A motion was made by Mr. Gardenier, to amend the said resolution by striking out the words "a committee be appointed," and to insert in lieu thereof the words" the Committee of Elections be directed." And the question being taken thereupon. It was determined in the negative.

The question was then taken to agree to the original resolution,

And resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That Mr. Southard, Mr. Clay, Mr. McKee, Mr. Cobb and Mr. Sturges, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

Mr. Tracy presented a petition of sundry inhabi tants of Broome county, in the state of New-York, whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying the establishment of a post route from the post-office in the town of Greene, to Berkshire in Seneca county, in the said state.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads.

Mr. Morrow presented a memorial of John Armstrong, attorney in fact for the heirs of Richard M'Carty, deceased, praying compensation for losses sustained by the said Richard M'Carty whilst a captain in the troops commanded by general George R. Clark, acting against the hostile Indians in the revolutionary war, and that the lands owned by the aforesaid M'Carty while a British subject, prior to the American revolution, may be confirmed to his heirs. The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Randolph,

The House proceeded to consider the resolution proposed by him on the twenty-fifth ultimo, in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, to secure the right to an impartial jury in all cases, civil and criminal, maintained in the courts of the United States.

And the question being taken that the House do agree to the same,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the said resolution be referred to Mr. Randolph, Mr. Wheaton, Mr. Smilie, Mr. Bibb and Mr. Rhea (of Tennessee.)

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Graham, notifying that the President did, on the thirtieth ultimo, approve and sign an act which originated in this House, entitled "An act respecting the ships or vessels owned by citizens or subjects of foreign nations with which commercial intercourse is permitted."

Mr. Stanley presented a memorial of John Kerr, late master of the Brig Venus, now imprisoned in the prison of Newbern in the state of North Carolina, in consequence of a violation of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and praying that an act may be passed authorizing his discharge from the prison aforesaid.

A motion was made by Mr. Macon, to refer the said memorial to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

And the question being taken.thereupon,

It was determined in the negative.

Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Stanley, Mr. Gray, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cox and Mr. Butler, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same with their opinion thereupon to the House.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution proposed by Mr. Randolph on the twenty-sixth ultimo, approbatory of the conduct of the President of the United States, in the late accommodation and commercial arrangements with the British govern

ment.

And debate arising thereupon,
An adjournment was called for,

Upon which the several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, cleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, June 2, 1809.

Another member, to wit: John Clopton, from Virginia, appeared, produced his credentials and took his scat in the House; the oath to support the constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Burwell, from the committee appointed to present to the President of the United States, a resolution agreed to by this House on the twenty-seventh ultimo, reported, that the committee had performed the service assigned to them, and that the President answered that he would cause the desired communications to be laid before the House.

Mr. Love presented a petition of the president and directors of the Potomac company, whose names are thereunto subscribed; praying that an act may be passed authorizing a lottery in the district of Columbia, to raise the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be applied to the improvement of the navigation of the Potomac and Shanandoah rivers.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

On motion of Mr. Say,

Ordered, That the two memorials of Archibald M'Call, of the city of Philadelphia, presented on the twelfth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and on the seventeenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight, be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

On motion of Mr. Say,

Ordered, That the petition of Ludwick Kuhn, presented on the sixth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A motion was made by Mr. Sturges, and seconded, that when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet on Monday next.

And the question being taken thereupon,

It was determined in the negative.

On a motion made, and leave given by the House, Mr. Newton, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, presented, according to order, a bill to continue in force "An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of the state of South Carolina, passed the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and four, which was received and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-mor

row.

Mr. Poindexter presented a petition of Matthias Santalistra, of the Mississippi territory, by his attorney Henry R. Denis, praying to be confirmed in his title to a certain tract of land, in the said territory, for the reasons therein stated..

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. M'Kim presented a petition of the sugar refiners in the city of Baltimore, to the same effect with petitions from sundry other sugar refiners within the United States, before stated.

Mr. Montgomery presented a petition of sundry distillers and other citizens of the United States, whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying that the importation of foreign spirits distilled from grain may be wholly prohibited, and that additional duties may be imposed on the introduction into the United States, of foreign spirits distilled from other materials.

The said petitions were read, and severally referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

On motion of Mr. Poindexter, and seconded, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the ordinance for the government of the several territories of the United States, as empowers the governors thereof to prorogue and dissolve the general assembly; and that they have leave to report thereon by bill or otherwise. Órdered, That Mr. Poindexter, Mr. Troup, Mr. Gold, Mr. Lewis and Mr. M'Kee, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

Mr. Seaver presented a petition of Daniel Pettibone, praying that directions may be given for erecting a rarefying-air-stove, of which he is the inventor, in the capitol at the city of Washington, and in other public buildings of the United States.

The said petition was read, and referred to Mr. Moseley, Mr. Seaver, Mr. Clopton, Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Franklin, with instruction to examine the matter thereof, and report the same with their opinion thereupon to the House.

Mr. Seaver also presented a petition of Lucy Bates, of the state of Massachusetts, praying a grant of money to support herself and family, in consequence of the death of her husband Levi Bates, who was drowned while building a public pier on Ply. mouth beach, in the state aforesaid.

The said petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Chittenden,

Ordered, That two petitions from sundry inhabitants of Middlebury, and of Rutland county, in the state of Vermont, presented on the seventeenth of December, one thousand eight hundred and six, and on the thirty-first of January, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be referred to the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads.

On motion of Mr. Howard, and seconded, Resolved, That the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads, be instructed to inquire into the