National Gazette

PHILADELPHIA.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Jan. 18.
A bill to reimburse certain extra-expenses of the late commissioners for treating of peace with the Creek Indians, was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next-and that the Comptroller of the Treasury be directed to lay before the House a copy of the account of the said extra-expenses.
Mr. Laurance, from the committee to whom was referred the written message from the President of the United States of the 28th ult. enclosing a copy of the Attorney General's letter to him, made a report, which was ordered to lie on the table.
A message was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Secretary Lear, as follows:-
United States. Jan. 18. 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
I LAY before you a copy of an exemplified copy of an Act of the Legislature of Vermont, ratifying, on behalf of that state, the articles of amendment proposed by Congress to the constitution of the United States; together with the copy of a letter which accompanied said ratification.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Which message, with the papers therein referred to, were ordered to lay on the table.
The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the communications from the President respecting the western frontiers-whereupon the doors were ordered to be shut.
THURSDAY, Jan. 19.
The House met at the usual time, and entered upon the confidential business communicated by the President of the United States-after some time, the galleries were opened, and a resolution was moved by Mr. Fitzsimons, that "the President of the United States be requested to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to lay before the House such information with respect to the finances of the United States as will enable the legislature to judge whether any additional revenue will be necessary in consequence of the proposed increase of the military establishment." This resolution was agreed to, except the words "that the President of the United States be requested to direct" which upon debate, were thought best to be omitted.
It was then ordered that a committee be appointed to consider and report what alterations ought to be made in the act for establishing the Treasury and War departments-Mr. Smith (S. C.) Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Benson to be the committee.
A petition was read, from Robert Byers, of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for four waggon horses, which were drowned, while in the service of the United States during the late war. Referred to the Secretary at War.
FRIDAY, Jan. 20.
A petition was read, from Jedediah Morgan, praying compensation for services rendered, in the late war-referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Also a petition from Philip Long an invalid soldier, which was referred to the Secretary at War.-A petition from Griffith Jones, tanner, of Philadelphia, praying compensation for leather supplied to the United States-referred to the Secretary of the Treasury-Petitions were also presented from William Elliott, an invalid soldier; and from Myer Scudder, a wounded soldier, which were read and referred to the Secretary at War-as also the petition of Benjamin Titcomb, an officer in the American service.
Mr. Bourne informed the speaker, that the committee on enrolled bills had presented to the President of the United States, for his approbation, a bill to extend the time limited for settling the accounts of the United States with the individual states.
The order of the day being read, the House in committee of the whole agreed to take up the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Catharine Greene, widow of the late Major Gen. Nathaniel Greene.
After some time spent in debating on this subject, the committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again-adjourned till Monday.