The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-02-03


OF any prince or state or of any COLONY
district CT people, with whom the u
nitcd States are at peace.
Sec. ;. d"d De u further enacted,
That the collectors OF the customs be,
and they are hereby respectively au-
thorizcd and required TO detaia any YES,
sci bound from The United States, Of
which the cargo shall principally con-
sist OF arms and munitions of war,
when the number of men shipped on
board, or other circumstances, shall rem.
der IL probable there is an intention TO
violate the neutral obligations o! the
United States 10 foreign governments,
until the decision of the President be
had thereupon, OF until the owner EN-
ters into bond and security, TO the coll
'ectcr, prior TO the clearing out The
same, in double the amount III value Of
the vessel d cargo on board, including
her armament, that the said snip Or vos-
sci shall not be employed by the own
er or owners, in cruising or commit
ting hostilities upon the subjects, citi-
zens or property OF any prince Oh state,
colony, district or people with whom
the United States are at peace.
Sec &. .Ard De it further enacted,
That no foreign .hip OF vessel shall Le
armed aud equipped, nor shall the force
OF any foreign armed ship or vessel be
| increased or augmented in the ports of
the United States, uuser any pretext
| whatsoever,
The question was then stated on or
derIng the bill to be engrosscd Tor a
third reading, as amended.
Mr.. HrIght moved that the bill be
laid on the table, in order TO print il
with the amendments, Tor the better in
formation of the House. Nega,ived.
Other amendments were proposed,
among which was enc by MIR Wyigdt
TO add She following as new oecuCD
20 the bill.
BE ~ Jurfher 'e"Q.ssH, Tnat any
ship or vessel sailing out OF the United
States under iicence from any foreign
minister shall be liable TO capture and
condemnation P"
This motion was negatived, On
these several propositions for amend
ment, muth debate took place
MIR. HHigAt, and Mr.. Ross, both
spoke AT some length against the prin.
cIpies and policy OF the bills
When, the question was taken. shall
The bill be engrossed and read third
lime, and decided as follows.
YEAS--Messrs. Adams, Adeare,
4 cher, Agherton, Baer, Baker, Bias
sctt, bateman, Baylies, Blrdseye, BGss,
Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brown, Bur-
well, Cady, Champion, ChaPpeil, Gil.
ley, Condict, Cooper, Culpepper, Oar
iington, Davenport, Dickens, Edwards,
Forsyth, CASTOR God, Golcsboroueh,
Goodwyn GriffiE, Holm, Hale, Han,
He'din, Hester, Hendricks, Herbert,
Hooks, Hopkins5n, Huger, Hubert,
!lungerford jackson, Jewett, Kent,
King, Ms Langdon Law, Lewis, Lo.
ve:t, Lowndes, Lyon, Marsh, Middle.
ton, Miller, Mills, Minor, MeseIy
Murirce, Nelson, Ms Newton, Moves.
Peter, PickiSs, Pickering, Pitk,u Plea
SAINTS, Reed, Rice, Roaue, Rugg!es
Shelley. Smith, Penn. Smith, Md
Smith, Va Strong, Stuart, Sturees
oegart, trl!madge, Taylcr, n Y.
feltair, Townsend, V@se, Ward. Ms.
Ward, II ]. Wheaton, Wilcox, Wade,
Wi'liams, woodward, Yancey-94.
NAYS--Messrs. Alexander, Bar.
bpur, Bennett, Belts, BmdsaII, Biount
Brooks, Bryan, Caldwell, Calhoun Can.
uJn, Carr, Ms Clark, n. c CLARK,
Y CIendeDnIn, Conner, Cook Craw
i1rd, Creighton, Crocheron, De,ha,
Flether, ForDey, Hammond, Harrison
Henderson lrgbam, johnson, va,
Johnson, Ky. Kerr, Va. Little, Love,
Lumpki Lyle, w. MacIay, VIM p.
Maciay, MCoy, M'Lean, Moore, Mel
son, va. Paris, Piper, Powell, Rev.
noids, Root, Ross, Savage, Sharp, Taul
Thomas, Tyler, Wallace, Ward, N. Y.
Wendover, Whitcside, Wnkin, VIM
Wilson, Wright Yates--6O.
So the bill was ordered TO be engross
ed Tor a third reading; and
The House adjourned
Thursday, January 80.
On motion of MIR. Jackson, the con-.
mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads
were instructed TO enquire into the ex-
PedieDcy OF establishing Post Route
from Harrison county court house, by
Lewis court house, to Mason county
court house, in Virginia
Mr.. Pof1e offered for Consideration
the following resoiutionss
ReSotVed, That the committee on the
public lands, be- instructed to enquire
into the expe diencv of oran,jro, or co