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In every part cf the world ; at present, it is
particularly directed to impede our inter
course with the North of Europe.
The following official document lias been
recently published at the court of Den
mark:
ROYAL DECREE.
“Oopeshaoen, Dec. 14.
(l As it has been represented and proved
to us, that many infringements of our edict
of the 23d of March last, have lately taken
place under American colours, by the intro
duction, through such means, into our king- I
dom of British gnoda and colonial produce, !
and as it is contrary to the said edict, that
such introduction should lie made: we do,
therefore, with *he assistance of our council,
hereby order, that inspectors be appointed
at the differeut ports of the territories of
Zealand, for the examination of the inferior i
officers of our customs. Nominated to prevent j
feuch introduction, that'if any fraud or cor_ j
ruption be discovered to have been committed
by them, the same may be made known to
us.
CJiven at our Roval Palace, at
Copenhagen, this 9th day of
December, 1S09.
, , We this day insert the correspondence be
tween Mr. Evskinc nud the American Sec
retaries, on the receipt of intelligence, by
the former, of the disavowal of the arrange
ment made by him with the American govern
mwnt This forms the previous part of the
documents published in the Intelligencer,
from whi» h the correspondence between Mr.
Jackson8c Mr. Smith, the American Secreta
ry. is extracted, and is material to the elu
cidation of the subject We have continued
the latter correspondence as far as it is gi
ven in the Intelligencer. The concluding
part of it has not, we believe, arrived.
The filth regiment, which formed part of
the rear guard of Walcheren, has arrived.
The dreadful climate, and the losses sus
tained in the different rencounters before
Flushing, (which far exceed those of any
other corps,) have reduced this gallant corns
from 1,100 to 284.
January 4.
No feW’E.r than eighty three ships arrived
from Holland in the course of yesterday
morning, by which numerous letters anil
papers have be*’n conveyed to this country.
The inhabitants were in great confusion a-id
anxiety, under the view ol the political
changes which were to take place in their
government. By a gentleman, who reached
London yesterday from a Dutch port, we are
informed, that King Louis was soon expect
ed at Amsterdam, and that the citizens of
that capital were extremely solicitous for
liis return, to obtain from him some authen
tic information with regard to their future
destiny.
W e have before mentioned, that in conse
quence of the alarming discontents in India,
it was likely that Lord Wellington would
be appointed to an important station in that
country’. W e find that this opinion is now
adopted, indeed some-what tardily and re
luctantly, by the ministerial papers, the con
ductors of which were unwilling to admit,
that his service"* could &e dispensed with in
the kingdom of Portugal. The most cruel
rumors were, yesterday circulated respecting
the rio's in Madras, and which we are dis"
posed to believe have no foundation in fact.
The mn^t distinguished members of both
bouses of Parliament, are now assembling in
town, and we understand that gentlemen
bring fron, every part of the United Kingdom,
the same uniform report of the dissatisfac_
tion that prevails ut the melancholy state
of our affairs '1 fie consequences of our rash
and desperate expeditions now begin to be
felt in the most serious way ; for the finest
army that England ever equipped, is now so
reduced and melted away, that in the mo
mi nt when we hear of the most imminent
call for a disposeable force, essential, per
haps, to the very preservation of a part of
our own Empire, we have not the power
to supply the demand. What an account
Ministers have to render to Parliament!
It is probable that Lord Chatham will
succeed Lord Wellington in Spain, as his
Lordship seems to have given thorough sa
tisfaction to his colleagues in the Cabinet,
by the manner in which he conducted the.
Expedition to tSouih Bevcluud.
January 5.
A ship from New-York has arrived at
Liverpool, which has brought some letters
of a very recent date. In one of these, to a
respectable quarter, it is stated, that the
embargo la ws were to be resumed on the 3d
of last month. It is supposed, that there are
not above four hundred vessels in the ports
of America that will be liable to restriction,
should it be the fact, that tlie measure has
been carried into execution.
January 6.
Yesterday two Gotteubuig mails arrived
with letters and papers from Stockholm, to
the 20th, mid from Crottenburg to the 23d nit.
