Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-06-18
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Iuesdoy. Ju,,e 6

Tuesday, June 9.
Mr.. Minor presented sundry petitions
from inhabitants of the city and county of
Philadelphia, demonstrating against war,
Sec.-which were ordered to lie on the Ia
Bile.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, the House
proceeded to consider the resolution yester-
day submitted by him for anne nding the rules
so as to admit members Of either House IN
the other during their respective secret Sit
tings; which, after some debate, was disa.
greed to.
The engrossed bill authorising a discharge
of William Peck from his Imprisonment !;
the Dill authorIsing the remission of forfeit
ed recogmzances within the District OF CO.
la nDia, and the engrossed resolution re-
qnesting the assent OF the state of Georgia
to the formation of two states of the Mis-
sIssippi Territory, were read third time
aad passed
The House resolved i.seif into a commit
| tee of the whole, Mr.. Harjier iii the chair,
on the oil authorship the state OF Teines-
see 70 perfect titles 90 lands in Certain Cases.
This bill was widely debated by the Ten
nessee and Carolina members, the interests
OF whose states are particularly involved in
SUCH provision as TINS law contemplates.
Fne Committee rose and reported progress,
ethi III DI'A Wdo D'NSlSNi w hS vi AlDlG
The following message was received from
the President OF the United States
MESoAtIE
70 tie Senate ard House Of Reftrcsenta-
tiVes of!he United States
j Lay before Congress copies of letters
which nave passed between the Secretary
| OF state and che Envoy Extraordinary and
| Minister PleAIpotentIary of Great Britain.
JAMES MADISON.
June sth, 1912.
CORRESPONDENCE
On tHe >raers in Council. }
Mr.. FOSTER 10 AK. MONROE.
| WASHING ron vi ~ 4, 1919.
SIR--:,nce ndl ne .lcBor of seeing you
at your Jffice yesterday, nave perceived
al artc'e ~ che public prints, stated lC De
| extracted from an Eng ish newspaper, and
| purportlng to be an official declaration of
his Royal fIighness the Prince Regent, that
the orders in council viii be and are abso-
| iuteiy revoked frpm the peiiou when the
| Berlin and Mi,an DEGREES shall, by some au-
tnentic act OF the French government, pub
| licly promulgated, be expressly ana uncon-
diIIonally repealed. A considerable time
has now elapsed since by order of my GO
vernment had the honor of urging to- YOU
the expediency of procuring such an au-
9
and IN ali probability the above declaration
may have been issued in the confident ex-
| pectation That the government of the Unit
ed states would have been able to produce It
ere this.
! At all events, sir, considering the lmpor-
tant nature of the aforementioned article
/ 1td the probability that shall have soon to
| DC tie organ of some official communication
TO the american government in relation to
| It, ! cannot but trust that no measure will
meanwhile be adopted by the Congress,
| which would defeat the endeavor OF procur-
! ing a complete reconciliation between our
| two countries.
Should any embarrassments arise in con-
sequence of the declaration on the subject of
the proposed revocation of the orders in
| council, above alluded TO, resting at present
| upon mere statement in the cyspapers,
| 1t will no doubt occur 70 your recollection,
| that on the enactment of those orders a
measure was takcnb by Congress for the pur-
| pose Of meeting them when they were as
| yet known but through the public prints.
| Ihave the honor to be, &c. 6Sc.
(SigneO AUGS,J FOSTER