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day of January, 1816, as relates to a remission of duties on their distillery, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Pitkin, presented a petition of Shubael P. Ilibbard,

Mr. Bennett, presented a petition of Thomas Newell,

Mr. Harrison, presented a petition of James C. Wingard, respectively praying for pensions.

Mr Wilkin, presented a petition of John Paulding, praying that the pension heretofore granted to him, for his assistance in arresting major John Andre, the adjutant-general of the British army in the revolutionary war, may be increased.

Mr. Sheffey, presented a petition of John Thompson, an officer of the revolutionary army, complaining of injustice on the part of the accounting officers in the settlement of his accounts, under the act passed for his relief in May, 1812, and praying that a revision of the said settlement may take place, in order that he may have that justice reudered him to which he conceives himself entitled.

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

On motion of Mr. Hugh Nelson,

Ordered, That the petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer, presented on the 28 December, 1814, be referred to the same committee.

On motion of Mr. William P. Maclay,

Ordered, That the petition of John Ingles, presented on the 12th December, 1815, be also referred to the same committee.

Mr. Cady, presented a petition of Simeon De Witt and others, concerned in manufacturing bar iron, in the State of New-York, praying that such

incasures may be adopted as will enable them, and others similarly engaged, to continue their opera

tions.

Mr. Milnor, presented a similar petition from number of inhabitants of the State of New-Jersey. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. Brooks, presented a petition of Samuel Thompson, late of the British province of Canada, aying compensation for the loss of the property he held in the said province, which was occasioned by his attaching himself to the American forces during the late war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee appointed on the 11th instant, on the petition of John Dailey.

Mr. Condict, presented a petition of Josephi Wheaton, praying to be allowed and paid at the rate of fifty-five cents per gallon for whiskey, furnished by him for the Navy Department, in the year 1812.

Mr. Archer, presented a petition of Elizabeth Albert, widow of Christian Albert, who died of a complaint of which he was seized while in the military service of the United States, praying to be placed on the pension list.

Mr. Lattimore, presented petitions from Zachariah M-Girt, James Cornell, Arthur Sizemoor, Nancy Bailey, Margaret Bailey, David Edinfield, John E. Myles, guardian of the heirs of Hannah Hale, and Polly Jones, respectively praying to be indenified for their losses occasioned by the late war between the United States and the Creck Indians.

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

On motion of Mr. Creighton.

Ordered, That the petition of Alexander Holmes and Benjamin Hough, presented on the 24th February, 1816, be referred to the same

committee.

Mr. Robertson, presented a petition of William Fisher, praying that he may be permitted to file his claim to a tract of land near Baton Rouge, the deed for which was accidentally lost, and not recovered until after the expiration of the period allowed for recording it.

Mr. Lattimore, presented petitions from Zachariah M·Girt, Margaret Bailey, Samuel and David Hale, Polly Jones, John L. M-Comb, Samuel Snells and others, Elijah Tervin, James Cornell, John E. Myles and others, Nancy Bailey, and Simahoa Fisher, half blood Indians, and Indian countrymen, respectively praying for fee-simple titles to the lands on which they reside, lying on the Alabama river.

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

The Speaker, presented sundry documents in relation to the contested election between John Scott and Rufus Easton, which were referred to the committee of Elections.

Mr. Yancey, from the committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of State on the memo: ial of William Haslett, made a report thercon, which was read; When

Mr. Yancey, reported a bill for the relief of William Haslett, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Ordered. That the committee of Claims be discharged from a further consideration of the petition of James Humes, and that it be referred to the committee of Ways and Mears.

Ordered, That the committee of Ways and Means be discharged from a further consideration of the petition of Noah Miller, and that it be referred to Mr. Parris, Mr. Hulbert, Mr. Cady, Mr. Cair, and Mr. Lyle.

Mr. Reynolds, from the committee to whom was referred the letter, from the acting Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to survey and mark a road, from Tennessee, through the Chickasaw nation, reported a bill, making an appropriation for opening and cutting out a road therein described, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Calhoun,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of setting apart, the bonus, and the nett annual profits of the national bank, as a permanent fund for internal improvement.

Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Sheffey, Mr. Creighton, Mr. Grosvenor, and Mr. Ingham, were appointed the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Tucker,

Resolved, That the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, be instructed to inquire into the propriety of placing John Haney, a disabled revolutionary soldier on the pension list. On motion of Mr. Brooks,

Resolved. That the committee on Pensions and and Revolutionary Claims, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension, to Sylvester Wheeler, who was wounded at the battle of Black Rock, the 30th December, 1813.

On motion of Mr. Little,

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 City of Baltimore to the town of Freedom in Baltimore county, and from thence to New-Windsor, in Frederick county, Maryland.

On motion of Mr. Smith, of Md.

Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing or modifying the act entitled, "An act laying duties on the notes of Banks, Barkers, and certain companies, and on bills of exchange of certain descriptions."

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief of Luther Bingham; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker, resumed the chair, and Mr. Hugh Nelson, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to "An act to repeal the duties on imports and tonnage," and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker, resumed the chair, and Mr. Desha, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, that the said bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.

And then the House adjourned until 12 o'clock

to-morrow.

TUESDAY, December 17, 1816.

Another member, to wit: from New-York, Vic tory Birdseye, appeared and took his seat.

A new member also appeared, to wit: from Virginia, John Tyler, in the room of John Clopton, deceased, who produced his credentials and took his seat; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker.

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