Mr. Post presented a petition of William Nexsed; junior, of tic city of New York, praying to be discharged from imprisonment at the suit of the United States, without the payment of costs, and that he may be relieved from the judgments which will be obtained against him at the suit of the United States. Mr. Taylor presented a petition of Augustus M.Kinney and Laysal Bancroft of the state of New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, praying to be relieved from a judgment obtained against them by the United States, on account of the importation of a quantity of nitrc from Canada. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Varliell presented a petition of Nicholas Barth, of New York, praying to be allowed the ar. rearages of the pension heretofore granted to bim. Ordered, 'That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims. Cu motion of Mr. Seybert, Ordered, That the petition of Margaret Arundel, presented on the 9th of February, 1813, be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Gholson, Ordered, That the several petitions of Amy Dardin, heretofore presented to this House, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Jennings presented a petition of sundry in. habitants of Harrison county, Indiana territory, praying that a post route may be established from Valonea to Corydon, in the said territory. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post-roads. On motion of Mr. Wheaton, Ordered, That when the House adjourns it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next And then the House adjourned until Monday morning eleven o'clock. MONDAY, May 31, 1813. Several other members, to wit: from Maryland, Charles Goldsborough ; from North Carolina, John Culpeper, and from South Carolina, Langdon Cbeves, appeared, produced their credentials and took their seats; the oath to support the constitution of the United States being first administered to them by the Speaker. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, presented a petition of Hugle Mulloy, of the state of Massachusetts, praying a pension in consideration of a wound received whilst an officer in the revolutionary army. Mr. Oakley presented a petition of Aarup Lyon, of New York, attorney of John Sparding, praying compensation for services rendered in transporting troops across lake Champlain in the revolutionary war, and for a boat purchased of the said Sparding by the agent of the United States in the said war. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Post presented a petition of James Mitchell, praying to be reimbursed the amount of costs ex. pended by him in sundry suits coinmenced by him for seizures made as an inspector of the customs for the district of New York. Mr. Post presented a petition of William Osborne, of the city of New York, merchant, praying to be paid the amount of the debenture on a quantity of claret winc exported by him to Havanna. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. Grosvenor presented a petition of George Richards, praying to be admitted on the floor of the İlouse in the character of a stenographer. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to a committee of tbe whole House to-day. On motion of Mr. Goldsborough, Ordered, That the petition of Solomon Frazier, presented on the 23d of December, 1811, and the petition of Mary Eccleston, presented on the soth of December, 1811, be refurred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Lewis, Ordered, That the petitions from thc following named persons be severally referred to the Committec for the District of Columbia. Lesy Court of the county and common council of the town of Alexandria, presented on the 29th of December, 1809. Inhabitants of Alexandria, presented on the Jih of February, 1810. Vestry and Congregation of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Alexandria, presented on the 26th of November, 1811. Inhabitants of that part of Fairfax county here. tofore included in the parish of Fairiax, prescuted on the 19th of February, 1812. Hannah Hunter and others, presented on thie Gili of Mareli, 1812. Constables in the district of Columbia, presented on the 26th of May, 1812. Commercial Company of the city of Washington, presented on the 8th of June, 1812. President and Directors of the Bank of Wash. ington, presented on the 14th of Deceniber, 1812. Inlialiitants of the town and county of Alexandria, presenied on the 15th of December, 1812. Inhabitants of Washington county, district of Columbia, presented on the 14th of January, 1813. Inhabitants of Georgetown, district of Columbia, presented on the 16th of February, 1813. Mr. (irundy presented a petition of William Kel. ly, of the state of Tennessee, praying to be admit. ted to a scat in this House in the place of Thomas K. Ilarris, one of the representatives from that state. Ordered, That the said petition and documents be refcrred to thic Committee of Elections. On motion of Mr. Grundy, Orilered, That the petition of David Henley, presented on the 7th of February, 1812, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Humphreys presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of 'Tennessee, praying that a Post-route may be established from Isbelville in Kentucky to Clarksville in Tennessee. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-roads. Mr. Jennings presented a petition of the legislature of the Indiana territory, praying Congress to confirm the sale of certain lands sold by the said legislature for the bencfit of an university in said territory. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, transmitting a copy of the report of the land commig. sioners for the district of Kaskaskia, which was read and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Eppes, Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and Mcans have leave to sit during the sitting of the House. On motion of Mr. Robertson, Resolved, That the Comunittec of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of cstablishing a port of entry and delivc. ry at the town of Jobilc in the Mississippi territo. ry, and that the said committee have leave to report loy bill or otherwise. A message from the Senale, by Mr. Olis, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have appointed the reverend Mr. Breckenridge a Chaplain to Congress on their part. The House resolved itself into a Coinmittee of the whole House on the petition of George Richards; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair and M. Nelson reported, that the committec liad, according to order, had the said petition under consideration, and come to the following resolution : Resolved, That provision ought to be made for the accommodation of additional stenographers on the floor of the House. The House proceeded to consider the said resolu. tion. I notion was made by Jr. Seybert to amend the same by inserting the word “two," before the word • additional." A motion was made by Jr. Gholson to postpone thic said resolution indefinitely: When, A motion was made by A1r. Ingersoll that the said resolution do lie on the table. And the question thereon being taken, The question was then taken on the motion to Ways 91. Thc ycas and nay's being demanded by one-fifth of the nicmbers present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Mr. Brown, Burwell, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chapell, Clark, Clopton, Comstock, |