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be effected; and praying that Congress will come to a final determination on the subject-matter of the said claims, during the present session.

Also, a petition of Elijah Beall and others, whose names are thereunto subscribed, of the State of Maryland, legal representatives of Alexander Beall, deceased, stating their claim to three thousand acres of unappropriated land, to which, as the petitioners suggest, the deceased was entitled by virtue of a proclamation of the King of Great Britain, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three; and praying compen sation for the same, or that such other relief may be granted in the premises, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

Also, a petition of Hannah Hobby, of the town of Portland, in the State of Massachu setts, widow and administratrix of John Hobby, late Marshal of the District of Maine, deceased, praying relief against a judgment rendered in the District Court of the United States, for the said District of Maine, for the amount of a certain debt or debts due to the United States by the deceased whilst in the capacity of marshal aforesaid.

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

Mr. Findley, from the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred, on the thirtieth ultimo, a petition of sundry citizens of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, complaining of an undue election and return of John Hoge, to serve in this House as one of the Representatives for the said State, made a report thereon which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.

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Ordered, That the committee to whom was referred, on the fourteenth ultimo, a memorial and petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying an amendment and modification of the act passed at the last session of Congress "to amend the charter of Alexandria," have leave to report thereon by bill, or bills, or otherwise.

Mr. Eppes, from the committee last mentioned, presented, according to order, a bill to amend the charter of the town of Alexandria; 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 Wednesday next.

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

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to communicate to this House certain proceedings of the Senate, relative to the impeachment of Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. And then he withdrew.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill establishing a court for the adjudication of prizes, in certain cases; 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 amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the saine were twice read, and, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

The House then proceeded to consider the said bill at the Clerk's table; and, having male some progress therein,

An adjournment was called for: On which,

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

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1804.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter addressed to him from George Washington Parke Custis, Chairman of a meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Alexandra, in the District of Columbia, enclosing sundry resolutions of the said inhabitants, expressive of their disapprobation of so much of a motion now depending before the House, as relates to a recession of jurisdiction to the State of Virginia, of that part of the District of Columbia which is contained in the county of Alexandria, aforesaid.

The said letter and resolutions were read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was referred, on the twenty-ninth ultimo, the said motion to "recede to the States of Virginia and Maryland, respectively, the juris dction of such parts of the Territory of Columbia as are without the limits of the city of Washington."

A memorial of Francis Adams, late a Collector of the Internal Revenues of the UnitVOL. V.-7

ed States, for the counties of Loudoun and Fairfax, in the District of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying a reimbursement of the sum of fifty-six dollars and eighty-six cents, with interest thereon, from the fifteenth of September, one thousand eight hundred and one, being the amount of costs and damages awarded on a judgment rendered against the memorialist, in the District Court for the State of Virginia, held at the town of Dumfries, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, in consequence of the memorialist, in his capacity of collector aforesaid, having seized and sold a horse, the property of a certain Sarah Chichester, for a failure of the payment of the duty accruing to the United States on a still owned ⚫ and worked by her.

Also, a petition of Joseph Hodgson, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, praying compensation for the value of a house, the property of the petitioner, which was occupied as an office by the Secretary of War, and destroyed by fire, some time in the year one thousand eight hundred.

Also, a memorial of Ebenezer Brown, of Newton, in the State of Massachusetts, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, in consideration of wounds received whilst a sergeant in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and for other reasons therein specified.

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

On motion,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of granting to persons claiming lands in the Mississippi territory, by virtue of any British or Spanish grants, farther time for registering their claims agreeably to an act passed the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States South of the State of Tennessee."

Ordered, That Mr. Earle, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Tibbits, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Lyon, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution.

The proceedings of the Senate communicated yesterday by their Secretary, relative to the impeachment of Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, were read, and are as follow:

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"IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

High Court of Impeachments, Monday, December 10, 1814.

"THE UNITED STATES VS. SAMUEL CHASE.

"Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to issue a summons to Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, to answer certain articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, on Friday last. That the said summons be returnable the second day of January next, and be served at least fifteen days before the return day thereof.

"Ordered, That the Secretary carry this resolution to the House of Representatives." "Attest,

"SAM. A. OTIS, Secretary."

Ordered, That the said proceedings of the Senate do lie on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the bill establishing a court for the adjudication of prizes, in certain cases Whereupon,

Ordered, That so much of the said bill, as amended, as is contained in the ninth section thereof, be recommitted to Mr. Rodney, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Larned, and Mr. Lowndes.

