Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. An engrossed bill giving further time to register the evidences of titles to lands South of the State of Tennessee was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act giving further time to register the evidences of titles to lands South of the State of Tennessee." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. A memorial of Robert Henderson, of the State of South Carolina, was presented to the House and read, praying that Congress will be pleased to enlarge the annual compensation heretofore granted to him for carrying the mail to and from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, and Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, aforesaid; or that the memorialist may be released from such part of his contract as relates to that part of the road, for the reasons therein specified. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Postmaster General, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereon to the House. A petition of Alexander Scott, of the State of South Carolina, in behalf of himself and others, was presented to the House and read, praying relief, in the case of certain negro slaves and other property, which were taken from sundry citizens of the said State of South Carolina, therein named, on their way to the Natchez, by a party of Cherokee Indians, some time in the month of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petition of Eliakin Morse, of the State of Massachusetts, presented the twenty-third of January last, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Petitions of sundry inhabitants of the State of North Carolina, residing West of the town of Warrenton, whose names are thereunto subscribed, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying that a post road may be established from Williamsborough, by Bullock's and Brown's stores, to Sterlingville, through Person, by the Red House, to Caswell Court House, so as to intersect the post road from Hillsborough to Bethany, in the said State. Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the committee appointed, on the sixth of November last, "to inquire whether any, and what, amendments are necessary to be made in the acts establishing a post office and post roads within the United States." An engrossed bill to incorporate the Washington Building and Fire Insurance Company; was read the third time And on the question that the same do pass, It was decided in the negative, S Yeas 2 Nays. 23, 65. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, John W. Eppes, Joseph Heister, Roger Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun. And so the said bill was rejected. John Patterson, John Rea, of Pennsylvania, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, John Smilie, Philip Van Cortlandt, Richard Winn, Joseph Winston. A petition of James Bonnell, of the State of New Jersey, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of a certain final settlement certificate granted to the petitioner in consideration of military services rendered by him as a Captain of light infantry in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which certificate was lost or destroyed some time in the month of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the sixth ultimo, the bill making farther provision for extinguishing the debts due from the United States. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage ;" 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 no amendment thereto. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Gregg, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-sixth ultimo, the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments," reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and directed him to report the same to the House, without amendment: Whereupon, Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. The order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion, of the seventh ultimo, respecting the establishment of a post road from Knoxville, in the State of Tennessee, to the settlements on the Tombigby river, in the Mississippi Territory, and from thence to New Orleans; also, for the establishment of a post road from, in Georgia, to the said settlement on the Tombigby, to intersect the former road at the most convenient point between Knoxville and the Tombigby," 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. Mr. Newton, from the committee appointed, on the fifteenth of November last, presented, according to order, a bill to prohibit the exaction of bail upon certain suits brought in the District of Columbia; 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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the [1805. Whole House on the bill for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, with Spain; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Postmaster General, enclosing a list of the names of the persons with whom contracts have been made for carrying the mail of the United States, from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and one, to the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and four, inclusively, with the routes contracted for, the period of continuance, and the annual rate of com pensation, in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the twenty-eighth ultimo which were read, and ordered to lie on the table A petition of Benjamin Bailey, James Bogert, junior, and others, whose names are thereunto subscribed, citizens of the United States, and resident merchants of the City and State of New York, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duties accruing on various goods and merchandises of great value, imported by the petitioners, which were consumed, together with the storehouses in which the same were deposited, by a late fire in the said City of New York. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3S, 1805. An engrossed bill supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, " An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.' Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. An engrossed bill for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, with Spain, was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, with Spain." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. On a motion made and seconded to add a new rule to the standing rules and orders of the House, in the words following, to wit: "A standing committee to consist of seven members, and to be styled the Land Committee,' shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be to take into consideration all such matters aud things, touching the lands of the United States, as shall be presented, or shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House, and to report from time to time their opinion thereon; and also to report such alterations and amendments to the laws concerning the lands of the United States, as may become necessary:” The question was taken that the House do agree to the same, And passed in the negative. So the said motion was rejected. A petition of Rinaldo Johnson, of the State of Maryland, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty accruing to the United States on certain stills owned and worked by the petitioner, in the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for the reasons therein stated. