Hall of North Carolina, Hogg, Holmes of Connecticut, Hunter, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, Kirtland, McCoy, Marr, Mason of Massachusetts, Merrill, Middleton, Mills, Moseley, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, New, Orr, Owen, Pitkin, Pleasants, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards, Ringgold, Ruggles, Sampson, Scudder, Settle, Shaw, Sherwood, Silsbee, S. Smith, Alexander Smyth, J. S. Smith, Speed, Stewart of North Carolina, Strong, Tompkins, Townsend, Tucker of South Carolina, Tyler, Walker of North Carolina, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of New York, and

Williams of North Carolina.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bateman, Bayley, Beecher, Bloomfield, Campbell, Cobb, Colston, Comstock, Crawford, Cruger, Cushman, Darlington, Ellicott, Ervin of South Carolina, Forsyth, Gage, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herbert, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Holmes of Massachusetts, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Irving of New York, Johnson of Kentucky, Jones, Kinsey, Lawyer, Linn, Livermore, Lowndes, McLane, W. P. Maclay, Marchand, Mercer, Moore, Morton, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Peter, Pindall, Poindexter, Porter, Quarles, Rich, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Savage, Sawyer, Schuyler, Sergeant, Seybert, Simkins, Slocumb, Bal. Smith, Southard, Spencer, Stuart of Maryland, Tallmadge, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Trimble, Tucker of Virginia, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Wilkin, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Wilson of Pennsylvania.

The question was then taken on concurring in the first resolution adopted by the Committee of the Whole, as above stated, and decided as follows-yeas 90, nays 75:

H. OF R.

J. S. Smith, Speed, Stewart of North Carolina, Strong,
Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Tucker of South Caro-
lina, Taylor, Walker of North Carolina, Williams of
Connecticut, Williams of New York, and Williams of
North Carolina.

So the first resolution was adopted.

The second resolution having been read in the following words:

2. Resolved, That Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct post roads and military roads; provided that private property be not taken for public use, without just compensation.

Mr. HOLMES, of Massachusetts, moved to amend the resolution by inserting, after the words "private property," the words "or the property of any State;" and adding to the end of the resolve a clause, that neither the property of the one nor the other be taken, without just compensation therefor.

This motion was grounded by Mr. HOLMES, and supported by Mr. RHEA, as presenting the question more broadly to the House, and was opposed by Mr. LOWNDES, as embracing a wider scope than he was willing to give to the resolution, and, in fact, introducing a new principle. The motion was negatived.

Mr. DESHA moved to amend the resolution by inserting, after the words "military roads," the words "with the consent of the States."-Nega

tived.

The question was then taken on agreeing to the second resolution as above stated, and decided as follows-yeas 82, nays 84:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bateman, Bayley, Beecher, Bloomfield, Campbell, Colston, Comstock, Crawford, Cruger, Cushman, Darlington, Ellicott, Ervin of South Carolina, Forsyth, Gage, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herbert, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Hopkinson, Irving of New York, Johnson of Kentucky, Jones, Kinsey, Lawyer, Linn, Livermore, Lowndes, McLane, Marchand, Marr, Mercer, Moore, Morton, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Peter, Pindall, Porter, Quarles, Rich, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Savage, Schuyler, Sergeant, Seybert, Simkins, Slocumb, Ballard Smith, Southard, Speed, Spencer, Stuart of Maryland, Tallmadge, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Trimble, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Wilkin, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Wilson of Pennsylvania.

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Barber of Ohio, Bateman, Bayley, Beecher, Bloomfield, Campbell, Colston, Comstock, Crawford, Cruger, Cushman, Darlington, Ellicott, Ervin of S. Carolina, Forsyth, Gage, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herbert, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Holmes of Massachusetts, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Irving of New York, Johnson of Kentucky, Jones, Kinsey, Lawyer, Linn, Livermore, Lowndes, McLane, W. P. Maclay, Marchand, Marr, Mercer, Middleton, Moore, Morton, Mumford, Murray, Jeremiah Nelson, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Peter, Pindall, Poindexter, Porter, Quarles, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Savage, Schuyler, Sergeant, Seybert, Simkins, Slocumb, S. Smith, Bal. Smith, Southard, Spencer, Stuart of Maryland, Tallmadge, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Trimble, Tucker of Virginia, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Whitman, Wil-setts, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Pennsylvania, kin, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Wilson of Penn.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Massachusetts, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Pennsylvania, Austin, Ball, Barbour of Virginia, Bassett, Bellinger, Bennett, Blount, Boden, Bryan, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Cobb, Cook, Crafts, Culbreth, Desha, Drake, Earle, Edwards, Folger, Forney, Garnett, Hale, Hall of N. Carolina, Hogg, Holmes of Connecticut, Hunter, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, Kirtland, McCoy, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Mills, Moseley, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, New, Orr, Owen, Pitkin, Pleasants, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards, Ringgold, Ruggles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scudder, Settle, Sherwood, Shaw, Silsbee, Alexander Smyth,

