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"And that if attacked by any British ship or vessel, it shall be lawful to capture and bring such ship or vessel into any port of the United States for adjudication.'

Mr. FINDLEY moved to postpone the further consideration of the resolution and amendment to the first Monday in March next.

After debate on these motions, the House adjourned without coming to a decision on either.

WEDNESDAY, December 18.

Mr. RHEA presented petitions from Louisiana Territory, in favor of the second grade of Government. Referred.

The consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday, respecting arming merchantmen, &c., was called for; when it was, on motion of Mr. RANDOLPH, ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. PORTER, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was committed the bill from the Senate, "completing the existing Military Establishment," reported the same without amendment.-Committed to a Committee of the Whole

10-morrow.

On motion of Mr. JENNINGS, the Committee on the Public Lands were instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing another district, for the disposal of the public lands, by a division of the district of Kaskaskia ; to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. MACON, from the Committee of Ways and Means, presented a bill allowing additional compensation to the Postmaster General; which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the bill to continue in force, for a further time, the act fixing the salaries of certain officers of Government therein mentioned.

BATTLE ON THE WABASH. Mr. ORMSBY moved the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what provision ought to be made by law for paying the officers and soldiers of the militia who served under Governor Harrison, in the late expedition against the Indians on the Wabash, to compensate them for the loss of horses, and for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who fell in the action of the seventh of November last; and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

The said resolution was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. MCKEE moved the following resolution: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House such information as may be in the possession of the Government, and proper to be communicated, on the following points:

1. Any evidence tending to show whether any and what agency the subjects, either public or private, of any foreign Power, may have had in exciting the Indians on the Western frontier to hostility against the

United States;

2. The evidence of hostility towards the United States, on the part of the Shawanee Prophet and his adherents, anterior to the commencement of the late campaign against them, under the command of Governor Harrison;

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3. The orders and authority vested in Governor Harrison by the United States, under which the late expedition against the Indians was carried on; and such other information relating to the subject, as, in the opinion of the President, may be proper to be communicated to this House.

The resolution was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

APPORTIONMENT BILL.

The House resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of conference made on. the 11th instant, together with the message from the Senate adhering to their amendments to the bill on this subject.

A motion was made by Mr. RANDOLPH, to refer the bill and report to a Committee of the Whole, and negatived.

A motion was then made by Mr. Fisk, that this House do recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate.

After much debate, the question was determined in the affirmative-yeas 72, nays 62, as follows YEAS-William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Daniel Avery, Ezekiel Bacon, Josiah Bartlett, William W. Bibb, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, Adam Boyd, Elijah Brigham, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, Thomas B. Cooke, John Davenport, jr., Roger Davis, Samuel Dinsmoor, William Ely, James Emott, William Findley, James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Isaiah L. Green, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, John M. Hyneman, Richard Jackson, junior, Joseph Kent, Philip B. Key, Lyman Law, Peter Little, Robert Le Roy Livingston, Aaron Lyle, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, James Milnor, Sam'l L. Mitchill, Jonathan O. Moseley, William Paulding, jr., William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Benj'n Pond, Peter B. Porter, Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Samuel Ringgold, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Seaver, Adam Seybert, Samuel Shaw, John Smilie, George Smith, Silas Stow, William Strong, Lewis B. Sturges, George Sullivan, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Peleg Tallman, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, jr., Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, William Widgery, and Robert Wright.

NAYS-Willis Alston, jr., John Baker, David Bard, Burwell Bassett, William Blackledge, Thomas Blount, James Breckenridge, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, Wm. Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, James Cochran, John Clopton, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, Elias Earle, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Edwin Gray, Felix Grundy, Aylett Hawes, Jacob Hufty, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King, Abner Lacock, Joseph Lefever, Joseph Lewis, junior, William Lowndes, Nathaniel Macon, George C. Maxwell, Thos. Moore, Archibald McBryde, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, James Pleasants, jr., John Randolph, John Rhea, John Roane, Jonathan Roberts, John Sevier, Daniel Sheffey, John Smith, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, George M. Troup, Robert Whitehill, David R. Williams, Thomas Wilson, and Richard Winn.

So the House agreed to recede from their disa

greement to the Senate's amendment, which of course prevails, and the ratio is fixed at 35,000.

THURSDAY, December 19.

Mr. BAKER presented two petitions of sundry inhabitants of the city and county of Washing ton, praying that the act of the State of Maryland, laying a tax on marriage licenses of four dollars may be revived in Washington county, in the District of Columbia, and that the money thus collected may be applied to the use of schools.Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a resolu: tion of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, ratifying and confirming an amendment proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States, concerning the acceptance of titles of nobility from foreign Powers, by citizens of the United States.

