MARCH, 1812.

Proceedings.

ing further time for registering claims to land in the eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

MONDAY, March 23.

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at the conference on their part, on the bill, entitled "An act concerning the Naval Establishment."

Whereupon, Resolved, That they so far recede from their amendments as to agree to the report of the managers, and that the bill be so modified. The bill to carry into effect the provisions of

The VICE PRESIDENT being indisposed, the the eighth section of the "Act regulating the grants Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, March 24.

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In the absence of the VICE PRESIDENT, on motion of Mr. LLOYD, the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore, as the Constitution provides, and WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD was elected.

Mr. POPE, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash," reported it amended.

The PRESIDENT communicated a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Nathaniel Russell, and others, of Charleston, South Carolina, referred to him on the 11th instant, and the report was read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.

of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States south of the State of Teunessee," was read the second time, and referred to a select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. BRADLEY, TAIT, GREGG, LLOYD, and HUNTER, were appointed the committee.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to incorporate Moses Austin, John Rice Jones, Henry Austin, and others, into a company, by the name of the Louisiana Lead Company, together with the amendments reported thereto by the select committee; and having in part agreed to the report of the committee, the President reported the bill to the House accordingly.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the A message from the House of Representatives Whole, the bill to provide for the designating, informed the Senate that the House insist on surveying, and granting, the military bounty their amendments disagreed to by the Senate, to land; and on motion, by Mr. CAMPBELL, of Tenthe bill, entitled "An act to establish a quarter-nessee, the further consideration thereof was postmaster's department, and for other purposes." poned until to morrow. They agree to the conference proposed on the subject, and have appointed managers on their part. They have passed a bill, entitled "An act making provision for certain persons claiming lands under the several acts for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia ;" in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill last brought up for concurrence was read, and passed to the second reading.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill to incorporate a bank in the town of Alexandria, by the name and style of the Mechanics' Bank of Alexandria; and, on motion by Mr. BRENT, it was recommitted to a select committee, further to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. BRENT, CAMPBELL, of Tennessee, and TAYLOR, were appointed the committee.

On motion, by Mr. BAYARD, the petitions of the inhabitants of that part of Louisiana called Feliciana, lying between the Pearl and Mississippi rivers, upon the subject of annexation to the State of Louisiana, was referred to the committee to whom was referred the bill for the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise.

Mr. SMITH of Maryland, from the managers at the conference on the part of the Senate on the bill, entitled "An act establishing a quartermaster's department, and for other purposes," made report.

On motion, by Mr. GILES, the Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the managers

WEDNESDAY, March 25.

The bill giving further time for registering claims to land in the eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, was read the second time.

The bill, entitled "An act making provision for certain persons claiming lands under the several acts for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," was read the second time, and referred to the committee to whom was recommitted, on the 28th January, the bill which originated in the Senate on the same subject, to consider and report thereon.

On motion, the Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the managers at the conference on their part, on the bill, entitled "An act establishing a quartermaster's department, and for other purposes." Whereupon,

Resolved, That they recede from their disa greement to the amendments of the House of Representatives, so far as to agree to the report of the managers, and that the bill be so modified.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the modification of the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act concerning the Naval Establishment," as reported by the managers at the conference on the said bill. The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the organization of a corps of artificers," in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate.

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MARCH, 1812.

The bill last mentioned was read, and passed the officers and soldiers who served in the late to a second reading.

Mr. GREGG, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act relinquishing to the Corporation of the city of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city," reported it with an amendment, and the amend'ment was considered and agreed to, as in Committee of the Whole and the President reported the bill to the House accordingly.

On the question, Shall this bill be read a third time as amended ? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash," together with the amendments reported thereto by the select committee, and the report was in part adopted; and, after debate, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to morrow. Mr. GILMAN, from the committee, reported the bill to incorporate Moses Austin, John Rice Jones, Henry Austin, and others, into a company, by the name of the Louisiana Lead Company, correctly engrossed.

Mr. BAYARD, from the committee to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An act for the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said State," reported it with amendments.

campaign on the Wabash."

On motion, by Mr. BRADLEY, it was agreed to amend the second section by adding a proviso thereto.

On motion, by Mr. GERMAN, to amend the second section of the bill, line three, by inserting the words "army and," extending the provision to the regular troops as well as militia, it was determined in the negative-yeas 13, nays 15, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Bibb, Cutts, German, Giles, Gilman, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Lambert, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, and Taylor.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Campbell of Tennessee, Condit, Crawford, Franklin, Gaillard, Goodrich, Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Tait, Turner, Varnum, and Worthington.

On motion by Mr. GERMAN, to strike out the second section of the bill, amended as follows:

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers, according to the rank which they held, as aforesaid, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the volunteers or militia, who served in the said campaign, and who were killed or died of wounds received in said service, leaving a widow, or, if no widow, shall have left a child or children, under the age of sixteen years, such widow, or, if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to, and receive, the half of the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of for and during the term of five years; and in case of his death, or receiving the wound of which he died, the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the term of five years, the half pay, for the remainder of the term, shall go to the child or children of such deceased officer or soldier, whilst under the Mr. GILMAN, from the committee, reported the age of sixteen years; and in like manner, the allowamendments to the bill, entitled "An act relin-ance to the child or children of such deceased, where quishing to the Corporation of the city of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city," correctly engrossed; and the bill was read the third time as amended; and the title having been amended, the bill was passed.

THURSDAY, March 26.

Mr. GILMAN, from the committee, also stated the report of the managers at the conference on the part of the Senate, on the bill entitled "An act establishing a quartermaster's department, and for other purposes," correctly engrossed.