By an articlo from Hamburgh of the 4th
December, it appears that the conferences
are continued respecting the' privileges of
the Hanse Towns, the negociations, regar
ding which, on the pan of Napoleon, are
conducted by M. Bniiriennc, French Pleni
potentiarv at Hamburgh, & M. Ileiuhard,
keeper of a garden house in that neighbor
hood, who are stiled French ministers. We !
aie told, that the question whether the
Hanse Towns are to be received Members1
of the Confederation of the Rhine is not yet I
decided, hot that it seems to be perfectly »
settled, that they are to preserve their in- ;
dependence under the protection of the
x rencn Jsmperor.
The most important intelligence by this
opportunity, is contained in the private let
ters which announced the conclusion of the
T reaty' of Peace between the courts of block
holm and Copenhagen. A great number of 1
ships laden wi-h valuable cargoes had been
waiting for this amicable adjustment in or
der to proceed to their respective destinati
ons from the harbours of Sweden and Den
mark, and tlie utmost activity prevailed in
the ports of those kingdoms to facilitate the
egvjfus <>f such vessels before the inclemency
of the season should obstruct the naviga
tion.
In the course of yesterday no additional
information was received mi the subject of
the alleged embargo in the harbors of the
United btates, but it appears to be likely
A it a temporary restriction of this kind, at
ffie time wc have stated, has been imposed,
to prevent th« snjurioua consequences that
would arise from the incautitni of tire sJiip
owners nml merchants. Wuen the delibe
rations of Congress on the subject of the
differences wuh tireut H.itain shall have
been terminate 1, surh an etnbai go may ei
tner t>« c<Ht>i,o«d withdrawn, b"t pro
hubly will fur ic:ttP.r*d )** rtnanenc until the
";vcet»tiv« gavcrnw.vut ot America shall be
.rj ibSt.-l to n?':e. tui .lu r eominunica
fat tu the Legist *rt AvDmtdlce t.i io lie
iuteuilous of Great Britaiu. We think, it
important to observe, that at least half of
the troops ostensibly designed for the useless
purpose of reinforcing our aro-y in Portu
gal, is actually destined to improve our means
of defence in the British Colonies in North
America.
About fifty Dutch vessels arrived yes
terday, but the papers and liters they have
brought give ns no political and very little
commercial information that would be inte
resting to our readers. It is humiliating to
discover how feeble the impulse of patrio
tism has been in every country where the
thercenary principle has prevailed, f-oni the
time of Tyre, Carthage, and Gades, to those
of Genoa, Leghorn and Amsterdam.
\\re last night received Moniteurs Sc other
i French papers to the 26th Dec. It is said,
that a truce has been concluded between
■ the Turks and Russians, but it is not given
j in that official way which would stamp it
| with authenticity. We have made extracts
i from these Journals, which in other respects
are barren of interest.
Px. y moutii, January 3,—Yesterday came !
down express. Mr. Powell and suite .of the
American Embassy, and sailed in an’ hired
cutter directly for Morlaix, having been re
fused a landing 'at Calais.
Amsterdam, December 25_The be
neficent views of his maje3ty the Emperor
towards the people of Holland, are not yet
completed, but they will probably be soon
fulfilled. The English trade, hitherto sup-1
ported by the corruption of our officers will
be wholly destroyed by the alterations that
have been proposed. New officers of the
customs will be appointed under new regu
lations, rial regular magistrates will be no
minated to take care tl. it they execute their
duty. Several ships with British property
on board have been seized, and will be spee
dily condemned, ami the parties concerned
meet the punishment aligned.
ii/iTONNe, ueccniber 7_Whilst the
bodies of troops united in the environs of To
ledo arc pursuing the remains of the insur
gent army defeated at Ocaua, the banditti
who infested different provinces of the king.,
dnm have been dispersed and destroyed in
all quarters.
