House, reported a bill for the relief of John Darnall; which was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole House tomorrow..

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Todd, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, yesterday, approve and sign,

An act making a partial appropriation for the subsistence of the army, during the year 1817; An act directing the discharge of Oliver Spellman from imprisonment; and

An act directing the discharge of John Ricaud from imprisonment.

Ordered, that the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Ingham,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of amending so much of the act of the 21st of April, 1816, cntitled, "An act to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks, and to authorize the laying out certain public roads and for other purposes," as relates to the compensation of Clerks.

Mr. Ingham, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Cady, and Mr Yates, were appointed the commit

tee.

On motion of Mr. Blount,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post-route from Dandridge, in Jefferson county, to Sevierville, in Sevier county, Tennessee,

An engrossed bill allowing compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. and delegates from Territories, and repealing all other laws on that sub

ject contrary thereto," was read the third time and the question stated, that the same do pas:

Mr. Randolph moved to commit the said bill to a select committee; which was agreed to by the House, and Mr. Randolph, Mr. Grosvenor, and Mr. Hopkinson were appointed the said committee, with leave to sit during the session of the House.

Mr. Randolph, with leave of the House, reported an amendment to the said bill, which was read and concurred in, and the bill was ordered to be re-engrossed and read a third time forthwith today

The said bill, being engrossed, was read the third time accordingly, and is in the following words:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the close of the present session of Congress the act entitled "An act to change the mode of compensa tion to the Members of the Senate and House of Represen tatives, and the delegates from Territories," passed the 19th of March, 1816, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. Provided always, That nothing lercin contained, shall be construed to revive any act or acts, or parts of acts repeal ed or suspended by the act hereby repealed.

A motion was made by Mr King that the bill be recommitted to a select committee, with instructions to report a repeal of the compensation law of the last session, and reviving all laws suspended by

that act.

And the question being taken on this motion,
It was determined in the negative.

The question was then taken, "Shall this bill

pass?"

And passed in the affirmative, }

Yeas....138
Nays......27

The

yeas and nays being required by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Ordered, That the title be "An act to repeal after the close of the present session of Congress the act entitled, 'An act to change the mode of compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the delegates from Territories,' passed on the 19th of March, 1816," and that the Clerk carry the said bill to the Senate and ask their concurrence therein.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth,

The House proceeded to consider the resolu tions submitted by him on the 14th instant, concerning a violation of the charter of the National Bank by its Directors; which was read the second time and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill concerning the navigation of the United States; to which was committed the bill" to prevent citizens of the United States from selling vessels of war to the citizens or subjects of any foreign power, and more effectually to prevent the arming and equipping vessels of war in the ports of the United States, intended to be used against nations in amity with the United States, and after some time spent therein." Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Jackson reported that the committee had made some progress in the last mentioned bill, 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.

And then the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, January 24, 1817.

Mr. King, of Mass. presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Saco, in the District