Mr. BRADLEY, from the committee to whom was referred the bill to carry into effect the provisions of the eighth section of the act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee, reported it without amend

ment.

Mr. GOODRICH, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill for improving the navigation of the river Potomac, reported it with amendments.

The bill, entitled "An act for the organization of a corps of artificers," was read the second time and referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. REED, GILMAN, and SMITH of Maryland, were appointed the committee.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of

there is no widow, shall be paid no longer than while there is a child or children under the age aforesaid: Provided, That no greater sum shall be allowed in any case to the widow, or to the child or children, of any officer, than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel:"

It was determined in the negative-yeas 6, nays 22,as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Cutts, German, Lambert, Lloyd, Turner, and Varnum.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bayard, Bfbb, Campbell of Tennessee, Condit, Crawford, Franklin, Gaillard, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Leib, Pope, Reed, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Tait, Taylor, and Worthington,

And the President reported the bill to the House as amended.

On the question, Shall this bill be read the third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill making provision for the sale of the public lands, together with the motion for postponement to the first Monday in December next; and, on motion, by Mr. GILES, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the modification of the amendments to the bill, enti

tled "An act establishing a quartermaster's department, and for other purposes," as reported by the managers at the conference on the said bill. They have passed a bill, entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of War to exchange lands with the Ursuline Nuns of the city of New Orleans;" in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill last mentioned was read, and passed to the second reading.

The engrossed bill to incorporate Moses Austin, John Rice Jones, Henry Austin, and others, into a company, by the name of the Louisiana Lead Company, was read the third time.

On the question, Shall this bill pass? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 14, nays 12, as follows:

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ther provision for the sale of public lands, together with the motion for postponement; and the further consideration of the bill was postponed until the first Monday in December next.

Mr. BAYARD, from the committee appointed to consider the subject, reported a bill to enlarge the limits of the State of Louisiana; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. GILES, from the committee to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Charles Minifie, reported it with amendments.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate certain boundaries.

On motion, by Mr. GERMAN, to strike out the second section of the bill, which provides for the YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bradley, Condit, Craw- ascertaining where the waters of Connecticut ford, Dana, German, Goodrich, Gregg, Howell, Hún-river intersect the northernmost part of the 45th ter, Smith of New York, Tait, Taylor, and Worthing-degree of north latitude, it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 17, nays 10, as follows: NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Franklin, Giles, Horsey, YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bayard. Bibb, Gaillard, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd, Reed, Smith of Maryland, Tur-German, Goodrich, Hunter, Leib, Lloyd, Reed, Smith ner, and Varnum. of Maryland, Smith of New York, Tait, Taylor, Turner and Varnum.

ton.

So it was Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be, "An act to incorporate Moses Austin, John Rice Jones, Henry Austin, and others, into a company, by the name of the Louisiana Lead Company."

FRIDAY, March 27.

NAYS-Messrs. Bradley, Condit, Crawford, Dana, Franklin, Gregg, Howell, Lambert, Pope, and Worthington.

And the President reported the bill to the House amended.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read the third time as amended? it was de

The bill entitled, "An act to authorize the Sec-termined in the affirmative. retary of War to exchange lands with the Ursu- Mr. FRANKLIN, from the committee to whom line Nuns of the city of New Orleans," was read was referred the petition of Thomas Gordon, rethe second time, and referred to a select commit-ported that the prayer of the petitioner ought not tee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. to be granted, and that the petitioner have leave GREGG, DANA, and BRENT, were appointed the to withdraw his papers; and the report was agreed committee.

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee, submitted the following motion for consideration:

"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire what provision ought to be made by law for completing titles on such special entries, locations, and surveys of lands, in the State of Tennessee, as were made pursuant to the laws of North Carolina, and recognised by the act of the said State, commonly called the cession act, and which lie west and south of the line described in an act of Congress, entitled "An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described," &c. passed on the 18th of April, 1806, and within the bounds to which the Indian title has been extinguished; and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise."

Mr. GILMAN, from the committee, reported the amendments to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash," correctly engrossed; and the bill was read the third time as amended.

On motion, by Mr. REED, to recommit the bill, it passed in the negative.

Resolved, That this bill pass with amendments. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill making fur

to.

On motion, by Mr. WORTHINGTON, the bill entitled "An act giving further time to the purchasers of public land northwest of the river Ohio to complete their payments," was referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. WORTHINGTON, SMITH of Maryland, and BAYARD, were appointed the committee.

On motion, by Mr. BAYARD, Mr. TAIT was added to the committee to whom were referred, on the 12th instant, the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Arthur St. Clair;" and the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Thomas Wilson."

MONDAY, March 30.

The bill to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate certain boundaries having been reported by the committee correctly engrossed, was read the third time as amended, and passed.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made the 27th instant, by Mr. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee; and the motion was agreed to; and Messrs. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee, BRADLEY, and GREGG, were appointed the committee.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill for improv

On motion by Mr. SMITH, of New York, the NAYS-Messrs. Bibb, Brent, Crawford, German, memorial of Peter Landais was referred to a select Giles, Goodrich, Horsey, Howell, Lambert, Pope, Rob-committee, to consider and report thereon by bill inson, Tait, Taylor, and Varnum.

Mr. SMITH, of New York, presented the memo-morrow, and made the order for that day. rial of Peter Landais, praying compensation for referred the bill to incorporate a bank in the town Mr. BRENT, from the committee to whom was military services.

Mr. BRENT presented the petition of the Presiing been reported by the committee correctly en-dent and Directors of the Bank of Washington,

On motion by Mr. FRANKLIN, the committee to whom was referred the petition of David Porter was discharged, and the consideration of the peti-ported by the committee correctly engrossed, the tion postponed indefinitely.