guaranteed to the inhabitants of the territories exterior to the original limits of the United States, and made the basis of all governments, hereafter to be established therein.

On motion of Mr. Newton,

Resolved, That the committee appointed to inquire whether it be expedient to make any amendment in the laws, which regulate the coins of the United States, and foreign coins, be instructed to inquire, also, into the expediency of fixing the standard of weights and mersures.

On motion of Mr. Whitman,

Resolved, That the committee on Military Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the sale of such military sites, owned by the United States, as have become, or have been found to be useless for military purposes.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole, to which is committed, the bill, explanatory of the act, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land titles, in the state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri," be discharged; and that the said bill be engrossed and read a thire time, to-morrow.

Engrossed bills, of the following titles, to wit:

An act making provision for the claim of M. Poirey; and,

An act making provision for the claim of M. de Vienne; were severally read a third time and passed.

Ordered, That the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk carry the said bill to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, for calling them into the service of the United States, for governing them therein, and for compensating them for their servi ces; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Hugh Nelson, reported that the committee had made further progress therein, and directed him to ask leave to sit again. Ordered, That the committee of the whole, have leave to sit again on the said bill.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of moneys paid to the army for extra labor upon roads and other objects of fatigue duty, for the year ending the 1st October, 1818, so far as the accounts have been received, including the extra issues of whiskey, rendered in pursuance of the resolutions of this House, of the 6th and 7th instant; which was ordered to lie on the table.

A motion was made by Mr. Bloomfield, that when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next; which was rejected.

And then the House adjourned.

SATURDAY, January 16, 1819.

Mr. Sherwood presented a petition of Sarah Wetmore, widow of Hezekiah Wetmore, an officer in the revolutionary army, praying to be paid the balance of pay and the commutation of the five years full pay due for the services of the deceased.

Mr. Pawling presented a petition of William Zoll, Henry Bearly, Frederick Tutt, Andrew Shenfessel and Martin Felix, carters in the public service, in the revolutionary war, praying that the provisions of the act passed at the last session, providing for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, may be extended to them.

Mr. Pawling, also presented a petition of Henry Lotz, John Fox, Michael Spatz, and Jacob Fleisher, marines, in the revolutionary war, praying for pensions.

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

Mr. Wendover, presented a petition of Joseph H. Cunningham, praying to be discharged from his liability, as the surety of a certain Philip D. Spencer, a paymaster in the army, in the late war with Great Britain, for reasons stated in the petition..

Mr. Wendover, also presented a petition of William L. Hull, praying to be discharged from the effects of a judgment, rendered against him, as the surety of a certain Jeremiah Draper, in a bond for the payment of duties on merchandise, imported into the United States, by the said Draper, as he has made an assignment of all his property, for the purpose of discharging his debts.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Williams, of New York, presented a petition of sundry inbabitants of the county of Otsego, in the state of New York,

Mr. William P. Maclay presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Mifflin and Union counties, in the state of Pennsylvania,

Mr. Pindall presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Wood, Lewis, Randolph and Pendleton, in the state of Virginia, respectively praying for the establishment of post routes.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee

on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Stephen O, Runyan, praying Congress to authorize the establishment of a military road from Sackett's Harbor, in the state of New York, to the city of Philadelphia.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Tyler presented a petition of Bartlett Still, auctioneer, in the city of Richmond, praying for the remission of a penalty incurred by him, in selling without a license, for reasons stated in the petition.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Scott, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the Arkansaw country, in the territory of Missouri, praying that a separate territorial government may be established for the said country, and that the seat of the government thereof, may be established at the mouth of the Cadron, on the Arkansas river.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill, to enable the people of the territory of Missouri, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Gad Pierce, Joshua Hathaway and others, Rufus Spalding and others, Warren Sadler and George Stow, all of the Niagara frontier; which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Spencer, from the committee appointed on the 30th of November last, to inspect the books, and examine into the proceedings of the bank of the United States, to report thereon, and to report whether the provisions of its charter have been violated or not, made a detailed report thereon; which was read and committed to the committee of the whole, on the state of the Union.

