was referred, on the 16th instant, the bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation for completing the south wing of the Capitol at the City of Washington, and for other purposes," reported the bill without amendment.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning certain public roads; and having agreed to sundry amendments, the further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow. The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen," was read the third time, further amended, and the blank filled with the words "two hundred ;" and on the question, Shall this bill pass as amended? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 20, nays 8, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Howland, Logan, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, Worthington, and Wright.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Baldwin, Dayton, Hillhouse, Olcott, Plumer, and Tracy.

So it was Resolved, That this bill do pass as amended.

YEAS- Messrs. Adams, Baldwin, Bayard, Bradley, Brown, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Hillhouse, Mitchill, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Smith of New York, Stone, and Sumter.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Breckenridge, Cocke, Dayton, Logan, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith of Ohio, Worthington, and Wright.

On the question, to insert the words "remaining two per cent:" it passed in the affirmative-yeas 14, nays 11, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Baldwin, Bayard, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Hillhouse, Mitchill, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Smith of New York, Stone, and Sumter. NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Dayton, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith, of Ohio, Worthington, and Wright.

Ordered, That the consideration of the bill be further postponed until Monday next.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year 1805," in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate. They agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen," with an amendment; in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

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The bill first mentioned in the message was read and ordered to the second reading.

The Senate took into consideration the amendment to their amendment to the bill last mentioned in the message; and concurred therein.

Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 4th instant, the bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," reported an amendment thereto; which was read and ordered to lie for consideration.

Mr. SMITH also reported, from the last mentioned committee, to whom was yesterday referred the petition of certain merchants of the city of New York, that it would be inexpedient to comply with the prayer of the petition.

Mr. FRANKLIN, from the committee to whom was referred yesterday the bill giving the assent of Congress to an act of the Legislature of North Carolina, passed on the 19th of December, 1804, entitled "An act for the relief of foreign seamen brought into the port of Wilmington," reported it without amendment.

Mr. DAYTON presented the petition of Benjamin Hovey, in behalf of himself and associates, praying a grant of the pre-emption right of one hundred thousand acres of land in the Indiana having undertaken to open a passage from the Territory, for the encouragement of the association, and the petition was read and referred to Messrs. head to the foot of the rapids of the Ohio river; DAYTON, SMITH, of Ohio, and BROWN, to consider and report thereon.

bill concerning the mode of surveying the public The Senate resumed the second reading of the lands of the United States; and on motion adjourned.

MONDAY, January 21.

Mr. MOORE reported, from the committee, that they this day examined and found duly enrolled the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier General Moses Hazen."

The bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year 1805," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. BALDWIN, BROWN, and SMITH, of Maryland, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. LOGAN presented the petition of Henry and William Stewart, calico printers, praying that the allowance of drawback may be extended to the exportation of India muslins, which they print and dye, in like manner as is provided on the exportation of white India muslins; and the petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act to amend the charter of Georgetown," in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill last brought up for concurrence was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the

bill concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States; and on motion, it was agreed that this bill be the order of the day for Wednesday next.

Mr. LOGAN presented a petition signed Thomas Morris, clerk, on behalf of the meeting of the representatives of the people called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c., stating that the petitioners, from a sense of religious duty, had again come forward, to plead the cause of their oppressed and degraded fellow-men of the African race; and on the question, Shall this petition be received? it passed in the affirmative-yeas 19, nays 9, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Brown, Condit, Franklin, Hillhouse, Howland, Logan, Maclay, Mitchill, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, White, and Worthington. NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Cocke, Jackson, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, and Wright.

So the petition was read.

Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 14th instant, the bill, entitled "An act to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels," reported the bill with amendments.

TUESDAY, January 22.

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Treasurer of the United States, with his account from the first of October, 1803, to October 1, 1804; also the accounts of the War and Navy Departments for the same period; which were read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville in North Carolina, to Charleston in South Carolina ;" also, a bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year 1805," in which bills they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The bill, entitled "An act to amend the charter of Georgetown," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. ADAMS, LOGAN, and FRANKLIN, to consider and report thereon."

