ing that a law may be passed to entitle the petitioner to the privileges and benefits of a citizen of the United States, in consideration of his coming within the same some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and intending to establish himself permanently therein; which privileges and benefits the petitioner could have possessed, but was ignorant of the provisions contained in the act of Congress, passed the twenty-ninth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject." Also, a petition of John Tucker, a native of the Island of Bermuda, now residing in said the town of Alexandria, to the same effect. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee appointed, on the fifteenth ultimo, to prepare and bring in a bill or bills for a revision and amendment of the laws respecting naturalization. Mr. Samuel Smith, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the thirteenth instant, the petition of Peter Hunt, made a report ; which was read and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition ought not to be granted Mr. Cutts, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the Committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, an enrolled bill, entitled "An act for the apportionment of representatives among the several States, according to the second 'enumeration." Mr. Randolph, from the Committee of Ways and Means, presented, according to order, a bill to prevent intrusion on the public lands, and for other purposes; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Secretary of State, to whom was referred, on the fourteenth ultimo, the memorial of Philip Sloan; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and agreed to by the House, as followeth : Resolved, That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to authorize the payment of two thousand eight hundred dollars to Philip Sloan, from the Treasury of the United States, as a full compensation for his claims. Ordered, That Mr. Jones, Mr. Clopton, and Mr. Huger, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lewis, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, this day, approve and sign an act, which originated in this House, entitled "An act for the apportionment of representatives among the several States, according to the second enumeration." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Randolph, from the Committee of Ways and Means, presented, according to order, a bill making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, on the first Monday in February next. The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee, to whom was referred, on the seventh instant, the petition of Isaac Zane, which lay on the table: Whereupon, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill authorizing the President of the United States to convey, in fee simple, to Isaac Zane, six sections of land, of one square mile each, within the Northwestern Territory, on any lands not heretofore appropriated, and that the Indian title thereto has been extinguished. Ordered, That Mr. Jackson, Mr. Fearing, and Mr. Van Horne, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing certain laws of the Northwestern and Indiana Territories of the United States, in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the twenty-fourth ultimo ; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters ;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill. Another member, to wit: John Dawson, from Virginia, appeared and took his seat in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the resolution of this House, of the twen ty-first ultimo, "authorizing the Secretary of State to furnish the members of both Houses with the laws of the Sixth Congress." And then he withdrew. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1802. A petition of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, whose names are thereun to subscribed, in opposition to a petition from other citizens of the said District, presented on the twenty-third ultimo, "praying the aid and patronage of Congress in the establishment of a company for the building of a bridge across the Potomac river, from the Western and Southern extremity of the Maryland Avenue, in the city of Washington, to the nearest and most convenient point of Alexander's island, in the said river," was presented to the House and read. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the eighth ultimo, to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alterations or amendments may be necessary in the existing Government and laws of the District of Columbia. A memorial of John Horne and others, surveyors of the revenue, in the city and county of Philadelphia, and some of the neighboring counties in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying additional compensation for the services per formed by the memorialists, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed the fourteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled " An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States." Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Jones, Mr. John Cotton Smith, and Mr. John Smith, of New York; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. On motion, Ordered, That William Oliver, who presented a petition to this House on the tenth ultimo, have leave to withdraw the same. Mr. Samuel Smith, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the fifth instant, the memorial of Thomas K. Jones, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Ordered, That so much of the message from the President of the United States, of the twenty-second ultimo, as relates to a schedule of the whole number of persons within the district of Tennessee, be printed for the use of the members. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary : Mr. Speaker: The Senate insist on their amendments, disagreed to by this House, to the bill, entitled “ An act concerning the library for the use of both Houses of Congress," and desire a conference with this House on the subject-matter of the said amendments; to which conference the Senate have appointed managers on their part. And then he withdrew. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters ;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table. The House proceeded to consider the said amendments; and, having made some progress therein, An adjournment was called for: Whereupon, The several orders of the day were farther postponed until Monday next, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1802. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk to the Council of the State of Virginia, enclosing a return of the election of John Dawson, to serve as a representative for the said State, in the Seventh Congress of the United States; which were read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of Elections. A petition of John Cleves Symmes was presented to the House and read, praying that Congress will accept of the release and relinquishment of the petitioner, to the United States, of all his legal and equitable claim, and colorable right, by patent or contract, statute or possession, whatsoever, to a certain quantity of land, lying North of the lands granted by the United States, on a contract with the petitioner and his associates, in the territory Northwest of the river Ohio, for the reasons and on the terms and conditions therein specified. