Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on so much of the Pesident's message as relates to Roads, Canals, and Seminaries of Learning.

Mr. Rhea, from the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of colonel Allan M.Lanc, and John W. Godfroy, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Lowndes, from the committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the payment of the arrearages which have been incurred for the support of the military establishment, previous to the 1st January, 1817," reported the agreement of the committee to the said amendment.

The said amendment was then read and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Lowndes, from the committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Taylor and Walker, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Lowndes also made reports on the petitions of Robert Burnside, George Simpson, Asa Buckley, and of Thomas Marsh, which were read, and the resolutions therein contained were concurred in by the House, as follows:

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

Mr. Lowndes also made a report on the petition of Jonathan Amory, Jun. which was read; when,

Mr. Lowndes reported a bill for the relief of Jonathan Amory, Jun. and of the representatives of Thomas C. Amory, deceased, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole, to-morrow.

Mr. Lowndes, from the committee aforesaid, to whom was referred the petition of Morton and Sneed, reported a bill to authorize payment in certain cases, on account of Treasury Notes, which have been lost or destroyed, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole, to-morrow.

Ordered, That the committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Gooding, and that leave be given to withdraw the same.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Basil Shaw, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Williams also made an unfavorable report on the application of Samuel Hu-hes, transmitted to this House with a statement of facts by the commissioner of claims, which was read and committed to a committee of the whole on Monday next.

Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, from the committee on the Public Lands, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Richard

Tankersly, Joseph Symington, John Catron, and Isaac Thomas, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Robertson also made reports on the petitions of Peter Nu and Gabriel M Neal, which were read, and the resolutions therein contained, were concurred in by the House, as follows:

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

Mr. Herbert, from the committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill to incorporate the Columbian Institute for the promotion of arts and sciences, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole, to-morrow.

Mr. Herbert, from the same committee to whom was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to incorporate the Mechanic Relief Society of Alexandria,” reported "the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a committee of the whole, tomorrow.

Mr. Comstock, from the committee appointed on the petition of doctor James Smith (vaccine agent) made a report thereon, which was read, and the resolution therein contained, was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to grant the prayer of the pe

titioner.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, from the joint committee for Enrolled Bills, reported, that the committee did yesterday present to the President of the United States, the enrolled bill, entitled " An act to allow the benefit of drawback on merchandise transported by land conveyance from Bristol to Boston and from Boston to Bristol, in like manner as if the same were transported coastwise."

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the committee appointed to present to the President of the United States, a resolution concerning the claims upon the government of Naples, reported that the committee had performed that service, and that the President answered, that l:e would attend to the request contained in the resolution.

Mr. Forsyth submitted the following resolution, which was read and ordered to lie on the table till to-morrow.

Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire whether the Bank of the United States is authorized by its charter, to receive as pledge or security, for loans made to individuals or corporations, a transfer of public debt made to the bank, or to any officer thereof, and if in their opinion, such transfers are not authorized by the act of incorporation, to report to the House some effectual mode of preventing them from being hereafter made. Mr. Trimble submitted the following resolution which was read and ordered to lie on the table:

Resolved, That the demand made by the President of the United States upon the king of Spain, for the liberation of Richard!

W. Meade, a citizen of the United States, detained in confinement in the castle of Santa Catalina, at Cadiz, ought to be supported and enforced, by vesting the President with authority to make reprisals in the event of a failure on the part of Spain, promptly to discharge the said Meade.

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

Mr. Speaker-The Senate have passed the bill, entitled " An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year 1818," with amendments; and they have passed a bill, entitled "An act to divide the state of Pennsylvania into two judicial districts," in which bill and amendments, they ask the concurrence of this House.

And then he withdrew.

The amendments to the first mentioned bill were read, and referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to divide the state of Pennsylvania, into two judicial districts," was read the first and second time, and committed to the committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Lowndes,

Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making provision by law, for allowing foreign wines and distilled spirits to be deposited in the storehouses of the government, and of limiting the drawback of duties upon their exportation, to such as shall have been so deposited.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief major general Arthur St. Clair; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Desha reported that the committee had made further progress therein, and directed him to ask leave to sit again.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole have leave to sit again on the said bill.

