Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-01-01


Resolved, That this House will on Mon
day morning again resolve itself into
committee of the whole on the bill entitled
+" An act laying an embargo" sc. And
then the House adjourned until Monday
morning IL O'Clock.
MONDAY, December 81.
The House, according to the order of the
lay. again resolved itself intoa committee
II the whole House on the bin from the
senate, entitled g An act laying an en-
,argo" sc. and after some time spent
herein, Mr.. Speaker resumed the chair.
and Mr.. Masters reported that the COM
nittee had according TO order had the said
)ill under consideration, and directed him
20 report the same TO the House, with Sc
seral amendments which he delivered in at
The clerks table, where the same were
vice read, and, on the question Severally
put thereupon, agreed oby the House
4 motion being made by Mr.. Crownin-
shield and seconded to amend the amend
nent reported by the committee of the
yhoie House by striking out the words
Letters of Marque excepted" and the
word " retained" IN the zenith line of the
neniment and insert the word g reland
cd" and the word % retained" in the 18th
line, and insert the word " relanded :"
whcreupon il was resolved i'll the affirm :
tive.
Ordered, that the said bin with the a
mcndments, be read ath,rd time this dav
Whereupon the question was stated, that
the bill sent from the Senate, entitled
|" An act laying an embargo" SIC. togeth
er with the amendments agreed to do pass.
A motion being made by Mr.. Quincy
and seconded to amend the SAID bin by adj
ding new section thereto, in the words
following .And be IL further enacted,
That nothing in this act shall be constra-
ed to prohibit the sailing of any ship or
vessel duly enrolled or licensed Tor carry
ing on the fisheries with the usual tackle,
apparel, and supplies customary on fish
sufficient security be previously given that
snch ship or vessel shall not direct or
Indirectly carry any commerce what
turn with her fishing fare to some port OF
place within tue United States. And on
the question thereupon it passed in the ne
gative-Aycs As, Nays 50.
YKAs-Messrs. w. Aston. Bacon, Bar
ker, Carlton, Champion, Chandler, Chit
tenden. Cook, Crowninshield, Culpcpper,
Cuts, Dana, Davenport, De4ne, Durell,
Elliot, Ely. GARDENER, Gardner, Green,
Hnge, Humphreys, Iisley, kirkpatrick,
Knight, Lambert, Lewis, I;vermore. Ly-
on, Marion, Jer Morrow, Mosely, Pitken,
Quincy, Russell, Seaver, Stedman, Sur
gss, Taggart, Tailmadge, Upham, Van
Allen, Van Cortlandt, Van Rensselaer,,
Wilbour--45.
NAYs-Messrs. L. J. Aston, Bard, Bas-
sett, Bibb, Bhcklcdgc, Blake, Blount,
Boyle, Brown, Bnrwell, Butler, Calhoun,
e.. w. Campbell, J. Campbell, M Clay,
Cloptcn, Cobb, Dawson, Desha, Findley,
Fisk, Franklin, Garnet, Go'dsbcrrugh,
Good wyn, GRAY, Harris, l{ester, Helms,
Holmes, Howard, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones',
Kelly, Kenan, Kew, Love, Macon, Mas
tiers. M'Creery, Miner, J. Montgomery,
N r Moore, 7 Moore, Jno Morrow,
Mu ford, Nelson. Newbuld, Newton, Nj
cholas, Porter, Purh, Randolph ReA Of
Pen. Rhea of Ten. Richards, NJ Rich
ards, Riker, Rowan, Sawyer, Slots,
Smeit, Smile, ] X Smith, s. Smith, Jno
Smith, Southland, Stanford, Storer, Swart
TAYLOR, Thompson, Trigg, Troup, Van
Horne, Wharton, WhitChill, M Will
liams, Wilson, VIM, Witherell SO
On Motion Of MIR. GARDENER and secon-
ded that the doors be nov o1encd, that
the injunction of secrecy imposed on tie
members Of this House respecting the bill
now before them be taken OF, and THAT all
further proceedings relative to the said
bill be had with open doors and the ques
tion being put thereon, it passed In the
ncgative-Aycs So, Nays92
As--Messrs. 81. Aston, J. Camp.
bell, Champion, Chittendet, Culpeppcr,
Dana, Davenport, Elliot, Ely, GARDENER,
Garnet, Goldsborough. Gray, II3ge, KEEL
ly, Kew, Kirkpatrick, Lewis, Liver
more, Lyon, Macon, Moseley, Pitkon,