k- taJf«r«a<fcreJ W hi, general creditor. and h,d petitionedfor - Bartholomew Saraxeo, praying for relief on count of loss sustained by the capture of hi p o peny by an armed vessel of the rettitution for which he had not beenabk^ obta • The firft of these petitions was referred to th J&Z of ™.«« . h »um last to fcjedt committees of three members e Mr Jackson, from Virginia, piefenteJ a pennon for opening a new road i, the vicinity of Morning to. in Virginia. Rcfcrrtd tv the poll office anu »o(I committfc. pi Mr. Bailey prefixed a petition for Rich. Cham pion »nd Daniel Mattock, of Duchess, for a new Lenc.to a febooner, which bad been Referred to the committee of commerce and ma nufaftvtret. y , "Mr. William* wovtd that that part of l j ,e report £t the committee of revifal and unfinished buhne.s which refpefted refugees from Nova-Seotn and Ca nada, (hould be referred to a cotnmittee ot the whole house ; which b,'ing agreed to, and made J the order of the da-y for Thursday, he prcfented a petition from Jame« Crawford, of Cambridge, a fufferer in Nova Scotia during the war, for relief, which was referred to the fame committee. Mr. Williams moved that the house (hould pro eeed to the ele&ion of a chaplain ; which being agreed to, Mr. Williams, nominated Dr, Green, and Mr. Jackson (V.) Dr. Priestley. The ballot was proceeded upon, and being fimfh ed, Mr. Williams and Mr. Greenup were appoin ted a committee to count the ballots, which being done, Mr. Williams teported that the votes were For Dr. Green, 35 Dr. Priestley, 27 - Mr. Blair, 6 Whereupon Dr. Green wa6 declared duly elec ted. Mr. Grifwold moved the order of the day on the bill for amending the ail for a more general pra mulgatfonof the laws of the Um'cd Stales ; wtlitb being agreed to, the hoafe resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole thereon, Mr. Muhlenberg s iii the chair, and having read the sam«, rose and re ported the bill without amendment. The house took it yp, agreed to it. and ordered the bill to be LengroflVd for a third reading to-morrow. Mr. Coit moved the order of the <ky on the re port of the committee of claims or the petition of Henry Hill. The house formad itfelf into a com mittee of the whole, and the report was read. As this cafe is fomewliat complcx, to give the public as clear cn idea of it as we are able, we give the re poit of the committee at length. It was in these words : •* That on the 15th of February, *1783,aeon traft was made iftider the authority of the fupeiin tendantof finance, with John Banks, fotJiipplying the foßthern army-—and it was ftiplilated, among ether things, that payment fliould b« made in gold 6r fiJver;" « Philadelphia. Backs'* accounts were •' fettled jn 1783 and 1784, to the mutual fatisfac- ' tion of him and th* public officers ; excepting so much as was contained ina charge of 9,768 81 90 dollars, including principal and fatereft, againlt Banks. This charge >vaa made, and the sum re tained, on the ground, that 8,612 90 principal, and 1,156 57-90 interest, was in Mr. Charles Pet tit'shaflils, which he claimed on account of aclaim he,a9qoarler-mafter, had against the United States, and the treafnty officers claimed as monies depo'ljtcd for John Basks, on account of the above and that Mr. Pettit held the said ium for Banks
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