On motion of Mr. Cobb,

Resolved, That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War De. partments, do cause to be laid before this House, a statement of the accounts of general Arthur St. Clair with the general Government, both before and since the adoption of the Federal constitution, to be found in their offices respectively, and, if the same have been settled and balanced, showing in what manner, and at what dates the same were settled and balanced.

And then the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, February 4, 1818.

Mr. Strong presented a petition of Moses Sanderson, praying for an increase of the pension heretofore granted to him.

Mr. Blount presented a petition of Samuel Douthet, praying to be paid for property belonging to a certain Malechia Motlow, deceased, of which he was robbed by the Cherokee Indians, in the

year 1782, the government having subsequently, by treaty with said Indians, relinquished to them all property which they had taken from the citizens of the United States.

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

Mr. M.Lane presented a petition of the Delaware Society, for the promotion of American Manufactures, praying that such mea sures may be adopted, as will afford to the manufaturing interest of the United States, the protection and encouragement, necessary to the continuance of their operations.

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

On motion of Mr. Wendover,

Ordered, That the petition of Oliver H. Hicks, and Lockwood Deforest, presented on the 14th January, 1817, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Savage presented a petition of Peter Sailly, Charles Platt, and Melanchton Smith, praying compensation for damages committed on their property in the town of Plattsburgh, and state of New York, by the American forces in the month of September, 1814.

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

Claims.

The Speaker presented a petition of Lewis Cass, governor, and of Augustus B. Woodward, John Griffin and James Witherell, judges of the territory of Michigan, praying that the boundary line between the said territory and the state of Ohio, may be run and established, agreeably to the provisions of the ordinance of Congress, of 1787, and of the several acts of Congress heretofore passed upon the subject.

Mr. Harrison presented a petition of John Humphreys, and John Perrin, executors of the last will and testament of John Hamilton, deceased, praying that the interest due on the purchase money for a tract of land, bought by the said Hamilton from the United States, may be remitted, as the said Hamilton was unable to pay the instalments as they became due, in consequence of the United States withholding a large sum of money belonging to him.

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

Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, presented a petition of Narcissus Brontin, praying that his title to a tract of land in the state of Mississippi, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

On motion of Mr. Ingham,

Ordered, That so much of the petition of John McCauly, prize agent for the captors of certain vessels during the war with Tripoli, as relates to the claim for the value of the brig Syren, be referred to the committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from a further consideration of the petition of Abraham P. Gibson, and that he have leave to withdraw the same.

Ordered, That the committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Isaac Briggs," and that it be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Robertson, from the committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the amendments proposed by the Senate, to the bill, entitled "An act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri," reported the same with amendments, which were read and agreed to by the House. The question was then taken to concur in the said amendments as amended;

And passed in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth,

The House proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him yesterday, and the same being again read, was agreed to by the House.

On motion of Mr. Pindall,

The House proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him on the 26th ult. and the same being read was disagreed to by the House.

On motion of Mr. Scott,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Vincennes, in the state of Indiana, to St. Louis in the Missouri Territory; from Jackson, in the county of Cape Gerardeau, to Bette's Ferry, on the St. Francois river, in the same county; from St. Michael, in the county of St. Genevieve, to the town of St. Genevieve, by the way of Potosi, in Warlington county, to Franklin, in Howard county.

On motion of Mr. Rich,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Hancock, through Warren and Waitsfield, to Waterbury or Montpelier, in the state of Vermont.

On motion of Mr. Barber, of Ohio,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from Belpree, in Ohio, to the road from Chillicothe to Maysville, in Kentucky, to pass Cooley's Mills, Wilksville, the seat of justice in Jackson county, and Piketon.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from Albion K. Parris, communicating information that he has addressed a letter to the governor of Massachusetts, resigning his seat as a repre