Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. An engrossed bill to establish the districts of Gennessee, of Buffalo creek, and of Miami, and to alter the port of entry of the district of Erie, was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act to establish the districts of Gennessee, of Buffalo creek, and of Miami, and to alter the port of entry of the district of Erie." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, alteration is necessary to be made in the times of holding the District Courts of North Carolina; and that the committee have leave to report by bill, or otherwise. Ordered, That Mr. Stanford, Mr. Huger, and Mr. Meriwether, be appointed a committee, pursuant to the said resolution. On a motion made, and leave given by the House, Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, reported a bill for the relief of Philip Nicklin and Robert Eaglesfield Griffith; 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. A petition and memorial of Paul Boughman, of, the Borough of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of wounds received whilst a Sergeant in one of the Pennsylvania regiments of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the second ultimo, 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. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act 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, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Tenney reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made some progress therein. On the question that the Committee of the Whole House have leave to sit again on the subject-matter of the said bill, It passed in the negative. Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the farther consideration thereof. Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to whom was committed, on the second ultimo, 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," be discharged from the consideration of the same; and that the said bill, as also the bill from the Senate last mentioned, be recommitted to the Committee of Claims to consider and report thereon to the House. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary : Mr. Speaker I am directed to inform this House that the Senate will be ready to receive the House of Representatives in the Senate Chamber, on Wednesday, the thirteenth of February, at noon, for the purpose of being present at the opening and counting the votes for President and Vice President of the United States: That one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, to make a list of votes for President and Vice President of the United States, as they shall be declared, and that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote, which shall be entered on the Journals, and if it shall appear that a choice hath been made agreeably to the Constitution, such entry on the Journals shall be deemed a sufficient declaration thereof. I am also directed to inform this House that the President of the United States did, on the eleventh instant, approve and sign an act, which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States." And then he withdrew. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An ac authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina ;" and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Gregg reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said amendment under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their agreement to the same. The House then proceeded to consider the said amendment of the Senate at the Clerk's table: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their agreement to the same. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Claiborne, from the committee appointed yesterday, presented, according to order, a bill for the relief of Amy Dardin, and the legal representatives of David Ďardin, deceased; 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have considered the resolution of this House for the appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses "to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President, and of notifying the persons who shall be elected, of their election, and to regulate the time, place, and manner of administering the oath of office to the President," and do not concur therein. And then he withdrew. The House, then, in pursuance of a resolution of the fourth instant, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, and proceeded, in that capacity, to the Senate Chamber, to attend the trial, by the Senate, of the impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, the committee returned into the Chamber of the House, and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair, Mr. Varnum, from the said Committee of the Whole House, reported that the committee had, according to order, again attended the trial, by the Senate of the said impeachment, and that a farther progress had been made therein. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1805. Mr. Tenney, from the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, presented, according to order, a bill to revive and make permanent the act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses, passed the third day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in addition to the same; 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 on Friday next. On motion, Resolved, That this House will attend in the Chamber of the Senate this day, at noon, for the purpose of being present at the opening and counting of the votes for President and Vice President of the United States; that Mr. Joseph Clay and Mr. Roger Griswold be appointed tellers, to act, jointly, with the teller appointed on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes for President and Vice President of the United States, as they shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote, which shall be entered on the Journals; and if it shall appear that a choice hath been made agreeably to the Constitution, such entry on the Journals shall be deemed a sufficient declaration thereof. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Comptroller of the Treasury, Commissioners under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia ;" which were read, and ordered to be referred to the committee appointed, on the fifteenth ultimo, "to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, amendments are necessary to the several acts regulating the grants of land to the refugees from Nova Scotia and Canada." Mr. Dana, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred, on the tenth ultimo, the petition of William Breck, junior, of the State of New Hampshire, with sundry accompanying documents, presented the ninth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the report of a former Committee of Claims thereon, of the twenty-second of the same month, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the twenty-ninth ultimo, the memorial of Richard Taylor, of the State of Kentucky, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, as followeth : To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: In the message to Congress at the opening of the present session, I informed them that treaties had been entered into with the Delaware and Piankeshaw Indians for the purchase of their right to certain lands on the Ohio. I have since received another, entered into with the Sacs and Foxes, for a portion of country on both sides of the river Mississippi. These treaties having been advised and consented to by the Senate, have accordingly been ratified, but, as they involve conditions which require Legislative provision, they are now submitted to both branches for consideration. FEBRUARY 13, 1805. TH. JEFFERSON. The said message was read, and, together with the treaties transmitted therewith, ordered to be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, two enrolled bills, to wit: "An act for carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation with Spain;" and "An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five." Also, that the committee had examined an enrolled 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," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Or. motion, Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the salaries and compensations of the officers of the two Houses of Congress, as established by law, and report such alterations therein as they may deem expedient. