The said message was read, and, together with the documents accompanying the same, referred to the committee of Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of moneys, transferred during the recess of Congress, from one branch of expenditure, to another branch of expenditure, in the same department; which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, from the Joint committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined enrolled bills, of the following titles, to wit:

An act for the relief of Daniel Renner, and Nathaniel H. Heath, An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year 1819; and,

An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year 1819; and found the same to be truly enrolled; when,

The Speaker signed the said bills.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.
And then the House adjourned.

SATURDAY, February 6, 1819.

Ordered, That Mr. Butler of New Hampshire, have leave of absence from the service of this House, from Monday next, for the remainder of the session.

Mr. Spencer presented a petition of John Silsbee, praying for an increase of his pension, and that such increase may commence from the date of the original pension.

Mr. Ogden presented a petition of Abraham Commissary, an Onondago Indian, son and only child of an Onondago warrior, who was killed in the battle of Chippewa, in the late war with Great Britain, while fighting on the side of the United States, stating that he has embraced the christian religion, and is desirous of quali fying himself for the ministry of the gospel, and as he has no means of support, he prays that provision may be made for his maintainance and education for five years.

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

Mr. Spencer presented a petition of Charles Townsend and Jonas Williams, praying compensation for services rendered by them as commissioners to take testimony in relation to claims for compensation for property lost and destroyed during the late war with Great Britain, and belonging to the inhabitants of the Niagara frontier.

Mr Spencer also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the Niagara frontier, on behalf of the said Townsend and Williams, Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Bloomfield presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Burlington, in the state of New Jersey, praying that persons of color who may be illegally introduced into the United States, may not be sold as slaves.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to the several acts prohibiting the importation of slaves.

Mr. Rogers presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Northampton, Pike and Wayne, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. Walker, of North Carolina, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Buncomb, in the state of North Carolina, also praying for the establishment of a post route.

Mr. Scott presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Arkansas, in the territory of Missouri, also praying for the establishment of a post route.

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

Mr. Trimble presented sundry documents in support of the claim of Henry Brother, for property destroyed by the American and British troops on the Niagara frontier, in the late war; which were referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Harrison presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the state of Ohio, praying that measures may be adopted to recal the Indians from a savage life, and to induce to adopt a state of civiliza

tion.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill to authorize the President of the United States, to select such tribes of Indians, as he may think best prepared for the change, and to adopt such measures as he may judge expedient in order to civilize them.

Mr. Bloomfield, from the committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the petitions of Sarah Sheppard, Phoebe Champe and Lois Haskell, widows, of deceased officers of the revolutionary army; which was read, and the resolution therein contained, was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to grant pensions to widows of deceased revolutionary oflicers, who were not killed in battle.

On motion of Mr. Scott,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from the seat of justice, in Franklin county, to the seat of justice in Montgomery county; also, from St. Louis, by Belle Fontaine and Portage-dessioux, to the seat of justice of the county of Lincoln; also, from St. Michael, in Madison county, to the seat of justice in the county of Wayne, thence to Hix's ferry on the road to Laurence courthouse, and from Jackson, in Cape Girardeau county, to the seat of justice in the county of Wayne.

On motion of Mr. Robert Moore,

Resolved. That the committee on Roads and Canals, be intructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe- shares, in the stock of the road laid out from the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegany, to Waterford, in the county of Eric, in the state of Pennsylvania.

On motion of Mr. Murray,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Halifax, in Dauphin county, along the east side of the Susquehanna river, to Sunbury, in Northumberland county and state of Pennsylvania.

Ordered, That Ezra Dunham, have leave to withdraw his petition and documents.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have postponed until the fourth day of March next, the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the corporation of the City of Washington, to open and extend certain streets ir said city, through a public reservation;" and until the fifth day of the same month, the bill, entitled " An act respecting invalids." They have passed the bili, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks, in the Civil Department of the government of the United States, in the District of Columbia," with amendments. They have also passed bills of the following titles, to wit: An act to provide relief for sick and disabled seamen;" and "An act authorizing a subscription for the eleventh and twelfth volumes of State Papers." in which amendments and bills, they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The amendments proposed by the Senate, to the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks, in the Civil Department of the government of the United States, in the District of Columbia." were read and referred to the committee for the District of Columbia.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to provide relief for sick and disabled seamen;" was read the first and second time and referred to the committee on Naval Affairs.

The bill from the Senate, entitled An act authorizing a subscription for the eleventh and twelfth volumes of State Papers," was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole on Monday next.

An engrossed bill, entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an additional agent for paying pensioners of the United States, in the state of Tennessee," was read the 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. Two messages, in writing, were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Joseph Jones Monroe, his Secretary,

which he delivered in at the Speakers table: and then withdrew. The first of the said messages was read, and is as follows: To the House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to Congress, a copy of a letter from governor Bibb, to major general Jackson, connected with the late military operations in Florida. This letter has been mislaid, or it would have been communicated with the other documents, at the commencement of the session.

Washington, February 6th, 1819.

JAMES MONROE.

Ordered, That the said message and letter, lie on the table. The House again 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. Bassett reported that the committee of the whole had again had the state of the Union under consideration, and came to no resolution thereon.

And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, February 8, 1819.

Mr. Holmes presented a petition of Abner Curtis, praying compensation for his vessel. which was captured by a British ship, in the late war, while employed in transporting naval stores for the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. McLane, of Delaware, presented a petition of the Delaware "Society for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures,” praying that further measures may be adopted for the protection and en couragement of the various manufacturing establishments within the United States.

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

Mr. Harrison, presented a petition of John Whipple, praying compensation for his houses and other property, which was destroyed by the British forces, in the late war, in consequence of having been in the occupation of the troops of the United States.

Mr. Butler, of Louisiana, presented a petition of William B. Ligon, praying compensation for his schooner, called the Celeste, which was lost while in the public service, transporting provisions and military stores from New Orleans to Fort Scott, in the year

1818.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill in addition to, and in alteration of, an act,

entitled "An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries," 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 an act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the 2d day of March, 1799.

The Speaker laid before the House, a memorial of William Jones, late President of the Bank of the United States, containing an exposition of the views and motives which have regulated his official conduct, and submitting his case to the wisdom and justice of Congress, in the full confidence that his reputation will not be subjected to obloquy, by inferences alike repugnant to his principles and to the whole tenor of his private and public life; which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Marr, from the Select committee, appointed on the 1st inst. on the subject, reported a bill, to amend the act, entitled "An act, supplementary to the act, entitied An act to authorize the state of Tennessee, to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated land within the same,' passed the 18th of April 1806," which was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, to-morrow.

The message received on Saturday last, from the President of the United States, was read, and is as follows:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to Congress, for their consideration, applications which have been received from the Minister resident of Prussia, and from the Senates of the Free and Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Bremen, the object of which is, that the advantages secured by the act of Congress, of 20th of April last, to the vessels and merchan dise of the Netherlands, should be extended to those of Prussia, Hamburg and Bremen. It will appear from these documents, that the vessels of the United States, and the merchandise laden in them, are, in the ports of those governments, respectively, entitled to the same advantages, in respect to imposts and duties as those of the native subjects of the countries themselves. The principle of reciprocity appears to entitle them to the return of the same favor on the part of the United States, and I recommend it to Congress, that provision to that effect may be made.

6th of February, 1819.

JAMES MONROE.

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

On motion of Mr. Richards,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a