Mr. POINDEXTER moved the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of Harry Toulmin, Judge of the District of Washington, in the Mississippi Territory, and report whether, in their opinion, he has so acted, in his official capacity, as to require the interposition of the Constitutional powers of this House; and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers. The resolution was read, and ordered to lie on

the table.

Mr. RHEA presented a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, disapproving of the amendment proposed by Massachusetts to the Constitution of the United States, limiting the duration of any act laying an embargo within the United States; disapproving of the amendment proposed by Virginia to the said Constitution, respecting a removal from office of the Senators of the United States; disapproving of the amend ment proposed by Pennsylvania to the said Constitution, for the erection of a tribunal to determine controversies between the General and State Governments; and approving of the amendment proposed by Congress to the said Constitution, concerning the acceptance of titles of nobility by citizens of the United States from foreign Powers. A Message was received from the President of the United States, transmitting two letters received from Governor Harrison, of the Indiana Territory, reporting the particulars of the issue of the expedition under his command on the Wabash. The Message and letters were read, and referred to Mr. MCKEE, Mr. SEVIER, Mr. BRECKENRIDGE, Mr. MORROW, Mr. ALSTON, Mr. LEFEVER, and Mr. MAXWELL, to consider and report thereon to the House.

The House proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on the Public Lands, made the 26th ultimo; and the resolutions therein contained were specially concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for the appointment of commissioners, on the part of the United States, to act with such commissioners

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as the Commonwealth of Virginia may appoint, to ascertain, and finally determine and fix the Western boundary line of the Virginia military tract, according to the true intent and meaning of the condition of the deed of cession from Virginia to the United States, touching the military reservation between the rivers Scioto and Little Miami.

Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law to prevent the issuing of patents on surveys executed in virtue of Virginia military warrants, west of the boundary line designated by the act of Congress of the 23d March, one thousand eight hundred and four.. Resolved, That, in the event of the said existing boundary line being found by the said commissioners to exclude lands belonging to the Virginia military tract, the said commissioners shall ascertain the quantity and quality of the land so excluded, and shall have power to locate other unappropriated lands equal in quantity and quality; which lands shall be liable to location under Virginia military land warrants, from and after the day of

Ordered, That a bill be brought in, pursuant to the said resolutions; and that the Committee on the Public lands do prepare and bring in the same. On motion by Mr. BURWELL,

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House, by the proper officers, a statement of the capital employed in the Indian trade; the amount of annual purchases, sales, and articles, received in payment; together with the number, names, and salaries, of agents employed, the places where stationed, and specifying, as far as practicable, the state of the trade at each place for the last four years.

Messrs. BURWELL and BLEECKER were appointed a committee to present the said resolution to the President.

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The House resumed the consideration of the sixth resolution, reported by the Committee of Foreign Relations, in the following words:

"6. That it is expedient to permit our merchant vessels, owned exclusively by resident citizens, to arm, under proper regulations, to be prescribed by law, in self-defence, against all unlawful proceedings towards them on the high seas."

Mr. FINDLEY withdrew his motion to postpone the same to the first Monday in March.

Mr. WRIGHT withdrew the amendment he had proposed, and moved to strike out these words: "in self-defence against all unlawful proceedings against them on the high seas."

Mr. ARCHER. The sixth resolution of the Committee of Foreign Relations being now on its passage, I must express my sorrow that I am compelled to obtrude my humble observations upon the fatigued patience of the House, and the more exhausted patience of the nation. As I shall vote against the resolution, I feel it to be my indispensable duty to detail to the House the reasons by which my vote shall be actuated. Many honorable members may, perhaps, conceive that it would be more proper for me to reserve my remarks for the bill, when it shall be reported; but, sir, I have ever held it to be my sacred duty to

oppose, even in its incipient state, every measure which may be hostile to the rights, or dangerous to the interests of my country, lest, by not seeming to oppose, my conduct should be construed into an encouragement of such a measure.

For what purpose, sir, let me ask, have we adopted the resolution preceding this? Was it for the purpose of destroying the Government? Was it that the members of that Army should sheath their swords in the bowels of the liberties of their country? Who will impute to this body so disgraceful a motive? Are you about to raise a standing army, not for the purpose of making preparations for war, but with a view of intimidating Great Britain to recede from her unjust infractions of our neutral rights? Do not think that she will be intimidated by any preparations which you can make, however formidable they may be. She knows, too well, your conduct heretofore, to believe you are in earnest. She knows that, many years ago, you resolved to resist, but that this honorable determination terminated in an empty resolution. She knows, too well, that you have been, heretofore, prodigal in words, and parsimonious in spirited action. I do not set myself up for a prophet; but, mark me, if it be not true, that Great Britain will not do you justice till you carry, the war out of this hall into the heart of her colonial territories.

