Mr. Milnor presented a petition of Thomas Campbell, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying relief, in consideration of wounds received whilst a captain in the Pennsylvania line of the revolutionary ar

my.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. Milnor, Mr. Tallmadge, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Macon, and Mr. Morrow.

On motion of Mr. Dana, and seconded,

Ordered, That the said committee be instructed to consider the propriety of augmenting the rates of full pension to invalid pensioners of the United States, disabled by known wounds received in the war of the revolution.

The bill respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes, was read the third time:

When,

A motion was made by Mr. Sturges, and seconded, that the said bill be postponed until Monday next. And the question thereon being taken,

It was determined in the negative.

The question was then stated, "Shall this bill pass ?"

And debate arising,

An adjournment was called for: On which, The several orders of the day were farther postponed until Monday next.

And the House adjourned until Monday morning, eleven o'clock.

MONDAY, January 29, 1810.

On motion of Mr. Seybert,

Ordered, That the memorial of the stockholders of the bank of the United States, presented on the twenty-sixth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be referred to Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Dana, Mr. Bassett, Mir. Seaver, Mr. Scybert, Mr.

Gold, and Mr. Taylor, to consider and report there. on to the House.

On motion of Mr. Seybert, and seconded,

Ordered, That there be printed for the use of the House, that part of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on public credit, which treats of establishing a national bank, dated the thirteenth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. Also, the report of the present Secretary of the Treasury on the same subject, made to the Senate on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and

nine.

A motion was made by Mr. Rhea, (of Tennessee), and seconded, that the House do come to the follow. ing resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of laying additional duties on all goods, wares, and merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufac ture of Great Britain and its dependencies, which may be imported into the United States, or any of the territories thereof.

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

Another motion was then made by Mr. Rhea, (of Tennessee), and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of laying additional duties on all goods, wares, and mer. chandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of France, or of the dependencies thereof, and which may be imported into the United States, or any of the territories thereof.

Ordered, That the said resolution do fie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker, The Senate have passed the bill, entitled, "An act for the relief of Harry Cald

well and Amasa Jackson, Jeremiah Reynolds and Levin Jones," with an amendment, to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And then he withdrew.

The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of Saturday last.

The question depending, and undetermined at the time of adjournment, to wit: "Shall the engrossed bill, respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes, pass?" was again stated;

And the same being taken,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

Yeas 73.

Nays 52.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Lemuel J. Alston,

Willis Alston, junior,
Ezekiel Bacon,
Burwell Bassett,
William W. Bibb,

Adam Boyd,

John Brown,

Robert Brown,

William A Burwell,

William Butler,
Joseph Calhoun,
Howell Cobb,

James Cochran,
James Cox,
Henry Crist,
Richard Cutts,
John Dawson,
John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
Jonathan Fisk,
Barzillai Gannett,
Barent Gardenier,
Gideon Gardner,
David S. Garland,

William Helms,

James Holland,

Benjamin Howard,
Richard M. Johnson,

Walter Jones,
Thomas Kenan,
William Kennedy,

Philip B. Key,
Matthew Lyon,
Aaron Lyle,
Nathaniel Macon,
Robert Marion,
Archibald M'Bryde,
Samuel M'Kee,
Alexander M Kim,
John Montgomery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
Roger Nelson,
Thomas Newton,
Joseph Pearson,

Those who voted in the negative, are

Resolved, That the title be, "An act respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concur.

rence.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

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

TUESDAY, January 30, 1810.

Mr. Stedman presented a petition of Miles Doran, of Boston, praying relief, in consideration of hardships and injuries sustained while a soldier in the Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the infirm, disabled, and superannuated officers and soldiers of the late and present army of the United States.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the eighteenth instant, two statements of the returns of the respective quotas of one hundred thousand militia, required by the President of the United States, of the several states and territories, in conformity to the acts of the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and the thirtieth of March, one thousand.cight hundred and eight, which were read and orde ed to lie on the table.

The Speaker also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the names and salaries of the clerks em ployed in the treasury department, during the last year, which were read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. T Moore,

Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Motlow, of South Carolina, presented on the eighteenth of Fe