On motion of Mr. Ruggles,

Ordered, That the petition of Paul Revere & Son, presented on the 8th of March, 1814, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Sargeant presented a petition of John Page and Joseph Ray, of Philadelphia, praying that the duties which they have secured to be paid on the importation of a quantity of goat goat skins, may be reduced; the said skins, through mistake, having been invoiced too high.

Mr. Glasgow presented a petition of sundry mechanics and others, inhabitants of the borough and county of York, in Pennsylvania, praying that the act imposing duties on various species of domestic manufactures, may be repealed.

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

Mr. Taggart presented a petition of the general association of Congregational ministers in Massachusetts, praying that the mails may not be opened or transported on Sundays.

Mr. Lyle presented a similar petition of sundry inhabitants of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. Brown presented petitions from Daniel Collomy and Luther Gregory, respectively praying for pensions.

Mr. Comstock presented a petition of Levi Frisbie, praying for a pension.

Mr. Savage presented a petition of Humphrey Webster, also praying for a pension.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented sundry documents in support of the claim of a certain Samuel Jackaway, to a pension.

Mr. Woodward presented a petition of Isaac Hussey, praying for a pension.

Mr. McLean, of Ohio, presented a petition of William Bowyer, praying for a pension.

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

On motion of Mr. Brown,

Ordered, That the petition of Philip Ulmer, presented on the 21st of October, 1814, and the petition of Stephen Post, presented the 4th of January, 1814, be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. King, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of different parts of the District of Maine, praying that one of the terms of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine, may be removed from Wiscasset to Portland.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Taylor, of New-York, presented a petition of Rachel Ven, widow of Jacob Ven, deceased, late a soldier in the army, praying to be paid the bounty of $50, which would have been paid to her husband had he been mustered in the regiment to which he belonged before his death.

Mr. Hammond presented a petition of David Jefferson Hopkins, late a soldier in the army of the United States, praying for the additional and pay the bounty land to which he conceives himself entitled.

Mr. Savage presented a petition of Peter Sailly, praying compensation for three buildings lately situated in the town of Plattsburg, in the State of New-York, which were destroyed by the British

forces, because of their being used by the army of the United States, as store houses.

Mr. Savage also presented a petition of the supervisors of the county of Clinton, in the State of New-York, praying compensation for the CourtHouse and Jail of the said county, which were destroyed by order of general Macomb, during the invasion of Plattsburg by the British forces, in 1814.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Lattimore,

Ordered, That the petition of Andrew Montgomery, presented on the 1st of March 1815, be referred to the committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Easton,

Ordered, That the petition of Kenzie and Forsyth, presented on the 11th of February, 1813, and the petition of Joseph Hertick, presented on the 17th of February, 1815, be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Milnor presented a petition of sundry watchmakers, residing in the city of Philadelphia, praying that the duties imposed on watches and parts of watches, imported from foreign countries, may be diminished.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Pleasants presented sundry documents in relation to the contested election of William M'Coy, which were referred to the committee of Elections.

Mr. Forsyth presented a petition of the Board of Trustees of the Orphan Asylum of the city of Washington, praying for an act of incorporation, and for a donation of certain public lots in the city of Washington.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee for the District of Columbia.

On motion of Mr. Lyle,

Ordered, That the petition of John Pollock. presented on the 27th of February, 1815, be referred to the committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Ordered, That the petition of William Biggs, presented the 6th of December, 1808, be referred to the committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Lattimore,

Ordered that the petition of Martin Cole, presented the 29th of December, 1814, the petition of John F. McGrew, presented the 9th of January 1815, and the petition of Francis Stringer, presented on the 1st of March, 1815, be referred to the committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the Territory of Illinois, praying for pre-emption rights to the lands on which they reside.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, also presented a pctition of the legislature of the Illinois Territory, praying that the claims of certain inhabitants of said Territory to pre-emption rights to lands, may be confirmed, and that some further provisions may be made relating to the selection of lands in said Territory, for the use of seminaries of learning.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Charles M'Nabb, praying for a grant of land in satisfaction for services rendered as a sergeant in the revolutionary army.

Mr. Creighton presented a petition of Charles Markin, praying permission to change the location of a tract of land purchased of the United States, having erroneously entered a tract which he did not intend to purchase.

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

On motion of Mr. Brigham,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post-road from the town of Worcester, through Millbury, to the town of Uxbridge, in the State of Massachusetts, to connect with the post-road leading from thence to Providence, in the State of Rhode-Island.

On motion of Mr. Gold,

Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire as to the judicial duties of the respective district Judges of the United States, whether the same have been in certain districts greatly increased since the establishment of the salaries of the judges therein; and whether the compensation at present allowed by law, be adequate to the discharge of the duties enjoined upon the Judges.

On motion of Mr. Robertson,

Resolved, That the committee on the Rules and Orders of the House, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appointing Clerks to the Standing Committees, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of changing the western limit of the Territory of Indiana, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Jennings, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Hardin, Mr. Hungerford, and Mr. Baer, were appointed the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Easton,

Resolved, That the committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire, if any, what fur