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oefiicut were not difpofcd to
make very much noiie about it
while piole» utiom were depend,
ing, was, ihat the Rate was noi
a large one ; that it cou'd nor
be fuppokd 10 be in great favor
it the palace. It was luppofed
fir, (whether conedly or not
! will not undertake 10 fay, but
l rather incline to the opinion
chat it was an erroneous fuppo
fition) considering the maimer
in which appointments were
made m that state, and undo
the belief that tt was through the
means of cettain influential cha
racters that the difttid attorney
did inflttutc thole profecuiion;
with the approbation of the ad
ininifl ration of the U. S. '1 his
was an opinion in the (late ; Sc
supposing the influence of the
Executive to be excited, tlity
felt that it would be in vain to
make much clamour, and rather
chose to contend alone aganfl
it' As the prosecutions ate now
at an end, i think it very deli
rable that the iubjed (hould be
investigated- As refpeds die
diflrid attorney’s not being re.
moved, 1 do not think that he
is much to be confuted in this
Case. lam not certain that he
■6led altogether on his own opi.
nion. 1 rather suppose he was
impelled by the influence of
certain persons who are general,
ly supposed to have the chief
weight in appointments under
the United States in that llate,
•nd who are therefore by feme
called the council of appointment ,
•nd 1 suppose that the diitrid
attorney could scarcely oppole
the will and pleafurc of these
gentlemen. I very much quell
lion, thcrefoic, whether any pe'
culiar degree of fault is to be
attributed to him, except his
putting the United State* to lo
much expence without ever
bringing the question to a de
cision. This, fir, is about the
general A tie of the bufinels. As
it cannot be said that the court
has in fafl, entertained the pro.
fccuttons dc lome of thetr have
been dilmiffed, the fublfirutton
of the word imtituie inlead of
entertained, may accomplilh
the gentleman’* wiflies.
Mr. Randolph conlemed lo
the amendment.
Mr. Randolph’s resolution
having been agteed to without
oppofttion, lie laid on the table
the following :
“ Revived, That proviflon
ought to be made by law to ie.
cute the right to an impartial
jury, in all cases, civil and cri
minal, maintained in the courts
of the United Stales.”
SENATE, i/ay si.
The following i, the hill submit,
ted bv Mr. Giles utiie Senate on
Monday.
A BILL
To amend and continue in force
tha ac«, tMHitied “ An act to in.
trrdict * lie commercial inter,
course between the Uuited States
and Great Britain and France
and their dependencies, a id tor
other purpose*.**
l> i. H enact- dby the iate ami
I’mjse i>l \ x p.> Csctr.utive# the U.
nitidM e.» u) i\mcMC t:n
assembl'd, That the act laying
an eftib i'go on ad ships and vessels
in the ports and harbors of the U.
liited States a;.d the erferal acts
supplementary thereto, and the act
to cuiOicc and make more dice,
tual, an act entitled an act laying
an cm 1 argo on «ll ships and ves
sels in <he ports and tiaib >rs of the
United States ; and also llic thir
teenth, fifteenth and sixteenth see
(ions of the .si to utdefdtci tint
commercial intercourse between
tire Honed States and Great Bn
tain and France and their depen
dences, and tor other purposes, oc
and me same are hcreOv fepcaieu ;
Provided houcoer, That alt penal
ties and t drier, arcs, whiv.ii bare
been incurred ua account of any
lull action oi auj ot Wre said acts of
•ecuuus, snail ac nwovcrcvi aud
distributed in like manner as if
the said act & sections had continu
ed in full force and virtue.
Sec. 2. And be it further enac ■
ted , That to much of the act to
interdict the commercial inter
course between the United States
and G. 13. it France & their depen
dencies, and for other purposes a*
is not repealed by this act, shall
continue in force until ilia end ot
the next session of Congress ; Pro
tided , 1 Inf nothing therein con
tained shall be construed to prohi
bit any trade or commercial in
tercoursa which has been or may
be permitted in conformity with
tire provisions of the eleventh sec.
tion of the said act.
