Resolved, That the duty on carriages and barness be repealed.

Resolved, That the duty on auctions be repealed.

Resolved, That the duty on stamps be repealed. Resolved, That the duty on licenses to retailers be repealed.

Resolved, That the duty on refined sugar be repealed.

And debate arising thereon,

The House adjourned.

TUESDAY, February 18, 1817.

Mr. Baylies presented a petition of Seth Sprague, praying to be allowed the bounty on a fishing voyage, which is withheld for reasons stated in the petition.

Ordered, That the said petition lie on the table. Mr. Parris presented a statement of the case of the United States libellants, vs. the brig Hollon and cargo, signed by W. P. Preble, attorney. of the United States for the District of Maine, in relation to the petition of Benjamin L. Swan and others, which was referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Parris presented a petition of John G. Brown, of St. Johns, in the British province of New-Brunswick, stating that the Secretary of the Treasury having remitted a forfeiture incurred by lim, subsequent to the payment of the same into the Treasury, he is unable to receive his money except by an appropriation for that purpose; and praying that the said appropriation may be made. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Langdon presented a petition of Aaron Bel

lamy, praying compensation for a boat lost in the public service during the late war with Great Britain.

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

Mr. Barbour presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Fauquier, in Virginia, praying for the establishment of a post-route.

Ordered, That the said petition 'be referred to the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. Robertson presented a resolution of the legislature of the Territory of Missouri, requesting that some mode may be pointed out to enable claimants to obtain copies of records and title papers filed in the recorder's office.

Ordered, That the said resolution be referred the committee of the whole House on the bill to establish additional land offices in the Missouri Territory, and to settle the claims to village and town lots therein.

Ordered, That the petition of Elizabeth Wadsworth, and the report of the Secretary of the Navy thereon, be referred to Mr. Sheffey, Mr. Yates, and Mr. Ross.

Mr. Hugh Nelson, from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following resolution,

Resolved, That it is not expedient to multiply the number of newspapers in which the acts of Congress should be published.

This resolution was read and agreed to by the House.

Mr Hugh Nelson from the same committee, reported a bill providing an additional compensation to the circuit judge of the sixth circuit of the United States, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the

second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Hugh Nelson, from the same committee, made a report on the petition of Andrew Moore, which was read and the resolution therein contained was concurred in by the House, as follows: Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

Mr Hugh Nelson, also made a report on the petition of Cartwright Tippet, Richard Spalding, and John B. Goddard, which was read and the resolution therein contained was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.

Mr. Sharp, from the committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of madame Renaut Maynaud de Pancemont, and her husband Francois Maynaud de Pancemont, by their agent Philip Mercier, which report was read: When,

Mr. Sharp reported a bill confirming certain lands in the Territory of Illinois, to the heirs of Philip Renaut, which was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of Gabriel Winter. Mr. Taylor, from the committee of Elections made the following report:

That they have examined the certificate of election of James Kilbourn, who is returned as a representative from the State of Ohio, and find the same sufficient to entitle him to a seat in this House.

Mr. Condict, from the committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, made a report, containing estimates of expenses to be incurred in reerecting the public edifices, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Ingham, from the committee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads, reported on a bill freeing from postage all letters and packets to and from James Madison, which was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. Pleasants, from the committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William Farr, and John Maxwell, with the report of the Secretary of the Navy thereon, made a report, which was read and the resolution therein contained was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the committee on Naval Affairs be discharged from a further consideration of the petition of William Farr and John Maxwell, and that the said petition and the accompanying documents be referred to the Secretary of the Navy.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting certain papers relating to Alexander Mills, an applicant for a pension, which were referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

The Speaker also laid before the House a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of sundry merchants and owners of ves sels in the district of Richmond, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker also laid before the House a letter from the post-master-general, transmitting a list of the clerk's employed in his office during the year 1816, with the salary allowed to each, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker communicated to the House a letter from the governor of New-Hampshire, informing that he had transmitted through the collector of the customs for the port of Portsmouth,

a map of the State of New-Hampshire, for the use of this House.

On motion of Mr. King,

Resolved, That the committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to report to this House such measures as they may judge necessary to regulate the importation of plaster of Paris, and to countervail the regulations of any other nation, injurious to our own, relating to that trade.

The House again resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Williams, to abolish the internal duties; and the question recurred on the amendment proposed yesterday by Mr. Ingham: When,

A motion was made by Mr. Root, to amend the said amendment, so as to confine the proposed repeal of the duties on carriages and harness, to such as do not exceed one hundred dollars in value.

A motion was then made by Mr. Bateman, that the resolution and the amendments proposed thereto, be postponed indefinitely.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are