NATS-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Allen of Massachu

Austin, Ball, Barbour of Virginia, Bassett, Bellinger, Bennett, Blount, Boden, Boss, Bryan, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Claiborne, Cobb, Cook, Crafts, Culbreth, Desha, Drake, Earle, Edwards, Folger, Forney, Garnett, Hale, Hall of North Carolina, Hogg, Holmes of Massachusetts, Holmes of Connecticut, Hunter, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, McCoy, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Mills, Moseley, Jeremiah Nelson, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, New, Orr, Owen, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards, Ringgold, Ruggles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scudder, Settle, Shaw, Sherwood, Silsbee, S. Smith, Alexander Smyth, J. S. Smith, Stewart of North Carolina, Strong, Ter

"Resolved, That Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct roads and canals necessary for commerce between the States; provided, that private property be not taken for public purposes, without just compensation."

MARCH, 1818.

third resolution, and, being taken, was determined in the negative-yeas 71, nays 95, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson of Kentucky, Baldwin, Bateman, Bayley, Beecher, Bloomfield, Campbell, Colston, Comstock, Crawford, Cruger, Cushman, Darlington, Ellicott, Ervin of South Carolina, Forsyth, Gage, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Herbert, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Irving of New York, Johnson of Kentucky, Jones, Kinsey, Lawyer, Livermore, Lowndes, McLane, Marchand, Moore, Morton, Mumford, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Peter, Pindall, Porter, Quarles, Rich, Robertson of Ky., Robertson of Louisiana, Savage, Schuyler, Sergeant, Simkins, Bal. Smith, Spencer, Stuart of Maryland, Tallmadge, Tarr, Terrill, Trimble, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Wilkin, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Wilson of Pennsylvania.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Allen of Massachu

Mr. HOLMES moved to amend the resolution, by adding thereto a clause, that no property shall be taken of any State, without making compen-setts, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Pennsylvania, sation therefor.-Negatived.

Mr. TUCKER, of Virginia, then moved to amend the resolution, by inserting, after the word "States," the words, "with the consent of the States through which the same may pass."

This motion was negatived by yeas and nays120 to 46, as follows:

Austin, Ball, Barbour of Virginia, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, Bellinger, Bennett, Blount, Boden, Boss, Cook, Crafts, Culbreth, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ed"Bryan, Burwell, Butler, Clagett, Claiborne, Cobb, wards, Folger, Forney, Garnett, Hale, Hall of North Carolina, Hendricks, Hogg, Holmes of Massachusetts, Holmes of Connecticut, Hunter, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, McCoy, Marr, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Mercer, Merrill, Mills, Moseley, Murray, Jer. Nelson, H. Nelson, T. M. Nelson, New, Orr, Owen, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards, Ringgold, Ruggles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scudder, Settle, Seybert, Shaw, Sherwood, Silsbee, Slocumb, S. Smith, Alex. Smyth, J. S. Smith, Speed, Stewart of North Carolina, Strong, Strother, Taylor, Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Tyler, Walker of North Carolina, Walker of Kentucky, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, and Williams of North Carolina.

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Ball, Barber of Ohio, Bateman, Cobb, Crawford, Culbreth, Desha, Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks, Herrick, Hitchcock, Holmes of Massachusetts, Hubbard, Johnson of Kentucky, Jones, Linn, Livermore, Marchand, Marr, Moore, Murray, Jeremiah Nelson, T. M. Nelson, Palmer, Patterson, Peter, Pindall, Porter, Robertson of Louisiana, Sawyer, Seybert, Slocumb, S. Smith, Southard, Speed, Spencer, Stewart of North Carolina, Tallmadge, Tarr, Trimble, Tucker of Virginia, Upham, and Wilson of Pennsylvania.