Under the firmest conviction, then, as I am, that war between the United States and Great Britain-if we have any respect for our honor as a nation-will be an event of inevitable consequence, I have in vain searched for the reasons which would induce us to authorize our merchant vessels to arm against all unlawful molestations on the high seas. As the resolution is, in its nature, general, every man must see, on the contrary, the dangers necessarily attendant upon the adoption of such a measure. You are now on the very verge of war, and you should, therefore, be careful not to multiply your enemies. You may, by passing this resolution, make France your enemy. You may enlist Denmark and other Powers of Europe against you. This is an event which would be deeply deprecated; and, that it should happen, is nothing improbable; for your merchants, armed as they will be, in defence of their commerce, may select the nation who is to be your enemy. If they are molested in their commerce, whether lawful or unlawful, they will be disposed to resist. At any rate, they will be the judges of the juncture when their interests may call for the interposition of force, and will exercise that force according to their own whims and caprices. They sail on the ocean clothed with national authority, and for their actions, whether lawful or unlawful, you will be compelled to answer. Sir, I respect the highly honorable occupation of a merchant, but am not disposed to earry that respect so far as to give my sanction to the adoption of a measure which may jeopardize the peace, and endanger the interests of my country. If this resolution were to authorize an arming against Great Britain alone, this argument would have no effect; but as it has a view to a

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general arming against all nations, this reasoning is conclusive on my mind, and must operate in the same way upon all men who will give the subject a dispassionate consideration. The consequences of such a measure are plain and obvious. Now, let us examine whether there exists any reason sufficiently powerful to outweigh these considerations.

What is the object, and the only one too, as stated by the honorable chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations, (Mr. PORTER,) for the adoption of this measure? Your vessels will be armed and prepared for privateering the moment war shall be declared. Why, sir, do you think the merchants will believe that you really intend to go to war? And, if they doubt upon this subject, do you suppose they will be so regardless of their own interests as to expend their capital in fitting out privateers, when no absolute certainty exists that war is your object, or your serious intention? It would, certainly, be an object of no inconsiderable moment to have privateers prepared to harass and disturb the commerce of Great Britain in the event of war. If this be your object, you are taking a very improper course to obtain it. If such be your object, take some decided and energetic step which will convince even the incredulous that you will resort to the sword to obtain justice, and your end will soon be effected. But, do not depress the hopes of the nation by sanctioning this tame, imbecile, and temporizing system.

What is the spirit that breathes in the five resolutions which have been adopted-resolutions which were in entire accordance with my feelings? Is it not a spirit of war? Do they not bear a hostile aspect? Are they not calculated to induce Great Britain to believe that forbearance on our part has terminated, and that we are resolved, unless she speedily extend to us full and ample justice, to decide the contest by the sword? Have you anything to hope, by operating upon the minds of the rulers of that nation, a conviction that you are boasting no longer? If you do entertain such a hope, I pray you, do not adopt this measure a measure which will show her the fluctuation of our opinions, and the repugnancy of our plans; a measure which will lull to sleep her fears of war, and convince her not only of your indecision, but of your timidity to unsheath your sword in defence of rights clear and undisputed, and in avenging injuries too glaring for the dignity and honor of a nation to submit to. Are the wishes of this nation to be unattended to? Ought we not to relieve its anxieties? Or, are we to tantalize their hopes with energy in one law and imbecility in another? Are the merchants to be told we will protect their commerce? By what? By granting them a right which nature has already given to them? Is commerce to be protected by abridging the natural rights of the people? Is this measure no abridgement of their rights? Does it not confine the legality of arming to resident citizens alone? Look at the measure as you please, it is a dead letter. Is this the period of

all others to be selected to incorporate unmeaning laws in the body of your statute book? Do not satirize, by such an act, the manly sensibility of the people. Do not paralyze the national arm. No; let us do justice to the nation by the adoption of such measures as will renovate the depressed spirits of our constituents; which will prevent them from falling into that destructive and deadly languor which this resolution is calculated to produce.

Mr. Speaker, permit me to address my sentiments plainly to you. The people are becoming tired of the indecision of this body. They have read many a fine and gaudy speech which has been delivered in this hall, and let me say, too, that they have seen much of bad voting. It is high time to throw off a temporizing policy, and to take a decided and energetic stand-no arming of merchantmen without the privilege of making reprisals, and reprisals from that Power too, specifically, that oppresses you. Had my worthy colleague (Mr. WRIGHT) not withdrawn his amendment, I would have given it my sanction. I admit it would have been an act of war, and for that reason I would have voted for it; for, in our present situation, it is impossible to obtain enlistments without the adoption of some such

measure.

