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rying into effect the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America."

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the resolution of this House, of the nineteenth instant, in the form of a concurrent resolution of the two Houses, "expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Capt. Stephen Decatur, the officers, and crew, of the United States' Ketch Intrepid, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and stroying a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns. And then he withdrew.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Burwell his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the twenty-fourth instant, approve and sign an act which originated in this House, entitled "An act making a farther appropriation for carrying into effect the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson 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 resumed the consideration of the resolution reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the twenty-second instant, to whom was referred a report of the Committee of Ways and Means, "on the expediency of exempting from impost, all such books and philosophical apparatus as shall be imported on account of the Colleges and Universities existing within the United States, for the proper and exclusive use of the learned institutions;" and the said resolution being twice read, at the Clerk's table, in the words following, to wit:

"That, in the opinion of your committee, books imported on account of Colleges and Universities within the United States ought not to be exempted from impost :" The question was taken that the House do concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their agreement to the same,

And resolved in the affirmative.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow,
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1804.

Another new member, to wit: John Hoge, returned to serve as a member for the State of Pennsylvania, in the room of William Hoge, who hath resigned his seat, appeared, produced his credentials, 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.

Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled resolve "expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Captain Stephen Decatur, the officers, and crew, of the United States' Ketch Intrepid, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and destroying a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns," 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.

An engrossed bill declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

A petition of John Devoe, of the county of Montgomery, in the State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of wounds received whilst a soldier in a regiment of New Jersey militia, in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor; or that such other relief may be afforded him as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet. Also, a petition of Daniel Eldridge, of the City of Washington, a volunteer in a regi

ment commanded by Colonel William Ledyard, at the action of Fort Griswold, during the said Revolutionary war, to the like effect.

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

On motion,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House, to whom was committed, on the twenty-second instant, the bill for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction, be discharg ed from the farther consideration thereof; and that the said bill be recommitted to Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Riker, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Seaver, and Mr. Olin. Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, who were instructed by a resolution of the House, of the twelfth instant, "to inquire into the ex pediency of allowing, under proper regulations, a drawback of duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the port of New Orleans, from any port of the United States, and from thence exported to any foreign port or place," made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.

M-. Crowninshield, from the same committee, presented, according to order, a bill repealing so much of the act, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes,' as prohibits drawbacks of duties upon goods in certain cases; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

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The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to the Committee of the Whole House last appointed.

The House proceeded, by ballot, to the appointment of a chaplain to Congress, on the part of this House, in the place of the Reverend William Bentley, who hath declin. ed an acceptance of the said appointment; and upon examining the ballots, a majority of the votes of the whole House was found in favor of the Reverend William Parkinson. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Means have leave to bring in a bill, or bills, making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the support of Government during the present year, and making a partial appropriation for the same object, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five.

Mr. John Randolph, from the committee last mentioned, presented, according to order, a bill making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the support of Government during the present year, and making a partial appropriation for the same object, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five; 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 to-day.

Ordered, That the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-second instant, a memorial of sundry citizens of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, have leave to report thereon by bill, or bills, or otherwise.

Mr. Lewis, from the committee last mentioned, presented, according to order, a bill authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Potomac; 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 to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill making an appropriation for the support of Government, du ring the present year, and making a partial appropriation for the same object, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five ; 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 several amend. ments thereto; which he delivered at the Clerk's table, where the same were twice read, and, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

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Mr. Lewis, from the committee appointed on the twenty-second instant, presented, according to order, a bill to incorporate the Washington Building and Fire Insurance company; 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 Friday next.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1804.

Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, yesterday, present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, an enrolled resolve "expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Captain Stephen Decatur, the officers, and crew, of the United States Ketch Intrepid, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and destroying, a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns."

An engrossed bill making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the support of Government, during the present year, and making a partial appropriation for the same object, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the support of Government, during the present year, and making a partial appropriation for the same object, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

A petition of Henry M'Farlan was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received, whilst a soldier in the first regiment of the United States levies, under the command of Major General St. Clair, in an action with the Indians, on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Also, a memorial of John Pantry, of Calvert county, in the State of Maryland, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for sundry supplies furnished by the petitioner to a detachment of recruits under the command of Lieutenant William Elliot, in the service of the United States, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of Claims. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Burwell, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the twenty-seventh instant, approve and sign a resolve, which originated in this House, "expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Captain Stephen Decatur, the officers, and crew, of the United States' Ketch Intrepid, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and destroying, a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill anthorizing the Corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Potomac ; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson 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 several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1804.

