Mirror of the times & general advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1799-1806, 1804-02-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, T.. s.
MONDAY, Feb. 10.

territories, and making provifion for the
temporary government thereof, was re-
ceiyed from the fenats, and referred to
a committee of the whole on Wednesday.
MIR. Latinore preiented memorial
from the merchants Of New Orleans. en-
preflve of their attachment to the Unit.
ed States, and dilpoftion to iupport the
contribution thereof and reprel-nting the
grievances under which they labor from
the payment Of export duties, &c.
Referred to the committee of the whole
OH the bill relating to the regttering of
veHels in the diRritt If New Orleans.
The Houre went into committee of the
whole-Mr. VARNUM in the chair
on the report of felctt committee on
the bill from the Senate, to divide the
! Indiana territory iato two feparase go
vernm-nts. The report, for realons af
| Ggned, recommends rejection of the bill.
The report was fupported by Mei1rs.
Gregg, and Lyon, principally on the
ground that the population around De-
troit was too imall to ultify the expenses
attending fenarate territorial govern
mcn,, and on the ground that if the adj
vantagcs derivable from ftparate go
vernmant were conferred on them, they
might ard would be claimed, with equal
| iuiti E, by feveral detached fettlements
~ tae MiGi(lippi and LouiIiana terrific
ries.
The report was oppoled by Meilrs.
Lucas, Jackfon, Sloan, and Morrow on a
variety Of ground. They con,ended that
equal iu1ice was due TO every member
of the American Community, and that OF
courle, however (mal the population, it
was entitulrd to the fame protection with
community competed Of la ger number ;
thar tie dltance Of this population from
Sc. Vincenncs was 10 great as TO deprive
them of benefits refulting from the id
mniEration Of iuitice that Michil'mack
, mac, which exported produce valued at
! above zoe, 900 dollars, and from whoie
imports tn. Tilted States derived re-
venue Of 1900 dollars was more than
: 800 miles from the prelen1 ieat OF 60
vernment.
The quefion being put on agreeing
to the report, it paAed in the negative
Yeas "a.
When the bill, from the fenate, wal
read, and 70 amended as to deilgnate th'
S new territory by the name OF Michigan
; inhesd of north Wettcrn Territory ant
: the committee rofe and reported the bill
which was ords red by the lIouf. to thlf'
: reading to IA orrow.
J. Mr.. Thomas, from the ,io, commit
= tee of the two Hnuies, made report
e fpecifying the bufneIs, in their opinion
T. necedary to be tranlaGied the prefer
e FELTON,, and concluding with reiolutio
= that it be eloied the Iath Of March.
at MeTrs. Tlusar and Varnum advoca'
p ell an immediate agreement to the re
as r3rt; and MeNs. Nlcholion, Leib, SIN
:, lie, Findley, and S. l.. Mitchiil tuppor'
al ed pahponemenr.
" The motion to roapone It's conlldsr'
n rs tion Friday was agreed to-Ayas 5
at Noes 40.
IT,. THURSDAY, Feb. II.
an A bill to divide the Indiana tcrrltof
on into two frparate governments was re.
ole the third tn.e.
ZEN Mr.. Holland moved to poNpone its fu
0n Their confederation until the hrlt Mond'
in November next.
This motion was t'upported by Mellr
Holland, Sandf,rd and l.. S. Mitch
M and oppofed by Meffrs. Morrow, al
~ Sloan and was dilasrced to-Yeas
'nn' Nays 60.
II The ouefion was then taken on t
me parage Of the bill, and paled in the neg
m tiye-Ayes 58-Nays So.
10 FRIDAY, Feb. ~.
IT'S On the paGage Of the bill from ad,
pc zion 70 An act to make proviion
tie perfons that have been dilabled by k7o'
pc Wounds received in tile actual iervce
em the United States, during the revoiutc