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Co::CFESSrCXAL RSGISTJ&t •
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Jiu/SE of Refrfsentatives.
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Tuesday , Dee* 3.
Mr. Randolph, chairman of the
committee of ways and means, in
formed the Houle, that the
Kiiuee had received a communica
tion from the Freafury Depart
ment, Hating- that the appropna
i. ns for the support of the Navy,
had fallen Ihortof that obj&; and
that in order to meet the present
exigent demand, an itnmeui He
appropriation would be
r l deficiency of the ap prop ra
ti on for the current year was efli
giared by the secretary of the navy
2u 6'>0,000 dollars, The present
end* qutred an appropriation of
2.50,001 dollars, for which he beg
gaYaveto introduce a bill, which
being granted, he reported an ap
n, Elation of the sum of 250,000
dollars for the Navy, to be taken
ou.’ of the funds denominated Me
diterranean, or whatever other mo
nies in die Ireafury. ihe bid
w is read a second time, and order
ed to be cn&roffed for a third rea
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£ cnij. .. .. r; v
Mr. Thomas offered the foilow
ijg refoluriun:
AcMvecl, t hat a committee be
a*-ponded to enquire whether any
ad what amendments are neceffa
r> to be made in the a£h eitabiiih
i. k> a p ft office and post roads,
and to report by bill or otherwise.
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Agreed to, and referred to the
committee on poll offices and polt
roads. -
On motion of mr. J. Clay,
Resolved , Tnat the committee
on p- ft offices and post roads be
infi/ucied to enquire whether any
and what abide exists of franking
and to report such provisi
on as in their opinion will tend to
remedy the fame.
Committees appointed by the House
cf Rep retentive* •
M Committee of W ays and Means —
M iirs. J. Randolph, Nicholson, J.
CL/, Quiucy, Mtrriwerher, Dick
fo.i anv. Mokly. „//.;■/**
Committee of Commerce and M&
nus Mures —tv lehrs. CrcwninlkielJ,
M-Uretry, Lieb, Early, Dana,
Newton and Mumford. .
Committee of Claims —"Mgffrs. J.
C. Smith, Haunts, Bedniger,
Stanford, Stanton, P. N. Moore
and Thomas Moore.
Commnuitee of Eleflicns— Meffrs.
Findky, Elmer, Epps, Chittenden,
Suiancman, Bid well and Ellis. .
Committee of Revisal and Unfin
ished Business —Mdfrs. Tenny, Al
ston and Claiborne. \
Committee to prepare Standing
Fades and Orders — Messrs. Var
num, Dawson, falmadge, Gregg
and Holland.
Committee of PostiOffices and
Post-Roads —Messrs. Tnomas R.
V hit-mil, Betton, Cook, Elliot,
Ku gtu, Sturges, Covington, Clop
ton, San vi ford, M. Williams,
Rhea (of Ten.) ,D. R. Williams,
|fea!, hr. -Morrow, Southard
and Lewis.
Committee cf Accounts— Messrs.
Coarad, Davenport and Cults.
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..V >. - Wednesday 4. :
An engrossed bill making appro
priation or 250,(XX) dollars tow
a.uo uOi^yijag the expences of the
, Navy during the year 1805, for
1 which the previous appropriations
had proved inefficient, was read a ;
third time and passed without a di
viuen. „ ‘
On motion of mr. J. Randolph
the House rcfolveri itlelf into a
committee of the whdle on the
(late of the union.—
General Varnum in the chair.
Mr. J. Randolph offered the
following refutations:
/ . 1. Resolved, That so much of
the message of the Prefidert of the
United States, as relates to the
fubjeS of quarantine and health
laws, be referred to the Committee
of Commerce and Manufacluies.Y *
2. Resolved , That so much of j
the message or the President of the
United States as relates to the ag
gressions commuted cn our coasts
by foreign arened vessels, to the
defence of our ports and harbours,
to the building of seventy four gun
(hip, and to the providing of arms
and amuniticn, be referred to a fe
leQ committee.
3. Resolved , That so much of
the message of the President of the
United States relates to the organ- \
ization and ctaffifieation, and to
the augmentation of our land for
ces, be referred to a idect commits
os* ‘ V , r ‘ ll
tee.
4. Resolved, That so much of
the message of the President of the
United States, as relates to to pur
naval peace ellablifkment, befre
fered to a (elec! committee. 1
The foregoing resolution were
severally read and agreed to with
out a division.
B§On motion of mr. Nicholson,
5 Resolved , That so of the
message of the President of the U.
S. as relates to the conduft of the
belligerent powers towards the U.
S. and to the unjuitifkible con
ftru&ion lately given by fome of
them to the law cf nations, as it
regards the rights of neutral, be
referred to the committee of ways
and means, with inftru&fon to en
quire in what r ffpe&s, and to what
extent cur neutral rights have been
violated, nd what legillative mea
sures the irue interest of the U. S.
requires to counteraS such vicla-
The question was taken on the
refoluticn and parted in the affirm
ative, Ayes 56, —Nets 42.
The committee rose and report
ed the refolulions, which the Hoitfe
immediately took into confiuera
” The foil, second, third and
fourth were agreed to without a
division ; and the fifth—Ayes 57.
The second resolution wzs re
ferred to meffrs. Dawson, N. Wil
liams, Blount, Ely, Darby and
Edk.
| The third resolution to meffrs.
Varnum, Basset, Sturges, Lam
bert, Rea (of Pen.) Marion and
Blake.
|| And the fourth to meffrs.
Gregg, Garnett, Bidwell, Goldf
borough, Hough, Wynns and
Ruffei.
