Friday, January 14.
Monument to Gen. Gates.
Mr. Van Ness moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That a monument be erected in commemoration of the patriotism, valor, and good conduct of Major General Horatio Gates, who, in the late Revolutionary war, commanded the American forces that captured General Burgoyne and the British army under his command, at Saratoga, in the State of New York.
Ordered, That the said motion be referred to the committee to whom was committed, on the tenth instant, the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to carry into effect several resolutions of Congress for erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster, Herkimer, Davidson, and Scriven."
Monday, January 17.
Two other members, to wit: from Virginia Samuel J. Cabell, and from North Carolina Robert Williams, appeared, and took their seats in the House.
Emancipated Slaves from French West Indies.
A memorial of sundry inhabitants of the town of Wilmington, in the State of North Carolina, was presented to the House and read, stating that a certain number of negroes or mulattoes, to whom emancipation has been granted by the Executive of the French Government in the Island of Guadaloupe, had been recently landed at the said town of Wilmington; that, in the opinion of the memorialists, much danger to the peace and safety of the people of the Southern States of the Union in particular, is justly to be apprehended from the admission of persons of that description into the United States, from the West India Islands; and praying that Congress will be pleased to take the premises into consideration, and adopt such effectual measures for prevention thereof, as they in their wisdom may deem proper.
Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to Mr. Hill, Mr. Early, Mr. Huger, Mr. Randolph, and Mr. Campbell, to report their opinion thereupon to the House.