A body of 1200 of this description, availing
themselves of the absence of general Bugct
and his troops, had the audacity to attack
Toledo, where there was a garrison of 160
men ; but this handful mf Frenchmen, under
the command of a brave officer, after dispu
ting with them inch by inch every square
and street in which they showed themselves,
succeeded at length in repelling'thero with
the loss of 45 killed. Thirty of our men,
w1k> occupied a tower, defended it against
300 of the insurgents. In the upper val
lies of Arragon, Sarrazar was, on the 19th
ultimo, defeated and expelled from Valta
n a.
In Biscay, the marquis de Bario Lazio’s
'•'and of marauders, from 3 to 900 strong,
having approached Durango, a French co
lumn gave them a complete drubbing, and
too»i from them a stand ot colors and three
pieces of cannon. The other bands have
re-crossed the Penna and d’Ordunna. The
French column which scoured the environs
of Durango brought in a great quantity of
muskets and military stores. The young
men who were forcibly enlisted in Biscay
and Alava are returning to their homes, i
Vienna Dect-nber9--It is said that!
the Archduke John is highly offended at the
long official report published by the Austrian
government relative to tire battle of Wa
gram, and that lie has loudly complained of
the passages therein which avert to his pro.
cecdings r
Aucsburg, December 8.—Letters from
Vienna state that Prince John of Lichtenstein
has consented to take the supreme command
of Upper and Lower Austria, and that he
will forthwith repair from his estates to
V ienna, to cuter upon the exercise of his
functions.
Hamburg, Dec. 1.
>. e have not received positive information con
cerning the future organization of the Hanstowns.
1 lie following are die particulars deserving the
most credit The Hanstowns will |>e called the
United and Free Imperial Cities, tiiev will be tin
der the protection of the emperor ofFrar.ee, will
furnish a quota of the confederation ofthe Hhine,
(1800 infantry, besides cavalry, and 29Q artille
ry :)—Their deputies will ar ;err.ble at certain
lim.-s, for tlio purptne of consulting about their
interests; These cities can onjy have an ambas
sador at the emperor’s court. " The other per
sons can only have a consul at the Imperial
Ilamstowus.
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IN SENATE.
Friday March 2.
Mr. Leif, reported the census bill with
amendments.
File Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill to piesent the issuing of sea letters,
except to certain vessels
On motion ot Mr. Lloyd, it was rccom
I mitted to Messrs Bayard, Smith (of Md.)
I Eu>j d, Pope and Chaiuplin.
I he bill making an appropriation for the
: pmjiofe therein mentioned (Torpedoexperi
; ment,) was read a third time.
I lie blank lor the sum to be appropriated
was tilled with •• 5,000dollars.*’
On the passage of the bill there were
Lor the bill—-Messrs. Bradley, Condit,
Crawford, Franklin, Gaiilmd, Giles, Gregg,
Lambert, I.eib, Matthewson, Meigs, Pope*,
! Robin sod, Smith (of Maryland,) Sumter,’
j Tr.it, Turner, Whiteside-is.
J .dgainst the bill— Messrs. Anderson,
J li.t,a.»!, Campbell, Champlin, German,
I Gilman, Goodrich, Kilihonse, Horsey Lloyd
Pickering, Heed, Smith (of N. York,)-_13.’
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. slnderaoir to amend the
I '■‘tl.e the bill to read as follows, “ An act
i ir,:*k'vpg an appropriation for the purpose of
[trying the practical use of the Torpedo or
! sH!> marine explosion”—it was determined
| in the affirmative, 23 to 2. The Nays were
| Me? rs. Sumter:lid Whiteside.
File Senate adjourned to Monday.
„ Mouday, Marchs,
i he census bill, after being amended, was
passed to a third reading,
I lie bill fui the relief «.f Charles Minifie
and the bill to extend the time lor locating
Virginia Military Land Warrants, and re.
turning the same, Hoc. were passed to a third
reading.
C O M M E HCIAL IN T ER COURSE
A meaS .ge was received from ihe house
| of Representatives informing the Senate of
t ec irvi^t to the of
the Senate to the bill concerning commercial l
Intercourse with Great Britain and France
ami their dependencies, and fbr other pur
poses.
A motion was made by Mr. to post
pone the consideration of th : bkB, Ikc. to this
day fortnight and lost.
A motion was then made by Mr. l.eib to
postpone the consideration of the subject to
this day week.