The question was then stated upon concurring with the Committee of the Whole, in that part of their amendment embraced by the fourth resolution, in the following words, viz:

4. Resolved, That Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct canals for military purposes: Provided, That no private property be taken for any such purpose, without just compensation being made therefor.

Mr. DESHA moved to amend the same, by inserting, after the word "purposes," the words "with the consent of the States through which they may pass."

NAYS-Messrs. Allen of Massachusetts, Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Pennsylvania, Anderson of Kentucky, Austin, Baldwin, Barbour of Virginia, Bassett, Bayley, Beecher, Bellinger, Bennett, Bloomfield, Blount, Boden, Boss, Bryan, Burwell, Butler, Campbell, Clagett, Claiborne, Colston, Comstock, Cook, Crafts, Cruger, Cushman, Darlington, Drake, Earle, Edwards, Ellicott, Ervin of South Carolina, Folger, Forney, Forsyth, Garnett, Hale, Hall of Delaware, Hall of North Carolina, Herbert, Herkimer, Heister, Hogg, Holmes of Connecticut, Hopkinson, Hunter, Huntington, Irving of New York, Johnson of Virginia, Kinsey, Lawyer, Lowndes, McLane, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, McCoy, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Mercer, Merrill, Middleton, Mills, Morton, Moseley, Mumford, H. Nelson, New, Ogden, Ogle, Orr, Owen, Parrott, Pawling, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Quarles, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Rich, Richards, Ringgold, Robertson of Kentucky, Ruggles, Sampson, Savage, Schuyler, Scudder, Sergeant, Settle, Shaw, Silsbee, Simkins, Ballard Smith, Alexander Smyth, J. S. Smith, Strong, Stuart of Maryland, Taylor, Terrill, Terry, Tompkins, TownYEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Kentucky, send, Tucker of South Carolina, Tyler, Walker of Baldwin, Bateman, Bayley, Beecher, Bloomfield, North Carolina, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, White-Campbell, Colston, Comstock, Cruger, Cushman, Darside, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of lington, Ellicott, Ervin of South Carolina, Forsyth, New York, Williams of North Carolina, Wilkin, and Gage, Hall of Delaware, Harrison, Hasbrouck, HendWilson of Massachusetts. ricks, Herkimer, Herrick, Heister, Hitchcock, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Irving of New York, Johnson of KenThe question then recurred on agreeing to the tucky, Jones, Kinsey, Lawyer, Linn, Livermore,

And the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative.

The question then recurred on agreeing to the said fourth resolution, and, being taken, it was determined in the negative-yeas 81, nays 83, as follows:

MARCH, 1818.

Relations with Spain.

H. OF R.

Lowndes, McLane, Marchand, Marr, Mercer, Moore, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Morton, Mumford, Murray, Ogden, Ogle, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Pawling, Peter, Pindall, Porter, Quarles, Rich, Robertson of Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana, Savage, Schuyler, Sergeant, Seybert, Simkins, Slocumb, Ballard Smith, Southard, Speed, Spencer, Stuart of Maryland, Tallmadge, Tarr, Taylor, Terrill, Trimble, Upham, Wallace, Wendover, Westerlo, Whiteside, Wilkin, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Wilson of Pennsylvania.

