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S 4TURDAT, THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE ... A N D gazette of the state. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRI A L by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Conjlitution cf Georgia, t ~ ■ ———— AV GUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMIT H, Printer to the State; Effayt, Articles of Intelligence , Advertisements, Gc. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Priming performed. •4' ' » , proceedings of congress . Ih the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES. (Continuedfrom No. 155. J Monday, July 13. THE reading of the engroiTed bill for .re gulating the collecficu of the import Was portioned till to-morrow. Upou motioii it was voted, that the report, of the committee upon the memorial of An drew Ellicott, surveyor, lhould be taken into colideratiun. The report was accordingly read : It rtated, that the survey ordered by Congress of the lands ceded to the United States in 1786, ouMit to be completed forth with, and that the lurveyor be reimbursed the expenceo he had already incurred in the pro* iecutton of the bufine.s. The House then, on motion of Mr. Scott, refoived itlelf into a committee of the whole upon the Hate of the union, to take into con sideration the state of the weftern territory. Mr. Boudinot in the Chair. The report of the committee appointed on a former difeudion of this fubjett, was theu yead, and js as follows : Refoived , That it is the opiuion of this committee, that an atl of Cougrefs lliould pass for eitablilhing a Land Office, to regulate the terms 01 grauting vacant and unappropri ated lands in toe weitern territory. After debate, the question upon the report of the commiitee was taken, and palled in the a dir mauve, v A refqlve, which provides that the land oth:e lhould be placed under the direction of the Governor of the weftern territory, was them read. ■ Mr. Vining then moved, that the propor tion lliould lie on the table till to-morrow, and that the committee should life—rthis mo tion obtained; and the Speaker returned the Chair, r - ; j /• -V 0 1 Mr. Vi'ring moved, that the report of the committee appointed to take into considera tion the compenfajiou proper to be allowed to the Pielident, Vice-Trefident, Senators and ReprefetUatives, of the United States, for their services, Should be taken up ; this mo tion was agreed to. ■ Tuis repor ; lfated, that ap,ooo dollars per annum be allowed to the President, exclusive of the expences of an house, furniture, iccretanes, clerks, carri ages, horses, &c. Mr. Lavorence cbferved, that he should not take upon him to determine.whether the sum mentioned in the report was lntfipsent or not—the Conrtitution dates, that the Fiefi <leut Avail receive an adequate allowance, which he has a r ight to dispose of as he pleases. He pointed out the impropriety of fpcc.fying particular objeth for which allowances were to .be made, and said that the compeufation lhould be made in a gross sum ; he therefore moved, that thofc parts of the report which refpetfed particulars, with the twenty tbuu fand dollars, lhould be struck out, anJ the sum left blank. A variety of obfcrvltions followed this motion, Vvluch was at length earned in the affirmative, and the article in the tepon now fluids thus 1 , ~ , Re/tlvtd, That the VrendetU ‘>f ‘he United fl'We mooUtil did. At • {OfflflhbUVß i*s *«*• GEORG I Si. ' fetdices, to be f>aid in quarterly payments. Adjourned. Mr. Ames, of the committee on eleftions, made a partial report on the coutefled election of the itatc of New-Jersey, which was laid on the table. Mr. Fitz/tmons moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the government of the wetferu territory, agreeably to the ads and ordinances of the late Congress. Objections were -made by Mr. Carrol and Mr. bioue. it .was oblerved,-that it was improper to pro ceed to enfoicc particular ordinances of the late Congress, as it might involve a diffi cult queltion, whether all such ads as were not so re-efUbliilied could have any force or operation. • Thisqueftion was iufportant, and if it came before the House, there was not time now to dilcuis it. Giving this leave, it was said, would be fandioning thole ads that might be improper or impolitic to continue, which the House ought not to do without ex amination. «.If a la*.' of this Congress was necell’ary to give efficacy to the inftitur.iun* of the old, the whole lubjed ought hje taken up, and i'onie general prt/vilion made. «■ .On the other hand was urged the uncertain and unlettled Hate of the wcltern territory 5 the apprehensions thit prevailed tliere, that they had no legal, regular government, au thorifed by the United States. This was on ly a present measure, and if an eilabliilnnent upon different principles lliould