Sec. 3. .Jnd be it further enact
rd, That tiunug the continuance
of thi* act, no ships or vessels
shall be permitted to depait for
any foreign port or place with
aliich commercial iutcicourse has
not been or may not bo permitted
by virtue of the last mentioned
act.* Aod no ship or vcsstl, bouud
to a foreign port or place with
which commercial intercourse has
been or may be permitted by rir.
tue of the said net, shall be allowed
to depart, uulesa the owner or
owners consignee or factor of
such ship or vessel shall, with the
iraster have given bond with oue or
more sureties to the U. S. in a sum
double the value of the vessel aud
cargo that the vessel giiall not pro
ceed to any port >place with
which commercial intercourse is
not permitted by virtue of the
said act, not be directly or indir
ectly engaged, during the voy
age, in any trade with «uch port
or place, nor shall put any articl* s
on board any other vessel destined
for such port or place- And ii
any ehip or vessel shall, coutiaty
to the provision* of this section,
proceed to any such prohibited port
or place or be directly or indirectly
e n 6 a g t( l in any trade with such
port or place, or shall depart from
any port of the United States with
out clearance, or without having
given bond in the manner above
mentioned ; such ship or vessel,
together with her cargo, shall be
wholly forfeited, and the owner or
owners agent, freighter or factors,
) master or commander of such ship
! or veest*l, shall moreover several
!v forfeit and pay a sum equal to
the value of the ahip or v« k s c l >n d
of the cargo put on board the
same. Provided ahvay*, Tlmi
the provisions of the eleventh sec-
I tion of the last mentioned, act,
J shall extend to the prohibitions
' imposed by this section ; which
prohibition shall cease to operate
in the manner A under the limita
tions prescribed by the eleventh
section aforesaid in relation to a
ny nation with which commercial
intercourse may hereafter be per
milted in conformity with the provi
sion of the eleventh Suction afore
said.
Src 4. And be it further enacted, ,
That all penalties and forfeiture:
arising under, or incuircd hv vir
tue of this act, shall be recovered
Ik distributed, and may be remitted
or mitigated in the manner i re
scribed by the act, to interdict the
commercial intercom »e between
the United States- and Great Bri
tain and Francs and their tlepeii
denotes and forotl,<.r purposes.
-Sec. i . And be it jut ther enacted,
That alt the vessels which may
j have arrived at any port or place
, within the United States, from G.
Biitain, her colonies or dependen
t civs since the twentieth day oi May
one thousand eight hundred and
nine, or which m.y arrive before
the tenth of June next, shall be
exempted front all the forfeitures
and penalties im urted in conse
quer.ee of any violation oi any of
the prot isions of said act to inter,
diet the commercial intercour-e
between the United States and G.
Britain and France and their de
pendencies.
House of Representatives.
f
Wednesday, May 3t.
Mr. M'Ktm presented a petition
from the A.nencans concerned in
Mnanda’s expedition, now confin
ed iu jail in South Aineiica, praying
teitel. Referred to Messrs. M‘knn,
Say> Emoti, Roane, and Cochran.
A»i, Southard, from the commit
tee ut revtsai and unfinished bust,
ness, made a report in part. Qr
otreu to lie on the table.
Ou mutton ot Mr. Ly<m t the pc- '
tition of Thomas Raine, prCKMff
a? the laxt ies*ion, was referred tc
the committee of damn.
On motion «»f Mr. Merion, r
committre was appointed to en
quire into th*-expediency ot rev!
ving »he act giving the consent ol
the United States to the act of tlie
Legislature of South Carolina giv.
ii'jr power to the City Council ol
Charleston to impose duties on th»-
tonnage of vessels from loreigu
ports.
Mr. Ncrsten reported a bill au
thorising the accounting officers of
i!te Treasurv Department to give
credit to certain collectors of the
cus'onis for allowances made by
them to the owners #f fishing ves
sels— twice read and referred.
MILITARY aCADKMY.
Mr. Lewi* offered the following
resolution,
“Be solved, That a committee
be appointed to vnqiiire into the ex*
pediency of removing from Wcat
Point the corps of engineers con*
slituting the Military Academy, to
the city of Washington ; and that
they have leave to report thcreoa
by bill #r otherwise.'’
On the question 44 Will the
House agree to consider the resol*
ution ?” there were for consider
ing it, 47—*g*inst it, 51.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
Mr. Bacon laid on the table
the following resolution.