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to issue military land warrants, and for other purposes; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dawson reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto. The House then proceeded to consider the said bill at the Clerk's table; and, having made some progress therein, Ordered, That the farther consideration of the said bill be postponed until to-morrow. A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House, that Mr. Smith, of Maryland, hath been appointed a teller of the votes of President and Vice President of the United States, on the part of the Senate, conformably with their vote ofthe twelfth instant, and are now ready, in the Senate Chamber, to proceed therein. And then he withdrew Whereupon, : Mr. Speaker, attended by the House, proceeded to the Senate Chamber, and took seats therein; when both Houses being assembled, The President of the Senate, in the presence of both Houses, proceeded to open the certificates of the electors of the several States, beginning with the State of New Hampshire; and as the votes were read, the tellers on the part of each House counted and took lists of the same; which, being compared, were delivered to the President of the Senate, and are as follow: RECAPITULATION OF THE VOTES OF THE ELECTORS. For Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, as President, 162 - 14 162 14 The President of the Senate, in pursuance of the duty enjoined upon him, announced the state of the votes to both Houses, and declared that Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, having the greatest number, and a majority of the votes of all the electors appointed, was duly elected President of the United States, for the term commencing on the fourth day of March next; and that George Clinton, of New York, having also the the greatest number, and a majority of the votes of all the electors appointed, was duly elected Vice President of the United States, for the term commencing on the fourth day of March next. The two Houses then separated, and the House of Representatives being returned into their Chamber, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair. The list of the votes of the electors for President and Vice President of the United States, as declared by the President of the Senate, and herein before recited, was read at the Clerk's table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that the Senate will, at half past two o'clock, on this day, be ready to proceed on the trial of the impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. And then he withdrew. VOL. V-18 RUFUS KING. A petition of Ishmael Giddens, of Yorktown, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the arrearages of pay and other emoluments alleged by the petitioner to be due to the estate of his brothers, Ismey Giddens and Custis Giddens, deceased, as soldiers in the ninth Virginia regiment of the Continental army, and who died in the service of the United States, in the capacity aforesaid, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain. Also, a petition of Nathan Putnam, of Daveis, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, praying an augmentation of the pension heretofore allowed him by law, in consideration of wounds received by the petitioner at the engagements with the enemy at Lexington and Concord, in the State aforesaid, whilst a soldier in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor; or that such other relief may be granted. in the premises as to the wisdom and justice of Congress shall seem meet. Ordered, That the said petitions be severally referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to join such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to wait on the President, and to notify to him his re-election to the office of President of the United States. Ordered, That Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Gregg, and Mr. Varnum, be of the said committee, on the part of this House. The House, then, in pursuance of a resolution of the fourth instant, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, and proceeded, in that capacity, to the Senate Chamber, to attend the trial, by the Senate, of the impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; and, after some time spent therein, the committee returned into the Chamber of the House, and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair, Mr. Varnum, from the said Committee of the Whole House, reported that the committee had, according to order, again attended to the trial, by the Senate, of the said impeachment, and that a farther progress had been made therein. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1805. A new member, to wit: George Clinton, junior, returned to serve as a member of this House, for the State of New York, in the place of Samuel L. Mitchill, appointed a Senator of the United States, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law. Mr. Richards, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, yesterday present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, an enrolled bill, entitled "An act authorizing the Postmaster General to make a new contract for carrying the mail froin Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, notifying that the President did, this day, approve and sign the following acts, which originated in this House, to wit: "An act carrying into more complete effect the tenth article of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, with Spain ;" "An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five;" and "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.” Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied with an "abstract of all the evidences of title to lands claimed under any act or pretended act of the State of Georgia, passed or pretended to be passed, in the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and one thousand seven hundred and ninetyfive, recorded in his office, noting the dates of the instruments, the names of the parties, the quantity of land, with the species of warranty, and any proviso or condition that may be annexed," in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the fifth instant; which were read: Whereupon, A motion was made and seconded that the said letter and abstract be printed for the use of the members of both Houses of Congress, |