The Portland gazette., 1819-01-19

ihe disposition which has been made ofi
them by The stsr+aI State governments
under whose jurisdiction they have fallen.
Sffs SssADTfn1t moved to amend the res |
oluuo2 50 as.to direct report TO be made |
also OF tlfe number and names of the slave
ships, ilany, and ihe ports from which they
had sailed, if they could be ascerta,ned.
Mr.. ). said he wished that the ignominy
oil this trade 1t any, shopld attach where ii
belonged, and not be imputed, on The au
thorily OF general rumor, 10 the whole
country. lie wished at least that the coun
!ry of which he was Representative should
be absolved from any charge of participation
In it.
Mr.. FLOYD wished, also, that the names
OF the places where the vessels are owned
should be added to that of Tie place whence
they sailed.
Mr.. CoBR desired to amend this resolove
further, so as 10 require information by
Gohoni, as we'll as where, The vessels were
swned.
These amend were not objected to
hy MIR. ME2CER, and were, as well as the
original motion, alllagreed 10.
TUESDAY, JAN. S. A memorial of sun.
dry merchants OF Baltimore, whose vessels
were suck for defence OF the place, during
the late war, and praying for mpensation,
was committed.
BOUNTY TO FISHERMEN
On motion of Mr.. SAMPSON, the commit
tee Of ways and means were instructed TO
inquire into the expediency of amending the
5th section of the sct lay ing duty on i'm.
ported salt, SC SO that the owner of every
vessel above 90 tons enjoyed in the fshe
nes, shall receive an allowance of four dol
lars for each and every ton of such vessels
burthen Provided, that the allowance afore-
said, for any such an vessel, for one sea-
son, shall rot exceed $40 dollars
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
The house, in committee, took up the
bill making appropriations for the support
efthe Military Establishment for 1919.
On motion OF Mr.. MERCER, it was
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of War be
directed to report TO this House the present
strength and distribution ofthe Army of the
United States, and TO subjoin to such report
the number and value OF The extra days la
Dor performed by the several detachments
thereof, respectively. in the year ending on
the 3oth day of October last, upon roads or
other objects Of fatigue duty, together with
statement of such objects, if any there are
of a similar nature, to which it is contempla-
ted.to direct the labor of the troops in the
current year, Distinguishing the sums ex
pended on roads.
THURSDAY, JAN. z. A bill to increase
the compensation OF assistant Post Masters
General was reported, and read twice.
A bill has been reported providing tha,
the bonds of Navy Agents shall be $4,000
dollars.
Mr.. MERCER laid on the table The follow.
ing resolution.
Re8oiued, That the committee on military
affairs be instructed TO report 10 this house
bill to reduce to one the number of Major
Generals Of the army of the United States.
The National Inteligencer Of Tuesday last
says:
:" No report has yet been made in either
House Of Congress, on the subject of the Sem
mole War, nor on the subject of the Bank o.
the United Sates--two topics on which, the
first particularly, much interest is excited.
"if we are not msinformed, the military
committee of the House of Representatives
who have the first Of these subjects under
consideration, find some difficulty in agreeing
on the report and, whatever it may be, il
will not fail 10 be opposed by formidable
minority Of the committee. This report, we
are informed, may be expected today.
g What is TO be the nature Of the report OF
the Bank committee, we have not heard but
we should not be surprised if in that commit
tee also there should be variant opinions
This report is looked for during the present
week"
LAIE FOREIGN NEWS.