On this motion there were
/'Vj;- fioat/ivnemcnt-Messrs. Bayard,
Brent, Campbell Champlin, German, Giegg,
Leib, Robinson, Smith of Md. Whiteside—
10.
jlt'uin&t fiostfioncment—Messrs. Ander
son, Bradley, Condit, Crawford, Franklin,
Gaillard, Gilman, Goodrich, Hillhmisc, Hor
| sey, Lambert. Lloyd, Meigs, Parker, Pick,
ering. Pope, Reed, Smith of N. Y. Sumpter,
Tait, Turner—21.
i . An adjournment postponed the question
j till to morrow.
March 6.
The hiH to extend the time for locating
Virginia Military Land Warrants, gtc. and
the bill for the relief of Charles Minitie,
v/t-re read a third time and passed.
1 he bill for taking tlKs Sd census having
been read a third time, was re-committed,
on the suggestion of Mr. Campbell that, as
it now stands, the apportionment of Repre
sentatives to be made in pursuance of the
census will not take effect till the election of
die fourteenth Congress instead of the 15th.
The committee are Messrs. Campbell, Pone
and Anderson.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
The benate resumed the consideration of
the message from the House of Representa
tives stating their disagreement to the Sen
.tic s amendments to the bill concerning
commercial intercourse. See.
The question pending when the house ad
journed yesterday was on adherence to their
amendments to the bill.
Mr. observed that when he had
made the motion yesterday to adhere, he had
done it under the impression that it was
proper to bring tbe subject to a conclusion,
and because he believed the interest of the
country required that it should be finally ac
ted on. He said he was still impressed with
that idea; but paying a 'deference to the
opinion of his friends, desiring also to treat
the House of Representatives with the re
spect due to that body, and because it was
more conformable to'thc rules ofproceedinr
genci ally observed, he withdrew the moti
on to adhere and moved to insist on the a
meiulments. lie said he should by parlia
mentary practice have been fully justitied
in the motion to adhere before insisting;_
But it was proper that the two houses of Con
gress should be courteous in f heir conduct to
one another, and the state of affairs at pre
sent peculiarly required it; he therefore
varied his motion.
The question was then taken to insist, and
carried without a division.
Mr. binder son then moved to appoint a
committee of conference to confer on the
subject with such committee as should be
appointed by the House of Representatives
Agreed to.
Messrs. Anderson, Leib and Smith ofMd.
were accordingly appointed on the part of
the Senate.
Mr. Bradley submitted the following mo
j tion ior consideration:
I Resolved, That a committee be appointed
to enquire whether'any and what further
provisions are necessary and expedient in
relation to the intercourse between theU.S.
and Barbary Powers, with leave to report by
bill or otherwise.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill relative to the district Court of N.
Orleans.—Postponed, on motion of Mr. Bay*,
ard till to morrow.
HOUSE OF REFHESEjYTsIFIFES,
March 2.
Mr. Ear- moved, that the memorial of
the first and second wards of the City of
Washington, presented at the last winter
session, should again be referred to the com
nnttee on the District of Columbia.
1 bis being the day devoted to bills and
reports on petitions, again brought before
the House,
xvt k s HAMILTON’S CLAIM.
'I'he House resolved itself into a commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Macon in the chair,
on the following resolution reported by the
committee of Claim? on the petition of Eli
zabeth Hamilton :
“ Fesslved, That the prayer of the pe
titioner ought not to be granted.”
Messrs. Nelson and Taylor opposed, and
Messrs Root, Royd and Montgomery sup
ported the report, each at considerable ex- I
tent.
At length the question was taken in com
mittee, and the report disagreed to, 60 to
The committee rose and reported their
disagreement.
The House concurred with the committee
of the whole in their disagreement, by Yeas
and Nays, asfollow :
For concurrence-Yf a s —Messrs. Bas
sett, Blaisdtll, HrecUenridge, Campbell, J.
