Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-19
Congress of the U. States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
YEAS AND NAYS.

| YEAS AND NhIS.
On the question of postponing indefi'
nitely the bill to prohibit the ex'
portation of specie.
YEAS-Me.sr.. Baylies, Mass. Bige'
low, Boyd. Bradbury, Bradley Brock
enridge, Brigham; Butler, Caperton
Champion, Cahppell, Cilley, Cooper
Cox, Culpeper. Ely, Farrow, Forney
Forsythe, CASTOR, Geddes, Goldsoo-
rough, Grosvenor, Grundy. Kent OF n.
Y. Kerr, Kersbaw, King, of Mass. Lew
lis, Lovett, Lowndes, Miller, Mofiitt'
| Markell, Pearson, Pickering, Pitk'n,
Potter, John Reed, William Reed, Rich
Ridgely, Ruggles, Seyhert, Shelley,
Smith, Of N. Y. Stanford, Stuart,
Sturges, Taggart, Tallmadge, Thonp-
son, Troup, Vose, Ward Of Mass. Whea-
tos, Wilcox, Wilson Of Mass. Winter
SO.
NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Aston,
Anderson, Archer, Bard, Barnett, Bssll,
Bowen, Brown, Calhoun, Clark. Clop-
ton, Coms,ock. Conard, Crawford,
Creighton, Crouch, Cuthbert, Davis, OF
Penn. Desha, Duyall, Eppes, Findley,
Gholson, Goodwin, Griffin, Halves,
Hawkins, Humphres. Hungerford. In
,gersoll, Johnson Of Va. Johnson OF Ky.
Kent of Nd Kiibeu'n, Lefferts, Lyle,
NJ Coy, NJ Clean, Montgomery, Moore
Nelson, Ormsby, Parker, Pickens, n,
per, Pleasants, Rea Of Penn. Rhea OF
Tenn. Roane, Sage, Sharp, Smnn o.
Va Tannehill, Taylor, Tellalr, odree'
Ward Of N. J. Wilson Of Penn. W right
so.
THURSDAY, April IA:
Mr.. Archer Of Md. reported bill
for the reliefof Joseph s. Hughes
which was twice read and committed.
The Speaker laid before house a
letter from the Secretary OF the
Treasury transmitting arevised state.
ment Of the debt Of the U. States !;
which was r 5ad and ordered to lie on
the table.
The bill from the Senate I" for the
relief Of James Lloyd" was twice
read and committed.
Mr.. VIM. Reed Of Mass. advert.
ing to the appointment Of a commit.
tee on the f7lh March last, to en-
quire into. the expedicney of making
a reform in the Naval Establishment,
and the inpracticabiIity. during the
short time which has since elapsed,
Of maturing report on the subject,
moved that the said committee be
authorised to act in the recess and
report at the next session not with
a view to their actually sitting during
the recess. but to keep the committee
alive until the next session.
After some conversation on the
subject, the motion was adopted.
FOREIGN LICENCES.
| Mr.. King of Mass. rose 10 make 9
motion on the subject Of the law now
in existence prohibiting the use o
foreign licences. He thought thati
ought to be repealed, for several rea
sons which he assigned, viz. That a.
in pursuance of the recommendation
Of the President every feature Of th'
restrictive system had been abolished
it was important to put our own yes
sells at least on an equality witt
those of neutral nations trading wit
Ius; that for this purpose repeal o
this law was necessary that Their
were absent from the u. 8. < shu
up in European ports many Amer
can vessels which eonld not retur
except underline protection Of foreis
licences. He had heard but one OF
LECTION to this repeal il was sus
: gested that to repeal the law in que
/ ton would be a kind Of subMissic