...was referred on the thirty-first ultimo, the petition of John Murray, made a report thereon, which was ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting his report, made in obedience to the act passed the...

...prejudicial to the public interest and to the rights of individuals, made a report, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before...the. Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, accompanied with sundry statements prepared in obedience to an...

...Hanson that the said resolution be postponed indefinitely: When, On motion of Mr. Jackson, The said resolution was ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting.his annual report on the state of the finances...

...William Jones, accompanied by a bill (No. 56) to extend to the District of Columbia the provisions of an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," approved February 12, 1793, and to repeal certain laws: which bill was...

...theanntial report of the commissioners, with sundry statements in relation to the navy pension fund, which was ordered to lie on the table. The speaker laid before the house another tetter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry papers, being copies of letters...

...lie on the table. The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to amend the act, entitled " An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters:" and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and...

...The Speaker, laid before the House, the annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund; which was ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before' the House, a letter from Joseph Lancaster, containing an expression of the gratitude, with which he is penetrated,...

...trea*ury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the mint of the United States; which was read and ordered to lie on the table. The speaker laid before the house the followingmessage, yesterday received from the president of the U. States, by the hands of his secretary,...

...act, entitled i An act for the prompt settlement of public accounts;" which letter and statement were ordered to lie on the table. The Speaker laid before the House another letter from the Secretary of Wai', transmitting a statement, showing the number of Revolutionary...

...Thomson, Tracy, Vance, Varnum, Vinton, Washington, Weeks, WhiUtcsey, Edward D. White, Wilson.— 86. So the resolution was ordered to lie on the table. The SPEAKER laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States: To the Senate and House of Representativci...