Mr. Nelson, from the committee appointed on the sixth instant, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Samuel Carson; 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.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the District of New Orleans,"

with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. 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 authorizing 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. Varnum reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table. The House then proceeded to consider the said bill and amendment at the Clerk's table: When,

An adjournment being called for,

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

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1804.

Another member, to wit: Benjamin Huger, from South Carolina, appeared, and took his seat in the House.

A memorial of Thomas Ketland, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, merchant, was presented to the House and read, praying a reconsideration of the subject-matter of his memorial presented on the tenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and three, for an allowance of "the drawback of duties on a quantity of sugar and coffee imported from Batavia, in the East Indies, into the port of Philadelphia, by the memorialist and other citizens of the United States, some time in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and one, and since exported to Europe;" and that such relief may be granted in the premises, as to the wisdom of Congress shall

seem meet.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

A petition of Sarah Blackden, of the State of New York, widow of Samuel Blackden, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying that such compensation may be granted to the petitioner for the services of the deceased in various military capaci ties during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, as to the wisdom and justice of Congress shall seem meet.

Also, a petition of Beetley Barret, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of wounds and other injuries received whilst a soldier in Captain Thomas Gaskin's company in the Virginia line of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Baitain, which have rendered the petitioner incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

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

Two memorials of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Randolph and St, Clair, in the Indiana Territory of the United States, whose names are thereunto subscribed, in behalf of themselves and other inhabitants of the said Indiana Territory, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying that they may be permitted to purchase public lands, the property of the United States within the said Territory at a less price than that fixed by an act passed at the last session of Congress for the disposal of the said public lands, and that the right of pre-emption may be granted to the memorialists and other actual settlers thereon.

Ordered, That the said memorials be severally referred to Mr. Lyon, Mr. Morrow, Mr. Gray, Mr. Hoge, and Mr. Cutts; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the thirtieth ultimo, the petition of James 'Pherson, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the said James M'Pherson be rejected.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the sixth ultimo, the petition of Margaret Ralston, widow of George Ralston, deceased, presented on the fifth of March last, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the sixth ultimo, the petition of Moses White and Charlotte Hazen, executor and executrix of Moses Hazen, deceased, presented the seventeenth of February last, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Varnum, from the committee appointed on the thirtieth ultimo, presented, ac

cording to order, a bill for establishing rules and regulations for the Government of the Armies of the United States; 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 House resumed the consideration of 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 ; and the amendment reported yesterday thereto, from the Committee of the Whole House, being twice read, was, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

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

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 to-morrow,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

The House, then, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, of the fifteenth ultimo, to whom was referred a petition of the President and Directors of the New York and Dutchess county Slate Companies, in behalf of themselves and their associates; 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 directed him to report to the House their agreement to the same.

The House proceeded to consider the said report at the Clerk's table: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth concur with the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures in their opinion, that any additional duty upon imported slate, would, at this time be inexpedient.

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, DECEMBER 13, 1804.

An engrossed bill authorizing the corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Potomac, was read the third time;

And on the question that the same do pass,

It was resolved in the affirmative, S Yeas..

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The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

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Resolved, That the title be, "An act authorizing the corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Po

tomac.

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

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from John Gregory, 'a black man, alleg. ing himself to be a native of Nansemond county, in the State of Virginia, dated on board of the British ship of war, called the Alcmene, the nineteenth of August, in the present year, stating, that having lost his protection, and being shipwrecked in the British channel, he has been impressed on board the said ship Alcmene, and detained there against his inclination; and praying that Congress will be pleased to take his case into consideration, and obtain his discharge from the British service.

The said letter was read, and, together with a certificate of the Consul and Agent of the United States at London, accompanying the same, ordered to be referred to the Secretary of State for information.

Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the twentysixth ultimo, the petition of Timothy Phelps, of the State of Vermont, made a report thereon: which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the said Timothy Phelps ought not to be granted.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the twenty-eighth ultimo, the memorial of John Pantry, of the State of Maryland, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the memorialist have leave to withdraw his said memorial, together with the documents accompanying the same.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the ninth ultimo, the petition of John Steele, late Secretary of the Mississippi Territory, presented the twenty-first of December last, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

A petition of George Ash, of the State of Kentucky, was presented to the House and

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