"An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States;" "An act to vest more effectually in the state courts and in the district courts of the United States, jurisdiction in the cases therein mentioned;" "An act for the relief of sundry persons in the service of the United States, in consequence of the destruction of their tools by fire at the navy yard;" and "An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1815," and found the same to be truly enrolled: When, The Speaker signed the said bills and resolution. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Sharp, Resolved, That a committee be appointed, jointly with a committee to be appointed by the Senate, to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that the two Houses are now ready to adjourn, and desire to know whether he has any further communication to make to them during the present session. Mr. Sharp and Mr. Moseley were appointed the said committee on the part of this House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have postponed indefinitely the bill to authorize the payment for property lost, captured or destroyed while in the military service of the United States:" And they concur in the resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to wait on the President of the United States and inform him of the approaching recess of Congress; and have appointed a committee on their part. Mr. Lefferts, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported that the enrolled bills this day examined have been presented to the President of the United States. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his secretary, notifying that the President had approved and signed "An act to amend the act, entitled "An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of goverament and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same;" and the act entitled "An act to provide additional revenacs for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on household furniture, and on gold and silver watches;" "An act for the relief of the Auacosta Bridge Company ;" "An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act for the better organization of the courts of the United States within the state of New York;" "An act for the relief of James Savage and others;" "An act for the relief of William P. Bennett, of the state of New York;" "An act for the relief of Thomas Sprigg;" "An act regulating and defiuing the duties of the United States judges for the territory of Illinois ;" "An act to fix the compensations and increase the responsibility of the collectors of the direct tax and internal duties, and for other purposes connected with the collection thereof;" "An act for the protection of the commerce of the United States against Algerine cruizers ;" "An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year 1815;" "An act authorizing a loan for a sum not exceeding eighteen millions four hundred and fifty-two thousand two hundred dollars ;" "An act authorizing the purchase of the vessels captured on lake Champlain ;" "An act making additional appropriations for the service of the year 1815;" "An act authorizing the board of navy commis. oners to appoint clerks ;"' An act concerning invalid pensioners ;" An act for the relief of the Eastern-branch Bridge Company;" "An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States;" An act to vest more effectually in the state courts and in the district courts of the United States jurisdiction in the cases therein mentioned " "An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1815;" Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States this day approved and signed "An act to continue in force for a limited time the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes ;" "An act to repeal certain acts therein mentioned;" "A resolation directing the manner of providing stationery and procuring printing for the Senate and House of Representatives;" "An act increasing the compensation allowed the serjeant at-arms of the Senate and House of Representatives and the door-keeper and assistant doorkeeper of the Senate and House of Representatives;" An act further supplementary to an act, entitled "An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi terri tory:" "An act authorizing the discharge of Edward Martin from imprisonment:" "Resolutions relative to the distribution of the laws of the United States;" "An act to provide for the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary lines fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for other purposes;" "An act making further provision for completing the public buildings at West Point, for the accom aodation of the military academy;" "An act concerning the naval establishment;" "An act to repeal so much of the several acts imposing duties on tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States;" "An act further to provide for the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage;" "An act to provide a library room and for transporting the library lately purchased;" "An act for the relief of sundry persons in the service of the United States, in consequence of the destruction of their tools by fire at the navy yard." Mr. Sharp, from the joint committee appointed to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him of the approaching recess of Congress, reported that they had performed that duty, and that the President answered, that he had no further communication to make to Congress at the present session. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate having completed the legislative business before them, are now ready to adjourn. Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that this House having completed the business before them, are also ready to adjourn, and that the Clerk do go with the said message. The Clerk having went with the said message and being returned, The Speaker adjourned the House sine die. A SUPPLEMENTAL JOURNAL. OF such proceedings of the House of Representa tives at the Third Session of the Thirteenth Con gress, as, pending their consideration, were ordered to be kept secret, but respecting which, the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by order of the House. THURSDAY, February 23, 1815. The confidential message of the President of the United States, communicated on this day by Mr. Coles, was then taken up, and read as follows, viz: (CONFIDENTIAL.) To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. Congress will have seen, by the communication from the consul general of the United States. at Algiers, laid before them on the 17th of November, 1812, the hostile proceedings of the Dey against that functionary. These have been followed by acts of more overt and direct warfare against the citizens of the United States trading in the Mediterranean, some of whom are still detained in captivity, notwithstanding the attempts which have been made to ransom them, and are treated with the rigor usual on the coast of Barbary. The considerations which rendered it upnecessary and unimportant to commence hostile operations on the part of the United States, being now terminated by the peace with Great Britain, which opens the prospect of an active and valuable trade of their citizens within the range of the Algerine cruizers; I recommend to Congress the expediency of an act declaring the existence of a state of war between the United |