Instead, sir, of this resolution, I seriously think that policy dictates to us to lay an embargo on our vessels for a limited time. Not an embargo of coercion on foreign Powers, but an embargo for the preservation of our property which is now afloat on the surface of the ocean. It would prevent those innumerable bankruptcies which would be immediately consequent on a declaration of war in all your mercantile towns; bankruptcies which are not only injurious to the bankrupts themselves, but deadly to the resources of the nation, for the wealth of a nation should always be graduated by the wealth of its citizens. Your merchants are now sailing in every sea with the productions of your soil. We shall have to contend with the most formidable naval Power in the world, and the moment war is declared your commerce will be swept from the surface of the deep. We should gather in our merchant ships. We should, in truth, sir, act like provident husbandmen. Let us, therefore, go into our unprotected fields, cut down our harvest, and remove it to places of security, that our enemies and not ourselves may be the gleaners in the field.

If, sir, the resolution now under consideration should be adopted, the whole system will form a strange picture. You may touch it with the master-pencil of a Rubens, it will still be a homely picture, incongruous in its parts, and in the whole ungraceful. It does appear to me to be a perfect anomaly, a measure which can be classed under neither the general head of peacé or war. The Lacedemonians, it is said, put to death all deformed infants. I trust this House will be endued with a Lacedemonian spirit which will crush this creature in the deformity of its birth, and that it will not be suffered to hang a dead weight on the nation. Thus, sir, have I

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offered to you a few of the reasons which operate upon my mind, and which will induce me to vote against the resolution. I have done so to prevent a misconstruction of my motives, and that my reasons may go with my vote to my constituents. I should have placed my views in a clearer light upon this subject to the House, but the embarrassments inseparable from one who is unaccustomed to address deliberative assemblies, have prevented me from doing to the subject that justice which it merits.

The question was now taken, and decided as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Daniel Avery, Ezekiel Bacon, David Bard, Josiah Bartlett, William W. Bibb, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John Clopton, William Crawford, Roger Davis, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Aylett Hawes, John M. Hyneman, R. M. Johnson, Joseph Kent, William R. King, Peter Little, Andrew Lyle, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, Alexander McKim, Samuel L. Mitchill, James Morgan, Anthony New, Stephen Ormsby, James Pleasants, jun., Peter B. Porter, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, John Roane, John Sevier, George Smith, George M. Troup, Robt. Whitehill, David R. Williams, and Robert Wright-46.

NAYS-John Baker, Abijah Bigelow, Wm. Blackledge, Harmanus Bleecker, Thomas Blount, Adam Boyd, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, John C. Calhoun, Epaphroditus Champion, Langdon Cheves, Martin Chittenden, James Cochran, Thomas B. Cooke, Lewis Condit, John Davenport, jr., John Dawson, William Ely, William Findley, James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Meshack Franklin, Thos. R. Gold, John A. Harper, Jacob Hufty, Richard Jackson, jun., Charles Goldsborough, Isaiah L. Green, Obed Hall, Abner Lacock, Lyman Law, Joseph Lefever, Joseph Lewis, junior, Robert Le Roy Livingston, William Lowndes, Nathaniel Macon, George C. Maxwell, Thomas Moore, Archibald McBryde, Arunah Metcalf, James Milnor, Jeremiah Morrow, Jonathan O. Moseley, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, William Paulding, junior, Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, junior, Benjamin Pond, Elisha R. Potter, Henry M. Ridgely, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Ebenezer Seaver, Samuel Shaw, Daniel Sheffey, John Smilie, John Smith, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, Silas Stow, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Peleg Tallman, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, junior, Pierre Van Cortlandt, jun., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, William Widgery, and Thomas Wilson-77.

A motion was then made by Mr. McKIм to amend the said resolution by striking out these words:

"Permit our merchant vessels, owned exclusively by resident citizens, and commanded and navigated solely by citizens, to arm under proper regulations, to be prescribed by law, in self-defence against all unlawful proceedings against them on the high seas," for the purpose of inserting the following: "authorize merchant vessels of the United States to arm, under proper regulations, to be prescribed by law :"

And the question being taken so to amend, it

was determined in the negative-yeas 24, nays 92, as follows:

