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Mr. Rankin, Mr. Scott, Mr. Cook, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Strong, Mr. Vinton, and Mr. Bradley.

A Committee on Commerce was appointed, consisting of Mr. Newton, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Abbot, Mr. Durfee, Mr. Dwight, Mr. Mangum, and Mr. Morgan.

A Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads was appointed, consisting of Mr. Francis Johnson, Mr. Hooks, Mr. Stoddart, Mr. Wilson, of S. C. Mr. M.Kean, Mr. Alexander, of Ten. and Mr. Bartley.

A Committe for the District of Columbia was appointed, consisting of Mr. Kent, Mr. Neale, Mr. Matlack, Mr. Findlay, Mr. Alexander, of Vir. Mr. Gazlay, and Mr. Blair.

A Committee on the Judiciary was appointed, consisting of Mr. Webster, Mr. P. P. Barbour, Mr. Plumer, of N. H. Mr. Burton, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Brent.

A Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Little, Mr. Eddy, Mr. Allen, of Ten. Mr. Wm. Smith, Mr. Culpeper, Mr. Plumer, of Penn. and Mr. Udrec. A Committee on Public Expenditures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Cobb, Mr. Clarke, of N. Y. Mr. Crafts, Mr. Markley, Mr. Gist, Mr. Sandford, and Mr. John S. Barbour.

A Committee on Private Land Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, Mr. Moore, of Alabama, Mr. Sterling, Mr. Prince, Mr. Garrison, Mr. Locke, and Mr. Williams, of N. Y. A Committee on Manufactures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Mr. Tod, Mr. Forward, Mr. Condict, Mr. Conner, Mr. Wright, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Marvin.

A Committee on Agriculture was appointed, consisting of Mr. Van Rensselaer, Mr. Baylies, Mr. Garnett, Mr. Harris, of Penn. Mr. Rose, Mr. Whitman, and Mr. Patterson, of Penn.

A Committee on Indian Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Cocke, Mr. Mitchell, of Penn. Mr. Williams, of Vir. Mr. M⚫Kee, Mr. M'Lean, of Ohio, Mr. Ten Eyck, and Mr. Gatlin.

A Committee on Foreign Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Storrs, Mr. Trimble, Mr. Archer, Mr. Farrelly, and Mr. Poinsett.

A Committee on Military Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Mitchell, of Md. Mr. M'Arthur, Mr. Houston, Mr. Vance, of Ohio, and Mr. Campbell, of S. C.

A Committee on Naval Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Crowninshield, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Warfield, Mr. Cady, Mr. Holcombe, and Mr. Harvey.

A Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business was appointed, consisting of Mr. Ross, Mr. Lathrop, and Mr. Brown, of Penn.

A Committee of Accounts was appointed, consisting of Mr. Allen, of Mass. Mr. Swan, and Mr. Letcher.

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State was appointed, consisting of Mr. Wood, Mr. Barber, of Conn. and Mrs Bailey.

A Committee on the Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury was appointed, consisting of Mr. Edwards, of N. C. Mr. Hayward, and Mr. Burleigh.

A Committee on the Expenditures in the Department of War was appointed, consisting of Mr. Tucker, of Vir. Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. White.

A Committee on the Expenditures in the Department of the Navy was appointed, consisting of Mr. Edwards, of Penn. Mr. Hobart, and Mr. O'Brien.

A Committee on the Expenditures in the Department of the Post Office was appointed, consisting of Mr. Van Wyck, Mr. Wilson, of Obio, and Mr. Lawrence.

A Committee on the Expenditures on the Public Buildings was appointed, consisting of Mr. Nelson, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Moore, of Kentucky.

On motion of Mr. Taylor, it was

Ordered, That, when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Friday, the 5th instant.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Condict reported that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union under consideration, and come to the following resolutions, viz:

1. Resolved, That so much of the message of the President of the United States as concerns our political relations with other independ ent governments, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to commerce; to the erection of piers in the Delaware Bay, and the removal of obstructions to the entrance of the harbor of the port of Presque Isle, be referred to the Committee of Commerce.

5. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to a revision of the tariff, with a view to the encouragement of manufactures, be referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

4. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the army, the militia, the ordnance department, the military academy, fortifications, armories, and arsenals, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

5. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the organization of the naval establishment, and the suppression of piracy, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

6. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the revenue, and the redemption of the public debt, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

7. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as concerns the Post Office Department, and the revision of the laws relating to the same, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

8. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to

the settlement of the public accounts, be referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures.

9. Resolved, That so much of the Presiden's message as concerns our relations with certain Indian tribes, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

10. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the suppression of the African slave trade, be referred to a select committee.

11. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the Cumberland road, be referred to a select committee.

12. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the connexion of the waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio, by means of a canal, be referred to a select committee.

13. Resolved, That the said select committees have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

These resolutions were again read at the Clerk's table, and, severally, concurred in by the House; and

Mr. Govan, Mr. Livermore, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Test, Mr. Wayne, Mr. Spaight, and Mr. Eaton, were appointed a committee upon the suppression of the African slave trade, in pursuance of the tenth resolution.

Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Beecher, Mr. John T. Johnson, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Johnson, of Virg. Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Owen, were appointed a committee on the subject of the Cumberland road, in pursuance of the eleventh resolution.

Mr. Mercer, Mr. Breck, Mr. Woods, Mr. Lee, Mr. Buckner, Mr. Jas. Stephenson, and Mr. Patterson, of Ohio, were appointed a committee upon the subject of the connexion of the waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio, in pursuance of the twelfth resolution.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from Samuel R. Overton and Joseph M. White, two of the commissioners appointed to ascertain titles and claims to lands in West Florida, asking for an extension of the time to the first of September next, to enable them to complete the duties of their appointment; which letter was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

And then the House adjourned until Friday next.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1823.

Mr. Lawrence, of New York, Mr. Owen, of Alabama, and Mr. Call, delegate from Florida, were severally sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took their seats.

Mr. Herrick presented a petition of sundry owners and masters of vessels, and of nierchants residing in the state of Maine, praying for the erection of a light-house on Owl's Head, in the said state.

Mr. Farrelly presented several petitions from inhabitants of the county of Erie, and parts adjacent, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying provision may be made for removing the bar which obstructs the entrance into the harbor of Presque Isle,

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, presented a memorial of Josiah Savage, Horace Stocking, Joseph Williams, and James Wilcox, setting forth that, at great expense, they constructed a steam vessel, with a view of navigating the same under the laws of the United States; but that, owing to the claims of the state of New York to the controul of the navigable waters within their territorial limits, and which have been sustained by judicial decisions, they are prevented from employing their vessel in the ordinary coasting trade of that section of country; and that, notwithstanding, they are compelled to pay to the United States a tonnage duty, and conform to the usual custom-house regu lations; and praying that the moneys which they have paid as tonnage duty may be refunded, and that they may be exonerated from any further imposts on said vessel; or that such other relief may be granted as may be deemed just and proper.

Ordered, That so much of the said memorial as relates to refunding the tonnage duty, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and that the residue thereof be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cambreleng presented a petition of James Graham, of the state of New York, stating, that, whilst the port of Castine, in the state of Maine, was in the possession of the British forces, in the late war between the United States and Great Britain, he imported into said port a quantity of merchandise, upon which he paid duties to the British government; that, when the said port was given up to the United States, upon the restoration of peace, he was compelled to pay duties on the same merchandise to the United States, subsequently to which the highest judicial authority of the country have decided that the United States were not entitled to said duties; and praying that the same may be refunded.

Mr. Cambreleng also presented a similar petition of John Tappan, of Boston.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng,

Ordered, That the petition of James Crawford and others, heretofore presented on the 3d January, 1821; the petition of Joshua Aubin, the petition of Benjamin Hazletine, the petition of William Whitehead, heretofore presented on the 31st December, 1821; the petition of Nathaniel W. and Charles H. Appleton, presented on the sd January, 1822; and the petition of Samuel Adams, presented on the 5th of February, 1822, be also referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Tyson,

Ordered, That the petition of Garret Fountaine, heretofore presented on the 20th February, 1821, be referred to the Committee of Claims, Mr. Hemphill presented a petition of Jonathan S. Smith, of Philadelphia, praying compensation for a quantity of coffee, which he was

compelled to abandon in Algiers, upon the breaking out of the late war between the United States and that power, which compensation he thinks he is fairly entitled to claim from the Treasury of the United States, in virtue of the stipulations of the treaty by which the war, aforesaid was terminated.

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

Mr. Condict presented a memorial of sundry inhabitants of the state of New Jersey, praying that further protection and encouragement may be extended to the manufacturing interest of the country, and that an excise duty may be imposed on domestic distilled spirits.

Ordered, That so much of said memorial as relates to manufactures, be referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and that so much as relates to an excise duty, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means

Mr. Wayne presented the petition of Peter Freeborn, praying for å pension.

Mr. Forsyth presented a petition, (in the French language,) of Gabrielle Emelie de Beauregard, the widow of a French officer, of the rank of captain, in the army of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, setting forth, that she is in poverty, with six children; that she makes no claim, but submits her case to the liberality of Congress

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Sandford presented the petition of Jacob Greer, of Tennessee, praying for further compensation for services in collecting direct tax in North Carolina, in 1803 and 1804; which petition was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker presented the petition of sundry attorneys at law, residing in the state of Alabama, praying for an alteration in the time of holding the District Court of the United States for the district of Alabama; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Ordered, That the petition of John Stealy, heretofore presented on the 13th of January, 1823, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Rankin,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Vidal, heretofore presented on the 11th January, 1815; the petition of John Jenkins, presented on the 4th of February, 1822; the petition of Valentine Delmas and John B. Beaudreaux, the petition of Michael Dragon, presented on the 18th of March, 1822; and the petition of Ralph Regan, presented on the 9th December, 1822, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Livermore,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of directing the United

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