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 16th December, and of the House of Representatives, I lay before Congress, a report of the Secretary of State, and the papers referred to in it, respecting the negotiation with Spain. To explain fully the nature of the differences between the United States and Spain, and the conduct of the parties, it has been found necessary to go back to an early epoch. The recent correspondence, with the documents accompanying it, will give NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Massachusetts, a full view of the whole subject, and place the conduct Allen of Vermont, Anderson of Pennsylvania, Austin, of the United States, in every stage, and under every Ball, Barbour of Virginia, Barber of Ohio, Bassett, circumstance, for justice, moderation, and a firm adBellinger, Bennett, Blount, Boden, Boss, Bryan, Bur-herence to their rights, on that high and honorable well, Butler, Clagett, Claiborne, Cobb, Cook, Crafts, ground, which it has invariably sustained. Culbreth, Desha, Drake, Earle, Edwards, Folger, Forney, Garnett, Hale, Hogg, Holmes of Massachusetts, Holmes of Connecticut, Huntington, Johnson of Virginia, W. Maclay, W. P. Maclay, McCoy, Mason of Massachusetts, Mason of Rhode Island, Merrill, Mills, Moseley, Jeremiah Nelson, Hugh Nelson, T. M. Nelson, New, Orr, Owen, Pitkin, Pleasants, Poindexter, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards, Ringgold, Ruggles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scudder, Settle, Shaw, Silsbee, S. Smith, Alexander Smyth, J. S. Smith, Stewart of North Carolina, Strong, Strother, Terry, Tompkins, Townsend, Tucker of Virginia, Tucker of South Carolina, Tyler, Walker of North Carolina, Walker of Kentucky, Whitman, Williams of Connecticut, Williams of New York, and Williams of North Carolina.

'So the resolution was not agreed to.

The result of the whole proceeding is, that the House have come to the following resolution : "That Congress have power, under the Constitution, to appropriate money for the construction of post roads, military and other roads, and of canals, and for the improvement of water-courses."

Mr. POINDEXTER then submitted for consideration the following resolution':

"Resolved, That Congress have power, under the Constitution, to appropriate money in aid of the construction of roads and canals, which shall be laid out, and constructed, under the authority of the Legislature of the States through which they pass."

After some conversation

The question being taken thereon, was decided in the negative.

Mr. LOWNDES then remarked, that, after the decision of this House to-day, there could be no doubt that a large majority of the House entertained the conviction of the power of Congress to appropriate money for the purpose of constructing roads and canals. The sense of the House being thus ascertained, and the obstruction removed to any proposition embracing that object; he moved that the further consideration of the report lie on the table.

The motion having been agreed to

Mr. TUCKER, of Virginia, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a bill making further appropriations for the Cumberland road; which was twice read and committed.

OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.

JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1818.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, March 14, 1818. The Secretary of State, to whom have been referred the resolution of the Senate, of 16th December, and of the House of Representatives of the 24th February last, has the honor of submitting to the President the correspondence between this Department and the Spanish Minister's residence here, since he received the last instructions of his Government to renew the negotiations which, at the time of the last communication to Congress, was suspended by the insufficiency of his powers. These documents will show the present state of the relations between the two Govern

ments.

As in the remonstrance by Mr. de Onis, of the 6th of December against the occupation by the United States of Amelia Island, he refers to a previous comSir Gregor McGregor against that place, his note of munication from him, denouncing the expedition of 9th July, being the paper thus referred to, is added to the papers now transmitted. Its date, when compared with that of the occupation of Amelia by McGregor, will show that it was written ten days after that event; and the contents of his note of 6th December, will show that measures had been taken by the competent authorities of the United States to arrest McGregor as soon as the unlawfulness of his proceedings within legal evidence, although he was beyond the reach of our jurisdiction had been made known to them by the process before it could be served upon his person. The tardiness of Mr. Onis's remonstrance is of itself a

decisive vindication of the magistrates of the United States against any imputation of neglect to enforce the laws; for, if the Spanish Minister himself had no evidence of the project of McGregor, sufficient to warrant him in addressing a note upon the subject to this Department, until ten days after it had been accomplished, it cannot be supposed that officers, whose authority to act commenced only at the moment of the actual violation of the laws, and who could be justified of such violation, should have been apprized of the only by clear and explicit evidence of the facts in proof necessity of their interposition in time to make it effectual before the person accused had departed from this country.

As, in the recent discussions between Mr. Onis and this Department, there is frequent reference to those of the negotiation at Aranjuez in 1805, the correspondence between the Extraordinary Minister of the United States at that period, and Don Pedro Cevallos, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain, will be

The following Message was received from the also submitted as soon as may be, to be laid before PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

Congress, together with the correspondence between

"

Don Francisco Pizarro and Mr. Erving, immediately preceding the transmission of new instructions to Mr. Onis and other correspondence of Mr. Onis with this Department, tending to complete the view of the relations between the two countries.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
[Accompanying this report were the docu-
ments, of which the following is a list :]
No. 1. Don Luis de Onis to the Secretary of State,
9th July, 1817.

