Mr. Chappell also made a report on the petition of John Adams Batchelder, which was read, and the resolution therein contained was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the resolu. tion requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer.

On motion of Mr. Kilbourn,

The House procceded to consider the rosolution submitted by him yesterday; and the same being modified by the mover was agreed to as follows:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Af fairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the relief of the widows and children of all such non-commissioned officers, musi. cians and privates, as have been, or that may be kill. ed, or who have died, or may die of wounds received in the public service in any of the corps, whether of enlisted regular troops or volunteers composing the armies of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Secretary for the Department of State, to cause the laws of the United States, passed or to be passed during the present or any future session of the Congress of the Unit ed States, to be printed in two of the public newspa. pers in each of the territories of the United States, with leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Mr. Jennings, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Shipherd, Mr. Pickens, and Mr. Farrow, were appointed a commit. tee pursuant to the above resolution.

On motion of Mr. Irving,

Ordered, That the bill to authorize the President

of the United States to accept the services of volunteers who may associate and organize themselves and offer their services to the government of the United States, be recommitted to a committee of the whole House to day.

The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole House on the said bill; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Macon reported, that the committee had had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto, which he delivered in at the Clerk's table: When,

The remaining orders of the day were further postponed.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.

SATURDAY, November 5, 1814.

Another member, to wit: from Massachusetts, Samuel Davis, appeared and took his seat.

Mr. Ely presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the states of Massachusetts and New York, praying for the establishment of post-routes.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Post-office and Post-roads.

Mr. Rich presented a petition of Asahel Schovil, of Vermont, late captain of a troop of volunteer cavalry in the northern army, praying that the horses lost by four of his troopers may be paid for by the United States.

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

Mr. Lovett presented a petition of Joshua Mervill, of the state of New York. praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitiou be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. M.Lean presented a petition of Mary Deibler; of Ohio, praying payment for a horse and accoutre

ments which was lost by her husband, who was killed whilst a volunteer in the army lately commanded by general Harrison.

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

Mr. Yancey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of the inhabitants of Knox county, in Kentucky, which was read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the governor of the Indiana territory, enclosing the credentials of Jonathan Jennings, as the delegate for that territory in the 14th Congress.

On motion of Mr. Farrow,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of laying a duty on all salaried officers, and on the professional income of lawyers, solicitors, and counsellors, and on the legal proceedings of civil courts of justice.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole House on the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Thomas Cutts.

The resolution as originally reported by the Committee of Claims is in these words:

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

The committee of the whole amended the said resolution by striking out the word "not."

The question was taken to concur in the said amendment,

And determined in the negative.

The question was then taken to agree to the resolution as originally reported,

And passed in the affirmative;

Yeas 81.

Nay's 58.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members prescnt,

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary.

Mr Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, "to authorize a loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars," with amendments, in which they they ask the concurrence of this House.

The said amendments were read and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Ordered, That the several orders of the day be postponed until Monday next.