be ueceffary in future, it could be effeded. A motion was then made to refer this pro polition to a special committee, winch was . negatived. ' . Mr. Smith (S. C.) moved to strike out the words ‘ agreeab.y to the ordinances of Congress, ** which was carried. Mr. Benjuti then moved to firike out the former words of the motion, and that a com mittee lliould be appointed to bring in the bill. This was carried, and Mr. Fitzfunons, Mr. bedgwick and Mr. Brown, were appointed. ) .Another motion was then made by Mr. Fitz finions, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill providing for the fettle incut of accounts 'between the United btates and individual Itatcs, agreeably to the ads aud ordinances of the laje Congress : This was a!f<* agreed to, and Messrs. Baldwin, bturgis, and Mr. Smith (S. C.) appointed as the committee. Adjourned till n o’clock to-morrow. - IVedr.ejday , Inly 15. The House met, and .00k up, for a second reading, the report of the committee of elec tions, refpefting the contested election of New-Jersey. The objeft of report was, to obtain inftruflions and power from the House to proceed to obtain p »1 of fbc fatls It rtc.l by the petitioned, relative to unfair and ille gal proceedings during the laid election*. The petitioner* in favor of the lilting 'Member* had applied to be heard by cotmfel, whether the fact, if proved, were material to invalidate the election; aud whether the Houle had, cortitutionally, cogiiiiuuce of the execution of (he election law. A Img debaie tpok plirh on a motion made by Mr. Bcufon, to hear the petitioners by cotmfel but when the Houle wne coming 10 a decrnau the tuvtiwh w** wi k d» -»• J % , It was then proposed that the House em- . power the committee to fend for such persona, papers and records, as they deem expedient ; but, on the quedion being put, the raotioa was negatived. . - y Another motion was made to autborifethe coinmittee to fend a com mil** on into New- Jecfey lor taking depositions ; but this met a • fate funilar to the former. It being under Hood that the committee were to proceed 10 obtain proof in such manner as they rtionld deem expedient, the-bufiuefs was - finithed for the ptclcnt, anti the House then adjourned* Wmmbmmb mmmmKattrn / Vburfday, July id. The House met agrreeably to adjournment; Mr. Fiizfimons reported a hill for eltablifh ing an ordinance of the late Congress refpeft* ing the wcHern territory. The House went into a committee on the bill for cttabliiliiug light-houses, aud regulate ing pilots. Mr. Bsudifut ix tin Ch ic. > . The bill provides that each Hate may, on application to the Secretary of the Treasury, and a cefiion of such spots as inay be propee for building light-houses, have power to ella blirti as many as shall be thought neceffiry. i he expeuces to be defrayed from the Fe deral 1 rcafury, and paid in advance.—Add that pilots may be eHabliffied in each Hate, by law, fubjeH to the revuion and controul of Congress Mr. Fueler moved to flrike out the whole - bill except the enabling clause, aud to fubfli tuie another which he laid on the table. * The principle of this Was to place the eflj blilhment of both lighi-houfes and pilots in the liaikU>, and under the controul of the Hate governments, the former to be supported by the appropriation of a certain proportion of tnc duty on tonnage of veiTels, not exceeding; fix cents per ton —and in case that were infuf- / hcieut, that each Hate Ih >uld have power Uy an additional tonnage duty on all veffela entering the ports where fucb houses were e lected, an j that pilots lliould be under the direction of the Hates. • This morion occalioned some debate. Mr. Fitzfunons laid the whole of thefepro viHohs were unconHitutional, and entered in to a variety <of reafoniug, to prove that they . weie inadequate to the object. The coufli tution, he laid, in giving the regulation of commerce t» Congress, had conferred every power winch was incidental and necefiary to it —That regulations refpeefing light-houfet and pilots were a part of the commercial sys. . tern, and had been given up by the Hates. The mem* of providing for defraying the expeuces of them, by the Hates laying an iin- - poit, was also unconfUtotional. The provi lions were inadequate, becaule t..ere were • many bght-b»ufcs ertabliihed, and there might he many more, in places diHanr from any h-tuour, 00 the extremetics of .cape*, dec. Anahit ihele arguments it was rameuded . by Mi. Tucker and Mr. bmith, ( -.0.) that me bill was an infringement on the lights of lutes —that ihefc eiWhliflimeiiis were not ue« ccffiarily incidental to the power of commerce 1 —that the requiring acc lmu to the United Hue. nf Inch pieces as were proper for die building of hgbMioofet was an improper in* > linichmvm upon the temtori.4 luriMiTiati • *1 th< iU,«*, kud ,< viiy wJi-oa i'o [7o t . IIJ. No. CLVI.J