duties upon exportation on all goods, wares and merchandise, subject thereto, that may be transported by land from the district of Newport in Rhode Island, to Boston in Massachusetts, and from said Boston, to said Newport.

On motion of Mr. Haven,

Ordered, That the letter and report of the commissioners under the act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, made on the twenty-first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. P. B. Porter presented a petition of William Gamble, of the state of New York, praying to be allowed an additional compensation for his services as inspector of the revenue for the district of Niagara, in the said state.

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

Mr. Fisk, from the committee appointed on the fourth instant for the purpose, presented, according to order, a bill providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.

The House proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Troup, on the fifteenth instant, and the same being again read at the Clerk's table,

A motion was made by Mr. Bacon, and seconded, to amend the said resolution by adding to the end thereof the following: "also an act of the legislature of the state of Georgia, passed on the seventh day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, granting to sundry companies and individuals, certain lands therein described."

And the question being taken upon the said amend

ment,

It was determined in the negative.

The said resolution was then agreed to by the House, modified by consent of the mover to read in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That three hundred copies of the act of the legislature of Georgia, commonly called the rescinding act, and passed in February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, be printed for the use of the members of this House; also, three hundred copies of the constitution of the state of Georgia, of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; three hundred copies of the constitution of the same state, of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; three hundred copies of the report of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of an act for the amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory, made to this House on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four; and three hundred copies of the articles of agreement, and cession between the United States and the state of Georgia, entered into in April, one thousand eight hundred and two; also, the message of the President of the Unit ed States, communicated to this House on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five; also, an act of Congress, passed the seventh day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory;" and an act supplemental to the last mentioned act, passed the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred; also, the report of the Committee of Claims on the memorials of sundry citizens of the state of Massachusetts, and

others, purchasers under the Georgia and Mississippi company, made to this House on the eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five.

On motion of Mr. Poindexter, and seconded, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary to be made in the act, intitled "An act to prohibit settlements being made on the public lands until authorized by law," and that they have leave to report by bill, or otherwise.

Mr. Love presented a petition of the stockholders of the bank of Washington, signed by Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, their president, praying that a charter may be granted incorporating the subscribers to the said bank, to take effect as early as the existing laws of the United States will permit.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

On motion of Mr. Love,

Ordered, That the petition of the common coun. cil of Alexandria, presented on the twenty-first of November, one thousand eight hudred and eight, be referred to the same committee.

On motion of Mr. Montgomery, and seconded, Resolved, That the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads, be instructed to inquire into the expe. diency of establishing a post-road from Georgetown cross roads, or head of Sassafras, in Kent county, Maryland, through head of Chester to Greensborough.

Mr. Nelson presented a petition of William Law, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of wounds received whilst a soldier in the revolutionary army.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same with his opinion thereon to the House.

On motion of Mr. Love,

Ordered, That the petition of sundry inhabitants of the district of Columbia, presented on the sixteenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Findley, from the committee to whom was referred the bill sent from the Senate, intitled "An act to extend certain privileges therein mentioned to Joseph Joshua Dyster, reported the said bill with amendments, which were, with the bill, ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next.

The House proceeded to consider the resolutions submitted by Mr. Sheffey on the eleventh instant, in relation to the conflicting claims to the batture in the city of New Orleans: Whereupon,

Ordered, That the said resolutions, together with the representation of the mayor, aldermen and citizens, and the petition of sundry inhabitants of the said city of New Orleans, presented on the seventh instant, be referred to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the joint resolution from the Senate, respecting our foreign relations; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Bassett reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said joint resolution under consideration, and made some progress therein.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a committee of the whole House, on the said joint resolution.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Graham, as follows:

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"To the House of Representatives of the United States.

Agreeably to the request expressed in the resolution of the thirteenth instant, I lay before the House, extracts from the correspondence of the minister plenipotentiary of the United States, at London."

"December 16, 1809."

"JAMES MADISON.

The said message and extracts were read and ordered to lie on the table.

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, December 19, 1809.

On a motion made, and leave given by the House, Mr. Macon, from the committee appointed on that part of the message of the President of the United States, which relates to our foreign relations, reported in part, a bill respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Friday

next.

Mr. Macon, from the committee appointed on the first instant, made a report of such rules and orders as are proper, to be observed in this House, which was read, and referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom is committed the resolutions submitted by Mr. Bacon, on the seventh instant, in relation to indecorous language in debate, and to the practice of duelling.