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims. The House, 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 thirty-first ultimo, to whom were referred the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the District of New Orleans;" and, after some time spent therein, MrSpeaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Varnum reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said report and amendments under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their disagreement to the report, and their agreement to all the amendments referred to them; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table. The House then proceeded to consider the said report and amendments of the Senate: Whereupon, The question was taken that the House do agree to the report of the Committee of the Whole House thereon, And resolved in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1805. A petition of Peter Pedesclaux, Notary Public and Recorder of Morgtages for the Province of Louisiana, residing in the City of New Orleans, was presented to the House and read, stating his claim to, and interest in, certain public offices which he had purchased and held under the Spanish Government, in which interest the petitioner has suffered considerably from the political transactions by which the inhabitants of the said province have been admitted to the rank of citizens of the United States, and praying, for the reasons therein set forth, that Congress will take into consideration the injuries he hath already sustained, and grant such relief in the premises as to their wisdom and justice shall seem meet. Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petitions of Oliver Pollock, presented the tenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and two, and of Joseph Huntoon, presented the thirtieth of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the documents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise,” and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill. 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 sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments;" 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 an amendment thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read, and, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, be read the third time on Monday next. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill to authorize the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia to act by an additional deputy; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Gregg reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said Sill 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. Mr. Holland, from the committee appointed to present to the President of the United States a resolution of this House, of the thirty-first ultimo, relative to documents and other information on the subject of opening a post road from the City of Washington to the City of New Orleans," reported that the committee had, according to order, performed that service, and that the President signified to them that he would cause the proper documents and information on the subject to be laid before the House. On a motion made and seconded that the committee appointed, the twelfth of November last, on so much of the message from the President of the United States as recommends an enlargement of the capital employed in commerce with the Indian tribes," be discharged from the consideration of the alterations and amendments necessary in the "act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes," referred to them by a resolution of the House of the fourteenth of the same month: The question was taken thereupon, And resolved in the affirmative. A motion was then made, and the question being put, that the House do come to the following resolution : Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alterations are necessary in the "act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers ;" and that the committee have leave to report thereon by bill, or otherwise. It passed in the negative. Another motion was then made and seconded to reconsider the vote of the House for discharging the committee appointed the twelfth of November last, from the consideration of the subject referred to them on the fourteenth of the same month : And on the question for reconsideration, It was resolved in the affirmative. On the question that the said vote of the House to discharge the committee, be rescinded, It was resolved in the affirmative. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House, that the President of the United States did, on the second instant, approve and sign an act, which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act for the disposal of certain copies of the laws of the United States." I am also directed to communicate to this House farther proceedings of the Senate relative to the impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. And then he withdrew. The said proceedings of the Senate were read, and are as follow: "IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, "HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENTS, JANUARY 3d, 1805. "The United States vs. Samuel Chase. "Ordered, That the fourth day of February next, shall be the day for receiving the answer, and proceeding on the trial of the impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States." "Attest "SAM. A. OTIS, Secretary." Ordered, That the said proceedings of the Senate do 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 further to amend an act, 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 ;" 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 some progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, on Monday next, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said bill. Ordered, That the memorials of Seth Bowen and of Jonathan Moore, administrator of David Moore, deceased, presented the ninth of January, one thousand eight hundred and four, also, the memorial of Eli Elmer, presented the sixteenth of the same month, be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the sixth ultimo, the bill making farther provision for extinguishing the debts due from the United States. A remonstrance and petition of the representatives elected by the freemen of the Territory of Louisiana, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, stating certain objections to the system of government for the said Territory, as established by an act passed on the twenty-sixth of March last, and submitting thereon various matters and propositions to the consideration of Congress, which they pray may be adopted for the convenience and benefit of the petitioners and other inhabitants of the said Territory of Louisiana. Ordered, That the said representation and petition be referred to Mr. Eppes, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Clagett, Mr. Huger, Mr. Eustis, Mr. Fowler, and Mr. Bryan; that they da examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until Monday next. |