No. 2. The same to the same, 6th December, 1817.
No. 3. The same to the same, 10th December,

16th December, 1817.

No. 5. Don Luis de Onis to the Secretary of State, 29th December, 1817.

No. 6. The same to the same, 5th January, 1818. No. 7. The same to the same, 8th January, 1818. No. 8. The same to the same, 8th January, 1818. No. 9. The Secretary of State to Don Luis de Onis, 16th January, 1818.

No. 10. Don Luis de Onis to the Secretary of State, 24th January, 1818.

No. 11. The same to the same, 10th February,

1818.

No. 12. The Secretary of State to Don Luis de Onis, 12th March, 1818, (with enclosures, A. 1, B. 2, C. 3, D. 4, E. 5.)

The Message and accompanying documents was referred to the committee on so much of the President's Message "as relates to the subject of Foreign Affairs.”

MONDAY, March 16.

Mr. MARR presented a petition of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, praying that such measures may be adopted, as will enable of citizens of that State to take possession of lands purchased by them from the State of North Carolina, and which are now held by the Chickasaw Indians, under a treaty concluded with the United States. Referred to the committee appointed on the 17th December last, respecting the Indian title to lands within the State of Kentucky.

Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Gales & Seaton, stating, that they propose to publish a History of Congress, from the commencement of the Government to the present day, and praying the aid and patronage of Congress in their said publication; which was read, and referred to a select committee; and Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. TYLER, Mr. HOPKINSON, Mr. HOLMES, of Massachusetts, and Mr. SIMKINS, were appointed the committee.

MARCH, 1818.

Mr. Scort also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the southern part of the Territory of Missouri, praying for a division of the said Territory; which was referred to the committee last appointed.

The SPEAKER presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Lehigh and Northampton, in the State of Pennsylvania, stating the misconduct of certain officers of the militia of the said counties, whilst sitting on courts martial for the trial of persons who failed to perform their tour of duty under the requisitions of the President, during the late war; that they have improperly applied the public moneys coming into their possession, and that they have contracted unnecessary and improper expenses whilst acting on said courts martial, which are charged to the United States; and praying that the subject may be investigated, and the abuses of which they complain corrected.-Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Office and Post Roads, reported a bill to augment Mr. BLOUNT, from the Committee on the Post the salary of the Postmaster General; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole.

Mr. WILLIAMS made a report on the petition of Renner and Heath, which was read; when, Mr. W. reported a bill for the relief of Daniel Renner, and Nathaniel H. Heath, which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the

Whole.

Mr. LOWNDES, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act fixing the compensations of the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and of the clerks employed in their offices," reported the agreement of the committee to the said amendments, and they were committed to a Committee of the Whole.

Mr. RHEA, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Ebenezer Stevens and others, which was read; when, Mr. R. reported a bill for the relief of Ebenezer Stevens and Lucretia Stevens, late Lucretia Sands, and others, which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole.

Mr. HUGH NELSON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States, to cases arising under the law relating to patents," reported the same without amendment, and the bill was committed to Committee of the Whole.

Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill for the relief of Harold Smyth; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole.

Mr. THOMAS M. NELSON, from the committee

Mr. SCOTT presented petitions of sundry inhabitants of the Territory of Missouri, praying that the said Territory may be admitted into the Union, as a State, on an equal footing with the original States; which were, together with the petitions of a similar nature, heretofore presented at the present session, referred to a select commit-appointed on the 18th of December last, to inquire tee; and Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ROBERTSON of Kentucky, Mr. POINDEXTER, Mr. HENDRICKS, Mr. LIVERMORE, Mr. MILLS, and Mr. BALDWIN, were appointed the committee.

into the expediency of extinguishing the Indian title to certain lands within the State of Kentucky, granted by the State of Virginia, to her officers and soldiers in the Revolutionary army, made a

Mr.PITKIN wished for something more definite, respecting this proposition, than was to be found Ordered, That one thousand four hundred in the bill. He wished to know what control the copies of the Message from the President of the United States were to have over the location or United States, of the 14th instant, upon the sub-expenditure on the canal; whether they were to ject of our relations with Spain, together with have the appointment of any portion of the dithe documents accompanying the same, be print-rectors, &c. It appeared that Pennsylvania and ed for the use of the members of this House, in addition to the usual number heretofore ordered.