C. Chamberlain, \V. Chamberlin, Cham
pi°"» Chittenden, Cobb, Dana, Dawson, Ely
Emott, Fisk, Gholson, Gold, Hale, Haven]
Meister, Howard, Hubbard, R, Jackson,
John ton, Jones, Key, Knickerbocker, Lewis,
Livermore, Livingston, Lyon, Matthews,
M Brydc, Miller, Milnov, Mon •ow, Mose
Icy, Mumford, Nelson, Newtoti, Nicholson,
Feaison, l ickman, l’ll|;in, Potter, Quincy,
Ross, Scybert, Smelt, S. Smith, Stanley,
Steelman, Stephenson, Sfnrges, Swoope,
Taggart, Taylor, Tracy, Van Dyke, Van
Horn, Van Rensselaer, Wheaton, Whit
man-62.
•luainal concurrence-N a vs Messrs.
V\ il'is Alston, Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bibb,
iR’yd, R. Brown, Butler, Calhoun, Clay,
Cochran, Cook, Cox, Crawford, Crist, De
sha, Findley, Franklin, Gannett, Gardner,
Garland. Goodwyn, Holland, Hufiy, Kenne
dy, Lyle, Macon. Marion, M’jKirn, Montgo
mery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, Newbold,
B. Porter, Rea (of P«nn ) Rhea (of Tenn.)
Richards, K<>. r.%, KOut, Sage, Summons, Sea
ver, 8li?tw,3milie, (;. Smith, J. Smith, South
ard, Stanford, Fhoinson, Weakley , While
lull, Witherspoon—52.
After some conversation as to the proper
course now to be pursued —
Mr. (ih*l$on niovetl, thatthe committee
of Claims be instructed to report a bill pui
suant to the prayer of Elizabeth Hamil
ton.
The motion v/as agreed to by Yeas and
Nays, 61 to 46.
Mr. Jenkins obtaine 1 leave of absence for
ten flays and Mr. Montgomery for ti»o
v, teks.
At five o'clock the House adjourned K>
Jflondsy.
Mpni;at, March 5. |
Mr. Stcdrr.an obtained leave of absence i
!nv tne Vemaindevof the session and Mr. i'cji
Dyke fora week.
A communication was received from the
Executive o? tun state of Ohio, enclosing
certain resolittlShs of the legislature of tlie
state of Ohio, approving the conduct of the
general government.
CONVOY AN1) All MING.
Mr. Ffiftcx, from the committee (com;>o
sed of Messrs. Kppes, Whitehill. Montgo
mery,'.Ium ford. Dana, Desha, Cults. Winn
and \V. Alston) to whom were referredJthe
amendments from the Sciiaty to the billccyi
cerniig ct-tnincicial intercourse. See. ahd
hit . Eppes’s amendments thereto, together
with the will (reported by M. burwcll) con
cefning convoy, £ec. reported in part the tol
lowing bill:
A BILL
Authot ising the President to eritftlotj the
public untied vessels of the United States,
in protecting hy convoy, merchant x-es
sel.t owned wholly by citizens of the Uni -
ted States, in voyages to ports or /duces
with which intercourse is prohibited by
the decrees or orders of the governments
of Grcut Britain and France.
Whereas, when t"'o nations go to -war,
these that remain at peace retain their na
tural right to pursue their agriculture, ma
nufactures and commerce; to carry the
produce of their labor to all places bellige
rent or neutral, as usual; logo anti come
freely without injury or molestation; and in
short, that the war shall be tq them as if it
did not exist (with the exception only of
not furnishing to either party implements of
war for the annoyance nf the other : nor any
thing whatever to a place actually invested
by its enemy.) And whereas, tile state of
war, at present existing between Great
j Britain and France, furnishes no legitimate
right to either to interrupt the agitcqitureof
the United States, or the peaceable exchange
of its produce with all nations. And where
as, the governments of Great Britain and
France have, at various periods, issued de
crees and orders in violation of the laws of
nations, which, if submitted to, must finally]
terminate in the destruction of agricuituie
and commerce, branches of industry, which
give food, clothing and comfort, to the great
mass of the inhabitants of the United States.