A petition of sundry citizens of the United States, and inhabitants of the Territory of New Orleans, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, stating their approbation of the Government prescribed for that territory, by an act passed at the last session of Congress; and praying that, whenever the said terri tory of Orleans shall, consistent with the Constitution of the United States, be admit ted as a State into the Union, such conditions may be annexed to the admission, as will

secure to the petitioners the use of their native language in the legislative and judicia authorities of the same.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed, the twelfth instant, on so much of the message from the President of the United States as relates to "an amelioration of the form of Government of the Territory of Louisiana ;” that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A representation of sundry citizens of the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, stating a claim for the value of certain lands purchased by them under an act of the Legislature of Georgia, passsed in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, which have since been ceded to the United States; and praying that the subject-matter of their said claim may be taken into the immediate consideration of Congress, and a speedy decision had thereon.

Ordered, That the said representation be referred to Mr. Varnum, Mr. Meriwether, Mr. Tibbits, Mr. Thomas M. Randolph, and Mr. Nelson; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

On a motion made and seconded that the order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Potomac, be postponed until Monday next :

The question was taken thereupon,

And resolved in the affirmative.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr.Varnum reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were twice read, and, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, as amended, be recommitted to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following reso. lutions :

Resolved, That it is expedient for Congress to recede to the State of Virginia, the jurisdiction of that part of the Territory of Columbia, which was ceded to the United States by the said State of Virginia, by an act passed the third day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act for the cession of ten miles square, or any lesser quantity of territory within this State, to the United States in Congress assembled, for the permanent Seat of the General Government;" provided, the said State of Virginia shall consent and agree thereto.

Resolved, That it is expedient for Congress to recede to the State of Maryland, the jurisdiction of that part of the Territory of Columbia without the limits of the city of Washington, which was ceded to the United States by the said State of Maryland, by an act passed on the nineteenth day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act concerning the Territory of Columbia, and the city of Washington;" provided the said State of Maryland shall consent and agree

thereto:

Ordered, That the said motion be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Wednesday next.

A petition of Mordecai Lane was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of wounds received whilst a soldier in Captain Samuel Morehead's Independent Company, in the actual service of the United States, in an action with the Indians at Fort Hand, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the twenty-third instant, the petition of Samuel G. Ogden, of the city of New York, merchant, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1804.

A petition of sundry citizens of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, complaining of an undue election and return of John Hoge, to serve in this House, as one of the Representatives for the said State.

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

The Speaker laid before the House a letter addressed to him from the Reverend William Parkinson, dated the twenty ninth instant, declining to accept the appointment of one of the Chaplains to Congress for the present session.

The said letter was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Burwell, his Secretary, as followeth :

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States :

I now lay before you copies of the treaties concluded with the Delaware and Piankeshaw Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to the lands therein described; and I recommend to the consideration of Congress the making provision, by law, for carrying them into execution.

NOVEMBER 30,1804.

TH. JEFFERSON.

The said message was read, and, together with the papers transmitted therewith, ordered to be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Nicholson, from the committee to whom was recommitted, on the twentyseventh instant, the bill for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction, reported an amendatory bill; which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

A memorial of Perez Morton and Gideon Granger, in behalf of the holders of the title of the Georgia Mississippi Company to lands lying within the territory ceded by the State of Georgia to the United States, was presented to the House and read, stating that the claimants to the said lands are ready to enter into a negotiation for a compromise of their claims, agreeably to the conditions and limitations of the cession of Georgia, with any Commissioners who may be authorized thereto by the Government of the United States; the claimants reserving all their rights at law, in case the compromise should not be effected; and praying that Congress will come to a final determination on the subject, that the said claimants may no longer be exposed to a fruitless and expensive pursuit of what they conceive to be their rights.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the committee appointed yesterday, on a representation of sundry citizens of the State of Massachusetts; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

The order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels, being called for, A motion was made, and the question being put, that the said order of the day be postponed until Monday next:

It was resolved in the affirmative.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill repealing so much of the act, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes," as prohibits drawbacks of duties upon goods in certain cases; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. John Cotton Smith reported that the committee bad, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were twice read, and, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

The said bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next.

The House proceeded, by ballot, to the appointment of a Chaplain to Congress, on the part of this House, in the place of the Reverend William Parkinson, who hath declined an acceptance of the said appointment; and, upon examining the ballots, a

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