MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1805. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled “An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments," together with the amendment agreed to on Friday last, were read the third time; And on the question that the same do pass, It was resolved in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. A petition of Barnabas Strong, and others, his associates, whose names are thereunto subscribed, of the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, was presented to the House and read, praying for the reasons therein specified, that a certain tract or parcel of land, containing six miles square, lying on or near the Ohio river, in the Indiana Territory of the United States, may be granted and confirmed to the petitioners and their assigns, in fee simple, under such regulations and restrictions as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed on the petition of Benjamin Emmons, of the said State of Vermont ; that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. A memorial of John M'Intire, a citizen of the State of Ohio, was presented to the House and read, praying relief, in the case of a certain section of land in the said State, the property of the petitioner, for which the register of the land office, in making out a certificate for a section of the same number with the one purchased by the petitioner, has committed an error, by transposing the number of the township and range, which would give to the petitioner a section of land he has no knowledge of, and which he never intended to purchase. Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on Friday last, present to the President of the United States, for his approba tion, an enrolled bill, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise." Two petitions of sundry inhabitants of the county of Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania, whose names are thereunto subscribed, were presented to the House and read, respectively praying that a post may be established for the mail to go and return once a week from Bristol to Attleberry; thence to Newtown; and from thence, by Doylestown, to Quakertown, for the convenience and benefit of the petitioners and other inhabitants of the said county and 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. Mr. Thompson, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twelfth of November last, the petition of William Rowls, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his said petition, together with the documents accompanying the same. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the fifth instant, approve and sign an act, which originated in this House, entitled "An act concerning drawbacks on goods, wares, and merchandise." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Postmaster General, enclosing his report on the memorial of Robert Henderson, of the State of South Carolina, referred to him by order of the House, of the fourth instant; which were read, and order. ed to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alterations are necessary to be made in the laws for the disposal of the public lands, Northwest of the Ohio, and that the said committee be authorized to report by bill, or otherwise. Ordered, That Mr. Morrow, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Goddard, Mr. Stephenson, and Mr. Van Cortlandt, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution. Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the second instant, the petition of Benjamin Bailey, James Bogert, jr. and others, citizens of the United States, and resident merchants of the city and State of New York, made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon, Resolved, That the petitioners have leave to withdraw their said petition. On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alteration ought to be made in the law affixing the compensation for persons employed to convey the certificates of the electoral votes from the several States to the Seat of Government; and that the committee report by bill, or otherwise. Ordered, That Mr. Olin, Mr. Hoge, and Mr. Trigg, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of of the Whole House on a motion of the twenty-ninth of November last, "to recede to the States of Virginia and Maryland, respectively, the jurisdiction of such parts of the Territory of Columbia as are without the limits of the city of Washington ;" 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 motion 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 motion. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1805. A petition of Cromwell Pearce, of the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, stating a claim to two thousand acres of unappropriated land; which land, or the value thereof, as suggested by the petitioner, is still due for the services of his father, Cromwell Pearce, deceased, as an officer in an expedition against the Indians, by virtue of a proclamation of the King of Great Britain, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three; and praying compensation for the same as the legal representative of the deceased. Also, a petition of David Elliot, of the State of New Jersey, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of wounds received whilst a soldier in the army commanded by Major General St. Clair, in an engagement with the Indians, on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor; or that such other relief may be afforded him in the premises, as to the wisdom and justice of Congress shall scem meet. Ordered, That the said petitions, severally, be referred to the Committee of Claims. A petition of John Bowers, of Somerset, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the bounty allowed by law on vessels employed in the fisheries of the United States, in the case of three schooners, the property of the petitioner, called the George, the General Johnson, and the Diana; the payment of which, owing to some informality in the contracts entered into between the masters and crews of the said schooners, hath not yet been made to the petitioner. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act declaring Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery." And then he withdrew. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion of the twenty-ninth of November last, "to recede to the States of Virginia and Maryland, respectively, the jurisdiction of such parts of the Territory of Columbia as are without the limits of the City of Washington;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion under consideration, and made a farther progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said motion. Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the twenty-third of November last, the memorial of Alexander Murray, late commander of the United States frigate Constellation, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1805. A petition of Peter Robertson, of Amherst, in the county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received at the battle of Bunker's Hill, in the State of Massachusetts, whilst a soldier in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stark, of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary : Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the amendment proposed by this House to the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments." And then he withdrew. A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a post road may be established from Worchester, in the State of Massachusetts, through Holden, Rutland, Hubbardston, Templeton, Winchendon, to Fitzwilliam, and from thence, to Keene, in the said State of New Hampshire. Ordered, That the said petition be 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." Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined two enrolled bills, to wit: "An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments;" and "An act declaring Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of deliv ery;" and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bills. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Ordered, That the committee appointed, the seventeenth ultimo, on "the message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Surveyor of the Public Buildings at the City of Washington, on the subject of the said buildings, and the moneys appropriated for them," have leave to report thereon by bill, or bills, or other wise. Mr. Thompson, from the committee last mentioned, presented, according to order, a bill making an appropriation for completing the South wing of the Capitol at the City of Washington, 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 Friday next. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service," with an amendment; 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 a motion of the twenty-ninth of November last, "to recede to the States of Virginia and Maryland, respectively, the jurisdiction of such parts of the Territory of Columbia as are without the limits of the City of Washington; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion under consideration, and made a farther progress therein. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the said motion. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1805. A petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that a post road may be established from Norristown, by a tavern known by the sign of the Bull, Pughtown, Coventry forge, Morgan'stown, Churchtown, New Holland, to the town of Lancaster and that post offices may be fixed at such places on the said road, as Congress, in their wisdom may deem proper, for the convenience and benefit of the petitioners, and other inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid. VOL. V.-11 Ordered, That the said petition be 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. Ordered, That the petition of William Breck, junior, of the State of New Hampshire, presented the ninth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, with sundry accompanying documents, and a report of the Committee of Claims thereon, of the twenty-second of the same month, be referred to the Committee of Claims. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have considered the bill, entitled "An act giving power to the stockholders of the Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria to insure against fire," and have resolved that the said bill do not pass. And then he withdrew. Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Eurolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, two enrolled bills, to wit: "An act to divide the Indiana Territory into separate Governments," and "An act declaring Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, to be a port of delivery." The House proceeded to consider the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service :" Whereupon, Ordered, That the said amendment, together with the bill, be committed to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on a motion of the twenty-ninth of November last, "to recede to the States of Virginia and Maryland, respectively, the jurisdiction of such parts of the Territory of Columbia, as are without the limits of the City of Washington ;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said motion under consideration, and directed him to report to the House,their disagreement to the same. The House then proceeded to consider the said motion at the Clerk's table; and the same being read, in the words following, to wit: 1. 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 the 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. 2. 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 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. Whereupon, A division of the question on the said motion was called for, And on the question that the House do concur with Committee of the Whole House in their disagreement to the first resolution, Yeas. It was resolved in the affirmative, 2 Nays. 72, 46. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, John B. Earle, James Elliot, William Eustis, Calvin Goddard, Andrew Gregg, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, William Helms, David Holmes, David Hough, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, John G. Jackson, William Kennedy, Joseph Lewis, jun. Henry W. Livingston, Thomas Lowndes, John B. C. Lucas, Matthew Lyon, William McCreery, Nahum Mitchell, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun. Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, John Smith, Joseph Winston, Michael Leib, Andrew McCord, David Meriwether, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, James Mott, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Randolph, John Rea, of Pennsylvania, John Rhea, of Tennessee, Erastus Root, Ebenezer Seaver, James Sloan, John Smilie, Richard Stanford, John Stewart, Joseph B. Varnum, Daniel C. Verplanck, John Whitehill, Alexander Wilson. The second resolution contained in the motion being under debate, A motion was made and seconded to amend the same, by striking out therefrom the words, "without the limits of the City of Washington." And on the question that the House do agree to the said amendment, It passed in the negative. The question was then taken that the House do concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their disagreement to the said second resolution, as originally proposed, The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, |