And wheicas, no nation can submit to have
its peaceable industry suspended at the mere
will of other nations. And whereas, repeat
ed applications have been made to ihe go
vernments of Great Britain and France, by
the government of the U. S. for a withdrawal
of their decrees and orders, violating the
lawful commerce and neutral rights of the
U. States; and these decrees and orders
arc still persisted in, to the great injury of
the Uuited States any in violation of their
rights;
HE it enacted by the Senate and House
of diefircstniuPivts 0/ the United States of
America, in Congress Assembled, That
merchant vessels ot the U. S. owned wholly
by a citizen or citizens thereof, laden wholly
with articles of the growth, produce or ma
nufacture of the U. S. owned wholly by a
citizen or citizens thereof; navigated wholly
by citizens of the U. S. not having on board
implements of war, and bound to any port
or place not actually invested, with which
intercourse shall be prohibited by the decrees
or orders of the governments of G. Britain
or France, shall be entitled to protection by
convoy.
Skc. 2. And be it fui the? cnucted. That
the President ot the U. States shall be, and j
lie is hereby authorised and required, on the j
application of a citizen orcitizens of die U. S. I
to employ the public armed vessels of the 1
U. States, in convoying and protecting mer- :
chant vessels of the U. States, owned wholly j
by a citizen or citizens thereof ; laden wholly!
with articles of the growth, produce or ma-!
nufacture of the U. States, owned wholly by ,
a citizen or citizens thereof ; navigated i
wholly by citizens of the U. States noi^lmv- j
ing on board implements of war, and bound!
to any port or place not actually invested, I
with which intercourse shall be prohibited
by the decrees or orders of the governments'
of Great Britain or France.
Sk.c. 3. And be it further cnucted. That!
the President of the United States is hereby |
authorised to instruct the commanders of the i
public armed vessels of the U. S. to oppose j
and defend against any search, restraint or 1
seizure, which shall be attempted upon ves-;
scls sailing under convoy, by the com man- !
der or crew of any armed vessel sailing nn_ j
der British or French colors, and to repel |
by force any assault or hostility which may
be committed by such British oj* French arm
ed vessel pursuing such attempt, and to sub
due and capture tiie same,
Skc. 4. And be it further enacted. That
any British or French armed vessel, which
shall be captured in consequence of search,
restraint or seizure, which shall be attempt,
cd upon vessels under convoy, shall be consi.
dered lawful prize, and may be condemned
in any court of the U. States, having com
peteut jurisdiction ; and the proceeds ari
sing from the sale of such prize, shall be
distributed iu conformity to the provisi ms of
the act for the better government of the na
vy of the IT. S.
Skc. 5. And be it further enacted. That
after notice of this act at the several custom
houses, it shall he the duty of thr collectors
to refuse a clearance to any merchant ves
sels bound under convoy to any port or plaee
with which intercourse shall be* prohibited by
the decrees or orders of the governments of
(». Britain or France,unless satisfactory proof
shall be exhibited, that the cargo of such
vessels consists wholly of articles of the
growth, maxi 1 ice or mamdacture of the U.
; that the vessel and cargo aic owned
wholly by a citizen or citizens thereof; that
the vessel is navigated wholly by citizens
of the United States ; and no part of the
cargo consists of implements of war. And it
shall be tlie duty of ti.e collector to annex
to the clearance graried, a certificate sta
ting that the vessel and cargo are owned
wholly by a citizen or citizens of the \J. S;
that the vessel is navigated wholly by citi
zens cf thp U. S. ; that the cargo consists
wholly of articles of the growth, produce or
manufacture of the U. S, and that imple
ments of war constitute no part of the car
SFt: 6. Jnd he it further enacted, For !
the better regulation of the Conduct uf the j
collectors at the several ports, that the;
terms " implements of war,” used in this
act, shall be considered as including the ful
lowing articles, and no oilier, viz Sail pe
tre, sulphur, cuirasses, pikes, swords, sword,
b$ha, -knapsacks, saddles and bridles, can-1
notiib mortars, tire arms, pistols, bombs 1
greiyidcs, bullets, f.re locks, flints, marches
and gun powder,
Set 7. And be it further enacted Thu !
tiie President rf the U. S. shad be, ai d he
is hereby authorised to tslab'ish suitable in
jo^rmlty r jtb the j>rcyl*iou«]
ai intercourse, ike.