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of the militia in the District of Columbia ;" and having amended the bill, on the question, Shall this bill pass to the third reading as amended? it was determined in the negative. So the bill was lost.

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bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation for completing the south wing of the Capitol at the City of Washington;" and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill, giving the assent of Congress to an act of the Legislature of North Carolina, passed on the 19th December, 1804, entitled "An act for the relief of foreign seamen, brought into the port of Wilmington ;" and the bill was recommitted to the committee to whom it was referred on the 17th instant, further to consider and report thereon.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill, entitled "An act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina," together with the amendment reported on the 8th instant; and it was agreed that they be the order of the day for Monday next.

The Senate took into consideration the amendments reported on the 14th instant, to the bill entitled "An act for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation with Spain," and having agreed to the amendments, Ordered, That the bill pass to the third reading as amended.

WEDNESDAY, January 23.

Mr. MITCHILL presented the memorial of a number of inhabitants of the city of New York, stating that inconvenience arises from depositing the revenue bonds for collection in the Bank of the United States and its branches, and praying the interposition of Congress on the subject; and the memorial was read, and referred to Messrs. MITCHILL, BALDWIN, and SMITH, of Maryland, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville in North Carolina, to Charleston in South Carolina," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. SMITH of New York, BRADLEY, and JACKSON, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year 1805," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. BALDWIN, JACKSON, and SMITH, of Vermont, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. BRECKENRIDGE, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 10th instant, the bill for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans and the district of Louisiana, reported the bill without amendment.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the

Resolved, That this bill do pass with an amendment.

The bill, entitled "An act for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the Treaty of

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ment.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States; and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliott ;" in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill last brought up for concurrence was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill concerning certain public roads, and agreed to an amendment. The bill was then recommitted to Messrs. WORTHINGTON, BROWN, FRANKLIN, SMITH of Ohio, and BRECKENRIDGE, to consider and report thereon.

THURSDAY, January 24.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliott," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. MACLAY, BRADLEY, and BALDWIN, to consider and report thereon.

The Senate took into consideration the amend ment reported, on the 18th instant, to the bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage ;" and, having adopted the amendment, the bill was ordered to the third reading as amended.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill, entitled "An act to provide for the completing of the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves in South Carolina, and for other purposes;" and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

The Senate took into consideration the motion made on the 7th of January last, "That the Journals of the proceedings of the Senate sitting for the purpose of trying impeachments in the case of William Blount, John Pickering, and Samuel Chase, be published as an appendix to the Legislative Journals of the Senate for the present session;" and it was referred to Messrs. GILES, ADAMS, and BALDWIN, to consider and report thereon.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Murray;" in which they desire the concurrence

of the Senate.

The bill last brought up for concurrence was read, and ordered to the second reading.

The bill concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States was read the third time, and passed.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments reported on the 10th instant, to the bill, entitled "An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States;" and the amendments were amended, and in part adopted; and the consideration of the remainder thereof postponed.

FRIDAY, January 25.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Murray," was read the second time, and referred to Messrs. SMITH of Maryland, MITCHELL, and WHITE, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled an act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," was read the third time as amended, and passed.

The bill, entitled "An act to provide for the completing the valuation of lands and dwellinghouses, and the enumeration of slaves in South Carolina, and for other purposes," was read the third time, and passed.

A Message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments reported to the bill, entitled "An act for establishing the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States," which were amended and adopted; and, having agreed to sundry amendments to the bill, it was recommitted to Messrs. ADAMS, WRIGHT, and WHITE, further to consider and report thereon.

SATURDAY, January 26.

The Message received yesterday from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES was read, as follows:

To the Senate and House of

Representatives of the United States:

I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint, of the operations of that institution during the last year. JAN. 25, 1805. TH. JEFFERSON. Ordered, That the Message and report lie for consideration.

Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the committee to whom was yesterday referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Murray," reported it without amendment.

Mr. SMITH, of New York, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-third instant, the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina," reported the bill with an amendment.

The Senate took into consideration the amendments reported, on the fourteenth instant, to the

bill to extend jurisdiction, in certain cases, to the State and Territorial Courts; and the amendments were disagreed to; and on motion, the bili was amended, and ordered to the third reading as amended.

Mr. WORTHINGTON, from the committee to whom was recommitted, on the 23d instant, the bill concerning certain public roads, reported it with amendments.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of John Steele," and it was ordered to the third reading.

Mr. WRIGHT gave notice that he should, on Monday next, ask leave to bring in a bill to regulate fees and proceedings in the Courts of the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill in addition to "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the Revolutionary war;" and on motion, the second and third sections were rejected; and the first section having been amended, on the question, Shall this bill pass to the third reading as amended? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 12, nays 11, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Giles, Hillhouse, Jackson, Pickering, Smith of Maryland, Sumter, and Wright.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Franklin, Howland, Maclay, Mitchill, Olcott, Plumer, Smith of New York, and Smith of Vermont.

MONDAY, January 28.

Mr. DAYTON, from the committee to whom was referred, on the eighteenth instant, the petition of Benjamin Hovey, made report; which was read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

Mr. BALDWIN, from the committee to whom was referred, on the fourth instant, the bill, entitled "An act to amend the charter of Alexandria," reported it without amendment.

Mr. MACLAY, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-fourth instant, the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliot," reported the bill without amendment.

Agreeably to notice given on the twenty-third instant, Mr. WRIGHT asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate fees and proceedings in the Courts of the United States, in certain cases, and for other puposes; and the bill was read, and ordered to the second reading.

Mr. WORTHINGTON presented the petition of the inhabitants of the county of Greene, in the State of Pennsylvania, stating that if a road passes through New Geneva, or near it, the most eligible route thence is through the town of Waynesburgh to the mouth of Grave creek; and the petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The bill in addition to "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of

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the United States during the Revolutionary war," was read the third time; and, on motion to amend the bill, it was agreed that the consideration therof be postponed until to-morrow.

The bill to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to the State and Territorial Courts was read the third time, and passed.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of John Steele," was read the third time, and passed.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Murray;" and

Ordered, That it pass to the third reading. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House of Represent atives have elected Mr. Clarke a manager to conduct the impeachment against Samuel Chase. one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the place of Mr Nelson, who hath been excused that service. On motion, "That be directed to procure and lay be fore the Senate, at their next session, tables of the fees and compensation paid to attorneys at law, the protho notaries, registers, and clerks of judicial courts, to sher iffs and coroners, to grand and petit jurors, and t witnesses, in the several States."

Ordered, That this motion lie for consideration A motion was made, that it be Resolved, That the President of the United State be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate suc documents and papers, or other information, as he sha judge proper, relative to complaints aginst arming th merchant ships and vessels of the United States, o the conduct of the captains and crews of such as hav been armed."

And on the question, will the Senate agree t this resolution; it passed in the affirmativeyeas 30, nays 1, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Bayar Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Da ton, Ellery, Franklin, Giles, Hillhouse, Howland, L gan, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Olcott, Pickering, P mer, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Smi of Ohio, Stone, Sumter, Tracy, White, and Wort ington.

Mr. WRIGHT Voted in the negative.
So the resolution was adopted.

Ordered, That Messrs. GILES and TRACY be the President of the United States. committee to lay the foregoing resolution befo

TUESDAY, January 29.

The Senate took into consideration the resol tion proposed yesterday, respecting the fees a compensations to the officers of the judicial cour which was agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the Attorney General of the Uni States be directed to procure and lay before the Sena at their next session, tables of the fees and compen tion paid to attorneys at law, prothonotaries, regist and clerks of judicial courts, to sheriffs and coroners grand and petit jurors, and to witnesses, in the seve States.

The bill to regulate fees and proceedings in courts of the United States in certain cases, a