Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-08-09


the effect of diminishing very mate
rally the purpofc of the war on the
enemy. and encouraging a perfever-
ance in it, at the fame time that it
will leave the general commerce OF
the United States under all the
preHure the enemy can impofe, thus
fuble6ting the whole to Brltifh regu.
lation, in fubferviency to Britifh mo.
nopoly-I recommend to the con-
liberation of Congrefs the expedien-
cy of an immediate and eifeetsal
prohibition of exports, limited to a
convenient. day in their next FELTON,,
and removable in the mean time, in
the event of cefiation OF the block4
ade of our ports.
JAMES MADISON.
Waj5mgton, Jub 20, 1873.
The mefIage was referred to the
committee of Foreign Relations, who
reported the mex. day that it was in;
expedienf to act upon the meflageeof
the Prefident. This report was re-
ferrcd to a committee of the whole
Houfe, who attended the report by
itriking out /" inexbedient," and infer
ting exbeaent. This amendment, in
committee with the whole was ftren-
uously advocated by the Speaker and
others, and as ltrenuouny oppofed by
others. The amendment was report
ed and agred to by the Houfe, and re-
ferred TO a felect committee, Mr..
GRUMPY chairman, who on the next
day reported bill laying an Embar-
go conGldng, of twenty odd fections
being fubltanfia,ly copies from the
old Embargo acts, and containing all
the obnoxious provifions of the old
enforcing act. The bill was imme-
diately committed TO committee Of
the whole Houfe, forced through the
committee, reported to the Houle
without amendment, all amendments
being rejected, s; then forced through
the Houie, engrohed, and pailed the
fame day it was reported at about 7
O'clock at night.
Ayes 60. Noes SO.
A committee was appointed to car
~ the bill 10 The Senate, and FIX
their concurrence, On Saturday the
24th, the Senate ordered the bill to
be printed (confaentialy) and poif-
poned the confederation of il until
Monday the 26-h; AID on Wednei-
day rejected it is follows -
On the queltioo lhail rhe bill be
read a third time
AYLS-McfTrs. Bledfoe, Brent,
Bullock, Campbell, Chafe, Condit.
Gaillard Howell, Lacock, Leb, Nor
row, Robinfcn, lait, Taylor, Turner,
Worthington,-Io.
NOES-Messrs. Ander(on, Brown,
Bib, Dana, Fromentin, German,
Giles, Gilman, Goldsborovgh, Gore,
Horfey, Hunter, King, Lambert,
Maion, Stone, Varnun,, Wells-1S.
7SwtAdy. 1uy 40.
LICENCES The bill from the
Senate, to prohibit the uie of licences
or paffes granted by the government
to Great Britain, was paaed-ayss
7S-nays 80.
Severalattempts were made to amend
the bill, as 70 to include France (;
and that not fucceeding, Mr.. Picker
ing moved to itrike out Great
Britain" aud infert call nations"
loR, ayes 70, nays 80. Mr.. Pitkin
moved to tax privatecrs with DANA
ges when they ihall feize and
detain vefisi for a breach of this
law, if upon tr al it fhalI appear tina,
the feizure was without probable
caufc Negatived.
The followidg bills were alfo
pafed-Making appropriation for
the RuiI,sn milton allowing a
bounty of ID Is to the owners, Off
GERS, &c. of privateers, for each prif-
oner brought into thg United States.
ALIENS.
A meffage was read from the Sen
ate Eating that they have receded
from their amendment to the bills
Supplementary to the naturalization
law.