1 he immediate consideration of the last
mentioned report of the committee vas i* -
jteted by Mr. Dana and Mr. Quincy, be*
cause the time (12 o’clock) had net at lived
for taking up the order uf the ihv. But, he
fore the question was taken on ,i motion of
Mr. Quincy to lay it on the table, the hour
arrived--and Mr. Quincy withdtew ids
motion. Messrs. Uurwell and 4.'.vernier©
spoke in favor of an immediate decisien, a*
also did Mr. Quincy.
1 he question was then stated on concur
ring with the report of the select commit
tee in their disagreement to the amendments
ol the Senate
Mr. Dana called for a division of the ques_
tion. lie was in favor of agreeing with the
Senate in striking out all the sections they
had expunged, except the la»t, which lim
its the duration of the hill.
i iie question was taken, without debate/
on concun -ng with the committee in their
disagreement to all tho amendment of the
Senate, except so mr.ch as strikes out the last
section—aud decided by \cas and Nays .cr
follows:
For disagreeing to the Senate’s amend
ments—
Messrs. W. Alston, Anderson. Bard. Bas
sett. Bibb, Boyd, ft. Brown,Uurwell. Butler,
Calhoun, Ciay, Clopton. Cobb, Cochran,
Cook, Cox, Crawford, Crist, Cults, Daw
son, Desha, Eppes Findley, Fisk, Franklin,
Gannett, Gardner, Gholson, Good .vyn, lloll
Iamb Howard, Hufty, Johnson, Lyle, Macon,
M’Kee, M’Kim, Miller, T. Moore, Morrow,
Muniioid, New bold, Newton. J. Pcrter, P.
1|. Porter, lieu (P ) Hhea (T ) Richards’
Roane, Root, Sage, Sammons, Beaver, Scy.
bert, Shaw, Bhcft'ey, Smilie, G. Smith, S;
Smith, Southard, Stanford, Taylor, Thomp
son, Tracy, Turner, Whitehill, Wit. 11_.
67.
for agreeing to the Senate’s amendment,
Messrs. Lem. J. Alston, Bacon, Ulaisdell,
Bi eckenridge, Campbell. VV. Chamberlain,
Champion, Chittendei., Dana, Ely, Emott,
Garland, Gold, Gray, Hale,Haven, Ileinter,
Hubbard, R. Jackson Kennedy, Key, Kuick.
ei hacker, Lewis, Livermore, Livingston,
Matthews, M’Hryde, Mosely, Pearson, Pick
man, Pitkin, Potter, Quincy, Ross, Smelt,
Stanley, Stedman, St»phenson, Scurges,
Swoope, Troup, Van Horn. Van Rensse
laer, Weakley, Wheaton, Whitman, Wil
son—47.
Bo the House refused, by a majority of 20,
1 to agree to strike out the'3d, 4th, 5:'h, 6th,
' 7th, 3th, 9th, 10th, 11th aM-l3th sections'
. The question was theifstafed on concur.
! ring with the committee in their disagree.
! meat to the remainder of the Senate’s a
, mendments, viz. striking outthe 12lh section
1 (limiting the bill to the end of the next scs*
i sicn.)
Mr. Dana said he was not for making the
! law perpetual, and therefore he should cer
j litinly vqtc against this part, though he was
I in favor of all the rest of the Senate’samend
| meip.
Mr. ritkin hoped this part cf the amend
; roent would not be agreed to, the more es
pecially as a hill was this morning i *.id ou
| the table for commencing a convoy system.
: excluded armed vessels from o'ur wa
llers, no doubt other nations would adopt the
1 same course in relation to our vessels.——,
| Tiis bill ought therefore certainly to have a
short existence, if passed into a law, or our
vessels would not be permitted to convoy
vessels to any port.
1 lie question was taken on agreeing to
strikeout this section, and lost, one hundred
and fourteen members voting to retain the
section, and not one to strike it out.
