Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-14

On motion Of Mr. DAYTON, he Louie pro-
ceeded to coniider the relOiuti1n iome days
Ego iupmitted 70 him, respecting an adjourn
nent OF Congreis
Mr.. Rowan Ai1ed the gentleman from vir-
gina q give f1mc Information on this Tub
Jet The huhnels for which congref. had
at nbl-d had never yet seen before them;
bu- It WIS expected thar a dilclofure Of the
hatc Of our foreign relations would foon be
made. He did not with our enemies 70 fup-
PoCe hat Congreis were about to adjourn in
the prefent tate Of our affairs.
Mr.. Smiilie ID, that 70 ,ak of adiou-ning
now, would BE- to aiiow thar hey had done
noshieg duriag ne p-efent felton,
Mr. Oawlon taid that gen emsn did not
aPpea- urderitand The relo u;ion. Is OBJ
isa WAS 10 gaia IL ormaiinn Oh the tuhjeGts on
WI they lad been attended Congreis
bad . al in feli7n between four and FIVE
montls, and hed a ne little more than build
cIltes Id tie ar. re ent reated the houie to
look At Ne a.e Occurrence az Copenhagen,
and 10 the lldl raa. recent occurrence at LII.
bon to iimi ar oecu repces in the w Indies !;
and ( lie rightly Informed, hottie prepar-
al ms wee actually going Oh even on this
continent There were feveral very impOr-
tsnt hils ref1re The houf,, bills for rail4g ar.
mics AID or -aniziug the militia; he wiihed
the uis 10 nme IA. z Of material impor-
rance, lna al # wan ne days, weeks and
month, On lubje6ts Of tte conlequence.
ar. Rhea moved % poapone the =eio uliou.
Mr. Lyon cOnteRded thar there was very
little private buGnels before the hcule and
thar if the line bad been trifaA away, /. was
for want u information from the Prefdent TO
kaow what to do. He was as anxious TO 20
hone a. any man in the hsule bot he did
70; With 70 adjourn in the preleut fate of our
ahus; he wiihed 10 tel MS conllituenS what
be had been doing II he went home now,
they wout SIX him, Have YOU made peace
with he Birth ?" No" What have YOU
done with he Embargo Is il Oh yet n 81
know nothing ABOUT K
NJ Bib faid that if the houfe went on as
they had done for fJme time paf, II would be
InIpolli1ls ever TO adjourn He underflo0d
the Object the mover Of he relO!ulion ID be,
10 t2Sc UP the important buineis before he
hou.e. Tie was tired OF the mode Of leg,na-
ton which hal been allowed iInce rhe houle
had FIJI net there were fnme individuals IN
the hou.e wh1 were every day infu ing III.
= igmect5 A I'd barr dIIng ne feelings of mem
- - 'lNt-lNtti - w hA'NfA AAtiAS@ vi NNSl
gueitcn, although they were not iifened 10
Mr. Rhet mlndgey his m3tion to pohpone
slte refo u,:on, and moved THAI it lie on the
table. Lot
Ths Iuefion was then taken OIL agreeing 10
the reiolu'ion and ioa-yeas so nays
The hnuis weat into committee IF the whole
on the Bit Tor the Qualification Of the militia
After lone debate the lue'toD was taken
On 'trung ~ the firit ie6t'on (Which is the
Ins--ow) of the bill, and CAl@RIED--aycs IS,
navs 70
I'a- committee Of The whole Immediately
roie aAd repo-t ca the biIi a. AMENDED
rhe queGOl was&hen take on conhdering
thsane incli made m the committee of the
whole, yeas ~. NAYS 81
The hon-e wen mo committee IF the whole
or tae BIZ ms>ing app opriauons To- the
fuppOrt Of che military etabli hment OF the q.
Sta.es for the year lslS" Ihe blank were
filed vithoug debate, when the committee Of
tn whae RE, reported the bill, aud it was
ordered 70 be read third time tomorrow
Il u bH 'bAr'5ri1il5 rP'rsrt. Of 1 100000 ao!
"a for tie 9arpassl