Ordered, That the Clerk be directed to procure as speedily as practicable, for the use of the members of this House, 2500 copies of the said report, in addition to the usual number of six hundred copies.

Mr. Spencer, from the same committee, by leave of the House, reported a bill to enforce the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States," which relate to the right' of voting for directors; which bill was read the first and second time and also committed to the committee of the whole, on the state of the Union.

Ordered, That the committee on Foreign Relations, be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of the New York Society, for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be liberated;" and that it be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.

Mr. Pindall, from the committee appointed yesterday, reported a bill to provide for delivering up persons held to labor or service, in any of the states or territories, who shall escape into any other state or territory; which was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.

Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, from the committee appointed on the 14th inst. to present a resolution to the President of the United States, reported that the committee had performed that duty, and

that they were informed by the President that he would attend to the request contained in the said resolution.

Engrossed bills of the following titles, to wit:

An act, explanatory of the act, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land titles, in the state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri;" and,

An act, supplementary to the act, "entitled an act to authorize and empower the President and Managers of the Washington Turnpike Company, of the state of Maryland. when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road, to or from Georgetown in the District of Columbia, through the said District, to the line thereof;" were severally read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the titles be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk carry the said bills to the Senate and ask their concurrence therein.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the resolution " for the distribution of Seybert's Statistical Annals, and directing Pitkin's Commercial Statisties, to be deposited in the library," with an amendment, in which they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The said amendment was read and concurred in by the House.
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.
And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, January 18, 1819.

Mr. Livermore presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Mr. Pitkin presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Litchfield, in the state of Connecticut, respectively praying for the establishment of post routes.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Shaw presented a petition of Edmund Foster, an officer in the army, in the late war with Great Britain, praying for an increase of his pension.

Mr. Savage presented a petition of Moses Smith, a soldier in the revolutionary war, also praying for an increase of his pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Shaw, also presented a petition of Jonathan Fenney, a soldier in the revolutionary army.

Mr. Williams, of New York, presented a petition of Lemuel Sergeant, an officer in the said army, respectively praying for pensions.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Folger presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of New Bedford, in the state of Massachusetts, praying that the acts prohibiting the importation of slaves, may be so amended, as that persons of color, illegally imported into the United States, may not be sold as slaves.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill, supplementary to the acts prohibitiug the slave trade.

Mr. Terry presented a petition of the President and Directors of the Connecticut Asylum, for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, praying for the aid and assistance of the government of the United States, either in land or money, so as to enable them to support the said institution; which petition was referred to a select committee; and,

Mr. Terry, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Cruger, and Mr. Williams of Connecticut, were appointed the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Palmer,

Ordered, That the petition of Samuel Buell, presented on the 13th January, 1818, be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Stuart, of Maryland, presented a petition of sundry pilots for the river Potomac, praying for the passage of an act, authorizing them to conduct and navigate vessels, bound to and from the District of Columbia.

Ordered. That the said petition be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Scott presented a petition af George Henderson; a petition of Nathan M Carty; a petition of John Lorens, and a petition of Paschal Detchemondy, respectively praying that their titles to lands, in the territory of Missouri, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

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Mr. Scott, also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the Arkansas country, in the territory of Missouri, praying for the establishment of a separate territorial government for the said country; and that the town of Arkansas, may be established as the seat of government thereof.

Mr. Scott, also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Lawrence, in the territory of Missouri, praying for an alteration in the boundaries of the land districts of Jackson and Lawrence, in the said territory.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of the whole, on the bill to enable the people of the territory of Missouri, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.

Mr. Scott, also presented a petition of Jenifer T. Sprigg, praying for additional compensation for his services as a deputy surveyor, in the territory of Missouri.