Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-03-04

| Fcset"od, That previous 70 re.nrh of
the papers accHn,pahvin- 5rn ,,essr,,.. cf
me President cf the = Sal, lav cc.SS,,,,-
! mcated, the clerk al ,his i!os,>e ,erk .,,,,
retain copies thcrtol.
And on the question th.t the tlons. Va
now proceed to i,se the said ;,rc5nged ,ea
solution into Consideration.
II passed IN the negative
Aho'her motion was made By ff. Ouirs
"ou Seconded, that ihe house do come 20
the following resolution:
FeSofgcG, Iarit tnv President az tba ~.
states DC requested TO lay before thi. house.
SNCl letters recently received from The a.
hericah minister at PARIS as recommended
'ue Sa'o MINISTER'S te2i, set,a ions i;-,,insa
the late derees ami orders 90 ra,;cpt -o,n.
u'"'"c'lcH |" congress ir-i..s message of tnis
gay, uader such restriI ions as in his o,,ini.
On 'he puoi.c interest ma' require
AhN on the question 1hat the itnnss do
no" proceed to take the said motion into
consideration,
X passed III the negative, yeas SO, ngys e.,
The yeas and nays being dcmauIed by
one iitth OF the members present,
nose who voted IN the affirmative are3
p fEAS- Messrs Bacon, Bowie, Bnrweu, J.
alhpoeii, Champion, Chittenden, j. CLAW.
S'i"'on, Cook, Culpeper, Dana, GavenI
port, Desha, Dureil, Elliot, Ely, Fisk.
GaTdenier, Gardner, Gold borough. Gray.
harris heins, Hose, How ard, Humphreys,
'Shkins. Johnson, Kelley, Ecaah, Kew, K \ k,
Pg'rick' LEWIS, L;YermOir, Lyon, Macon,
~ ~ N1on' Masters, ID Montgomery. T.
Moore Mose!y, Mnmfort, Newbo,d. PITT
Zen, Quincy, Kea OF p n. Rowan. Russell. S.
omIth, Stedman, Storer, S,urgcs, Swsrt.
,haggart, Taiimadge, Upham, Van Dykes
van Horne, Van Ranseiaer, D r. Will
ans SO.
Those who voted in the negative are,
tfo-Messrs. Alexander. T.. J. Ais
ton w. Aiston, Bard, Barker, Bassett Ribb,
iS,la,cckledge, Biake, Blount, brown, Bul.er,
Cd'hcun; q w Canpbcli, NJ Clay. Ciop-
y y Cohp, Cuts, Dawson, u 'ane, Fppes.
'ihatey, rankin, Gncdwyn, Green, Heis-
Jer' Holland, Holmes, Iisiey, jackson, Jones.
Lambert, M'Crcery, J. Montgomery. \ II,
Moore, John Morrow, NeLon. Ncw.on.
Nichoias, Pugh, Rhea, of Ten. J. r. chards.
VI Nlchards, Riker, Seaver, Sloan, Smell,
81" lie, ). h. Smith, ]. Smith, Sou hard.
N,Nh,erd, Taylor, Troup, Van Allen, Vsr-
plank, Wharton, VIII tchil!, NJ. Williams.
" !'son, Winn, Nitherell-e2
Nhother motion was then made bv Mr..
quincy and seconded, that the injunction
90 secrecy, so faras relates 10 the n,4Jcsej-
'"s@ VI me Siorse Upon the foregoing mes
sage OF the President at the u = be Tennv.
And debate arising thereon.
An adJournment was called for ION ,7hich
tile several orders o. the day were farther
postponed until tomorrow.
ana then The House adjourned unti, to
morrow morning eleven O'clock.
Saturday, Ec6 g.
ne ii"nse proceeded TO take into consi5-
GRAFTON the molten depending on testerdsv
az the time OF adjournment. Wiher~nT,o3
ene question being put, it paxset; in the AIR
IN ADDITION to the Communications from
the president under the washington hsod
cur readers VIII see his confidential mes,
sage )" the supplemental Journal Of Fridav
we understand thar the papers cornrn1-
mcated by the President in bis ~,
consist OF correspondence Detween M,
armstrong aud the Secretary OF State. ard
fIr t'nckney and The Secretary of state.
ne letters OK MIR Armstrong are NOT We.
J.! recent, and altogether relate to the CON.
OF me snip Horizon, whose case
.r"., ih'eY gwen ct length in this paper.
hey are consequently anterior to the de
OF the Milan deere. The GROUND. t.kcn.
ny the Grand Judge, in Just iication Of rhe
condemnation is, that the vessel bel a. nm
der the french DEGREES, q good ,,rize az
sea, WIS not less so when driven on Lana
The letters FROM Mr. Fmcknev 70 Mr. IA.
2 son are dated Nov. sd, DECEMBER 1z,h
cembcr 29th, and Ian %
ne hrst letter ~ Of considerable length.
ana detailed several conversations w:th NJ
Canning relative tothe late British or,iere.
70 which The subsequent Icttcrs re Yne,sIv
apprenticeship these coam0nicsr;ons M.
= incNney takes a wide AMI forciblc view Of
the injustice Of these ordc,n; states IN on;.
mon that though popular, they viii nofLe
~ Nhg cohthuonce--and iutimates that
from ms conversations with Mr. Capn.,,,,-
mere - no hope Of their iehxatino M,
Hese IS said not to have been ACQUAINTED
WIN thein on his departure; having been
sent . or a special mission, and il beinr. inten.
&c q that MIR Er kline should be continued "a
munster resident The merchants had de-
sired an explanation whether American
produce might not pass unmolested, the an
Swcr gwen 20 which was IN The neo-,,;ve
MY. ~ his discussions with Mr. C3pnin~
contends that the French decree If n OVEN,
Der 2ls; IS ojusri6cati Of Tie British or-
der5' the 'ormer involving only the excrc,ss
OF municipal powers.