The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-19

- FPS UT tycSSCtS, tafter q time to- De limited
by law, shall not continue to rntey the beae
vessels or the y. States, unless some proper
ton of the mariners ON board the same shall
be citizens of the u States.
MID. moved that it be referred to COM
mittce of the whole on Wednesday next, that
its principle. might be fully discussed
Agreed. ,..F ~
Mr.. Dana saidit would be recollected that
the Secretary of the Treasury had reported
statement of the tonnage in the u. States :;
this document he deemed very interesting &
1T might have an important bearing on the
subjectjust referred. 1t was also important
to know how many seamen were registered
in the u. States as American, that the House
might judge how the seamen were proporti-
oncd to the tonnage. He was not certain that
the Secretary of State could give all the in
formation desired but all that he had Mr.
D. wished to procure, and therefore submit
ted the following resoiuti on, which was a.
dopted ,S5 cs%s<3
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be
directed to lay before this House statement
OF the respective numbers Of 'citizens of the
y. States, registered as American seamen.
and now belonging to the several districts of
the customs, according to the returns made
by the collectors, in pursuance of the law,
relative to the relief and protection OF Anne
rican seamen. 81
On motion of Mr.. Basaet, the House went
into committee of the whole ON the bill in
cooperating church ut Alexandria and af-
ter some time, the committee rose and obtain
ed leave to sit again. asa ,.,,..
On motion. Of Mr.. G: ~. Campbell the:
House went into committee of the whole
ON the report of the committee Of WAYS 8,
Means on the petition of Edward Weld and
Samuel Beebec ]; after short time spent,
the committee rose and reported their agree.
ment to the report in favor of their petition
which was referred to the committee of
WAYS x Means to bring in a bill in pursu1
ance thereof. So. .a.. ~
On motion of Mr.. G., W. Camt6ei, the
House went into committee ofrthe whole on
the bill authorising the payment of certain
eXPences attending the impeachment of
Samuel Chase. The committee. rose in a
few minutes and reported their agreement
to the bill, which was ordered to be engross-
ed for third reading. ~ - = ~
Mr.. pan Horn offered the following reso-
luton which he conceived to embrace infor-
nation connected with the resolution this day
proposed by Mr.. Dana:
ResoiUed, That the Secretary of the 'rrea
sury be requested to lay before this House a
statement shelving the amount of tonnage
employed In the u. S. in the expectation Of
.stSiNS VI TIC OF manufacture OF the
=. States--Ag greed TO- 500 -
he report CT the committee of Claims
untavorable to the petition of Peter Landais
was taken up and concurred with ,as
The House went into committee of the
whole on the bill to remit the duties payable
on the monument imported by the nava, Off
GERS OF the U. S. when Mr. Miner moved TO
add a new section to the bill to appropriate
sum OF money for railing in and covering
the monument. After some debate ON this
In which Messrs Miner, Lyon and VVitherelI
supported, and Messrs. Stanford, Macon. and
Smile opposed it, the committee rose with
out deciding on it, and obtained leave to sit
again.
Mr.. Blackledge laid before the House
resolution of the legislature of N. Carolina.
requesting the representatives of that state
to use their endeavours to procure the cree
ton of forti6cation or defence, near Beau
fort In that state, which was not coritemplat-
ed in the report of the Secretary of War,
made to the House :
After some discussion as to the proper
mode of disposing of it, the House agreed
90 to II, to transmit it to the President of the
U. s. in order that due provision might be
made for the defence of that port.