Resolved, That the secretary of
rhe treasury be directed to pre
pare and report to this House, at
their next session, a plan for the
application of such means as are
within the powerof congress for
purpose of protecting and foster
ing the manufactures of the United
States together with a statement
of the several ataufacturing esta
blishments which have been com*
menced, the progress which has
beeu made in them, and the suc
cess with which they have been
attended aud such other inforroa.
tion as in the opinions of the se
cretary, shall be material iu exhi
biting a general view of the manu-
Uctunt of the U. States.
A motion having been made to
print the resolution.
Mr. Loyn opposed the printing
of it. He said that something
should be done at (his session for
the benefit of manufactures. It
was cold cnmlort to them to tell
them that they should have a re
port on the subject at the next ses
sion. He would not postpone a
conaidcrtion of the subject, from
the fear of giving offence to the
British government by manufac.
luring for ourselves. He wouta
proclaim to the world our intention
to encourage manfacturua.
Mr. Bacon concurred heartily
in the patriotic views of the gen
tleman from Kentucky in encour
ageing the manufactures of our
couuiry. Hr had no idea by this
motion of inteifering with any
particular measure which the gen.
Reman wished to adopt ui iciauou
io manufactures ; he merely lock
ed lor ward te the establishment cl
soma practical system fur the en
courage incut ol manufactures.
It was ordered to be priuted.
PROCESS AGAIN jT M YRsHALS.
Mr. Ixando'phy after making a
number ot renraiks on the subject
of the present session, in favor of
doing the ordinary business of the
aonua! session at this time, and
hei rafter holding the annual ses
sions in the spring instead of the
winter, stated that he should pro
ceed to the ordinary business of
an annual session, until the House
should come to some definite t;on
cfusion as to what time they would
adjourn* He then stated that by
a letter which he had receiv
ed from the Marshal of the dis.
trict of Virginia, aud which from
its being printed he believed to be
a circular, he learnt that (here
was no provision by ibe laws of
•be United States for a summary
process tor the purpose of recov.
cring from marshals and their de.
puties monies paid to them, aud
by i hem detained from those to
whom it was due. It appeared
that lire judges had decided that'
ihe> were bouud in tneir proceed.
iug» by r.o state laws in the respcc*
live states, except such as were m i
force wbeu tbe U. States courts j
were lust orgauued, (hose laws
tncu in existence iu the several I
states having beeu adopted by
Coogrcs*. it this was the case, uj
na* certainly ac asu* otnissus, and !
-iae to which ih. .ttemion or Con
*rese ought to be turned. e
hervfore moved,
“ That a commHtre b- apppom
•rd to euquire whether any and
what provision ought to be made
bylaw for enforcing a summary
mode of proceeding against mar
ihals and tlwir deputies who have
received monev b* virtue of exe
canons issned from the courts oi
the U. States.
After some observations from
Mr. Basset on the probability of a
-hort session, k from Mr. Liver
more going to shew that the re
solution was supererogatory, it
was agreed to without a division,
and Mcssvrs, Randolph, Sand
lord Livermore, Kmckerbacker
and Lysle appointed the commit"
tee.
AMERICAN SEAMEN.
Mr. Dana's resolution of yes
terday, was taken up, and refer,
red to i committee consisting of
Mc»s. D .na, Burwell, Cook, Cobb,
and N. K. Moore*
EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONIES.
The resolution for appointing a
committee to rr.quire into the ap
plication of public monies, here*
• tofore agreed to by the house, but
; re-considered for the purpose of
I amendment, was amended so as
to limit the duties ot the commit,
tee to an investigation of the mo
ney transactions of the Lst eight
y*ars, and passed ; and Messrs.
Randolph, Macon, Suiilie, J. C.
Chamber! a, leaver, Howard and
Southard were appointed the com
j mi ace.
| VOTE OF APPROBATION.
The House then resumed
the unfinished business of yester
day.
J/r. Boas spoke in favor of the
resolution and against indefinate
j postponement; and Mr. Fisk at
' considerable length in favor of
indefinite postponement. When
Mr. F. concluded (4 o’clock) the
House adjourned.
7 hursday June I.
Much business was don# this
day, of which the following notice
is nil that vre have room to take.
