1. Resoled, That the military peace establishment of the United States shall consist of such proportions of artillery, infantry and riflemen, not exceeding in the whole, six thousand men, as the President of the United States shall judge proper, and that the committee on Mitary Affairs be instructed to report a bill for that purpose.

2. Resaved, That the act or acts of Congress, authorizing the appointmentof two major generals, be repealed, and that the office of major geeral, in the military peace establishment of the United States, be dipensed with.

s. Resived, That the residue of the staff of the army of the United Stats, be reduced to one half of the present number of officers; or as early so, as the nature of the case will admit of.

The qustion was stated to agree to the said resoiutions, when, A motin was made by Mr. Holmes, to lay the said resolutions on the tabl

And th question being taken thereon,

The yes and nays being required by one-fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Mr. Rhea,
Rich,

Ringgold,
Robertson,

Sergeant,
Seybert,
Simkins,
S. Smith,
Bal. Smith,
Southward,
Speed,
Storrs,

Strong,
Tallmadge,
Terrell,
Tompkins,
Trimble,

Tucker, Vir.
Tyler,
Upham,
Walker, Ken.
Wendover,
Wilkin,

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The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to authorize the people of the Missouri territory 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; as also, on the bill establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri; and on the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to authorize the people of the territory of Alabama 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;" and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Smith, of Maryland, reported that the committee had made some 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 bills.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Virginia,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to communicate to this House, a statement of the moneys, and the amount transferred by the Bank of the United States, for the use or accommodation of the government or its agents, to any place or places where an equal amount of public money had not been previously received by the said bank, or its branches.

On motion of Mr. Walker, of Kentucky,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the propriety of altering the post

route from Glasgow, to Burksville, so as to go by Martinsburgh, in Kentucky.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, from the Joint committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States, enrolled bills, and an enrolled resolution of the following titles, to wit:

An act to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States, to cases arising under the law relating to patents, An act for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker,

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,

An act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia,

An act to authorize the President and Managers of the Rockville and Washington Turnpike Road Company, of the state of Maryland, to extend and make a turnpike road to or from the boundary of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, through the said District, to the line thereof; and,

A resolution authorizing the transmission of the documents accompanying the report of the committee appointed to examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United States, free of postage. And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, February 15, 1819.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Treasurur of the United States, transmitting statements of his general account, from the 1st of January, 1817, to the 1st July, 1818; as also, of his War and Navy accounts, from the 1st of October, 1817, to the 1st of October, 1818; which letter and statements were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Comstock presented a petition of Jonathan P. Woodworth and Oliver Woodworth, two of the sons and heirs of Jonathan Woodworth deceased, an officer in the revolutionary army, praying to be allowed and paid a proportion of the pension to which the deceased was entitled, as an indemnity for the expense incurred by them in taking care of the deceased during his last illness.

Ördered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Wendover presented a petition of sundry stockholders in the Bank of the United States, residing in the City of New York, owning stock in said bank, exceeding in the aggregate two millions of dollars, praying that no measures may be adopted calculated to put down, or to destroy the credit of the said bank, but that such course may be adopted as will protect private rights, and restore to the

bank the confidence of the community; which petition was referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union.

Mr. Wendover, also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the City of New York, praying that the act imposing duties on foreign coal imported into the United States, may be repealed.

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

Mr. Hubbard presented a petition of Thomas W. Phelps and Warren Colton, praying to be exonerated from their liability as the sureties of a certain Samuel Blakeslee, jr. lately deceased, in a bond to secure the duties imposed on his distillery, in consequence of their poverty and inability to pay the said bond.

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

Mr. Southard presented a petition of John Hampton, brother and heir at law of Andrew Hampton, deceased, stating that the deceased was possessed, in his life time, of a tract of one thousand acres of land lying on the river Mobile, in the former Spanish province of West Florida, which said Jand has been lately surveyed and sold by the United States and praying for a grant of other land of equal value, or for other suitable indemnity.

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

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of sundry merchants of Philadelphia, stating that late in the year 1806, they made large ship. ments in American and colonial produce, from ports of the United States, to the port of Antwerp, in France; that the vessels in which their shipments were made, were carried into England under the Orders in Council of Great Britain, and after being subjected to ille gal duties, were released; that upon their arrival in the port of Antwerp the ships with their cargoes were seized under the decrees of France, commonly called The Berlin and Milan Decrees, and were sold and the proceeds paid into the Treasury of France; that all their efforts to obtain redress have been unavailing, and praying that such measures may be adopted by the government of the United States, as will induce that of France. to grant them compensation for their property, as well as for its detention.

State.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of

Mr. Sergeant also presented a petition of the select and common council of the city of Philadelphia, praying that the cast iron pipes, or conduits, which they have ordered from Great Britain, to be used in conducting water through the streets of said city, may be admitted to entry free of duty.

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

Mr. Murray presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the

state of Pennsylvania, praying that provision may be made for open. ing a military road from Williamsport, in Pennsylvania, to the Painted Post, in the state of New York; which was referred to the committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of George Lewis, praying to be paid the amount of a loan office cǝrtificate, issued in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, presented a petition of William Simmons, a soldier in the revolutionary army, praying for a pension.

Mr. Austin presented a petition of Anna Price, praying for further compensation for a valuable horse impressed into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war.

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

Mr. Pindall presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the state of Virginia, praying to be permitted to settle on Columbia river, in the Missouri territory, at a point below the head of the navigation of said river.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee' on the Public Lands.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of the Baptist Board of Foreign Mission, acting under the direction of the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination of the United States, stating that they are desirous of establishing schools among the Indians, for their instruction and civilization, and praying for the aid and encouragement of the government of the United States; which was referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill authorizing 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 means as he may judge expedient in order to civilize the

same.

The Speaker presented a memorial of George Williams, explamatory of his conduct as a director, on the part of the government, of the Bank of the United States; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Ebenezer C. Kingsley; which was read, and the resolution therein contained, was concur◄ red in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the committee of Claims be discharged from further considering the said petition, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw the same.

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill making an appropriation for carrying into effect the provisions of an act, passed on the 1st day of March, 1817, entitled An act making reservation of certain public lands to sup