Agreeably to the order of yest
erday, die House proceeded to the
election of a chaplain, when mr,
Giendy \tas duly ele&ed.
The Senate on their part made
choice of Dr. Gaunt as Chaplain.
Thursday , 5.
Mr. J. C. Smith moved the fol
lowing resolution: ■ .
That a committee be
appointed to enquire whether any,
and if|any, what description ot
claims against the United States
are barred by the statute or limi
tations, v;h:ch in reafoh and just
ice ought to be provided for, and
that ia and committee be authori&d
to report thereon by bill or other
wise. •;,
This refoiution was immediately
confideied, agreed to and referred
to a committee of seventeen mem
bers.
On motion of mr, Lewis the
petitions heretofore presented for
and against a bridge across the
Potemac at the city of Waffiington
were referred to a committee of
five members.
Friday 6.
On motion mr. Varnum,
Resolved That a committee be
appointed to prepare rules and re
gulations for the government of the
army of the United States, and that
they have leave to report by bill or
other wife.
Agreed to, and a committee of
seven members appointed.
Mr. Dawson, from the commit
tee on that part of the President’s
message that relates to aggrefli*
ons committed on our coasts, &c.
having obtained leave to report by
bill or bills—reported in part a bill
prohibiting for a limited time the
exportation of arms and ammuni
tion fromfhe United States, which
was read twice, and made the-order
of the day for Monday next.
This bill prohibits the exporta
tion of the ordinary warlike arti
cles until the v day of
*- ; and declares all such
1 as do not constitute a part of the
equipment of a vcfltl, forfeited,
and in case the fame in value ex
ceed dollars, de
clares the veflfel forfeited.
Mr. Gregg brought forward a
refoiution lefpeQing the Yazoo
claim.
Ordered to lie on the table.
r > A rr.eflage from the senate an
nounced the passage of the ail ma
king an additional appropriations
for the naval ftrvice during the
year 1805. . :y.
On motion mr. Varnum,
That the committee of claims be
inftrutfed to enquire what further
measures are necessary to be adopt
ed to remunerate the meritorious
services of the officers and soldiers
who were wounded or disabled in
the revolutionary war with Great
Britain, with leave to report by bill
or othewife.
This resolution was immediately
taken up and agreed to.
A message was delivered from
president of the U. S. by Mr. Coles,
his Secretary, as follows:
46 Mr, Speaker,
44 1 am directed by the Presi
dent of the United States to deliv
er you a message in writing.”
The Speaker having received
and opened a packet of considera
ble size, observing that the message
was confidential, and thereupon
ordered the galleries to be cleared.
In about one hour and a hall the
doers were opened, when it appear
ed that part of the communications
made by the President were confi
dential, and that the members of
the House remained under an in
junction of secrecy with regard to
them; and that another part was
not confidential. This part em
braces, among others, the follow
lug documents :
1. A letter from governor Clai
borne to the fecretai y of state, da
dating ilie preparations w . y
the Spaniards at PtniacoSM
ih'.r places, he fays: “Jff a) ,
■elf that hostilities between <1 1
States and Spain may be av ‘■ “• |
and that an honorable adJn'H 1
of our differences may
1 am inclined to think that i W
Spanish agents calculate on a fiu? I
dy rupture and are making a -|7’ I
prepa.ations that their means P
mit to commence the war in 1
quarter.” I
2. Statements refpeainjr t}* A
tention of the American Ci I
Boats.
3. Correspondence between G I
verner Claiborne and Mavqni s I
Cafa Calvo on exempting K
officers from municipal taxes/ I
4. Correspondence between Go,
vernor Williams of the |
territory and Gov. |
sundry communications to the k
cretary of State on outrages caau I
mitted in the Mississippi territory,
5. Documents to (hew that tb i£ 1
settlement of Bayou PietTe on the 1
Red river, at which a principal ag.
greffion took place, was origin ally
made by France, while polieflinj ?
Louisiana, and came to the pose i
fion of Spain, only by the general
delivery of Louisiana to her as *
part of it.
6. Extra& of a letter from C
Pinkney, dated Aug. i 605, as well
as the one dated September 22,
1805, refpe&ing Spaniffi (pollu
tions.
7* Communications from Gov.
Claiborne, v dated 4 October 11,
1805, refpeding obftru&ions u
the Mobile.
8. Copy of a letter from the
j commander of the blip iiUhUcisto
the Secietary of the Navy.
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(VIA CHARLESTON.)
LONDON, NOV. 1.
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By the Gottenburgh mril of
yefforday, we find that the Rub aa
and Swedifli armies diu not ma ca
from Strailund till the i6th ult, a iA
we are sorry to lay, there is no cer
tainty of any Prussian army having
yet marched to co-operate with hie
Allies. The united Ruffians and
Swedish armies are laid to be deffo
ned for Hanover, where, in all pro
bability, they are intended to be
joined by the Britifn troops new cm
barked at Ramfgate and Deal. It
was yesterday understood, that W
expedition w ould fail the firft fck
wind; that tne Duke of York wilt
shortly take :he chief command ;
and that the Duke of Kent will
command the cavalry* The troops
embarked are under the immeoiat®
orders of Gtnerals Don, Moore,
and Paget ? ,
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The letters from PeterJborgf
slate, that the moil active exerti
ons are making to carry on the war
with vigour, and that the military
force is daily augmented by the ar
rival of recruits from the pro?tf>
ces. b . i tfc
A Gottenburgh mail arrived tn*
morning. It has brought the W?
lowing article in confirmation
the accounts that had been pa* 1 *
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Pruflh| having joined the co ®‘ !,|o “!
and toll day has been
(torn varices quartet*.”