YEAS-William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Josiah Bartlett, William Blackledge, John Clopton, Lewis Condit, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Aylett Hawes, Joseph Kent, Abner Lacock, Peter Little, George C. Maxwell, Thomas Moore, Alexander McKim, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Stephen Ormsby, Samuel Ringgold, George M. Troup, David R. Williams, William Widgery, and Robert Wright. NAIS-Willis Alston, jun., Daniel Avery, Ezekiel Bacon, John Baker, David Bard, William W. Bibb, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, Thomas Blount, Adam Boyd, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, Martin Chittenden, James Cochran, Thomas B. Cooke, William Crawford, John Davenport, junior, Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, William Ely, William Findley, Asa Fitch, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Peterson Goodwyn, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, John M. Hyneman, Richard Jackson, jun., Richard M. Johnson, William R. King, Lyman Law, Joseph Lefever, Robert Le Roy Livingston, William Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, Archibald McBryde, William McCoy, Arunah Metcalf, James Milnor, Samuel L. Mitchill, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Jonathan. O. Moseley, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newton, William Paulding, jun., Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jun., James Pleasants, junior, Benjamin Pond, Peter B. Porter, Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, John Rhea, John Roane, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Ebe nezer Seaver, John Sevier, Samuel Shaw, Daniel Sheffey, John Smilie, George Smith, John Smith, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, Silas Stow, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Peleg Tallman, Charles Turner, junior, Pierre Van Cortlandt, junior, Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, and Thomas Wilson.

The question was then taken to concur with

the Committee of the whole House on the state

of the Union in their agreement to the said sixth resolution, as reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations; and resolved in the affirmative yeas 97, pays 22, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., William Anderson, Daniel Avery, Ezekiel Bacon, John Baker, Josiah Bartlett, William W. Bibb, Abijah Bigelow, William Blackledge, Harmanus Bleecker, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Wm Butler, John C. Calhoun, Epaphroditus Champion, Langdon Cheves, Martin Chittenden, John Clopton, Thomas B. Cooke, Lewis Condit; Wil. liam Crawford, John Davenport, junior, Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, William Ely, Wm. Findley, Asa Fitch, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Aylett Hawes, John M. Hyneman, Richard Jackson, junior, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King, Abner Lacock, Lyman Law, Joseph Lefever, Peter Little, Robert Le Roy Livingston, Aaron Lyle, George C. Maxwell, Thomas Moore, Archibald McBryde, William McCoy, Arunah Metcalf, James Milnor, James Morgan, Jonathan O. Moseley, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Wil

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liam Paulding, junior, Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, junior, James Pleasants, junior, Benjamin Pond, Peter B. Porter, Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, John Roane, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Samuel Shaw, John Smilie, John Smith, Silas Stow, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Peleg Tallman, Uri Tracy, George M. Troup, Charles Turner, junior, Pierre Van Cortlandt, junior, Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, Wm. Widgery, and Thomas Wilson.

NAYS- Stevenson Archer, David Bard, Thomas Blount, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, James Cochran, Jacob Hufty, Joseph Kent, William Lowndes, Nathaniel Macon, Samuel McKee, Alexander McKim, Samuel L. Mitchill, Jeremiah Morrow, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Daniel Sheffey, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, Robert Whitehill, David R. Williams, and Robert Wright.

Ordered, That a bill, or bills, be brought in pursuant to the said resolution; and that the Committee on Foreign Relations do prepare and bring in the same.

FRIDAY, December 20.

Ordered, That Mr. New be excused from serving on the committee appointed, the 13th ultimo, on the memorial of Matthew Lyon, who were instructed to inquire into prosecutions before courts of the United States, for libels under the sedition law; and that Mr. GRUNDY be appointed of the said committee in his place.

Mr. PAULDING presented a petition of Peter Landais, praying to be allowed and paid his share of prize money, in three vessels captured by him in the Revolutionary war, while commander of the United States' frigate Alliance.

Mr. P. moved that the petition be referred to a select committee; negatived.

that the Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An A message from the Senate informed the House which they desire the concurrence of this House. act to raise an additional military force;" to The bill was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations..

The House resolved itself into a Committee of

the Whole on the bill to prevent the exportation from the United States, or Territories thereof, of any goods, wares,, or merchandise, under the authority of permits or licenses derived from any foreign Power; and, after some time spent therein, the Committee rose, and had leave to sit again.

The bill from the Senate for completing the existing Military Establishment, was read the third time in Committee of the Whole, and passed-yeas 110, nays 11, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., William Anderson, Daniel Avery, Ezekiel Bacon, John Baker, Josiah Bartlett, Burwell Bassett, William W. Bibb, Wm. Blackledge, Harmanus Bleecker, Thomas Blount, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, Martin Chittenden, Matthew Clay James Cochran, John Clopton, Thomas B. Cooke, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, Roger Davis, John Daw