Mr. Lyon offered the following
resolution :
Btsolved , That for the protec
tion of those who have commen
ced, and ih c encouragement of
ihasc who may be disposed to
<vtt on foot, manufactures within
the U State* °f the articles here
after enumerated, as well aa for
the encouragement of the cultiva
te# of the productions necessary
for such manufactures, provi
sion ought forth with to be
made by law to subject to addi
tional duties on their importation
into the United States all articles
of which leather is the material
of chief value—-hemp and cotton
and all articles of which they or
ether of them are the material
of chiof value—Woollen cloths
whose invoice prices shall ex.
cicd six shillings sterling per
square yard, Woolen hosiery win
dow glass, silver & plated wares,
papers of every description, nails,
spikes and tacks, hats, cloathing
ready made, milinary of ail kinds,
beer, ale and porter.
This resolution was after de.
bate, refused a reference to the
committee oi commerce and man
ufactures, 55 to 49, and ordered
to lie one the table, yeas 75.
The following resolution, of
fered by Mr, l *in Hot ne was refu
sed consideration, 58 to 42 :
7t eivhcdj shat a committee be
appointed to enquire into the pro
priety of modifying or repealing
the laws relative to drawback,
and that they have leave to re
j port by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Randolph’s resolution de
clarmg that provision ought to be
n.adc by law for taking the
thud census of the innab.tanu
ol the Uuited States, was taken
I up, passed without opposition,
I aud inferred to a committee to
} bi mg m a bill.
j Mr. Randolph’s resolution de_
daring that prowbtoa ought to be
made by law lor securing an im
partial trial by jury, &c. was taken
up, *x alter debate passed without
opposition.
The house took up the unfin
ished business of yeaterda. (the
resolution approving the
°1 the Executive.) Messrs. Rhea
and M‘Kev apok &vor of ; n , 5 lj
finite poatponeroei A and >I r ■
denier against ibe i l(Vl J
adjourned at half past five o’cluri]
without taking a question. '
\ m f r mjt
G AN ACT I
Refpttting the ihips or veflj
owned by citizens or fufft]
of foreign nation* With wr.; c ]
commercial inter courle is p>]
mined. 9
BE it enacted by the
13 Houjcof keprejcnuuivts o/ifM
United States of America i?u o ]
grejs oJJemMcd , That from an l
alter the passing of this act, ]
(trips or vessels owned by c ) t ]
zens or fubjccts of any foiei]
nation with which comrnerc]
intercourse is permitted by t |]
act, intituled, “ An act to j n l
terdict the commercial j mer l
courle between the U. States
G. Britain and France, Sc th c J
dependencies and for other p ur l
polej,” be permitted to take oil
board cargoes of domestic ol
foreign produce, and to deparl
with the fame for any forer]
port or place with which fuel
intercourse is or shall, at dl
lime of their departure refpecJ
lively, be thus permitted, m thj
fame manner, and on the f am J
conditions, as is provided by thl
ad.aloiclaid for vessels ownel
by citizens of the United States]
any thing in the laid act, or J
the act laying an embargo 0 J
all ships and vessels in the port]
and harbors of the U. States]
or in any ol the several acts fupl
[ plementary thereto, to the coni
trary notwithHanding. I
J. B, VAKN UM, Speaker ol
the H oufe cfßeprejcntativt\
GEO. CLINTON, Vice /W|
dtnt of the United State arm
Pesident of the Senate.
May the Zotb 180.1 i
Approved—JAajES MADISON.
The following Meffagt was
received by both Houses oj Con,
grejs on Saturday lajl.
To the H oufe of Represents
tives.
1 now lay before Congress
the report of the Secretary of
War, (hewing the progress
made in carrying into effect the
att of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eight, for railing
an addi ional military force, and
the dupolition of the troops.
jAMES MADISON.
May 26, 1809.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
May 26, 180a.
SIR,
Agreeably to your inftruc
lions, I have the honor here
with to tranlmit to you a general
return of the army, made from
the latcll reports which have
been received,
And am, with perfect respect,
Your moll obedient ser
vant,
WILLIAM EUSTIS.
The Vrcfidcnt of the U. States
A General return of the troop*
of the United States compo*
ftng the %i Military peace
eftabliffiment,” shewing the
strength of each regiment
and corps, including re
cruits.
General Sc subordinate ftaff
officers, 33
Corps of engineers, 43
Regiment of artilleries, 1,390
f irft tegimem of infantry, 595
Second regt. of infantry, 676
I ota! “ military peace ef
tabliffiment,” *?9®9
A General return of the troop*
of the United Slates compo*
ling the “ additional rnihta#'
force,” (hewing the strength
of each regiment, including
recruits.