the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Randolph,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Scott, presented on the 13th day of November, 1811, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Archer presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Harford County, in the State of Maryland, praying that a law may be passed prohibiting, for a limited time, the exportation of bread stuffs, and the distilling of spirituons liquors from grain, in consequence of the short crops of those articles made at the last harvest, and the high price they now bear.

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

Mr. Little presented a petition of Thomas Murray, master cooper in the navy yard, in the city of Washington, stating that ever since the destruction of the said navy yard. his salary has been discontinued without his having been dismissed from office, and praying that the said salary may ba paid to him.

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

Mr. Lattimore presented a petition of John Chambers, praying for a pre-emption right in the purchase of the land on which he resides in the Mississippi Territory.

Ordered, That the said petition, together with the petition of sundry inhabitants of St. Stephens, in the said Territory, presented on the 12th of January, 1816, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Lowndes, from the committee of Ways and. Means. made report upon the expediency of amending the act entitled an act to regulate the

duties on Imports and Tonnage, so far as it relates to the duty on tonnage," which report was read: When

Mr. Lowndes reported a bill supplementary to an act to regulate the duties on Imports and Tonnage," which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow..

Mr. Hopkinson, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.

Mr. Julinson, of Kentucky, from the committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill making donations of land to the disbanded officers of the late army of the United States, which was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of infirm, disabled, and superannuated officers and soldiers.

Mr. Betts, from the committee appointed on the petition of Luther Bingham, made report, which was read: When

Mr. Betts, by leave of the House, reported a bill for the relief of Luther Bingham, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-day.

The following resolution was submitted by Mr. Hardin :

Resolved, that it is expedient to repeal an act entitled "An act to abolish the existing duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and to lay other duties in lieu of those at present imposed on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors, except so much of said act as may enable the go

vernment to collect the sums now due under said act, or may become due before the repeal shall take effect.

The said resolution was read and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Resolved, That the committce on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be directed to inquire into the expediency of paying to the heirs of Edward Abbott and John Abbott the pay for their services during the revolutionary war.

On motion of Mr. Johuson,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post-road from Louisville, on the Ohio, to New-Castle, thence to the town meeting-house, thence to Boon court-house, thence to Covington, opposite Cincinnati.

On motion of Mr. Fletcher,

Resolved, That the committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of remunerating Henry Brother, now of Kentucky, for losses sustained on the Niagara frontier by the United States' army and the enemy.

The Speaker laid before the House a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Pentland, Hegins, and Steele, which was read and referred to the committee of Claims.

The Speaker laid. before the House a letter from the acting Secretary of War, enclosing A plan for classing and arining the militia, and for calling them forth to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions," in obedience to a resolution of this House, passed on the 16th of April last; which were read and referred to the committee on a re-organization of the Militia.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth,

The House resumed the consideration of the second resolution submitted by him on the 4th instant; and the said resolution being amended to read as follows:

Resolved, That the President be and he is hereby requested to order the further exccution of the act, entitled, "An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes," to be suspended until the subject shall be disposed of by this House.

Mr. Webster moved further to amend the same by striking out from the word " Resolved," and to insert the following: "That it is expedient to suspend, for the present, all further proceedings under the act passed on the 9th of April, 1816, entitled, "An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes," and that the committee of Claims be instructed to bring in a bill for that purpose.

A motion was then made by Mr. Hardin, that the said resolution and amendment lie on the table. And the question being taken,

It passed in the affirmative.

Ordered, That when the House adjourns, it will adjourn until Monday next.

And then the House adjourned until 12 o'clock on Monday.

MONDAY, December 16, 1816.

Ordered, That Mr. Goldsborough have leave of absence for two weeks.

Mr. Reed, presented a petition of Thomas

Cooke, jun. collector of the customs for the port of Edgartown, in Massachusetts, praying for an increase of compensation.

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

Mr. Pitkin, presented a petition of Ezekiel Williams, praying to be exonerated from the payment of duties on his distillery for the time that the same was unoccupied.

Mr. Clark, of New-York, presented a petition of Joseph Landon and Ira Tracy, praying to be exonerated from the payment of judgments obtained against them, as the sureties of a certain Bateman Fisk, in bonds given to secure the payment of duties on his distillery.

Mr. Irving, presented a petition of Nathaniel Taft, who is confined in prison, in the city of NewYork, on a judgment obtained at the suit of the United States, praying to be discharged from his imprisonment.

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Mr. Tucker, presented a petition of Robert Mauck, praying to be exonerated from the ment of a bond given by him to secure the duties payable on his distillery, as he was unable to use the same, because of the failure of the principle upon which it was erected.

Mr. Harrison, presented a petition of Jesse Hunt & Hunt. Riddle & Piatt, merchants, of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, praying for an extension of the time of payment of certain bonds given to secure the payinent of duties on merchandise imported by them into the port of New-Orleans. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Pleasants,

Ordered, That so much of the petition of C. H. Saunders and Manuel Judah, presented on the 17th