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee to whom was referred, on the eighth ultimo, the petition of James M'Cashen and others; and that Mr. Daniel Heister and Mr. Claiborne be added to the said committee. A petition of stundry manufacturers of hats, in the town of Wilmington and its vicinity, in the State of Delaware, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that such further and additional duties may be imposed by law, on the importation of hats from foreign countries, as will tend to encourage and protect the manufacture of that article within the United States. Also, a petition of sundry manufacturers of hats, residing in the city of New York, praying that an addition of ten per cent. to the present duty may be imposed upon imported hats of a certain value, and that the duties upon trimmings, and other materials, for the manufacture of hats within the United States, imported from foreign countries, may be repealed. Also, a petition of Ebenezer Stephens, of the city of New York, merchant, praying that he may be indemnified for the loss and injury which he has sustained in the purchase of a certain American ship in Saint Jago de Cuba, called the Bellona, and for the incidental expenses incurred by the petitioner in the case of the said ship, which was seized by the officers of the customs, and sold by order of the district court of the United States for the district of New York, in consequence of a violation of the laws of Congress by the former owners, in trading with the said ship to the dependencies of France, some time in the year one thousand eight hundred. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. A petition of John Dunlop, an alien, and now an inhabitant of the town of Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying that a law may be passed to entitle the petitioner to the privileges and benefits of a citizen of the United States, in consideration of his intention to reside permanently within the same; which privileges and benefits he could have possessed, but was ignorant of the provisions contained in the act of Congress, passed the twenty-ninth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, entitled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject." Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the fifteenth ultimo, to prepare and bring in a bill or bills for a revision and amendment of the laws respecting naturalization. A petition of sundry citizens of the district of Columbia, in opposition to the prayer of a petition from sundry other citizens of the said district, presented on the twentyninth ultimo, for the erection of a bridge from the Western and Southern extremity of the Maryland Avenue, in the city of Washington, to the nearest and most convenient point of Alexander's Island, in the river Potomac, was presented to the House and read. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the eighth ultimo, to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alterations or amendments may be necessary in the existing government and laws of the district of Columbia. The Speaker laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a statement of the value of the exports of the United States, to the ports of Italy, Gibraltar, and the Barbary Powers, for each of the five years preceding the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and one, in pursuance of a resolution of this House of the eleventh instant; which were read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the seventh instant, the bill for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States in the Mediterranean and adjoining seas. Mr. Cutts, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled resolve "authorizing the Secretary of State to furnish the members of both Houses with the laws of the sixth Congress," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled resolve. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The House resumed the consideration of the amendments reported, on the fifteenth instant, from the Committee of the Whole House to the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters;" and the same being severally twice read, were, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House. The said bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table: And on the question that the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time, It passed in the negative, SYeas 43, The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Isaac Van Horne, And so the said bill was rejected. Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Peleg Wadsworth, Henry Woods. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Davis reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill. The House proceeded to consider the message from the Senate, of the fifteenth instant, on the subject-matter of the amendments depending between the two Houses to the bill, entitled "An act concerning the Library for the use of both Houses of Congress" Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth insist on their disagreement to the fourth, sixth, and seventh amendments of the Senate, disagreed to by this House, and insisted on by the Senate to the said bill. Resolved, That this House doth agree to the conference desired by the Senate on the subject-matter of the said amendments, and that Mr. Bayard, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Dawson, be appointed Managers at the said conference, on the part of this House. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1802. A petition of sundry manufacturers of hats in the city of Baltimore, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that such an additional duty may be imposed, by law, on hats imported from foreign countries, as will tend to encourage and protect the manufacture of that article within the United States. Also, a memorial of Lyon Lehinan, a citizen of the United States, praying a remission of the duty on a certain quantity of fire-arms imported by the memorialist into the port of New York, some time in the month of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for the reasons therein specified. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. A memorial of Fulwar Skipwith, late Consul General of the United States at Paris, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for official services rendered, and advances of money made, by the memorialist, in the capacity aforesaid, on account of the United States. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Secretary of State, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. A memorial of sundry distillers of spirits in Boston, and elsewhere, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that so much of the laws of revenue as imposes a duty on distilled spirits and on stills, within the United States, may be repealed. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. A petition of sundry inhabitants of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, to enable the petitioners and others to connect the waters of the river Potomac and the Eastern branch of the said river, by opening and completing a canal along the Tiber Creek, through the low ground, at the foot of the Capitol Hill, in said city. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, on the eighth ultimo, to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alterations or amendments may be necessary in the existing government and laws of the District of Columbia. Petitions of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Ohio and Brooke, in the State of Virginia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying, that post roads may be established from Wheeling, In Monongalia county, to the town of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the route of West-liberty; and, also, from West-liberty to Steubenville in the Northwestern |