emption rights to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida.

On motion of Mr. Poinsett,

Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the construction of ten additional sloops of war.

On motion of Mr. Mercer,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to transmit to this House a list of the officers of the Navy of the United States, denoting the periods of their admission into the public service; the dates of their present commissions; and the time of their actual service at sea, since the first of January, 1815.

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