And then the main question being taken that the House do agree to the said motion as originally proposed,

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

Robert Brown,
Clifton Claggett,
Joseph Clay,
James Elliot,
Ebenezer Elmer,
William Findley,
Gaylord Griswold,
John A. Hanna,
Josiah Hasbrouck,
David Hough,
Nehemiah Knight,
Michael Leib,
Andrew McCord,

Nahum Mitchell,

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Willis Alston, junior,
Simeon Baldwin,

George Michael Bedinger,

William Backledge,

Adam Boyd,

Joseph Bryan,

William Butler,

George W. Campbell,

John Campbell,

Levi Casey,

Thomas Claiborne,

Matthew Clay,
John Clopton,
Frederick Conrad,
Jacob Crowninshield,
Manasseh Cutler,
John Davenport,
John Dawson,
John Dennis,
William Dickson,

John B. Earle,

Peter Early,

John W. Eppes,
William Eustis,
John Fowler,
Calvin Goddard,
Peterson Goodwyn,
Thomas Griffin,
Roger Griswold,
Joseph Heister,
William Helms,
John Hoge,
James Holland,
Benjamin Huger,
Samuel Hunt,
Walter Jones,

William Kennedy,

Simon Larned,

Joseph Lewis, jun.

So the said motion was rejected.

A memorial of Richard Taylor, of the State of Kentucky, was presented to the House and read, praying an augmentation of the pension heretofore granted him by law, in consideration of a wound received as an officer in a corps of volunteers, under the command of General John Adair, on an expedition against the Indians, some time in the month of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, which has rendered bim incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, the second instant, the bill in addition to "An act to make

provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war."

Ordered, That the petition of Francis Mentges, presented the sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, together with the documents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered, That the committee to whom were referred, on the fifteenth instant, the several petitions of Marcella Stanton, of Ann Alricks, and of Judith Crow, (late Judith Sayse, of the District of Columbia, presented to this House at the last session, have leave to report thereon by bill, or bills, or otherwise.

Mr. Dawson, from the committee last mentioned, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to decree divorces, in certain cases; 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 Tuesday next.

Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred, during the present session, the representation and memorials of sundry citizens of Massachusetts, purchasers under the Georgia Company; of the agents for persons composing the New England Land Company, purchasers under the Georgia and Mississippi Company ; and of the agent for sundry citizens of South Carolina, purchasers under the Upper Mississippi Company; made a report thereon; which was read: Whereupon,

A motion was made, and the question being put, that the said report be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Another motion was then made, and the question being put, that the said report be made the order of the day for Saturday, the second of March next,

It passed in the negative.

Resolved, That the said report be made the order of the day for Monday next.
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 amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen." 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 report of the Committee of Claims, of the eighth instant, to whom was referred, on the twenty-third of November last, the memorial of Alexander Murray, late commander of the United States' frigate Constellation; 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 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, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House, as followeth :

Resolved, That the prayer of the memorial of Alexander Murray is reasonable, and ought to be granted.

Ordered, That a bill, or bills, be brought in, pursuant to the said resolution; and that the Committee of Claims do prepare and bring in the same.

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

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1805.

A petition of Abigail Brush, relict and residuary legatee of Nathaniel Brush, late of Bennington, in the State of Vermont, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying, for the reasons therein specified, that she may be exonerated from the payment of a certain balance said to be due from the estate of the deceased to the United States; or that such other relief may be granted in the premises as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

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

A memorial of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins, and William Currier, of the town of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, merchants, was presented to the House and read, praying that they may be allowed the drawback of the duty on a quantity of merchandise shipped by the memorialists to the port of New Orleans, some time in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, or that the amount of duty

paid, or secured to be paid, on the said merchandise, at the port of New Orleans, may be refunded or remitted to the memorialists, for the reasons therein set forth.

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

A memorial of the people called Quakers, at their yearly meeting, held in the city of Philadelphia, in the month of December last, was presented to the House and read, praying that effectual measures may be adopted by Congress to prevent the introduction of slavery into any of the Territories of the United States.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the committee appointed, the twelfth of November last, 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.

Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen," 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 Ilouse, according to the order of the day, resumed the consideration of the engrossed bill to make farther provision for extinguishing the debts due from the United States: Whereupon,

Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, on the nineteenth instant, approve and sign an act, which originated in this House, entitled "An act authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason's Island to the Western shore of the river Potomac,"

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

Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Alexander Murray; 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 petition of sundry citizens 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 the way of Rawling's Ford, Pughtown, Morgantown, and Churchtown, to New Holland, in the county of Lancaster, for the convenience and benefit of the petitioners and other inhabitants of the said State of Pennsylvania.

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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill authorizing the Postmaster General, to make a further allowance for carrying the mail from Fayette, in North Carolina, to Charleston, South Carolina; 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 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 engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

Ordered, That Don Joseph de Cabrera, attached to the legation of Spain, near the United States, and now confined in the debtors' apartment of the gaol in the city of Philadelphia, whose letter, with sundry documents enclosed therewith, addressed to the Speaker of this House, were read, and ordered to lie on the table on the seventeenth instant, have leave to withdraw the same from the files of the House.

Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the nineteenth ultimo, a memorial of sundry manufacturers of refined sugar, in the city and State of New York, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred 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 Whole House on the bill making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five; and, after VOL. V.-13

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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, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

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 amend an act, entitled 'An act for imposing more specific duties on the importation of certain articles, and, also, for levying and collecting light money on foreign ships or vessels, and for other purposes; 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, but were not able to proceed farther, because of the absence of a majority of the committee.

An adjournment was then called for:

Whereupon,

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1805.

Mr. Richards, from the Committee of 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 relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen."

A memorial of Alexander Simonton, of the county of Mercer, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying relief, in consideration of wounds and other personal injuries received in the actual service of the United States, whilst a soldier in the First Pennsylvania regiment on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

Also, a petition of John Coffee, of the borough of Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, to the like effect.

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

Ordered, That the memorial and petition of sundry gun manufacturers of the State of Pennsylvania, praying "that additional duties may be imposed by law on fire arms imported from foreign countries," presented on the thirtieth of January, one thousand eight hundred and four, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

An engrossed bill making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for 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 appro priations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for 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.

An engrossed bil authorizing the Postmaster General to make a farther allowance for carrying the mail from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina."

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 the Treasurer of the United States, accompanying his general account of receipts and expenditures, as, also, his accounts for the War and Navy Departments, from the first of October, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and four, inclusive; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the committee, to whom was referred, on the sixteenth instant, the report of the Secretary of War on the petition of sundry officers of the Army, stationed at the city of New Orleans, have leave to report thereon by bill, or bills, or otherwise.