is offered, was not made at any time, between the first day of January and the first day of June next, and that such party is the true and bona fide proprietor thereof:" It passed in the negative, Yeas 30, . 33. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, John Baptist Ashe, James Madison, Abraham Baldwin, Abraham Clarke, Jonathan Dayton, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, Richard Bland Lee, Those who voted in the negative, are, Fisher Ames, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Elias Boudinot, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Thomas Fizsimons, Elbridge Gerry, James Hillhouse, Daniel Huger, Philip Key, John Wilkes Kittera, John Laurance, John Francis Mercer, John Milledge, Nathaniel Niles, Alexander D. Orr, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, John Steele, Thomas Tredwell, Abraham Venable, Alexander White, Hugh Williamson, and Francis Willis. A motion was then made, and the question being put, further to amend the said bill, by inserting, after the word "State," in the third line of the second section, the words "for services rendered, or supplies furnished, during the late war:" The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Ordered, That the farther consideration of the said bill be put off until to-morrow FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. A petition of Julius Kirper was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for the loss of the dwelling house, barn, and other property of the petitioner, which were taken for the use of the American Army, and burnt, or otherwise destroyed, by the enemy, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table. Mr. Ames, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderson against the United States; which was received and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Parker, from the committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War on the petition of Thomas Wishart, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill granting farther compensation to certain receivers of continental taxes; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Key reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. And on the question, that the said bill be engrossed and read the third time, The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying his report on the petition of John Manly; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the bill to authorize a loan in the certificates, or notes, of such States as shall have balances due to them upon a final settlement of accounts with the United States: Whereupon, A motion was made, and the question being put, further to amend the said bill, as followeth, to wit: Strike out, in the second and third lines of the first section, the words "within months," and, in lieu thereof, after the word "same," in the tenth line, insert "to commence on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four:” It was resolved in the affirmative, Yeas 39, 20. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, And on the question, that the said bill be engrossed and read the third time, The yeas and nays, as demanded by one-fifth of the members present, were as fol low: The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Treasurer of the United States, accompanying his account of expenditures for the War Department, from the first of October to the thirty-first of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, inclusive; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. A petition of Abraham Fort and Jacob Fort, junior, executor of the last will and testament of Harme Fort, deceased, was presented to the Ilouse and read, praying compensation for a quantity of grain, hay, and other produce, the property of the said Abraham and the deceased, which was taken for the use of the American Army, during the late war. Also, A petition of John Roff, of the county of Montgomery, in the State of New York, praying compensation for loss of, and damages done to, the property of the petitioner, by the troops under the command of Brigadier General James Clinton, and Colonel Peter Cansevoort, during the late war Ordered, That the said petitions do lie on the table. A petition of Francis de Bretigney was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the pay and other emoluments of a lieutenant colonel, from the fifth of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, to the fourth of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, to which he conceives himself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress. Also, A petition of James M'Clure, late a Captain in the flying camp, praying compensation for military services rendered to the United States, during the late war. 683 Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. The several orders of the day were further postponed until Monday next. And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock. MONDAY, JANUARY 28. A petition of Edward Telfair and John Wereat, of the State of Georgia, was presented to the House and read, praying the liquidation and settlement of a claim for supplies furnished the Army of the United States, during the late war. A petition of Jonathan Wheeler, of Boston, in the State of Massachusets, praying Also, compensation for services as Clerk to the Assistant Commissary of Issues, at Medfield, in the said State; also, for the loss of buildings in the town of Boston, which were destroyed by the enemy, during the late war. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. A petition of John Ashton was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the pay and other emoluments of a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, to which he conceives himself justly entitled by resolutions of the late Congress. Also, A petition of William Matthews, praying compensation for services as Clerk to the Commissary of Purchases for the State of Georgia, from the first of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, to the first of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight; and as Commissary of Musters for the Georgia line, from the third of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, to the conclusion of the late war. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. An engrossed bill to authorize a loan in the certificates or notes of such States as shall have balances due to them, upon a final settlement of accounts with the United States, was read the third time, and the blanks therein filled up; and, on the question that the said bill do pass, the previous question was called for by five members, to wit: "Shall the main question, that the said bill do pass, be now put?" And, on the previous question, "Shall the said main question be now put It was resolved in the affirmative, Yeas Nays ..... 33, 31. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Fisher Ames, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, James Hillhouse, Daniel Huger, Philip Key, John Wilkes Kittera, Those who voted in the negative, are, John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, Abraham Clark, William Findley, William B. Giles, Christopher Greenup, Andrew Gregg, John Laurance, Amasa Learned, George Leonard, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Peter Silvester, Samuel Sterrett, George Thatcher, Thomas Tudor Tucker, Samuel Griffin, William Barry Grove, Daniel Heister, Israel Jacobs, Aaron Kitchell, Richard Bland Lee, Nathaniel Macon, |