So the bill is returned to the Senate /ire.
cisrly in the same form in which it first
went from this /louse.
The House refused a call of Mr. Basset for
the older of the day on the bill from the Sen.itp
respecting the navy, and of Mr. C!av thr the mi
litia volunteer bill—and, on motion'of Mr. Poin
dexter again took up the subject of the
BATTUKE AT NEW ORLEANS.
The resolution offered by Mr 1’oindex.ter on
a former day, but modified to (lay, was under
consideration in the following v/oids :
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
persona (.r their legal representatives who were
removed from the Battiire in front of the suburb
of St Mary in the territory ef Orleans by older
ol i |,e President of the 1/ Slates on the 2.5l!i of
January, 1808, to institute such suit or action as
m *y be necessary in the district court of New
Orleans against the Attorney of the U. S. for the
district of Orleans, who shall be constituted a
defendant in such action, for the express purpose
of asserting and defending the right of the U. S.
to saul fiat*lire, and that the judge of the sah!
court after the issue is joined between the par
ties, be authorised and rvq tired to order sack
action to be tried in such circuit court of the U. ii.
where in bis opinion a fair and impartial trial can.
be had, and the jo lyrmcnt ofthe court in which
the same shall be removed for trial as aforesaid.*
may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed 'jx
the same manner as other caUscc in such cirov*«t
court aie, and the i>nul judgment, sentt nee oe'de
crec in such action shall be final and concle ...i.-fc
between the 11 Sates and all individual c^sirouirH
as to the title of the said Balture, and r,*y y*
plead in bar to any subsequent suU of tctioiti fffcr
the lecovcry of th« same or any part tliricofy i(.*f
the record and proceeding* in euch notion ttlA'Ii
bs returned and depodied amn^g the jw’gnrK.p
o ' the said district. Court ol'iini 'territory-/of, *
leans.
/\irer niuan —
'i he i, lotion u ■> t «kc.-.,6n its f*ssirr<». aH « ^
lo'cldtk, *nJ decided in U»e unit m uivt, as
hiW.s :
YEAS—Messrs, /hcon, DUisJell, X •-<#
Cimplxll, J C. Gl r wib-.-rl »inW C; in'inCi.’
Cha.nj, i n, ChhUnd n, t Jay, Clint, E'y, tm <»’
fisk, (» ii iai.jy, Mate, IJiv’i
tei. How lid. I! ; .» J i knn.i, 4, y, Yoiiv'ff*
erbai ke> , .. E.v« n »re, lAvr# n ;n, i.ftvs
Mat hews, M'l. k, M'K e, MdJ.i, Mumf.iftL
£iivhuik?n,; Jl,., I ,efcuun, |-nkif, 4 JU,
\
.
of this act, fcir the. -cgohi*! n < - ** * , j
of the collectors at th* n>.i ; i*;*.., *..u* ♦'
the ofliccts of the n<»vy <-:>« ;>te v : l-« «.•!>• -
i»R merchant vessel* honm! «o ;u.: is ».?• • .
c.cs with which intercoms'* shall b:-».■'hi.
bited b/ the decrees or orders ot the \’i\ i rn
nicnts of G. B. or Franco.
Svc. S. dnil hr it further n:ac,‘'rf. That
whenever the decrees ami orders ft in- «>>*
vernments of O B. andFiai.ee, vh»intM.~
tiie. lawful commerce aud neutral tight.*, ot*
the United States, shall bo withdrawn. ii.es
powers vested in tiie President of the Ut.jtt &
States by this act, shall cease ai d deter,
mine And in tiie event of a withdraw.il i
tiie decrees and orders of only one of tiu- U i
ligerents, the President of the U. S. si».,:i
continue to employ the public tu rned vi-mwI*
in protecting by convoy (in conformity to
the provisions of this act) the lawiu' com
merce of tiie U. States against the pewey
continuing in force its decrees or c ; tiers.
The bill was twice read and lefencd to a
committee of the whole house.
NAVIGATION BILL.
IVtr. l’.fifien also reported the disagree
ment of the committee to the amend neats , f
tiie Senate to the bill concerning com!i;crci_